My weekend

Well, remembering the last large weekend we have (and the only one that anyone could call "weekend"!) on April the 21º I went with my parents to the south of chile to visit my grandparents. We went to Marchigue, a small town located in the countryside of the Sixth region. It passed a long time since my last visit, so it was very happy occasion. We take a tour for the town, to se the changes in the years of my absent. Also we went to the "expogama 2007" a exposition of cattle and chilean folklore . During the expogama it realizes "chilean sports" like rodeo and dog-race. Also, there is chilean food like empanadas. It is very fun!

The entrance to Marchigue

The Church of Marchigue

The expogama

Psychosites

In the attempt of becoming a decent psychologist ,the students use every way, every item and every tool to aprove the exams and not die of chronic strees. So, we use the web as our favourite source of information, a useful tool of work and a as a good cathartic way.

Among the sites, I highly recomend the next ones:


www.apa.org The American Psychology Asociation. An excelent site to obtain information. Althoug is paid site, thanks to our proffesor of learning psychology, we dont have to pay anything!!!!!!!

http://www.psychology.org/ The Encyclopedia of Psychology. Another source of papers and essays about psychology. Althoug it isnt as complete as the Apa, its a free site.

http://www.prisonexp.org/ This site is about a famous experiment of a social psychologist, Philip G. Zimbardo, who tried to prove the importance of the social roles among the behavior of people. So, he created a fake prison where he puts college students and gave them the roles of prisoner and prison guard. The result of the experiment was very dramatic, it has to be ended prematurely after only six days because of what the situation was doing to the college students who participated. Even a movie was made about it, "The experiment", that was also very controversial (and very good!).

One of my songs

Well, I will post "creek mary´s blood". This song belongs to one of my favourite bands, "Nightwish". A norway band of "melodic metal" music. The lead singer, Tarja Turunen, had a beautifull voice, she sings like a soprano, wich guves a very unique touch to the band. This songs´s about the conquer of the "Americans". Tha massacre of the native people and how their heritage destroyed trough fire and steel. But the most important of the song is how they survive: tha legacy of their culture and their beliefs.

Soon I will be here no more

You´ll hear my tale Through my blood

Through my people

And the eagle´s cry

The bear within will never lay to rest

Wandering on Horizon Road

Following the trail of tears

White man came

Saw the blessed land

We cared, you took

You fought, we lost

Not the war but an unfair fight

Sceneries painted beautiful in blood

Wandering on Horizon Road

Following the trail of tears

Once we were here

Where we have been since the world began

Since time itself gave us this land

[Singing in Lakotan]

Our souls will join again the wild

Our home in peace ´n war ´n death

Wandering on Horizon Road

Following the trail of tears

Once we were here

Where we have been since the world began

Since time itself gave us this land

[Poem in Lakotan]

Hanhepi iyuha mi ihanbla ohinni yelo

Òn sunkmanitutankapi hena,

sunkawakanpi watogha hena,

oblaye t`ankapi oihankesni hena

T`at`epi kin asni kiyasni he akatanhanpi iwankal

Oblaye t`anka kin osicesni mitakuyepi òn

Makoce kin wakan

Wakan Tanka kin òn

Miwicala ohinni - Hanhepi iyuha

kici - Anpetu iyuha kici yelo

Mi yececa hehaka kin yelo, na

ni yececa sunkmanitutankapi

kin ka mikaga wowasaka isom

Uncinpi tuweni nitaku keyas ta k`u

Unwakupi e`cela e wiconi

wanji unmakainapi ta yelo

Anpetu waste e wan olowan

le talowan winyan ta yelo

Unwanagi pi lel e nita it`okab o`ta ye

Untapi it`okab o`ta

Na e kte ena òn hanska ohakap

ni itansni a`u nita ni ihanke yelo

About me

Well, this will be my first post in any blog ever... and it has to be in my own!

My name is Felipe Ogass and I´m a Psychology student in the Universidad de Chile. I have 19 years old (soon will be 20) and I live in Santiago de Chile. I enter to the university last year, so I´m between into the student and the Psychologist. I´m very glad that I could enter, because I have made great friends in the past year I´ve learned a lot not only about my carrer, but also about politics and how important is this in everybody´s life

I created ths Blog because it was an assigment for the english course, so
this could be a very fun experience or could be really boring...will see.