Blog 10: English languaje

Hello for last time. I’m going to talk about the English language in my life.

In the university I have made English 3 and now we are finishing the 4… I remember that when I was in English 3 I had a teacher very different to Belén, she was nice too but maybe more conservative, I feel that I didn’t learn very much in that course, the classes were more rigid or forced, but in any case, it’s difficult to know if I learned or not. But as experience, I prefer this, I have enjoyed writing blogs and being with my friends, and the teacher is nice. As I said in all the blogs, I would prefer everything to be less strict, but I don’t want to be strict with that :P.

Doing the videos, I realized that I don’t pronounce so well, but it seems that in Spanish either. I’m ok with my English now, and I think that someday I’ll be in other country and I’ll learn more… words, speaking, etc.

Outside the English class I use this language mainly listening to music, but also, sometimes I think in English, I don’t know why, maybe because those words have less associations in my mind, then to think simple things, like plans, I do it in English, but it's unconscious, or maybe it’s when I think with a logical attitude, I think that Spanish is more poetic… or maybe it’s a mixture of both (for example, that would have sounded better in Spanish, because “mixture” sound less poetic than “mezcla”, at least for me, it’s subjective like everything).

Byee

Blog 9> Changes to my study program

Hello everyone, today I’ll talk about the study program of the career of psychology of the University of Chile, which is the career that I’m studying.

In this moment there are two years and a half with obligatory subjects, then one year and a half with optional subjects and a year to do the practice, memory and diplomat. I think that while more freedom we have to choose what we want to learn, we would learn more and better, so maybe would be good if the subjects could be chosen from the beginning. Someone could think that it’s impossible because we would need a lot of teachers and subjects, but maybe if we had the option to choose just two or three subjects each semester, we would learn deeply.

The teaching methods I think that should be centered on the students, and that makes all the classes would be different because all the students or groups of students are different. Now we are treated as if we were blank pages, there is a program which have to be respected, even if isn’t working. I would change the evaluations too, maybe suppress them, if the student don’t learn in a subject isn’t his fault, maybe is because he isn’t interested, so the next semester he could choose another kind of subject or teacher, or be changed at any time, there no need to wait… Maybe the best thing would be that there was not an inscription to the subject, so the students could attend the classes that they want.

The length of studies could be flexible depending on what each one wants to do. The facilities of the university also depends, I couldn’t say what we all need, I don’t think it would be right to ask indiscriminately, we would have to evaluate each need in a balanced way. And for technology applies the same… For example I would ask musical instruments, some medicinal plants or drugs, because that is also technology and could be beneficial for our personal growth and enhance our therapeutic skills, among other things, but another person could require something very different.

I know that all this is hard to apply, but I think that what we understand by education is constantly changing and maybe this in some decades will be common, or maybe not.

Bye!

Blog 8> Summer Holidays

Hello everyone, today I'm going to talk about my next summer holidays… as I write this I plan them because I haven’t thought anything about that.

I usually go somewhere with my mom and my sister, but this vacation I won’t do that, because I get bored, they have a different rhythm to mine, and other interests too, so I prefer to stay at my house this time. If I could I would go to the Peruvian Amazon jungle, but since I don’t have money, I won’t have the possibility of traveling, unless I work a few weeks to then travel, but that money I would prefer to save it to spend it little by little during the year.

I would like to have time to relax and think about what I’ll do when I leave university, also I would like to be with my friends and play music, but maybe I won’t do that… I think that this holidays I will have a different attitude to the one I have in other years, I will flow more because I think that now I’m more open to new situations and at the same time with less anxiety, that's why I think I'll enjoy this holidays, doing what I want, although I may not do anything. It has to do with the fact that I feel less committed than before to people.

Some activities that maybe I’ll do are read, run and learn some musical theory.

Byeee

Post 7: My cat

Hello :) today I'll talk about my cat. He is called Keto and is of a breed called Roman cats… I think cats of the same breed look a lot like each other. This could be my cat:

I said "my cat" but he is very free, I don’t feel that he belongs me, maybe I’m not the only one who feels that, but in some sense he is mine or of my family, because when my dog died, we wanted to have a cat, and we searched and finded a family that wanted to give cats to the people, and then, my sister and me went to buscarlo and in that moment we saw that he was the one that moves more, so we called him Keto as an irony. I liked the name because was easy for him and he learned it fast.
Keto likes to play in the staircase, in the bathroom and in the grass, he likes a lot sleeping and going to the techos, where he fights with other cats and sometimes he arrives with wounds to the house and we cure him. I think that he cures us too, he absorb the energy that makes us get sick, and it makes him feels good. Also sometimes he stands in the top of the house and I think that he absorb the “bad energy” of all the house.

Bye

Post 6. Postgraduate studies

Hello again, now I will talk about different postgraduate studies that catch my eye but that I may never do.

For example some postgraduate studies relationated with humanistic psychology, as Psychodrama, Experiential Approach, Gestalt, Jungian Analysis or Body Psychotherapy. I would like to study this because I’m interested in clinical psychology of adults and between the possibilities in this university; the best for me is the humanism. I think that something important for me is the teacher, if I don’t see that the teachers have a nice personality (in my own judgment), I’m not interested in what they want to learn. I feel that the knowledge have to be in relation with the way of being, if they are not sincere and respectful, so I feel that I have nothing to learn from them. So if I study something else, I need to know the teacher, talk to him or her and feel at ease.

Another study could be about the transpersonal psychology, but I don’t know where, maybe in other country.

Also I would like to study music, math, sonotherapy, something about meditation or philosophy, bioconstruction, botanic and tarot. I just have the interest but maybe I won’t study anything else because I don’t like to study with pressure, I prefer to read in my house or do other things.

Bye 

Post 5. Future job

Hello everyone, today I will talk about the possibilities to work that I would like to have when I finish the career. But before speak about jobs, I have to say that I’m not sure about anything, maybe I will keep studying or I’m going to make a travel or something to learn more.

I think that I really need experience, so I would like to work as a clinical psychologist, I’m not sure where, but maybe I wouldn’t like to work indoor if I have to stay there all the day. Maybe start in the public system is a good option, and if that is with a good salary, better.

I’m not thinking in a major but I’m not closed to that, maybe I could take a major in other country, about transpersonal psychology for example, but I’m not sure, I think that I will see the options and try to do the best I can.  Everything that can expand my understanding, perception and therapeutic skills I see it as a priority, and that could be a work, a major or make a travel. Make music also (alone or with a band), because I considered that music is a very good way to heal and to know us.

Bye 

Free Post 1: Bjork

Bjork is a very special singer to me because, like Spinetta, my parents listened to her from before I was born, so I grew up listening to them both, and when I was a teenager I rediscovered these musicians and I felt they had a lot to teach me.
Bjork is spontaneous, with a very natural way of seducing and carrying the rhythms. Their albums are different from each other, could not be defined in a style, characterized by being avant-garde and breakthrough, but never aggressively, always showing with sweetness to their darkest emotions, inviting us to explore that ocean we repress. By exploring herself, she generates a mystical and fertile atmosphere with violins, synthesizers, piano and her incredible voice. If you want to listen to it, I recommend doing it little by little because you could reject her for being different or could makes u feel alienated to her or as if she demanded something. The messages are deep and simple, but not obvious, it is as if she seeking to make speak to all beings that inhabit her body, including goddesses and witches, as in this song ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bWRWq5x1oY

Free Post 2: Spinetta

Hello everyone, today I'll talk about a musician that I like very much: Luis Alberto Spinetta.

He is an Argentine musician who went to fame with a band called "Almendra" in 1967, and on his first album was a song called "Muchacha ojos de papel", which is perhaps his most remembered hit, but I like other songs from that band, such as "Color humano", "Para ir" and "Los elefantes". This band is one of those that began with Latin American rock, and after that, Spinetta formed with other musicians "Pescado Rabioso", that had heavier guitars and rhythms, after that band made a solo disc called "Artaud", the which is considered one of his best records, and I agree with that. He later formed other bands like "Invisible" which is mainly progressive rock and "Spinetta Jade" which is closer to jazz rock. Of this last band I really like an album called "Alma de diamante", which was deeply inspired by a very interesting writer: Carlos Castaneda, the analogy is clear in songs like "Dale gracias" and "Con la sombra de tu aliado”. Spinetta also made many solo albums, among which I like "Kamikaze" and "A 18 ' del sol" by the lyrics that speak in a very poetic and wise way about life and love. I also like a lot the way he plays the guitar, as in the following song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv3Kmq2TR9Y

A concert important for me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLkcr8r6xWs

Hello classmates, today I’ll talk to you about a concert that was important for me: Chinoy and Nano Stern in the theater Nescafe de las Artes, in October of the year 2010.

I went with a girl that i liked very much, i invited her because I wanted to show Chinoy to her, because this artist was very important for me, he represented for me creativity, bravery and simplicity… I enjoyed a lot the songs, but in a moment i felt a bit rejected by her, and I understood that she saw me as a friend and not as a lover, like me. One week later, a very close friend, told me that they were in love (he knew that i liked her), I told him that I was happy for them and that they would be a very nice couple, and they were for about five years… Thats why I liked that concert, it was a moment when I felt and learned an important thing for me, that sometimes the best way to express love to someone is unexpected for self, wishing her the best with another person, in this case.

Post 1: A country you'd like to visit

Hello everyone, I would like to visit a lot of countries, but now i will choose India, because I think that travelling there could be an experience that can change something about my way to see the people and life.

I have listened that it’s a country very rich in culture, because there are many religions together, you can find fakirs, monks, yogis or any kind of people.

I would like to learn about them, their philosophy and history. If I go there, I would try to know an esoteric center, school or some people who would like to teach me about meditation and stuff. But if I can’t, I would be happy seeing them, how they live, and the problems and hopes that they have… I think that the atmosphere could show me some blind points in me, some conditionings or things to change. Maybe if I go for 1 or 2 months I could only see trivial things, so I would like to visit India for a long period, because it’s very big and with a deep and hidden knowledge.

I hope I'll go some day.