viernes, 30 de octubre de 2009

The sound of music


First of all, I will say that I am a music fan. Without music, the world will be very boring! That’s why I always NEED to be with my MP3 player in the street, and with the radio blaring in my house. By the same, I listen a lot of different music. From reggueaton to trip hop, passing through funk, pop, hip hop, ethnic music (afro, arabic), latin music and movies soundtracks.
My favorite band is Jamiroquai. They are from England. The music that they play is a mix of acid jazz, funk, soul and disco. I like Jamiroquai because the music that they play its make me feels happy. The bits are perfect for dancing, they keep me high.
The Jamiroquai’s CDs are the only original that I have. For me, a student, buy CDs tracks is difficult, because they are too expensive for my pocket. That is the reason why I always download free music on internet, especially discography of my favorite artists. Approximately, I download about one CD track at a week.
Although I like a lot listen to music, I can’t play any musical instrument. That’s very sad, because I wish I can play saxophone, piano or drums. On the other hand, I think that I am a good dancer. I love to dance, especially reggueaton, salsa, pop… More in particular, I practice Arabic dance since 8 years ago, and Afro dance since 5 years ago. And I love to listen and to dance those kinds of music. Finally, about singing, I am really really bad. But this doesn’t means that I don’t sing. Contrary, I like to sing a lot, especially in my house.

viernes, 9 de octubre de 2009

About Cinema




I am a cinema lover. I have a lot of movies in my house, but the 90% of them are copied. All the time I’m asking to my friends if they have new movies, for copies them. I choose the copy films because it’s the cheaper option. Go to the cinema it’s very expensive, and that’s why I choose to have my own films. The times when I went to the cinema have been because someone pays my ticket. Other times, I try to find places where they play movies for free.
It’s a difficult decision for me choose only one movie. For today, I will talk about V for Vendetta. This is a science fiction movie that it is based on a graphic novel wrote by Alan Moore. The movie was released on 2005, and its director is James Mc Teigue. The film stars are: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea and John Hurt.
The history is this way: The location is London, but not the actually London. It’s a city of the future! There is an authoritarian government, and the main character, V, is a mysterious wrestler that combats the sociopolitical situation, and specifically manner to do that is through the vendetta.
This is a really good film. Not only the history it’s good, also the special effects, the dialogues, the music, the actuation… that’s why I lost the count about how much times I saw the movie.

viernes, 2 de octubre de 2009

WHAT TO DO / WHERE TO GO IN SANTIAGO .

This weekend I supposed to write a post about what to do and where to go in Santiago. Once a time, in a holiday time, when I was in other country, I just think about this topic, because I was a foreigner tourist in that place and a lot of people recommend to me differente places and things to do. But, when I think about what to do in Santiago city, my own-answer was that I really don’t know!
Today, after a time about that firs thinking, I view more possibilities that I recommend to a foreigner tourist. But it remains being a little hardest for me. In first place, I think that a great place to go is Cerro Santa Lucía. This is a really good alternative, because in that place you can find a lot of things to do, like the cableway, the zoo, the japanese garden, the funicular; and all with a great view from above of Santiago city. Other place can be the Youngay neighborhood, because it’s an important key of Santiago history. A third possibility can be to visit Chascona, the Pablo Neruda’s house, a place with artistic activities. The fourth visit you can’t miss is Quinta Normal. This is a big public park, with a artificial lake and lot of museums inside, like the Museum of natural history, the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Train museum. And the last thing, and if it isabout party, a good place to go it’s Bellavista neighborhood. There is a lot of pubs and restaurants, so you can choose the most you like.