Friday, 28 May 2010

Living with a camera

My favourite piece of technology is the camera. Actually, the first thing I bought with my own money when I was younger was a camera, I would say that I was 10 probably. My sister and I safe money for a long time and then my parents put the rest. It felt so good having one just for us! My parents have always loved taking pictures so I guess I was born with it, they taught us that a great picture is worth it than anything. You can always keep it with you as a memory.
Everytime I go on a trip or there is a celebration I take my camera with me, I can´t concieve not having a picture of a good moment, that is why I always put my camera on my purse as the first thing. In fact, before I decided to study this career I wanted to study photography, but I knew my parents wouldn´t let me because they said than I had to study something that I like and at the same time, something capable of making money in the futere.
There is something though that I always felt badly about, and it is that when digital cameras arrived to Chile, my family decided to buy one, and one day, my sister and I were taking a picture and I unconsciously dropped it. It was what a shame! The zoom got absolutely broken, so the camera was no longer useful. After that, we had to come back to use our old camera. However, I safe money for a long time again and I bought a new one. So from there, I really take care of my camera, when someone asks me to borrow my camera I´m not willing to do it. I always see how my friends treat their cameras, and I try to tell them how important is to take care of them, but I think a camera doesn´t mean the same for everyone.
Life wouldn´t be the same to me with out a camera, there has always been a camera along my life, so It is already part of me.

Tuesday, 18 May 2010

The films of my life

I really enjoy watching films, because it is a good way to entertain yourself. My favorite films are based on suspense stories. They make you stay the whole film wanting to know what the end is going to be because they make you think and you can always bet how it is going to end up.
If I have the change I prefer going to the cinema to watch an interesting movie, but I completely like watching films at home also, with a good company as my boyfriend, my family or my friends, and some yummy food. The next film I want to watch is Alice in Wonderland, it sounds like a very good film to me.
I would say that my favorite films are not suspense´s ones, but the ones from Harry Potter because they are my favorite books too, I read the first one when I was in 6th grade, so it´s been a long time I have been liking everything about Harry Potter. I am so excited about the new film, I can´t wait to see it! It should be arriving this year.
Chileans films don´t really like me that much, but I have to recognize that I loved Machuca and the newest one, Ojos Rojos. They are really good films because they represent important things about our country, and also, the quality of them is excelent. I have seen both of them at the cinema. I wacthed Machuca with my family some years ago, and I watched Ojos Rojos with my boyfriend last week. If you get the chance you should go to the cinema and watch it as soon as you can.