My academic year...

Uff! This year is ending and is the time to look forward and make a little evaluation about it, about my academic year, my first year in the university, and realise about the great, the awfull, difficult and easy things.
This all new experience starts on January, when I was noticed that I'd get to this university, so I was so excited about it, first because is a big thing to have the possibility to do it, I know are a lot of people out there waiting to have an opportunity like this one, and in second place I was expecting about it, because I didn't know how it'll be this year, and don't even knew if I gonna love my carreer, and if It was what I wanna do for the rest of my life.

I can say that in some way, I passed for different feelings about the university and my carreer. At the beggining, in March, I hated every single thing related to this, because I missed everything, the school, my friends, my time, and I don't really liked my carreer, but at the time goes by, I started to falling in love with Obstetrics, I realised that I love babies, and at the same time I realised that is a really important thing to me, be able to help others and in some way, to contribute to make this world better.
In another aspect, at first I had problems adapting me to the rhythm of the university, but then, I got over and everything started to be "easier", I started to enjoy the university and all that entails. At the same time, I was part of the "Ballet Folckorico de Chile" Bafochi, so in some way, my life was run from side to side, however, I was able to do both and I enjoyed doing it. It was hard but fun.
Now, sometimes, I miss to be part of the ballet, but is then, when I think that is better this way, so I can focus in my studying.

So, anyway I think this has been a crazy year, full of new things: stress, happiness, friendship, frustration, "madness", caos, crying, new people, new teachers, new things to learn, visits to clinical fields, and a lot of thing that I could be listing for ever. I can say that, nevertheless, this has been a great year, in which I learned about myself, I learned to be more autonomous, more independent, and above all, I feel I am spreading my wings, I have begun to shape my future,and that, though perhaps my performance lately, my grades, were not expected, in some way, I am happy about everything. :)

Challenges

I think in our area, are a lot of challenges to face, especially what is related the social matters and education.
I think, these days young people are not conscious about so much things, and this is a problem that starts in their houses, so, to get better, we must improve aour education, and when I say education, I'm not just talking about school education, I'm including parental and familiar education.
How I said before, some people is not really conscious about having sex, how to prevent STI (sexual transmitted infections) or how to avoid the pregnancy. They have wrong ideas about it. I think specially young people in social risk or of low economic situation, are lack of sexual education, and this is exactly one of our challenges, treat that everyone could have a good sexual education, giving them the necesary tools to develop themself in the best way possible.
Us, as a future midwive, have the obligation to improve education, We must see us involve with people and their need, is not enougth bring life to this world, We also must be engaged with the others and their health.
I think We should give back to the world some part of us.
Another challenge that we have, is treat that everyone could have the same opportunities, everyone deserves have the best health, and money should not be an impediment to this.
At the same time we MUST improve the treatment, the comunication between pacients and health professionals, this points has, at the same time, two "sides". In one side, the professional must be conscious that the pacient is a human been and not just "something" as an material object, the professional must inform and involve the pacient in her/his own health, turn her/his in an active subject, and this way give her the "power" to dicide the best.
The other "side" is improve the comunication and relationship between both parts. In other words, the treatment must be better than is rigth now, some professional, specially in our area, are tough people and, as the time goes by, they are losing that "nice thing", and at the hour to work with others, don't think how the rest feels... I think, in general, these are the things that we must improve or, in other words, are our challeges!

Money, money, money !

Money, is a big word, and, at the same time, is nothing, just little pieces of metal or plastic. This days some people live their live around money, but... are they happy? I think money does not buy happiness, and are things more important, but, at the same time I think that is a "necessary evil". Without money we could not study, we could not eat, or do simple things like take a shower or a live decently life.
Life is too hard to people that do not have enougth money to live, they are force to pass horrible situations like hunger, or in winter, they have to deal with the rain or wind.
Every single day I wake up and think how lucky I am, maybe my family is not rich, but, at least we can leave fine, I can study...
In my own experience, I'm not very good saving money, but I try so hard. I've never worked, at least not in a paid work, I used to dance in the ballet, but it was just for the "love of art" and my all life, my family has been my economic support.
In general the only bill that I pay in person, is the enrollment right of university, and the rest of the bills are paid by my mom.
When I borrow money, I only do that if I know that in my house I have the money enougth to pay it back, I hate owe money, in specially I hate owe money to my friends. At the same time I lend money just to people that I trust in, and I don't have problems doing it because I know they'll do the same for me.
I like to manage money but just because always I'm starving, but in general I hate manage money because a lot of reasons: is dangerous, I'm think someone can steal it from me, I can lose it, or it exist the posibility to spend too much money and later dont have any money.
Finally, I think family should teach us how to manage money, and, at the same time, schools should do it too, this way people will be more carefull with it and would not have so many people in debt.

Ideas for a better Faculty ! =)

If you told me what I think It could be improve here, in the Faculty, I could say that, in general is good, that we have a lot of thing or kind of privileges that other faculties don't have like the fact of have "taca-taca" and "ping-pong" tables, or have video games and stuff like that.
However there a few things that could be improve, for example we have a gym but It's falling to pieces, and a lot of students don't even know where it is. Maybe could be more publicity to the gym and students cuold pay just a little money, and this money it'll be usefull to improve the equipment in the gym.
Other important thing that could be improve is the library. Yes is beautifull and big, but I think the toilet is too far of it. At the same time, if we look the computers in the library, we could see that are too old and slow, and despite the we've done some petitions to rechange it, there's no result :/.
Other important point is that, paradoxically, we does not have a nursing, and in case od a headache or something like that... where we can go? to the hospital?. I think that is a really important aspect to improve because, all the time we are "exposed" to different things, for example, one of the first Anatomy practics I felt really bad, I were with dizziness and after that we had other important lecture, so I couldn't go to my house and I must wait to feel better by my self.
That is my experience, so maybe It coul be more things to improve, but I think this are the most important.

This year...

I think this blog session will be the most personal session, because today I can talk about anything. It's a little bit hard choose something to talk about because rigth now, too much things are flying in my head.
This year... This year it's been so crazy, so full of new things and especially full of big changes.
At the beggining I don´t know what could happend, and at first, I was so afraid of all experiences. It was a big change the pass of school to the university, the pass from the academy to the resident cast of Bafochi, the pass from being owner of my time and do everything I want, to be a slave of things that are really important, and must to depend of my obligations and not of my feelings.
This year I started the road to could fly by my own someday, and be able to be suficient just with me...
In March I couldn't even imagine how hard it'll be. I'd must lear to be more independent, to don't see the all time my friends... but at this time every new thing has a reason. I feel that I am opening my winds, that every step that I take is the best that I can do.
I left the ballet, with the "all pain of my heart", but at least now I got more time, time to see my friends and people that I miss. It's like could breath and see the rainbow after the storm.
I think that a lot of things are still waiting for me, and how says the song..."This could be nothing, but I'm willing to give it a try" so, that's exactly what I'll do :)

Visiting Santiago

Santiago is a big city but not that much as other cities around the world, but, anyway, It's full of nice places to go and a lot of things to do. One of my favourite place to go is the oriental garden in the San Cristobal Hill, this place is so beautifull, plenty of flowers and green, it's ideal to take a little breake and just relax.
Other place that I love is the Forestal park and places near it, Lastarria Neighborhood.I think this is a really beautifull and nice neighborhood were it mix the nature with bohemian things, like literature and stuff. There is the Emporio La Rosa a kind of cafe where it sells ice cream of extranges or unusuall flavors like rose ice cream. A good idea is go to the Aviation Square in a summer nigth, there is a big fountain that turn on a lot of ligths and change colors in armony with the water, and be aeating a delicius ice cream of the Bravissimo gelatery that is like three blocks away.
Coming back with San Cristobal Hill, in this place we found a lot of different things to do like go to the swimming pool, go to the Zoo, go to the restaurant or just walk. You could go up in "funicular" or "teleferico" and enjoy of a great view of the hill.
Also, If you wanna go out at nigth o go to a party, you could visit streets like Suecia Avenue or Republica maybe. I hope you enjoy Santiago! :)

Music!

When I was looking for a picture to put in this blog I've found a really nice quote, that when I read it I fell in love with it... and says: "We are music".
That is exactly what I think. Music is a big part of our lifes, or in my case it's that way. I love music, it's something really essencial to my. It abble to bring me happyness or to transport me to other time, remains me past moments and at the same time, it is something that joins me in my life and it's a big part of my pasion...the dance. It is the complement to the thing that I love whit my all hearth, the thing that makes me really really happy, so... how not to love music?
Music is in everything we do, when we walk we hear the sound of our shoes, or when we are under a tree just breathing we can feel the sound of nature.
When I´m sad or I just wanna to be relax, the only thing that I do is listening to music and close my eyes. Music gives me the strength to keep going, then I feel lighter, like nothing bad could happend, it's like my own shelter.
I'm a kind of music addict, so I could not survive if I dont have it.