About pets, love and friendship

Pets are the best friends!

Many years ago (ten years I suppose), my grandmother gave a little package to our family. Inside that box was an exotic creature, most known as a tortoise from the family Testudinidae. I don't really know what the species of this little buddy is, but anyways, is an awesome tortoise.

Initially, we didn't know how to call it; my grandmother said that it was a female, so we called it "Isabel" (not one of the best to name an exotic creature, but it stayed). Many years have passed, and the relationship between us had grown, especially with me. Sometimes, in summer, I fed her, pet her and played together in the backyard. And I noticed that tortoises are REALLY FAST, especially when they search for food. So it's a lie that tortoises are slow. But sadly, in winter, she has to go to sleep (she hibernates), so we couldn't play in three or six months of the year.

One year, in spring, we realized that Isabel was not a "she", was a "HE"! IT WAS MALE ALL THE TIME! (Don't ask how we realized that, it was a very awkward moment).

So, we had to change the name again, I said "Johnny" would be a great one, and everyone agreed, so it stayed till today.

And sometimes, when I'm so bored, I put him upside down and make him dance "break dance" or do stupid documentals, like programs of evolution from the channel of "Discovery Channel" starring my little friend. 

"...The little Proterosuchus looks for food in this unstable ecosystem near the Permian Extinction.

Will this little species be the reason for a future evolution?

Discover it in the next chapter of: "Evolution, species among us".

A photograph you like

In 2015, when I was in the last year of school, the arts teacher told us that the "Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes" was going to make a contest called "Yo fotografío mi barrio 2015: Mis historias escolares". It was about students between 6 and 18 years old. They should take a picture about what was going on your school, neighborhood, street, etc. I and my friends of my grade participate, and fortunately, we were all in the special photo section of the museum! Only 150 photos were chosen.

One of them was my photo, (obviously, it was taken by me in August, 2015) and was called "La cerradura de un futuro hecha por estudiantes" And it shows my friends painting a mural in a wall inside the school. I think it's very expressive and full of color, and has a special charm because all the 20 students painted that with all of our enthusiasm. It was a very happy day!

I like the photo because of the meaning of it. And I tried to catch, at the moment of taking it, a special angle of the camera to further enhance the color of the paint by the sun. Maybe it's a bad photo and the meaning is foolish for you, but for me, means so many things...

About books and films

It's very difficult to me to say that I like only one book, because a few books have touched a little part of my heart, some of them made me cry, and others made me mad. These books are "Santa María de las flores negras", "Canción para caminar sobre las aguas", "The Da Vinci Code", "El Quijote de la Mancha", "Los ojos del perro siberiano", and many others, but there is a book that was dedicated to me by my chemistry teacher: "Letters to a young scientist" by Edward O. Wilson. I read it in the summer holidays, before the PSU test, and I can say that it was the most amazing book I've ever read! The content is simple. It's about a scientist (the author) which writes letters about his life and career about the investigation of the ants, and gives recommendations and messages of support to the reader. I recommend this book because it's so easy to understand and apply the advices on your daily life, even if you're not a scientist.

And now, the most difficult part of this blog. My favourite film. 

I don't go to cinema very often and in my house I don't watch films on the TV, because of time and study. But, of the few movies that I've watched, only one has caught my attention, "Kill Bill" (vol 1), by Quentin Tarantino (a great director in my opinion). The first time I've watched it was in my study tour, but until today I still like it. The plot is awesome (full of action and suspense), the cast is good and it is so absorbent that you can't get up of the sofa until the movie ends. Personally I recommend this movie because it is a masterpiece in all his letters. But I recommend this movie to a mature public (it contains lots of blood).