When I read the question “how is the greatest Chilean of all time?” on teacher’s blog, I really don’t imagine a guy that I consider  the best guy of this country. If question was  “how is the worst Chilean…?”, many people appears on my mind (and the answers had been  more easy), but that is not the case.
 For this answer I didn’t choose a historical character or an emblematic political, I choose  two important audiovisual creative   of this time. They are Pedro Peirano and Alvaro Díaz.
They are the masterminds behind great tv programs, like “Plan Z” or “31 Minutos”, two of the most memorable of Chilean television. They began studying journalism at Universidad de Chile and one of their first programs was their university thesis. This is called “El Factor Humano”, a program of mini documentaries in a first person cam. This meant a new audiovisual language for Chilean TV and today is considered a cult program.
One of the special characteristic of their work is the mix of interesting issues and humor. For example, in “31 Minutos” (a puppet show) had a section calls “La Ruta verde” where a Bunny called “Juan Carlos Bodoque” taught the children to protect environment, with gags and unusual situations.
They are an inspiration for me because I want to specialize on audiovisual production, and make good programs like those.

The results of my practice test are very regular. The first exercises were very simple. The two first items were about reading little paragraphs to answer the questions. Often short extension, the paragraph had to read with careful because the answers had some word for confuse. The third reading item was a text more extensive, but the difficulty not changed much. In this activities I had all the answers correct.
On the next two items, difficult increases a little because these were a listening exercise. In the first exercise, I had all answers correct, but on second item I had only half correct.
The follow item was very simple. This was to complete a sentence with a correct word. In this I have seventeen of twenty five correct answers.
But the last two excercises were very difficult for me. One of my weaknesses on english class is when I writing texts, and that  exercise was that. I had two correct answers on the first exercise, and on  last exercise I tried much  to answered correctly, but still more attempts, I got a few of correct answer.
I think that I do practice more on write exercises because this is my principal weakness. I understand the English language very good when I listen or read . But when I write or speak on the language, I get nervous and I ever forgot the words.

a freak present

had a lot of presents in my high school graduation that was a very special moment for me and my family. But one of these presents was very freak, and still today I try to sell it.

To contextualize, I studied industrial mechanics at a technical high school, and on the last year I had to go two days at the week to school, and three days to an enterprise for the practice. On the graduation ceremony, the high school gave presents for the students with the best marks, and too for the students well regarded  at the practice’s enterprises. 

I knew that I wasn’t the best student on my class because I ever was the "second best student" on the four years of high school. I didn’t have any hopes to take a present, but I was very surprised when the presenter says my name: “And the prize for the best student on the practice of this class is… Iván Cea”.

Whaaaat?? I didn’t understand this. I really hated the career, the enterprise, and this high school, but all considered me the best student. I stood up to take the present, and I received a little box. I was very curious to know what was, and when I opened this I saw… what?? A SCIENTIST CALCULATOR!!

Well… my classmate that wins the “best student's  prize, obtained a hand drill.

Today I'm studying journalism at university and I never used the calculator, I tried to sell  it in every e-commerce website like “mercadolibre.cl”, but I don’t have any results. 

I think that this "present" is a reminder that I shouldn’t do or study something that I really don’t like.

first day at U

I remember much my first day at University. That day I felt very nervous because I had a sabbatical year, and I hadn’t classes a year ago. I felt that lost the study habits, and I thought that it would have detrimental effects. 

That day I woke up very early, an unusual feature of me, because I always arrive late to every place. When I arrive to U, I saw a lot of people very confused. They were my classmates and were waiting the teacher coming. 

I already knew a group of my classmates, because we had a meeting to know each other a week before the class begin. 

My first class was with María Olivia Monckeberg, a famous Chilean journalist with a lot of published research.  This class called “ethic and journalism treatments”, and I thought that was a very interesting class, but on this case teacher only read the class program, and she talked us all the class about her and her books.

After this I and my classmates go to the auditorium for the official welcome of the university authorities. When that act finished a photographer took the official picture of the first grade of journalism career. 

Next my classmate were gathered on the “pastos” a typical place at Juan Gomez Millas campus for the social life and parties, for converse and knows each other better. I could not stay along because on that moment I had a girlfriend and I was get together with her… but this an another history.

a very good time

This national holydays was very untypical comparing with other years; I usually don’t celebrate “Fiestas Patrias” because I don’t have a great nationalist spirit. Commonly I celebrate only on September 18th and 19^th  with friends in house, but I don’t go much to “fondas” or other partys.

                But this year I celebrated from September 14^th to September 22th. The first day was Friday and I start to celebrated on “Las Tejas” bar. That day my plan was to go to “Fonda Fau” the most important students “fonda” on the “Universidad de Chile”, but in their place was many people and I can’t enter. On “Las Tejas” bar I had a good time with friends, drinking “terremotos” and making good new friends.

                On Sartuday I wnt to a “peña” in “La Florida” with a great group of friends. On this place, a music band of my friends was playing cumbias for all the people in there.

                Sunday was a family day. My father cooked a barbecue and  all family members goes to my house.

                The following days I continued my celebration on “fondas” and friends houses, I met a lot of new people, but in some cases I don’t remember much their faces, but a I think was the work of the alcohol.
                I didn't  leave of Santiago this holydays, but  this was not necessary this year to have a very good time. 

The surname is a coincidence...

I don’t have many friends. I consider me a very social guy, but I don’t give my confidence to much people. One of these friends when I consider special is called Andrés Cea.  Despite his surname, he isn’t my brother, cousin or other family outreach; this is only a coincidence because I met him on secondary.

I studied at “Liceo Industrial Chileno Alemán de Ñuñoa”, and I met him on the second year of secondary. With two guys more, we were the group in the class that always sat at the end of the hall. Always I joked with Andrés, on that pic for example we posed like “pokemon” style.

When I left the high school, I thought  I would never see my friends more. But Andrés lives two blocks more from my house; therefore he always goes to my house, and I always visited him.

Nowadays he is one of the few friends of my school days.   I don’t see much him last year, because I stay all the day at the university, and he goes at the university everyday too, and at the nights he works in a bar.

One or two times at the month, we go for a drink and talks about the life.

A stressful semester

The first term of 2012 is one of the most stressful semesters I’ve had at university. I had the last classes of 2011 in January and the beginning of February of 2012, because seven months student’s strike of last year. And this semester stared at March of this year!

Furthermore, the courses of this semester were very difficult, especially the “television production” course, and the “seminary” course. The last one is very important because is the first part of two semesters course, and whit this, I will have my social communication degree.

In this course I do with three classmates, a research of the right of communication in Chile to compare with the international rights.

The “Television Production” course was difficult because I had to do, with all of my classmates, a television program of 30 minutes. The program was called “Desde El Sótano”, and these was a music and arts show, with notes of emerging artists, and a live music show, with an emerging Chilean band.

I participate in a student’s project too. This called “Tv Para Chile” an internet streaming project with shows created by Journalism and film students. In this I’m the host of a show called “El Viral”, a program of pop culture. Furthermore, I did the website of the project, and I was the communication coordinator until July of this year.