"Post 10"

Hello guys, in the last post of the semester and English 4 I will talk about English language challenges.

My experience with this language in the University has not been so good, I could describe it a little shocking. The truth is that it has always been difficult for me to communicate in English, many times I can have in mind the idea I want to transmit, but I can’t say it aloud, I get very nervous and to blush, I also want to go out running hahaha. I think it's something I'll never get over L. Unfortunately, I don’t know what to do to overcome this fear, maybe I should do an English course, because I usually forget some grammatical rules and I feel that maybe I need to extend my vocabulary. The use of blogs has helped me to increase my vocabulary a bit, because by looking for the translation of certain words that I do not know I learn, although sometimes it is a bit boring to write about topics that I had not even thought of before or that are not of my liking. It is difficult to have to write a blog one day Friday after “BAYB” (Bases Anatómicas y Biológicas de cara y cuello), a challenge hahaha. Maybe it would be more entertaining to have theoretical English classes, I think I would remember many things that at some moment I knew and that are now very necessary, because we are constantly studying English papers and save me a lot of time to translate using just my knowledge and not the translator.

Bye guys, we see in the other classes.

"Post 9"

Hi guys, today I will talk about some changes that I think could be made in my study program.

To begin I can say that the study day are very long, many times we leave very late and we must come to study in our houses. For example, in my case I must get to order, cook and do many other things, because I rent an apartment. Or there are also many companions who travel to their homes taking several hours. Want I mean is that you lose a lot of time doing other things and deep down you see it as lost study time. And this is like because yes or yes you must many hours unofficial to give well result in the tests. Sometimes I consider that is very good that in the University are so demanding, but there are times when I really would like have time to travel more to my home, go to the gym or to spend more time with my boyfriend.

Another thing that bothers me is that sometimes the teachers have evaluation criteria very different.

With regard to the infrastructure, I can say that I find everything in order, until now I haven’t had a problem, but perhaps later I can have them. The only thing that I don’t like is the casino; they prepare very bad food and is full of doves (that disgust). Lunch here and two hours later I’m already hungry again.

Despite everything I love my career; also I’m in the best University.

Bye sweeties… 

"Post 8"

Hi guys, today I will talk about my summer vacation. Usually I don’t go to vacations to anything beautiful places; generally I to travel to my house and I stay during all vacations. If I go to some other place, generally is with my family and we go to places with a lot of nature, for example, “National Park Radal 7 Tazas” or also to the beach or camping’s. It’s great, because I love to share with my family, they are a madmen’s trio.

Anyway this summer I would like to do new things. I really want to go out with my boyfriend, go to the South, to the North of Chile, really I don’t know specially where, but I know that to place that we go we will spend it well.

The problem is always the money, because to travel we need it, well, money moves the world. For this reason I will start working from this weekend, as I have only one subject to finish the semester. When I finish my last exam I will work every day, to raise more money for the summer. Although I’m not very clear where I want to go, I will leave to collect money, so I can go wherever I want when I decide. Well, it’s not that I’ going to raise millions to travel out of the country to the typical Caribbean dream trip haha.

Bye, see you in the next post.

"Post 7"

Hi guys, today I will talk about a picture that I love. This picture was taken in my home, by my friend Benja (career partner) on my 20th birthday. I like it too much because together with my family we don’t usually take pictures of we four together, because my mom for some strange reason she doesn’t like the pictures haha! (Contrary to what happens with my sister, she takes many selfies haha). It is one of the few that we have.

I look very happy, because at times like these you realize how wonderful your life can be, as for example, great friends, a bkn boyfriend that has become a fundamental pillar in my university stage, a lot of love, contention, but above all I have a beauty family, that despite the distance they are always giving me their support. I feel that my career has been a fight between the four of us. I feel very lucky to have them, I think I could not have a better family, each one is special in their own way, but my mom beats everyone haha, more than my mother I consider her my friend, the best friend I could have, gives the best advice and nobody cares about me like her. I am eternally grateful to my family.

I miss my home; I want the semester to end soon so I can be in my beloved town eating a lot and being spoiled.

Bye people.

"Post 6"

Hello people, today I will talk about postgraduate studies.

The truth is that I don’t very sure if I want to continue studying in the postgraduate program. When I entered the career I was thinking in specialize in pediatric dentistry. I have always liked that branch of dentistry, to interact with children, to help them and to receive a lot of love on the part of them. However, I feel that maybe I am rushing a lot, because I haven’t worked much the practical part, then, maybe is much better to go to evaluate how well I am doing in the topic and once that I already dominated it I know what are my strengths and weaknesses. I think that only when I know this I can make the best decision, because maybe at the moment in that I attend children don’t like me, or maybe during the career I decided that I like more another type of specialty. If you had asked me three years ago in which specialize, probably would have responded pediatric dentistry, I love this specialty. But the last time I have listened many negative things about this, then for this reason I prefer to live the day to day without it being a worry. I want to make this decision as the time passes.

Well, then assuming that I choose pediatric dentistry, I would continue at the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Chile for the prestige that it has. The duration of postgraduate course is two years, with a schedule from Monday to Friday with eight hours per day.

Goodbye guys…

Post 5

Hi guys, today I will talk about my future job. This is a topic that really makes me very anxious and at the same time frightens me, because sometimes I feel that the day will never come, but sometimes I think it can come very soon and that depends only on me prepare in the best way these years to face that moment. Well, I think it’s necessary to say that I imagine myself working as dentist, because maybe it’s not something everyone assumes. Also I will not work soon, because every time I try to find a job I never find hahaha, is too sad. Although sometimes it’s better, because I realize that I don’t have much time. Focusing in what I want to do in a few more years, I can say that I have imagined that moment since I was little, I dream of seeing my patients smile, feel the gratitude of each of them I would make the happiest person of the world. Sometimes is easy to help someone, however, many times we don’t do it.

I have always wanted to work in the public system, I feel that the people who come is in some way a little more grateful, also I would love to work in rural places, maybe I could even go back to my village and work there for a while.

Goodbye sweeties.

"POST 4"

Hi everyone, today I will talk about what I am really into. Is difficult for me think in a thing in particular, because I like many things, such as take walks while I talking with my boyfriend, travel to my house after weeks of stress in Santiago, being able to talk with my parents and sister and to play with my dog. Also I like chocolate, potato chips go to dance to the disco with my friends, anyway, a lot of things. But if I had to choose something in particular, I would choose to go to my favourite place. It is a kind of forest, with lots of vegetation, rivers, a lot of peace and a very relaxing atmosphere. This place is in the sixth region, in the commune of Nancagua, about half an hour from my house. Usually I like to be accompanied, bring food, something to drink and put music, the rest is to share and enjoy the landscape. If for some reason I cannot go there, I go to a hill that is ten minutes from my house.  The idea is disconnected for a moment of the world, and to enjoy the simple.

Affection to all, see you in the next post.

"Post 3"

Hi guys, today I will talk about the most embarrassing that has happened to me.

It’s difficult to me to remember some moment in particular, because I am very embarrassing, it’s common for me to blush facing different situations from day to day.

Usually get embarrassed many things, for example, if I say a wrong word, if I talk front many people, if I don’t know something of what people tell to me, I rarely say it, only if I feel confident, among other.

But I think that the most embarrassing that has happened to me was ten years ago. At that moment I was ten years old. I was with my family in motocross races and my father said me to ride a motorcycle. I remember that the motorcycle was great for me, my feet didn’t touch the floor. It doesn’t difficult to drive motorcycle’s, I was doing well until the throttle remained constant and I couldn’t to decrease the velocity. I finished involved in the blackberries. It was very embarrassing, everyone rushed to see me. Good that I wasn’t competing, but hurt me a lot.

"Post 2"

Hi to all, today I will write about my best holidays.

I have always liked nature and unusual places, for this reason I enjoyed my summer vacation of 2016 in "Reserva Nacional Radal Siete Tazas" I visited this place with my family (mother, father and sister) and family friends. We went camping for a few days. 

We had a lot of fun touring the beautiful place. The trails were a bit dangerous, but we had to be cautious of getting well to our destination wich was usually part of the river. The weather was very nice, but despite that, I couldn't stop thinking about how cold the water was, it was terrible, I had never felt so cold. We shared, we ate rich things and we were disconnected from the internet and connected with nature.

It was a very nice experience, because usually we don’t go out much in family, only some Sundays when I travel to my house (Chépica, sixth region) and usually it is to motocross racers or trainings of my father. I would love return to the place again.

"Post 1"

Hi guys, in this post I will talk about North Zone of Chile, a place that I would like to visit because I have visited just South Zone of Chile and I prefer traveling all over the country than to travel to another country. I believe that Chile is a beautiful place, with lots of nature and many entertaining panoramas to enjoy this, for this reason I would like to discover every corner of my country and falling in love with his beautiful places. I have read and I have found many attractions such as the observatories located in Antofagasta and Coquimbo regions, or his mountains and white sandy beach and warm water. This call my attention a lot, it would be the first thing that I would like to do. Obviously I would like to go with my boyfriend, because I consider it an opportunity to share a new experiences together. I like the idea of to walk together on the beach.

POST 0

Hi, in this post I will write about my relationship with the English Language. Really is very difficult for me to write or speak in English because I don’t have the necessary understanding about the language. Usually I use some dictionary to make my blogs, for example “Linguee”. Although is easier for me to write than to speak in English because I get very nervous, I forget the words , I don’t know much vocabulary and cost me the grammar. I think that this because of in the school I didn’t have the necessary English classes, my teachers got sick frequently and the replacements took a long time. Also, I never to spoke in English in some activity in the school, I remember that with my classmates only practiced listening’s and we made some guides that included vocabulary.

I think that if I had practiced speaking in English it wouldn't be so difficult for me now. Basically I should overcome the fear to speak in English in public. If I wasn’t so nervous, everything would be different.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Post 9

I think that the job of do a blog is very funny and very helpful for release the hand for talk about any subject that we will have to face at some future. In the beginning I didn't want to write about anything, because I didn't know about what write, when I saw what I had to do I thought this is boring, but with the time that it changed, and for some reason I liked the classes. The Teacher is very nice so I lost the fear of the English language and I dared to write.

Now is easier write in English about anything than when I started the course, and I enjoy each activity more than in the beginning, I think that practice every week was very helpful for that purpose.

Blogs are easily accessible and that was an advantage for work constantly and understand on a better way the subject that we are working.

The classes were dynamic, for this reason I didn't saw the course like torture. English was a way out after a hard week of late study and insufficient sleep, I laughed with my partners, who now I know better, I really enjoy this experience and I would live it again. 

Regards to all.

Post 8

Hello friends, today I’ll write about my favourite subject.

 This semester I have subjects that are related with the dentistry and some basic science knowledge, for example anatomy, but also those related to our future professional practice like education and health promotion. This subject is much more focused on strategies that should be dominated by any student in the area of health, especially a dentist. So "Educación y Promoción en Salud" is my favorite subject this semester, because it relates more to my profession and the relationship with people.

The classes are made starting with a theoretical basis about different topics to be addressed in health and how to treat them. Then we have workshops in which we have to solve different problems in the area of health. We work in teams and we have to apply what has been learned theoretically, building and proposing a health action.

Hello people, today I will write about a person in my field that I admire.

The person that I admire in my Faculty is the teacher Claudia Andrea Lefimil Puente. I choose her because she is an excellent person with the students of the Faculty. Always is prepared to help the vulnerable students than have problems. She convinced me to continue in the career.  Currently she is the Director of Students Affairs at the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Chile; also she is the Assistant Teacher of Biochemistry Department on the Institute of Research in Dental Science in the Faculty. She works 44 hours in the Faculty.  She received recognition as the best teacher of the Faculty of Dentistry in the Anniversary of the University. She has research projects as “Role of luxs and autoinducer-2 in the interaction between lactobacillus casei and bifidobacterium dentium, two cariogenic microorganisms” where she is a principal investigator and also has some official publications.

I love her. I am sure she has helped you in these years.

Hi to all, today I will write about my favorite serie.

Currently I don’t really have a favorite serie because I really don’t have much time to watch it. In my free time I prefer to watch movies or listening music. I have rarely watched a serie because if I watch one I would like to watch it from beginning to end and it would difficult to me hahaha. I think years ago I didn’t watch a serie. Anyway there are many series that I would like to watch for example the most popular “Grey’s Anatomy”, “Game of Thrones”, “The Walking Dead”, among others. When I was a child I liked to watch “The Power puff Girls” because I identified with the personality of Bombón. The truth is that I prefer to watch soap operas than series because that is what my department friends to watch when I have time to watch TV. Usually we watch “Perdona Nuestros Pecados” a Chilean night soap opera.

Greetings :D

Hi to all, today I share my favourite photograph.

This photograph took me my boyfriend in January of this year. We travel to Viña del Mar on our summer vacations. This was our first trip together, we escaped for a weekend.  We visited several places and walked around the city at night.  We also ate very rich foods, we are very sweet tooth hahaha.  I like this photo because I didn’t realize that he was taking me. I was concentrated in that moment because I was watching little crabs in the sea, I loved their colours. In the photo you can see “Balneario Las Salinas”, rocks and the sea, a beach atmosphere. I remember that day I tan a lot because I didn’t use sun block hahaha, I was a month with pains in the skin :c. That day was very beautiful, the atmosphere was very nice, I didn’t to go back to Santiago. It was a nice weekend,I will not forget it.

Hi people, today I will write about my pet.

In my life I have had three pets, all have been domestic animals. In this moment I have a dog, his name is “Robin”. I don’t choose this name. His name was chosen by his former owner. Really I don’t like his name, but with my family we never wanted to change it. In my family we have he since he was six months old, today he have seven years old. My dog is very caring, is a member of the family, we love him as a son. The pet that I like the most is a dog because I consider them to be tender, loyal and good friends. I would like have others pets, but in this moment I can’t because “Robin” is jealous, he would don’t like hahaha. I have always wanted to have an exotic pet, they interest me because they are different and needing special care I would out of the ordinary.

My favourite piece of technology

Hello to all, today I'll write about my favourite piece of technology.

I really like my cell phone, I wouldn’t change it for any other technological object, I feel it is very practical, it offers many services at the same time. My cell phone was given to me by my mom after being robbed me in the bus. I remember that I was very sad that day because they stole my favorite cell phone. It is usually one of my study tool, I also use it to see the time, listen to music, communicate with my family and friends, either by phone call or by social networks, but sometimes it can be bad, since I dedicate a lot of time on social networks and I could study at that time, however, I definitely couldn't live without it, because it gives solution to many of my problems.

Bye bye.

A little more of myself

Hi classmates, today I write about an important decision in my life.

When I was a child I dreamed to be a doctor. I really dreamed to be a teacher, dancer and singer, but when I had to choose a career I choose dentistry.  I had other options in mind such as nutrition and diet and kinesiology, but finally I entered to study odontology and didn't need to think about other options. Has been a difficult experience because I moved away from my family and I had to rebuild my life. Piecemeal I have gotten used to the rate of the university and the environment in Santiago. Today I can say that I love this career and that I would like to be the best pediatric dentist.

Greetings to all.

My Autobiography

Hello everyone, today I write about myself.

My name is Leidy Barrera, I was born on January 29, 1997 in Santa Cruz, region of the Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, but all my life I have lived in Chépica a small town in the sixth region. Actually I live in Santiago of Chile.

I studied in Colegio Basico Chepica and then in Liceo Fermin del Real Castillo. When I finish high school I entered the University of Chile. Is this my third year as student in this University.

My hobbies are dancing, singing and playing sports as athletics or go to the gym, also I like cooking it relaxed me, but sometimes is difficult to have time to do what we like. 

My family is little and young, is composed for my father, my mother, my sister and my dog, Robin. We are very united. It has been difficult for me to move away from them. 

I'm really happy when I go to visit them, because I miss my family, too Chepica is a quiet town, full of nature, the perfect place to take a break.

Greetings classmates.