Transantiago, Before and after

Based on my own experience, Transantiago system has actually worked very well, however, I had little experience on the yellow buses system. I remember I had to take just two routes in that time; the 100 and 636. The buses were in a terrible state, with a lot of seats without their backs; in one word, the state of those buses was worse of the actual ones. However, I always had to take just one bus to go everyplace I wanted, and now I had to do a lot of combinations to reach my destination; in that sense, the past system was better and more “comfortable” (considering the poor condition of the buses).

When I started university I began to use the Transantiago more frequently; it was the first year it was implemented. I had to put on the crowd and the long wait for the bus to come. I had to get out of my house one and a half hour before the start of the class to arrive on time. In definitely those were the more stressing moments, and the worse ones of the period Transantiago has been set on motion. Now it only takes my one hour to get to the university, and in some hours the buses are not crowded at all. The waits had been reduced in a very significantly way.

In order to make it a more effective bus system, I think that to evaluate first the principal problem is the better way to do it. As I see it, currently the principal problem is the long waits on the bus stop. To solve this, I thing is necessary a system that involve a mayor number of buses and a schedule more accurate and of knowledge of everyone

A country I would like to visit

When I was a little boy the nature always call my attention. I liked to watch the T.V. programs of animals and exotics places surrounded by beautiful landscapes. I thought that see that things directly, without a screen in the middle, should be definitely an incredible experience.

In my youth I listen about a place call Galapagos Island, I heard that it was one of the places with the most biodiversity of the world, with an incredible number of endemic species. Although I listen that a very important scientist went there and uses the place, and the species on it, like and example of his theory of evolution: it was Charles Darwin.

Actually it’s not a country by itself but it’s formed by a number of islands, which constitute an archipelago; it’s located in front of the Ecuador coasts and is part of this country. It was declared a national park, mainly to maintain the conservation and to avoid the deterioration of the place. If I went there I would like to visit the main islands and watch and take pictures of all the animals, especially of the giant turtles and iguanas. Also I would like to go diving and see whales, swordfish, sea turtles and another species; I thought that it should be a very great experience.

My first term

In general the last term was a pretty good one. First of all it was the first semester of the specialization that I chose, that mean basically that the subjects that I took were of critical interest for my career, and also pretty interesting for myself. Luckily I passed everything and I didn't have to take the second exam.

We started to play football with a couple of friends in a more regular way in the weekends or every time we were able to. Those were the times that I felt relax and forgot about everything related with my studies. With my family organized a couple of football games between the young ones and the more adult ones; finally we ended in a tie (one win for each). In fact those were pretty entertained matches, however the more adult ones always ended up with a couple of oxygen tanks in their hands.

I began to play bass again with my old school band, following the kind of music that we played in our high school time. In that time we were a Slipknot tribute, in the last term we started to play some Mushroomhead songs. In there I was able to play with my new bass that my sister brought to me from his travel to my aunt's house in Los Angeles; it respond very well, with some very dark low notes, and clear high ones.