Choosing a partner

Three years ago, I had just started my work in the Real Estate area, and I had to develop a construction project in an available urban site in the city of Viña del Mar. At that time, the building project alternatives for this site were varied, so I talked about with managers of four companies that they had good experience in this city, and I invited them to participate in the development, considering that I will choose the project that I find most interesting. As a first approach I asked them to show me some project ideas they would have for this site.

During the two weeks after my request, I received the information with suggestions on what they considered appropriate for the site, and curiously all four companies offered me the construction of three 15 floors buildings. I thought ,the propositions are perhaps neither the best nor the worst , but acceptable.

After that, I decided to choose the partner based on the design and the lower costs offered, so I sent  them an email requesting the information. While I was  sending the emails to this companies , I included erroneously an address of another Real Estate Company, which replied me very quickly and they told me they were happy for the message, and this company sent  me a new idea of  the project, which involved the construction of two  25 floors buildings , with the same total housing density and more extensive surface areas between buildings.

I was impressed, and finally, due to the wrong email input ,I chose this company as the partner to develop the project. Fortunately, with great sales success.

Cool place to visit

I would like to visit Falkland islands again. In February last year I visited Port Stanley for a day, and that was the first time I have been there, I found it is a really beautiful, clean and  quite place. Nearby there are a lot of places for visiting related with wild life , where Penguins are the most common birds among others.

Falkland Islands have a rich history, the English navigator, John Davis, aboard the "Desire" made the first confirmed sighting of the Islands in 1592, and almost hundred years later the first landing is attributed to the British Captain, John Strong, in 1690 at Bold Cove on West Falkland.

During the early 1830s "HMS Beagle" visited the Islands with the naturalist, Charles Darwin on board. Darwin collected flora, fauna and fossils important to the conception of "On the Origin of Species"and commented on the geological features.

 In 1833 was the re-assertion by Britain of its sovereignty, which dated from Britain’s claim in 1765. Since this time Falkland Islanders have participated in both World Wars and recently when Argentine troops occupied the Falkland Islands in 1982 , a number of Islanders aiding the British military against the Argentinian occupation.

The economy is based on the sale of fishing licences, tourism and agricultural products.

I think Port Stanley is a great place for people who would like to live in a peaceful and quite place in a natural environment.

websites visited

Hi guys,
The websites I visit a lot are work related, and they are useful for my work in Financial area and Real Estate. Particularly in the Financial area I search information about the stockmarket ,like prices of some stocks , trade volumes, volatility, and other information usefull for buy or sell stocks positions. Some websites have better information related to Governments bonds like http://www.bloomberg.com/  and other have better information related stocks like www.google.com/finance .
Regarding the Real Estate area ,  there is not enough information , but perhaps one of the best information you can find it in the Portal Inmobiliario (http://www.portalinmobiliario.com/). Here you will find information about buildings projects in differents places, prices and in general you can know the Real Estate supply in each sector of the city. All the information is related with sales ,not with the operation process like costs , raw material supply , workers costs and other.
Anyway, work is not all in life, there are other websites I visit related to vacations , where you can find good opportunities at low prices for differents Seasons and places. Here I don´t have a specific website, normally I surf trying to find the opportunities.
Best,
Carlos

My experience in learning English

I can tell from my experience learning English that the best way to obtain skills that are useful in real-life is first understanding the grammar languaje, so I can understand the expresion of ideas and the way of thinking , that means it is necessary to know the rules, and I  have learned all of this in successive courses of the Institute that I have been taking , and here I have enjoyed learning English too.
Other ways we can use to improve learning English as a complement way of English class, such as watching English movies without subtitle if you want to improve your listening, listening to English songs and so on.
Well  it`s been my experience and I am happy to share this with you guys.
Best,
Carlos