domingo, 11 de septiembre de 2011

My work experience


Even though I have had just 3 jobs, my work experience has been very pleasant. The first time that I had a job was as a point of sales promoter in a department store called "Falabella". I was selling backpacks and sports bags (Extrime-Saxoline)." As I said Before, it was my first job and I really do not remember how I found this work, I think it was a friend who told me about the job but I'm not sure.it  was long ago.  When I went to the interview I was very nervous, But the person who made ​​me the interview was very nice and after talking for a moment I felt more relaxed. The interviewer just asked me things such as age, if I had children, where I lived, if I lived with my parents and things like that. After a few questions she told me about the salary, working hours, the store where the company needed a person and the interview finished. Some days later she called me and I started to work.  I really did not have much work, for this reason I had plenty of time to meet people from other sections of the store. Though I earned minimum wage I liked to work there because I made many friends there. Moreover after work we often were going to a bar called "Fifth Avenue" which was near to "La Alameda.” It was a great year.  As a first work experience, it was very good.
My second job was in store called “preunic”. I worked as saleswoman for a cosmetic laboratory called “kadus”. I sold thing such as body lotions, shampoo, depilatory wax, soap, and so on. Even though the products were for massive public and had a low cost, I had a good salary, but also had a lot of work. The best of this job was I met one of my best friends and also the salary. On the other hand, the worst of this job was working all day standing and the public's attention because it is very stressful. I worked in that place for two years.
My last and current job is in a supermarket. I work as a packer. This work is not like other since I don’t have  contract and I choose the days when I want to work and last and most important is that I don’t have  salary; my wages are tips that people give me.


domingo, 4 de septiembre de 2011

Backpacking Holidays!


first of all, I must say that I love to travel ...

I would like to tell you somethings about my experience as a backpacker. the first time I went to backpacking vacation  in south of Chile; I went with 4 friends.It was a memorable trip since it was the first time that I traveled as a backpacker. We were in many places as Arauco Cañete, Valdivia, Niebla, Pucon, Temuco and others places. We met many people, one of those people was a French backpacker we met him at a campsite located in Pucon. The French backpacker had traveled almost all of South America. I remember that the French (I do not remember his name) liked to drink wine with coke (jote). Another of the great moments of that trip was the night when we were in "La semana Valdiviana", especially in "La fiesta de la chaya" it was very funny.








 























On my second trip we went to Iquique and Arica, but also was the first trip abroad. My two friends and I took a bus in Iquique and traveled over 12 hours to La Paz-Bolivia. We were in several cities in Bolivia such as Coroico, Copacabana, Isla del Sol among others. The best thing about this trip was that everything was very cheap, food, lodging, transportation and everything. we were about a month.


  My last trip was to the south of Argentina to a place called San Martin de Los Andes. The trip was more difficult because it was complicated, we had to walk for several hours to cross the border. however it was a great adventure even though we had many difficulties.