miércoles, 28 de octubre de 2009

My free time

I think that people have not free time, because they must work on their jobs, work on their houses (doing homework, of course) and waste a lot of time moving to one place to another (moving by car or public transport) and the technology available maybe make work easier and faster… but now we are too dependent to technology.
We are too dependent to technology, to entertainment too, people seems to love wasting their time just playing on video games or watching T.V.
I have not too much free time in this season, because we are ending the second semester, and this is shorter than the first one, time run faster when you have too mucho to do.
This week, and the next three weeks, I must forgot what is free time, definitely. But generally I think that I have, no more than 4 hours at day, I have a lot of free time on weekends, if I have not much to study to the next week.
I usually use my free time, firstly, to sleep all that I want, and then, I rest watching some T.V., I love watch old movies and listen some music.
When there is not much to do, I use internet to chat with my friends, or play in facebook…I know that is a waste of time, but I love be a little bit idle once in a while.
I love jogging or make some exercise everyday, I like cooking with my mom, read something new about anything related with my career, all of this is part of my daily routine and how I use my free time.
When I have rest enough, I like go out with my friends, go for a movie, or go to a party, go out by myself and take some photos, but this happen just on weekends
If I had more free time, I would like take some courses, maybe belly dance, salsa or French, and learn to drive, but is to expensive, is not just that I have not time. If I have more free time I must visit to my grandmother more usually, spend more time with my parents and share a little bit with them.

miércoles, 14 de octubre de 2009

Parliament and free speech: The right to know

This article is very interesting, because talks about a situation similar to our own situation, free speech is based on “The bills of rigths” and it says that "Freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament".
I think that, in those cases when the parliament is elected by the citizens, it clearly a citizen right to be impeached or questioned when is not the representative opinion, when is not what most of the people wants. The case of Chile is like that, “supposedly”.
But, what we can do when the law forbid questioned whom represents us, even when their decisions go against what people need?
Maybe, the situation that this article describes, is more similar than our reality , more than we thought.
What happened about “The day after” pill?? Is the authority who decides even the most of the people is disagree.
All decision is able to be questioned, is the base of a State of Right, is the Free Speech consolidation.
The article mentions that British lawyers seem to have forgotten what people can do for defend their rights, and of course, the press too, because it exist the Press liberty, and the right to be well informed.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/14/parliament-free-speech-trafigura