Last days… 6月 14, 2005
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Well, since I came here to let you know about the earthquake news, I decided to also tell you a little about what has been going on in my life lately.
1st.- Supposedly I had to come back to classes yesterday, ’cause, supposedly, the strike was over. But I couldn’t go and, at night, my friends told me nothing happened, classes didn’t start normally and we’re still under strike until further notice. So I’m kinda happy because of that, ’cause I didn’t really feel like going back to classes, even though this means I’ll finish the second semester in January – which was going to happen anyway, even if we started classes normally yesterday -. 
That sucks and I know I suck too because I’m happy to be under strike but.. I’m just too damn lazy and I’m too happy at home! 
2nd.- M. had something like and asthma crisis (?) last Sunday – even though she’s not officially asthmatic (?) – and she barely could breath! So we suffered the most frightening situation ever ’cause she was getting more and more difficulties to breath and she started to feel worst and worst, she almost fainted and there wasn’t much we could do!!! -_-UU Finally, she stopped to feel like she was going to faint because of the little air she was breathing and, little by little, her lungs started to clean out and she could start to breath more or less normally. However, she stood in bed all Sunday and she even agreed not to go to work on Monday – which is something M. never, EVER is willing to do ’cause her job is always first, even if is her health we’re talking about… ¬¬ -. She stood in bed the whole Monday and she had fever and all. She only got up some little times (to have lunch, to have tea…) so she could change a little the position of her body (’cause all her body hurt because of the cold and because of all the time she’s been in bed) and, well. She slept most of the day.
Since I thought I had classes, I thought I would miss them anyway so I could stay home taking care of her. So I spent the day with her, giving her water and doing my best to help her feel better. I went to get food and drinks, I tried to give her food (even though I don’t know how to cook… ) and… Well. She seemed a little better, even though she is coughing like hell. -_-U
She started to take antibiotics yesterday.
3rd.- I’ve barely seen S. since she spent the whole weekend going to study to her friend’s house and she’ll continue to go there through all this week. She’s in her finals (or, well… Kind of… Her University is weird… @_@) and she’s got a lot to study so… She’s been busy. And she even went out when M. was sick, during Sunday! ¬¬ She stayed until she saw mom was better but she just COULDN’T cancel her study appointment!! That angers me a lot!! How can she be so selfish? I know she has to study and all but… Being available on the phone is not the same than to be home and ready to help if M. started to have problems to breath again! ¬¬
Luckily, nothing bad happened and I didn’t need her. -_-
4th.- Yesterday it was the Final Episode of LOS SIMULADORES. The first part of the final episode, anyway, so I’m still anxious to know what’ll happen next week! @_@ But it was such a good episode!!! ♥
5th.- That’s all for now, I guess… It’s raining and it’s quite cold and dark outside, so I’m happy ’cause I love winter and, if I have to go and buy some stuff again, I’ll be able to enjoy properly this winter day!
Earthquake in the North part of Chile!! 6月 14, 2005
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Well… I don’t know if you’ve heard the news, but a catastrophe has taken place in the north part of my country. Yesterday, at 18:45 pm, a huge earthquake (magnitude of 7,9) stroke the northern part of Chile, known by us as “Primera Región” (“first region”). The temblor lasted for at least 1 minute and, because of the fear of a tsunami, lots of people started to run away in panic, trying to reach high parts of the cities. During this escape, many got injured because they fell in the ground and some other people continued running over them, cars also drove over people, some found rocks or falling objects in their way and… Well. Fear along with darkness was a bad combination.
The earthquake reached Arica, Iquique and several small cities located in between. Since its origin were in the mountains, near the border with Bolivia and about 108 kms under the earth, there was no chance of a tsunami ’cause a tsunami need an earthquake with an origin under the sea or, at least, very close to it. But, of course, people didn’t know that and since experts have been foreseeing a HUGE earthquake in the northern part of Chile since 40 years (’cause they say it’s not normal for the Earth to hold up its energy for such a long time – over 100 years – without releasing it at least through small temblors and, since there are almost NO temblors in the North, it’s quite possible someday Earth will remember she has LOTS, and I mean LOOOOOTS of energy stuck and it will release them all at once). Many feared this earthquake was that huge, kind of foreseen one but no one knows that for sure and, since there’s a chance there may be another earthquake soon and that it can be even bigger (remember this one was a 7,9!), people is frightened, authorities have traveled to the zone and the whole Northern part of the country is under red alert.
Besides, this earthquake has left at least 9 dead people and several damages in houses and buildings. There’s a small town called Huara that’s almost completely destroyed ’cause all the houses were made of light materials and they all collapsed due to the earthquake’s strenght… Also, vehicles can’t go out tro Peru or Bolivia and can’t enter either, and no one can go to the south ’cause there are several highways and routes with rocks or that are surrounded by mountains that can release rocks if there’s another temblor, so… The only way to get there is through air, and that’s how the ministries are trying to get there. Also, the President has cancelled a tour around Europe so he can come back and see what’s going on.
The worst is that water, lights and that kind of stuff aren’t fully restored yet so there’s a chance a lot of chaos will take place. People always get crazy and start to robber other people when they get a chance and, also, there’s a danger that some diseases can start to appear if there’s no clean water… -_-UU
So… Well. There isn’t much I can do to help, but I wanted to let you all know this has happened. If you want some more info (or, at least, to read the news and not my version), here’s a report from CNN.com.
And… Well.
GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE AND WHO ARE HAVING PROBLEMS AND SUFFERING RIGHT NOW!!! u_uU
Special Report: RADIO EL CONQUISTADOR 6月 9, 2005
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Well… I’ve been tempted to come and suggest you all a very good Chilean radio station that you can listen to online. I’m talking about RADIO EL CONQUISTADOR F.M. (“The conqueror” could be a good translation of “El conquistador”). This is one of the oldest and only radios that still play instrumental music, classic music and that even has a space to play Chilean traditional music. I used to listen to it when I was very little and, after a lot of years listening to some other radios, the reggaeton fever has forced me to migrate and look for new musical horizons. But, since almost all the other radios are infected with this fever as well, there aren’t many options left. And it was then that I remembered EL CONQUISTADOR and that I started listening to it again. And I love it! I’ve remembered how much I used to love it when I was little and… Well. During these days of vacations, this radio has been with me all the time.
I specially like the Chilean traditional music program and a couple of talk shows (“La Tarde con Valor Agregado” and “La hora de los búhos”). Also, I love all the tribal and ethnic music they usually play, the instrumental music and the classical music program they broadcast during the nights.
So! If you want to try it and listen to it online, go to www.elconquistador.cl. Wait until the whole page loads (it’s made in flash or something so it has to load a lot of little effects and stuff like that) and click where it says “SALTAR”. That will make you skip the intro and actually reach the main page. Once there, you’ll see a bar with different links, in the upper section of the page:
- QUIÉNES SOMOS (Who we are): Information regarding the radio station.
- PROGRAMAS (Shows): Information regarding the radios shows they broadcast.
- SEÑALES (Signals): Information on how to tune the radio station from different parts of Chile.
- EL CONQUISTADOR ONLINE (self-explanatory): Here’s where you need to go to listen to the radio station online.
- CONTÁCTENOS (Contact us): Information on how to contact all the people who work on the radio.
So you go to EL CONQUISTADOR ONLINE. You’ll reach a webpage that’ll look like this and that’ll say:
Listen to our show.
you must turn off the background music by clicking on the upper-right corner of the screen (where it says ON).To listen to our shows, you’ll need Windows Media Player.
If you already have the WMP, then you’re all set and you must click where it says “Escucha nuestro programa“. This will open a little pop-up that will start loading the WMP so you can listen to the music or show they are playing. They play exactly the same things that their are playing in the normal radio signal, so you’ll be able to listen to the very same music I listen.
So… Here are a few shows you may be interested in listening:
- AUTOPISTA MUSICAL (Musical Highway): All kind of instrumental music, mixed with some old (50’s, 60’s, some 80’s and 90’s and even some 2000+) songs and with movies OSTs and other stuff in a very interesting playlist. This section is divided in 2 parts. One’s broadcasted from 09:00 am to 12:00 pm (Chilean time) and the othes starts at 14:00 pm and ends at 17:00 pm (also Chilean time – check the time equivalents I’ll put below).
- CANCIONES Y AIRES DE NUESTRA TIERRA (Songs and airs of our land): Very good and interesting show, in which they play Chilean traditional, folcklorical music. It’s very good! It’s been broadcasted for 43 years and it’s almost the only radio show that plays Chilean music 365 days a year and that doesn’t remember that we have Chilean traditional music only for Septembre 18th/19th. It’s worth listening so you can know some typical Chilean music. There are some reaaaaaally good songs!
- JOYAS MUSICALES (Music Jewels): A show where they broadcast some popular and well-known tunes so you can remember them. Starts at 21:30 pm and ends at 22:00 pm.
- REUNIÓN MUSICAL SELECTA (Special Classic Musical Meeting): A show that starts at 22:00 pm and ends at 23:30 pm and where you’ll be able to listen to several and well-known classical pieces played by very good musicians.
- SOLOS EN LA NOCHE (Lonely in the night): A show that plays all kind of nice, relaxing and delicious music to join you during the long night when you can’t sleep, have to stay up to study or work or just because you like it. They recommend you to listen to this show with headphones as they improve the relaxing sensation the music gives, but I haven’t tried it out yet. Anyway, this lasts all night long, from 23:30 pm and until 06:00 am. It’s cool! It’s one of my favorite shows, as they play such a beaaauuuutiful music!!! ♥
And… Well. I guess that’s all. I hope you’ll enjoy it and, if you actually listen to some of these, let me know! Specially, if you listen to the Chilean music radio show! It always makes me happy to share my country’s culture and typical stuff and to show the world that we exist and we have some good things! 
Special report: EXPO 2005 AICHI, JAPAN 6月 8, 2005
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I don’t know if you guys have heard of this event, but I just found out today, thanks to the TV news. This a a fair that’s being held in Japan and that shows several different kinds of technological developments and works as a platform for cultural exchange and discussion of several interesting and relevant topics.
According to their website (available in several languages), this is what the EXPO 2005 AICHI, JAPAN is all about:
The 20th century saw the formation of a new global society. The remarkable progress made in science and technology, the development of high-speed methods of transportation, and the evolution of information and communications technologies have all accelerated the global interchange of people, goods, and information to an unbelievable extent. The world has been truly transformed.Human beings’ seemingly insatiable desire for expansion, the source of this transformation, continues unabated. This has placed a tremendous burden on the natural environment, exceeding its capacity for self-recovery. The result is that we must now deal with a number of potential world crises.
The time has come for the people who make up the global society of the 21st century to work together in the pursuit of a sustainable and harmonious coexistence for all life on Earth. Paramount to this is a global perspective.
EXPO 2005 Aichi, Japan, is the perspective we need.
The inspiration for EXPO 2005 is the marvelous mechanism of nature and the power of life. Learning from the world’s vast collection of wisdom and methods of interaction with nature found around the globe, we hope to bring the world together for the creation of a global society allowing the multitude of cultures and civilizations to coexist together.
EXPO 2005 will be a focal point, acting as the loom for a wonderful creation. The theme of the EXPO-Nature’s Wisdom- will be the vertical thread in this loom and rich and varied exchange-a Grand Intercultural Symphony- the horizontal. When woven together, they will produce a soft, rich and beautiful fabric. Perhaps the fabric for a wonderful new global society.
The participants of EXPO 2005, the nations, regions, private enterprises, independent citizens, NPOs/NGOs, and volunteers that form the backbone of global society, will be the weavers on this loom, sure to produce a wondrous fabric for the world.
Closer contact will naturally give rise to friction-the very reason we wish to carefully nurture reason, love, and the adoration of the objects of beauty that humankind possesses. These are sentiments the world over.
But what will be the catalyst for genuine exchange? We believe the answer to be people meeting people, followed by discourse that goes beyond words to achieve mutual understanding and respect.
EXPO 2005 Aichi, Japan, is the place for this intercultural exchange.
In 2005, the world will gather together in Aichi Prefecture. There, we can weave together a fabric for a new global society; we can stand together, exchange smiles and share the wisdom of the world-felt and enjoyed with all our senses and experienced with our whole being.
Let us do this for all life and the future of our planet!
So you see… It’s filled with several booths were different companies and enterprises from lots of countries go and show their new technologies, their new ways of seeing the world and to co-exist with it, facing the XXI century.
Since it’s being held in Japan, one important element is the technology related. The TOYOTA GROUP PAVILLION is being the stage for shows of several different kinds of robots and other technological new things that will amuse us all. Today I saw a group of robots taking care of a group of children, sweeping the booths’ floors or dancing and playing instruments!!! ♥ It was so cool!!
I don’t know. These kind of things are always interesting and I think you should all go and take a look at them, at least to know they are out there and to know that they are happening right now, as I’m writing this. Specially considering we have some special interest in Japan and its culture and that these kind of things are a faithful picture of what Japan is, what’s life in there and what we all admire and wish to know personally.
So, here are some interesting links for you to visit:
- EXPO 2005 AICHI Official website main page (several language choises)
- EXPO 2005 AICHI English Official website
- Travel to Japan: EXPO 2005 AICHI (article)
And some pictures .
So… I hope you liked it and you’ll find this information useful. And, of course, if you have any comments or have been there or you’ll be going, let me know and share your pics and experiences with me! I found it really interesting (and I know it’s a lot more than robots, but robots its what I like the most… ♥) and… Well. I’d love to know more people who’s interested in thes stuff or have some kind of feedback for the things I post as general information.
Thanks and good night!
Classic IQ Test 6月 8, 2005
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Congratulations, Andrea!
Your IQ score is 120This number is based on a scientific formula that compares how many questions you answered correctly on the Classic IQ Test relative to others.
Your Intellectual Type is Inspired Inventor. This means you’ve got exceptional verbal and mathematical skills, and are very good at brainstorming new ideas.
Is this good or bad? High or low? I have no idea but I’m sure this test has no freaking idea of what it’s talking about… exceptional verbal and mathematical skills?? REALLY??? Where are those exceptional mathematical skills that I’ve never heard of them??? ;D I may buy the verbal skills, ’cause that’s maybe my ONLY talent, but… No, I can barely do a 2+2 addition and I GUESSED lots of the answers ’cause I had no idea of how to calculate them so… No. Don’t even try it, quiz, really. I know your intentions are good but I really and royally SUCK at maths and that’s something I have completely assumed! 
How to make a “me”? 6月 8, 2005
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| How to make a tachikawahiyoko |
| Ingredients: 5 parts success 1 part ambition 3 parts |
| Method: Stir together in a glass tumbler with a salted rim. Top it off with a sprinkle of lovability and enjoy! |
