My Favourite Book and Film

There is not exist a feeling comparable to finish a book. I remember when i was a kid my mother sometimes bought me some childish books to read like "¡Ay, Cuánto me quiero!" or "La familia guacatela", i don't think that titles like those sounds familiar to you but for me are an important part of my childhood, i remember i liked so much that i read them like a million times at least.

But i started to really enjoy read some books thanks to my teacher of language, she always give us cool books to read and i get into it so much that i ask her for more books. Between the Chilean writers, Pedro Lemebel, (rest in peace, master) the way he write.. his books are so enjoyable, it's incredible, my favourite books written by him are "De perlas y cicatrices" and "Tengo miedo torero". Also, i read "Mala onda" by Alberto Fuguet, a Chilean novel about a teenager, Matías Vicuña living in the middle of the dictatorship in Chile, i have to say that i loved that book, it's probably my favourite one in spanish.

I like horror books too, Stephen King and Edgar Allan Poe are the reason of the 90% of my goosebumps :( advice: never read them in the night alone... well, i also like fantastic novels like A Song of Ice and Fire, The Hunger Games and Harry Potter. I remembered me so excited about the new movies of HP. I used to go to the cinema a lot, but, now... maybe once or twice at month.

Well, i like a lot a movies too, but my favourite is"Kill Bill" with the beautiful and deathly blonde, Uma Thurman by the great Quentin Tarantino, who also directed Reservoir Dogs, Unglorious bastards, Pulp Fiction and other masterpieces... "The Clockwork Orange" by Stanley Kubrick is a five stars movie, Kubrick also directed The Shining and Eyes Wide Shut. I like almost every movie directed by Tim Burton, who usually work with Jhonny Depp and Helena Bonham-Carter, and by the way, "The Night Before Christma"s was my favourite movie when i was a kid, i know all the songs in it.

Well, i'm going to give you just a humble advice: don't read something beacause everyone read it and don't watch a movie just because it has 5 stars on netflix, come on, like my mom say: don't judge a book by his cover.

A Photograph You Like

Press the button and ¡Flash! it's taken. As we getting older, we usually forget about the past, about certain moments, people, travels... the best solution: take a camera with you, well... it's not 1998, so you could take your phone, or your tablet, or your notebook, There is any device that don't take photographs? I doubt it. Now it's easier, you don't have to wait for the developing or worry about the camera roll, welcome to the twenty-first century bit*hes, the "I want it now! age".

When i see my family albums i can't help but notice the importance of the photographs, especially because i almost don't remember my father, so, the picture of my mind of him is basically his face on photographs. And oh, how can i forget when i said to my mom: "I don't want to take the camera, mom, all i'll want to remember it's going to be on my mind" Bull*hit! I regret it so much, my best vacations on 2010 in Chiloe and i don't have any picture of it :(

Anyway, a photograph that caught my attention was a nostalgic and beautiful one, and is the proof that a picture taken in the right time can capture the perfect essence of the moment... In the middle of the war in 1994-Chechnya, a russian soldier who found an abandoned piano in the woods started to playing it, and someone just took the photo. I don't know why, but it's like this photograph has soul, it's a little bit rare combination: a soldier playing piano in the middle of nowhere, but at the same time it's so peacefull and nostalgic. Well, sorry if i can't describe it right to you, but, look at it for yourself... as you know "a picture is worth a thousand words.".

Music in My Life

            The music is like food to the soul, and you could "eat" any kind of music you wish, in my case, i could start with a plate of psychedelic rock, then listen some hip-hop, but, of course, end with a great dessert: Jazz.

          I started listening to Jazz when i was like 10 or 11 years old, because a neighbor had a band, and he used to play the Bass, one of my favorite’s instruments together with Saxophone and Piano. When i heard the music he put on the radio: i was listening Coltrane for the first time, and i just traveled to a peaceful place, it left me speechless, and it was indescribable. So, i did get so much into it, that then, when i was 15, my family bought me an alto saxophone, it was hard to learn, but it truly worth it, i love to improvise, even i play in a Band, but the time is really short because University, so, we decide to take a break until vacations.

            By the way, that doesn't mean i just listen to Jazz, because in a day i listen Chilean Music like "Los Prisioneros" or "Violeta Parra", The Doors, Michael Jackson, Radiohead, The Eagles, Iron Maiden, Elvis Presley, Pink Floyd, Edith Piaff, Calle 13, Cypress Hill, even classic music when i study, like Vivaldi, Mozart, Debussy... i listen to almost everything, except for Reaggeton, and i'm not a big fan of the new pop. Sorry if you feel judged, but i feel Reaggeton and Pop are the most commercial kind of music for me.

            Anyway, I think people shouldn't be close to listen to a specific kind of music, because, if your take your soul to the "restaurant" of music, i don't think that feed it with the same plate everytime be so funny, so, try to listen a little more of the menu!

Your favourite piece of technology

When i see the kids now, it's like they were born with a smart cellphone in a hand and a joystick in the other. I remember my childhood, and a lot of the devices in the present just did not exist. But it was fun, you know, playing out in my neighborhood with my friends... then, in my birthday (i don't remember which one), my grandfather gift me a Nintendo 64.

Maybe, it's not the best video game console i ever played
(it's definitely not), but was the first one, the same night i get it, i played it, conecting the joystick and selecting the game, then, i just get into a new fantastic world, i mean, i played some other games in arcade, in game boy and some tetris<3, but it was just not the same, because of the graphics and the complex ideas: Donkey Kong, Super Mario 64, Zelda, Mortal Combat and my favourite one: Smash Bros! Man, maybe you could have played it and be really good at it but nobody beated me when i played with Kirby.

I remember i could spent a whole day in front of the TV with the N64, playing with my friends or my cousins, having a great time, it's so nostalgic... it's hard to believe how much has changed the video games consoles through the time: Play Station, XBox, Wii, virtual reality headsets, even the computers has become a kind of video game console... anyway, i think none of these are going to be so amazing like it was the N64, and i think, even if in the future i have a son, and he born with a super hyper smart cellphone in a hand and a futuristic weird joystick (if they still exist) in the other, i'm going to play a Smash Bros round with him, and if i pick Kirby, who knows? maybe i'm still being the best!

Why did you choose your career?

As a child, you really never have to take big decisions, you can dream about what you want to be when you're all grown up, in my case, I wanted to become an entomologist, especially because I played a lot with all kind of insects like ants, woodlice, dragon-flies and others bugs in my yard. Then in high school I started to like the science and I feel in love with biology, however, chemistry and physics were equally interesting to me.

The great decision: medicine? "Man, that career is really hard, it's not for everyone, good luck if you get 850 points in PSU". Teacher of science? "Son, the pay is really low, you'll going to live to work, not work to live", it's not that I chose (or didn't chose something) just for what people said, but they made me question myself a lot, so, when I had to choose my career and university, it was a chaos, but I found a career, pharmacy, it had everything I ever expected: a lot of science, enough money to live a good life, great employment and in the university I liked the most: Universidad de Chile.

The pros: I don't regret it at all, day after day, I just feel closer to my career and I like it more and more and until now, I think I’m in a good way academically talking. Also, people I met here are really nice, they are all different and nobody have problem with that. The cons: My social life almost don't exist, God, I miss so much to get out some weekendsL, but, nothing good comes without a sacrifice.

Finally, as a pharmacist I’ll hope to work in a hospital or clinic, then teach and share my knowledge with other people… well the truth is you'll never know: you start liking bugs but at the end study chemistry!

Getting to know each other

Hey! So, something about me... i was born in Santiago, on March 13th in 1998, it's funny, a Friday 13th, i mean, it's the official "unlucky" day, well, sometimes makes senses to me. My father passed away when i was only 1 year old, so i grew up with my mother, she was my mom, my dad and my friend, a good one by the way. I didn't have siblings but i have really good memories with my cousins and friends from my neighborhood: all day playing (outside of course, oh, man, good times), you know, i have to admit it, it was a cool childhood :)

I studied in Boston College, in that place i made good friends, some of them still being important people in my life. In high school i was a little trouble, escaping from the class, smoking hidden in the bathroom, i don't know, i used to think "i can do anything i want, so f*** up" (not in a good way), and i gave a lot of headaches to my family doing all that stupid things, well... teenagers things. After the "James Dean, rebel without a cause" stage, i started to understand the things in another way because i started to think about the future and all that crap, so i started to studying (really hard) and i found myself winning the first place in my school, so, the change was good. I also found other things that i liked, just like playing saxophone in a jazz band, playing chess in "Plaza de Armas". playing with my cat "milo", reading some books and drinking some beers with my friends sometimes.

So, now i can say i'm finally here, i made it, i'm in the university (Universidad de Chile), happily i can say that here is the place i want to be, studying one of my passions, the science, and i know that this career is just starting, but i have the feeling that, after all, the date of my birth has nothing to do with it.