The great travel for all the countries, first edition: France

When one asked himself about a country that one would like to visit, some people have a clear answer, and other like me are indecisive, because the great amount of interesting countries that one can visit, or the others forgotten in the past. I think that i would like visit France for both his past and his present.

France is very interesting, i already said that, his past marked for the revolution and the empire can charm anyone, but his present, or the edifications that at the day persist aren't stay behind.

Builds like the Cathedral of Notre dame, or the louvre museum, or the Basilica of Notre Dame de la garde. In France are a lot of cathedrals and churches (i am not religious, but i think that places like these have some unknow powers), also some goods tematic parks like the asterix park or the "futuroscope".

i would like go to France with two friend of my ex school. for our lucky, we still together in the FAU, because one enter to architecture (On other section :( ) and the other enter to Design. we, the three on our old school were in the French elective, so i know some French (is my third idiom, but i have not master it yet), my friend that entered to architecture speak it almost perfectly so if i would go to france he will be my translator and the one that speak with the people.

if i manage to go to France, i would like to visit the before mentioned Futuroscope, that is a futurist tamatic park, or also visit the churches, parks, the coasts and rivers. and why not, try to climb up the Mont Blanc. The places with more nature in france are beautiful.

Summer would be a good station to go, or winter. With the change of station, in summer (Winter in france) the cold and the snowwould be  agreat addition for the ambientation, and in Winter (Summer in France) the brilliant Sun and his heat able me to enjoy the coast and the parks.

At least, after all this text of dreams, i hope that one day i really can go to France :)

A build that i like

Today i will talk about a build that i like. i like it because is a build that i know since i born practically, and the build in itself is an icon of my commune. This build was made with the purpose to be the "Hospital Ochagavia", but with the militar strike of 1973, the build was discontinued and abandoned. The years passed and the "Hospital Ochagavia" was still abandoned, so the people of the commune decided to baptize the build as "El Elefante Blanco" (Or white elephant), because of the impact of the great build in the zone.

The first time that i saw it (Or at least the first time that i remember) was when i had five years and i was walking in my passage with my big brother. The Elefante Blanco is visible in almost all the commune because his height, so in my child eyes the build was like a castle. His form is a fusion of squares and rectangles, so is pretty basic, but not for that less impressive. 

2 years ago, i had the possibility to enter to the failed hospital. The Elefante Blanco is very big and wide, contrasting with everything in the commune, so it is like be in another place. Inside it is dark and his rooms and spaces give the feeling of be in a videogame; It was a great experience. The bad part is that experience is so near and so far at the same time, because is hard to enter again to the build since a construction company started to rebuilt the place.

The people in the commune first they hated the build, but with the time, the Elefante Blanco won a place in the history and culture of the commune. it is frecuently used to orientation inside the comunne, and the empty land in the side of the build is used for events, in mostly circus.

Now, the elefante blanco is being rebuilt, but the people of the commune asked to the architects of the construction company keep the form of the build, showing the appreciation that the people have to the build. The forgotten Hospital Ochagavia will be never an hospital or an abandonned place again, instead, it will be oficces with a mix of public places inside, so the people could identify more with the place, despite the fact that the build dont have the weight or the width to bend with the commune.

Da Song

When i was more young, i always tell my friends that i dont like any song (or styles of music). that was a lie to scape of the conversation. When i grow up, i get more confident and started to tell my friends my likes.

In the world of the music, i like the rock, the classic music and the videogame music, but one day i heard a song that inspire in me a feeling i never felt: That song is called "Everything went numb" of Streetlight Manifesto. This song is one of his first song, and i felt that is one of the better.

I heard it not long time ago (1 month and a half). I was in Osu, an plataform to play with the songs. I see this song and play it. A wind went round my back, the singer speaks very fast and his ritm and the instruments used are something that i never have listened. for a while i thought that it was jazz, but no, jazz is more slow; That was SKA, an genre that born from jazz and afroamerican music. The song tell the history of a bank robber that steal for surviving.

I like it because when i heard the song was something new to me. The mix of the jazz and afroamerican inspire in me the feeling that i live the storie that is telling me the singer. it was a very deep feeling. i am sure that it is a feeling that will be difficult to experiment again, so i am very grateful with the destiny for able me to found this song in that mountain of songs...

From that day, i continue listening SKA, but the feeling that i felt with "Everything Went numb" never has been repeated.

The Photograph

This day i want to talk about an photography that i found meanwhile i was cleaning up the memory card of my cell phone: 

I really like this photography. It is a remember of my vacations to Antofagasta. This photography was taken about 3 months ago, and the place in it is the Salar de Atacama.

The Salar de Atacama was a splendid place that i visited. It is about 2km above the level of the ocean and there are winds that easily can make you go back. In the Salar, sometimes there flamingos that fly near of the lake of salt (In Atacama are many reserves of them).

Its a very hard place to stay, because the strong winds, the cold of the salt lake and the height that can make you feel very dizzy, but is a good place to visit and remember.

I like the photo because it make me remember the effort that i did to stay okay, the cold of the water and the race that i did with my big brother in the side of the lake. i remember clearly the race, because the wind didnt let us run fast... (We run 10 meters in about 18 seconds)

I am not a big fan of these types of places, but it was a good experience with my family, and also it was only one of the stops of the travel that we were doing, so, if it was the first experience, can you imagine the next, and the next? in that time, i didnt... It was a very nice trip :D

My special place in Santiago

There are not many places that i go frequently, but are one that i like very much, and that is the "Cerro Santa lucia"

The Santa lucia is located practically in the center of Santiago, there are a Metro with the same name, so is conectated with the city.

i dont go frequently (as i said before), but i think i go one time for month. That is ironic, because the Santa Lucia is like the backyard of the FAU, but the time is not infinite, isnt it? (Get away Einstein)

When i go o the Santa lucia, i always go alone. Santa Lucia is like a site where i think about myself or where i relax, so go with other people is pointless. when i am there, is like that a mistyc calm embrace me, and invite me to rest in the grass. It's a very good experience that help me to overcome the problems, or when i am lack of ideas for my essays and stories. Normally i only do this, rest, but other times, when i am full of energies, i climb to the top and  i see the city.

The last time that i went was 1 month ago. Now i have to free an hour to go in the next days. Studying architecture is stressful, but if can go to the Santa Lucia, i am sure that i can overcome this challenge :)

The subject that i enjoy studying

Can be rare, for an studiant of architecture, the favorite subject would be Workshop or maths, but for me is languaje.

Languaje is a very extensive subject that covert the understanding of the base idiom and texts, also the writing and reading of them and the applications of the words and how them can affect the way that we communicate.

I enjoy studying it because i (despite the fact that i am studying architecture) love how the communication with others either oral or written, can affect the reacction of the people and his thoughts.

The studying of Languaje help me to influence the people around me in many periods of my life, for good or for bad. The understanding of the techniques in the conversation help me to socialize with many variery of people, normally more older than me. Also, Languaje show me the world of the writing (books and essay are the texts that i handle better), and that is one of my most valued treasure.

Languaje is very far one of the subjects that able the student get on good in the public life. It help you to communicate with other people in the best way, or defend your own ideas and thoughts. i dont change the knowledge that languaje give me for nothing, because is for it that i am writting this probably, and also is the reason why i was a forum guy, and write stories in the forums...