One on one!

I think I have had many "one on one" in my life, I would love to have one with a person that I dislike because it would be more interesting and productive, like for example to have one with my boss, but I can't give vent to my private life and his, so I will choose a public or famous figure, I am not going to choose a politician because wouldn't deserve it, nor a model from the " Farandula " because I wouldn't have any thing to say..... well, then I will have a " one on one " with Amy Winehouse. Amy was a great artist, she revolutionized the soul on the XXI century with her beautiful and loud voice and different tones that she used in her songs. The songs were filled of emotion besides expressing the mood changes of the singer. Not only the words in her songs impressed me, but also the deep interpretation of each one of them.

We all knew her problems with the justice, her drug and alcohol addiction, and her medical complications product of self destructive behavior. We also know that a few months ago she was found dead in her apartment when she was only 27 years old, after suffering a shock caused by an overdose of alcohol after a period of abstinence. I would like to understand how a so talented person can do so much harm to her self, having so much recognition around the world and a whole life ahead.
If I would really have her in front of me now, I would like to ask her what she thinks about the foundation that carries her name, and about what her mother thinks " My daughter would have been proud of the foundation and would have supported it " after she her self in some occasions asked to her daughter's fans not to go to her concerts. I also would like to ask her if there is any thing that she did that she regrets. Finally, I would like to ask her to sing the song " Back to Black " for me.

An unforgettable trip ...

I think there is no person that doesn't like to travel. There is a trip I did not so long ago with my boyfriend that I think we will never forget about.  We did not travel to an extraordinary place, and also it was not too far. The place we went to is called Molina and it is located in the Maule region (VII region). We traveled by bus from Santiago to Molina at 9:00 pm, and that night we stayed at my boyfriend's grandparents house. The next day we had planed to visit all the touristic places in the area: "El Velo de la Novia" ( The Bride's Veil ), "Las Siete Tazas" ( The seven Cups ) and "El Parque Ingles" ( The English Park ). That day we got up early in the morning and we went to the bus terminal but there were no buses going to those places that day. We were very sad but my boyfriend is optimistic, he calmed me down and said to me “we will get there somehow". Then asking people in the area they told us that there was a bus that would take us close to our destination, just at a very short distance. While we were waiting my boyfriend told me "can you imagine that now somebody comes in a car and gives us a ride, offers some beer and invites us to a barbecue". I said to him "dreaming man". Soon came the bus we were waiting for and just left us on the road under the full sun. We started walking and we decided to hitchhike...a red one cabin pick-up truck in fairly bad conditions stopped and took us. We got in on the very back, out in the open air. There, there was another young couple and in front was the driver and his fiancée together with another couple. The first stop was in a boarding-house where there was a swimming pool. We swam surrounded by a spectacular landscape. Any of the crew members knew each other. We covered about a hundred kilometers by car and we were able to see all the places we had planed to visit. We all drank some beer, toured different places and laughed a lot. The only bad thing was that we got completely grey because of the dust on part of the road. At the end of the day we were totally dirty, messy and tired but happy and pleased.

I enjoyed it a lot because I am an organized person that needs to plan every thing, but with this trip I realized that sometimes we just have to relax a little and enjoy the unexpected...

I love Santiago City!

I could talk about many really nice places located here in Santiago. However, I will talk about a place that is not so nice, but is very special for me, " La Piojera ". This is an old and well known bar from Chinatown, very near Mapocho station in the commune of Santiago. It is located in Aillavilu street  almost opposite of the " Mercado Central ". It is a famous " Picá " in Chile and it represents the typical gastronomy of the country, and is also a symbol of the " guachaca " culture. The " Piojera " term was used to refer yourself to any place that was notably unhealthy and many years ago this place was associated to alcoholism, tabacco, etc. It doesn't mean that now people don't drink alcohol ( it would be a big lie, you can just go by that area at about 10:00 o'clock at night  and notice the condition in what visitors get out of the bar ), but now this bar is also linked with the traditions of the Santiago working class people and at the same time with the republican and cultural history of the Chilean nation.

I always wanted to go to that place, until I finally got the opportunity to go with some friends of mine. On these last months I have been there in different occasions with my boyfriend. We met exactly in another place of that same area, but this one represents the " huachaca " culture, it's called " Las Tejas ". That kind of popular urban culture really keeps us close together. I love to visit that kind of places because of the gastronomy ( such as chorrillanas, perniles, among others ) and alcoholic beverages like the " terremoto " that is my favorite drink. I love this place because it is very friendly and inviting, I always end up meeting new people, and it is so fabulous that in just one place you can bring together poets, musicians, workers, students from different universities, professionals, office workers, politicians, and even people of the ostentation.

Concert!

Probably it would be hard to believe, but I have never been to a concert. I truly do respect the people hat adore certain musical groups and anxiously wait for their favorite artist to come and play somewhere in our country. I really value a lot the musical productions, I also like certain artists and musical groups, but I think I could invest the money of that ticket in something I would like and enjoy more than that.

I should admit that sounds capture me more than voices. For example, I really love drums and I enjoy very much Afro-American kind of dance. But, I don't like concerts because I love peace and the silence. I don't like the crowds and the mass. Is contagious and too disturbing to my liking.

Even though I have to confess, when I was young I would have given my life to go to a concert of the Back Street Boys. They caused rage in the 90s, when I was an adolescent and my hormones were starting to go over the top. Last March 3rd, they were in Chile playing at the Movistar Arena in Santiago, but I didn't have money and I am not even sure if I would have gone.

Now I think I won't be able to avoid all of them because my boyfriend loves rock and lately he has suggested me to go to a concert with him, so I am thinking about it.....