A weird sensation....

First of all, I must confese that I feel pretty strange because of there are some similar events but the cold makes the difference. In Venezuela there are only two seasons, a raining season since June to November and a droughty season between December and May. Venezuela is near of the equator that is the reason why we only have two season there. We do not have the habit of review the weather because you only need to keep in mind your umbrella in the raining season, and drink much water in the summer.
In Venezuela, in the droughty season the most of the trees lose their leaves, and so do they here. This event is produced by the water lacking in the ground, while, the low temperatures present in Iowa City's fall produce the same effect in the trees native of these flatland. At the same way that here, in Venezuela the pasture turns in a browny color as well.
However, there are to big diferences; these alterations are the reasons of my strange feeling. First, the temperature is so fresh, sometimes it is nice, some others it is really cold. When I look at the trees and the forest, i thought that it seens so similar to Venezuela's trees but when I feel the temperature all my sense get confused. The second difference is that the grass is always green and some trees turn in a wondeful red; nevertheless, this does not affect me so much.
The fall in Iowa City is so beautiful by its bright colors, it is nicely cold as well. Thus, some particular color remind me the colors of Venezuela.

The family always should be the first!!!

The importance of the family is the main aspect which my mom and my grandma had been trying to make me understand. Whe my parents were born, Venezuela was almost a rural country. In some places there was not high school, the people who live in those places had to moved to bigger cities to be able of graduate in the high school and go to the university. The most of the time all the members of the family had to do some sacrifices because there was not much money but everybody had the chance of having a profession.

Sometimes, while some siblings worked to get additional money, the sibling who were studying put all their efforts to graduate as soon as possible. After getting their degrees and jobs, they helped their others brothers and sisters. It could seen weird, but my father happened, more or less, for the same situation.

During that time, they lived different kind of situations which only they were able to pass through with team work, sometimes putting the common objectives upon the individual. Certainly, you have to keep in mind how important the family is, to be able of understand these kind of sacrifices.

The situation improved because of in Venezuela in the 70's and 80's, the professional workers made good money. They could give us the possibilities of have a good education. My aunts, uncles and my mother used the same techniques that my grandmother and all my generation have been able to study many different careers.

The time and the challenges have changed, but the principle is still the same: "the family first". You know! when you received so much from your parents, you have to give your children, at leat, the same..... jajajaja!!! It's funny...I still haven't a family and I feel already compromised with them.

Every persons have their own recipe

The stress has many different ways to show, depending of the person type. Every person should develop his/her own way to handle the stress, but i will share my experence about how i overcome the stress of being an inmigrant.
It is important to underline that there are two important aspects in which we focus our attention: the body and the mind. Most of the times that the stress takes its toll on us, we can feel lazy and the reason is that our brain produces some chemical compounds. These chemical substances should be "burnt" to start felling better and the best way is making exercise or other physical activities.
Otherwise, the brain response to other kind of stimuli. The fact of feelling the effects of the language's barrier or being alone far away from our country can affect some part of brain and to produce stress. Sharing with your classmates, participating in activities with english speakers and put all our efforts in improve the language can help us make better the way how we feel. Maybe these tips will not be enough for you, however you can star with them and figure out your own way to handle the strees.

I like many kind of movies

I really like many kind of movies, usually I look for the movies' trailer to see some scenes and the plot. The type of movies that I enjoy more is crime-mystery. The stories about crimes and mysteries, like "IT" or "Blood Diamonds", normally keep you expecting about what will go to happen and the details as well. I also like the french movies, they are different and they are usually related with love's stories.
I love the funny movies, is pretty graceful when you can laugh constantly with hilarious situations. "Police Academy" in the 80's, "Naked Gun" in the early 90's and "Taxi" are example of this movie's genre that had made to laugh until i had been exhasted. Mel Brook is one the funny movies producer, he is really smart when he is creating his movies.
In addition, the fantasy movies, like "Harry Potter", "The lord of the Ring" and "The Legend of Narnia", are pretty nice for me, usually I enjoy them much. This kind of movie lets you to travel through many fantasies that many of us had when we were child.
In conclusion, you can find good screenplays in many types of movie, you should try to see the most kind of them. Many movies have beatiful message that can help us in any moment of our life and, at the end, the message is the most important part of the movie.

The Sears Tower's View

Ey Marc!!! More photos in the Sears Tower.

The trip to the windy city

The last tuesday was the trip to Chicago. The travel was amazing, the bus was very confortable and we had time to know many places. First, i went to the Art Institute, it was very nice because i could see pretty near many paintings that i had only seen in my school's books. Also i could look at painting of my favorite painters like Monet and Van Gogh.

After I saw the exhibition in The Art Institute, i went to the Sears Tower's Skydesk. The view is amazing, you can see all the city and there are many posters with the most important moments in the modern history of Chicago in a lot of field like politic, sport, architecture, etc. The downtown is really big with all those stores, restaurants, the building, especially the Federal Reserve Bank and the Federal Building in Deanborn St.

Finally, i walked by the bay from the Field Museum to the Navy Pier. The walking was pretty but it was very relaxing as well. There are many beautiful city and lake's views to enjoy and the Navy Pier is funny place to share with different kind of persons. It is pretty interesting that each minutes that you are in Chicago you become more confidence, you learn how treat the people and the fear vanishes pretty fast.

The trip to Chicago, the windy city, was truly awesome, it was useful to lost the big cities' fear and it approches us to another part of the American culture.