Today we had to do different tests, and I just found out that we were practicing for the final exam. I thought I was good at English, but when I started this course I realized that I’m not. Well, I know some English but it’s not enough to understand everything.

This time I had a lot of troubles answering the activities; I think they were very hard. I don’t know many words, my vocabulary is low. I didn’t get a lot of words. Also I found difficult the questions with reading comprehension, because in Spanish that’s already hard, but its worst in English. I usually go really badly at listening, but this time I found that easier than, for example, writing test.

I think this tests are not so boring, because we can think about examples. But I don’t know how much we learn, I think we learn more talking.

I remember a good gift, and actually it wasn’t on my birthday. A long time ago (I was about fourteen) I went on vacation to Viña del Mar.  I went with a friend, my family, and friends of my brothers.

Well, it turns out that my saint’s day (Valentine’s day) happens to be very difficult to forget, so my mom has always had the tradition of giving me big presents or great days, as if it was my birthday. That year I went to bed the night before, and when I woke up the whole house was decorated. But this time my mom had nothing to do with it, my sister (who I talked about a few posts ago) had the idea of setting up the house as it was my birthday. She was very young then (8 or 9 years) and she made big sheets and put streamers, balloons, she made draws. My friend helped her because she found it so cute. My sister, Cata, also bought me presents at the fair: earrings, a bracelet, a hat, and a little purse. (Of course none of that exists now) They weren’t much expensive things, but for her it must cost a fortune. Later that day my mom invited all of us for lunch. It was a great day, and it showed me how much my sister cared about me J

FIRST DAY

My first day at psychology wasn’t much fun. I remember feeling really nervous and uncomfortable. In my mind it also was a hot and sticky day, but maybe I made that up.

That day all of us who had chosen this career were together. It felt like we were thousands. I sat with a girl I’ve met before - I think taking the english test, but I’m not sure – and that made me feel less worried. Her name is Natalie and until today I feel thankful for that day we share.  

During the whole day teachers came and introduced their working lines. They told us general stuff related to Psychology, and some of them told weird stories. One teacher made us walk all over the room playing games; others had us sitting in a round. I remember it as a boring and lazy day.

Later we all went to the grass and sat there to drink and chat. When I just got into the University I was shy and I didn’t felt Ok in groups I didn’t know. I look back and I almost can’t believe because I really enjoy being in groups know, but at the beginning it was hard. So there are not really happy or fun memories.