Today I’m going to talk about Chile 2010. Well, I’m sure that you all have a strong opinion about this subject, because now we’re celebrating Chile’s bicentennial year.
I should have to say that in my family, September 18th isn’t the great celebration of the year that is in others families. I don’t know why, but that’s the way it is. So I don’t really pay attention to that time, but this year I think it wasn’t possible to omit it. Just because it was the “bicentennial year” doesn’t mean that Chile is better or worse than every year before… Don’t you think so?
My opinion isn’t very kind or popular considering the “special year” where we are. I think that all the people make a lot for nothing. Is just another year, is just another September 18th. Well, obviously knowing that it was the 200 hundred birthday make a difference and makes people want to go back and describe what happens in this country. Things have changed, but that always have good and bad sides; if Chile wants to be a country more powerful and influential, it still needs a lot of progress. Okay, a lot of stuff is improving right now (like technologies or exporting), but at the same time million things are worse every time (global warming, traffics, public health, etc). Now, for this celebration we all kind of forget the bad things and I’m not sure if this is something good. We need to focus. It’s all right to be proud of the improvements that we have reached till this moment, but we also need to realize that not everything it’s fine and better than ever. If we only think about the good stuff, we all are going to lose the critic viewpoint that it’s really important in those matters. We need to help to improving this country, and also to continue with the good things that has (and Chile has good things, don’t get me wrong. I love to live here).
I can conclude that I don’t love this thing of “Chile’s bicentennial year”, but I’ll always be very proud of this country. Obviously there’s a reason why people of other countries came here to live, migrations are a matter that became really important lately. It’s just that I don’t believe in these types of celebrations. But in spite of this, I really enjoyed the extra holidays this year.
I also thought there was nothing special to celebrate and not only did I refuse to celebrate the bicentennial year, but I also travelled to Buenos Aires those days to get away from it all. I’ve never been the patriotic type, you know. (Let alone a pathetic flag-waver)
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Today I’m going to talk about Chile 2010. Well, I’m sure that you all have a strong opinion about this subject, because now we’re celebrating Chile’s bicentennial year. I should have to say that in my family, September 18th isn’t the great celebration of the year that is in other(/) families. I don’t know why, but that’s the way it is. So I don’t really pay attention to that time, but this year I think it wasn’t possible to IGNORE it. Just because it was the “bicentennial year” doesn’t mean that Chile is better or worse than ANY OTHER year before… Don’t you think so?
My opinion isn’t very kind or popular considering the “special year” we are LIVING. I think that all the people make a lot OF FUSS for nothing. IT Is just another year, (/) just another September 18th. Well, obviously knowing that it was the 200TH birthday makeS a difference and makes people want to go back and describe what happens in this country. Things have changed, but that always haS good and bad sides; if Chile wants to be a more powerful and influential country (WO), it still needs a lot of progress. Okay, a lot of stuff is improving right now (like technologies, or exporting), but at the same time millionS OF things are BECOMING worse every time (global warming, traffic, public health, etc).
Now, for this celebration we all kind of forget the bad things and I’m not sure if this is something good. We need to focus. It’s all right to be proud of the improvements that we have reached till this moment, but we also need to realize that not everything IS fine and better than ever. If we only think about the good ISSUES, we all are going to lose the criticAL viewpoint that IS really important in thEse matters. We need to help to improvE this country, and also to continue with the good things that IT has (and Chile has good things, don’t get me wrong. I love to live here).
I can conclude that/TU SUM UP I don’t love/BELIEVE IN/EMBRACE this thing CALLED “Chile’s bicentennial year”, but I’ll always be very proud of this country. Obviously there’s a reason why people of other countries came to live here (WO), migrations are a matter that HAS becOme really important lately. It’s just that I don’t believe in these types of celebrations. But in spite of this, I really enjoyed the extra holidays this year.