Music, TV and language ... my little distraction

My story begins in 2012, when I heard a Korean group called Shinee, at that time I didn’t consider it important but that's how my interest in Korean culture began.

It didn’t take long when I was already listening to many songs in Korean, watching K-dramas, Korean shows and I wanted to know more about them...

The k-pop was my method to distract myself and enjoy my youth, I like to dance k-pop, I love k-dramas and when I'm bored I start watching any Korean program.

My interest in Korean culture influenced my decision to study in 2015 a course on "Korean language and culture", a course that I pay myself, with a university scholarship that I got.

When it’s started to like, I didn't know how much I would enjoy this. Currently I have attended more than 15 k-pop concerts and I have more than 630 Korean songs.

I've been listening to k-pop for 6 years and I've enjoyed a lot of things because of that, but I've learned something about Korean culture in these years, people in Korea have a very competitive and stressful life, because they tend to give a lot of importance to what others think of you.

I'm sure I would never live there, even though it's still my little distraction...

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My favorite Web site

https://www.soompi.com/

Soompi is a website about of Korean pop culture. It has one of the largest international Internet community for K-pop, with more than 22 million fans across all platforms, Soompi offers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Thai services.

The global headquarters is in San Francisco of United States and the Korean offices are in Seoul of South Korea. Soompi was founded in 1998 by Korean American web developer Susan Kang, the site quickly gained traction with fans throughout the world.

Since its establishment in the late 1990s, Soompi has grown into an authoritative source for Korean popular culture, and is one of the longest-running, and most frequently visited websites providing coverage of K-pop music. The Spanish version was created in 2012 and it works closely with major Korean entertainment agencies.

On the website we can find news, forums, chat, quiz and any information about Korean pop culture.   
I visit the web site twice a day because I really like know about actual Korean pop music and Korean tv programs and also it entertains me in my leisure.

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A beloved photograph

I love photos, memory is fragile and a way to preserve memories is through photography. And even though I have many favorite photos, there is one that I love, one where we are mom and me.

And it doesn't mean that I don't love my dad or my brothers and sister, I feel that this photo represents family love, unconditional love.

It was taken in February 1997 in Los Vilos, I was almost two years old and the photographer was my dad. It was in the summer holidays and there was the whole family. Currently the photograph is in the family album but I took a photo of the photo so I could always have it with me.

I think I have said it before but in my family we are all very close, that is why I feel that this photo doesn't represent only the love that my mother and I feel, I believe it represents the love that we as a family have.

Well here I leave the photo for you to see.

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After a while...

Hi,

         I'm Ari reporting again, after a while.

It's been almost 3 months since my last publication and in college things have been very moving, but to be honest my life is still as monotonous.

During these 3 months I continued to attend the university regularly, I am already in my fourth year so I had to constantly attend my nucleus "Sistemas Territoriales Complejos", which despite the pressure is a nice experience.

Although the situation in my home is a bit different, the economic problems have affected the family harmony, unfortunately the discussions have increased. But I don’t lose hope that everything will turn out well. Being together is the greatest strength.

And remember that…  

Always fight for what you believe is right.

                                                              Well, I'll stop boring you now, see you again in another post.

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