The Transantiago system

Transantiago system started in 2007. It was the big project of the Ricardo Lagos’ period. This new transport system was very controversial, because many things were unfinished.

I didn’t use, frequently, the public transport system previous to Transantiago , but I think that this system has three big advantages than the old system (“the yellow buses”): Transantiago system doesn’t pollute, the levels of criminality have decreased and the people use the bip-card to pay. And, sincerely, Transantiago system is aesthetically better than pre-Transantiago system.

The Transantiago System has improved its mistakes. When the system started I had to wait a lot of time at the bus stops, besides the buses were full of people. Today, the Transantiago system is faster and there are spaces to sit.

I would propose two tools to improve the Transantiago system. First, I would make more special routes for the buses and I would put the cameras to avoid the potentials armed robberies inside the buses. Also, I would propose a decrease of the ticket value and I’d hire the service of the artists.

Well… In general, I have a positive evaluation of the system. I try to be optimist because I didn’t like the pre-Transantiago System.

Thanks for reading.

I want to visit Japan

If you ask me about one country that I would like to visit, I would have to answer: Japan, because it is a country very different from Chile, and I like very much its language.

Japanese people are very different from us, because they have other manners to interact among them, for example, they don’t shake hands as us. They are very respectful with their bodies. Theu don't touch as much as we do.

Also, the Japanese people have a strong connection with their jobs, because after the Second World War they had to rebuild their country and they worked without earning a salary. They sacrificed many things to recover their economy.

I would do many things in Japan but, firstly, I would like to meet the Japanese bohemian. I would go to a karaoke club, eat native food or wander through Tokio. Besides, I would like to play pachinko, a hazardous and very popular game in Japan. Also, I want to climb the Fuji Mountain.

I would like to live in Japan, because it is the only way to know how the Japanese life is. So, I would have to get a job. I don’t care what kind of job, because Japan is an expensive country and you need much money to survive.

About the last term

The first term of 2009 was very exciting, because I had a subject called psychopathology. The subject is the first approach of clinical psychology. I went to “El Salvador” Hospital and I examined a patient with schizophrenia. Also I learned about neurophysiology, social psychology, statistics, etc.

Beside, I learned a bit of Japanese. It was very complex because I had to learn another writing system. In Japanese you have to use ideograms called kanjis. There are two thousands kanjis; so It’s necessary to have a big memory.

In winter’s holydays I read two novels: “El resto es silencio” by Carla Guelfenbain and “Tokyo blues” by Haruki Murakami. I liked very much the two books, because they were fresh and urban stories. I read them in the subway.

I did daily activities with my family, nothing special. We celebrated the everybody else’s birthdays. I had some classes of swimming. It was a great experience because I learned the two basics styles: kroll and backstroke.

I downloaded music in Japanese of Ikimonogakari and Angela Aki. Also I saw the Taiwanese film “Formula 17”, a romantic and funny story. You have to see it.

I don’t remember other activities, so I say goodbye.

Fito