Tuesday 28 September 2010

Nothing Hill

I am not sure which is my favourite movie, but It is the movie that I have watched the most. It is called "Nothing Hill" or "A place called Nothing Hill", directed by Roger Michell, realeased in 1999 in U.S.A . The main actors are Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts. It is a love story that happens in London, England. He (William) falls in love with a famous actress (Anna Scott), almost unreachable for him. He is a normal man who works in a travel bookstore in the traditional neighborhood of Nothing Hill and one day this famous actress comes to his bookstore to buy a book. They started knowing each other because of life circunstances. She, with the showbiz behind her, and he with his simple life, with a complicated roommate. I like the part when William told their friends and family when she asked him, sincerely , to love her, instead of all the things that have happened, and then he told her he didn't want to, because it was a strange thing to be with her. So, all his friends and family starred at him like "Oh man, you are a complete idiot" Because she was a beautiful and good woman, who wanted to date him and love him. Well, I said It was't my favourite movie, but I realize that I have watched it a lot of times, and when it is on TV I watch it again, and I am not the only one, because I watched it with my dad, who likes it too.

Tuesday 21 September 2010

Visiting Santiago

If a foreign turist comes to Santiago and If I would be his tourist guide, I will recommend him to visit like Bellavista neighborhood, which is a night-typical neighborhood. There you can go for a drink with your friends, accompanied with good music, also you can go to a disco and dance all nitgh long!. Santa Lucía's hill is another beautiful place to visit and recall the colonial times. Other historical monuments like La Moneda or the National Library have an antique arquitecture. He should walk and tour this old streets of Santiago, he should visit the Lastarria neighborhood, when you can find a lot of Bar- restaurants and coffe shops. Also you can buy antiques like old books, vinyls, old discs players, etc. In this cosmopolitan city, you can find a lot of shopping centers like malls or ferias, too, like Patronato with many cheaps clothing stores.
I think this city, like many on this country, have a lot of history in temporal terms, a thing you can find in its streets and its old and colouring houses. Furthermore, there are more antique communes like Ñuñoa or Providencia that are near of Santiago's center and you can visit too. Besides, I would like to add another final place, that I think deserves to be visited. Cajón del Maipo is a place where you can find beauty and peace, both in contact with nature. There you can camp or rent a hut and spend a nice time with your friends, family or partner.

Tuesday 7 September 2010

Breaking News: school suicide

The last news I heard was this morning. It was about a school boy who commited suicide. He decided to kill himself last friday, in Puente Alto, where he lived. It was a very shocking news because he did it because his school's inspector insulted and treated him badly, so he took the decision and ended up his life. His family didn't know about the bad treatment from his inspector, but his classmates did. So they told the news how hard was this man with the boy. This is a very awful situation, on the one hand this man should not be rude with the boy, but on the other hand, I think he never imagined what his words and bad attitude could cause.
I think that the impact this situation caused is very strong, every mother thinks about what is happening with her kids and maybe would result that mom and dad or closest family will be more worried about their children and spend more time with them, talking, having fun, being affectionate, etc. Furthermore, every kid is different and you don't know if they are living a depressed stage or if they are more sensitive than you believe. This is the second scholar suicide in two weeks, so it is a very worring situation.

Well, about things I would like to hear in the news, there are that inequalities finally finished, that every people could have decent vacations, that justice is done quickly! or that we care about our enviroment.