Chile 2010:

What are your views on Chile's bicentennial year?

This year, our country was 200 years old. So, it was a big party in all the street and places. The people are more cheerful, and the government did culture progams everywhere. Every communes celebrate with diferents event, and for the 18th of september the people of our country drank chicha, terremotos, and ate empanadas and a lot od meat.

But... we are mature??? Does 200 years wise to the people???
I don't think so.
Have you look at the streets???
Have you listen our lenguaje??
Have you see the parks??


The people here thinks that were are the 'Europe' of America, thinks that were're the most advanced. But, are we???
The truth is that we are more incivilized of what we think.
Here, we don't know how to speak, and that is not for the wrong education (wel, in some cases yes), but mainly is cause the 'flaites' have taken the power of everything!!!!!!
Every time are more of them, it seems the new plage, cause is contagious. Maybe if they do something like read a book, and make a good music, or even just speak well! the problem won't be so bad.
But, in every corner thare ir one of them, and in the placed that they live, the normal people can walk, because they will be robe at least.
Besides, their aperiance, it's so akward. They pluck their eyebrows!!!!! and cut their hair like a regaetonstar, but ten thouthand worst!!! And the clothes, are so ugly (I know that is like a rascist opinion, but, I really hate them) I can't help it... It's like a new species, but not more advanced.
This plage is in every ages, from primary kids to the old guys. Is like a new culture without culture, cause the reggaeton isn't a culture for those who don't know.

Why??? why is that happening here?? why not in Europe... Because 200 years old are nothing!!!
When we are fighting with arrows, in England the people allready have subway.
The people in Europe knows that you have to read at least 1 book for month.
Or speak well, or don't throw the garbage in the streets, or appreciate the good music. Why???
Why that can't happend here???
Why people like Anita Alvarado sing a horrible song and hundred of stupid people buy the disc???
I don't know, but I really hope that in the next 200 years, the people in Chile change his way of thinking. I allready be dead, but, I'll be happy for my heritage.

(Don't think that I'm rascist please) xD

Books!

I remember that for my 11th birthday my mom gave me a little book called "The little Prince". I all ready knew that book, but only by name. It took to me a couple of month start to read it. When I finally read it, I felt great. I loved the book in all it's simplycity.

The years past. I was a teenager, when I knew my first boyfriend, who loved The Little Prince too, even more like me. So it was a very special connection, (besides the music), so in his birthday, like a present, I gave it to him the book with colour drawings (years later he got a tattoo of the little prince, weard jaja).

In the mindtime, I read book like "Rumble Fish" and "Outsiders", I loved too. Or "The Perfume". "The Hobbit" blow my head off, so I read the entire saga of Tolkien.
One summer, I was in Pichilemu, and I don't know why, I decide to brought a book called "Extraordinary Stories" of one guy called Edgar Allan Poe jajaja. I enjoy it so much his stories.

That was the last book that I remember I read, untill this year, when a important person (who the last year gave me the book "A Clockwork Orange") gave me this time a book called "Butterflies inclosed in my" by Poldy Bird.
I don't knew what the book was about, neither him, but, when I started to read it, I just cry. It took me 2 days to finish the book, and I felt that return my love for the reading.

Since that day, I come back to intereted in books. Every time that I go to the Persa, I try to get a new book. (The last time I bought a new "Little Prince" again).

Now the book that I want is Trainspotting, by Irwin Welsh, but isn't in simply persa, it's in a bookstore. So, when I have money, I definitely buy it.

GreenEyes

-Where do people learn about enviromentally friendly practices?
There is some tv programs, in most cases, kids programs. The government has programms to teach the people to care and keep safe the enviorentment. And I hope that in every city hall there are too.

- Have you incorported recycling into your habits? Describe
Yes, my mom for example, has a dump for the garbage of the kitchen, and has another to the papers and cartons, or anything like plastic or something like that. And I put the dead batteries in a sac.

- Do you use a bike or your legs instead of a car?
Both, but usually, because of time (cause I always late) I have to use the public transport. In my day off, I like to ride a bike in my neighborhood, to visit a friend or something like that. I don't know how to drive a car, I prefer to walk, especially if is a nice day.

- Have you joined or supported any eco-organisations? Why/Why not?
No, because I'm to lazy for that. And I don't have the time. I've joined for facebook in some stuff, but that doesn't help anyone. It's a stupid think that facebook could change anything, but, I show my moral respect.

- What else have you done /would you like to do?
Emm, I'm really lazy for things that need initiative, like workshops or organizations of anything. If I could vote for something that brings help to the environment, I'll do it. If a have to pic up some trash in the street, I'll do it (I really do that). If I go to some park, I put the garbage together for later put it in a dump. And I don't release the garbage in the street. (That is so "flaite") jajaja

- What have you done to reduce your carbon footprint?
Nothing, I don't know that something could be done about it. But now that I know, I could plant some vegetable in my backyard (like my grandma'). Maybe if the governments legalize the marihuana probably it will be so many oxygen in the world.

- What's missing in our society/Santiago regarding this issue?
A real awareness about this problem. Maybe it doesn't affect us now, but with certainty, our childrens or grandchildren will be affected.