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Changes to my study programme

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Hello again! Faculty facilities (buildings and infrastructure) In today's blog I want to focus on this particular topic, as it has historically been problematic in my faculty as in others at the university.   I am an architecture student at the FAU (Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism) of the University of Chile. One of the aspects that characterize the Andrés Bello campus where the faculty is located, is the great inequality between the infrastructure of the different sites, which in turn responds to the careers that each place teaches.  This is why the economics and engineering careers have a larger budget and is reflected in the quality of the facilities and furniture, one of the examples that most affects is the temperature of the rooms, since not all have the necessary equipment so that we do not freeze in the winter months and don't die of heat in the summer.`   Besides the fact that for a long time there was no proper study room, which was only implemented th...

Time to travel to the past

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Hello again! I would like to be able to travel to the past, to the time when the world was still in formation and humans were still in their first evolutionary stages.  I am very curious to know what their social dynamics were like and the way they inhabited the world.                                                In fact i wish i could be in the exact moment when someone made the first drawing on stone, since that simple action marks a historical evolutionary precedent that manages to position us in a different stratum as humans. It would be very interesting to see the reaction of the others who were with the first drawer of the world.  I would also like to understand what was going through his head, I mean what thoughts and concerns this person experienced to have the need to capture on something what he was observing. It would be necessary to do an interv...

My dream job

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 My dream job would be to be able to teach at the university, about the theory of architecture, that is, the different currents of thought and aesthetics about the discipline.  That is why I am currently taking subjects that have to do with this line of research at the university, for example, Landscape, history and theory or Theory, project and representation. Approaches to contemporary architecture. One of the important things to do is also to study in another university a specialty related to my topic of interest. In this sense the UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico) is an institution that is very attractive to me for this purpose, specifically the institute of aesthetics, specifically art theory, which is a very effective way to approach a deeper understanding of Latin American architecture and culture.  It is relevant to say that studying in another country allows to acquire a new perspective about life experience and as students, since being in contact w...

The best holidays ever

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 Hello again!  In this post I am going to tell you about my favorite holidays, which were just last summer 2023, because we were able to celebrate three important dates at the end of the year as a family. Starting with my birthday that for a while I didn't like to celebrate, but now I enjoy it because it's a good time to be with important and funny people, besides the gifts obviously lol. Another time when we also got together was for Christmas and New Year, and I must say that my nephew really enjoyed Christmas because of all the gifts he received, which was very sweet and funny.                                            New year also created nice memories, because we wanted to follow a tradition that is supposed to be Brazilian, which is to dress in white and wear gold jewelry to start the new year clean and attracting money haha, but the truth is that we looked lik...

A Country I Would Like To Visit

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I would like to get to know Mexico, because of the diversity and cultural richness it possesses, in addition to the landscapes.  First of all, I would like to know the beaches, that is to say the typical place to go on vacation like the beach of Carmen or Cancun, for example. I think it would be great, to be able to rest and enjoy the Caribbean Sea. Mexico has managed to preserve and disseminate its original culture, putting it in value. This fact, for the study of architecture is transcendental because it allows us to understand the interactions that people have with each other and with the landscape. One of the most interesting things to observe are the Mayan mural paintings, which are in an extraordinary state of preservation in Bonampak, Chiapas, for example, since their study allows us to go deep into the Mayan culture, its aesthetic and technical development.  The main reason to get to know Mexico is because I would like to do postgraduate studies about pre-Hispanic cult...

My favorite sweets

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Hi everyone  One of my favorite sweets in life are alfajores, I really love them. I must say that I like them in all their versions and varieties. I think it's all because the alfajor has chocolate and manjar, obviously not all have the same but they share the same concept of being two sweet pastries with a sweet filling, which may or may not be covered. This summer I made alfajores "marplatenses" following the recipe of an Argentinian youtuber and they were delicious, my whole family liked them very much, because they were the classic ones filled with manjar and covered with chocolate.   The "alfajores de maicena" or the ones filled with jam are very good with tea or mate.   And another classic alfajor that can not miss as a savior in times of extreme hunger and little money in your pocket, the old reliable alflajor fruna.  These sweets are very rich but it is not wise to eat them every day, because it has a lot of sugar and fat, it is recommended to eat t...

My beloved pets

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 Hi everyone! Today I would like to talk about my pets, as I have 2 cats and 3 dogs and they are all very adorable. I am going to introduce them to you. I am going to start with Ramòn, who is the first cat we adopted, my brother found him as a baby in the street and he had a respiratory disease that also affected his eyes. But now he is a big and fat cat and very very grumpy.  Ramón Now it is the turn of my kitty Rema, she was also found by my brother in the street, she was not a baby like Ramón, but she meowed a lot and it was raining, we thought she was lost, but finally she stayed with us forever and she loves to sleep.  Rema  Pioja is a very small and old dog. She used to live with an aunt, but finally we have her now, I must say that she is very crafty and only eats meat, she also steals my mom's shoes and sleeps with them, the truth is that this doggy is crazy but she is very funny.  Pioja Finally there is Mrs. Misy, Mr. Chispi and Tito who is now resting ...