A Home in the sea.

The most important ambition, Maybe the only one, is live in a place whit sea. For me the sea is very important, the sea is my bowl of memories and had been mi partner in the sad too. I don´t know because the sea is as important for me, maybe because... Read more

"Once upon a time man". A Great TV program

When I was a child, maybe five years old, i watched a TV program called “erase una vez… El Hombre” (“once upon a time man), this program was born in France like a form to transmit educational content in TV. This first program showed the human´s... Read more

Holydays in Machu Pichu.

Machu Pichu from “Huayna Picchu” I went to Machu Pichu in November of 2008, because was a friend´s dream, and was for me a great experience. In this travel we went to San Pedro in Atacama, Puno in Perú and a lot of places of the holy valley... Read more

The national day in Chile. The independence that wasn´t.

The September 18, is celebrated in Chile the national day. Traditional party that expect to celebrate the begin of independence of own country. In these days, generally one week, the people do traditional plays like: raise kites and run tied with a partner.... Read more

Hans Rosling. The monster of statistical data

Like all good sociologist, for me the information is essential for my work and for think about the reality. In this sense, sometime we forget the shape as this information talk with we, and the importance that we show an idea. Is for this that in this post I leave a Hans Rosling´s conference TED 2007. Hans Rosling  is a  professor of global health at Sweden's Karolinska Institute, his current work focuses on dispelling common myths about the so-called developing... Read more

WEB QUEST 2 about recycling

Part 2 - Take these Recycling quizzes Recycling Quiz Score Report Total number of Questions in Recycling Quiz :12 Total number of Correct answers :8 Your Score :67% Average Score for this quiz :53% Result :Pass Number of People taking this quiz :456 Number of People Passing this quiz :256 Number of People failing this quiz :200 Maximum Score for this quiz :92% Questions:Recycling just one glass bottle or jar can save enough energy to run your TV for_3 hours.What are good... Read more

MY FAVOURITE PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY

My favourite piece of technology is my in all probability Smart phone. A few years ago my answer would have been the computers, but today my mobile phone can to do the same fun things. In my phone i can to work in a few things, check my emails and talk... Read more

Dreams and dreams

Dreams are the places where i can see the hopes and fears. During a long time my dreams were painting of grey. I had diferent kinds nightmares, i dreamed with death and seaquakes. This was natural for me, I thought that the all people had the same dreams, but not.  “Sueño con serpientes” (I dream with serpents), Silvio Rodiguez´s song, was a song that told like i felt in this time. Is a very good song.  You can hear it here. That time spend, today... Read more

The books of my life.

I´ve been a worm books since my childhood. My life is written in pieces of books that showed me something or that simply touched me. Today the books remember me an important part that of myself. Maybe it´sfor thist reason  i have a lot of... Read more

Michel Focault a New and Infamous Thinker

The infamous man that studied the infamous men. Michel Focault was a French philosopher, social theorist, historian of ideas, and literary critic. He was an intelectual ahead of his time, a visionary in all ways. His work converges into the way... Read more

"La Trova" y "Silvio Rodriguez". Music for all.... My favorites Bands or Singers

Music for all.... My favorites Bands or Singers In this ocassion y have to write about my favorite Band or singer, but i think that we, the music´s lovers haven´t got just one favorite band or singer. We have a favorite band or singer depending on the... Read more

I am me !!

Hello. This should be my first post, but no. i wrote one post yesterday to explain the name of this blog. For my exercise, in my english class, i have to write a short autobiography. There we go! For if you don´t know, my name is Victor Acuña. I am 33 years old, like Christ, i hope i don´t die the same way. I´m a Sociologist,  I studied in a University  "Academia de Humanismo Cristiano" ,  Christian Humanism Academic. At the moment I´m doing a Master about... Read more

Ser y Estar. Mario Benedetti

Here is a poem by Mario Benedetti that demonstrates some of the difficulties with translating. This poem gave the name to explain why I namemd this blog like this. I will give the Spanish version first, followed by the English translation in the book by... Read more