{"id":3,"date":"2015-09-17T20:29:42","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T03:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/guerrillasofthought\/?p=3"},"modified":"2015-09-17T20:30:12","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T03:30:12","slug":"introductions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/guerrillasofthought\/2015\/09\/17\/introductions\/","title":{"rendered":"Introductions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Me and my mom<\/p><\/div>\n

Introductions…<\/p>\n

Hi everyone,<\/p>\n

My name is Nayid Contreras and I\u2019m currently in my last year of my double major being Latin American studies one of them. At the beginning of my academic life, I was taking commerce courses; however, I never quite enjoyed them and decided I needed to specialize in something closer to my passion: Latin American Studies and International Relations. I feel like by being involved and actively taking courses related to Latin American and all it encompasses, I have open my mind to learn and interpret my \u201cLatinidad\u201d and learn, from all points of views, what continues to be a Lain American living outside his continent.<\/p>\n

Oh yes, I forgot to mention, I was born in Colombia \u2013 actually in the border with Venezuela- in a town called Cucuta, but I grew up in Bogota, the capital of the country. I moved to Canada almost ten years ago and now I find that this country is my home. Funny thing, I try to visit my family back in Colombia every year, and every time I go, after a month of being there, I start missing Canada. I miss its people\u2019s politeness, relatively tranquility, safety, and how people actually line-up to catch the bus. The opposite happens back home. This is not to say I do not miss Colombia. I do! I miss the food, the people, Latin-dancing and drinking beer outside on the street with my neighbours. There are many things I miss about living in Colombia but I also have developed an appreciation for being Canadian.<\/p>\n

On a side note, I have to say, I\u2019m very excited about our class SPAN 405! I think the theme behind it\u2019s so current and relevant, and to be honest, I have never seen it from a theoretical place. Therefore, I am all in and willing to read, learn, and participate in the chat about Guerilla movements in the region!<\/p>\n

I also would like to invite everyone who wants to talk about my home country or if they just want to say hello to do it. I\u2019m a friendly dude! J<\/p>\n

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