September

In a few days more begins the month of September. In my country, Chile, is the month where we celebrate our national holiday. This year my country meets 203 years since independence.

Also, on September 11 will commemorate 40 years since the coup of 1973. This is a time to reflect and think about the events that led to a horrible dictatorship that began that day and lasted 17 years.

After that, on September 18 we celebrate our national holiday. There are many festivals throughout the city, the most famous in Santiago are the "FONDAS"  in O'Higgins Park. The Fondas are places where people go to dance, to drink "chicha", to eat pies, grilling, drinking beer and many other fun things.

Other people take advantage of the long weekend to visit their families or go out of town to the beach or countryside, for example.

This month, people feel very happy, because there are three days of holiday and a lot of people use all the week of national holiday to relax, be with family, or go to the Fondas

In my case, I will enjoy national holidays with my family and friends. With my family i will go out of town a few days. With my friends we will go to the Fondas or other places to have fun.

I think we should take advantage of these festivities and the few days off to have fun and stay with our families.

To dance “cueca”! To have fun! Viva Chile

How green are you?

Many people say they are friends of the environment, but really are "green"?
In my case, I will talk about my experience and how I'm friendly with the environment.
About recycling:  not all people understand the importance of recycling our things. Many times, we dump the garbage bin without separating everything. Recycling is the practice of separating the waste we throw away. For example separate the glass, cardboard and papers to which can then be used again.
Environmental practices are important to care for our planet. Not many people are educated about this issue.
But protecting the environment is not just recycling. The use of the bike or other means of transportation that do not pollute are also a good idea to save our environment. In my case, I walk every day and try not to use the car. In Santiago unfortunately many people do not leave the car at home and do not like going for a walk: (
I try to help the environment to recycle (a little) and avoid the use of the car. Also I don't smoke and I don't turn on the fireplace when there is environmental pollution.
The big problem is our society. Currently very few people have habits that help the environment. The government has slowly implemented public policies that help the environment and educate the public to care for the planet.
Our society needs to be aware regarding the care of the environment. It should leave the car at home, take a walk, ride a bike, subway or other means of transport that does not pollute. We also need more people to recycle their waste, to be more environmentally friendly

North Carolina: voter ID becomes law

Republican governor signs bill that requires photo evidence at polling booths, which critics say targets Democrat supporters

In North Carolina, the governor signed a law to require government-issued photo IDs at the polls and shorten early voting. That idea drew criticism from a leading civil rights organization and other groups.

Republicans lawmakers who backed the measure said it was meant to prevent voter fraud, which they allege is both rampant and undetected in North Carolina

North Carolina, a state with a past history of centrist politics, has drawn national attention since the Republican-led legislature that took power in 2010 pushed through the election law changes in the final days of the 2013 session.

The package would take effect in 2016. It requires voters to present government-issued photo IDs at the polls and shortens early voting by a week, from 17 days to 10

Other states with Republican-controlled legislatures have enacted similar voter identification requirements. Supporters say the measures are intended to restrict voter fraud. Opponents say they are calculated to suppress turnout by reliable Democratic constituencies who are less likely to have government-issued photo IDs.

The US attorney general, Eric Holder, had said in July that the US justice department would challenge a new voter identification law in Texas and suggested it was closely watching developments in North Carolina and other states.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/13/north-carolina-voter-id-law

On my future

Hi! now I will talk you about my future. But about this, i will talk in differents perspectives: Me and my job, me and my friends and me and my family.

All of things that i will to explain are my perspectives about my future, but nobody really knows what will happen with my expectations.

In relation to my job, i hope to work in a place where I can grow professionally and do what I really like, for example in a Ministery, a Public Service or a University.

Me and my friends in the future: i  hope to meet with them at least once a month and remember the things that we did before in college or elsewhere. I hope that in the future I can still see my friends and spend time with them.

My family: in the future I would like to continue having a good relationship with my parents and siblings. I hope to have my own family too, but I hope this happens in a really long time more.

All things what I said above is what I expect to happen and how I see myself in the future. But maybe in the future, unforeseen things happen and all that I expect to happen in the future could still be changes, maybe

No one has written your destiny

My best holidays

Hello everybody! Thank you for read my blog.
Now,I want to talk you about my best holidays, but is so hard to my choose a holiday in particular, because I think that all of they have any special.
So, in summer 2012, I traveled in car to the south of my country, Chile, in a trip with my parents and brothers. We started our trip in Santiago, and after that, we traveled to Pucon. In Pucon, we went in a tour on the city and other lakes and forests near of the city. I think that Pucon is any of most beautiful places in our country, because in this place we can go to a lot of nature reserves like  Volcan Villarica and Caburgua lake, for example, and we can do different sports like canopy, trekking or others excursions.
In general, the landscape of the south of Chile is amazing, like Pucon for example. But in that holidays, after of our visit to Pucon, we traveled to San Martin de los Andes, in the Argentinean Patagonia. San Martin is about 5 or 6 hours of Pucon, and the landscape is similar but not equal to the Chilean landscape. San Martin have a different climate, because in this place is normal the rain, the electric storm and the sun AT THE SAME TIME. That situation was so strange to me, but funny.
After of our visit to San Martin, we traveled   to Bariloche, at the south of San Martin. Really, Bariloche is a very big city. This city is in front of Nahuel Huapi Lake, and is a city so noise, with a lot of people everywhere. Sincerely, I think that San Martin is better than Bariloche.
Those were my best holidays, and I hope that the next holidays will be much better.

A country I would like to visit

Hi everybody!  In this post I want to talk you about a country I would like to visit. Firstly,  is so hard to me to take a decision  about this topic, because I like countries in different continents.

In Latin America, I like Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and some countries of Central America because I think that this countries has prepared to the arrival  of tourist, because in this countries  we can to find good hotels and restaurants and  lot of beach, for example.  In other countries of this region, like  Mexico or Peru, we can find old cities of ancient civilizations, like Incas or Aztecs. This countries are so interesting too.

In Europe, I like Italy, France, Spain or United Kingdom, because in this countries we can to find a lot of old  cities interesting like London, Paris or Rome.

The  previous countries are interesting because, in general, they are prepared to the tourism and they are a good countries to know with family and friends in the vacations, for example.

But, to  study, I prefer other countries like Canada, USA, France or UK because in this countries we can find the  best Universities of the world, like Harvard, Oxford, British Columbia  or others. In this context , I prefer   this countries to study when I finish my career  in the University of Chile.

Thank for read me!

My Introduction

Hi! My name is Maximiliano, but my friends call me Max because is most simple. I have 21 years old and I’m studying Public Administration at School of  government and public management of University of Chile. Currently I'm at the 4º   year in this career.
I like the topics as the public politics, the public management, the study of the government, the history and a little of philosophy. In 2 years more, I hope to graduate  
In my free times I try to practice any sport or to run into Santiago, also  sometimes  I practice swimming at  the swimming-pool of the University in Cal y Canto. Also, some weekends, I  like go to party  with my friends to have fun.
     
With this blog I hope to improve increasingly my level of English with each publication and I want to learn  about  this language.
Thank you for read  me.