Transantiago

Today I must write about Transantiago, the public transport system of my city. I must tell you about its problems, its changes and my experience with it, but there is just one problem… I don´t use it, I have a car and I go everywhere in it, my parents gave it to me in my graduation ceremony of school and since then I`d been using it almost every day. But I`m going to try writing about Transantiago based on what people and the news say.

I think Transantiago is better than the previous public transport system in many ways, is modern and more organized than the previous system. I think the problem is people was used to the yellow buses and their routes, and I think is hard for them adapting to a new system.

When Transantiago started the things were very messy and there were a lot of problems, but I think is normal, the same things happened in Bogota, Colombia when Transmilenio started (I know because I have friends in Colombia and I was there 4 years ago). Today Transantiago is better than 3 years ago, although it needs a lot of changes.

Finally, I must tell you about the changes I would apply in order to make it better in the future. I think what Transantiago needs is a city adapted to this system, because most of the street are very narrow and they are in bad conditions to be used. I would invest money improving the streets and the subway. And the other main problem is most people haven´t the education to use the buses and the subway, the buses stops, some buses and the subway are all painted and broken because of some people, so what I would do is apply fines to people who do that.

Meanwhile I´m going to keep using my car.. jajaja

Dk

Travel to China

Today I must write about a Country that I would like to visit.

To me, it is hard to think about just one country to visit, because I really like to travel a lot. I have been in … mm… five countries so far, Argentina, Brazil (twice), Uruguay, Colombia and United States (three times). But the exercise requires to think in a country so… I think the country I would like to visit the most is… China.

First, China has a very different and ancient culture that they have preserved almost intact, despite time. I think their culture has a lot of mysticism, their religion is very wise and their temples are really beautiful.

The thing I like the most of Chinese culture is that much things that we consider daily things like writing or taking the tea, in China are forms of arte that requires years of practice to do them well.

Finally, is important to say that I love my country and my family, and I wouldn´t like to live somewhere else, so I would like to visit China but just for a few weeks, maybe a few months, but no for longer time. And the other important thing is that now is difficult to travel for me, because I have a boyfriend and I don´t like to be without him for a long time, I prefer to stay in home and spend time with family and friends. We hope someday travel to China, maybe in a few years from now, meanwhile I´m learning Chinese and working to save money.

Kang Jia Mi (my chinese name)

FIRST TERM: GOOD .... JUST GOOD POINTS

This year has been very interesting, starting on vacations. I spent almost two weeks in the south of my country; I went to camp with some friends and my boyfriend in Caburga, a town near Pucon.

Then, in February I spent two weeks in USA, in Disney World (Orland, Florida) with my family. It was my third time in Disney, but every time is a new experience, because the technology is every time more advanced and amazing.

After that, vacation was over and it was time to go back to university. :/

In April, my boyfriend and I open a Kenpo school in the municipal Gym of La Florida. You should now that I practice Kenpo since I was a kid, so now I’m black belt and my boyfriend has been practicing for much more time than I have. We are doing fine since then, we have a lot of students and we also make a little money with the school.

In holly week we (my boyfriend and I) went to Viña del Mar for the weekend, the hotels were full and it was very hard to us to find someplace to stay. But we spent beautiful moments together.

Then, in July, I started learning Chinese, I love Chinese but it´s a very difficult language, so I need to study very hard, but I´m progressing.

Finally, I spent the last week in Reñaca (near to Viña) with a my best friend, a friend of his and my boyfriend, I was very funny and relaxing, but it is time to study now, so I leave you because that part of my life isn´t very interesting.

Cyah!