The best concert I've ever seen

When I was still in school, I used to love music and going to concerts. Everytime a band or artist I liked was coming to Chile, I was there. But the one concert I remember the most, without a doubt, is the Rage Against the Machine concert, named "Battle of Santiago". It was held in the Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida, and brought by the Maquinaria Fest.

The year was 2010, and the concert was simply amazing. It was crowded, and the people there had such an incredibly energy that everybody was jumping and dancing non-stop. Sometimes I like to remember the concert and look for videos on YouTube of that night.

The stadium was divided in many sections, like Palco, Cancha, Andes, etc. But the organizers divided Cancha in two parts, "Cancha general" y "Rock area". Rock area, AKA, "Cancha VIP", was more expensive but also more close to the scenario. The people in the concert felt it was outrageous to separate this sector just to sell more expensive tickets. So, what people did was to jump from Cancha to Rock area, despite the guards and the fences. It was crazy, the people were furious, many of them fought with the guards, but in the end, a great number of spectators got to Rock area.

Nevertheless, the place was still crowded.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjLvPbVFV2U

All this happened just before Rage Against the Machine would begin to play. But before that, two bands played. The first one was Suicidal Tendencies, an American band from the '80s. Then, The Mars Volta played, another American band. The drummer of The Mars Volta also has another band called One day as a lion; it has two members, the drummer of The Mars Volta, and Zack de la Rocha, the singer of Rage Against the Machine.

Once the concert began, it was nuts. All the people was desperate to start jumping and dancing and singing and screaming. 

The concert was very short, around an hour and a half. Most of the concerts I have been have lasted at least two hours, sometimes almost three hours. They played fifteen songs, but it was brutal. By the end of the concert I was completely destroyed, in pain, beaten, but... Totally happy. 

The concert was so amazing that even Tom Morello, the bass player, in a video a couple of years later, said that his favorite concert was "The battle of Santiago" because of all the energy that the spectators had.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piKIpqH3HIM

Post 1: A Country I would like to visit.

If I had to choose any country that I could visit in any time, I'm pretty sure it would be Palestine.

My name is Eduardo Ubillo Harcha; my second last name comes from Palestine. My grand-grand-parents were born in Palestine, in the town of Beit-Jala. Around the decade of 1900 they traveled from their land to Chile, searching for a better future, due to the conflict with the otoman empire and its reforms. More than a hundred years have passed now, but our connection to the culture lives on. But... I have never visited Palestine, so it's in my greatest desires to visit the land.

Visiting Palestine implicates many complications. First of all, the israeli government has closed the entry, so it's not something about just buying a ticket, get on the plane and arrive to your destination. You have to answer many questions to the policemen once you get there and say that you want to enter Palestine, sometimes real interrogations. Other complication is the language: I have zero knowledge in arabic, so trying to live there would be really difficult. Because of that, I really want to learn the language, and I'm thinking about taking a class of arabic the next year. Besides that, it's always difficult to visit another country, specially so far, since you have to keep in mind how much it will cost to travel, the hotel/hostal, the food,etc. But in Palestine, you have to sum up the insecurity of the territory, since the war with Israel lingers on.

If I ever go there, I'd like to visit what's left of Beit-Jala, and try to find out where my ancestors lived. Also, I'd like to visit the Holy Lands in Palestine. Even though I'm not a believer, I think that visiting this lands has a big cultural value, and that if you have the chance, you can't miss it.

Now, though I'd like to visit Palestine, I'm not sure if I would like to live there. Maybe when I'm older, so I could support the palestinian community and deliver my knowledge to the people, maybe as a professor or working for a better future, one that can bring peace and freedom to the palestinians.

The first image is the historical territory of Palestine until 1948, year when the state of Israel declared its independance in palestinian soil. The second image is from the olive trees in Palestine. The olive harvest is one of the principal economic activities of the country.

That's all for today. Bye!

Welcome to my new blog!

Hello and welcome!

This is my new blog, made specially for my English class. In this blog, i’ll be working through the tasks that miss Rosa Zagal asks us to do.

My name is Eduardo Ubillo, I am 23 years old and I am an student of sociology at Universidad de Chile.

I believe that my strengths in English are that I can understand fairly easily a text or document, and I don’t have many troubles in the moment of listening to people speaking English. Usually I watch TV series and movies in English without subtitles so I can practice my English, though I must admit that sometimes it’s hard. Anyways, most of the time i don’t have many troubles.

My weakness I believe, is my pronunciation. I have a lot of troubles in this aspect, mostly from my own insecurity, so I tend to speak in English very doubtfully and with fear.

From this class I expect to gain more confidence at the moment of speaking in English and when I need to elaborate phrases, so i can improve greatly my English.