jueves, 24 de septiembre de 2009

Before the start of Transantiago I was in the school and I used very little the public transport, so that I can not say much of that time, but I think that the old buses were more uncomfortable and old. Just when Transantiago started I was in the south in vacations and I came to Santiago when the system was starting, so the change was very difficult to me, I had to do a test run to calculate how much I would take me go to the university. In that time, I used to take two bus and it took me like a fifty minutes, and I used to wait in the bus stop even more that twenty minutes, now it’s that much, I think it has been improving a little with time.

I recently changed from home and now I live closer to the university but the problem now is that you never know how time it's going to take the bus to pass, for example, get here I took from twenty minutes to an hour, and this is so much different.

I think that the system is better than in the beginning, but remains a poor transport system because there is no orden of times and Santiago have a lot of jams in the “pick hours” and I think that is even dangerous for people because it can cause a lot of accidents.

So, to improve the system I would regulate the frequency of the buses making it more reliable, that way people have more confidence in the system and I would campaign for people to take the initiative to use other means of transport.

jueves, 3 de septiembre de 2009

Music

The kinds of music that I like are romantic and “happy music”, when I say “happy music” I am talking about music for dancing, for example merengue, and I listen to other kinds of music too, but I hate metal music, I can´t find it good or pleasant.

So if I must choose, I think that my favourite singer is Juan Luis Guerra, because some of his songs are nice to listen, and others good for dancing. So my favourite song to listen is “quisiera” and my favourite song to dance is “me enamoro de ella”.

My first encounter with music was when I was very young and I listened to “Mazapán” with my brothers, but as I got older I changed my musical tastes. For example, the first time that I went to a concert was one of Shakira`s (very different from Mazapán), and I also went to see Arjona several times because I like his music too.

Looking back, when I was only a little girl I dreamed of being a singer many times because I liked to sing and watch music videos on television, but then I learned that the life of musicians is very sacrificed, because they spend many days of the year traveling and away from their families and friends. And also obviously I am not talented enought to be a singer.