Wrong skull.

Well, the news I choose is about something that is going to change some part of the history of the world because some people made an investigation on Adolf Hitler's skull fragment and they discovered that it's not his skull.

According to a lot of tests on the DNA of the skull fragment, they figured out the skull belongs to a woman under 40 years old. So now they are wondering where is the proof that Adolf Hitler shoot himself.

Other investigations revealed that the US may have been manipulated the autopsy in the crime lab just to embellish the death of the dictator and his wife.

So now, all this research brings a new theory where they say that Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun didn't die in the bunker, and obviously historian and archaelogist people are going to make some new investigations to prove where and how died Hitler.

At the end of the news, the writter made a summary about all the investigations through the years to prove how was Adolf Hitler's death.

I choose this news because I think it's amazing how the science can change (or put in doubt) something that happens sixty four years ago. It's wonderful for me to think that with some DNA you can cast new theories and people can learn that we are always learning and discovering (or re-discovering) new things.

You can read the news here: Wrong skull

:)

Books ~

Until last night I was reading a very boring book about qualitative methods and techniques used on social investigations. It's called "Métodos y técnicas cualitativas de investigación en Ciencias Sociales" (just writting this  was booooooring). I was reading it for a subject where I have to learn every single thing about investigation on Education. Also I have to write an essay about this book and trust me, I'm dying because I don't like it at all. I had to read it twice because when I read it the first time, I finished the chapters and in my mind I was like "What!?". Well, I had to read about 2 or 3 chapters, otherwise I think I would be dead X__X

But, changing the subject, I'm reading another book just for fun. It's a book of Gabriel García Márquez and it's called "The incredible and sad tale of innocent Eréndira and her heartless grandmother". It's a short novel, with some stories very weird but is fascinating! When I go out I take the book with me and it's my company on the bus or the subway.

Also, I have 2 books on my list for the summer reading! "The Hobbit" by J. R. R. Tolkien and "IT" by Stephen King. ("IT" will be the longest book I read).

Where my childhood brings me.

Soooo, today I'm going to write about a place I really love! 

This place is in Quinta normal. Well, it's the "Quinta Normal". This is a park that takes me directly to my childhood because I used to go almost every day when I was a little girl.

In that time, I used to go with my mom, my dad and my dog. I remember me playing all the afternoon in the playground and also I used to go in my roller blades.

My entire life is resumed to places like this park, because I've always been living in the same neighborhood, so I've been growing up visiting parks or squares around my home.

I like this park in particularly because it's big and it has many different activities to do. You can visit the different museums, you can go on a pedal boat in the small lake, and you can walk across the trees and just relax looking at the sky.

The last time I went to Quinta Normal was on August but it was just for an academic stuff. But even in that opportunity I take advantage of my little walk, and I sit in a bench a few minutes to enjoy the landscape.

I'm so excited for the arrival of the summer because I want to take my son and my sister there and feel again what I felt in my childhood. I know we are going to have a great time together!

Happiness is a warm gun.

It's kind of weird write about happiness in a day I feel really sad and tired, but it must be the end of the year and the avalanche of things to do for university, soooo...

Anyway, if I needed to describe happiness I would say to you that it's a temporary feeling caused by the small things and I think if we learn to enjoy these small things, then we'd probably feel better regularly.

I've learn it in that way since I have depression because everyday is different and everyday you need to find a reason to stay strong, even in the darkest days. So, I always try to do things that entertain me and keeps my mind away from bad thoughts. For example, I like to listen a lot of music, I like to read and I like to cook. Also, since I'm a mom I feel happy every time I see my son.

Last year was very difficult for me to accept this huge change in my life. Being a single mother and know that a life would depend on me should make me fall, but was backwards. It made me realize how strong I can be, and my son is my reason to live and is my reason to feel happy, too.

On days like today I just need to stay close to him, enjoy and smile with every little thing that he does.

My PET score.

Hi everyone. Today I'm going to write about my scores on a series of test. We are doing this because we need to practice on reading, listening and vocabulary for the final exams.
Well, on the PET reading part 1 (Signs) I got 6/7 and on the PET reading part 1 (Signs test 2) I got 6/7. I think I'm not bad at this stuff. But on the PET reading part 2 (Matching) I got 3/6 :( In this test my difficult was that I needed to read at the bottom of the page and then read again at the top for matching the activities with the people and I'm not very good with my short term memory like Dori, the fish of 'Finding Nemo' lol and I'm very impulsive too.
Following, on the PET listening part 1 I got 6/7 and on the PET listening part 2, the radio interview, I got 5/6. In this area my biggest mistake is my impulsiveness again because I don’t wait for the speaker to end the sentences and I immediately answer wrong.
On the PET Vocabulary Test I got 27/33 because there were a few words I didn’t know and that's all :).

National product.

So, today is the turn of a chilean writer that I find very interesting and I like him a lot. 

I'm talking about Hernán Rivera Letelier. He was born in 1950 in Talca, but was raised in the north of Chile.

His books are known because he usually writes about the nitrate works, or ghost towns near the desert of Chile. 

I got to know him because my father reads a lot, and when I was younger he bought me a book of Rivera Letelier. It was "Los trenes van al Purgatorio" and I loved it. So, a few years later I went to FILSA with my father and there I bought another book of him, "El fantasista". In that opportunity I had the luck that right in that moment, Hernán Rivera Letelier was in FILSA too. So when I met him I was very nervous but I had the chance to tell him I love his books because they take me to another world, and also it's interesting for me to read about something that feels closer to reality. And as if that weren't enough, he signed me the book.

On the other hand, I find him a humble person because he has talking about his hard childhood. Also, he considers himself a "storyteller" instead of a writer.
So, I recommend you, if you have the chance to read a book of Hernan Rivera Letelier, go and read it because his stories are very northern, full of culture and magic, and of course because he is a chilean writer!

What a surprising gift!

A present that I will remember always is a very special book for me. This book is "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", the last book of the Harry Potter saga.

This is a present I received one or two days before the book was released for sale in Chile, and I remember I was in my house, enjoying the summer holidays when suddenly the doorman phoned at the internal phone system of the building, saying that there was a package for me in the reception.

My grandmother went down to the 1st floor, so she could bring me the mysterious thing. I was really shocked because it wasn't my birthday or Christmas, and I didn't ordered anything.

When I received the package it was a bag with something heavy inside. I opened it quickly and when I realized it was the book, I started to jumping and screaming like a real crazy person lol

Inmediately, I phoned my mom to ask her what was going on and she told me that she bought a pre-order of the last book of my favorite saga in the world, and it was a surprise for me.

It took me a few minutes to calm myself because I couldn't believe what was happening.

I loved, I mean, I really really really REALLY LOVED the surprise my mom prepared for me because it shows how much she knows me and obviously I was very happy with my present.

I read it in one week, I guess, but it was really sad to me to finish it. I mean, it was the last Harry Potter's book, so... which's next?... :'(

Anyway, now the book is in my shelf along with the other six books of Harry Potter and the films, too. Yeah, I'm a huge fan. :)

So, that's all. That book is a special present for me!