Ten hour of happiness

 I don´t want write of me or other things. I don´t have desire of think, for this I decided translate a story.
I will translate a tale named “Diez horas de felicidad”, in English is like “ten hours of happiness”. It was written by Paloma Valenzuela Vera, she is 38 years old and she live in Puente Alto district. This tale won second place in the stories competition “Santiago en 100 palabras”. Is about a woman that decided abort.

Is almost midnight and I know that you are celebrating the news with your friends. You will open this mail; I estimate that within ten hours. Forgive me. I cannot. I´m not strong nor I have the enthusiasm that you have. Tomorrow, when you read these words I will be on their way to the clinic. Naty offered to accompany me; you will understand that I can´t go alone. I want die of the pain. I guess tomorrow I will be best. The decision is taken. I ask you when you shout and want to strangle me, you remember this ten hours added of happiness that I give you; you see those like a gift, that I will not have.

Photo

This photo was taken on 5 April in this year. The picture show the first day of rain in Santiago city if I remember rightly. This is a black and white photograph and for me it is just like the city looked that day. The center of Santiago in the rainy days is gray and this photo shows this, however it was named “Black day” for the photographer.

This photo was taken by a friend. She published it in her Facebook and when I saw it I asked her if I could publish in my facebook like front cover picture. She was agree and happy. I published the photo with a sentence and credits for my friend.

I hope that she continues with her hobby because I think she has talent. I like her photos but this is my favorite.

I published the photo with the following sentence: “I think the rainy days given harmony to Santiago. They give gray shades to the atmosphere that mixed with the colors of the buildings”.

My favourite piece of technology

I love my laptop. This is old, hard and slow computer but is very resistant. I got my laptop two years ago, I didn´t have a portable computer and I didn´t have necessary money for buy a new, fortunately a friend wanted sell his notebook cheap and I bought it.

I use my computer principally for study, for listen music, write, read books and the news (even though is bad for the eyesight), watch films and videos, I use the social networks like facebook or skype for talk with my friends and some relatives.

I use the notebook all the days and I think still good for very things, but I don´t carry with me because is hard.

I like this computer because is useful even though is old. It has fallen sometimes and still it work is very resistant.

I can live without cell phone, but I can´t live without my notebook. I couldn´t make nothing and I would that use the university computers that are very old than my computer.

Legal Abortion

The abortion is a medical process that interrupted a pregnancy. This process must be done before than fetus is born, it´s depending how many weeks of gestation that fetus has.  Exist different method of abortion; these procedures are used in different moments of pregnancy with diverse care.

These are:

1. Early medical abortion: this consisted in taking two medicines and the effect is similar to menstruation.

2. Vacuum aspiration or suction termination: this consisted in a suction to remove the fetus from the womb.

There are several reasons for aborting: health risk to the mother, health risk to the child (danger of died), pregnancy for rape and personal reasons like don´t want is mother.

In Chile the abortion was prohibited but in this year it´s began the discussion in the Congress on the abortion legalization for three lawsuits, which were approved.

I think that it is an important advanced because is a minimum right of the woman can interrupted her pregnancy if the mother and/or child are at risk and if it is product of rape. But I think that abortion must be done a legal for all reasons because in my opinion this is a woman´s decision or both in case that this be an according.

My name is Gloria Gutiérrez Abarca, I'm 21 years old and I live in Santiago in "La Granja" district. I was born on August 4th 1994 in Chile. I´m the only woman and youngest among two brothers, they are very older than me. I have two nephews and a little niece. I love my family so much.

I studied high school in "Liceo A-7 Teresa Prats de Sarratea” located in neighborhood Franklin. Presently I study sociology at "Universidad de Chile" and this is my fourth year in the career.

I like music and I play guitar a bit. Now I´m member of a theater group and I hope I can continue there for a long time.