The technology and I, an inconvenient truth

I have to start being honest, I'm not very familiar with the technology in general. Of course that I use it, but definetly is not one of my strong points at all. Let's just say that to me, being able of have a blog on the internet is big deal -just kidding, but I insist: technology is not my thing-.

Now that I make my point clear, if I have to say what is my favourite piece of technology, I would say my cellphone. I really have no idea what model is it, but I know that is a Motorola. I have it since december of the 2015, after a long relationship with a old creepy Nokia -it was a terrible phone, but to be fair, it was useful for the basic stuff-.

I use it very often, I would say every day and for all kind of things, from see what time is it, or to try to understand the meaning of life. But more often to make phone calls, see my facebook, what's app, hotmail and read news and conspiracy theories -everyone has a Achilles heel, right?-. Of course that I also use it to talk with my girlfriend -we can talk for a looong time and a lot of silly things-.

I like it because it is very easy to use and gives a lot of opportunities to mantain an eye over all the things around the world from the palm of my hand. Also gives the chance of listen to music or play simples games that helps to have some fun for a while.

¿What would life be like without it? I don't know, maybe it could be the end of the world as we know it -assuming that everyone lost their phones too-, But that doesn't mean that would be terrible as it sounds, perhaps it would be better to all of us, because it could help us to be more independent from technology. But who knows? I only can say that my life without my cellphone would suck the first weeks, but then I'm pretty sure I could move on, 

My journey to journalism

When I was a teenager I never thought that I would study journalism. My entire life I always said that I wanted to be a movie director. I used to dream about making alien movies or with dinosaurs and stuff like that. I actually persuaded some of my friends to film some really bad quality videos. I hope that all that material is burning in hell right now. Nah, just joking, I have good memories of those times, but being honest, our films sucked -can you believe that the name of our """company""" was "Niños Films"? shame on us-.

Anyway, for a long time I thought that I would become the next Steven Spielberg, but things changed a little bit when my little brother appeared in my life. He was the littlest kid in the world when he decided that he wanted to be a director too. Of course that I don't want to be the same thing that my brother so I changed my mind -like I said, the movies of "Niños Films" opened my eyes so a change doesn't sound so bad-.

My next goal was becoming an actor, so I went to several acting courses. All of those classes form part of one of the most interesting periods of my life. I met many people and had a lot of different teachers with their own techniques.

When I was sixteen, I knew that acting was my future, but things got weird when I turned seventeen. For no real reason I started to think that I would not be a good actor so I forgot about it. So when I turned eighteen and had to apply for university I had two options: journalism or becoming a history teacher. At that time I loved history, I still do, so I went for that degree.

As I wrote last time, my staying in the Pedagógico was brief. I entered in march and when our Patriotic Parties came in september, I was out. So it was then when I decided that journalism would be my next step. 

I thought that it would be a good idea, because journalism forms an important part of a healthy democracy, and I want to make my work for my country. Maybe I would not be a teacher, but I thought that as a journalist I also can contribute. Of course that I also consider that reading and writing wasn't so difficult for me.

Right now I don't like the carrer. I don't want to sound like an ungrateful person, but being honest, I think that our degree has an important lack of a lot of things, from materials to good teachers. But please notice that I'm talking about the degree, not journalism by itself. I actually admire some famous journalists, like Raúl Sohr, Patricio Bañados and Walter Cronkite.

Now, being a little optimistic, I like to think that in a future I would be an international analist, like Raúl Sohr. The truth is that international news are the ones that capture most of my attention and I consider that in Chile we have a debt with these ones.

My (un)authorized biography

Hello world! welcome to my blog! today I want to talk -well, write would be more aproppiate- about my life...but don't worry! I have no intentions of  make this post boring...at least not soooo boring.

My name is Joaquín Salinas and when I introduce myself to someone, usually they hear Joaquín Sabina, like the famous singer. The past 11th of september I turned 22 years old -creepy date, I know-. 

I was born in Chile, more precisely in the wonderful and famous city of Santiago. I went to the Calasanz's School the whole elementary and highschool. After all those beautiful years I have a brief staying in the UMCE, the university of education, also known as The Pedagógico, where I studied history. That was in the 2013. One year later, the 2014 I found myself studying Journalism, where my dreams become true. Actually is right the opposite but we have to be positive.

I have one little brother, called Exequiel. He is 15 years old, but being honest, I still watching him exactly like when he was a baby...of course now he is taller, so like a big baby. I live with him and with my mother, Carolina. She's 54 years old. My father's name is also Joaquín, so you may think that one Joaquín Salinas is enough for this world. He is 58 years old. 

In my free time I really like to read, specially Science Fiction, spy novels and books of history. Also I love to spend time with my girlfriend, Paula. She's 21 years old. We met each other in journalism, but she quit. Now she's studying for the psu again, she wants to study social work or sociology.

I think that that's all for now. As you see it's not the most interesting life, but I consider myself a happy person so that's what matters. 

First things first

My name is Joaquín Salinas Garrido, and I'm a student from the University of Chile, where I study journalism. I like English because I think that it is very important to have knowledge about other languages and we can ignore the fact that English is actually one of the most important in the world these days. 

I usually listen to music in English very often, because there are so many artists and groups that sing in English. The same thing with the movies, I prefer to see movies in the original language that there were made.

I believe that for me, the most difficult part of English is the pronunciation and to be able to conjugate the verbs properly. 

Finally, I think that the right way of overcoming my problems with English language is by practicing and practicing, and more practicing, then when I believe to be ready, continue to practice to the infinity -and beyond-.