Music and Lady Gaga

Hello Everyone! Today's subject is MUSIC. There are many kinds of music, so everyone has many options to choose.
With the advance of technology, new sounds and instruments have been included in music allowing the creation of new dancing styles and young alternative artists.
One of the most modern and controversial artists is Lady Gaga.
Lady GaGa is an american dance-pop singer and soundwritter, her real name is Steffani Joanna Germanotta, and her stage name was taken from the Queen song "Radio Ga-Ga". Her music influence is related to pop artists like Madonna, Cindy Lauper and the great Michael Jackson.
The world recognition of Lady Gaga started when she was working with hip-hop singer Akon, she was his songwritter and then he told her that she should start her own career as a musician.
Her first single was "Just Dance", a mix of pop and dance music. At first, I didn't like her music, I thought it was a bad mixing of sounds and my friends were singing this song all day, so I got tired of listening to Lady Gaga. But then, when she released her second single, "Poker Face", I couldn't stop listening to her music.
I've always had a fascination for music videos, the more odd and extravagant, the more i like them, and i think it's a good way to show the world new artists and new kinds of music. Lady Gaga is an expert of music videos, she wears fancy and expensive clothes, the locations and landscapes are awesome, she always has a perfect choreography for each video, so when you watch one of them you wish to be just like her and be in the same places with lots of money, it's like being in another world.
From the beggining of her career, there has been rumors about her sexual condition and many people said that she is an hermaphrodite, but all this doesn't matter because she's a great artist.

TRANSANTIAGO

Today's theme is TRANSANTIAGO.

"Transantiago" is the name of Santiago's public transport, it was created in 2005 and today it hasn't been completed. This new type of transport estrategy has a cooperation of Santiago's Subway. It's based on new routes, and also it has a new system, it's supposed to create less air pollution, wich I think it's a good and "greenfull" idea.

One of the most significant changes that came with the implementation of "Transantiago", was the BIP! Card; this is the new way to pay public transport and it works like this: you buy your BIP! card (for students it's called "Pase Escolar"), and you have to charge a minimun amount of money, for students $300 pesos, and for regular people $500, and the next step is just use it! In my opinion, I think it's an organized and a faster way of paying. Before "Transantiago" we used to pay with cash, so you had to wait for the busdriver to gave your change back, also you don't have to full your pockets or wallet with money just to pay public transport.

As you can see, all my comments at this moments have been good.. yes, I like Transantiago! It might be a controversial and crazy opinion, because most of the people doesn't like our actual way of transport.

Chilean people are used to criticize everything that's new. The first thing we do is look for all the bad things, but we never take the time to see the good aspects of an iniciative that's made for us.

I know we have to wait for more time (and even hours) to take the bus, i know the old busses were faster, and i know that many of them used to leave us out of our homes.

BUT, i also know this:

*Transantiago has allowed disable and handicapped people to use the bus. The old busses, used to have big steps and the access was very difficult, no weelchairs were allowed and there wasn't space for them.

* The old busses used to contaminate the air in a higher way than the new ones.

* Busdrivers have a fixed wage

* Old people and pregnant woman are being more respected, and there are special seats for them.

I could go on and write a long list of possitive and good points, but I guess I wrote more than 200 words.

And last but no least: I'm a short person, so my legs are also short and little, and to be honest I don't have too many sport skills,whatever! When I was 10 years old, i was going to my grandmother's house and when it came the time to get off the bus, I was going down those big steps, and the busdriver didn't wait for me, and he started to drive so.. I fell down the stairs, i injured my knees and elbows trying to keep my body balance, but when I was on the floor, I looked like Spiderman and of course everyone was laughing at me!

In conclusion, i had a traumatic experience, so i rather prefer to use Transantiago, than the old, trashy and ugly busses.

Bye!

A COUNTRY I WOULD LIKE TO VISIT

Hallo! =) Wie geht es dir?

If i had to choose a country, it would be Germany. I've always thought that Europe is the cradle of many important cultures, science and art, but Germany has something special.
My family is related to Germany in many aspects. My mother is half german and half chilean, her mother was born in Berlin and her dad was born in Chile.
In 1973, my dad was having big problems with Pinochet's government, and he escaped to Germany. He always tells me that it's a great country and that if i had the chanche to visit this place, i shouldn't think it twice. So i have many reasons to choose Germany as my favourite country for living, travel, etc. But this choice is not only made with my parents comments and experiences.
When you visit Germany is like living history in places where it really happened. Ruins, monuments, concentration camps, etc. In 2009, after 20, 50 or even 100 years ago, the places kept their essence and you can reconstruct history and be part of it.
Many important scientists, musicians, artists and world leaders were german, so i think it's good to be in the country where all the things we actually know and study were created.
I would like to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau, a concentration camp, it was the biggest extermination centre in the history of nazism. Also i would like to visit the ruins of Berlin Wall, and go to the Oktoberfest and drink lots of german beer.
And the last reason: i love the german language. I studied german last year, but i didn't have enought time for it and university, so i had to leave it. But i can say my name, my adress, etc. and if someday, i had to be alone in Germany, i wouldn't be so lost and confused. So maybe i could finish german in Germany and not in Chile, it would be a nice and unforgetable experience.
That's it, i guess i wrote more than 200 words =)

Auf wiedersehen!