My blogging experience

Well, the blogs are a good experience, but I did not feel that I had made much progress with my English, at first it is difficult to express, but one gets used to it and you start to write more. It's easier to write when you have a topic that you like, I would like to write about interesting things for example animal, history, science, tardigrades (I love tardigrades, I would make a whole blog of only them). Some of the blogs I liked to do are "From the invisible to the visible world and back...", "A Photograph You Like"(because I could talk about tardigrades) and others...

For me, it was not all fun to write, the ones that cost me the most were "Getting to know each other..." or "Person/Expert you admire". The reason why I did not like is that I do not like to talk much about myself, I do not even know much about myself, I am rather a reserved person.

In the future a like to include more topics, it would be good that we can choose a topic and talk about it, but I know that this is not possible because a general guideline is needed for all, It's never to dream anymore.

From the invisible to the visible world and back...

Well, the microscope is a wide world, there are even many kind of micro or nano worlds, for example: the world of bacteria, the molecules, the atoms, etc... But the micro or nano world that I like more is world of molecules because is the base of the all cell processes, very important for understand the life, is one of the reasons why I choose biochemistry.

The one that I consider the most incredible and mysterious molecule of all is the DNA, this molecule has the code of life. The interesting thing is that we can modify it, creating new characteristics in an individual, is a branch of science called "genetic engineering" is based on transferring genes from one species to another, improving or generating some missing characteristic.

Genetic modification is important for biochemistry because is the most studied subject, since DNA is the most important molecular of life.
Genetic modification example: modify vegetables to better withstand drought, to make bacteria produce insulin by entering the gene that can produce insulin or transferred DNA from tardigrade to human cells, to increase its resistance to radiation.

But not everything is good, the genetic modification is a powerful tool that if not one carefully can be used for evil, either using it to create deadly bacteria, or modifying species giving it a more advantageous feature than other species causing the extinction of these.

Genetic engineering remains a developing science that can responsibly improve the quality of life of people.

The most enjoyable subject ...

Well, I chose biochemistry, because I love science, I like chemistry, biology and physical. One day I thought about studying something that has related to science, and then I found the biochemistry career.
When I looked at the mesh, I said "this is what I want to study", and I'm here.

The subjects that more caught my attention were cellular physiology, organic chemistry, general biology, and all the laboratories. So the subject that I found to be more fun is general chemistry laboratory.

General chemistry laboratory is a fantastic subject, where you do practical activities, work with reagents, and see how they change color. One activity more beautiful is the crystallization of cupric sulfate which is blue.

The interesting of general chemistry laboratory is to make reactions and know how they reacted, also the teachers is good and classmate is friendly. I have many partners about 50 peoples.
What I least like about subject is the reports and test are very stressful.

Thanks to this subject, I have liked more and more the career, though I already passed the subject.

Person/Expert you admire

I admire Alexander Fleming, hi was a microbiologist, pharmacologist and botanist. He was born in Scotland in 1881, son of a peasant family.

 At the age of thirteen, he moved to London with a half-brother who practiced there as a doctor. He obtained a scholarship to St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in Paddington, He worked as a medical microbiologist at St. Mary's Hospital in London until the first world war, enlisting as an officer of the Royal Army Medical Corps in France.
Fleming's name is associated with important discoveries: lysozyme and penicillin, the first discovered in 1928 for an accident. Inspecting their crops before destroying them, he noticed that the colony of a fungus had grown spontaneously, Fleming interpreted that the fungi release an antibacterial substance, the lysozyne. Fleming later observed the plaques and found that the bacterial colonies that were around the fungus (Penicillium notatum), the penicillin.

Fleming did not patent his discovery, because he thought that thus it would be easier to spread an antibiotic.

He received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1945 and was a member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.

Fleming died in London in 1955.

I like Fleming, because I consider a great scientific, thanks to your observation and experiments has saved the lives of millions of people in the world.

My Favourite Book and Film

I am not a great reader, I don´t read a book in months, but I like read.
The kind that the book I like are: science fiction, magic, historic, action, fantasy, etc... thinks that make you wonder.

Exist one type the book that call light novel, this was created in Japan. It is about novels very easy to read, can have more than 20 volumes, with more than 300 pages each one, even so you can read a volume in an afternoon.

There are many light novels, the one I like the most is "To Aru Majutsu no Index" in English "A certain magical index" written by Kazuma Kamachi in 2004.

Toaru Majutsu no Index is set in Academy City, a technologically advanced Academic city located at western Tokyo which studies scientifically advanced superhuman students with powers, but is also set in a world where magic is real. So Kamijou Touma (the protagonist) is in the middle of a conflict between magic and science.
I like this light novel because, has many kind of genres that I like, science fiction, magic, action, aventure. at present reading volume 17 of 22.

The kind that the film I like are the same as books (science fiction, magic, historic, action, fantasy, etc). I like a lot of films, for example, The lord of the rings, War horse (2011), Transformers (2007), generally all of the Disney and Pixar.

Well, I don't favourite films, but the last movie I have seen was "Koe no Katachi" also known as "A Silent Voice" is a 2016 Japanese anime drama film produced by Kyoto Animation, directed by Naoko Yamada and written by Reiko Yoshida,

The film is about Shoya was a kid who upset the new Shoko girl for being deaf. The taunts continued until Shoko changed schools. Several years later, a tormented Shoya seeks to reunite with his ex-partner and redeem himself.

I recommend this film, because it's a very beautiful and emotional story, a story to ponder.

Extra data: this movie will be released in Chile on June 17.

A Photograph You Like

I like kind the photograph about animals, plants and cells, yes cells for example: neuron cells, bacterias, or protozoos. It is part of my, I love the microscopic world. If I would can take one photograph microscopic of everything, I would do it.

A light micrograph of a tardigrade.
The photograph was taken in November 23, 2015,  By: Sinclair Stammers

Shows a tardigrade in an environment with lichens

This photograph I liked, because shows how beautiful are the tardigrade, It´s my favourite animals. This animals is amazing, the only animal known to survive the extreme environment of outer space.

Snowflake December 17, 2015, By  Ken Libbrecht

This photograph shows the amazing structure of a snowflake, ice crystals form six-sided shapes around the speck of dust, getting larger and larger as they fall.

This photos are wonderful, It shows how amazing it is the microscopic world. That's why I like these photos, they show us a new world that we cannot see or feel.
Makes me think of how little we know about our world and how much we should marvel.

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Music in My Life

I know music since the beginning of my life, remember the first song I have listened was the "song of joy" by Mozart, yes is classical music, my father put the song every morning as an alarm, him like the classical music.

I like music, I used to listen any music that sound good, I don't prefer any kind of music.

In all my childhood I don´t listen to music on my own, I listened to other people's music, the my sister, my father, my friends, so I'm an illiterate of music.

When I was in high school I beginning watch anime in the computer, I noticed that music is very important for the anime, I like them so much the music of the openings and endings, that I starter to download them, since them I have found several kind of music, rock, metal, classical music, pop, jpop, I used to listen nightcore, that's the only thing I know about music.

My favorite instrument is the piano, the guitar and drums, but I don´t know how to play