Transantiago: before and after

Well, this is a very difficult subject because there are many points of views, however I’m going to talk about how I think and feel about this new system.
Firs of all the “yellow” busses weren’t great. I remember that when I had to go to school, I had to wake very early because all busses were full. That’s why I think that Transantiago is a better system then the old one. Although is necessary to emphasize, that exists two moments in this new system. Because when this system started, it wasn’t functional, I couldn’t even get in to the bus, it was chaotic. However, now my experience it’s very different, because I don’t have to wait more then five minutes to catch the bus, or try to get in for back doors. Now I can wait calm the bus, and if it comes full, I can wait for other because I have certainty that busses will arrive soon.

Well, if I could make some changes to this system, I will try to get better in infrastructure. Get more machines on the street, and try to eliminate all the old yellow busses that are still around the city. Other change might be the extension of the routes. With this we could try to get better the real problem now, the subway. That might be the real conflict in this new system.

A country I would like to visit

I would like to visit South Africa, because I think that it might be interesting know something absolutely different from my own country. I really don’t know much about this country, I mean I know some things that you can see on TV, like safaris, or maybe some tribes, but I don’t know anything in detail. Well, if I could stay there for a few months, maybe a year, it would be great because I might learn a lot about people who lives there. However, I don’t know if my discipline could be helpful there, and not because I don’t think that psychology is not important, but I think that maybe they could have some other needs, more important than psychology. I understand that this could result difficult to understand, but if people die every day for AIDS or hunger, maybe psychology could wait for a while.

South Africa has some many textures and worldviews that it is worth to go there with our ingenuity, and make an effort to apprehend all of them, all their culture, I mean, try to connect whit others wisdoms that here in Occident we have lost or sale in favor of a few oil barrels and U.S.A dollars.

Post 1 FIRST TERM: GOOD AND BAD POINTS OF 2009

Well, I think that my experiences during the first term of 2009 were very interesting. First of all, I’ve learned a lot about psychopathology, and how can I identify many abnormalities or difficulties in people’s personalities. Other things, or issues that I learned, was about neuroscience, and how the brain works and has and incredible participation in our behavior. If we talk about other activities, maybe I should mention my work in “pilates”, an sport that fortify your muscles, and keep your mind free during the exercise. Some other activities that I did during 2009, was practice some artistic activities in a Okupa-house, like to climb in sometime that looks like a rope, but it is sometime else, like a fabric material.
Some of the challenges that I faced involved my family, my sister, who leave the house to live alone with her boyfriend. It was hard at the beginning because some days I missed her a lot, but at the end things get better when I visited her.
Finally, I hope that the second part of this year it will be successful, and I hope that I can pass all my subjects to have a great end of the year, and start a renewed 2010.