A Hobby

Hi Blogheads,

Today I'd like you to write about a hobby you have or had. In my case, I'm going to talk about collecting vinyl. I don't actually practice this hobby nowadays but it's something I did passionately when I was younger. I started when I was about 10 years old. I was 8 when I bought my first vinyl. It was a 7" single by Marmalade called "Reflections of my life" and I bought it with my sister and her best friend Mary. We all paid a third. However, at that time I didn't even have a record player.

The first record I acquire when I had a record player was "Jeepster" by T-Rex.

By the time I was 23 I had over 300 singles and about 200 albums. I moved to London and have no way to take my collection so I gave most of them away to my brothers and sisters. The only records I keep were part of my David Bowie collection and a few other records I could bear to lose. I still have 55 Bowie albums and 85 Bowie singles at my sisters house). I lived in London for about 6 years in which time I amassed another Vinyl collection, not as big as the previous one but still quite big. In 1989 I moved to Spain so I sold all my possession including my vinyl collection. However, I took about 50 house records to Spain with because I wanted to get a job as a DJ. When I moved back to Britain in 1994 I left all my music in my ex-girlfriend's house and never got them back.
I stopped collecting vinyl for a few years. Last year a friend gave me a record player and I brought a few vinyls from the UK and bought a few here in Santiago.
I love this hobby but it's very expensive nowadays. It was a lot cheaper when I was younger. I'd like to start it up again but I just don't have the space.

Write about a hobby you have (or had).
Say:
What the hobby was,
What it involved,
When tou started this hobby,
Why you like it.

Write at least 250 words. Leave a comment on my blog and on the blogs of 3 classmates.

A Famous Chilean

Hi Blogheads:

 

Today I’d like you to write about a famous Chilean that you admire. As I’m not a Chilean and going to write about a famous Brit that I admire. Under normal circumstances I’d write about David Bowie, however, as you all know I’m a Bowie fan and might expect I’d write about him, I’m going to choose somebody else. I think the Brit I most admire at the moment is David Mitchell. Mitchell is a relatively young British author. I read his first novel Ghostwritten when it first game out – my eldest sister sent it to me – and since then I’ve read all 7 of the books he’s authored.

I admire Mitchell for his skill and creativity as a writer. I think he’s the first British writer who has been consistent in his writing for some time. He takes lots of risks with his stories and style and is highly imaginative. For example, one of his most famous book "Cloud Atlas" is a story set in 6 different points throughout history. Mitchell writes the section of each historical period in the writing style of that period (the first part is written like Robinson Crusoe and the last which is set in the future is in the style of cyberpunk). 

I know that Mitchell started writing his first novel while he was in Japan working as an English teacher. This had an effect on his writing. His first novel starts in Japan (but then mores to Mongolia, London, Moscow and a few other places). His 2nd Novel is set in modern day Japan and his 5th novel in 17th Century Japan. Mitchell really showed his versatility in his 4th novel which is his most mainstream piece of writing about a young boy at school and the problems he has because he stutters.

Amazing stuff.

Write about a famous Chilean you admire.

Say:

Who it is,

Why you admire them,

What you know about their life and work,

What you would talk about if you met this person.

Mention anything else you think is interesting. Write at least 250 words. Leave a comment on my blog and on the blogs of 3 classmates.

Victory City

Go to http://www.sciencealert.com/the-smog-in-india-is-so-bad-right-now-you-can-see-it-from-space

Read the article:

Then visit http://fishmech.info/www.victorycities.com/

Tour the website. READ the Residents Guide introduction and AT LEAST 2 other pages of the residents guide contents (from the list on the right-hand side of the resident's guide).

Write a summary 150 of what you discovered.

Say:
What sections you visited,
What you liked about the project and why,
What you disliked about the project and why,
Do you think architectural prjects like this will be popular in the future?

Something you did last weekend

Hi Geo Bloggers!
I had quite a busy weekend. On Friday night I went to a birthday party, On Saturday I went on a picnic, on Sunday I went to jam with a musician buddy, on Monday I mostly slept and on Tuesday I pottered about at home.  Maybe I'll tell you about Friday.
So. on Friday night I went to the birthday party of a friend called Jeronimo. I hadn't seen him for about 10 years when I went to stay with him in Paris. He arrived back in Chile about 2 years ago but we just haven't been able to find the time to see each other. The party was at his parent's house in La Reina, I went with my wife and we got there at about 8.30pm. It was quite a small gathering, maybe about 15 or 20 people in total - mostly adults but also a couple of teenagers and 2 children. We ate, drank, chatted and listened to music. The music was great because we listened to a mix I'd made for Jeronimo as a birthday present. The people there were really nice. I'd only met one of them before but even so it was a nice relaxed atmosphere. We left at about 2.30am but didn't get to bed until about 4pm because by the time we got home my wife was hungry (boy that woman can eat!!!).
Anyway, I have a great evening and it was a wonderful way to start the long weekend.

What about you guys and girls? What did you do last weekend? Here's a Bowie cover of a song about the weekend.

Write about something you did last weekend.
Say:
What you did,
Where you did it,
Who you did it with,
Whether or not you enjoyed it and why.

Mention anything else you think is interesting. Write at least 250 words. Leave a comment on your teacher's blog and on the blogs of  at least 3 classmates.