Rodrigo

I am doing this so everyone can see a little bit of who and how I am as a person, also they will be able to understand that in Zamorano everything changes.

(First essay)

Self Portrait

Every thing you need to know about me can not be summarized in just an essay, but maybe I can tell you the most important parts of who I am. That way you can try to understand why I am the way I am. I am not going to say I am a common person, because I am not, but then I guess, I haven’t meet yet one person yet who can define normal?

I see my self defined by random parts of my life, little things I have lived that, whether I like it or not, changed every thing in just a few seconds. I think that the first thing that changed my life was when my family and I went to live in Brazil, for me it was something new. My father was in the navy and he was always sent to live for 2 years to another country, to represent the navy. My family had all ready lived in others countries, but during those I hadn’t been born.

Those two years were very happy and also very helpful because in Brazil the doctors found out about my heart problem, thanks to them I am today a healthy person and have no heart problems. Every thing started at school, I have all ways been a very active person if you can call it like that, so obviously my teacher’s think I am (what they call) a problem boy, and my first grade teacher recommended my parents that should have me cheeked.

Once I got checked in San Paulo, and the results came out positive, my father decided that I had to go to Bolivia and get operated. All the memories I had after my operation are very strong ones, I mean that the way I see the world changed, even though I was very young I realized many things and the most important one is that life can end in two seconds and that is why I live my life by the second or at least I try to.

My life is like every one else’s I have good moments and bad ones so I really don’t know if I am normal or not, but what I do know is that in life there are little things that can change everything in a few seconds, and that is why we have to try to live like I do, second by second and maybe that way those changes won’t take us by surprise, or at least not so much.

(Second essay)

People I can count on

In my life there are very few people I can count on, not because I don’t have a large family or because I don’t have many friends, but because for me to trust others takes a lot of time. My family has always been there for me and my small group of friends also, so I am going to talk about them and show you that from my point of view without them I think I wouldn’t be here today.

My parents are the most important people in my life, even though my father is a very strict person he has always supported me in everything I do, but he says that every decision I make comes with responsibility. He stands by me, but I have to finish everything I start and finish it being the best at it. My mom is the sweetest of all, she gives me all her love and she is the one person who believes in me the most. She always tells me that she is sure that I am going to be the best, she is the reason I am still in Zamorano.

My tree brothers are also very important because they are my guides. They try their best to show me the right way. I think that they believe in me mostly because they love me and they know that I will do my best not to disappoint them. Paola is the only woman and the oldest of my siblings then its Jorge, then Luis and finally me. Paola is like a mother to me, she raised me since I was born, actually she helped my parents, but she did take care of me when they where not at home. Jorge was and still is like my best friend, more than a brother he always tries to give me advices like a friend. Luis well, he at first did not get along with me very well, but when he came here to Zamorano to study we became very close and when he graduated the bond was even stronger. Now we have a very strong bond and that is that we are both zamoranos and I am living the things he lived years ago.

Last, but not least are my three best friends, they are more then friends to me they are family. Luis, Francisco and Mauricio, they have been with me always. Everytime I fall they help me get up and they share with me happy moments too. They help me become who I am with love and a lot of friendship. Luis lives in Bolivia and Mauricio in the United States. Francisco is here in Zamorano with me. I miss Luis and Mauricio every day, just like I miss my family, without them here I am incomplete.

Nevertheless in Zamorano I have met new people, made new friends, and created a group of friends that are like my family, and for that I will always be grateful to God and to my parents for giving me this opportunity to come here. One thing is clear, and that is that even though I have new friends and a new “family” here in Zamorano, I know that my real family and old friends will be there for me and I will be there for them. After all just because we are away the love doesn’t end, actually it grows and grows every day that goes by.

(essay 3)

My dreams

People dream a lot of things, to be millionaire, to have a big house, to have a beautiful family, to have power, to be famous, and I’m not the exception. At this point of my life I’ve realized some of my dreams may not come true and I’m on the way for others. Zamorano is one of them and you can say that I am living my dream.

Since my brother was studying here in Zamorano I liked all the things he did, so I set a goal for myself: to study here. Years passed by and it was time to apply, to show myself I was prepared for this and that I could get what I wanted. One month later I had on my hands the letter I was waiting for, I was accepted and I began to live a dream I am the only one responsible to complete.

After finishing University, I’m planning to work on my own business and get money on my own, I think that working by myself is the better way to create your own money, to apply the knowledge I got in my life as a professional and the experience I will get in the future. I expect to get a lot of money, to manage my own company and give to my family everything they need, as my father did for us.

There is something very important also I want to live a very happy life, to spend time with a wonderful wife, to play with my kids, take them to school, show my parents how much I love them, and to be respected by the people. These are things that money can not buy, and it depends on me, how I live my life and how serious I think money is in my life.

Dreams come true when you fight for them, when you don’t think they are impossible, and when you give all you can. It’s just necessary to believe in yourself, nothing is impossible; it only takes a lot of hard work and sometimes we fall but it’s important to get up and go on, looking back doesn’t help. I would like to be successful, I will be successful, and my first steps are being taken here at Zamorano.

(Poem 4)

Who am I?

What people think of me and what should I think of them, judge a smile or a frown What people expect of me, what should I be or where should I head towards. Who am I, I don’t know, I think I’m far away from answering that question, because who knows. Every day and every minute I change. I do know who I was, but I don’t know where I’ll head to.

What should I be to you, should I be kind or mean should I be sweet or angry. I am a different person in every eye, so then what should I be, Let majorities decide if I’m kind, sweet smart or dull. But no I won’t let that happen, I will decide. The world changes every minute, tendencies change and civilizations change, Why shouldn’t I, can I decide who I am for every minute.

For a moment I’m happy for another I’m bitter then I’m back to happy. I am what I have created: a good friendship, or a great life. That ought to tell me something about myself My goals and achievements, what else can I mention. The love I have received since I was born hasn’t spoiled me.

Sometimes I am lazy and sometimes I am not, but I think good actions reign over the bad ones, that has to count doesn’t it? I am the way I am because the world is the way it is, but no sometimes I go against all tendencies maybe trying to be different, but you can’t agree with what every body tells you. Because every head is a, world, and every idea is different.

Big and strong I’ll grow to be, blow my dreams and make them larger, make my feet not touch the earth because sometimes I might not want to be. Repenting for past actions and making no use out of time, but being. Tenacious and sometimes unwanted but here I will remain being “myself”, whatever that might mean.