Belén's Blog

Now that the entire legal framework of Chile is being debated, I believe that the water code, which has been inherited by the disastrous Pinochet dictatorship, cannot be lacking in these debates. This law guarantees water, but unfortunately it guarantees water to entrepreneurs and individuals. It is a law that has allowed excessive looting of water, to the point that rivers have diminished so much that the areas where they used to pass have suffered the greatest consequences: droughts. Individuals who have the right to use water is because they have bought it. The previous government proposed that these be temporarily with the possibility of expiring when not being used. However, Piñera proposed not to innovate, leaving the current situation without any alteration. What does this mean water rights? It means that if I make a well in my territory without owning the water, and my neighbor has certain rights purchased and I use “what belongs to him” even if I am in my territory, I ...

Hi. Today I will talk about my favorite television series, it is called Outlander and its means of dissemination is www.starz.com - you can also find it on Netflix until season number 3-.  The story is about Claire, a British nurse woman who takes care of the soldiers in World War II. At the end, she goes to Scotland with her husband in order to vacation and learn about the history of his family. After visiting various places in the country, they finds a magical place that will change the lives of both: Craigh Na Dun, is a monument of stones that touch them to another temporary space, the woman without knowing the consequences travels 200 years to the past and she discover endless adventures. These adventures are based mainly on the new love that Claire lives there, Jaimie Fraser, causing her the desire not to return home. One of the adventures of all that struck me was that of the witch hunt. Since Claire, with her knowledge of the year 1945, living in a time where...

Hi. Today I will talk about what I would like to study in a few more years, when I have my degree in psychology. As a result of so much sexual violence towards children and adolescents, this has become a problem at the social level that involves varied aspects: the judicial, the legislative. Also health, and very important, in my opinion is mental health. Since it has devastating consequences for those who suffer from it. Studies have written about the consequences in the short and long term both in terms of psychopathology and self-esteem, identity, among others. Many times sexual assaults have an effect on the problems of adult sex life. That is why I would like to dedicate myself as a future psychologist to reparatory assistance, to the development of preventive programs of sexual aggression and to specialized intervention in these cases. So there are two topics that I would like to study in the future, on the one hand, sexual therapy, and on the other some postgraduat...

Hello to all my readers. Today I will tell you a little about what I have planned for my future. There are few things that I am sure of, this is due to how unstable that the people say be the world of work. I am studying psychology, at first I was thinking about dedicating myself to education, however, as the semesters went by I realized that I was even more interested in the clinical area. What enhances this decision is the interest in me to help and make sex education to people who have problems in this topic. After becoming a psychologist, my idea is to work in a public health center, and then take courses related to sexuality. I also thought about taking couples therapy courses, since sexuality goes hand in hand with problems that can cause a relational level. What I will do in my work will be to detect problems. The reason for consultation of the couple does not always correspond to the real basic problem, that is why my job is to understand their relational dynamics and...

Hi. Today I will talk about an animal that I like very much, due to its tenderness, the heat it transmits and its good company. This is the sheep. Sheep are known in southern Chile, there tend to be flocks of sheep which are often exploited, these are used to remove their wool, to form more livestock through breeding, and finally sell their offspring. I like sheep because I have had one since she was very young, I only had hours of being born and she was found with her dead mother on a rainy day. It is crucial that they drink their mother's milk at least once, because if not, unfortunately, they die. Luckily, my little sheep had already fed, which contributed to its strong growth. She has always been affectionate to humans, likes to be touched on the head, specifically her ears, too, plays with the ball, and jumps on very high stones. She is a very protective mother, I say it because her daughter is an adult and they are still very close. These characteristics are the re...

Before using the Internet, I had a computer that only used it to play with my brother. Then, over time (10 years) accompanied my senior cousin to a computer course and where we clearly taught to use the internet, everything I learned there was very easy for me. With time in school we also had computer courses, and as more resources arrived at school the internet was becoming more important in our lives. We no longer watched DVD movies, but we looked for them on the Internet, we no longer shared music via bluetooth, but we listened to it from YouTube. On the Internet we can find everything we wanted, books, music, movies, funny videos, online games, etc. So it became something everyday for my friends and family. I started with social networks since I was 11, and until today I haven't stopped having one. I have not stopped checking the possible notifications that I have daily or worse, every moment. Whenever they ask me what I see on TV I answer that nothing, and that I don...

Today I will talk about the coolest concert I've been to, the second of three concerts Justin Bieber has done in Chile. From the age of 12 or 13 I have considered myself "Belieber", as the "fans" of this artist call themselves, and from that age I expected to attend a concert of him.   In 2011 I couldn't go because I was too young, but in 2013 I had collected enough money to buy my ticket. I remember that the day they announced the dates in Latin America, I immediately counted the days left to be November 12, 2013, exactly 169 days. From that moment, friends and family asked me almost every day how much time was left to go to my concert, something that made it even more exciting, share my feeling. On November 12, with my mom and my cousin Laura we were in the gates of the National Stadium, as soon as they opened, we ran with my cousin to place ourselves in our seats. We were small, but we felt the adrenaline in our body. I sang, cried, danced, an...

Since I started watching the Outlander series, my passion to know Scotland increased. Its green lands, its lakes, the rains and the infrastructure of its castles are the images that attract my attention to this specific country. Scotland is one of the countries that makes up the United Kingdom, and is located on the Island of Great Britain. An important fact of the culture of Scotland, is a musical instrument called “bagpipe”, specifically the bagpipes of the Highlands, I imagine that they have heard it more than a moment, and together with their music we also associate a skirt that dresses the man who plays the bagpipe. I will also tell you about the political movement that originated in Scotland, they called themselves the Jacobites, and this was intended to put a Scottish king back on the throne of the United Kingdom. Despite the riots, they never achieved victory against England. One of the places I want to know is Inverness Castle, which overlooks Loch Ness, pe...

The blog experience has been entertaining. I liked the idea of ​​sharing things that fill the heart of each person, such as talking about books, our favorite food, or the series that we liked the most. In the latter I lacked space to develop everything I wanted to share, is that I love it! Also reading the little things that fill the hearts of our classmates is a beautiful experience, because many times these things you only share with your friends, but never with your classmates. In addition, having colleagues from other careers generates other ways of seeing the world, because they are interested in other subjects. I will be honest, some topics that I had to write did not please me very much, like the topic of the favorite study tool. I think it must have been because of the technical aspect of my tool, which is my cell phone. Something that happened to me throughout this course, is that I forgot many times to write blogs in advance. Most of the time it happened because...

Hi. Today I talk about my favorite food the truth is that they are the Garbanzos Pelados that my mother prepares. Yes, I say my mom's chickpeas, because they are the ones I like the most, my favorites. I do not say it for being my mom's number one fan, but the truth is that I've eaten them in other places, but they're never as rich as those she cooks. My mother explains to me that, when cook this, to peel them, that is to say, to take out the skins, she throws a bit of baking soda, and it is because of this that they are so soft.  Even so, I have cooked them, following the secret tip that she shares with me, however, I manage to peel them but they stay more salty than normal, what a horror! Other ingredients that she add to this dish are very small chopped onions, rice, carrots and squash. And of course, she do not forget the oregano at the end. The problem I have when eating peeled chickpeas is that I always want to have a glass of drink too. The othe...

A normal day, as always, I was reviewing my Instagram account when I found a topic very interesting. It was the expression free bleeding, this refers to the choice of living the menstruation without using any bleeding collection product. I had heard this expression before, but I only knew one way of practicing it: 1) as a form of menstrual activism, letting blood flow in order to make menstruation visible and to question the way in which it is treated in our society and the place that occupies in it. The other way of practicing the expression of free bleeding that I did not know and that caught my attention was that of 2) listen to our body to know the moment in which it needs to evacuate the blood and then do it in the place that is decided. This way of menstruation impressed me because historically, the biggest problem of menstruation has been the inability to control it, this way of feeling it makes it amazing. We just have to learn to listen to our beautiful menstruating ...

The search engine I first turn to when I need a bibliography for a job is Google Scholar. This Google search engine is focused and specialized in scientific and academic literature. This website maintains a large number of publishers, libraries, magazine articles, books, theses, etc.  A very important feature of this website is that it shares scientific knowledge with anyone without the need to be part of the academic or scientific community. A very useful feature is the "advanced search", which can automatically filter the search results. Also, Google Scholar allows users to search for physical or digital copies of articles, either online or in libraries and if they need the reference in APA format, it can be obtained there.  Now, seeing some limitation, I say that there have been times when I do not find everything I need, for this I have had to resort to other search engines to find that specific. In short, it is an easy-to-use website, with many benefits as it shar...

Isabel Allende is my favorite writer. Being Chilean, she was born in 1942 in Lima, Peru. She is the daughter of Francisca Llona Barros and the diplomat Tomás Allende Pesse -Salvador Allende's cousin-. Her books have often started from a letter such as La casa de los espíritus (1982) -the best known-, which was originally written for her grandfather who was in Chile, when she lived in Venezuela. And the other book is Paula (1994) -my favorite-, which began as a letter for her sick daughter with the intention of telling her again her life story in case she did not remember anything when she awoke from the coma. This is why many catalog the work in the autobiographical genre, however, she indicates that it is more like a "memory", because it is a collection of memories closer to fiction than to reality. The last novel by Isabel Allende was released a few weeks ago and is called Largo Pétalo de Mar (2019), I still do not read it but I hope to do it soon.

 She is Lulú. Four years ago, my aunt called my mother to offer her a newborn sheep that they found in the rain, together with her dead mother. My mom accept ed and everything in the house became crazy, we had to learn to live with her. We gave her milk in a bottle, she sat by the fireplace and slept on my legs. After two years, Lulú had new friends and also had a daughter, (whom we call Luni), the two are inseparable. But one day we had a lot of fright, a dogs killed sheep, so my mother and my aunt when they thought that Lulú and Luni were dead, they cried of sadness. Then, we received the good news that they were somewhere else and safe. From that moment, for safety my mother was forced to send them back to my aunt Margarita, where they now live in a place with a lot of space and food in abundance. That is the story of my little Lulú.

Hi. I will talk to you about my cell phone, my favorite technological device. I prefer it because it occupies little space, it does not weigh much, and I can do many things with it. My cell phone is my favorite because it helps me get my university work, I can get all the information I need at any time, I can study, I can take notes and I can share anywhere. It is an important tool because I can send and receive emails without having to turn on a computer. This is also a utility for when I go to place I do not know, it is easy to locate and estimate the time I can take to get to certain place. I can also go with him, listen to music, watch movies, take photos and share them. Another important task is that I can communicate with my parents and my friends no matter the distance.

Hello! The truth is that I never thought of studying psychology before. I always thought that I should study something in relation to literature or pedagogy.  I remember that it was time to apply to universities, and at the last moment I had my doubts whether to apply for literature or pedagogy. Then, Danitza, a friend told me: "Belén, why do not you study psychology? When she said it I felt a great relief and happiness, maybe that decision had always been in but I did not want to abandon my other options. So what did I do? I applied psychology to two different universities. And happily it gave a good result. Today, that I am in the fourth year of psychology, I feel that it was my best decision. Lately, I have thought about dedicating to sexual therapy, but for this I will have to do later courses. Tell me, what do you study?

Hello there! My name is Belén. I’m a student of psychology in FACSO. I am 21 years old; I was born on November 25th, 1997 in Santa Cruz, Chile. But all my life I have lived in La Estrella, it's a little town in the Region Del Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins. I live with my parents, Gladys and Alejandro and my brother, Damian. When I started secondary education, I had to go to Santa Cruz, because in La Estrella it isn't a High School. During four years I traveled to Santa Cruz and I stayed in a boarding school with the purpose of studying. Then, I entered the university in Santiago. I feel good because here I live with my brother, I share with my friends of all my life, and the most important, I frequently travel to La Estrella. La Estrella Santa Cruz