Cinema

One of the things that I most enjoy to do is going to the cinema.  I just love being in front of the giant screen, eating popcorns or chocolates and seen a good movie.  I don’t go very often, because of matters of time and money, but If I could I will go every weekend. The last time I went to the cinema I watch Toy Story 3, one of the funniest films I have ever seen. I could watch it over and over again. As I can’t go to the cinema as often as I would like, I have to conform myself on rent movies or watch them on TV. Luckily for me, I have cable TV, so I don’t rent very much. Actually, with the actual technology I’m able to record films and watch them so many times as I want. Also, I can buy movies for cable or I just buy pirates movies :D.

My favorite film in the world is Howl’s Moving Castle. I’m in love with that movie. I love the colors, the drawings, the music, the history, everything. It’s a beautiful film which tells the history of Sophie, a girl who is enchanted by an evil witch who became her into an old lady. Sophie decides to escape from home and she finds the Moving Castle (or the Castle finds her). In that place lives Howl’s, a vain magician who has a powerful secret. They fell in love, and at the end they accomplish save each other of their enchantments. The movie director was Hayao Miyazaki and it’s based in the Dianna Wynne Jones novel with the same name. I think I’ve seen it like 8 times. It’s a wonderful film. I can’t find any weak point, because to me is the best ever. Maybe it could be that I still don’t find it in his original version, just traduced into Spanish. I absolutely will recommended. Other movies that I would recommend are Chihiro (by the same director), Casi Famosos, Sweet November, Closer, Fight Club, Charlie y la Fábrica de Chocolates, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Juno, Little miss Sunshine, Los amantes del cìrculo polar, El lado oscuro del corazón and lots of more.

The cinema is an art, and sometimes there's nothing betters that a good film because they are very hard to found.

Santiago

Santiago is the city where I born and where I’ve living my complete life. I LOVE Santiago, especially at night, when the lights of the city are switching-on, it’s really beautiful. The places that I love the most in Santiago, and a tourist have to visit, are the Santa Lucía hill, because it’s a lovely constructions, very romantic and peaceful inside of the noisy city and it has a panoramic view of this one as the San Cristonal hill, which evens has a zoo and it’s ideal for a picnic in the nature, to scape of pollution a little bit. Other place will be the Pablo Neruda’s house, “La chascona”, which is amazing and when I went I really like it, besides Pablo Neruda it’s a recognized poet in the world. I would recommend also a  histtoryc tour for Santiago, visiting  places like La Moneda, Plaza Italia, The Alameda street, the Hipodromo, etc, to understand the history of the country and how has it changed with the time pass. For places to eat and have fun, I would suggest visit the Central Market for a good lunch, with mariscos and Chilean food, or to go to Barrio Bellavista at night or to Barrio Yungay, to dinner and have a little fun before go to bed. That will be my top 5, but if the tourist are youngest and likes adrenaline, I would certainly recommend Fantasilandia, and for sports lovers the Estadio Nacional (which also have a interesentig history, especially during the dictatorship). Santiago is a intriguing city to visit, despite the contamination and the noise, you can find a lot of peaceful and beautiful places see. 

Music

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Music is the best way to start the day and do end it. Music is very important to me, it’s a great company in every moment of my life. It can make me feel happy, sad, nostalgic, angry … any possible emotion according to the day and my mood.

I like all kinds of music, but especially rock and alternative music. I love The Strokes, and Arctic Monkeys, The Crash, Deep Purple, Pearl Jam, The Beatles, The Beach Boys … I could go on and on. I also like latin rock music, like Café Tacuba, Vicentico, Los Rodriguez, and Chilean music, which I think it’s very good, and Chilean people should listen to it more often, instead of hearing the typical radio songs. I also enjoys the oldies, like Lou Armstrong or Elvis Presley and Christian Music, like Marcos Vidal.

 I don’t think that exist a particular kind of music that I dislike, I can hear any kinds of music. If you know where to search, you’ll always find good musicians. I prefer to say that are singers or groups that I really hate and I can’t even hear. For example, if you ask me, I cannot stand Axel or Tiziano Ferro. Anyway, if a have to choose one favorite singer or group I honestly couldn’t gave an answer … I love so many groups! I think that depends of the day, and the moment that I living … I constantly change of favorite band; I really cannot pick just one! For example, right now I’m in love with Javier Barria and Manuel Garica, two Chileans musicians. Actually, the last concerts that I went to were of them.

The way that I used to listen to music is by downloads on the internet. I don’t listen to radio, because I have mi mp3 with all the music that I like and I used on the bus, in my house, in the streets, anywhere.

I would to play the guitar, I’m trying to learn since o most four years and I always abandonL. But I have to learn, because I don’t even sing, with the shower exception.

Music it’s all around us, and without music I think a part of us will be missing, a lot of emotions and toughst will be lost, because a way of expression would not exist. Music can makes us fly and forget a little about our problems, so we really would be angry people without any music :D 

India

The country that I would like to go is India. Actually, I would love to travel around the world and visit every place of it, but if I have to pick one I will go for India. I think that is such a beautiful place, full of contrast and so rich in cultures. You never came to know it.

From India I know thing like religions, music – they have a very strange music- their casta society, legends … troughs movies and books. They have such a different way of seen the world and life, its o most opposite to ours. If I was there I would like to visit the entire palaces, and go to the market and buy a lot of clothes and accessories – they are so beautiful- and travel by river in a canoe, and go to Bombay and appreciate the technology against the traditions. But not only know the touristic sites, but also visit the reality of the country. A lot of people live in poorness and misery.  

Living or studying there would be a fabulous experience, but maybe difficult because of the culture differences. The adaptation into a place like this most takes years. Anyway, it’s a fantastic country to visit and I would love to go there J