No more horror at the dentist

This week has been a completely odyssey! On monday I had to face one of my biggest fears: The dentist.
Almost like four years ago appears into my mouth four molars, and as we all know, when you get this four undesirable guest, you must put them out...but you can not make this on your own, you'll need help, and this help is called : DENTIST.

So, this last monday I had scheduled  at 15:30 a visit to the dental surgery, where by a surgical procedure carried out by a very good dentist (a friend of mine) theses molars will be extracted.

The operation was shorter than I was thinking, all the dentist team made a really good job, they were very profesional, and as I am a neurotic patient, they knew how to handle my nervousness, and I found it a plus, because in general dentist seems to be more terrorific, or had a hard personality, or they are always pretending that you must feel any pain, and that's not truth!
In this case it didn't happened, the were kind, they were making jokes all the time, they put music in the room, the main dentist extract every tooth carefully and all of them were taking care of me and always asking if I was feeling allright.

So now I can say that I feel fine, I haven't get any complication or infection, there is no pain after the surgery and then injury is recovering with no problems at all. I can say that I totaly recomend my friend Marcela as a dentist, in a future everybody must get attended by her!

How green are you?

The Earth is asking for help, asking us to stop and see what is going on around us.

The environmental crisis that is taking part in our planet is something that we as Human beings are responsible for. We learn throughout the years that living in this planet means to take care of it for future generations and for us. We learn this in schools, television, internet, the radio, our parents, grandparents, friends, in fact, we learn about this everywhere. But how green are we?

Nowadays there are many environmentally friendly practices around the world, each country, each city, each community has its own movement to look after our beautiful planet. But most of the time, we are too busy to realize about this.

A movement that is taking an important part in our culture, is recycling, which is to categorize waste in a more proper or correct way in order to protect our environment. Though this practice is one of the best movements ever started to protect the Earth. There is many people that is no acquainted to it, and I include myself in it, not for ignorance, but for lack of time.

Another movement or to be more precise, a new life style that is taking part nowadays in our culture, is the use of echo-friendly means of transport such as bicycles, electric cars, or solar energy cars. The problem of it, is that they are still not really accessible for all public, in fact, when talking about alternative cars, we know they are quite expensive. On the other hand, bicycles are really cheap, and the only energy they use is ours, which both good for our health and our planet. For me this practice or this new life style is not really an option, first because having an alternative car is really out of my mind in terms on economical basis, and a bike for medical problems is not an option, as I have anemia, which is a medical condition which is not really easy to threat, and affect my physical condition. But there is not all lost after all, because I still can use my legs and avoid using public transportation, or even using public transportation is a way to contribute, because using public transportation means you don't have to get a car.

Though I really feel the need to be more green, more echo-friendly. I haven't taken part into any organization. The reasons is as simple as laziness. But in any time soon I will be supporting a echo-friendly organization. This is something I really would like to do in the future.

Race of time

Today I did something that I used to enjoy but lately, because of the rush I go throw every morning in this semester,  I have not done so often. I take the bus with my Mom.
We talked all road long, and it's a really cool thing because about all the brothers and sisters I have, in home there is not much time to talk long and with no interruptions.
So, the important thing here is what we talked, and it's about the time, about the pass of the time.
When we were younger, we used to think that all things were possible because we had all the time by our side, and it isn't false at all, but the question is that even if we have all the time of the world and live in our twenty's thinking everything is fresh and beauty, this whole scenery is going to disappear in a moment, because the time draw on in a very fast way.

I'm not trying to be fatalistic, I just want to say that as we grow the time becomes shorter than when we were kids, twenty-four hours are not good enough for all the things we want to do, for see al the people we want to meet, to take a rest. Seems like just yesterday when we get into the first year of our career, It's hard to believe that in a couple of month we'll finish our studies. Seems like yesterday the days when my Grandmother was still alive, and seems like yesterday when I was having my first day on kindergarten, and in this way I can keep going with more examples!

However, I think that the importance of being aware about the time, is not for getting depress, sad or hopeless, is more the opposite, is because we need to know that to be aware, for make a better use of our time, to enjoy every moment and every little thing, to take every chance and do things  better than yesterday, to love, to laugh, to live with hope, in calm, but always thinking that tomorrow doesn't exist if we don't use our present with energy, passion and courage.

The audience

My big Botas

You will find this word curious, I know while you are reading the tittle you are thinking "Why is she going to write about shoes?", to your surprise Botas, is my beloved cat. My big fluffy black fat cat.

He arrived to me more or less about three years ago, he was just one month when he came to me, and he looked like a little ball of fur asking for help. Alone, hungry, and dirty I couldn't help it but to look after him immediately. He was so little.

But we had a problem. My mother. Even when all my brothers and my father liked the idea of keeping this cute little ball of fur, my mother was not agree with the idea of a cat in the house. She didn't like how this creatures smell, nor all the hair they lose, but what was more a problem, she didn't like the idea of new expenses.

It was a hard work to do. But finally, not even the coldest person in the world could resist those cute eyes staring with love to you. Actually that was we called him Botas, because of the movie "Shrek", where the cat "Puss in boots" stared at the enemies with a huge round eyes, that no one could resist.

Nowadays, Botas is another member of the family. Everyone in the house look after him every minute, even my mother. And he knows that he is important to us, because in a very animal way he has taken part of all the spaces in the house. You can find him sleeping in my brother's bed as a complete human being or trying to get into the shower, not to shower himself exactly but to play as the little brother that he is to us now.

The best song ever!

Yesterday night I was searching for a new songs on Youtube because my playlist was getting a little bit old and that's boring and it affects my routine because listening to music makes my day more tolerable or light, and if my playlist get old, sad, repetitive or invariable, my week becomes more difficult and slow, so that's why I need music as I need air.

When I was searching for new music, I found a song that stuck in my mind. Today when I was on the way to college, my mind was singing this song, it's called "Little talks" and belongs to the group Of Monsters and Men.

When I found the song the first time, I don't only like it because of the lyrics, but also for the video, and the music. But the video was the one that caught my attention first, for the aesthetic. The video starts with some images that seem to be drawn, like illustration in dark, it seems like the video was composed by different drawings all of them put in order from the foreground to background, but then a girl appears and she is the only one with colours, that makes a good contrast with the space which is all in black and white, and in this moment (when the girl shows up) you can understand that it is not a simple draw, it's more like a sort of animated video. I liked how they incorporate different scales, because I like things when they don't try to recreate reality, I like when people create without prejudices or limits, I don't find joy in making things follow the common standards or criteria, that is very restrictive! I have the idea that if you want to create something new, you must abandon for a moment the things already once known and search for new parameters.

The mystery of travelling

If I you ask me about a place I would like to visit, I would have to admit that I haven’t thought about it yet. But it isn't because I don’t care about travelling and these kinds of things; in fact it is quite the opposite. Travelling is an adventure that is always flying inside my mind. Further from our borders we can find people, cultures, places and experiences that are outside our thoughts, even out of our dreams! And that idea makes me shiver, in a good way, of course.

According to this sort of definition about travelling, with all the mystery behind it, I would totally choose Egypt. Simple because is a country that can mix the entire alternatives in matter of travelling.

Egypt is a place with a lot of mystery. Mummies, lost cities, the entire story behind years of civilizations and wars and Pharaohs, the way how they dealt with dead and life, and their beliefs or convictions about that, all the messages contained in the hieroglyphics, and more, are things that attract me in a way I cannot explain, the mystery behind this country is infinite.

If I make it to this country, I would like to take lots of tours, I would like to visit the most important pyramids, in special I would like to visit “The Underwater Cleopatra’s Palace”, which is located in the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. Furthermore I don’t think Egypt is a country that I would like to stay to live or work, because I don’t think this country can offer me all the conditions that I need to live in a place, or to work there as well. Besides, all the people that I love and that I want them to be with me, are not there, so basically Egypt is just a country to visit once or twice.

My ideal job

I haven't thought much about what my ideal job could be, but if I give it a try, I would totally opt to work as an illustrator. Why? Simple, this is the kind of job which links in perfect harmony my hobby which are all things related with arts, but to be more specific, drawing and painting are the main ones. And moreover the way I like to live my life. Because working as an illustrator doesn't demand to be surrounded by people, or rushing to get to a place on time, which are the things that I hate the most and what is more important it allows me to be more reflexive with my own work.

To become an illustrator is not an easy task, they really must master many different skills. Illustrators are people who not only have to be creative in order to be original with their work, but also they have to be good at drawing, because this is the way they express their work, which is the final product after all, and in order to do so, they really have to know how composition and colours  must match together to form the perfect combination to narrate the story behind.

Besides, an illustrator must be innovative while doing his work, specially nowadays, where we have many different tools to make our work better. As for example, we can work with computers, scanners, tablets,  and different programs and applications, which give us multiple opportunities to explode our capacities to the limit.

In a nutshell, working as an illustrator would be the coolest thing I can image, but it is far away from reality, because, to find the appropriate job opportunity it is quite difficult, the area is full with people who have been working there for quite a long time, and incorporate new people is way too difficult because new people do not have the experience of those who have worked in the area for years. So, I can only dream about it for now, but maybe in a distant future, this might become more realistic than now.

Last term experiences

Though it was a short semester due to the many student's strike, it was a pretty interesting term. It was the first year we have covered something entirely different for us, because the previous years we only had focused on how Scenography is applied in the Theather area, though last term we were introduced on how Scenography could be incorporated into the Audiovisual area. The whole term was focused on this topic, which for me was the most interesting part, because this is the area which I would like to master in the future.

Last term was very demanding for us, even though we did not had classes regurlarly, there were lots of work to do, and texts to read. So I didn't had much time for me, my term was really plain in term of free times activities, the only thing I would like to highlight was that I started a  Smithery Course with an old friend of mine, this course was one day per week, and lasted for about 3 hours each class. It was a great course, so I continued on this new term. I have learn quite a lot.

Other aspect about last term, were some problems I had to face, as for example, I had some medical problems, which were really difficult to handle, I was not only diagnosed anemia, but also insulin resistance, this two illnesses have complicated my life quite a lot, in fact, due to this condition I have developed a sort of panic attacks which have forced me to take medications. Apart from this, the academic year was pretty cool.

Though my medical condition is not optimal, I am pretty happy about my life. Because of this condition, which most of the time is a little bit tiresome, have made my family and relatives closer to me, and my boyfriend as well, they are always looking after me, so I feel loved and lucky to have them with me. I really hope to have them with me in this new term.

With nothing further to add, 

feel welcome to my blog.

Ita Estrada