2009: a year of new challenges

The year 2009 was for me a year very different in all the years of my life. This year I went to the college and start to living on my own, alone, in Santiago. That was very difficult at the beginning because my family was always with me, all the time, in everything that I did, and start to live alone, have a dinner alone, cook and clean, pay bills, wake up! jaja that was all new for me. But the sadness wouldn't stay for so much time.. a month of living alone, my aunt came to stay for some days, and she is like my friend - sister and sometimes like my mom, so I asked her if she wanted to live with me and she said yes... I couldn't have been more happy, so we start to live together and we still living together till this day. The issue of college was another thing... Since I was in high school I wanted to study veterinary medicine in the University of Chile, and I spent two years trying to enter just to these college, and the results of the PSU were show up the 1rst of january of 2009.. that day was one of the best days of my life, because my family and I were so happy, and then quickly we traveled to Santiago to matriculate me. When I started the college I was afraid, because I didn´t meet anyone and I thought I was going to be alone.. but a month after I entered, I meet my friends and all the year I stay with them, till today. In the study, I was more than scared because I thought it's going to be very hard, but I start to study and then I started to go well. the worst of this year was that I missed so much my family, and that in the middle of the year my boyfriend broke up with me :( but a month after we broke, we came back :) jaja and now we still together. In summary, the year 2009 was a very good year for me, in almost every ways. But I hope this year could be even better ;)

Transantiago: the pros and cons

The truth is that for me, the transantiago has done a better means of transportation for people. While it's true, had once more driven and more locomotion than now, but the waiting time and location of the buses stop was far more uncertain. I think it's better now because it is much more organized and cleaner than before. even the appearance of a bus is better than the previous buses. before it was easier to take a bus anywhere on the street, but for that reason, the delay in reaching the target was much higher. if I remember correctly, the system transantiago began in 2007, and just this year I arrived in Santiago from another city to prepare me to take the psu, so I went through the toughest times of transantiago, but over time I started to notice the improvements. even the bus driver assaults decreased. however, if I had to make some changes, I think there were increase more guards, not just in "peak times", but in all times, to keep out people up without paying, or even put a guard inside the buses but in all routes to monitor functioning payment system. I say this because I noticed that there is only guards in some routes, but the rest, where there is no guards, the people have no respect and up without paying. another point that is worth mentioning is that of vendors. Today, vendors authorized to perform their jobs on the buses wear uniforms and credentials that certify that they are working. But what about the other people who are raised to sell any class of objects, food, drinks, utensils, among others? or those that are uploaded to sing or show their incurables diseases? the truth is that I find it quite unpleasant, because I think if it's a job then they should be serious and legally authorized to practice. but anyone can get on and say that have a cancer or an incurable evil disease that can't afford and needs money. Finally, although for some people transantiago brought more headaches than benefits, it is certainly: transantiago is here to stay, and is a better alternative to the subway at rush hours (around if it is really more terrible).