Hobbies

Hello everyone, the topic of this task is: Hobbies, things that you like to do, that you really enjoy to do. For me it isn`t a very easy topic to talk about, because thinking about the things that I like to do, I don`t do it all the time. For example I really enjoy going to the cinema, but the last time that I saw a movie at the cinema was I dont know 4 months ago?
So thinking and thinking I`ve decided that my hobby is watching movies, not only at the cinema however at home on a dvd or on cable.
This hobby doesn`t cost a lot of money, because you can watch it on tv, or download a movie from the internet, and if you agree with the idea you can buy a “pirated movie” on dvd on the street. And if you are really an addict of watching movies it can take a lot of time, because a movie ussually lasts an hour and half so if you watch two movies in a row you will be in front of the tv about three hours.
I enjoy this particular hobby because watching movies I can connect with the feelings of the characters, also you learn a lot in a movies about the time period, and you can laugh a lot if you watch a comedy.
I usually watch movies alone, when I go to bed I turn on the tv and look for an interesting movie, but when I go to the cinema I go with others, like my sister or my boyfriend.
I`ve been doing this hobby all my life I think, I changed the cartoons for movies.
Well, talking about hobbies, I would like to do a new hobby and that is play tennis, I know that tennis is a sport, but if you practise for fun I think that it can be a hobby too.

TRANSANTIAGO >> BEFORE AND AFTER

Hello, today I`m going to talk about a really interesting topic for all the people that live in Chile, specifically in Santiago: Transantiago.

Transantiago is the new transport system of Santiago, Chile. Well, it is not so new, it started in 2007 I think, and its implementation caused a lot of problems for the people that use this way of transport every day to go to there work, schools, or universities.

After all the troubles that the implementation of this new transport system causes, I think that Transantiago is better than the old system for many reasons. First, thinking about the Transantiago drivers (called “Transantiago-operators”), this new system is so much safer than the other, because the operators only have to drive. But in the old system the driver was a driver and a cashier too, which was very dangerous for the driver who has to do both things at the same time. In addition to of the elimination of the double responsability of the driver (as a driver and a cashier) in the pre-Transantiago system,it is very important to mention the fact that the drivers don`t handle money any more, which means that it reduces the possibilities of being assaulted, something very common in the old system. Another benefit for the Transantiago drivers is the fact that now they have a constant salary, wich one doesn`t depend on the sale of tickets anymore.

Thinking about the passengers, I think that the Transantiago system is better than the other system too. Because now you know where is the bus stop for sure, the bus doesn`t stop in every corner anymore, or in the middle of the street.

My experience with this new system has been good. When the system started it was a little bit caotic, because the number of buses that I usually could use from my house reduce to half. But now I don`t have very big problems, only the low frequency of buses in the morning, at 7 am.

I think that the most important change in order to make the Transantiago more effective is to regulate the frequency of the buses, and it is something that needs to be regulated. It iIs not possible that people have to wait hours in the bus stop because the bus doesn`t pass, or it just doesn´t stop because it is full.