Anthropology and/or money….

Thinking about careers and/or money is very common. Actually, when you chose study any degree it’s very difficult not to think about money. I think that a lot of people choose a lot of things throughout their lives based on getting or not getting money. For some people money is decisive. In my case, I couldn’t to think about it, for me, the main reason to choose anthropology was that the “studies program”. When I applied to university, I thought that it was very interesting. Then, when I got into, the “studies program” changed and it stills doing. After all I still thinking that anthropology is really interesting, but I’m not sure about how to make money by being an anthropologist. In my opinion, today to be a social scientist in Chile isn’t so good, because today our social system “doesn’t need” people who to set out much criticism; people who are working at the government probably don’t want to make changes in our society, so the social study isn’t necessary. .. It is a shame… we can’t ignore our problems and we need to improve some things of our social life. This situation was other reason to study anthropology: I want to do something to help to rest of the people, even though sometimes is too hard work for it.

After all, I couldn’t say what is more important for me: anthropology or money?

I really like to study it, but I can’t stop thinking that I need money to live. I mean, if I don’t have money I couldn’t eat, for example; so I need it. In the future I’ll have to work to get money, even more if I want to have a family. But the thing is… how important is money for me? Well… it is enough important. I know that I need it, I know how can I getting it, and I know that there are a lot things more important for me, like have a family and/or friends or to be in good health; and those things money can’t pay.

I want to make any money on December working in a big shop as “Christmas support”; with that money I hope to buy some presents to my family and boyfriend for Christmas and to keep it for any “unexpected situation”. Actually I’m very careful spending money.

Good Bye!

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My beloved faculty

Hello

I study Anthropology in Social Science Faculty in the University of Chile. My faculty is located in Campus Juan Gomez Millas, and near of it are other faculties: Arts, Natural Science, Philosophy and Humanities, the Institute of Communication and Image and College. This Campus isn't very pretty as others ones of the same University. Although, it has something more important than the order of the buildings or if it has great and perfect gardens: this campus has an active university life! There are so many people that walk everyday across the campus, and any single person has their own style, then it is too picturesque to see them. Also, in the "grasses" always are people talking, studying, reading, playing music, or drinking , even more if is Friday in the afternoon.

About my faculty, this is like a big brown box, but more than that, the building is like a big big stairs. You can see this figure if you stand up in the "bridge” and look it up.

Inside, the first floor it is too cold, even if we are in summer or winter, but while you are going up stairs the air becomes hotter than before.

I think that the "immaterial" things are really well in this faculty in sense of relationships among students, coexistence, activities, or spiritual environment, but the material thing isn’t so well: bathrooms don’t have enough toilet paper, and it is complicated when there are a lot of people who wants to do pipi. Besides, the library doesn’t have all the books that we, as students, need. It is a shame because sometimes we need some texts to do our essays and reports and sometimes we have to go to other faculties to looking for them; also, there is not enough space for all of us, and it isn’t like a real library because we can’t have enough “privacy” and silence to study or read.

Related to our “program” or subjects, I think that it is not really well. In my opinion we are in a “test period” and we’ve been (sometimes) spend our time for nothing. It really makes me feel angry because I would use in a better way that time. In fact I didn’t learn so many things because I did a lot of works under pressure, then I couldn’t internalize them very well and the contents of each matter neither. I would like to have less subjects and more free time to study all my subjects in a better way.

I think that there are things that I couldn’t to resolve directly (like the toilet paper), but that doesn’t mean that I don’t have anything to do for it: I can say that there are some problems and contribute to their solution, no matter the way.

Finally there is something that I really don’t’ like: there isn’t any bench in all the campus!!!!!!!!!! I like to sit down in the grass, but I prefer a bench….

And this is all for today, bye!

Dania

M U S I C

Today I’m going to talk about music. Unfortunately this is a topic very complicated for me, ‘cause I don’t know much about music, even that I have a favourite band (and it calls Incubus), I don’t know any famous or important singer and I couldn’t recognize different kind of music or musical instruments.
I think that I’ve never felt a high interest to learn it, even that my father always was taught me things related whit music. He likes folklore, especially Andean music and some national singers, so the most part of the time, he was showed me his music tape and his cd’s. But the thing is that he likes it because he felt (and still feel) something very especial for the Indian populations and for poor people. Music, for him, it’s something very important, which can express a lot of thing that words can’t say and when he is listen to music is like if he was living that expressions.
In my case, I’ve never felt music in the same way of my father. For me, music is a way of expression and it can remind me persons or situations, but it is not like a compromise as my father does.
Anyway, now I listen to music because I want to listen some nice melodies, or because I want to remember something or someone. As I said, my favourite band is Incubus. I couldn’t say in which kind of music are they are, because today there is a big classification and they have been changing their style. However, I could say that they have a rock style, like “Anglo rock”. The first time that I listen to them I was like 10 years old and I was watching mtv, in that time I saw one of their music videos: Pardon Me. I don’t know why I loved so much that song if I even understand it. Now, I am 19 years old, but I’m not sure if I really understand it or not… maybe yes …. Maybe not… is't difficult
Also Incubus, I listened other bands and singers, but I fell a bit shame to enumerate them… so forget it ..
They come to Chile in 2007 and gave two concerts in Santiago. I went with my boyfriend and we had a great time. I felt very happy because they sound like in their discs and the show was too adrenalin, I was really crazy because there were a lot of energy.
Even that I don’t know much about music I’m always have my ears open to listenall kind of music, just for placer.

Bye!!

Dania.

Good Food

Today is a nice day because I'm going to talk about something that makes me really happy: Good Food.

Eating is an activity very important and necessary in my life, in fact, if I don't eat I'm going to die. I love all kinds of foods: salad, sandwich, dessert, dishes, cakes, soup, etc.

The typical food of Chile is good too, and dishes which my mom makes are better than those one. But, I’m a lucky girl... my boyfriend cooks really delicious food and he makes a lot of different food. Sometimes I help him to cook, but there are others situations when he has a lunch ready for me.

I like a lot of vegetables, but carrot, spinach, onion, tomato, potato are my favorite ones. Also I like to eat beef, pork, chicken, turkey as well as fish and others sea animals. In the other hand I like to eat cakes with chocolate and cookies, my favorite ones are brandy cook, and If you want to know… I love the ice cream of chocolate with raspberry jam.

Every day I have to feed myself, so every day I enjoy while I’m eating, it makes me happy and very grateful for can eat them.

I’ve cooked few times, actually in my house I don’t do because my parents does, but in my boyfriend’s house he has to do for his family so when I’m there I help him. Some of our specialty is lasagna, spaghettis with salsa boloñesa, pizza, and other ones. Once, I was in his house and I made a salad with mushroom, scallion and pepper, also it had so much juice lemon; in the end all his family loved my salad and nowadays his mom makes it.

I don’t have much to say in relation a memories and smells. Throughout my life I’ve eaten a lot of foods and these has been present in many situations, so I don’t have, in my mind, a specific moment related whit a specific food.

If I had the possibility to learn how to cook, professionally, I would do a course meal about dessert, because I don’t usually eat them and the reason is that I don’t know how to make them.

Well this post makes me feel hungry……………..Good Bye!