Post # 9: Improving your faculty facilities.

Hello bloggers !

Today, I am going to talk about my faculty! I have to say that I don’t like be here, because the infrastructure is badly. This place is very small and old and we don’t green areas and other place where you can have a rest or have a great moment! My classmates use a typical and KNOW sofa that is outside of a class for to sleep.
Also, this faculty have a cafeteria. If you compare this cafeteria whit other in different universities like PUCV or PUC, you could see great differences. For example, here there are some foods and place is small. The prices are expensive because you can pay for a juice about $400! Too the service is strange because the saleswoman always is angry and they don’t know the prices very well so you buy the same thing to different price the same week.

All the situations are common. I think this happened in many places where don’t have much money. It is not notable for my university life. However the things that the faculty needs to improve are the timetable and the laboratory. The classes are strange and inconvenient because you have long spaces where you have nothing. Sometimes the teachers don’t come to work and you lose this time! There aren’t computers for all the students and if you don’t return a book the sanction is high because they don’t have it to lend it for one week.

I think we need other teachers or have substitute teachers when they don’t arrive. Another way would be to inform the absence of the teacher in advance, because you could use that time in another activity and it will be a real benefit because the students have many subjects and some people have a job, so the time is valuable.

The faculty needs to improve the administration but it’s strange because I study Public administration!! It is difficult improve some things because here don’t have much money ( we are a public university) but this career have high cost, so I think that make some changes is possible, like improve the laboratory, have more study text, computers and implement new classes where the people can develop all their qualities.

Bye.

Free time!

Hello bloggers!!

Today I am going to talk about my free time. In this moment, I don’t have much time; because I am studying and I spend much time… you know :)

I have to say that I don`t know how to manage my time because some time I spend much time on things about university and I can’t do other activities, like listen to music, watch TV or go out with my friends!! That is boring and awful! For example, on September 18th my friends went to the disco and I did not go because I stayed in my house studying macroeconomic! For this reason, I think I don’t use the time wisely, but it is typical in students who are beginning their studies, but this situation changes when you are in third or fourth year, so you can practice sports or work!

It is difficult to say exactly when free time I have in a week, I can not tell 15 hours! But I have time for practice swimming. I go at pool Thursday and Friday. The class takes around one hour. I like this because it is relaxing and I have learn very much, I didn´t know swimming but today I Know! I hope learn more, all styles and to have technique and SPEED ! Also, every weekend I am going To Curico. The people think there I don’t do anything, but that it false, because there I study very much, more that in Santiago. (I prepare the lesson for all the week). Maybe it is because in Curico I am quite and in Santiago I am nervous and I send more time doing one activity._ some time, In Curico, I work in a Bakery like a cashier. This job is easy, but you have much responsibilities managing money!

If I would have more free time, I would like to works and practice more swimming. I would like to work in DOGGIS or in other place of fast food, because they are fun places, and they have many customers! If I have a job I could spend the salary in my own things. Like that I have economic independence. Magnificent! … Also, I would practice more swimming. I would like to go all days.

I thing the people have more time whit the technology, because you can communicate by chat, mobile or internet. These are faster ways to have conversations face to face. But the relationship between the persons are unstable and you not form important bond!

Bye

Britain to send more troops to Afghanistan

The prime minister of britain Gordon Brown, confirmed that britain will send 500 troops to afghanistan, because this country also will increase their soldiers in Helmand. In the house of commons the head of government said that he made a decision because the afghans president assured to him that they deploy more troops for fight whit britain soldier.

The notice was announced in the chambers common, just when they was recording the people that have been killed in the conflict and obviously, also they said some words for the family of the victitm: “ Nothing can erase the pain for their families. I know everyone in this House sends their thoughts and prayers to their families. Their memories live on."

In afghanistan, the britain troops are under certain conditions:
1.- the new afghan government must show commitment, and the afghans troops fight close to us.
2.- all the troops have the tools necesarry for the activities in thos country.
3.- the commitment is part of an international colition.
The second points is reinforced, because the troops are trained and they will receive all the help necesarry, including metal help services, whey the soldiers return to Britain. this topic is important for all politcis because in the summer, many soldiers died in Afghanistan.
Although; Brown sends 500 news troops to Afghanistan, the people are desagrement. “According to the Populus poll, a trirt of voted believe British forces should be withdrawn, The figure has increased to 36% from 29% in mid-September”.


In this notice, we can not forget USA, because Gordon said : “in "close consultation" with Obama before making his announcement, will privately be hoping the US president follows his example by making his own pledge.” However, the americna plans are uncertain.


If you want to read more about this notice, you can go to: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/oct/14/gordon-brown-davidcameron

A world of sport

Hello everybody!!
I never had practiced sport until this semester. In July, I began a take siwimming ´s class. I go 2 o 3 times a week. For me is very funny, because the classes are fun y intense and I have leaned enough.
We practice 4 styles: front crawl; back crawl, butterfly stroke and breakstroke. For me the most difficult is breakstroke, because I don´t have the necesary fources in my arms. Anyway, i like to go at the pool and I hope to learn more everyday.

The nacional sport should take a principal position in the public politics of the goverment, becuase it help the health of people in differet aspect like: lessen stress and overweight, and load hapiness.
In chile is necesary set a minister of sport, becuase we need new politics, more recourses in this area for familiarizare the sport with the persons and create sports conscience in the chileans.

We need help the players Olimpic or profesional . Many times sports notice show complaint about the few recourses that have the sports asociations. Inclusive, sometimes they don´t have money for to face a competition.

I think the rodeo is not a sport, becuase it use animals and it´s the animal who practice sport, not the people and also, the cow pain becuase is beat and only is used for this activities. really is difficult modificate this, because is old chilean tradition, specially in the country people.
Other activities that isn´t a sport are : fighting dog, “corridas de toro” of San Fermín,, in short is any sport that use animals becuase this sufer and are hurt. Inclusive they find the dead there.

see you soon

Santiago!

Hello everybody!

I arrived here last year. I arrived here for my studies. Really I don’t know very well this city, but I hope to tell you my experience and to advice in something if you are a tourist or if you decide to live.
If you want study or work in Santiago, I recommend live in centre o near of your jobs, because you can save some money because the tickets are more expensive than in other regions.
However, Santiago is a big, fun city. You can do many things here how: go to mall, the theatre or visit hills or cultural centres like Estación Mapocho or if you have children you can go at MIM (this is a fantastic museum where you learn physic though plays)
If you are foreign you should visit the different cultural centre like Estación mapocho, which is a place whit many auditoriums , where the artists exhibit their work or art like pictures, theatre or music. Every event cost a different price but if you don’t have much money, there are free pass too. My suggestion is that the price down, because sometimes there are great event bur the cost is expensive.

Other places that you can visit it Mercado Central. This place is near from Mapocho cultural centre. There, you can savour a delicious Chilean food, together a nice musicians that sing folk and also you will see a bizarre persons! It place is very visit for foreign, so I am sure that you will enjoy there. You can lunch until whit $2000,but if you want eat lobster, it will cost more money.

When I am here, me and my friend go to Santa Lucía. We always drink a natural juice and see the craftwork. I bought craftwork bag but it are expensive.

A popular Place is Plaza de ARmas. you see people of different countries and painter they can make you a portrait or a caricature.
finally I recommend you " Fine art museum", there you can find Chilean pictures and interesting expositions.

If you visit Santiago I hope you can enjoy this place and have a spectacular vacations.

Regards!

the role of music.

Hello everybody!
Today, I`m going to talk about Music! :=) I love music because it causes strong emotions inside me. I always listen to music, especially when I am alone, I can turn the radio up and nobody gets angry with me.

I don’t listen to all kinds of music. I don’t listen to classical music. I like the rock and pop. My favourite bands are Metallica and Coldplay. I love their songs, and I hope I can go to the concert sometime.
My favourite song of Metallica is Nothing else matters! This song is the part of the album called “Black”, 1991. I heard it for the first time when I was at the school. Me and classmates danced this song. We performed a representation of a picture called “Vincent’s bedroom in Arles”, by Vincent van Gogh.


When I am studying I can’t listen to music, because I can not concentrate and I begin to sing. When I am happy, I listen to singers as: Shakira (I would like to dance like her) RBD or Amango, and hard rock bands like Metallica or Guns and Roses. I don’t know the reason, but I follow more groups than singers. Maybe I prefer to see the orchestra ,, but I am not sure.

I know two bands of progressive rock, called: liquid tension experiment and dream theatre. They play the keyboard! It is my favourite instrument. I don’t play any instrument but I hope to learn to play keyboards sometime.
You can see that I don’t have just one style.

Really I don’t buy CDs because it is expensive and I don’t have money. I copy Cds or download music from internet. My first cassette was given to me by my mother when I was 10 years old. Now, nobody buy it because there are many ways for get music.
I like music because it makes my life happier, it isn’t an accompaniment. I would like that my family sing, or play an instrument. When I have children, I will show them all the instruments, so they will decide which one to play and I hope to sing with my children and my husband.

Transantiago

Hello bloggers!

I don’t use the Transantiago very much , because I didn’t live here when it was implemented, I lived in Valparaiso.

Only, I knew of this is new transport system through the news. I remember that the new showed many people, in the bus stop, waiting for a bus. I could see the people angry and dissatisfied whit the new public transport implemented for the government.
I remember some phrase as: we want that come back yellow buses or we want the old routes.

In this time I make new friends, they was Santiaguinos. We argue about this topic and they told me their opinion. Gonzalo told me than new system was detrimental for his family, because his father lost his jobs ( he was a driver of a yellow bus), but.. Specially I remember a opinion: the people didn’t inform about it.
On TV or Internet the people could inform about new routes and program their travel. I think this is related whit the culture of the people. We hate get up early and we always do the thinks ultimately.

Little I could say about my experience, because I didn’t use the old system and also Transantiago. For arrive at University or other places I take the subway because is faster and clear. I don’t know Santiago very well, and with the subway I can arrive a more places. I feel safety there.
The changes for make it more effective it in the future is consider more elements, how culture if the people, try not to make the same mistake and supervise the system frequently.


Regards!