Sofia Jara

Hello everyone! Today I'm going to write about eating meat and not eating meat too haha. To contextualize, I must say that from a young age I was bad at eating meat, I never liked it too much and it made me feel bad :( Currently I am still not good at consuming meat, however, I try to eat enough protein and iron, specially since I practice a sport.This is all about a physiological issue, but I also believe that our meat consumption should generally decrease. I don't think any animal should suffer the way chickens, cows, pigs and many other animals suffer. I love animals, they're very genuine beings. On the other hand, the destruction we are doing to our forests and to different places because of livestock is really nefarious. I have mentioned in previous blogs that I love to travel, it is of my favorite activities because it allows me to know different cultures and enrich myself from them. If the cattle industry continues to operate that way there will be none of that any...

Hi there! How are you doing? Today I am going to talk about something is too important for me and It is my priority first and foremost: my well-being and my happiness. Since I started to study in the college I had been so stressed, sleeping wrong, eating wrong and even depressed. Enter to the university was for me start a new life, so far from my family and my home. And now I am responsable of an entire house, here in Santiago. So like you see I have always so many responsabilities and sometimes this makes me feel overwhelmed. In first place I have to tell you the organization of time is very important. Something that helps me so much is the to-do lists, ideally  written with many colors, so I remember them better. To relax and concentrate better I usually meditate 10 minutes, it makes it impossible for me to do it every day, but every time I can I do it. Meditating calms me down a lot and allows me to think better. For my hapiness I do practice kickboxing 3 times a week, afte...

Hi! How are you? Today I’m going to write about the postgraduates studies that are interesting for me. In first place I have to tell you my mom is a cartographer, so I have seen maps since I was a child. I think they are so beautiful, interesting and an important object. And yes, you have Google Maps on your phone, but I think is not the same! In addition maps are useful for graphically teaching us other things, not just to help us locate. So I think I would like to study something about the design of maps and, in this way, specialize in that area of design. Another interest I have talked about before is my love for books, for making books. So I would love to study some magister about editorial design. My favorite hobbies in the world are the photography and travel and I would like to capture the love I have for these two activities through a book. It is so sad that, at least in Chile, there are virtually no postgraduate studies in photography ☹ However, I am very happy to be ...

I love books, I’ve always thought the books are very special objects. There were a lot of books in my house, and also in my grandparent’s house. And although I really like reading, I love watching books. In this way, is too interesting for me make books. Is not very easy and requires so much practice, but is a really special and (sometimes) personal process. For this reason when I graduate as a designer I would love to work in a publishing house and design many books of different themes. In particular, I would like to make large books full of photographs and/or illustrations, with drop-down pages and innovative covers. I would pay close attention to the type of paper to be used, ideally it will be recycled and the creation of these books has a low enviromental impact. Personally I think it is very important to take care about our trees and the water. They are elementary natural finite resources for life. Knowledge must be expanded without damaging our home, our planet. I intend to be r...

Last night I went to the cinema and I watched the last movie of Quentin Tarantino: Once upon a time in Hollywood. The film is represented in 1969 and talks about the lives of the most famous actors of that era and the Manson family too. In reality Manson family existed, it was a group of people who murdered public figures like Sharon Tate, an actress and wife of film director Roman Polanski. The film makes a satire on crime happened with a little humor and also makes a review because sometimes in real life more unusual and brutal things happen than in fiction. In all the movies Tarantino has made he use satire as a resource to tell raw stories that most of the time have happened in real life.  I think Tarantino is a very talented director, intelligent and aware of the different realities. He always has and exciting story to tell us. If you don't know his movies you should watch Pulp fiction, Kill Bill vol. 1 and 2. Inglourious basterds and Django. Personally, I haven't seen a...

Hi, there! Today I am going to talk about a cat, a blind cat, my cat, Simon. Simon is a cat that I found in the street, specifically in December, 7th of the last year. It was sick, it had running nose, and it was malnourished. That day was very hot, and the cat was sitting down in tree. I saw it, and I though "This little cat is very sick" and I couldn't bear to see the cat like that. I picked it up without knowing how I would explain to my mom that I adopted a cat, a sick cat.  To my surprise my mom was so happy and proud of me, she gave me all her support to take care of Simon. Finally, Simon got better and now it is a stronger and healthy cat, but because of the infection it became permanently blind. Altough that was never an impediment for Simon to be a very active and a happy cat.