The Soccer passion

In the last week we were in a country where the only thing that could to talk was about the match of national Chilean selection of soccer. Yes, we live in a South American and the soccer is one of the most important things for the people because is a space for emotions and chauvinism express (and socialize), but the situation of the Chilean soccer is very sad because although we like this sport and the most people play this game, we are very bad. Although we have the greatest generation of players, playing in Europe and other countries around the world, we still the bad results in a national selection level.

Why? I don’t believe in an only reason for explain this situation. Some people say “without Marcelo BIelsa, the national selection don’t play anything”, but this people forgive that when this DT spoke after one match (I don’t remember when and where, but I remember that Chile won), recognized that “thanks to god that the players don’t heard me in the game”. Other people say “the leaders of national soccer association are the responsible for the situation” forgetting that this people don’t play in the field.

Anyway, I think that this thing could be part of the problem, but I believe that the principal reason is the individualism (of the players) and that this translate in selfishness. For this some people request the Bielsa comeback, the return of authoritarianism for sort the player room.

The bicycle

During the holidays of 2011 I return to the old practice of riding a bike.  I bought a brand new hybrid bicycle that is a mixture between a mountain bike and racing bike. And I never thought that this objet will have such an important place of my life. In those holidays I travel around the “Region de los Lagos”. After that trip I used my bike to get every day to the university, and now I use it to go everywhere.

Now, I think that this city (Santiago) is not adequate for use the bike. Although some communes had built bike-paths, it’s a joke because they are planned as recreative paths for the familys on Sunday.  The main problem is that in Chile doesn´t exist a “bike culture”, so building good bike paths are not part of government plans. In the other side, bike riders are (most of them) careless, they don’t use appropriate equipment, and they ride in a reckless manner.  

But not everything is black, there are bike riders organizations which are fighting to develop a bike culture from inside the bikers to higher spheres of power. Although all this good attempt, this were not enough to save my bicycle of getting stolen.   

A country you'd like to visit...

I don’t think a lot about this, but if you ask me I will say I will like to Cuba. Why? Years ago, my father promised me that He and I will travel together to Cuba. Well, the years pass and He went to Cuba with his girlfriend and friends but without me. The funny thing about this is that every year He say to me “someday we could travel to Cuba” and I still waiting to go. Well, after this disappointment, I think that the only way for going to Cuba is without him.

I don’t know much about Cuba, but I will like to visit this country because two principal reasons: it’s a socialist country and due to it's tropical clime has wonderful beaches. I will like to be an entire evening just lying and drinking “Cuba libre”. And I don’t think that I can stand a tropical clime for a long time, so I won´t be studding or living in this country. I’m a man who enjoys the cold and winter rains despite I always catch a cold.