Viva La Vida

12/29/2011

If I could go somewhere else...


If I could choose to go somewhere, anywhere, I would take my time to decide. If it were possible, I'd like to visit every single continent and share with as many cultures as I could.

Although I’d love to travel across the whole extension of what once was the Roman Empire (form Antonine and Hadrian’s Wall to the Caspian Sea, from the Rhine and Danube to Egypt and North Africa) for historical reasons. I even remember wishing with all my hart going to Europe, especially to the romantic France and the gothic Germany. I love its architectural, musical and artistic tradition and evolution. In fact, I once wanted to study History of (Western) Arts; and I haven’t ruled out the possibility of studding Sociology of the Arts (including eastern arts).

But I must confess, since I can remember, I’ve been interested particularly on African tribes. It might be all the Discovery Channel’s programs I used to watch when I was a kid, and the anthropological part in me, telling me to take a leap of fate and go for adventures. No wonder why I’m studding Sociology, a close field of investigation to Social Anthropology. Still, this is one of the things I want to do before dying:

"To experience one of the most ancient cultures, to reconnect with our human roots."




12/16/2011

Not sure about what's gonna happen...




After about six months without classes because of "the Chile's Students Movement" everything
(especially my universitary life) is pretty uncertain...

Honestly, I’m expecting to get out of this as soon as possible, and try to learn as much as I can in the process. But I’m not sure how much I can learn in about three months… Anyway, I look forward to passing every single subject, which includes Social Psychology, Social History of Latin America, Philosophy of Social Sciences, Methodology of the Social Investigation, and Psychoanalysis in the Theater. This last one is an optional class I’m attending to, because I’m pretty interested about Psychology and Psychoanalysis at the moment; so I won’t have to worry about passing it.

But I just can’t imagine how classes will be during December and January with all the tests, the high temperatures, the rest of my friends on vacations, and stuff… I don’t think it’ll be the best time to study. Hopefully, I’ll finish soon with all the study, pass, and have fun on February. But I’m just not sure about how that's going to happen: March will be waiting for me, for the exams.