Choosing five questions...

1.- My opinion about the law for driving under influence of alcohol

I agree, because there are many accidents due to alcoholic drivers. Many people dies every day.  Many innocent people is still suffering due to accidents. Moreover, if you want to drink, give your keys to other. The drinkers should understand that is very dangerous to drive a vehicle under alcohol influence. Keep the alcoholic drinks far away when you don't have to come back to your home driving a vehicle.

2.- My opinion about Chilean television

I have no time to watch television. But when I have time i prefer a foreign TV show. Every time when i saw a Chilean show i could not find a good one. So I prefer to do zapping until i can found a good movie or a good show to watch. Within this topic, i enjoy the animals shows relate to nature.

3.- My Opinion about "barras bravas"

I went to the stadium to see a football match, i think, only one time. But today i would not go with my family to see a football match. The "barras bravas" is a serious problem, a real problem. In each match we can find fights, broken cars, homeowners hidden from offenders, and many, many violence. By other hand, we can find people asking for money, and if you don't want to give some money, your life is in danger. So in prefer to keep my family safe.

4.-  My opinion about teleworking

There are many job positions where is necessary to go, for example in places where it receives people. But, today, in many jobs, the possibility to work from home is not only real, it is a good choice, because there is no lost time due to transporting and the worker do their tasks more motivated. We can get connected through internet using several tools like Chat, IP telephony and so.And when we need to do a meeting, we can go to any virtual room and stay connected.

5.- My opinion about cloning

Uf, it's a very problematic topic for me. I 'm agree with investigation to find a cure for many diseases, but I'm not agree with cloning in order to get a copy of an other human or animal. Everybody is unique as an individual: thinks, understands, feels and so. It's morally questionable, at least. Maybe the science has no limits, but sometimes exceed its purposes.

Anwers for English Questions

About Kapsch

Past

1. When did you begin/start to work at Kapsch?
2. What was your first position?
3. Did you have any problems at the beginning?

Present:

1. What do you do at Kapsch?
2. How long do you work everyday?
3. How do you get to the office?
4. Describe a typical day at work?
5. What project are you working on at the moment?

Present Perfect

1. How long have you worked for Kapsch?
2. Have you ever travelled abroad?

Plans / dreams

1. What would you like to do in the future (at work)?
2. Would you like to make any changes about your job?

Past

I started to work at Kapsch on March, 2008. My first position was "software developer". I began solving from the easiest SdS (Requests) to more complex ones, time by time.

At the beginning, i tried to know the customer. He was a very, very, very complicated man. I tried to understand him, but now, fours years later, i can't understand yet.

First I though he hadn't receive the correct software support from us (Kapsch). But now, i believe he never will be satisfied, no matter what you are doing for him.

Present

Actually I 'm the "Project Manager" of the Costanera Norte Project.  My main responsibility is to perform the project on time and on budget, getting/giving the best from/to my team, and of course, reaching the satisfaction of the customer (if you read above, this never will happen).

My day begin early, at 6:30 or 7:00 in the morning. After I get up i take my breakfast. Then i "fly" (hehehe) in my car to the office, specially when i have English class. For the first four years, i worked hard from 9:00 to 20:00 or more every day. Now, i try to do my job within the original schedule: from 9:00 to 18:00.

A typical day at Kaspch begins reading important news, emails, and pending tasks from the previous day. Then I organize the job for the rest of the day, giving priority to all of the tasks. Of course, i have to respond to the customer calls or new requirements.

Present Perfect

I have worked for Kapsch during four years. They have been a very good years. I have learned a lot of new things. During the year of 2010, I did a postgraduate named "Leadership and work team". I returned to the university after many years.

In many times, Kapsch has told me "this year, maybe, you will go to other country". But i haven't traveled to other country. I hope this happen soon.

Plans/Dreams

Of course,  i would like to do many changes in my life, and, within my job position. I want to become a better person, more comprehensive and more happy. I want to get a more happy and motivated team. I wanna get a more satisfied customer. I don't know if i would to change the job position. Of course yes if there is more money. 

I want that everybody wants: be happy in everything I do.

The Kapsch Office

The Kapsch office is a half of the second floor of the "Pionero" building. It's divided into five clear sections: Operations, Engineering, Human resources, Boss office and meetings rooms. Of course, there are many rest rooms, and a kitchen too.

Most offices are similar to one another: there is a desk with a computer on it, a chair in each desk, the desks have the "L" shape. It's equipped with internet and phone lines. Beside the desk, there is a file cabinet where each of us stores our personal things.

There are two large meetings room, one of them equipped with LED TV & computer, the other have only a central table with chairs, phone line and a projector.

In the kitchen we can find coffee, sugar, hot & cool water, glasses and everything that is necessary for a comfortable day.

My own office:
The office where i work is a rectangular office with many wide windows. There are seven desks where seven workers can do their jobs. Everybody, belongs to the same project (CN project) are together. Most desks have the same "L" shape, and there are some of them with rectangular shape, of course, there are computers and telephones devices on each one.

The music I enjoy and love

Hi english class mates,

In this post we´re talking about the music that i love and enjoy. Unlike the most people, i don't like noise/loud music (to my hears) like hard rock, heavy metal, punk or even some disco music. I enjoy the quiet, soft, romantic, inspirational, instrumental, orchestral,  and acappella music.

For example, to spend a great moment with my wife, we hear romantic music from artists like Andrea Boccelli (bésame mucho: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPRESlT4Ccg&feature=fvsr, Can't help Falling in love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XdP7MlxYPo&feature=related). For relaxing, i prefers music from André Rieu (Haba Nagila: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFtv5qe5o3c).

I love the Andean music like "El cóndor pasa", "caminos" and so (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxVMNQo4HAM). Of course, one of the most favorite music in my house is "classic music". My son and my daughter enjoys it. Names like Vivaldi, Beethoven,  Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Bach, Mozart are very familiar in my house.

For other hand, i enjoy gospel music, specially acappella music (only voices, not instruments), like this: Take six (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFAubbdkmsQ), acappella quartet (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTqqSMzT8h8), king' s heralds (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOSWaJPC2yY, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuXYYpfAOgc&feature=related).

I prefers this kind of songs because i feel good. I have a quiet spirit and i enjoy soft music. I leave this song for you soul..(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J5FDu76Ei8&feature=related)

Bye.

Summer vacations

Hi again.
We are come back. Now we 're going to speak about vacations or holidays.

In my last vacations, i went to Caburgua lake, near to Villarica and Pucón cities. I spent a very relaxed time with my family. We rented a cottage near to the white beach, just fifty meters from the lake.

Our first activity of the day was to eat a vitalizing breakfast with fruits, seeds, milk, chocolate, and so. After that, we watched TV for one hour, every day, specially the kids. Then, we went to the lake to swim for two hours. Of course, the hungry arrive every day and we ate lunch. After a rest, we returned to the lake again, to spend hours of relaxed activities with the children.

We arrived to the lake by car. The trip took eleven hours. But, when we come back to Santiago, a strong earthquake occurred. The travel to return to Santiago took twenty two hours..was a horrible trip, specially for the kids.

But now we're here, returned to the work. So let's begin...

Cheers !!!

A country that I would like to visit

Hi. we're again writing in this blog. The topic for today is the country that i would like to visit and why.

There 're a lot of beautiful and interesting places and countries around the world. I think my country, Chile, is one of the most nice country. But thinking in other ones, i would like to visit Australia, because it's a continent-country and have thousands of possibilities or things to do, learn, enjoy, admire, live, practice, hear, and feel.

For example, the opera house theater, in Sydney. It's a building to admire and feel the music playing in it.

It's put in a place that gives the impression of being on the sea.

Australia has many others interesting things, like Coral Sea, Ashmore, Carter, Coco islands (Keeling)

One of the things I wouldn't like to know is the sea, due to the Medusa. Certainly, there 're safety places to swim,

but I prefer my dear and precious Pacific Ocean, here in Chile...

Speaking about animals, the most famous is the Kangaroo.

Maybe, one of the interesting thing in Australia is the language. They speak English, but with a different pronunciation. It's a good chance for me to practice it. 

G'day, mate..how are you, to-die? (pronounced "Good-die, mate..how are you, to die?) which means "Good-day, my friend...how are you doing today ?" (in BBC English) is how you'll often be greeted in Australia.... and it's not someone rudely asking how you are going to pass away.
Aaaahh....the refinements of Australian English or "Strine" as it is known. Australians also tend to speak with a rising intonation which makes their sentences sound like questions. So, please don't think you are always being questioned !

Australia is a very large country. You will have thousands of things to do. It's a pleasure to visit it: Sea, Land, Wild Life, beautiful places and more.

 

For this and without doubts,  more other features, Australia it's a very nice place to visit.

See you in the next blog

My Favorite web site

Now, I have to speak about my favorite web site.  I don't have a favorite web site at this time. Maybe due to a lot of work. Maybe, because i have not time to enjoy the internet.

Even so, i frequently visit several useful sites, like newspapers web sites (www.emol.com, www.lun.com, www.nytimes.com - to improve my english language ), or sites relates to online stores (www.falabella.com, www.paris.com, www.sodimac.com), or personal email site (gmail), or sites to post same pictures of my family (picasaweb.googles.com/marcelbe)

I wanna talk about this site. It seems like other pictures' site. But it's simple, clean, easy to use, intuitive, and easy to remember. I can post several pictures of my family on it. Share it with my family, friends, neighbors. I like this place because i can go back, traveling back through the time, and remember that beautiful epoch. I enjoy seeing these pictures.

Many pictures can be upload, download, sorted, arranged, searched, and, of course, enjoying. You can connect the computer to any other device, like Smart TV to see (in big) the pictures. It's a very useful and funny place for me.