Alfonsina Parra

  In this post I want to recommend the movie "Green Book", directed by Peter Farrelly, released in 2018. This movie is about an African-American pianist who hires a driver who takes him to different places during his piano tour. During the film there are conflicts such as racism and homophobia, it is in the drama category but it also has a lot of humor in the script. I love this movie, the way this story is told (which is based on real events) and the development of the characters, especially the driver, is very interesting. I consider it to be one of the best films on the theme of racism in the United States, it is a film that I like to see more than once, many emotions go through during the film, in my case it was anger, sadness and happiness . Another element that personally attracts me to the film is that every time the pianist talks about music and makes references to composers, I can understand them, since I know the musical works that he plays on the piano, I can under...

  The trip Im going to talk about wasn't really a vacation, but it felt like one. It was during the Winter Vacation week, my piano classmates and I went to Frutillar, we went to have a master class and give a concert at the Teatro del Lago, but the rest of the days we got to know the beautiful landscapes and eat at many restaurants. We went for about a week and a half, we stayed in some nice cabins, we were 10 friends, 5 people in each cabin. Before arriving there, we traveled by car, and we visited San Carlos, Chillán and Temuco. Already being in Frutillar we went one day to visit Puerto Varas, and when we returned to Santiago we decided to visit Valdivia as well. In Frutillar we ate in many cafes, we went to many restaurants and bars, most of them were good experiences, and in only two places we received bad attention. I think that this trip was really an incredible experience, I had a really good time with my classmates, i was able to get to know them better and live good experi...

 A country that I would like to know is France, especially Paris. I've been told that it's not a big deal, that the streets smell bad and that the French are grumpy, but I don't want that to affect my desire to go. I have many friends who have been to Paris, on trips and even to live, and they have told me great things, from the Eiffel Tower to the wonderful theaters, the outstanding Paris Opera and the beautiful museums. I wish I could go so much! Listen to music in the beautiful facilities of the Comédie-Française theater or the l'Athénée theater, or walk the famous streets of Paris that are always in the movies. I would also like to try the food, especially the french toast, croissant and ratatouille (just like in the movie). I love Paris, with my mom we always talk about traveling sometime because she also likes it a lot, we haven't been able to fulfill that dream yet, but I hope one day to fulfill it with her. Meanwhile, I just have to see the photos on Google ...

My experience was good, but difficult. I think I dont know a lot of words in english, especially connecting words, and this was a challenge for me. Many times I want write anything but I don't know how, so I look for the easiest words I can use to express it. The classes in the university were not many, the process was interrupted by the university mobilization, and I feel that I was left a bit in the middle, but its okay, there are some very important issues to resolve in the institution. I still have the next semester to complete the process On the other hand, I like blogging so much, is very entertaining and I enjoy read the other blogs too. I feel like this has helped me in my english, is a challenge, and I use a lot Wordreference, but is okay haha I hope at some point I can write something as easy as when I do it in Spanish It's still costing me a lot, write in english but specially the pronunciation, but soon I will take private lessons, so I hope to continue improv...

In this year I am living so many thing. I have difficult moments, and incredible moments.  I started my year very excited about the classes, I had many new classes but the beginning was a bit complicated. The boss of my career is very incompetent, there were many problems with taking subjects, and I spent two months without being able to register all my subjects because the schedules were poorly planned, and the head of the course did not solve anything in this regard. Then everything went back to normal and I was able to have my normal classes. So far I have done well in the subjects, and I have made a lot of effort to advance as much as possible in my instrument, not every day there is the motivation to study, but I try to do it as much as possible and give myself rest days as well. Lately I have had good news, I had been in psychotherapy for a few years, and about a month ago I took a big step that allowed me to pause therapy because it was no longer as necessary as before,...

My favorite subject this semester has been chamber music. This is a subject in which I must form small groups with musicians to play together, in this we must learn about playing music collectively, to understand each other, listen to each other, make musical decisions together, and know that we are all equally important to the time to make music. Respecting each other and learning to make decisions with other musicians, is a skill that we will have to use throughout our entire career as instrumentalists, we will not always play as soloists and many times it will be something together, which personally seems to me a very fun and friendly experience. . This is the first year that I really have this subject, I also had to take it in 2021 but in online modality it could not be carried out well, I never met my classmates, we could only "play together" synchronizing videos from our homes digitally, and my teacher that year had a particular way of doing classes that didn't help...

In today's post I will talk about my pet named Pepina. Pepina is an Argentine parrot, this is a very abundant species in Chile, which have been classified as pests, since they make "collective nests" so heavy that they can knock down trees or large branches and cause accidents. However, it is their nature and I think they are not to blame. Pepina arrived at the garden of my house with a wing injured because a cat attacked her, hurt her wing and it began to bleed. When I captured her she was very scared and aggressive, she was trying to attack me. After a while a bird vet came to see her and she did not resist being taken, the vet said that it meant that she was very bad and depressed so she was resigned to die. She started a treatment of antibiotics but she stopped eating, and the stress caused by being locked up made her go into a state of pulling out her feathers, she became malnourished and weighed 60g (her normal weight is 100g) Then her wing didn't get better and...