Fire in Valparaíso Today, I have heard three times the sound of the fire trucks in Valparaiso and twice I saw the smog. The first time, the fire fighters had to extinguish the fire of seven houses. It was sad, about twenty eight families lost everything. In Chile, the fire fighters do not earn some money. Their jobs is voluntary. I think the government would pay them. A lot of public figures earn up to one hundred the Chilean minimal wage. If the those political people decrease their wages, my country will fastly forward. I know that it is not the only way. I expect someday the fire fighters earn money. My parent drives a ambulance rescue in a hospital and obtain money. All people that save lives must be recognized.

I am not Religious, but I Love the Cathedrals I am not religious, but I love the cathedrals. I would like to travel Europe to visit those enormous buildings of the Middle Age. They seem wonderful works of engineering. They are challenges for the physics. Within of them, we can find places made to be peaceful. I do not like that the governments spend a lot of money to maintain the buildings, but it is imposible with the large volumes of tourists that arrive to visit them each year. Maybe, I am never going to find peace there, but for now, this feeling is about the admiration. I expect to visit the Cologne Cathedral, Germany. Once, it was the biggest building in the world and took approximately six centuries to be ended.

The Opened Door Why I think that it is necessary to learn a language like English if I live in a country where we just speak Spanish? I could want to travel to meet new people, but it is not the main reason. The knowledge is more diffused in English than in Spanish and is technically more precise. We are studyng engineering and I would like to learn complex things that where they were researched, they were universally diffused in English. For some countries, like mine, the English is like a opened door. I think that in the future, that door could be the Chinese and Indian language. We can look how both countries grow.

Simple Marine Dreams that Hope to Be Fulfilled In the sea there are improbable things that I would like to do them. In the future, I expect to have free time to fulfill dreams like them. I would like to swim very close of a blue whale. It would be fascinating to see the enormous animal forwarding over my head or under of me. I would like to touch the skin of the dolphins and try to communicate them somethings. I would be so happy if they can understand me. I would also like to play with them. I would like to down to the bottom of the sea and study strange species. As engineer, I would like to make systems to preserve the marine life.

Between the Beach's Sand and the Capital's Asphalt I was born in Santiago, Chile. My parents still live here. I'm studying in one university close to the Valparaíso's coast, Chile. If I would like, I could go everyday to the beach. When I look through the window, I see the port with its ships, the horizon, cars, people walking by the beach's sand and a lot of hills with colorful houses, while Santiago is a typical capital. The first year, when I arrived here, I traveled everyday between Santiago and Valparaíso. During that time, it was fascinating to be looking the sea and 90 minutes later only ashpalt with a little of nature. From the second year, I travel every weekend to visit my parents. I was also work in a laboratory until past September.

About the forms and use of which one/ones

I'm researching about virtual observatories and I need to answer me some questions about the English to continue. If I want to refer to same subject in a new question, is it correct the examples below?

 

What do virtual observatories have a platform where the people [...]?

Which ones are available online?

Which ones do contained data have in their servers? [main doubt]

 

Thanks!

The cost of the universities in Chile In Chile there are public and private universities. There is not a hard regulation about the private system: they are everywhere, are more expensive than the public system and the most of them don't research. There is a private university that is as good as a the best public: the Federico Santa María Technical University. In Chile, e.g., an engineer career in a public university costs around USD$5,000 per year (USD$1,000-USD$2,000 more in the private system). Could you imagine how much money we are going to need to complete our studies between six and eight years? That is another problem: the degree is so long. How much money do the people from the other countries need to study engineer like me?

How many hours How many hours do we need to sleep and work well on next day? I don't know. I read an article about that and it told there isn't scientific consensus, because all people need a different quantity of hours to be fine on next day, but in the researchings there are repeated ranges of hours, e.g., between 5-6 and 8-9. My experience had demostrated me I need to sleep about 8 hours at night and during the afternoon I must take a power nap (no more of 30 minutes). On the other hand, I have the noise of cars behind my head at 8:00 a.m. or before, then I must go to sleep about midnight.

About the routine Why we have to work a lot of hours by week in a company where everything we do is a rutine? Maybe you can earn a lot of money, but you don't have time to development your own projects, share your ideas, enjoy with other persons or alone, sleep, rest, practice your favorite sports, play like children and love your couple. If you earn only a bit of money, it is much sadder. Search a job where you must work about 35 hours by week or less. I understand it could be impossible, then what could you do? You have a brain and a great thinker also have it. There are a lot of thinker that have a big enterprise and free time. Firstly, it could be some small, but it isn't a problem. You must enjoy your life, because is short and in your coffin won't have place for your money.