Panzon

I have a little dog name Panzon (well it´s actually my family´s), the race it´s a yorkshire toy, even though he is like 6 years old, it looks like a puppy. Years back my little brother wanted a puppy so my mother let him with only one condition: it had to be a small race (the other reason it´s because he´s the youngest one so my parents never say no to him). Before Panzon we had another puppy name Pillin, it was the same race a little bit smaller and really funny (specially the way he ate, lifting his 2 back legs), but he had a different path, he got lost, we tried to find him but didn´t have any luck… I felt so sad that I cried, it was like losing a relative, he was a part of the family.

When I was little, we had two dogs but we moved to another country so we found them another family to live with, it was sad but happy at the same time (you must be thinking why??, easy the other family was our neighbors). The other pet (actually the strangest one we had) was a bunny, really small, white and naughty (ate everything on her way!!!). 

I really love pets, because they make company and give you sweetness, they simply are innocent.  I think if I had the space and money I will have a lot of pets, especially dogs (I prefer common pets than exotic ones). They are like little babies that want to be love!!!

Half Moon Bay

When en I was a kid like 10 years old, my dream was to visit USA, to see the things they showed in the movies, and of course to speak the language like them. When I was 12 the dream came true, at the beginning it was a month of vacation with my family to visit other family members and to see a new country. I remember I was so excited to be there, to eat their food, to listen them speak, see the parks, watch TV… yes, I was excited about everything.

Then the vacation turned into a permanent staying. At the beginning I didn´t like the idea, because I had all my friends and family back in Chile, I got so sad and in a denial that I was failing all my classes. But later on, when I made friends and started to see the life the people had in the beautiful town of Half Moon Bay, California; everything changed.

I got to know the traditions of the town, like the parades of the fourth of July or the events on the main street for a special date, and the most important event of the year, Halloween: meaning the pumpkin festival (It was the best Halloween ever, with a lot of candy, chocolate, parades, and pumpkin that I had).

All of the experience felt like a dream, a lot of years have passed but I definitely would live there again, because it´s such a quiet, traditional and beautiful place, that I´ll never forget

Absolutely

I´m going to write about a site that I like to visit because I really like the web design, even though it´s not about graphic design, it´s the official web site of Absolut Vodka.

Well I don´t visit the site that often, because I don´t have a lot of free time to navigate online, but if I have to guess a number is twice a month (approximately). I have two reason why I like this site, one I mentioned earlier, but I have to add that I like the design because it´s really modern and follows the simple and minimalist design of the bottles, capturing the essence of the product and the brand. The second reason is because I´m a bartender, so I like to see new recipes, learn them and later try them (where I work or with friends).

The site has a home with 4 others sections: drinks, products, about absolut and press. On the home there is a slide of pictures with the title of the sections plus 11 more, all of them related with the product in different ways (like rumors, what´s new, stories, people´s  opinion, etc.).  There´s also full information about new flavors, videos about drinks, products beside de vodka and a search to the drink you’re looking for.

My favorite section it´s the drinks, because it´s has recommendations, recipes, it teaches you how to mix, the classic, what people are drinking, etc. For me it´s a lot of information that actually makes me have a fun time, so cheers!!!

Web site: http://www.absolut.com/Absolut

The sound of music

I love movies, since I was a little girl (I even wanted to be a film director like Steven Spielberg); that´s the reason I have a lot of favorite films because I find each and every one of them different and special, full of a lot of emotions (it could be happiness, sadness, nostalgia, etc.).

So, it’s difficult for me to decide which is my favorite movie, but I can tell you about the first story (movie) that I liked so much that I can watch it a thousand times and never get bored. I like this film because it’s a real life experience from World War II, but it’s not all blood and sadness, it has happiness, music and family love. I was probably like 10 years old when I first saw it, I was in my friend’s house and she told me to pick any movie to watch, so I picked “The sound of music”, I didn´t know what it was about, I just liked the colors and the nice cover (later I realized how much I like true life stories and musicals).

The movie is from the director Robert Wise (don´t know others movies by him), and the main actress is Julie Andrews (yes, Merry Poppins!!) and a cast with a lot of kids. The story is about a nun that goes to the Von Trapp family like a governess to help the widower father, having in charge 7 rebels kids between 17 and 6 years old. At the beginning they don’t get along but with love, music and funny games, they start caring for each other in such a level that the captain (father) and the nun fall in love, this means they became a big happy family. The sad part is that they were in the middle of the war, so the Nazis wanted the captain for the army against his will, that’s why (like a family) they escaped leaving behind their old life to have a new one in another country. 

I don´t like the end that much, because it’s an open one, this means that they don’t show if they make it, but I like to believe they did, and lived happily ever after =). This story made me realize that everything is possible, even if it seems impossible there’s always happiness in the end.

Here is the trailer, enjoy!!!

Always together

It was 1996, or so I remember, on a beautiful day in Iquique. It was a year in which chores and homework were not a problem for this two girls to be worried about.

I may not remember the year, but I sure remember it was summer and it was January 15^th, the only day that separated our birthdays, a special day that united us, in a sense a lot bigger than friendship, that special day we were sisters. I know her since I got memory, our parents lived in the same street in Iquique before we even were born, they got to know each other and became friends immediately, but it was out of luck that we were roommates in the hospital, and later on, we never separated. She was born the 14^th, I was born the 16^th, and the 15^th was OUR day, the day that we decided we would celebrate together for the rest of our lives, and this photo is an example taken that special day by my father.

We became best friends along the way, sharing experiences, food, laughs, relationships, even zodiac signs!

We later decided to remake this photograph in our 2009 version of ourselves, in the same stance and smile, and it was a replica, the same energy and good vibe was reflected, and we still laugh at this photograph today, remembering that the year I was born, I was to be followed not only by my shadow, but also by my best friend, Anneliese.

I won´t let you out of my sight

Now I watch a lot of TV series (well when I have free time), but when I was a little girl I only watched one, that for me it´s the best show ever, I´m talking about: BAYWATCH!!!  And even though it´s from the nineties (that means old), I didn´t miss it (every Sunday at 8 pm I was in front a TV).

Well, the show it´s about the work of a team of lifeguards and their personal relationships in the city of Los Angeles, they patrol the beaches of the city to make them safer. The scenes usually centered on danger related to the beach or activities related with the beach lifestyle like sharks attacks, earthquakes, big waves, serial killers, thieves, and of course saving a lot of people of drowning. The main character  was Mitch Buchannon (he actually appears in 10 of the 11 seasons), he was the leader of the team of lifeguards, a single parent, that love his job on the beach, and for me was a regular guy that wasn´t afraid of anything (a real hero), he always knew what to do in extremes situations. The others characters were younger women and men, those change a lot during the seasons and run slowly on the beach.

I love the show because it´s set on a beach, and I lived, when I was little, on a city with one. I think it´s different of others TV shows because it made it more real; I mean I actually thought that could happen on Iquique (well I was like 8 years old so I had a big imagination but it made me feel that it was possible, I even wanted to be a lifeguard). I just loved watching the sea, the waves, the adventures on the beach (beside it had action, drama, comedy, a little bit of everything), it had the perfect combination for a show.

The technology and I

Well, this is a really hard topic to write about, because I don´t get along with technology (yes I know, I´m studying graphic design) and I don´t like that much.  Since I got in this career I‘ve had like 5 computers, the one I have now, let’s say it´s a miracle that actually works (I think it’s because I wanted it so badly that I take a really good care of it, and don´t let anybody touch it); I use it for everything: listening to music, do homework and since I don’t have a TV I watch my series on it. The other artifact that I use a lot is my iPod, I can’t travel anywhere without it, even though I don´t change the music since forever (iTunes it’s just too complicated) and I have to add that I got a new iPod, with a really lot of GBs, but I don´t know how to use it (I feel like a monkey).

So, I think my third artifact and the one I´m addicted to is my blackberry, the one thing I use every day and all the time, even if I’m camping. I got it as a Christmas present last year, I have to say, I don’t know how it works completely it but with the things I know it makes me really happy and totally connected with the world and the technology (I´m such a modern person hahahaha), specially having whatsApp, makes me feel in contact with my friends even if they are in another country. I think that I just can´t live without it, I’m just addicted to it; I probably wouldn’t talk that much with my close friends.