London

I really like this activity, because I have always wanted to go to that city because United Kingdom is a great country and Europe in general. Also I always wanted  visit the london eye, the british museum, kew gardens and especially hyde park. So I love plan a week in that city, because now I got to know about the tube, the location of places and know how would money spend. 

There are many places to visit and activities to do in London, wich is very interesting, and entertaining. This made me think I could plan more trips to other countries that would love to meet.

Music

Hi everyone!

This week I'll write about music, I don't have a favourite band or singer, actually I like many types of music, I listen music to music according to my mood. For example I like the rock, indie, pop,ambient, alternative rock, classical, electronic, latin and others, really this change every day. 

The bands or singers I hear most are Phoenix, Mogwai, Arctic monkeys, Beach fossils, Explosions in the sky, Daughter, Of monsters and men, Freelance whales, Radiohead and Soda stereo.

In any case the music is very necessary in my life, every day I listen something, it helps me to distract me, to relax and accompanies what I feel.

Despite not having a favourite band, the song that never bores me is Lasso by Phoenix, they are a french band of alternative rock, consisting of Thomas Mars, Deck d'Arcy, Christian Mazzalai and Laurent Brancowitz. I like this song because it keeps me happy. This song is of the album tittled Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix.  I love this album has songs like Lisztomania, 1901 and Armistice, which I also like very much.

Free Topic

Hi everyone!

Today I will talk about sign language. Now I'm doing a workshop about this and also I made this workshop a few years ago. It has always interested me how the deaf communicate, how they relate to others In a world in which apparently most people are listening. So learn their language also becomes a form of inclusion.

The main thing in sign language is that this is not universal, it changes in each city, so also in each country. Deaf people have their own grammar, structure and way of thinking, which is very different from that used by listeners, there are no articles and there are some verbs that do not exist. There are words that are represented by more than one signal and there are long ideas that can be represented simply by a sign.

Another important idea is that deaf people are not mute, though they are usually called deaf-mute.

Besides the deaf do not call each other for their names but call each other for their nicknames, which are always related to a particular aspect that identifies them, for example the hair, their glases or a mole.

The body language is critical in sign language because they need to use gestures to understand the intent of the message.

For this and many other things deaf culture is definitely fascinating.

My Pet

Hello everybody

This time I'll talk about my dog, this is called Tomi, it is a Fox Terrier, he has 6 months to live. I got it in February of this year because my uncle gave it to my mom, since he has two dogs who always have puppies. My mom likes animals but really did not want to have a pet at this time as it involves many responsibilities. However long I wanted to have a pet and wanted preferably a dog, because I grew up with cats and although I love them, they always lost away from home.

With my family we had a hard time choosing a name, everyone he could think very ridiculous names. After many days we all agree. So Tomi is a playful puppy, very restless and active, he barks a lot every day and likes to bite everything in, always drags his bed with his mouth to all the places he goes and always sleeps with two stuffed animals. Now your body is full of spots, so it is rather like a small Dalmatian.

At the moment I am not living with him, so my mom worrying about giving food and water every day, to take him out and play with it. Also, my uncle goes every month to inject their vaccine.

Free Theme

Hi everyone!!

A few days ago I went to see a presentation of the BANCH was called "Cuéntame la Danza", in which it is told through dance and dialogue of some dancers the dance history to reach contemporary dance. For many years I like the contemporary dance does, then I enjoyed the journey that makes the presentation to reach that point. However, not all people know this type of dance, so I'll write a little about it.

Contemporary dance born in the mid-twentieth century and is a period in which it is beginning to question the dance that until then existed, so contemporary dance comes to rebel against this and it does this through greater freedom in body movements. In this type of dance the composition is more important than technique.  Therefore various techniques can be used or not use them.  It is for this reason that  there are many types of dances. This dance can use any music or it can be danced in silence, also you can use your voice. It is usually danced barefoot and movements are very natural and organic. No need to have a purpose, but that also depends.

Presentation

Hi everybody!

For my presentation, I will talk about attachment theory, this was developed by John Bowlby. He took interest in the early experiences of children and the impact that these experiences could cause in developing them.

Attachment is the emotional bond that develops the newborn with their caregivers, usually the mother, and directly influences how it will unfold in the world, in their personality and how it relates to other people. This attachment must provide security to the child, of this way he should feel that this person will be there when you need it, as this allows the child to have the confidence to explore the world.

Later Mary Ainsworth in his work with children in Uganda, is familiar with the work of Bowlby and then through an experiment called the strange situation found three main patterns of attachment: secure attachment, avodaint attachment and ambivalent attachment.

For me it is very important this theme because in the past it was believed that children only had to cover their basic needs and they were incomplete beings that they are prepared to become adults, but with this type of study It has been found that children are active beings, who need constant contact and be heard and that what happens in their first years of life affects the whole development of them. So I think that the importance of care should be given to infants is critical and should not be forgotten.

Technology

About technology, I'm not very good at those things, but what I usually use my computer and my cell phone. The most important is my computer, because there I have everything related to University, I listen to music, I have my books,watch movies, series, etc. In other words I can do whatever I want.

I started using the computer since I was very small but only rarely opportunities because I did not have one, but I only used the computers of people close to me to play. My parents did not want to have a computer because they said I'd spend all day using it. They bought me one when I was twelve years and since then I have not separated me from it. Actually I use it every day except when I go on vacation somewhere.

I lived without my computer for a month and has not been so bad, but always I need something of this but I can get used to being without it. It was nice in some ways because it has helped me to look for other ways of entertainment, not to spend all day at home and to invent and try new things.

Photograph

Hi everyone!

I love photography since I was thirteen years, not only because it captures moments but also because sometimes makes you see things from another perspective, is for that I love taking photographs. There are many that I took that I like and that are significant, but I chose this photograph, which was taken at "Laguna El Espejo", in the south of Chile, specifically in the "Región de los Lagos" in 2013, was a walk with my parents, we went to hot springs of Puyehue and after we left my dad wanted my mom and I knew this place. This is in the Puyehue National Park, on the way to a ski resort called antillanca. Near this lagoon is the "Laguna El Encanto" and "Laguna El Toro".

I like this photo because I love nature, especially forests, for the tranquility and the life in them and this place is really beautiful, it was a sunny day and it was full of butterflies, birds were heard and looking the lagoon was fulled with lotus flowers. That is one of the many reasons why I love the south of Chile. Nature allows one to disconnect of everything, of the concerns, problems, going to walk to places like this. 

My favourite food

Hello everyone!

I personally I love the food and eat, this is a recurring thought to me. My favourite food are principally pastas, pizzas and similar. Also I like so much the sushi and I love fish but I don't like shellfish. Besides I love fruits and vegetables. My favourite fruit is the pineapple and I hate the bananas. The other food that I like a lot are the cakes and junk food.

Moreover personally I don't like the meat but I like sandwiches, this is a contradiction but is the only context in wich I like the meat. And sometimes I have to eat this because everyone does it and I have to adapt to them.

Regarding the favourites restaurantes for eat, I don't have any place but the place more I go is the "Fuente Suiza", it is a place where there principally sandwiches. This place is in Irarrázabal 336, here I love eat a "barros luco", this is simply delicious.

I  try a new place whenever I can. I generally like to prepare food at home, I love cook but sometimes not enough time.   

Ambition

Hello!

My great ambition is to travel, I always wanted to meet different people, different cultures, different languages and different types of foods. Since I'm a little girl my dream and ambition is to travel around the world, maybe I want to travel because of the books, the movies, the history about different places or documentaries, really I do not know why, but has always interested me know different types of life and thought. Also I always like to change the place where I live, because I usually get bored quickly of them, so I also need new experiences constantly.

I would also like to help people in every place I go, can be as a psychologist or in any way I can. This is very important to me because if I can fulfill my ambition, I will not be completely fulfilled if I do not help to others.

Website

Hi everyone! I love the internet because everything I need I can find in a few seconds. I spend so much time in the day surfing in internet. The websites I use the most  of time are  youtube, gmail, google, pinterest, etc. My favourite website is pinterest, because I really enjoy with the differents images with which I can inspire me and let fly my imagination with the differents places and woods, ilustrations, home decor, animals, photography, art, DIY, etc. All I hope to find is there. For that reason I visit this website everyday. I am really addicted to pinterest.

There you can have your own boards with pins and people can follow you and you can also follow the others or their boards. I discovered this website two years ago and I really don't remember how it happened. Although it has been a long time, I've never done any board and I just follow the others because if I had my own boards would need more time.

The link is https://www.pinterest.com 

I hope you enjoy this.

Hello! I am Bárbara Ponce. I'm 19 years old and I'm studying psychology at Universidad de Chile, this is my second year.

I love reading, walking in parks, watch movies and learn a lot of things or different activities whenever I can. I'm actually very interested in dance, especially flamenco, contemporary dance and afro mandingue.