My third year of university

This year I am in my third year of journalism at university of Chile. When I started to study I really didn´t know if this career would be my vocation and the only one for me, but I chosen it and now I am here writing this essay.

Until now, sometimes I think that I took wrong decision, but neither I like another career to change, so I hope to end journalism and then see what I have to do. By the way, these three years it wasn´t be bad, but I don´t feel like journalism be the career to me, because I don´t like to interview people and write news.

I think that this year has been the hardest one until now, because we have subjects like radio and television, that are practical and need a lot of time and dedication. So these are more difficult for me. Also in 2009 I learned, for example how to use video cameras, the Mac program: Final Cut to edit videos and other things like that.

This year I had thirteen subjects between practical and theoretical, and english. I passed all my subjects at the first semester and I hope to this happen again this semester. Next week I end my class and then we have exams until december fifteen. When finally I can travel to my home in the south.

Now, the only thing that I want is that this semester get over, because I am tired and stressed. And some friends are finished them semester so I want to hanging out with them. If I had to define this year I say that this was a stressful year, with more requirements and responsibilities, specially with my classmates, because we had a lot of group works.

If I have to make a self evaluation of my academic year I have to say that I didn´t do my best because I didn´t to motivate to study or make a very good job, I just tried to pass the subject, but something that I always did was came to almost every class to learn.

Maybe next year subjects will be more interesting to me and I could to motivate to study more and learn new and important things.

ICEI

Our faculty have a lot of problems in its facilities. First of all, and something essential like toilet paper. We don´t have it! Maybe it could sounds stupid but is necessary for all of us.

Well, also the computers are very old, and most of the time they doesn´t work properly.

Another problema that we have is about the equipment, like cameras, edit rooms, and all that stuffs, because there are a very few of each one, so sometimes you can´t use them.

Also, I was very shocked when I knew that the movies that borrow in the library aren´t original. Before I started university, I never thought that these things happen in University of Chile, the most important university of this country. So, it was very disappointed to me.

All these problems would sort out if the university gives more money to our faculty, because it have financial difficulties to improves its facilities.

Also, there are some problems with subjects of journalism, for example we don´t have history and english inside our schedule. I think that it was a huge problem, because these subjects are necessary for our future jobs.

But, I don´t want to be unfair, so I have to say that I like that in our faculty, most of the teachers are to devote with them work and with the students.

Lucky person

My family is composed by my parents and my two brothers, I am a middle child and the only one girl, so I am spoiled, specially of my dad.My older brother has just one year of difference with me, so we are close brothers. When we were kids, we spent a lot of time together. Then, when we came to study in santiago, we lived together in our flat, so we still be more than brothers, friends.

I always have had a good relation with my closest family, certainly that sometimes I had problems, but nothing really important. I have wonderful memories of my childhood, because we traveled a lot, I remember long trips by car with all my family, we had luck to know a lot places of Chile.

When I left my home in Puerto Varas to study in santiago, I realised how much important is my family to me, I need to talk with them very often to know about them and tell them about my life.

Actually, I don´t have just one best friend. I have a few really good friends, some of them are my school friends of Puerto Varas, whom study in santiago like me. And also, I have good friends at university, with whom I spend a lot of time, and I like to hang out with them. I had the luck to found very special people, whom made of my life far of my family more happy.

I think that every one are influenced by their families and friends, but in different ways. In my case, I think that sometimes I have to talk with my family, but in others is better to me to talk with my friends when I had a problem. It depends of the problem.

Finally, I have to say that I feel that I am very lucky person by the family and friends that I have.

I ♥ MUSIC

First of all I have to say that I think that I wouldn´t live without music. I am always been listen to music of my mp3 or my iPod. I can´t imagine my life without music.

I like a lot of music, like argentinian rock, brit pop, chilean music and pop. I can´t choose one artist or song, because I think that music means something or have importance at the moment or in specific period of the life.

If I would have to choose my favourites concerts, I choose, first of all, when I went to the concert of Fito Páez in Puerto Varas, because I really like him, and I was sit at the first place. It was great!

Another concert that I remember was the Andrés Calamaro, here in santiago. I liked it too, even I went alone. That is sounds so bad, but it wasn`t because I spent the time with a colombian girl who was also alone.

Also, I liked the big concert "Vive Latino", that was in santiago a few years ago. At this event went a lot of artist that I liked, between them; Babasónicos, Los tres, Vicentico, El otro yo, Ataque 77, and others.

Now I am waiting for Coldplay! I really wanted to go when they come here, but I was in my house in the south and the tickets were very expensive. So, when Coldplay said that they would come in november I was happy again. But, happiness didn´t lasted long time, because the national stadium wouldn´t ready for this date. So, unfortunately, until now, is not sure that they come to Chile.

Another artist that I would like to go a concert of her is Lily Allen, because I like her music, specially the songs of her last album "It`s not me, it´s you"

Little girl smoking

It sounds incredible, but one guy allowed that a three years old girl smoke and now he has to go to prison for 18 months.

This happened in Ashington, Northumberland, when Graeme Conroy, 31 years old, let that little girl smoke, the situation was recorded by a mobile phone camera, and it shows how Conroy gave the cigarette to child and encouraging her to inhale.

The mobile phone belonged to a 14 years old girl, who go to the police and said that it looks like the little girl use to smoke, because it didn´t look that it was her first time.

Tony Glover, prosecuting, said that Conroy made his confession and admitted that he gave the cigarette to the girl and he knew that it was bad.

Jane Foley, defending, admitted that his behavoir was irresponsible, and clearly it wasn´t funny, like Conroy appears in video.

The judge said that he expect that Conroy understand that his attitude was damaging to a child´s health and it isn´t funny at all.

link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/oct/15/man-jailed-child-smoker

Visiting Santiago

I think that Santiago has a lot of places to go, but it depends of what kind of turist you are and what are you looking for,what places, you will visit.

For example, if you want to know about history, you have to go to some museum, like "Natural history museum", or visit tradicional buildings like The Mint, National Library, Cousiño Palace, Square of guns, and others.

Now, if you want to visit typical places, you can go to central market to eat curanto or fish without spend a lot of money, central station, bellavista neighborhood, and others.

If you are looking adventure and do excercise, you can go with your bike to San Cristobal hill, or use any cycle path in santiago, even, if you don`t have your own bike, you can to rent one in providencia for a while and it is very cheap.

If you are young and you want to go to a party, you can go to bellavista neighborhood, there you can go to drink beer or dance, in manuel montt street, you can find a lot of pubs to go with friends, also you can visit Saint Enrique square, where are discos to dance.

Really, I think that in santiago you have a lot of things to do and places to go.

Skins

Really, I like a lot of TV series, but the last one that I saw complete was the british Skins, I saw by youtube, and then you could see it by HBO, and now by MTV.

This serie is about a group of young friends, who had problems with drugs, alcohol, sexuality, eating disorders, dysfunctional families, etc.

I like Skins, because it shows very different realities, in a different culture. And also, like I said in another post, I like the british accent.

Also, I like the music and the aesthetics of this serie.

But, I have to say that my favourite was the first season, because then, when appears new characters the serie makes it worse.

I think that Skins shows different type of young people, who not always have space to be on television. And it is entertaining and after every chapter you wants to know what is going to happen on the next one.

But, Skins is not a comedy, because it haves a lot of drama.

The principal characters are Tony, the popular and attractive guy, his sexy girlfriend, Michelle, his best friend Syd.
Cassie, the girl with eating disorder, Chris, the party guy, Jall, the clever and strict girl, Maxxie is the homosexual, and Anwar, the young muslim.

All of them have different problems during the serie.

TranSantiago

When I came to live in santiago, transantiago was already here. So, I can`t compares between this system and the old system of transport.

At the beginning I had problems with my bus, 106, because it always was late and I had had to wait a lot of time. I remember that time that I had to wait during one hour and twenty minutes! It was awful.

But, when my bus arrived it was great, because almost always it was empty. So, I could travel sitting and read.

I was happy because I didn`t have to use subway every day. But now, I moved to another flat and I have to use subway to go to university, but the good thing is that I have to go in the opposite direction of the most of people. This is a advantage to me.

But I think that I am a very lucky person in that way, an exception, because sometimes the subway was really crowded and stinking, specially now, when the weather are changing to be sunny and hot. It was unpleasant.

This system have good aspects, like Bip card, because is faster and safety than money. Also, now is more organized and you can visit http://www.transantiago.cl/ to know where are the stations, bus stops, and what bus do you have to take.

Europe

If I have to choose any place to visit I would choose Italy. I would really like to know Europe and specially this country, because it always have been interesting to me.

I have some relatives who lives there, so I could go to visit them (I wish that it happen) Although, if I could go to Italy, obviously, also I would visit every countries that my money and time let me.

Also I like these language, so I want to take italian lessons next year, and who knows if then I can go there to study for a season.

Another country that I really wants to visit is England, like some of my classmates. First of all I love british english, british pronunciation.

Also, I like british music, I like Coldplay, and lately I have been listened more brit-pop music, and it sounds cool.

Finally, I remember that the first time that I saw a picture from Mykonos, the Greek Island, I really love it. The picture was shows some white buildings just in the border to the beach. And the water was very blue and clean.
So, if someday I can go to Europe with a lot of money, I would like to visit this beautiful island.

Trip and changes

During last term I was living with my brother here in santiago. Before that I was living with him and my cousin, but he left.
At that time, I had to do almost every houseworks, because my brother was untidy and he didn´t collaborate too much.
Although, I liked to live with my brother, but at the end of the semestre he traveled because he got a scholarship for a year in his university.

At university I had new subjects, like radio. I liked this one, because it was funny, but very stressful. The exam of this subject was a radio program of the topic that we decide, and I was the announcer of my group. I was really nervous, but then everything was okay.

During the summer I went to Brazil with three friends more. I enjoyed a lot this travel, because I´ve never been there before. We could visit beautiful beaches and met very nice people.

I hope that next summer I can travel to another place that I don´t know to make the most of time before I have to start to work.

My english blog

Well, for my last task I have to write about my experience of blogging in english class. I think that it was a very good idea and a very good way to improve my english.

I believe to practice will do the master, so if we write to this blog each class, and then we check the corrections, we can write better. These are some advantages of blogging in english class, but also this blog has some disadvantages to me, for example, sometimes it was difficult for me start to write, because I don´t know what write. And the topics about we have to write were a little boring to me.

Nevertheless, I think that blogging is a modern and common way to comunicate, and it is a very useful tool to learn any new language. And it isn´t just an individual homework, it is a group work, because you have to write comments in classmate´s blogs, and also you had the corrections of your teacher.

Always I think that blogs are a way to meet to the rest of the class, and know how they think and things relative to our career, journalism. Because, this class had student of different courses, so is difficult for us meet everybody.

Dreaming...

Well, if I would have to choose my ideal job, I think that I prefer work as a productor editor on TV channel or traveling around the world and writing about different countries, like in a travel magazine.

I like these jobs because I can see me in a few years doing that. Really I don´t know if I will be good in these jobs, but I would try to do my best.Also, I would like to travel and know different places, food, people, etc.

In both jobs I would have to use all tools and knowledges that I had learnt at university, and also I would have to use my creativity and personality.

Maybe it would be difficult find jobs like these, because they are better than writing all day in a office. I think so.

But, I will have to be satisfied with my future job, even if it doesn´t is my perfect or ideal job. I prefer don´t expect so much, I will just try to make my job the best that I can.

My favourite subject

I think that my favourite subject in this semester is radio. I like it because is something new for me and I believe that is interesting the technology that we have to use.

We have learnt how to use the study and the PC program "adobe audition" to make effect in our reportages with music and sound effects. Also, we had to learn to write for radio, because is very different compares to write for a newspaper like we use to do.

The teacher who I chose is Antonella Estévez, she works in radio station of Universidad de Chile.

For our exam this semester we have to make a radio program in real time during 30 minutes. In my group I have to be the presenter, so I know that I am going to be so nervous before that day.

I could see that working in radio is stressful, because you have to do everything under pressure.

Uncertain future

Five years from now is a long time to know what exactly I will be doing. To be honest, I don´t have plans for my future. Now, I can´t imagine how I will be in the future. Maybe I will be a journalist or I will be study another thing, really everything it can happen.

But, I know that I wouldn´t like work in the news as a reporter, I preffer work on research or production area.

I would like to be working in something that I like me, but before that I would like to travel to know different places and people. I would like to study in another country, to improve my english and live new experiencies.

I think that I will be living in Santiago, and I hope keep in touch with my best friends of school and university, and obviously be near of my family.

And the most important, be happy and enjoy what I am doing and I hope contribute to society with my work.

Journalism?

To be honest, until today I am not sure about my career. Really, I never was sure about it. Journalism wasn´t the career that I always wanted, I made my decision to study this one, because it was the only one in wich I can imagine my future.

But, I think that journalists are necessary in our society, because they have to show different realities, and keep informed people.Today, journalism are over-saturated because every year a lot of students end this career, this is the reason why is very difficult for us to get a good job.

Actually, my favorite subject is radio, because is something new for me, and I think that I have learnt many things related with radio and their use. But, I don´t know if in the future I will work on it.

Well, nobody knows what will happen tomorrow, so maybe I will work in something completely different to journalism, or maybe not.

Beautiful place

I chose this picture because it brings me memories of my last summer trip in Brazil.

This picture was taken in Florianópolis, because I went there with three friend in last January.
We spend almost fifteen days in Brazil and we visited a lot of beautiful places, specifically beaches with white sand and water not too cold.

This picture was taken by one of my friends and it shows "Mole" beach in Floripa. One of the most beautiful for me, because it had very big rocks and it was so long.

I remember how spectacular it was. And the weather was perfect to sunbathe and look nice people.

When I look this picture I really want to be there, without worries, without know even which day or what hour it is. But, I have to come back to the reality and I just have to remember this unforgettable trip.

Always informed

I choose website of Cooperativa radio (http://www.cooperativa.cl/) because it is updated all the time. In this website you can see news of Chile and all world during all day, and different areas, like politic, economy, international,sports, etc. Also, Cooperativa is a reliable mass media, and show the new of each day in home page. And you can follow some new of your interest, because this site shows links related with each new.

Is important to my career be always informed and know what is happening around. Before, I didn´t like this kind of websites, but now I like to be moderately well informed.

I discovered this site when I started to study journalism, two years ago. Now, I visit this site, almost every day.

And who knows if some day, in the future I could write in this website.

Music!

My favourite piece of technology is my mp3 player. I have had it for a long time, when I was in school. My parents gave it to me as a birthdays gift, because I really wanted it.
From this day I use it every single day, I like listen music when I have to walk, to take the bus, really all of the time.

I think that every day is better when I am listening music. Also, I can choose which songs I want to listen to and it is very easy to use.
Honestly I cannot imagine my life without music. I think that it would be incredibly boring and sad.

I am...

Hi my name is Catalina Brunetti and I´m studying third year of journalism in the university of Chile. I am of the south of country, specifically from Puerto Varas, but now I live in Santiago with my brother. Nevertheless my parents and my little brother still lives in Puerto Varas.
In the beginning it was hard leave the family, even today it is, but I made my decision.

To be honest I am not sure of my career, i don´t know if my future is to be a journalist, but, meanwhile I want to learn and I would like travel. This is my principal reason to study english right now.