Where to go next…

Well today’s theme we choose to talk about where we want to do our practical experience before we graduate. Right now we are thinking a lot about this subject because we have to do it next year to get our degree. Every decision is up to us, where, when, for how long… those are a lot of decisions to make. Right now I have some ideas about what I would like to do next year.

First of all, I am thinking about doing two practical experiences instead of one. They would be each 20 hours a week. I like this idea because this way I can explore two things that I like, in this case studying about children and gaining clinical experience.

To do this, I have as an option to do my first practical experience on a charity foundation called Fundacek. This organization works with kids to help them developt their talent. In this position I would have the opportunity to investigate more about this field and I would even have a theme for my thesis. This seems like a good place to work because they are just starting so it is a little organization open to new ideas. The foundation is also in a good location, very close to the “Pedro de Valdivia” station of the subway.

Even if a I love the idea of learning more about children, I feel that if I only did this, I would miss

the clinical experience and because of that I am thinking about a second practical experience in the “DAE” where we would work with students of the Faculty of Medicine of our University. They come to consult for a lot of different causes so it would definitely be a good practical experience. I would learn a lot about treating patients.

Places to go in Santiago

Well, I am thinking about places to take my family that comes from Australia, they haven’t been here for over 30 years, so it is like visiting a whole new world to them. I think that it would be nice to visit Mount San Cristóbal because this will give them a beautiful panoramic sight of the city and after that we could go to the Zoo. It would be a good way to start the day, in this mount there is a park to preserve the nature that is truly great to spend a nice time with the family.

I guess afterwards we could go to eat a nice barbecue somewhere like “la cuca” or “parrilladas argentinas”. And for the afternoon we can go to “plaza ñuñoa” (ñuñoa square). This is a great place to let the children run and play. We can buy some ice cream at Filippo, the ice cream there is homemade and it is delicious. They have great flavours too like mango, marzipan and my favorite: “arroz con leche” (sweet rice with milk).

I think they would really like a walk around the neighborhood because beautiful old houses and even more because that is where they just to live, so I think they would enjoy to see how everything has changed.

To end the day, I think it would be nice to go dancing. “Bellavista” is a known place to do this, because it offers a lot of options and there is also a nice Arts and crafts fair really close, and it is something to do before go dancing.