A new begginig =)

This year i've had to face all kind of obstacles, from living with a new family to adapt my self to the university sistem. It has been a dificult period in my life, but i've achieved a great number of goals while being here.

A little information about me to begin: i come from a city that's located way south in this country, in the area known as Patagonia, wich means "land of Patagones (big-foot)" there i live only with my mother, so coming here was a big decision to make and it meant an enormous change for both of us.

Here in Santiago, i live with a woman and her son in an apartment 3 blocks away from the campus. I kind of like it there, but sometimes the kid irritates me so much that i feel like i want to escape from that house. Anyway, i'm moving out next year.

The other problem that i had here and probably the most important was the search for new friends.
At the beggining of the semester i felt so alone, because i didn't know anyone. All of my closest friend stayed in Punta Arenas (my home city) or went to other cities, so i came here all alone, i didn't even have relatives here. But someone took a very important role in that moment, he helped me when i was low and cheered me up when i was sad, so i'm very grateful to him and i'm very fond of him.

I took the chance and risk it all to persue my dream and i must confess that i didn't even have financing, the terrible sistem that grants scholarships didn't give me anything, so i had absolutely no idea how was i going to pay for my studies, but i came anyway, because i belived that something would come up and save me, i just had faith that i would achieve what i wanted. Now that i think about it, it was very bold and risky, but it was worth it, definitively worth it.

I've found some wonderful people here that are now my closest friends, and the city isn't so bad, i can get used to it. At the moment everything is ok, i like my degree, my friends, the city and my new life in general. But of course, i still miss my old city and all of my friends who stayed there, so i hope anxiously to return at summer.