Since I'm interning with the American Red Cross this summer through Clark, I've been blogging as an ambassador on their website. My LEEP blog has the most recent updates and will continue to have the most recent updates at least for the next few weeks of summer. I've been learning so much working with ARC and am trying to share some of it with all of you. Some interesting stuff to find here.
Hasta pronto (just doesn't sound as good in English),
Sean
lunes, 5 de agosto de 2013
viernes, 12 de julio de 2013
Headed Back Home
Today I leave for the states. I'm excited but also can't believe I'm leaving Chile. I love the country and Santiago and hope to return soon. I don't have many souvenirs but I have a ton of memories. As for right now, I'll share my other LEEP blog with you all to follow and ask that you wish me luck on my flights back!
All the best,
Sean
p.s. You may have noticed I am not writing in Spanish. I don't need to write in Spanish anymore since my grading for my Spanish class has ended, but I plan to alternate between the two languages to keep up my skills (and to keep you on your toes).
All the best,
Sean
p.s. You may have noticed I am not writing in Spanish. I don't need to write in Spanish anymore since my grading for my Spanish class has ended, but I plan to alternate between the two languages to keep up my skills (and to keep you on your toes).
Last Day with HPH
I wrote this last Friday but never got the chance to post it
"Today is my last day with HPH, my first internship. Maybe not my first official internship. It started off as me just looking for a way to volunteer in Santiago, Chile. HPH was one of the few, very few, organizations to respond to me and show interest in what I had to offer. It turned into something more serious and I ended up making a larger commitment than expected. Thankfully they were very flexible to my needs and it didn't impede on my experience in Chile at all; only enhanced it. I actually feel a little disappointed in the end because I didn't accomplish all I set out to do, and a lot of it was mostly because of my own lack of responsibility. Still though, I learned a lot. I learned what it was like to experience more typical things like how difficult it is to get through a city on a rainy day with an umbrella, how hard it is to work on a fixed schedule and be consistent (I had no fixed hours and only worked two days a week but still struggled), how difficult it is to work on the same topic/subject matter for over 6 hours, how hard it is to sit in one place for over 6 hours, how hard it is to fit anything else into your schedule once you have to commute to a workplace, how frustrating it is to deal with traffic on the way there and back, how tedious work can be, etc...I'm thankful though, that I learned so much about how volunteering is in Chile, how the housing situation works, how an organization works, and thankful that I got to meet some really great people. I regret not being able to actually help out with building more but the lack of work there was my fault as well. In going back to the states they've asked me to try doing a couple of things including contacting artists (like Bon Jovi) to play for HPH in Chile. It's exciting and I'm definitely willing to help and hope that I can help in some other ways too. I plan on sending them useful information and opportunities when I come across them and I hope I can still contribute from all the way back at home.
I'm a little sad that I couldn't have done better here. Done more and been more reliable and responsible and outgoing. I don't regret the experience at all, just not taking full advantage of it. I keep saying that I feel as if there has been a part of my brain that has laid dormant for years and finally just started to soak up information and expand the moment I set foot in Chile. I'm looking forward to coming back and I'm looking forward to travelling and learning more too. One thing I still have yet to learn is how to say goodbye."
"Today is my last day with HPH, my first internship. Maybe not my first official internship. It started off as me just looking for a way to volunteer in Santiago, Chile. HPH was one of the few, very few, organizations to respond to me and show interest in what I had to offer. It turned into something more serious and I ended up making a larger commitment than expected. Thankfully they were very flexible to my needs and it didn't impede on my experience in Chile at all; only enhanced it. I actually feel a little disappointed in the end because I didn't accomplish all I set out to do, and a lot of it was mostly because of my own lack of responsibility. Still though, I learned a lot. I learned what it was like to experience more typical things like how difficult it is to get through a city on a rainy day with an umbrella, how hard it is to work on a fixed schedule and be consistent (I had no fixed hours and only worked two days a week but still struggled), how difficult it is to work on the same topic/subject matter for over 6 hours, how hard it is to sit in one place for over 6 hours, how hard it is to fit anything else into your schedule once you have to commute to a workplace, how frustrating it is to deal with traffic on the way there and back, how tedious work can be, etc...I'm thankful though, that I learned so much about how volunteering is in Chile, how the housing situation works, how an organization works, and thankful that I got to meet some really great people. I regret not being able to actually help out with building more but the lack of work there was my fault as well. In going back to the states they've asked me to try doing a couple of things including contacting artists (like Bon Jovi) to play for HPH in Chile. It's exciting and I'm definitely willing to help and hope that I can help in some other ways too. I plan on sending them useful information and opportunities when I come across them and I hope I can still contribute from all the way back at home.
I'm a little sad that I couldn't have done better here. Done more and been more reliable and responsible and outgoing. I don't regret the experience at all, just not taking full advantage of it. I keep saying that I feel as if there has been a part of my brain that has laid dormant for years and finally just started to soak up information and expand the moment I set foot in Chile. I'm looking forward to coming back and I'm looking forward to travelling and learning more too. One thing I still have yet to learn is how to say goodbye."
domingo, 9 de junio de 2013
80% de todos los pingüinos de Humboldt viven en esta isla...¡¿y sólo vemos tres?!
Sí,
sólo vimos tres pingüinos
en nuestra excursión (de CIEE) a La Serena y Coquimbo en el fin de semana
pasado. Pero no tengo queja alguna de nuestro recorrido porque vimos mucho más...leones
marinos, buitres, pájaros exóticos y masas de delfines. Nuestro tiempo en el
barco fue un fortalecimiento de nuestra comprensión de la naturaleza
fantástica de Chile y como un santiaguiño que normalmente sólo ve las masas de gente en el Metro, pienso que eso es muy valioso.
En los últimos 2 fotos hay un barco
amarillo. Eso es el barco que tuvimos que denunciar a los oficiales. La cosa es
que los pingüinos son supertímidos. Por eso, cuando una persona da un paso
en su territorio, el pingüino corre y corre a su muerte por
los acantilados en la cercanía. Entonces prohíben la presencia de personas en
estas islas a guardar los animales y el eco-sistema. Pero como ven hay
personas que ir a estas islas ilegalmente y probablemente son unas de las
razones para la disminución de la especie. Espero que no sigan estas acciones peligrosas
y que hagan más los oficiales de la reserva para proteger el ambiente y nuestra
tierra. Siempre trato de hacer más para preservar nuestra tierra y ¡ojalá
tengan ganas de hacer más también!
La naturaleza es impresionante.
Mi video.
Mi video.
Oh, ¿y los pingüinos? Aquí están.
Mi salida al Persa Bio Bío, Patronato y la ley N° 19.496 de protección de los derechos de los consumidores
El Persa Bio Bío es una feria/mercado
libre que ofrece productos de segunda mano de todos tipos. Yo fui con mi clase
de español ayer y nos perdimos muchas veces por la magnitud del lugar. Es
gigantesco. La variedad de cosas que tiene es una cualidad única del Persa y me
recuerda de una combinación de La Vega y Patronato en Santiago. Visitamos
Patronato también yo y dos amigas justo después a buscar bolsas nuevas y unos
regalos más para nuestras familias y amigos.
En total, el día sirve como otra
enseñanza de la industria de retail en Chile y la diversidad que hay en ese
tema. En los Estados Unidos parece que sólo hay minoristas y malls pero en
Chile encontramos ferias, mercados abiertos, malls, minoristas, vendedores de la
calle y mucho más. Pueda ser un atributo de una economía en desarrollo o sólo
un atributo de una economía con un consumidor que quiere algo más, algo
diferente. Hoy en día los consumidores en Chile tienen más importancia y la ley
de N° 19.496 de protección de los derechos de los consumidores es
representativo de eso. Antes de esa ley, el consumidor chileno estaba impotente
frente a problemas de cobros y relaciones entre trabajadores y clientes entre
otras cosas. Ahora tiene el arma necesaria para luchar para y guardar sus
derechos como el público. Muchas empresas y negocios han cambiado a adaptarse a
este cambio fuerte. Siento que en malls como El Costanera Center y minoristas
más conocidas o internacionales esa ley tenga bastante poder. En lugares como
La Vega Central o El Persa Bio Bío sin embargo, no estoy seguro que hemos visto
lo mismo cambio en poder. Estos mercados y estas ferias operan en los valores
más tradicionales de América Latina y Chile y creo que el reconocimiento de los
derechos del consumidor en esos lugares todavía son ausente. Pero también creo
que viene el reconocimiento adecuado. Tan pronto como den cuenta de las
ventajas que existen en el mundo de negocios enfocados en el cliente, podrán
ganar más del mercado y mejorar su empresa en sí mismo.
Sugiero que lean los detalles de la ley a ver el alcance de protección que tiene el consumidor chileno: http://www.sernac.cl/proteccion-al-consumidor/ley-del-consumidor/
*¡Lo siento para la falta de una traducción pero es la temporada de los finales!
viernes, 31 de mayo de 2013
The American Red Cross…sound familiar?
¡He hecho mi primera entrada de mi proyecto de LEEP! Que la vean y sigan: The American Red Cross…sound familiar?
domingo, 26 de mayo de 2013
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