viernes, 25 de septiembre de 2009

riot riot riot!



Hi! here I am again, and today I'm really happy because is a free blog. The topic that we chose is music, and I will talk about a genre of music, but it is not to famous, The Riot grrrl.
Riot grrrl was a feminist punk movement that born on the 90's. This girls defied stereotypes of women, and in their songs they talk about topics like rape, domestic abuse, male dominance of the social hierarchy and female empowerment, from a veri radical point of view.
This movement was centered in Olympia, Washington, and the most important girl, and one of the founders, was Kathleen Hanna.
They always belived in the "Do-It-Yourself" methods, for example they maked fanzines and formed garage bands.
The music is really noisy, and everyone could play it, you did not have to know too much about music if you have something to say and protest about it.
Some bands of this movement were Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, L7, Excuse 17, Team Dresh, etc.
I listen to some of this bands, like Bikini Kill and L7. I enjoy this kind of music, not only because I like only the music, also I think that the lyrics talk about interesting topics.
I agree with gender equality, and I think music is a very powerful arm to protest and to make these ideas well known around the world.

Transantiago: before and after


Hi! Today the topic is not one of my favorite, but I have to do it anyway.
Transantiago is a very controversial theme, because some people think that this transport system is not working well since that it began.
I think transantigo have good and bad points like everything, and it will work better with the time, because is very very different compared with the old system. For example in previous system you have to pay with money, and in Transantiago you pay with a card called BIP!, you have to put some money in the card and then you can use it.

I think that a really good point of transantiago system is that you can do many combinations with buses and the subway and you only pay one of this.

Transantiago has improved since the beginning, because the frequency of the buses has increased, and because of that people waits less and the buses are not so full.

Before the start of transantiago I really like to use the subway, because was very fast and It wasn't very full, but when the transantiago began everybody start to use the subway and every moment, so now use the subway is really disgusting, it is to much hot, and people push you all the time, but it still being faster than buses.


viernes, 4 de septiembre de 2009

A country I would like to visit...


Today I'm going to talk about France, because I think that is a beautiful and interesting country, full of history and awsome places to visit.
In France I would like to visit the capital city. Paris is a very attractive city with museums like the Louvre, wich is a really beautiful building and also there are a huge collection of different styles and places of the world separated in eight departments, like the egyptian antiquities and the greek, etruscan and roman departments. Another cool museum that I would like to go is the Musée d'Orsay, cause is the best known for the extensive collection of impressionist pieces of painters like Monet, Degas, Renoir and Cezanne.
If you go to Paris you must go to the most famous building, the huge and touristic Eiffel Tower, and also you have to go to one of the most important monument, the arc de Triomphe, and a lot of another destinations like The Palace of the Versailles and the cathedral of Notre-Dame.
A point that I really like of this country is the language, because I think it sounds very beautiful and armonic, and I love he accent too.
I would like to live in France, cause is an exciting country with many interesting places to visit. Definately I will go some day.