My vacations

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Since I can remember I have had 2 vacation places that we go every year. That's why I couldn't choose a "favorite vacation" and I have never been to a concert hahaha (yes, it's very sad and I want to go to just to live that experience). So, I will talk about the best moments I have spent on vacation.

I always vacation with my family, my mom, dad and sister.

The first place is the beach, my grandmother had a small house in front of the beach "las cruces" (now it belongs to my dad)  and we go there every winter vacation, holidays and some weekends (well, we went, the quarantine stopped the tradition ) I really like going there in summer because in the morning you can feel the sea breeze along with the soft rays of the sun and the temperature is perfect for having breakfast on the yard and watching the sea. My favorite hobby there is going to the beach in the afternoon, a picnic and watching the sunset while the birds fly along and with a beautiful family company. 

The other thing that I like a lot is to make a bonfire in the backyard, under the light of the moon and stars and eat marshmallows with cookies, especially if we invite family friends because the atmosphere that we have is so warm and nice. When we are along, after that, we go to the beach and lay on the sand looking at the stars. Normaly we don't speak, but it is such a simple but wonderful routine, because we have been doing it for as long as I can remember.

I have mixed feelings about the New Year on the beach, because the municipality shoot fireworks right in front of the house, near the "Ilimay" apartments and it looks very beautiful, because at the same time they throw flashlights like those of Rapunzel film, but it worries me at the same time and makes me sad that there are so many stray dogs who are scared by this.

The second place is the farm that was of my grandparents (now the place belongs to my mother) in Millahuin, Temuco. I love going there, because there is a very large river that crosses the land and a place that my grandfather used to plant some trees (with my cousins ​​we call it "the forest" because we can play to lose ourselves in it). When I was a child, with my sister we made a little house in the middle of the forest, and it's still there. When I am there I share with my parents, my sister and my cousin, my favorite hobby is walking, because even whenI go every year, the scene is always different.

The best thing is when the night comes, if it's in January it's full of fireflies, so many that it looks like a movie. and the sky is full of stars. Sometimes it is scary, because there is a very deep darkness and you can hear the trees, some fruit falling and some noises of animals or insects. When I was a child it was the perfect time to play hide and seek, but with so many stories about witches and "tue tue", the games were short because we were scared.

I don't have many memories of the farm, mainly enjoying the beautiful of the place, but I spend moments that I enjoy a lot because I see family members that I don't see in all year long.

Italy, the country that I would like to visit

            

Italy is a country in Europe, it's capital is Rome and it has a population of more than 60 million. 

I would like to visit Milan city, because is the new "capital of fashion" and I am obsessed with new Italian designers, such as Chiara Ferragni, Stella Jean, Andrea Pompilio and classics such as Giorgio Armani, Versace, and others. For me it is funny, because I know that I will never have something designed by them but I love to see the art in their designs, the elegance, the delicacy and the creative force.

Also, I like the history of the country. In Italy there was interesting cultures, such as the Nuragic, Greek and Roman. I would love to visit the museums in the diferent cities.

  Italy has a gastronomy based on the "Mediterranean diet" this is, pasta, rice, meat, fish, tomato, some aromatic herbs, and other things. eating a lasagna in Italy is something I would like to do.

I really love the idea I have of Italy, But I wouldn't  like to live or work there, I feel that it is a good place to vacation. But I think that European life is expensive and difficult for foreigners.

My favorite group music

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I’m going to talk about my favorite band. 

First of all, I don’t like singers or bands but songs. I like the folk/rock and the indie genre. But also I like pop music such as Little Mix, Miley Cyrus and Dua Lipa. I like many genre of music because I like any individual songs that has a good rhythm. 

Anyway, my favorite artist group is a german indie folk/rock band called Milky Chance composed by Clemens Rehbein, Philipp Dausch, Antonio Greger and Sebastian Schmint. They have three albums, “Sadnecessary” (2013), “Blossom” (2017) and “Mind to the moon” (2019).  My favorite song of this band is “Stolen Dance”. 

I like Milky Chance because Clemens Rehbein have a beautiful voice and they are a perfect band to listen in road trips, their music relax me, and make me feel good. It’s funny because some lyrics are so sad but the beat is relaxing. 

My favorite songs of this genre are “Stolen Dance” of course, “Renegades” – X Ambassadors, “You’re somebody else” – Flora Cash, “Burn the house Down” – AJR, “ego” – Milky Chance and “leve lof concern” – twenty one pilots and many others but I can’t write all of them. 

I hope you have heard “stolen dance” on my blog, I know it has a sad lyrics but I like it anyway. 

This is a picture of the typical road that connect to my family with my grandfathers💕

My favorite subject

 

Hi! everyone, today I’m going to talk about my favorite subject of the semester.

In others blogs I said that I work giving vocational advice in a popular pre-university. And one of my teacher worked in this pre-university some years ago, so the last and this year she made a subject called “Workshop of psychoeducational interventions for the entrance of the popular sectors to the university”

At the beginning of the semester the teacher teached us important concepts to understand the context of teenagers specially in social medial, for example, “polemic”, “perezhivanie of Vygotskys”, and others.

Currenly she makes us take part in different organizations who work with teenagers who will give the PTU.

My group works in PREUPED (the preuniversitary at the Faculty of Medicine of the
University of Chile) and now with the help of a teacher is more easy help to our students. We make talks about topics that may be useful to them such as “Fuas”, “stress management”, “anxiety” and others.

Every Thursday we meet to discuss what we did in the week in the organizations and what we could next week.

I like it too much, because I can help in a practical way and reduce the anxiety of some students.

My computer

Hi to every one!!

 

Today im going to talk about my favorite piece of technology. And that is my computer.

I use it everydays of the week, mainly for work and study; but sometimes I use it for waching films and play. I have it since december 2018. It was a gift from my parents for christmas. I like it because it’s mine and also because is so small, light and useful. Before of my computer I used a tablet that belongs to my dad.  So If i didn’t have it i would come back to use the Tablet or my cell phone to study. So It isn’t something essential to me but it is more comfortable.

Is useful because since I have it I fell that I can learn better, especially now in quarantine and online classes.

Why I chose Psychology?

 

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In this post I’m going to talk about why I chose to study psychology.

I dont remember what I wanted to be as a kid, possibly a princess because I was a barbie fan. But from seven or eight years old my parents told me that I should be an engineer. And I didn't question it until I was in high school and my philosophy teacher inspired me to follow a humanistic career. 

At the end I studied commercial engineering for a year and I don't like the subjects. But I loved the circles, and my colleagues at FEN some of them are still my close friends. 

And finally I entered to study psychology because I liked people management and I wanted know why the persons do what they do, In addition, in my school I liked listen to my classmates when they had any problem. Currently I'm in 3rd year and I really like It! My experience in the university has been pretty good, I love the theory of the subjects. But the best experience are the practices. 

In my first year I participated in a volunteer service called TSR in a rural area of the country. There I had my first contact in the attention of people. And since the end of the second year and the beginning of this year I been working as a career adviser in a popular pre-university. I have learned a lot from these experiences, because thanks to these I knew that I really like working with childrens and teenagers. 

In the future I would love to work in schools or pre-universities. 

If you want any information about TSR you can talk me 💕

My autobiography

Hello! My name is Catalina Lobos, I am 21 years old, on November 3 I will turn 22 and I am currently in my third year of psychology. I live in Maipú with my family, my mother, my father, my younger sister and my two dogs, Happy and Phoebe. I don't consider myself to have a hobby. When I was 18 I liked to read and write, now I don't feel like doing it so I don't know if it's anhedonia or if my preferences changed. The closest thing to a hobby would be cooking. I mainly like to bake but I also like to make sauces to accompany noodles (my favorite food) and some main dishes.

I’ve studied in many schools, greenland school, santa maría de Maipú, Gabriela mistral and the Luis gandarillas institute which was where I finished my high school. Then I studied a year of commercial engineering at the University of Chile, but I did not like economics, finance or accounting.  I only liked marketing and people management because they involved psychology. So I decided that I should study what I wanted and I switched to psychology without notifying my parents.

I did not tell them because my parents are Christians and psychology is frowned upon in the churches, so they were not going to let me study this degree, so I only told them when they should enroll me. And to my surprise they weren’t angry with me, but sometimes I notice their disappointment.

Anyway, my favorite book is "The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. My favorite color is light green. Currently I greatly admire Chiara Ferragni so I really wanted to learn Italian. Finally, I could say that my greatest near goal is to be able to live alone soon because the pandemic ruined those plans.

And I included a picture of Phoebe, because I love her so much and she is my baby.