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Farewell speech

It is hard to say goodbye to all of you. It is hard to think that this day would come, and now is time to have you in my memories. It is obviously a day that I was longing for, but all in all it is sad to know that I may not see you again. Therefore, I have some words for you; I want you to listen to this, since these words come from my heart and soul.

I want to thank you all for sharing with me all these years. We have had good and bad times together, but here we are, after all this time, we are still together as a team. Maybe we do not talk too much, may be we do not spend too much time together, and perhaps you do not like the way I am. However, and this is for all of you, I want to thank you, because you made me know some of the most important people in my life.

People say that you only know your real friends in your childhood, but some of you made me see that you can find a real friend even when you are an adult. I want to thank a friend of mine, she is present here, for listening to me. It may be hard for you to think that she could be that knid and nice, but that is the way she is, an undestangin and very special woman. Deep inside, I want to thank you for spending all this time with me. I also wanted to give the best of me, because I found a person so true, and so understanding, disregarding what people say about you. I really know you now, who ever thought that we could be friends some time?

I want to thank all of my teachers, for some of them made me find a treasure in the special ones. I may have not liked some teachers, because of the way the were and their attitued towards my classmates and the way they behaved in the classroom. But there are some really special teachers, and I will always remember you as masters and as friends. It was good to know that I could always count on you. You could always listen to every one of us, if we needed your help. And maybe that is more important than being so excesively academic in the classroom. You showed that you could be real humans, not real robots.

I hope to see you again some day, I want you to be even more successful than now. For my classmates, I hope you find your way through wisdom and bravery. You have made it so far, it was a way full of holes and difficulties, but you are here now. With your effort and diligence you have come this far, and in that way you must succeed. We are about to graduate and perhaps some of you may never see each other again, but I am sure that real friends will be in touch even in tough situations. I want you to be happy with what you have, be happy because you have made it this far and you are practically in the end of a phase, but obviously in the beginning of a new one. It is time to spread our wings and fly.

I hope to see you again some day. Thank you for your company, I will treasure it forever...

Talking about death...

Many people do not like to talk about death or things related to death (diseases and conditions), but I think that it should be mentioned at least once among relatives. It is ok, lots of people die everyday and for several reasons. Obviously, you can find the stupidest and strangest deaths on the Internet. However, despite there are many ways to die, you must have thought at least how you want to die and what will happen if you have a terrible disease.

I have heard my classmates, friends and other people claiming that they would like to die peacefully and without pain. It is pretty obvious since you do not want to suffer anymore and you finally want to rest in peace. However, I would like to die with a lot of pain, I would like to die fighting some guy or some guys, being beaten to death, and beat  them to death as well. It is not a peaceful death, obviously, but, for me, would be very grateful.

You may be wondering, how come you want to die that way? Easy, the only people I would like to beat to death would be evil guys that deserve to die: rapists, pedophiles, burglars, murderers, serial killers, and so on. Why do they deserve to die? Because they hurt people in order to satisfy a selfish desire; they did not think of others. Keep in mind that other people who live in peace would not receive that kind of treatment. I mean, I would not beat them because they do not deserve that.

If I am unable to choose my death, that is to say, I am very ill because of a disease, the answer would depend on many factors. If I am unable to move, speak, touch, walk, I would not like to live anymore. I just would tell my relatives and beloved ones: "Pull the plug." If it is a disease that can be cured, I would to my best to get better, but, as I have just said, if I am unable to do things I used to, why would I like to use up air that others can breathe?

And finally, I think death is just a phase since, if you are not present with your relatives and friends, your memory will live with them; that means that you are not completely dead. The people you lived with will remember you; they will keep the best memories of you. You are only completely dead when you are forgotten.

San Cristóbal Hill

If you do not like to go to pubs, bars and discos, but you are fond of sharing beers with your friends and enjoying the nature, then San Cristóbal Hill is for you. This hill counts with many favourable features that make it worth a visit with friends or with your family.

Luckily, there are several pubs and liquor stores to buy juice or beers in that place. And one of the good things is that you have to pas through Barrio Bellavista, which is a good place to have fun and meet people.

Of Course, you can always go to those pubs; nonetheless, San Cristóbal Hill is the best place if you like nature. To be more precise, there is a place in that hill in which you can have beers outdoors, it's called "Ermitaño Bajo". The best thing is that carabineros will not tell you anything if you drink alcohol there.

Another important feature is that there are restrooms there, for men and for women, and they, of course, do have water. Therefore, you can have a good time with nothing to worry about.

At night, one of the coolest features is that you have a beatiful view of the city. After you go there, you will see Santiago in a different way. In short, you can have a good time by just going to this hill, and obviously you can enjoy nightlife at Bellavista after leaving this hill.

Why I do not believe in ghosts

There are many thing I don't believe anymore. Santa Claus, the easter Bunny, and so on. But there is some thing that I have never believed in: the ghosts. Even though it can be as simple as that, I think it needs an explanation.

First of all, I always wondered why strange sounds came from a place or thought if I the strange image I saw was real or not. And suddenly I realized that everything that my friends considered ghosts were just wrong perceptions.

Time ago a friend of mine told me he saw a ghost just behind me. He said it was an old woman just standing behind me, so I turned around and looked all around the living room and there was nothing. He probably saw that because he was drunk (actually, he was) or because he is near sighted.

I know that ghosts might exist, but I have never seen or felt something strange, even though I have trained my mind always; my perception is crystal clear when it comes to perceive weird things.

Everything explained here is just my personal opinion. I do not intend to make you believe that ghosts do not exist for you since you may actually believe in them. Even if I do not seem to be interested in these stuff, I actually do; I'm always being interested in the uncanny.

Common Study Problems

We all use to have many problems when we study, like misunderstanding the idea of one paragraph or thinking about something else when we are reading. These problems may be related to many types of distractions, external and internal distractions. I am going to focus on the external distractions and some advices to avoid them.

First of all, we may refer to internal distractors when we are talking about thoughts, something you think at a certain time and distracts you. This kind of distractor might take place when you think of your girlfriend/boyfriend or about watching TV. You just lose your focus when reading.

On the other hand, there are three main external distractors. Facebook and some other social networks are used several hours by many many people. Most people use it more than one hour a day, and an important number of them use them more than 3 hours a day.

Another "hobby" that demands time is videogames, but especially RPG games and MMORPGs. These videogames demand too much time for those who dedicate their lives to have good items. Some people stay online and play more than five hours just to get ONE rare item, and some play a whole week or month to get good equipment.

And finally, TV programs and series demand a lot of time, especially because you do not have to do anything but watching it. Some people like studying or reading while they are watching TV, as if watching it does not make them lose the attention. People tend to watch more than one program and they watch it in a row, usually leaving studies behind.

A solution for this may be to design a schedule in which you feel comfortable and you can still do whatever you want. However, it is hard to do it, since you may be so used to dedicate time to your hobbies, that it is hard to work diligently. You must make a schedule and be disciplined in order to achieve the expected results. Remember, practice makes perfect!

How children party nowadays

The way young people party has changed a lot since the last few years and I guess it is related to the new trends we see each day. Years ago there were not many trends; therefore, there were rockers, metalheads, hip hop fans and so on, who had a very similar way to party. However, now there are a lot of trends in which kids (I mean from 12 years and more) participate and they do things that young people did not use to do in the past years.

Decades ago, people used to go to parties to dance and have a good time. Of course there were always drugs and alcohol, but that was not a priority. The real goal was to have a good time and have fun and the main idea was to spend time with friends.

Now that there is a lot of trends and ways of being, but all these ways of being are closely related to the trend people say to belong to. For example, our Chilean Pokemones were really homogeneous (I say "were" because no one follows that trend currently) and all the "pokemones" acted very similarly: they used to make out with almost everyone, I mean, if a "pokeguy" had the chance to make out with 100 "pokegirls" he would do so!

Something similar occurs with the new trend, the "wachiturros". These chavs have taken this "make-out-with-a-lot-of-people concept" to a new level. They would actually have sex with as many girls as possible. This gives kids having the possibility to fuck at an early age, which impresses me as I, by that age, was playing pokémon on my gameboy. These trends and ways of being have given young people the chance to experience new things prematurely, which can be wrong or right depending of your point of view.

It is important to see this phenomenon as a natural process of experiencing new things. It is better to talk to our children about what usually goes on in a party nowadays and advising them about how to take care of themselves, so that they can see what is going on and decide what is wrong or right; they can make the difference by living their lives, but their parents MUST warn them and give them advises in order to avoid painful and bad experiences.