Sunday, March 22, 2009

From the Land of Lincoln to Tierra del Fuego

This blog was created to open doors. To teach students in Chile about Elmhurst, IL and to teach students in Elmhurst about Punta Arenas, Chile. 

To Churchville Students: Read our introductions to get to know who we are. Please write back with questions and tell us about yourselves! All of the Chileans are going to be teachers, and they are university students so you can ask them questions about Chile, school, life, homework and being in college.

To UMag Students: Please tell the students in Elmhurst about yourselves and ask them about life in Illinois.

23 comments:

  1. HELLO BOYS AND GIRLS MY NAME IS JUAN VELANDIA, FROM COLOMBIA. I AM 23 YEARS OLD AND I HAVE BEEN LIVING HERE IN PUNTA ARENAS FOR ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF.
    I BELIEVE THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING ACTIVITY.
    LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS BEAUTIFUL REGION OF CHILE, I WORKED ALL SUMMER IN A TRAVEL AGENCY SO MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT... OR ANYTHING YOU WANT.
    I ONLY HAVE ONE QUESTION (FOR NOW) FOR YOU, WHAT TYPE OF STUDENT ARE YOU ?
    SEE YOU NEXT TIME, BY THE WAY IF YOU EVER SEE THE VIDEO, I AM THE GUY IN WHITE THAT STARTS THE PRESENTATION.. JAJA. SEE YAA.

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  2. Hi guys!
    My name is Daniela Ramirez and Im from Punta Arenas or Sandy Point (if you preffer call it that way)
    Im a big fan of pop music, specially katty perry. i love going out with my friends to discos or pubs.
    Well, collage is very different from school, in here you can choose if go to classes or not, you are responsable of your life.
    I would like to know more about each of you, your hobbies, what would you like to study in the university, etc

    Huggs and kisses

    Daniela

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  3. hello every body!! My name is Paulina Sandoval I am 21 and I live here, in the otherside of the hemisphere since I was born.
    My favourite kind of music is hip-hop,dance hall and reggae.
    what is your favorite?...
    Would be great to know about you and to respond all your questions.
    bye...;)

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  4. Hello everyone!
    My name is María Jesús Cárdenas, but you can call me Jeshu if you want :)
    I'm 20 years old and I am a university student and mother.
    I've lived here in Punta Arenas all my life, so if you want to know something, just ask me. I'll be happy to answer your questions.

    ...I have a question: Is school life in USA as the TV shows and movies show it? You know, all the popular v/s loser stuff... I've always wanted to know, because things here aren't so extremist!
    If someone can answer it will be great!!!

    See ya!

    María Jesús
    (in the video, i'm the girl in purple)

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  5. Hello everybody, My name is Juan Alvarez, I'm 19. I was born in Puerto Natales, a city located 3 hours from Punta Arenas and I'm studying and living without my family here since last year.
    I would like to know about your lifestyle, what you do during the day, if you have some hobbies and so on.
    My hobbies are to climb hills around my city, to be in front of the computer during many hours, playing and designing websites among other things. I like to go for a drive when I am in Puerto Natales to see my friends, to play pool many hours and poker too. (Texas Hold'em)

    Catch ya later!

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  6. Hello boys and girls: how are you? Well, I'm here like a dead person of cold because Punta Arenas is a city of a lot of cold and sometimes have the 4 seasons in only one day. Always we have to be with thick or winter clothes, although sometimes the sun is very strong because the ultraviolet radiation is very strong. I love this experience of speaking with you because also helps to perfect my English in the way of practice, at the same time of being learn about the culture of your country. I want to ask you some things like how is the weather where you live? how are the people?: how are the teachers? how is your world? Thanks to the Internet we can be in contact through this blog. That's all for today, Bye! C ya!

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  7. hello boys and girls my name is sandra tapia I am from Punta Arenas. I am 19 years old and I am studying english in the university...

    I have a question for you..what kind of weather do you have in your city?

    see you next time, bye

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  8. Hi everyone my name is Jonathan I'm 19 years old, I'm from Puerto Natales, the best beautiful small town of this region.
    I've been living here in Punta arenas only for study reason.
    I like watch a lot of movies everyday and play on my pc too.
    I love research about informatics in general.
    ain't a good cook but I like to cook...
    that's all, now I wanna to know about you, for example, how is your city?, what are you hobbies?
    if you wanna to know more about me or other things please ask me.
    bye

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  10. Hello students of Elmhurst, my name is Eduardo Nuñez, I'm nineteen years old, I have been living in Punta Arenas for nine years, let me tell you that I'm vey excited with this great oportunity to meet people of the United States, I can tell you about me that in my free time y like to watch football games, spend time with my friends and sometimes play billiard, that is all I can tell you for the moment , I hope you answer to me and to my classmates, see you on the blog.

    bye!!!

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  11. Hi, my name is fanny alvarado, I have twenty years old, I'm from punta arenas, chile. in my freetime I like go to the mall, watch movies, and sleep.
    my favorite movie es twilight, I love it!, and my favorite singers are gwen stefany, katty perry, maroon five, britney spears and black eyes peas, all sing in english, and treir music is pop, for this reason I like these singers.
    my favorite place in magellan is torres del paine for their great natural beauty and for their peace...
    kisses for you...

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  12. hi guys!!!!
    My name is Priscilla Traba I'm nineteen years old.I've lived in Punta Arenas all my life.I'd like to know somethig about you.how is your country, school, friends, etc.
    and, if you want to know something about our city. just ask.. ok?

    bye.... kisses

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  13. Hello everybody!!my name is Claudia Sabando, but you can call me Claudita. i´m from punta arenas,in my free time i like listening music specially romantic but also pop music.
    other thing that i do is go out to the disco i really enjoy go out with my friends and dance a lot!!
    I would like to know more about each of you
    see ya!
    hugs and kisses
    BYE!

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  14. Hi guys! How are things? My name is Bastian Dillems from Puerto Natales,another stunning city near Punta Arenas...I'm studying English Teaching, as well. This is my second year for that reason I am so intereted in your culture as well as you may be...This region is really beautiful but it is bitterly cold as Ms Krissa has already told you...What do you know about Chile? As you must already suppose we know such a lot about USA, but have you ever heard about Chile, or Punta Arenas? I don't think so and hope to be wrong..This region is so very small in comparison with yours but it is full of awe-inspiring landscapes. Actually, everything is so farm-like that you can see sheep or cows wherever you want (on a figure speech). Also, people are very united and pleasant here that I think Ms Krissa is feeling very comfortable, so don't be worried about that lol, ok guys, let me know about you, what do you like to do on vacation for instance, do you spend your spare time travelling or staying at home with your family? Huge greetings from the bottom of the world, take care

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  15. hi guys!!
    i am Paula Quelin Vargas i am 19 years old, i am from Porvenir Tierra del Fuego the island wich is in front of Punta Arenas...i been living here for almost 2 years...and is very nice!! if you want to know something of Tierra del Fuego just ask me i will answer all the questions !!!
    bye byeç
    xoxo

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  17. Hi everyone in ELMHURST, my name is Cristina Márquez, I`m nineteen years old, I have been living in Punta Arenas for a year, but my home and family are in Chiloe, and island ubicated al the north of Punta Arenas, 34 hours by bus and 2 hours by airplane. I`m very glad for the opportunity to meet you all.
    I can tell you that i`d like to watch movies, also listen music, my favorite music is Rock and Metal. i also like to read, write poetry, and some others.
    i would like to know some things of yourselves, what kind of music do you like?
    What is Illinois like?
    i`ll be waiting for your answer,fell free if you wish to ask me something.
    See You
    Dew

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  18. Hello everyone... my name is Alejandra and I´m 20 years old. First of all I would like to say I´m sorry because this is not my email account but I had to do it this way, so don´t be confused by the name of this account, is my mam :(

    Ok. mmm... what I can tell you about me is that I like listen music and go out with my friends, maybe go to the disco or to a bar, I love go out to dance... =)

    But I will like to know more about your selves. Ask everuthing you would like to know :)

    take careee BYE

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  19. Hi! I'm Daniela Figueroa. I'm 20 years old and I'm from Punta Arenas. It's raining at the moment in this cold city. My favourite music is Folk and viking metal but my favourite band is TOOL.
    I like to read philosophy and gnostics text. I realy like japanese animation, my favourite serie is Hana yori dango.
    Illinois is a unknown place for me. In fact, I've not heard anything about it. Please, If you could tell me What is Illinois like, for example.
    I hope your comments
    hugs!!

    .::+*+*+::ImpulsoDeIdiotez::+*+*+::.

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  20. Hi everyone!how are you?i'm Cristian Aguilar,i'm 22 years old,i'm from Puerto Natales,but i'm living in Punta Arenas since i was a child,i like play guitar and practice karate since 3 years ago,i have a rock band called "Morhuld" we plays metal,i like to going out to the rock concert,here call that "tocatas",i want to kwow about your hobbies?how you have fun.
    bye.

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  21. Hello all! It is nice to hear from you. My 7th graders and I have just returned from Spring Break and we are anxious to begin communicating with you. You will begin seeing posts from some of my students soon, perhaps as soon as tomorrow. Cheers!

    Kevin Temple

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  22. Hi guys! how are you? My name is Loreto Diaz, I'm 21 years old, I'm from Punta Arenas city and I'm studying English Pedagogy, in my free time I like to go out with my friends, listen to music, I love music, my favorite band is KEANE, everybody's changing is the best song for me and I love Tom Chaplin. Now I would like to know about you, maybe about your hobbies, your favorite music or something like that

    take care

    bye!!

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  23. Hi everyone!! how are you?? I hope that very well, in class we were talking about global warming,is a topic very important around all the world, for example in each winter we have less snow,more rain, amoung others changes...and a question for you..what is the weather like?? warming? cold?? I hope you can tell me....take care!!
    Paula Quelin Vargas

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