jueves, 24 de septiembre de 2009

Transantiago


I don’t take buses usually because I drive a car, I either can say how was the system of buses before Transantiago System, because in that time my dad used to take me to the school. I use Transantiago eventualy since its implementation, but my experiencie had been awfu at the first timel! Some background I can give tell about it are that Transantiago is a public transport system born to improve the old yellow buses system in Santiago, it would be a big chance for everybody in the city for best, but despite of the great plan of the creators of this system it was a chaos. In the first day of operation only 1400 buses took to the streets, a 72% than the total of buses, the lack routes generated chaos in various parts of the capital, which continued in the days following, agglomeration, travel delays and widespread discomfort between cityzens, faillure in implementation of recovery rate system. When I was a user of this system I hated, buses was fulled I was always delayed and as secudary effect Underground became a jungle!! It was horrible! Today Transantiago is better than before there’re more routes, the system is more coordinated, there’re more buses, the frecuency is better and the system of recovery rates is working without any major problems.
Some things that I would like to change from this system is frequency of the buses It could be more regular and quality of the machines it could be better adapted for older people and handicapped people and that buses could have their own way on the streets.

jueves, 3 de septiembre de 2009

Favorite music


Actually I don’t have a specific favorite kind of music, I have a very diverse taste. I like classical music, rock music, dancing music, chill out music, blues, movie soundtracks, brazilian music, etc.

In classical music one of my favorite composer is Tchaikovsky, he is perfect! In relation with that, when I was younger I studied flute at the Conservatory of Universidad de Chile, I dreamt of becoming a good musician, but I quit, because I had to study something else, a traditional career. My favorite flute player was James Galway.

Well I love dancing all night long! So I like dancing music, regeatton, for example and also I like a little bit of electronic music. I love chillout music, New Age, piano instrumental songs played by Jim Brickman or Emile Pandolfi. It’s very relaxing, makes me think and calms me down. I love movie soundtracks too, some composers that I like are most are James Horner and Ennio Morricone, their music are very dramatic. In relation to rock music, I like progressive rock as Dream Theater, sometimes they sound quite heavy, but they are great musicians anyway, they’re very talented. Other singers that I like, I can mention Norah Jones, Eva Cassidy and Sarah MacLachlan.