Dear me (Informal letter).

 

01/12/2020

Dear me,

How are you? How is life treating you? Did you remember me? I have thought about your life during this time of pandemic, about your last five years at University and how much you have had to effort here to be in the place that you are now. I was thinking about how many times you claimed yourself for things that you were doing bad and how many times you tried to change it. Also, I was asking me about how much you struggled every day to get your objectives, even in the worst moments when you were close to give up. Some of them have cost you an arm and a leg, I have to recognize it. Furthermore, I was remembering how many times you raised up after each falling and got stronger.

I know how many sacrifices you did in order to get your objectives. I know how much you have been judged by close ones and strangers for being like you be and focusing to get your objectives. I know how many friend and family parties you did not go because of study. I know how many friendships you lost and how many times you prohibited yourself to do all the things that you love to do because you did not have time for yourself. I know how much you miss doing all the things that you do when you were younger, but this is the course of life and you must see your priorities. I know you are angry because you didn't enjoy enough your stay in University because you took other responsibilities that in some cases didn't correspond to you. However, you did. I know you miss many special people that you lost in the way, but life is so. Some people are passenger and stay with you for a while. I know how frustrated you feel sometimes because you have prohibited yourself the things that you enjoyed doing. And, now what is more important for your future? I think you have to be like you have been being the last five years.

I know all the things that you have passed during this time, and also know what you are capable of when you focus in your objectives. Moreover, I know that you want to revive many experiences that you had in the past with your friends, close people, but it is not the moment. You must focus on your future. Maybe, you remembered the things that we said five years ago that are five or six years, but it is for all life. Focus in your main objective and make your parents feel proud of you. Besides, you must continue fighting for your dreams and hopes. There will be time for doing the things that you miss. You have not to feel annoyed with yourself because sometimes you put a lot of pressure on you. It is part of you that you be responsible. Furthermore, I really want that you get all your objectives. I really hope your dreams and wishes will come true.

Hope for the best for you, remember always who you are and how far you want to go. Remember how much you have fought against the adversity and how many times you got up from the soil. Don't let me down. I believe in you and in all the things that you are capable of to do. Break a leg Dan.

 

With prayers,

Dan.

A place for vacation (Descriptive).

 Adopt the peace of nature. Her secret is patience. By Ralph Waldo Emerson who was an American essayist, lecturer, and philosopher.

One of my favourite places for vacation is Baños because this city has many places to visit and you can feel the energy of nature entry to your body. Also, people have fun doing many activities here like rafting, zipping line and going lookouts, zoos, etc. I like one special sport which is rafting, I had an outstanding experience playing it. It has many stunning places and activities that you could visit or do when you want to have funnies moments and adventures. Those are my friends from University. In this picture, I am the one who is in the middle with a grey t-shirt and blue shorts. We went to Baños few years ago and had hilarious moments enjoying the different activities that you can do there.

It is the afternoon of December 15, 2017, and I am arriving to the tourism agency to start the trip with my friends to the Pastaza river for rafting. I am excited about rafting because I had never done it. We are starting rafting in a part of the river that looked like a lagoon, there the river is calm. We are starting to go down the river, the current grow stronger. I’m bouncing restlessly from place to place over the inflatable boat, trying to vent the tension building at my head because the current grow stronger. I can see many eddies forming in the water. Suddenly, we fall into one of the eddies and our inflatable boat turned. All of us fall into the river, and the adrenaline rises to the maximum. I can see the guide that turn the inflatable boat where we were, and he start to manage it. The guide is trying to help my friends to get on the inflatable boat. All of us have a life jacket, however many of my friends’ swallow water because they don't know how to swim well. If I didn't know how to swim well like my friends, I could swallow water. 

I feel little scared because the river current is unmistakable strong in this part of the river. I am trying to get on another inflatable boat where is passing in front of me. I get on the other boat. The guide drives the inflatable boat where I was, next to the inflatable where I could get. I return to the boat. The guide starts to laugh from my classmates because one of them started to cry. She is undeniable scared, and she wants to get off of the boat. But we are in the middle of the journey down the river. It is so crazy my classmate is uncontrolled. We are feeling worried for her. The trip continues, we managed to calm her down, everybody is okay. The others on the inflatable boat are scared, less me and another friend. It could be because they haven't ever experienced that situation. I have so much adrenaline on my mind, in my body. It is a fantastic trip down the river. We arrive to the end of the rafting. Finally, I am exciting because it is an amazing experience. I could recommend people to do this activity and take precautions before doing this activity.

From my experience, Baños has many places and activities that you could visit or do when you want to have hilarious moments and adventures. There are places for fun where you can do activities like: drinking beer, eating whatever delicious things that you want, etc. People should go to Baños and live unforgettable experiences. I really recommend this place for stay in holidays. You should live and feel the nature in Baños, it is so fantastic. You could enjoy magical moments with the nature and feel free.

Here is a video link where you can see a video with the events on this day: Link

An exceptional trip to Tonsupa.

I used to travel to Tonsupa with my family or friends 3 or 4 times a year before the pandemic. We usually travel to an apartment that a relative has there. This trip started in Ambato two years ago. We planned with my uncle and cousin to travel with a group of friends, five men and four girls. It was a rewarding experience because we did many stunning things and had a hilarious moment. Planning trips with friends is a lovely thing that all people can do. Furthermore, we passed hilarious and outstanding moments sharing with our friends.

The trip was less tired than other times because there were five people who know how to drive including me. We travelled in two cars, and you know that drive a car is tired when is a long trip. We started the trip on Thursday at midnight and arrived at the apartment in Tonsupa at 7 am. Then, we set all our things at the apartment and rested for two hours before went to look for a place to have breakfast. I remember that we had breakfast at a restaurant named "Sazón Manaba" and there the food was delicious. Maybe, it could be because I have always liked the Manaba food since I was a child. I really love sea food.

Firstly, we rented some tents to stay on the beach, and playing music on a player that we carried. There, you know, we bought a lot of beer and snacks. We rested there for two hours, the seeing was outstanding. All of us could see the landscape and enjoy the moment. After that, we went swimming in the ocean. Here a hilarious moment happened. Two girls of our group hadn't known how to swim well and we didn't know that. The girls didn't say anything to us. Suddenly, small waves tackled and carried out them to the shore. We had to ran to pick up them and they said that have swallowed a lot of water. Then, they preferred to go to the tents, you know, they were annoyed. It was not our fault, but was hilarious the way how the waves tackled them. These were small waves hahaha, even a child could jump them. After, we went to have lunch in the same restaurant at 4 pm, we eat shrimps with garlic and they were delicious. Once we recover energy, we return to the tents and start to enjoy our stay on the beach.

Even though we were little drunk, we had energy to play volleyball and soccer on the beach. It was funny because many of us gave wrong passes during the whole soccer match, you can imagine that. It is really difficult to play in drunken state. And it also happened when we played volleyball. At night, not only we went to dance, but also we had drunk in the "Cobachas" until sunrise. Hahaha just kidding. We returned to the apartment at 3 am. The next few days we repeat almost the same activities at the same times. Furthermore, I could say that Tonsupa is a relaxing place to stay on holidays, you can do many activities to socialize and playing sports like swimming, playing soccer, volleyball, going to see whales or dolphins, etc. It is a beautiful place where you can enjoy outstanding moments, and you will remember these moments forever. On Sunday, we had planned to return to Ambato, but it was a little difficult because all of us were with "chuchaqui". We had to wait until noon to return. The returned trip was uneventful. There weren't many cars on the return way. 

This experience was exciting because we enjoy a lot. We hadn't enjoyed in this way since we had our last high school trip in 6th course. Furthermore, I have to give you an advice. Any person on  a trip has to ask if there is any person in the group who doesn't know how to do any activity such as swimming to avoid any inconvenience hahaha.

 

About me

My name is Daniel Sánchez. I am from Ambato, Tungurahua. I am studying Petroleum Engineering at Central University of Ecuador.

Since I was a child, I have had an unmistakable interest in the oil industry. In fact, in my last year in high school I did my thesis about the oil business in Ecuador. I learned how that shifted the country’s economy and improved the quality of life for citizens.

Through the years, I have acquired a wealth of knowledge in the oil industry. Also, I have interned in the Lago Agrio field, which gave me invaluable work experience. It accelerated my systems knowledge of oil extraction.

And it also helped me develop skills like teamwork, leadership, collaboration, and creative thinking. It also taught me to be a persistent, hardworking who is discipline and responsible.