[A way to stay healthy]

I heard a few days ago in the news that 9 of 10 people practice some kind of sport regularly, and to be honest I’m in the group that doesn’t do much or any exercise. When I was at school I used to practice volleyball and soccer, but when I started university I stopped. When I played volleyball or soccer I used to feel great, I was more relaxed, I could concentrate a lot more, and be part of a team was something that I enjoyed it, and also by doing exercise I was taking care of my body and my health. That’s the good thing about practice a sport; you can have a healthy life by doing something that you like and is entertained.

I believe that sport should be important to everyone in our country, a priority to all of us, because as I said before is a way to stay healthy, to prevent some diseases like Hypertension, Diabetes and many more. People should do sport from a very young age and so they'll have the habit of doing it, that way people would not be as sedentary as it is today. One way to encourage doing sport could be doing free courses on sports facilities and inform people about the risks it brings not doing exercise or sports.

There's something funny in our country, among the most popular sports are soccer, tennis and in our national holiday the rodeo is very popular. I personally don’t think that rodeo can be taken as a sport; the truth is that I’m against to practice that “sport” and also against the way that they treat animals, I don’t think that is fair the treatment that the animals receive and I don’t think that is entertained go to see rodeo. I can’t think of another sport that I like less than the rodeo.

Someday, I would like that as a society we see that there are more sports than football and tennis and give the opportunity to another athletes to show what their doing and be part of it.

That’s it. See you in another publication.

Xoxo. Paula

[You should come to Santiago]

I don’t really know about what places should a foreign tourist visit in Santiago, because I don’t know the city very much, but about the places that I do know, I think they should go to visit the Santiago Cathedral because it’s a historical place, it’s the main church in our city. Also, they should visit La Moneda, because it’s the house of government, it’s where our president takes the decisions that involve all of us. A great place to visit is the Santa Lucía Hill or the San Cristóbal Hill. As for places to eat, they should definitely go to the Mercado Central, there they will find some of the best sea dishes in town.

This is my top 5 activities/places a foreign tourist should do:

1· Visit the centre of Santiago, there you can go to La Moneda, or visit Plaza de Armas, go to Santa Lucía Hill, the Mercado Central and lots of historical places. The centre of Santiago is an strategic area to go to this places because you can walk to get there in short time.
2· Visit Bellavista. It’s a nice neighbourhood, very lively, with lots of pubs where you can go to have a drink, eat something, and have a nice time with your friends.
3· Visit the National History Museum. There you can find information about our ancestors and also learn about pre-Columbian culture.
4· Visit the Metropolitan Park of Santiago. Is a beautiful place composed by San Cristóbal, Pirámide, Chacarillas y Bosque de Santiago Hills, with a forest of 400 hectare and at the top of San Cristóbal Hill there’s a statue of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception that has 49,21 feet, so is very impressive.
5· Visit La Chascona. It’s in Bellavista, and it was the house of one of our greatest poets of all time: Pablo Neruda.

That’s it. Hope you like the places that I mentioned.
See you at another publication. Xoxo.

[Music, music, music]

Music it's essential to me. I listen to music every day, when I'm at my house, when I take the bus, when I go to university... everywhere. I don't think there's anyone in this planet that doesn't like music.

I listen to all kinds like rock, pop and even reggaeton (but only when I go out to dance).I get my music by downloading it from internet, because it's a easy way of having it and I don't have to pay much (only the cost of using internet). A few years ago I used to buy cd's but not now cuz they're way too expensive. Another way of having my music but it's related with what I mentioned before it's to ask my friends send me songs to my mail. My internet it's very slow so most of the times my friends download the songs that I want and then they send it to me.

I follow lots of groups and singers. I really like Pearl Jam, when they came to Chile I went to their concert and it was great, it was my first concert and I couldn't believe that the group that I listened to every day was right there in front of me, it was awesome. Another groups and singers that I like are The Beatles, Coldplay, Kings of Leon, Incubus, Snow Patrol, Maroon 5, Backstreet Boys Chris Cornell, James Blunt, James Morrison, Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado and a few songs by Kanye West, Amy McDonald, Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga and much more.

I listen to music everytime, everywhere, except when I'm studying because I can't concentrate, I need silence and that no one interrupts me, cuz then it's hard for me to go back on what I was doing. And I don't listen to music when I'm sad, because I tend to listen to sad music and that makes me even sadder... although a happy song works to cheer me up sometimes. Music... I don't imagine my life without it. It fills my life, it brings me back some memories, it cheers me up. I don't know how to explain it, but music it's a big part of my life. There's always a song with wich you can relate it, and to hear those words sometimes it's just what you need.

That's it... see you in another publication.
xoxo. Paula

[For me... it works]

I think that the best thing that the Transantiago has it’s the Bip! Card because you don’t have to carry on you money to pay the bus, you just have to have money in your card, and another good thing it’s that the drivers now respect the buses stops (before they stopped wherever they wanted). The worst part it’s that at first (now not so much) there were few routs, so the buses were really crowded and people couldn’t take the bus to get to their houses or jobs, and another problem was that because the buses were crowded, more people started to use the subway instead of buses, so that system collapsed.

Before the Transantiago started, I didn’t use public transport a lot, because my school was at 5 blocks from my house and all of my friends lived near, so when I wanted to go far from my house my mom or dad used to take me wherever I wanted to go. Then, when the Transantiago started that same year I started to go to a preuniversitario, so I had to learn what bus I could take to get there, but that wasn’t really a problem, because the bus passed by near of my school and drove me right where I had to go. The same happened when I started university. I take a bus that pass two blocks from my house and it leaves me two blocks from university, so for that reason I like Transantiago.

I don’t think that I would do a big change in the Transantiago to make it more effective, maybe check if the routs are right and people are really using it, or do some new routs that work better. Maybe add a few routs to decongestion the subway would be a great idea.

See you in another publication.
xoxo. Paula

[Maybe one day...]

A country that I would like to visit one day is England. I don't know much about it but that's one of the reasons because I wanna go. By pictures I've seen and things I've read about England it seems an awesome country, with a lot of places you can visit like the Big Ben in London, or the London Eye Ferris (I've seen it in a lot of movies and it looks exciting).

Another reason because I wanna go... well there are two more reasons because I wanna go. First, I would like to visit Liverpool, I think it's one of the "must places you have to visit" when you are in England... It's where The Beatles were borned! so.. if you like really good music you HAVE to go there... one of the greatest band of all times started there. Also a lot of music that I listen to are artist from England, like James Blunt, Coldplay, James Morrison, Queen and others too. And the second reason because I would like to visit England is the possibility of going to Manchester and be able to see a Manchester United match. I like football a lot, and have the oportunity to witness a soccer match in the "Old Trafford" it would be like a dream.

I think I would like to study there, because I could learn a lot about other culture and other styles of life, I could learn more about my career but in a different way, with a different reality, and to meet new and interesting people that could show me all about their lifestyles and how is to live there.

That’s it. Maybe one day I could visit England.
See you in another publication.

xoxo.Paula