INVENTIONS

INVENTIONS

I’d have to think really about which of the inventions presented in the book are a good, because in my opinion all of them implies undesirable effects, but I guess that among the most useful is the weather-changing machine, because it may could prevent us from natural disasters like floods, hurricanes, etc.

Guessing what other invention I think might help the world is difficult. I think we need to develop more eco-friendly construction materials and car motors fueled by greener energy.

An invention that would help me at work?, That’s such a good question, I really need a portable machine that could block the signal of my students cell phones!. 

But talking about technology devices already invented I’d say that in my work I couldn’t doing without computers and internet. In fact I need both for my non-professional activities (and the fridge and the telephone are also essential in my domestic life).

What modern inventions I think are overrated?. That’s one tricky. I think that the T.V. and the microwave oven are way overrated and both are very bad for our health and mind!.

An Amazing and natural place that I would like to visit or know is called Marieta Islands located in Nayarit Mexico. It’s a hidden beach where you could see a marine ecosystem, and do many things for have fun like snorkeling and scuba diving  local people coment see sea turttles, manta rays, octopus, wild dolphins, humpback whales and thousands of species of tropical fish around the islands also you could see a variety of birds because that place its  home a lot different kinds of birds . The history of that misterous  place was formed many thousands of years ago by volcanic activity, and are completely uninhabited. The islands are about an hour long boat ride from the coast of Puerto Vallarta.  So one of my goals a short time its have a good vacations in that marvelous place in Mexico. I can see me and resting the next summer.

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News of Africa

I read the international section, specifically news about Africa that turns around violence and deaths. For example, a new called "South africans outraged after police drag man" said that there a lot of causes of police brutality because they likely to be white and establish a racial dictatorship (In 1994, the apartheid ended and the African National Congress was voted into power in the country's first fully democratic election. It spend a lot of money to trained officials).
Issues such as unemployment, freedom and wars are the most important because they affect to the people and world economy and shows a negative side. In my opinion issues such as mode, artists and other banal things are least important because they don't contribute to the reflection of social problems.
We have to remember that the media has the control and it decide what kind of news the people can know.  I think that always behind the news there is a secret intention that helps to increase the control on something or someone. TV, radio stations, newspapers and magazines decide what and how to inform what is convenient for them.
We must be critics at the moment of acceding to the news.

Exercise 12 SB page 108

I think that the robot that cleans the house and glasses that send you to another place are amazing inventions because you won’t spend time cleaning your house or hearing boring conversations of your boss at office.

The invention that might help the world is the pill that can substitute for food because poor people can obtain some proteins and vitamins with this product. Maybe the world’s governments have invest in this invention for help to people who don’t have anything to eat but I’d have to think really about it because I don’t think in disadvantages.

Other inventions that might help us at home it’s a good question. I would like a machine that wash my clothes in some minutes but doesn’t need much water because is a way to care not renewable resources. Let me to see, maybe an ecological machine that uses natural light and made by solar panels.

What invention couldn’t you do without? That’s a difficult question because all inventions don’t exist still. I think the pills to increase the intelligent are most common because the people said that oil of liver of cod help you for a faster mind. When I was a child my grandmother gave me those pills.

                                                                                                         

Oaxaca: a place that you will never forget!

Going to Oaxaca means discovering a paradise because it has a different contrasting and spectacular landscapes such as mountains and beaches. The capital is a climatological dichotomy: hot and cold.

The last December I went with my boyfriend to Oaxaca, a wonderful place where I never saw before a lot of cultural wealth I really wanted this journey because was my opportunity for enjoyed my vacations. My scholar agenda is strict and I don’t have much free time until I finishes my thesis.

I visited  a lot of places, one of my favorite is Cascadas de Piedra, a tourist side where you saw many foreign people who were parched because the raise was difficult and it had the form of zigzag. When you arrive and feel vibrant if you throw something, the object will crumble.

The oaxacan food is delicious and I love the chocolate and cheese. I prefer the tasajo (a soft and juicy meat) than cecina. I miss the glorious glorious smell of the meat in the heart of central market. The second day I went to a trapiche where people did mezcal, the most popular drink in Oaxaca. I drank an exquisite mezcal’s cream of different flavors such as coffee, vanilla and pineapple.

There are some beaches that I visited: Huatulco, Escondido port, Angel port, Zicatela and Zipolite. In Escondido port the below sea level was striking because all waves were higher and I can’t remain in sea for a long time. In these moments I missed Progreso.

When the people said “It is better to travel than to arrive” I don’t agree with this proverb because if you travel by bus, you will arrive to the place! The most important thing is enjoy the landscapes, food, people and be happy because is a good opportunity for take a free time within pressure or work.

I will return to Oaxaca!

A delicious breakfast :)

                                                                 The  "Trapiche"

In the Cascadas de Piedra

An amazing landscape!

Colourings for handcrafts

My Uxmal experience 

I have not had an extreme adventure in one of my trips, but I live a particular experience in my last trip to Uxmal.

Uxmal is my favorite archeological zone in Yucatan because is some virgin yet and It is touristic place but not like Chichen Itza.  In that occasion I traveled with my brother, his girlfriend, my sister and my boyfriend; We had a good time on road and arrived in perfect conditions, we walked around the place until found a Sir who asked us about our studies and where we were from?, He was a experimented man, He knew very well the jungle and told us about the hallucinogenic properties of a certain kind of plants there and  a beautiful “cenote”. He showed us the way to arrive it, we did not know that place so we decided looked for it and started to walk, was midday and the sun shining hard on our heads. We followed the way for 25 minutes more or less but abort the mission because the weather was very hot.

We stayed in Muna in a friend´s house, we asked him about the “cenote”, he did not know then He asked to his family, some of them had heard about it but nobody had gone. The old man had told us that the cenote appears in the olds maps and only old people know how arrive, but nobody in my friend´s family Knew the way.

At the end of day we return to Uxmal for the light and sound show, pyramids looks amazing with the colorful lights in the night and the speaker´s story was interesting. I want come back soon to find the cenote.