My last vacation

Last summer I went to the south of Chile, more exactly to Pto. Varas (I went to this city for many summers and I really love it). I went there because I have relatives in that city. My cousins live there so I have a place to stay free for all the vacations. I traveled on bus with my older brother Stephan for around 12 hours long. You can think that it's a long trip, although in the past the travel took more than 15 hours, so for me it was really fast and not too long. Anyway, my vacation was really great because I did a lot of funny things, and I'll never forget when my cousins, my brother and I, climbed a high rock (circa 4mts.) near the LLanquihue lake, and we jumped into the water. I felt that I was flying and in the moment when I went through the water surface, I was truly happy and excited.

We did many other things last summer, such as camping, dancing, playing music and sports, etc. Another thing that was specially meaningful for me, was when I saw and talked again with all the friends that I've done in the past in that city. I met them in my other trips to Pto. Varas, and it was really excelent to had fun with them again; we made bonfires, played the guitar and drank beers and wine.

My favorite piece of technology

There isn't any doubt about wich piece of technology is my favorite; my notebook. I wanted a notebook for a lot of time, but i didn't have enough money to buy one. However, the last Christmas my Dad gave me a big surprise; he bought a brand new notebook for me.
I really like my notebook because I do a lot of things with it. It's really useful for university works and duties. In other hand, I also use it to listen music, to read books, to play computer games, among any other activities.
My notebook is very important for me, because I have a lot of significant data on it. I have all the university's works that I've done all these years, a lot of pictures of my friends and relatives, useful softwares, etc. It's a little strange and hard to think my life without my notebook and internet, because I'm really utilize my notebook for almost everything related to University and for many things in my personal life. This is quite frighting, because less than a year ago, i didn't have a notebook, and my life was good and normal, but when I started to use my notebook, I created a need, that now is essential for me.
Because of that I take care much for my notebook; If I lose or break my notebook, I don't know what I would do. Actually, I'm writting this in my notebook so it isn't difficult to show that I'm truly a notebook junkie.

My best friend

My best friend is Phil and he's Canadian (his mom works at the Canadian Embassy in Chile). I met him when I was around 6 years old. He was walking near my house and my brothers and I were playing soccer. 'cause we're only 3 -and it's a little difficult to play a soccer match with just 3 players-, I said to him: Hey you, wanna play soccer?. He answered yes, and we played for 2 hrs. Then and 'cause I lost the game, we started a fight. After that we didn’t see each other for 4 years, when we met again in a karate academy. There was where our friendship begins. I have a lot of memories about the many things that we did together, but the dearest one, were all the nights when we stayed around a bonfire talking, laughing, drinking n' enjoying the life. Another good memory that I have with him, was when we went to Chiloe just with our backpacks and a little money.
Sadly, two years ago he went to Canada to study Asian studies at the Univérsite de Montréal, I don't see him too much, but we always talk when we can by Skype. He come to Chile just for few weeks per year, usually when is winter in his country (I always say that he's like a migratory bird). When he is at Chile, I try to have fun with him much as I can, so we go to a lot of parties, beaches, concerts, pubs, clubs, etc. I really think that he's my best friend 'cause two main reasons. First, we have a lot of common hobbies n' ideas (we're crazy about similar things) , for example we both love to play the bass or reading good books, and second, I can talk with him with the same interest and enthusiasm as always, no matter how many time has been since the last time that we saw each other.

Short presentation

Hi, my name is Thomas Püschel R. and I'm 21 years old. Although I was born in Stgo., my family is from Frutillar, so I lived there several years. However, when I was 5, we moved to Stgo. because my dad's work. Anyway, I live in Colina, so the change from the country to the city wasn't too hard, because my house's courtyard is large and I have a lot of different trees, flowers, crops, dogs and cats. (I actually have 2 dogs; Kika the golden retriever and Maxi the labrador puppy).

I study physical anthropology at the University of Chile and I really love it ( I can't imagine myself studing anything else). Physical anthropology or biological anthropology, is the branch of anthropology that studies basically the human biological evolution and the complex connection between human biology and culture. In this sense, physical anthropology studies humans with a strong biocultural perspective. This discipline has many sub-branches, like primatology (the study of primates), paleoanthropology (the study of the fossil record of hominids and their relatives), human ecology (the study of human adaptations and its relationship with the enviroment), osteology (the study of skeletal material), forensic anthropology ( the analysis and identification of human remains in crime scenes), paleopathology (the study of ancient diseases), bioarchaeology (the study of human skeletal remains that come from archaeological contexts), etc. I like them all, but the branches that I prefer the most are bioarchaeology and paleopathology.

In other hand, my hobbies are basically playing the bass and reading. I also enjoy playing soccer and chating with friends. My preferences about music and literature are very diverse. For example, I like Rock, Metal, Classic, Funk, Grunge, some Hip Hop, etc., so I prefer to say wich bands or singers I like rather than explain what kind of music I enjoy.

Well, that's all! Now you know a little more about me.