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Yeah!...I know...long time without posting!...sorry my dear fans!...hahaha!...just kidding...well, what can I say?...I was not dead, I was just having too much of a good time, without any time for posting...AIEEEEEEEHHHHHH!!!!

Many things had happened since the last time I posted. To sum up:

I moved from Bellavista to Las Condes in March. So, Ive been living with an australian guy for the last 4 months (of whom my girl friends are fans of...hehehe...), sharing a two bedroom appartment in a very centric place of the city. But Nico, my flatmate, is going back to Australia soon, so I am moving again...where?...still not sure...we´ll see. In my opinion, Santiago is plenty of places to rent, in comparison to Lima at least. Renting and sharing an appt is a common practice within students and young people working in the city, which brings me to my point of view that most of the people rents a place to live instead of buying it in Santiago...thats my perception so far.

Chairing an AIESEC Conference...what a experience!!!!...I loooooooved it!....I chaired conferences and small events in my country before, but never abroad, never for people from a different culture...one more time I have to say that you never stop learning in AIESEC.

I was invited to be the Chair of the Leadership Seminar held in Valdivia. I hesitated a little at the very beggining...it had been quite a time since my last chairing and I was out of shape...but there are some things you never forget: the things you really learned. And I guess the AIESEC spirit is still alive in me, cuz the idea of being a Chair excited me a lot, specially cuz the conference was mainly for "newies"...and new members in AIESEC deserves all the attention and motivation possible..they are today what the organization is gonna be tomorrow.

I am very demanding with myself in everything I do, I always think I could have made it better...but if I could show at least a little side of the AIESEC universe and get people interested in it, if I taught the AIESEC values by example, if I got people had fun, and if I could motivate at least one single member to start an AIESEC journey, then my personal goal was accomplished.

Thank you guys for the opportunity to get to know you, and for sharing your culture with me! :)

I got my temporary residence visa and got my chilean ID as well...but please, do not missunderstand (as some people already did, calling me "anti patriotic")...I did not change my nationality...(would never do)...but every foreigner MUST get a chilean ID number when is staying in the country for a certain period of time...and I believe it is nice from the country to give you the facilities to have a legal stay...besides, I dont think a document changes who you really are and where you come from...

Together with my ID came the chance to get my "Bibliometro" card. "Bibliometro" is a service provided by the government that allows you to borrow books from small libraries situated in certain subway stations. You can borrow 3 books at once, and have 15 days to bring it back and another 15 days of extension if you didnt finish reading it. I brough only 2 books from Lima, and I thought it was gonna be enough for my stay in this city (cuz they were big books). But I didnt consider that traveling in subway everyday would increase my time available for reading. 20 minutes from home to work and another 20 from work to home, give almost one free hour to read everyday (you cant just stare by the window in the subway, unless you like staring at walls in darkness) . You may be thinking "why is Luz telling us she is reading in the subway?"..."who cares about that?"..."whats the big deal?". Well, for me it IS a big deal because I could never read in a bus as I always got dizzy, which means that long traveling distances were always a waste of time for me. But I have something useful and entertaining thing to do with my time now, and I can catch up with all the books I always wanted to read, but didnt do for a lack of time.

The winter has come!..no more green around...no more BBQs outdoor...no more swinming pool after work...no more sunlight till past 20:00...but Santiago is still alive due to the ones who dont mind how cold the night is, or how much it is raining...theres always something to do if you really want to...I have to say that winter usually brings me down, but Ive been fighting against that...I come from a city with no raining, and no colder than 15 C°...but if I am living here, the least I can do is deal with it!..dont you think?...and I am making it!...

June is already gone, and the FIFA World Cup is over. I first cheered for Brazil (which I have done every single championship since I can remember)...went to brazilians parties, tried brazilian food...thanks for the Feijoadha Lu!...your the best!...it was soooooooo good ( I had three dishes :p)...but to be honest, Brazil dissappointed me this year...where was the "jogo bonito"?...so lame. Then I cheered for Portugal ( and I have the feeling that most of the latin americans did the same after Argentina and Brazil where kicked out) because I am in love with Cristiano Ronaldo...I am gonna marry him but he doesnt know yet!!! :p...sorry Gina...hes mine!...hahaha...Although, none of my favorite teams became the champion, I had a lot of fun...

There are many other things to tell but it would take me a day to type it. So, I think I better post the pictures with some comments.

I just wanna say that the last six months of my life here in Chile have being great!...I didnt like this city very much at the very beggining, or I better say I didnt find it very different from my city. Consequently, I didnt believe it was too exciting living here. But after six months I like this city very much...and fortunately, there are still 4 more months ahead to enjoy.