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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Me and Santiago

Hello classmates and bloggers, today I will speak about my city, Santiago de Chile. I was born in Santiago, and I had life all my life in this city, actually I studied in this city. My city is very beautiful, interesting, and to me, Santiago always has been unknowed, this always have something new, a new place, building, and so on.
In Santiago I moved between different places, but the places more visited for me are malls, because this have a lot of shops, such as restaurants, cinema, music shop, 'fun center' among other things. Other places that I visit but with not frequently are 'Fantasilandia', this is a funfair, the Zoo too, and I very like it because I love the animal, my favorite zoo are Buin Zoo and Zoo of Santiago, I visit it in summer. Well, Santiago has a lot of interesting places.
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For example, a foreign tourist visit Santiago, in my opinion he must visit the center of city, because here are the historic built, that show our history, but is interesting too because show the contrast with the modern built, the modern Chile.

Other historic places, and very interesting to a tourist is know the 'Cementerio General' that is a cementery, very beautiful and loaded of stories. Is ideal visit it in the night, I believe that the fear add something very special of the story teller. Maybe this places is very dismal, but I like it.
If the tourist wants know other tipic builts, he can visit the Goverment Palace, or ex-Parlament, but if wants adventures, he can go to sky center 'Valle Nevado' or can do rafting in San José de Maipo, in the south-west near to Santiago.
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My TOP 5: Places recommended in Santiago
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5.- Cerro Santa Lucía:

Historic place, with beautiful builts and paronamic of the city. The entry to the park is free. In this places you can met more tourist, I recommend go with camera.







4.- Palacio Cousiño:

The Palace Cousiño is a beautiful palace, it was used with hotel, this palace has an arquicture of new clasic french style, are in Toesca Metro Station.

3.- Zoológico de Santiago:


If you have children, you can visit the Zoo, where you can see native species and 'international' animal. The children are enchanted with puma, pudú, and the other animals.





2.- Santiago Centro:


The center of city have a lot built declarated historic monument,
the arquitecture is loaded for the history of the Chile.


1.- Cementerio General:



Dismal places, the cementery is a places loaded of stories,
is better that go to the cinema or a thriller movie.
For the family.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Music Again!!

Hello classmates and bloggers, today I am going to tell you about music.
For me, music is very important, because it is the soundtrack of my life, I think that all people have their own soundtrack.

My favorite kinds of music are pop, rock, latin. I have a blog dedicated to my favorite songs, in that blog I upload some ranking, for example. It is very good fun, and I do it in my free time or when I don't have homework.

I listen to this music for different moods, when I am happy, sad, bored or nostalgic, I listen to music to change my mood or to get into this feeling.

My favorite songs are downloaded from programs such as Ares, Youtube or other, but I don't remember the name now. Ares is very fast, but it downloads a lot of computer viruses, so I changed to Youtube, in U-tube, you can write the name of the song that you want, with the words: ''download''. And always you find the song that you want to hear.

I follow some artist, but I'm not a really fan of some artist, for example, I like a singer, but I like his music, I don't interested in his life detail, his scandals... yes, because is a fun gossip. My favorite pop star Britney Spears, in the rock, my favorite band are: Staind, Coldplay, My Chemical Brothers, and my latin favorite artists are: Shakira, Alex Ubago, La Oreja de Van Gogh, and a lot of spanish artist and band.

I hear this artist because they and their music accompany me in my different times of my life, moods, and special moments.

For example I use music to when I do different things, to study or when I am doing a homerwork or paper, I usually hear latin music, because is generally slow, like ballads. Sometimes I heard english ballad too, so I can be quiet working. When I am happy, I hear pop, dance or other kind of music, I like the percussion in the music, and when I am sad I hear rock music or ballad, because is more intense.

The music isn't just an accompaniment in my life, because this save my best/worse times of my life. I don't know that I am doing without music.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

My TranSantiago Experience

Hello classmates and bloggers, today I must tell you about my opinion of Transantiago, the public transport system in my city, 'Santiago de Chile'.
I had never used public transport, but when I began to go to Pre-U, I had to learn to use this system, and this year the transantiago began too. It was very complicated in that moment, because I didn't have idea about this system, I just knew about it by the news, bad news.
I remember that I leaved from pre-u in the night, and the bus delayed very much. The system was very disorganized and a madness. A year later, the system was better, or I believe it. Maybe was because I went to class in the University in the afternoon, so in that hours the bus and Metro was free. But the problem began in the night again.
The bus was few by a lot of people. The demand was biggest. The minister said ''the public transport keeps getting better, more busses and more exclusive road by its''. The system really looked better, but even lacked.
This year, I think that system to be better. Now the number of busses is greater, and the exclusive road by busses helps very much, because the trip is faster. The metro in the morning keeps full, and the trip on it, is very uncomfortable.
I would like some changes in the transports system (busses and subway) for that better. For example, more transport culture for the people, more busses on the street, more frecuently.
(To be continued..)

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

United Arab Emirates: My Only Wish

Hello bloggers and classmates, today my worl is to speak about a place or country that I really want to know, to discover, and maybe to live a days there.
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The country of my dreams, is United Arab Emirates, maybe you know by its famous capital city, Dubai. I really had wanted to travel there, because is a country and culture very interesting, is a ideal mix between the east and west world.
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I knew United Arab Emirates (UAE) watched Discovery Channel, in a tv program called 'Megaconstructions'. In this program had a special dedicated to Dubai, this city is very rich, and actually Dubai is considered the future city. Its builts are very ambitious, for example the city have the Burj Dubai Tower, this tower is the higher in the world. Also, there will be built the new tower that will be moved with the wind.
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Maybe, the structures more famous are the Palms Islands and the World, are artificial islands, all a challenger for its architect.
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Why I chose Dubai? This city and this country is a financial center very important for Middle East, is a pacific country, and a place very nice and interesting for you can go of holidays, to work, to study or to live. Actually exist a program for you can go to work there.
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My dream is know in live Dubai, maybe like students, or worker (diplomatic or other), but a holidays there must are incredible. The city have the bigger mall in the World. Ahahaha..

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

I'm Back Here!!

Hello, in my last post I said ''this is not the final'' and I have the reason.

Today, I'm back to write in this blog, for one thing, my new english class, new level, I don't know how it'll be. I must confessed that I'm a few scared.

But for to start a new life or something new, is very good that you do a flashback. Why?

Because you can save the best moment and forget the bad times. Or I believe this.

In the last semester, I learned a lot of things, new people, friends, teachers, subjects, and entertaiment thing and thing very boring. I had incredibles group work, and the tematics was interesed for me, for example, to Theory of the Science, we did a paper about surrealism, I like this art tendency and worked was entertaiment, maybe this is not a ''public management'' topic, but I believe that is good get over the common thing and have a good time.

''Have a good time'' should be that you practice some sport, for example, the last semester I began to go to swimming pool, the true is I know to swim, but now I learned more, also the sport helps to your health.

And.. among other things, I wrote for fist time a blog in english, this was all challenger for me, because is very difficult to write in other language, and I believe that I forget it, but the practice will help me.

A final idea, in my class I'm with my friends and new people. I hope that the class is a nice experience.

PD: I think that this text is the most boring that I have written. But I shall return in glory and majesty coming soon. Ahhahah...


Good Bye!


J-An.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Our Last Goodbye

Hello classmates and bloggers. This is my last post for this english class. It really was a wonderful experience. I believe that this blog help me to write very much. Because I am thinking in continued with this blog, maybe in english, maybe in spanish or who know!!!...

I hope that my blog have you like. I did that it was the more personal possible. Could I? I don't know, only you know. Tomorrow I will be twenty. Yes, is my birthday... hahah... so I am sad because in this blog I left beauty moment in this school's pc, where we upload the post, until I always laughted. Is the time! ...

My last trasmission is ended. For Now.
pd: Holiday, Holiday!!!... I am hoping for you!!!.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

My Ideal Job

Hello, today I will speak about my ideal job. It is very difficult that I think in its, because... I do not know that I would be.

But... The crazier ideal jobs that I have thought are... YouTube star, ahhaha.. or singer, but the most realistic is will be a photographer. I can not be a YouTube star, because I should that to have speciall abilities, and I believe that I don not have this specialty. And I will be singer is impossible because and I do not know sing. :'(.
(This photo was catched by me)
If I were a photographer only I needed a camera, battery, and a good catch. Also I like catch a good photos and this is my favorite hobby until that my camera died. Is awful. I think that the skills for to be photographer is to have a camera in the right time, and to catch a beutiful moment (or polemic moment). Ahahaha. I like this job because is very relaxing, is free, and very own.

This kind of job is not difficult find it like hobby. But is very difficult to gain money, because today, the Photography is not a professional career, maybe the paparazzis only reach to gain money for us polemic photo, but this do not interesting me.

If you see a good look, and you have a camera, you can be a photographer.