Hello!

It's a shiny brand new day! :P
Well, this is my last blog entry and for that I want to talk about a social issue that's happening in our country and in others: the environmental problem.

In general, this problem happens because the imbalance between the acts of the humans and the state of the environment. The issue is that the people, in their daily lives, do things that adversely affects the ecosystem. The worst thing here is that, most of them, don't really care about it.

In particular, one of the problems in Santiago is the lack of green areas that can supply the minimum trees that requires a person, that, according to WHO  declarations, are  9 m2 per capita. The central issue here is that there's a project that want to take down the Panul forest, and build there a condo. There's people, with power and money that wants to take away a green lung of the city and bring more people!

I think that, in part, is a perspective problem. Maybe the business men doesn't realise the problems that this is  going to give to the future generations; with this actions, they are putting in danger their environment. Right now, we can see the pollution and the breathing problems that came with it. The air here needs to get clean, and isn't going to help at all taking away more Santiago's trees

There's people of the area, helped by the ones that are involved in organizations about environment, they are concerned about the problem, so they're marching and trying to be listened by the government, so they can make a policy about it and help to a sustainable development.

This problem needs to be discussed, so all the people involved could have a overall benefit


See you later!

The good, the bad, the ugly

Hello!

Well…my spider-sense  tells me that you’re using the internet, right?

I think that internet is a very useful tool, in particular because I can communicate with my mother and so she knows how I am and if I need something…or just if we need to talk a little. Also  I use it for read comics, see drawings, play videogames and watch funny videos (most of them, about cats).  

I remember that, unlike teenagers and children today, I met the internet more gradually. When it came , we had another ways to talk with friends, to play games and to interact in classes. I think that, maybe, it wasn't a big shock. We learned, step by step, how to live with it. But the kids these days, they came and the world was already changed by the internet.

I think that... the internet, as any tool when it’s in another’s hands, may  change its original purpose.  You can see things like beautiful pictures, the injustice in others countries, movie trailers…or things like pornography, violent fights, gore pictures, etc. Even, it could happen that you have contact with some pedophile, in that case the tool as a form of communication is used for depraved purposes.  

The point about this, is that I'm not very sure if those kids around the web have the criteria to know what's good or bad for them.  

The job of the parents is not to ban they to see this or that, is to guide them, educate them, prepare them, so they know how it is around there and with what kind of things they may found. Maybe, that way, they could really know what's the good and the bad (and maybe the uglier) things that one could find when you're navigating. 

Well, that's all for today

See you later!

A lot of green, a lot of fun

Hi, everyone!

In this entry I’m going to tell you about the best holiday I’ve ever had :D

I went to Salta, an Argentinian city when I was 12 years old. We were like 8 people in that journey. There was my mom, my aunt,  the family of two friends of my mom, and myself.

We traveled in bus and we stayed in a hostel. The travel and the accommodation were bought with a  family package on the travel agency, so it was in our budget.  

I remember that the hostel was near a park, with a little lake and a lot of families went to it. Also, from the hostel,  you could walk about 10 blocks and reach the city center.  In the way, we sometimes stopped in a little coffe shop, and I loved asking for “submarinos” in breakfast. A submarino is a glass full of homemade chocolate milk with pieces of bitter chocolate in the bottom.  

One night we went to a restaurant, but I just remember the Boleadores Show, not what we ate!

Another thing we did was go by bus to San Lorenzo, where is a hydric reserve in the farm Las Costas. It had a lot of trees and birds; I’m  not use to see a hill with all that thickness, but I love it.  We walk along one part of the river, it was very clear and clean, then we lunch and finally wait for the bus pick us up.

Perhaps on of the memories more crisp of that trip was the cable car ride, when we’re going to the San Bernardo hill.  I had never been in one and it was very exciting! And the sight was very beautiful, because we did that trip in the afternoon.

That’s all for today, see you later!

"Highs and Lows of my neighbourhood"

Hello, people!

Today I'm going to talk about my neighbourhood in Arica. In specific, I live in the "pasaje Calicanto"

The highs about it: a bus pass near to the street , and it can get you to the hospital, the center or the beach, if you want to. Or even more important, go to the "Agropecuario"and buy your veggies for the week.
But if you want to buy something quickly, you can go to the "Feria Cabo Aroca", walking some blocks down the street.
Also, the block is a good place to ride on a bike, and  I love that! Or let your children play in the afternoon.

The lows are that, in the same street there is a Evangelical Church. Sometimes is problematic because when there's too much people, they leave their cars in the street and so they don't let pass the people. Even, one day, they were singing very loud..at 3 am!
Another thing is that some people who live close to the street, are drugs dealers. There is a corner that is very dangerous in the night.

Even with that, I love where I live, because I have my family there and a lot of memories about it! :)