What to do and where to go in Santiago

Hello to everyone!!I have to write about what to do and where to go in Santiago, well, I think that the tourists can go to better places in Chile (like the beautiful beaches in the north, the forest and the volcanoes in south… actually, there are a lot of other places where to go, but I have to talk about Santiago), I like Santiago, but I think that is grey city with only few spaces of light (I hope you know what I mean), but also have a beautiful places to go…
Let’s see…
In Santiago you can go to the San Cristobal Hill or Santa Lucía Hill (that’s interesting because not to many cities have a hill in the center of them), in the San Cristobal hill you can take a teleferico (cable car) to see the city (but is really difficult because there a lot of smog). Besides, you can go to the Plaza de Armas (a very typical Chilean place), but you have take care all of your things (camera, wallet, etc, etc) because there a lot of thieves searching for tourists who doesn’t know the reality of Santiago, besides, you can see many crazy people in the Plaza, and a lot of Peruvians. But in my personal opinion I hate to go to the center of Santiago it’s so crowded, so noisy and you always have the fear that someone can steal your things!! Well, you can go to the museums in the city, there are great!!Every of them!! (that sounds a little nerd). A place that I like is Bustamante Park, it’s full of trees, grass, and places to seat and rest; but now that place has becoming bad because many teenagers go to the Park to drink and get drunk (it’s not a beautiful thing to see).
Well, this is all I can say about Santiago…but tourist listen to me!!go to others places in Chile, Santiago don’t have spectacular things and it’s a very ugly city…go to the south!!it’s beautiful!!See ya!!

The Congress in Buenos Aires

Well, I don´t know what to say about the congress of Sociology in Buenos Aires because I didn´t go…but I hope all the people who went have enjoyed the stay in that city and the congress itself. But, ¿I have to write 200 words? (I only have written 54). Ahhhhh!!!! I don’t know what to write!!. Well, I didn’t go to the congress because I hadn’t money and I never collect it, but most of all I didn’t want to, I don’t feel like going; but I don’t discard to go in a near future to that congress, I think that I can’t finish my career without going to –at least-one congress. Besides I would like to visit Buenos Aires but in summer vacation (to enjoy it, I don´t want to go under pressure), to see “El barrio de la Boca”, “La Bombonera” (the Boca Junior football club’s stadium, and buy a shirt of the team), “La casa Rosada”, The obelisk, etc; and finally buy a lots of books and leather…
Well, that’s all I can say…take care all of you!!See you next time!

TRANSANTIAGO >> BEFORE AND AFTER

The Transantiago, ufffff! There are a lot of things to say about it, but according with Judy’s list, I have to give my opinion about in what way(s) is better or worse than the pre-Transantiago system; well I think is better in some aspects but worse in others (like almost everything new), the good things are that you can make several journeys with one passage (but in two hours or less, or you have to pay again), the buses are best than the old ones, but with less seats, in my opinion (and I don’t talk for everyone) the drivers doesn’t discriminate against students anymore (before, in the old system, the bus drivers were very evils with students because they paid less, and for that the drivers earned less money, but now they have a permanent pay); something bad is that the authorities change all the buses routes, and there are still many people who doesn’t know what bus has to take to go to his home or work, and for that the people start to take the subway (the best transport system) and now is overcrowded. To conclude, the government finished with the micro businessman who had one or two buses and gave the system to big companies who pay miserable money to the bus drivers. And the image of Iván Zamorano was destroyed!!!
I have to say, since the system started until now, has shown an improvement: more buses (something bad are those old buses painted like news), more routes, etc. But something that makes me really mad, it’s when an adult use a “pase escolar” (I don’t know how to say it in English) just to pay less, I understand the people who think that the system sucks and it’s not bad to steal it (because that is), but I think that doesn’t speak well of our culture…and the evasion is huge!!!
For me, the solution is to go back to the old routes and that the people doesn’t has to take more than one bus to go at the place they want to (the citizen of Santiago hate to take more than one!!!); I know it, because my mom has to take 3 transantiagos to come home!!! It’s just too much!!!! but, this solutions are impossible to apply.
In the end, the Transantiago is just a black hole to the government money (then, our own money), and they don’t know to handle it, the only thing they can do is pass the burden to the next government and see how they solve the problem.
Well, I pass far the number of words for this activity, and I didn’t write all my thoughts about the transport system…..sorry Judy, I wrote too much!!
Take care all of you!!!See ya!!!

I COUNTRY I WOULD LIKE TO VISIT

The country I would like to go is Japan, because I like that culture; well, to be honest, since I was little I always have seen Japanese cartoons (well know as ANIME), and Japanese comics (MANGAS), but I never was an Otaku (anime fan, but a really, really fan) I was like a pseudo-otaku (but not anymore). Because of that I know a few things about Japanese culture, like his recent history (the meiji revolution and things like that, besides, Japan participated in the two World Wars, loose in the second against USA, because of that Japan have a huge American influence; and most recently his big economic development), but about the past of the country (feudal era) I know very little (a few things of samurais and ninjas), but I hope I can improve in this because my brother is taken a subject of Japan`s history and I going to read all the texts I can!.

If I go I would like to visit Tokyo (one of the most expensive cities in the world), and the Tokyo tower; besides I would go to Kyoto to see the feudal Japan, the castles, the landscapes, etc.

I would like to eat the real Japanese food (not only sushi) and drink sake!!jejeje!!

I would go to Japan only to visit it, not to live there, because I don`t speak the language (it`s very complicated!), and because I know that I going to miss Chile!! (that sounds crazy but is the true).

Well, that is all I can say about the country I would like to visit, obviously there are others countries that I would like to go: Rome, France, England, Egypt, Greece, etc. That`s all for today….Take care all of you!!!Bye!!!

this is me

Well, this is me...this is a really ugly photo, but is funny...this was the 'pre-mechoneo', after that, a few days later, was the true 'mechoneo' (eggs, vinegar, ketchup, mustard, water, etc included)

FIRST TERM: GOOD AND BAD POINTS

Hello to everyone! this is my first time here, i never had a blog before, actually a didn`t want to have one but i was forced to, (that´s why the name of my blog is obligadaatenerunblog).Well, what can i say.....i have 19 years old and this is my roockie year in university, i´m studing Sociology...and i´ve learned a lot of things, and i had to read a lot of texts too.....reading, reading and reading!!!....the most difficult subjet of the first term to me was 'world history' because the teacher was so strict!.....but i survive....the other subjects weren´t so difficult....i´ve learned about Durkheim, Weber, Marx and others bunch of guys...everyone with his own theory about the 'social fact'......i take a cfg (curso de formacion general) too, but being honest i didin´t learn too much....naaa...just kidding......in the carreer i have to take two sports but i left them for the second year.....i like sports but i´m a little lazy....Well, not everything have been so easy, the change from school to university is a big deal, is a bigger resposibility, you have to take the subjets, the list doesn´t run, you have to worry to have the fotocopies for the classes, exams, etc....besides grants, credits and things like these.....this is all i can tell of myself now, actually i have a lot of things that i didn´t say (like, dislikes, hobbies), but to be honest this blog i made it for my english class but, readers!´don´t tell to anybody!!! jajaja!!!kidding again.....well another day i will tell you more about me....take care, everyone.......bye!!!!