Thursday, April 4, 2019

Getting to know each other

Claudio Telha M. is the only son of my parents. Unfortunately, my father passed away some years ago after a sudden disease, but my mother is alive and kicking, healthy and smiling. My father came from Europe after World War II and my mother travelled from Chiloé to Santiago where they met and  got married. This information may be irrelevant to you, but to me it meant to grow up without uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces, granparents and so on....

When I was a teenager, I enjoyed going to the cinema, hanging out with my few, but good friends, collecting stamps, reading books and magazines....

I studied in Liceo Valentín Letelier and then I went to the university (Universidad de Chile)  where I enjoyed wonderful moments. I became a teacher of English--both social and scientific English. There I met the girl of my life, we got married and after a couple of years we became parents of a son and a daughter. My son is an engineer, lived in Brussels, Belgium for some years, he is engaged with a Romanian girl he met in Brussels and now he is back in Chile;  my daughter is also an engineer now happily married; my son-in-law is an engineer as well; they live in Santiago.

I started giving classes of English in the Fac. of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences quite a long time ago. For about forty years I have been giving classes of Scientific English and from time to time Social English as well.

As I said above, as a single son, I have no brothers nor sisters, but now  I have my wife's relatives,  my son-in-law's relatives, Faculty friends and a large number of students who have been under my care along all these years, who have become, in a way, part of my family as well.

Now it's your turn:


Tell me about you; include information such as birthplace, studies, family, hobbies, ...
Include image(s) or photograph(s)

Number of words: 120 (minimun)
Make comments on 3 of your classmates' posts and a comment on the teacher's post.

18 comments:

  1. Interesting, My father works in Valentin Letelier

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    1. Hi Martina,
      It used to be the second most important high school in Santiago some decades ago. I wonder how it is today...
      See you,

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  2. I find interesting that your father is from Europe

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    1. Hi Eduardo,
      After the second world war, many foreigners came to South America in search of a new future; people from Italy, Greece...
      See you,

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  3. i think is fascinating that your parents had met one another although they came from differents continents

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    1. Hi Omar,
      Life is full of coincidences... funny, isn't it?
      See you,

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  4. I think the same, few but good friends.

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    1. Hi Javier,
      It's hard to have true friends...but once you have them, it's great.!
      See you,

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  5. It's a beautiful story, I also collect stamps but when I was a child

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    1. Hi Vicente,
      Collecting stamps used to be a quite common hobby among young and old people... Time changes our preferences, but memories stay...
      See you,

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  6. Oh, I love the way that you talk about your family! So sweet

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    1. Hi Maribel,
      Talking about the people we love is almost always easy ... Families are love, friendship,
      education, concern and so on ...
      See you

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  7. What an interesting life!, It is true when they say that family is built.

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    1. Hi Carla,
      I recently read about a dog that remained by the dead body of a man who had been his family...
      See you,

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  8. Interesting life story, his son knew a very nice country.

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  9. I think it's interesting the cultural diversity that has your family

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  10. that´s a great story, I´m only son too and I know that you feel but with friends, the life is easier.

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  11. It is a very touching story, the best family is the one we build ourselves

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