Summer Holidays

All people is waiting for this time to come, the Christmas, gifts, the end of the year, party, and then a well-deserved vacation. Some people plan their vacations the entire year, others just improvise. My family is kind of the second type. I’m not a person who love to go out in vacations, I always go on holidays with my family tho.

I always wanted to go abroad with my family, I don’t care where, but I would like to meet new countries and new cultures. I think it would be fun and nice to meet Asian culture, like China.

Unfortunately, money is a limiting factor and we can’t afford the travel. Anyways, we are happy by just going to El Tabo beach or El Quisco. Actually, most of the Chilean population usually spend their holidays in one of these beaches, among others.

Now, being more realistic, I think it would be pretty nice to travel to the South of Chile, maybe it sounds cliché, but it’s just amazing, all of the national reserves, parks, the field, mountains and lakes, I feel relaxed just by watching photos/videos of these places.

The worst part of these and I think all people hate it, is to come back to Santiago (or their respective city), it is TERRIBLE!. The highways are a mess, the heat is unbearable, the thirst increases and we all get tired of the travel. Anyways, it would be totally worth the bother.

Addiction: Drugs of abuse

What is a drug?  Is it bad or is it helpful? Have you ever tried a drug?

In Spanish, a drug is any natural or artificially made chemical that is taken for pleasure, to improve someone’s performance of an activity, or because a person cannot stop using it. This is an illegal activity and it is penalized by the law. In English, drug has two meanings, it can be any natural or artificially made chemical that is used as a medicine, and it can be an illegal substance as I said before.

C₁₀H₁₅N, chemical formula for one of the strongest CNS stimulants and recreational drug, the Methamphetamine (shortened as “meth”) is a strong psychostimulant which was discovered in 1893 and it was used by soldiers during the WWII (World War II) to keep the troops awake. After the war, methamphetamine abuse by injection became popular and available to the Japanese public. In the 50’s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression, in the 60’s the situation got worse because of the abuse of methamphetamine injections. In the 70’s the US government made it illegal for most uses, and from then the Methamphetamine got more famous and desired because it was harder to get.

"Meth mouth"

Effects on meth consumers’:  It can include loss of appetite, hyperactivity, dilated pupils, flushed skin, excessive sweating, increased movement, dry mouth and teeth grinding (leading to “meth mouth”), headache, irregular heartbeat, rapid breathing, high/low blood pressure, and much more.

Benefits of consuming meth:  It can be prescribed as diet aid and to fight depression.

Long-Term effects of Crystal meth: Taken over a long period of time, crystal meth can cause severe physical and psychological issues as the short-term effects grow in intensity and complexity. Signs of long-term crystal meth abuse include more persistent psychotic symptoms (delusion, paranoia and hallucinations), depression, anxiety and social isolation, etc.

I’ve never tried Methamphetamine, even if I would like to try I couldn’t because it isn’t a common drug in Chile, I tried marihuana tho but I didn’t like it, I wouldn’t smoke again.

So in conclusion, Crystal meth and any drug of abuse are bad, and they can cause several health issues, so DON’T DO DRUGS.

Post graduate studies

After finishing Chemistry, I would like to pursue a PhD degree so that I could do research on quantum mechanics which is the specialization of my interest.

As I said before, the subject I want to study is quantum mechanics, it means that I’m interested in the branch of physics which is the fundamental theory of nature at the small scales and energy levels of atoms and subatomic particles.

I would like to study abroad with a scholarship so that, hopefully, I would get a better education and more resources. Also it should be interesting to meet new places and to understand the other people’s thoughts on chemistry and how they work in their respective labs.

I think the best way to get the most knowledge is doing a full-time course and that’s how I want to study the PhD degree in the future. Part-time wouldn’t be a bad choice tho, but it’s not the same like being as long as you can, learning from a professor.

Finally, I would like to add that the research path is so competitive and selective, nobody but the best can study a PhD degree, it is so expensive that if you don’t have all the resources, you have to put double effort to get a scholarship and get to study what you want.

My future job

How do you imagine yourself in the future? Where would you be? Why did you choose a scientific career over the others? Most of my family asked me one of these questions at least once and here might be the answer.


It's hard to tell where I'll be in the future, but my goal is to be in a chemical lab, researching, analysis, synthesis, I don't care. I would be happy in physics lab tho. Also I imagine myself as a professor; I love both, teach and research so it’s like the perfect job to me.


I think the salary is not a limiting to pursue your passion, so even if I had to teach for free I would do it because it makes me happy and that’s what I want to do the rest of my life.

I wouldn´t like to travel too much in my future job, I think it would be fun and nice to travel, it would be so tiring tho. Also, I don’t believe teachers/researchers travel that often, almost never.

Is of my interest to pursue a major on chemistry because I want to know as much as possible about chemistry and the atoms, get a solid base so that I can understand in another way how the smallest things in the universe work.