Saturday, April 16, 2016

Antara Kau dan Aku

Marilah bicara empat mata antara aku dan engkau wahai kawan, tanyakan pada hati nurani kita masing-masing tentang persamaan yang dimiliki yang ada pada diri ini sebagai makhluk Tuhan. Organ tubuh yang sama, oksigen yang dihirup, tempat tinggal yang sama yaitu bumi, di bawah sinar matahari yang sama, galaksi tempat tata surya yang sama yaitu galaksi bimasakti, pelindung yang sama yaitu atmosfer, sama-sama butuh akan air yang menjadi hal vital dalam kehidupan ini. Mencari persamaan tersebut bertujuan agar tidak memandang rendah antara satu suku bangsa dan yang lain, tidak ada yang lebih tinggi derajatnya antara sesama makluk ciptaan Tuhan (selain derajat ketakwaan). Sehingga jika warna kulit membuat orang saling membenci, tutur kata atau bahasa menjadi alasan saling bermusuhan, perbedaan negara sehingga saling menyerang, beda agama sehingga saling menuduh teroris, dsb. Hal ini tidak akan terjadi manakala rasa kasih sayang itu muncul dalam diri sebagai hamba Tuhan yang memiliki kedudukan rendah di hadapan-Nya.
Tanda-tanda alam semesta ini membuktikan manusia memiliki ketergantungan satu sama lain, ketergantungan juga dengan alam sekitar. Misalnya saja, kita hilangkan kepedulian dalam membuang sampah, hilangkan kesadaran dalam menjaga lingkungan hijau, sampai dampak terburuknya lapisan ozon ataupun atmosfer yang melindungi bumi berlubang maka ancaman jatuhnya benda langit ke bumi akan berdampak besar karena lubang ozon yang sudah menganga lebar, yang rugi bukan manusia di negara tertentu namun seluruh umat manusia yang tinggal dan mendiami bumi.
Jika mampu merangkul dan menggandeng saudara kita, tidak menjadi egois maka keharmonisan itu bisa tercapai. Adilkah ketika ingin mewujudkan perdamaian dunia, tiba-tiba negara adikuasa menginvansi negara lain dengan seenaknya dengan tujuan keserakahan pribadi negara tersebut? Mereka berbuat demikian dengan dalih menegakkan perdamaian dan keamanan dunia serta menumpas teroris. Cara yang mereka gunakan tidak lebih sadis dari teroris itu sendiri bahkan dampaknya hingga generasi kedepan penerus negara tersebut hilang total (aspek pendidikan dan kesejahteraan serta psikologis anak-anak terancam), ambil contoh ikut campur tangannya Amerika serikat di negara Irak yang hingga kini negera tersebut belum berjalan seperti sedia kala semenjak runtuhnya Sadam Hussein.
Kekonyolan terjadi manakala mengatasnamakan hak asasi manusia hanya untuk membela dan melindungi minoritas sebuah etnis di suatu wilayah. Justru etnis tersebut di negara asalnya semena-mena (di negara sendiri) terhadap kaum tertentu. Ambil contoh adalah negara Cina yang melarang peribadatan kaum muslim di negara tersebut, mereka melarang dikumandangkannya adzan, pembangunan masjid, dan segala seluk beluk terkait peribadatan umat Islam (informasi terbaru 2 pekan ini). Sedangkan contohnya di Indonesia, etnis Cina ini mengaku minoritas namun menguasai ekonomi, di sisi lain menggunakan senjata hak asasi manusia manakala kepentingannya terdesak atau kepentingan politiknya terancam padahal diawal berdirinya Negera Indonesia (mohon maaf) peran etnis cina dalam mengusir penjajahan Belanda dan Jepang tidak besar kalau boleh dibilang nol, kebanyakan yang berperan adalah pahlawan pribumi dan sebagian besar pejuang muslim (kebanyakan santri-santri) yang berada di pelosok daerah-daerah.

Mengaitkan pokok pikiran dari alinea diatas dengan kondisi terkini, yang intinya adalah saat ini adanya sosok tokoh Jakarta yang pendatang kemudian sewenang-wenang di lingkungan mayoritas muslim (baca: tidak adil) dan arogan, membuat tidak bisa ditahannya emosi ini karena secara historis si tokoh tersebut belum pernah menyumbang apapun terkait kepahlawanan (jasanya) dalam membangun Jakarta khususnya, dia hanya numpang lewat, melalui tokoh pendahulunya sewaktu masih jadi gubernur DKI, yang sekarang menjadi presiden.
Standar ganda dalam mengatasnamakan HAM ketika tersudut (terpojok) namun diam seribu bahasa manakala terjadi pembantaian (pembunuhan massal) sekelompok penganut agama di Afrika, kalangan aktivis HAM tersebut bungkam 1000 bahasa. Seakan-akan HAM hanya berlaku untuk mereka dan khusus pengecualian buat seorang muslim, artinya penindasan HAM itu sah-sah saja jika korbannya adalah muslim. Bahkan intel di negara ini juga ikut-ikutan kasar dan seenaknya tanpa belas kasihan menindas beberapa muslim yang dianggap (baru tersangka) teroris (baca: kasus Siyono). Apakah tidak membaca sejarah, mereka itu ya? Banyak dari para syuhada (pejuang muslim) yang telah mempertaruhkan segalanya demi ibu pertiwi ini dalam mengusir penjajah dan menghantarkan pada pintu gerbang kemerdekaan, kalau boleh jujur mereka para pembenci Islam itu sebetulnya tahu. Namun kenapa masih mengkambing hitamkan Islam? Oke, don't worry, sejarah membuktikan dan akan terus terbukti bahwa agama Islam ini akan dijaga oleh Allah swt, meskipun dilakukan makar untuk menghancurkan dan menyurutkan pemeluknya. Apa yang terjadi jika yang diperlakukan seperti ini adalah agama selain Islam, mungkin sudah hilang nama dan pemeluknya di muka bumi (saya bukan fanatik). Karena memang bahwa Islam datangnya dari Allah swt yang membawa keberkahan bagi semesta alam. Memberikan keselamatan dan kesejahteraan bagi pemeluknya, ini adalah arti dari kata Islam sendiri jika diterjemahkan bebas kedalam bahasa Indonesia. Berbahagialah kawanku jika anda seorang muslim karena Allah swt ridho terhadap diri kita. Banggalah menjadi muslim dan banggalah menjalankan syariatnya. Semangat ber-islam.. Mari pelajari lagu bernafaskan nilai-nilai kemanusiaan, dimana nilai kemanusiaan itu hanya bagian kecil dari ajaran Islam. Berikut lagunya; (title : You and I, by Irfan Makki):

You & I, We are the same  we win and lose in the game of life...
You & I, We seek the truth looking for the signs in the universe...
In this journey... We are companions struggling
through life towards our Way...
CHORUS
Why should a mother cry...
Why should a wife see her  husband die...
Oooh tell me why do we have to fight...
Why don't we try just you and I...
Ooh why don't we try...
You & I, We love our land protect our home against any harm
You & I, Dream of a day when everybody will live in peace...
In this journey... We are companions  struggling through life towards our way...
                Why should a mother cry...
                Why should a wife see her  husband die...
                Oooh tell me why do we have to fight...
                Why don't we try just you and I...
                Ooh why don't we try...
Throughout history so many senseless wars
Yet we never learn, we're building  borders around us
But we still have a chance to heal our wounded world
Let's get rid of hatred and see each other as we really are
Before it's to  late, who knows what tomorrow may bring
But without  justice there's no way that peace can exist

Dapatkan file mp3 nya dengan mengunduh link di bawah ini:
1. You and I - Irfan Makki Mp3 (3.86 Mb)
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  15. When I was 2nd grade of senior high school, my friends and I went to Bali. We were there for three days. I had many impressive experiences during the vacation.

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  17. Corruption
    Thesis
    Do you know what the meaning of corruption is? What is the relation between money and corruption? Well, corruption is common everywhere in the world, even in the United States. It’s just a matter of intensity. However, it is quite shocking when one reliable survey claims Jakarta as the most corrupt place in Indonesia.
    Argument 1
    The survey has made me sad, actually, because I stay and earn a living here in the capital. As most people know, Tanjung Priok port smuggling is not a new thing at all. Entrepreneurs who want to minimize their tax payments tend to do such a thing more often. They even bribe the officials.
    Argument 2
    Well, I think the measures taken so far to overcome the problem by punishing the corruptors is still not far enough. We have to prevent the younger generations from getting a bad mentality caused by corruption.
    Recommendation
    I believe we should start at the earliest stages in school and I think everyone should be involved in the effort to eradicate corruption. We must not make any distinction.
    Where should you be after High School?
    The National examination result will be publicly enounced in next short time. Euphoria will flood for those who get success. In the other hand, It will be sorry to hear that there are some of them do not succeed in their national final examination. For those who succeed soon will think to decide; where will they be after graduating high school? Actually it will be easy to decide for those has been arranged and thought earlier but for those have not planed yet, it will be quite confusing.
    Continuing study or looking for work is the primary choice among them. When they think about continuing study, they will think hard about the time and cost. How long the higher study will last? And how high is about the cost. In the same way, when they think about straightly seeking job, what skill and competence they have got is a big matter of questioning. So, doing both choices in the same time is an alternative.
    Continuing study as well as seeking job is possibly done but it will be hard for them. Conventionally studying in the university needs much time to spend especially in the first year. It is true because they have to do and adapt a lot of things in their new higher school. it will be very hard to looking for job. Therefore it should come to their mind of continuing studying at higher school from their own home. As result, the available time will be more flexible for them. Then it will be very possible to seek job and get the appropriate one. This type of studying is publicly known as distance learning.
    As the alternative method of studying, besides the conventional studying which students and the lecturer have to meet in the fixed time and place regularly, distance learning provides possibility to grow better. Possibly working and studying surely will create high quality graduate. Distance learning should appear as a considerable choice for them.

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    The Importance of Reading
    I personally think that reading is a very important activity in our life. Why do I say so?
    Firstly, by reading we can get a lot of knowledge about many things in the world such as Science, technology, sports, arts, culture, etc written in either books, magazine, newspaper, etc.
    Secondly, by reading we can get a lot of news and information about something happening in any parts of the world which can we see directly.
    Another reason, reading can give us pleasure too. When we are tired, we read books, novel, comic, newspaper or magazine on the entertainment column such as comedy, short story, quiz, etc. To make us relaxed.
    The last, reading can also take us to other parts of the world. By reading a book about Irian Jaya we may feel we’re really sitting in the jungles not at home in our rooms.
    From the facts above, it’s obvious that everyone needs to read to get knowledge, information and also entertainment. Or in summary we can say reading is truly important in our life.
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    Watch your Kids While Watching TV
    Television becomes one of the most important devices which takes place in almost houses. It can unite all members of the family as well as separate them. However, is it important to know what your kids are watching? The answer is, of course, absolutely "Yes" and that should be done by all parents. Television can expose things you have tried to protect the children from, especially violence, pornography, consumerism and so on.
    Recently, a study demonstrated that spending too much time on watching TV during the day or at bedtime often cause bed-time disruption, stress, and short sleep duration.
    Another research found that there is a significant relationship between the amount of time spent for watching television during adolescence and early adulthood, and the possibility of being aggressive.
    Meanwhile, many studies have identified a relationship between kids who watch TV a lot and being inactive and overweight.
    Considering some facts mentioning above, protect your children with the following tips:
    • Limit television viewing to one-two hours each day
    • Do not allow your children to have a TV set in their own bedrooms
    • Review the rating of TV shows which your children watch
    Watch television with your children and discuss what is happening in the show
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    Internet for students
    Nowadays, in modern era, I think internet is very important for students.
    As we all know internet has many function for supporting our life. They are, first, it gives us various information, news, knowledge etc. Students can search anything or something from internet. Take for example, they search about education, entertainment, knowledge etc that is in the world.
    Second, they can add their friends in all countries in the world by internet. Chatting, e-mail, facebook, twitter, interpals are some examples of internet facility to have many friends. Besides, they can share, communicate, discuss and so on.
    From my arguments above, as student, we should use internet facility well to get knowledge, friends, information etc.
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    Watching TV
    Thesis:
    Is it important to know what your kids are watching? Of course it is. Television can expose your children to things that you have tried to protect them from, especially violence, drug abuse, etc.
    Argument 1:

    One study demonstrated that watching too much TV during the day or at bedtime often causes bedtime resistance, sleep onset delay and anxiety around sleep, followed by shortened sleep duration.
    Argument 2:
    Another study found a significant association between the amount of time spent watching television during adolescence and early adulthood, and the like hood of subsequent aggressive acts against others.
    Argument 3:
    Meanwhile, many studies have found an association between kids watching a lot of TV, being inactive and overweight.
    Recommendation:
    Considering some facts above, protect your children with some following tips:
    Limit television viewing to 1-2 hours each day.
    Do not allow your children to have a TV set in their bedrooms.
    Review the ratings of TV shows that your children watch.
    Watch television with your children and discuss what is happening during the show.

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    Monitoring Kids While Watching TV
    Television becomes one of the most important devices which takes place in almost houses. It can unite all members of the family as well as separate them. However, is it important to know what your kids are watching? The answer is, of course, absolutely “Yes” and that should be done by all parents. Television can expose things you have tried to protect the children from, especially violence, pornography, consumerism and so on.
    Recently, a study demonstrated that spending too much time on watching TV during the day or at bedtime often cause bed-time disruption, stress, and short sleep duration.
    Another research found that there is a significant relationship between the amount of time spent for watching television during adolescence and early adulthood, and the possibility of being aggressive.
    Meanwhile, many studies have identified a relationship between kids who watch TV a lot and being inactive and overweight.
    Considering some facts mentioning above, protect your children with the following tips:
    1. Limit television viewing to one-two hours each day
    2. Do not allow your children to have a TV set in their own bedrooms
    3. Review the rating of TV shows which your children watch
    4. Watch television with your children and discuss what is happening in the show
    Television Should be for Social Construction
    Television is today a part of daily life. It is not only a source of entertainment but also news and information. television is also a valuable tool for science, education and industry
    What makes television even more interesting is that action is accompanied by sound, so that we can see as well as hear what on the television. Today we can stay at home and enjoy entertainment that once could be seen only in cinema, theaters and sport arenas. Television enables to meet important people. It can bring important guests and important scene to receivers who are located anywhere.
    Television has a great influence on our idea about what is right and what is wrong. It influences the way which we should behave. Television has close related to our life in general. Some times the value and life style we get from television are in conflict with those that we get at home and school.
    Critics point out that crime and TV show often appeal to taste for violence, while many games and quizzes appeal to greedy. it is important to suggest that television should be used for socially constructive purpose for the shake of better life.

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    Smoking is a bad habit in our lives”. As we know smoking is one part of the daily activities of the majority of Indonesian society. most smokers know the dangers of smoking but they never tried to stop smoking. Because that, we as the younger generation must be convinced that smoking is bad habits in life. Smoking is a bad habit because of three factors, among others:1. Contain poison substances2. causing diseases such as cancer.3. expensive. The first factor of smoking is bad habit is contain poison substance. we should not consume cigarettes because it is not good for health. I’m sure you know there are many substances in cigarette smoke is dangerous. For the example, nicotine substance.. That substance is very dangerous and can cause various diseases. not only dangerous for smoker, it is also dangerous for us if we near the smoker. so if there is a smoker near you. Say to him or her for stubbed him/ her cigarette for a moment with good polite.
    Never Try Smoking
    A lot of people, especially teenagers, who do not smoke, always want to try smoking. They know it is bad for them and all, but it is just something they want to try. So they ask one of their smoker friends for a cigarette. Admittedly, they firstly can not light it on their own so they ask his friend to do it. Then they inhale that cigarette and smoke occasionally.
    Apparently that makes them the born smokers. Now they do smoke fairly regularly. They can not avoid smoking and they enjoy too. They have smoker friends. Everyday they bring a pack in their pocket. For them, a pack of cigarette is as important as a wallet for their money.
    Suddenly, for certain reason, they realize the fact that tobacco is the cause of a long list of nasty diseases. It is not only heart disease, stroke, and chronic lung disease but also bladder, lung, and pancreatic cancer. Even it was reported that around 400,000 Americans died each year. It was one every 80 seconds from tobacco-related illnesses.
    Then they decide it is stupid to harm selves. They want to quit smoking. Unfortunately, they find that quitting smoking is so difficult. “Why can’t I stop smoking? I really want to stop it”. It is hard to quit because nicotine is powerfully addictive. Cigarette is one of the most efficient drug-delivery devices ever devised. As result, when people try to quit smoking, they often experience classic nicotine withdrawal symptoms such as anxiety, irritability, headache, depression, and restlessness.Well, still want to try smoke? Think the facts before trying! If you are not smoker, you should never and never try to smoke.

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    Never Try Smoking
    example of hortatory exposition text
    Never try smoking as example of hortatory exposition text
    A lot of people, especially teenagers, who do not smoke, always want to try smoking. They know it is bad for them and all, but it is just something they want to try. So they ask one of their smoker friends for a cigarette. Admittedly, they firstly can not light it on their own so they ask his friend to do it. Then they inhale that cigarette and smoke occasionally.
    Apparently that makes them the born smokers. Now they do smoke fairly regularly. They can not avoid smoking and they enjoy too. They have smoker friends. Everyday they bring a pack in their pocket. For them, a pack of cigarette is as important as a wallet for their money.
    Suddenly, for certain reason, they realize the fact that tobacco is the cause of a long list of nasty diseases. It is not only heart disease, stroke, and chronic lung disease but also bladder, lung, and pancreatic cancer. Even it was reported that around 400,000 Americans died each year. It was one every 80 seconds from tobacco-related illnesses.
    Then they decide it is stupid to harm selves. They want to quit smoking. Unfortunately, they find that quitting smoking is so difficult. “Why can’t I stop smoking? I really want to stop it”. It is hard to quit because nicotine is powerfully addictive. Cigarette is one of the most efficient drug-delivery devices ever devised. As result, when people try to quit smoking, they often experience classic nicotine withdrawal symptoms such as anxiety, irritability, headache, depression, and restlessness.
    Well, still want to try smoke? Think the facts before trying! If you are not smoker, you should never and never try to smoke.
    How To Use The Internet Should Be Required
    In this age of technology all students in the Montana University System should be required to learn Internet use, and there should be a course to teach it as a core requirement.
    The first reason is going to school in the twenty-first century almost all classes require some computer use. Every time you go to the library at M.S.U.C.O.T, you need to know how to go online as there are very few books anymore, and almost everything is on the Web.
    Following that when you go to find a job, more and more companies are using computers. It’s getting almost impossible to find a job that dosen’t require computer skills of some sort. One of the big things is communications within the company. Most companies use electronic communications of some sort, such as e-mail or memos on line.

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    Even the jobs people used to think of as unskilled labors such as a mechanic are using computers. All cars built today have a computer built into them. The mechanic uses it to figure out what’s wrong with your car, then a lot of time they go online to find out the beat way to fix it faster, saving time and money.
    Some people might say that the courses that need to have computer skills have them built into them, but I say we should get a jump on the future and have all students learn the internet. If people don’t learn it, they will fall behind in the job market and in life.
    Importance of Speaking English – Contoh Hortatory Text

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    Speak English! – Hortatory exposition
    English nowadays has an important role in our daily life. It is the massive means of communication. Is there a strong argument which says that English will not give any benefit?

    Learning to speak English well may be the best way to improve our life. It seems all the people in the world have agreed to use English to talk to each other. About 1,500,000,000 people in the world speak English. While another 1,000,000,000 are still learning English.

    If we can communicate in English, we can contact people from all over the world. We can talk about our ideas and opinions on Internet discussion groups. We can chat with other interesting people to learn about their life and culture.

    If we can communicate in English, we can travel more easily. English is spoken in more than 100 countries. If we lost, we can ask directions or ask for help. Who knows, English will save our life somewhere someday.

    That is why we should make every effort possible to find somebody to speak with. Where can we find people who can speak English with us? We can find them at school, shopping mall, tourist destination, etc.

    Above all, don’t be afraid to speak English. We must try to speak, even if we make mistakes. We cannot learn without mistakes. So, speak English as much as possible! How to do that? Below is the simple tips to practice speaking English
    1. Find friends to practice speaking English. They are:
    2. If you are too shy to speak English with friends, try to stand in front of a mirror. You will see yourself then it’s time to speak with yourself
    3. If speaking to yourself is still hard to do, then just simply speaking English loudly. Don’t think to whom, just easily speak up. It is easy, isn’t it?
    Use English! Example of Hortatory Text in English

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    Example of hortatory exposition about using English
    No matter how many your books, it is not much help, unless you use it
    Many of us are dismayed about the quality of our education, which is not commensurate with the high cost spent on school fees. It is way below our expectations if we compare our graduates with those who studied overseas, especially concerning the mastery of English.
    It is important to know that most of employments require competence in English, for office work and correspondence. Government officials, speakers, writers and observers use a lot of English.


    Then the important thing is to use English as a medium in schools so that we can compete with graduates from abroad. All students have studied English since they are in junior high school. Even some of them had been introduced with English when they were in elementary school. However, lots of graduates have less English skills. Learning English is difficult but it is more difficult to customize us with it
    Then it will be beneficial to have TV films in English like in Singapore. It will help to increase our graduates’ competence in English.
    Should not Bring Mobile Phone to School – Long Example Hortatory Text

    Example of hortatory text about cellphone
    No phone sign – Should you bring to school?
    Recently most people own mobile phone. Why does mobile phone user increase dramatically in recent years? First, the feature and functions has increased. Mobile phone is not used just for calling, but sending text, taking pictures, recording videos, accessing internet, playing games and much more. Second, mobile phone has also become a lot cheaper. Now this communication device does not only fill the pocket of adult but also teenager and student. Even a lot phones are intentionally designed to teenaged market. However should they be allowed to bring them to school?
    Many schools do not allow students to bring cell phones to school. It is very reasonable because bringing phone to school potentially disrupts the learning process. Most students use cell phones irresponsibly. They use cell phones to talk to their friend during class time. They also use the calculator and camera features in the class as well. Those potentially lead less concentration in the time of learning and teaching process.
    Students go to school to learn and behave fair way. Mobile phones provide a large temptation to cheat in tests. They can communicate to anyone and almost anywhere in the world. Because of the small size of the cell phone, students can send a text quietly and discreetly. The text can go unnoticed anywhere to get help on answering tests, homework, and other class assignment. Learning in school is to behave fair not cheating.

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    Therefore, schools should ban students from bringing their cell phones. However it should be done fairly. In case of an emergency some student need a call for help, providing easy access to phone is better.
    Woman Needs Higher Education
    contoh hortatory exposition dan cara membacanya education for woman
    Text Hortatory – Woman Reading book: Flickr
    In this modern era, there are still some parents who are reluctant about sending their daughter to college. Such narrow attitude shown to woman higher education is largely due to the traditional role of woman in society. A woman is expected just to be a wife and a mother most parents believe that if their daughter gets married and chooses to be a housewife, then the higher education will be a waste. However an educated woman does not only make a better wife but also contribute better thing to the large society.
    Nowadays more women are successfully combining their career and marriage. Educated women are richer both emotionally and financially. They are able to find an outlet for monotonous drudgery of their housekeeping. They bring more satisfaction and contentment to their lives.
    Depriving girl of higher education is crash discrimination. Time has changed. Modern society need the talents of its people regardless of gender. Today women work alongside men. In fact, in the last few decades women have made outstanding contributions to society.


    Woman should be given the freedom to be educated whether they get married or go to work after finishing their education because it is only through education that a woman will find herself useful and discover what she wants in life. A woman who work is not an insult to her husband. Conversely, her husband should feel proud of her achievement since marriage is actually an equal partnership. Therefore, parents should not think that girls should receive less education just because they will get marriage one day.
    Let’s Make City Clean and Fresh – Contoh Hortatory Exposition

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    contoh hortatory exposition public awereness
    Clean City as Hortatory Exposition


    A clean and fresh city will surely make the inhabitants healthy. Every morning especially in dry season, all roads must be watered with clean water and swept by the workers of the regional government under the Major’s instruction.
    To keep the people from heavy pollution caused by cars, trucks and motorcycles, enough trees must be planted along all roads. Every building or house in the city must be surrounded short and small trees which bear colorful flower.
    Bad and improper habits which cause disadvantages, bad smell and dangerous diseases to people such as smoking and throwing rubbish anywhere should be stopped at once.
    The major of each city will have to think over the way how to educate people, so that they realize on how important cleanliness and health are for their own sake. Building more public lavatories at every busy place is very badly needed.
    It will be wise if the Major decides a certain amount of fine to be paid by those who disobey the government regulation on cleanliness matter. A man who urinate not at lavatory, smoke not at smoking room or throw rubbish at the roads should be fined for instance. Besides dirtying the environment with cigarettes’ butts, smoking will also cause pollution and lungs disease to other people.
    So bad habits and impolite attitude should be immediately stopped, otherwise the city will be dirty, unhealthy badly polluted and will never attract foreign or domestic tourist

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    CONTOH SPOOF TEXT : ABSENCE
    Joe's Mother got angry because her son got a low mark on English test.
    "Why did you get such a low mark on that test?" Asked mother angrily. Asked by his angry mother, Joe just kept silent and went out.
    A few moment, Joe came back home and met his mother again. His mother asked the same question.
    Joe answered steadily, "Because of absence."
    "You mean you were absent on the day of the test?" Mother wondered.
    Joe replied, "No, but the kid who sits next to me was."
    CONTOH SPOOF TEXT : SAM TING WONG
    Jacky Wong got married with Lia Wong. Both of them had a white skin and straight hair. They are really a well-matched couple.
    One year later, Wong family got a new baby. A nurse brought them a son with curly hair and a black skin.
    The nurse congratulated and said, "What name will you give to this son?"
    With a confused face, Jacky Wong grumbled, "Sam Ting Wong!"
    Sumber ENGLISHINDO.COM Referensi Belajar Bahasa Inggris Online: http://www.englishindo.com/2012/04/spoof-text-penjelasan-contoh.html#ixzz4645NYhMh
    Talk To The Wall
    Orientation
    Someday in noon, there was a man named Gilang where occupied at his working in the workplace. He was writing all the information on the table to his reports for one month from now meeting.
    (Suatu hari di siang hari, terdapat seorang pria bernama Gilang dimana ia sedang sibuk dengan pekerjaannya di dalam kantor. Dia sedang mengetik semua data laporan diatas meja tuk rapat bulan depan.)
    Event
    He has a secretary named Berti, and request that her go to his room. "Berti, I require your assist, please with going to my room?!" "alright" she addressed and came.
    "It would be ideal if you make the databases of the of hardware which is softened up this month, and offer it to me?!" "Yes sir"
    (Dia memiliki seorang sekertaris bernama Berti, ia memintanya datang keruangannya. “Berti, aku butuh bantuanmu, tolong dating keruanganku?! “Ok” jawab Berti.
    (“tolong buatkanku database dariperalatan yang rusakbulanini, danberikankesayadatanya?! “Baik pak”)

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    Twist
    Following one working day passed she didn't make it yet. Gilang was getting furious and said "It is one and only paper database of hardware, yet you had not done it yet." She didn't answer anything, Gilang was getting irate and furious. "Berti I am conversing with you, on the off chance that you didn't comprehend what I mean converse with the divider!"
    Gilang went, and following 10 minutes went to the can, all of a sudden he stunned that Berti conversed with the divider alone.
    "What are you doing?" "Conversed with the divider like what you asked!" she reply.
    Gilang was astounded " Oh my gosh, I implied that in the event that I conversed with you, you need to reply, not keep quiet and I said conversed with the divider which means you make me insane on the grounds that I talked alone without answer!"
    (Setelah seharian bekerja Berti belum membuat database nya.Gilang menjadi marah dan berkata “Itu hanya 1 halaman database, tetapi kamu belum menyelesaikannya. Berti tidak menjawab. Gilang semakin marah.“Berti saya sedang bicara kepadamu, jika kamu tidak mengerti, bicara pada tembok!”)
    (Gilang pergi, dan 10 menit kemudian dia pergi ke toilet, tiba-tiba dia terkejut melihat Berti berbicara sendir idengan tembok.)
    (“Apa yang kamu lakukan?”“Ngomong sama tembok seperti perintahmu!”Jawab Berti.)
    (Gilangh sangat terheran - heran dan diam “Aduhh, maksud saya, kamu harus menjawab kalau saya Tanya, jangan diam saja dan bicara sama tembok seperti yang kamu lakukan, saya kesal dengan kamu!”
    The Necklace
    Mathilde Loisel was one of those pretty and charming girls born,and she let herself be married off to a little clerk in the Ministry of Education. One evening her husband came home with a large envelope in his hand, an invitation card:
    “The Minister of Education and Madame Ramponneau request the pleasure of the company of Monsieur and Madame Loisel at the Ministry on the evening of Monday, January the 18th.”
    Instead of being delighted, she flung the invitation petulantly across the table, murmuring. “Why, darling, I thought you’d be happy. You never go out, and this is a great occasion.” She looked at him out of furious eyes, and said impatiently: “And what do you suppose I am to wear at such a party?”
    Her husband had not thought about it. But soon he had bright idea and exclaimed “Why don’t you go and see Madame Forestier and ask her to lend you some jewels. ” She uttered a cry of delight. “That’s true. I never thought of it.”

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    Next day she went to see her friend. Madame Forestier went to her dressing-table, took and opened a large box. Her heart began to beat covetously. She discovered a superb diamond necklace. Her hands trembled as she lifted it. She fastened it round her neck, upon her high dress, and remained in ecstasy at sight of herself.
    The day of the party arrived. She was the prettiest woman present, elegant, graceful, smiling, and quite above herself with happiness. All the men stared at her, inquired her name, and asked to be introduced to her. She left the party about four o’clock in the morning. Arriving at home, She took off the clothes. But suddenly she uttered a cry. The necklace was no longer round her neck. So her husband returned to the party to find the necklace but he had found nothing. His face lined and pale. “You must write to your friend,” he said, “and tell her that you’ve broken the clasp of her necklace and are getting it mended. That will give us time to work and get money to replace the necklace”
    She came to know the heavy work. She washed the plates, dirty linen, the shirts and dish-cloths, and hung them out to dry on a string. Every morning she took the dustbin down into the street and carried up the water, stopping on each landing to get her breath. She went to the fruiterer, to the grocer, to the butcher, a basket on her arm, haggling, insulted, fighting for every wretched halfpenny of her money. While her husband worked in the evenings at putting straight a merchant’s accounts, and often at night he did copying at twopence-halfpenny a page. This life lasted ten years and they had enough money to to buy and replace the necklace.
    She went to meet Madame Forestier.
    “You remember the diamond necklace you lent me?. Actually I lost it”
    “How could you? Why, Well, you meet me to return the necklace now?”
    “Yes, I bring you another necklace just like it. And for the last ten years we have been working hard for it. You realise it wasn’t easy for us; we had no money. Well, it’s paid for at last, and I’m glad indeed.
    Madame Forestier smiled in proud and innocent happiness. She deeply moved and said;
    “Oh, my poor Mathilde! But mine was imitation. It was only worth at five hundred francs!”
    Source: This example of spoof text is simplified from: eastoftheweb

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    Horseman In The Sky
    Carter Druse was born in Virginia. He was a southerner. When the United States was divided by a terrible civil war, Carter decided to join the Union Army of the north.
    He told his father about his decision to join the north army. His father looked deep into his son’s eyes. “Carter, No matter what happens, be sure you always do what you think is your duty.”
    One sunny afternoon, Carter was sent to guard. It was his duty to be sure that no enemy soldier spied on. Suddenly, he saw a man on horseback standing on the huge rocky cliff. He held a gun in his right hand, and the horse’s reins in the other. Unavoidably, Carter pointed his gun. Carter was calm as he pulled the trigger.
    Soon after firing his gun, Carter was joined by a Union sergeant. “Did you fire?” The sergeant whispered.
    “Yes.”
    “At what?” The sergeant continued.
    “A horse”
    “Was there anyone on the horse?” The sergeant asked again.
    “Yes.”
    “Who? ” The sergeant kept asking.
    “My father.”
    Note: This example of ironic spoof text is summarized from Ambrose Bierce’s A Horseman in the Sky
    Relating to the structure used above, can you get the point? Where is the twisting ending located in the story? This is the ironic twist of the story.
    Behind The Zoo Job Story
    One day a clown was visiting the zoo and attempted to earn some money by making a street performance. He acted and mimed perfectly some animal acts. As soon as he started to drive a crowd, a zoo keeper grabbed him and dragged him into his office. The zoo keeper explained to the clown that the zoo’s most popular gorilla had died suddenly and the keeper was fear that attendance at the zoo would fall off. So he offered the clown a job to dress up as the gorilla until the zoo could get another one. The clown accepted this great opportunity.
    So the next morning the clown put on the gorilla suit and entered the cage before the crowd came. He felt that it was a great job. He could sleep all he wanted, played and made fun of people and he drove bigger crowds than he ever did as a clown. He pretended the gorilla successfully.
    However, eventually the crowds were tired of him for just swinging on tires. He began to notice that the people were paying more attention to the lion in the next cage. Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience, he decided to make a spectacular performance. He climbed to the top of his cage, crawled across a partition, and dangled from the top to the lion’s cage. Of course, this made the lion furious, but the crowd people loved it.

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    At the end of the day the zoo keeper came and gave him a raise for being such a good attraction. Well, this went on for some time, he kept taunting the lion, the audience crowd grew a larger, and his salary kept going up. Then one terrible day happened. When he was dangling over the furious lion, he slipped and fell into the lion cage. The clown was really in big terrible situation. He was terrified.
    Sooner the lion gathered itself and prepared to pounce. The clown was so scared. He could do nothing and he began to run round and round the cage with the lion close and closer behind. Finally, the lion could catch him. The clown started screaming and yelling, “Help me, help me!”, but the lion was quick and pounces. The clown soon found himself flat on his back looking up at the angry lion and suddenly he heard a voice from the lion’s mouth;”Shut up you idiot! Do you want to get us both fired?”.
    Menarik sekali bukan membaca contoh text spoof bahasa Inggris? disamping kita bisa belajar bahasa Inggris itu sendiri, kita juga bisa merasa senang, tersenyum, sekaligus merasa terkeco dengan keahlian penulis memilih plot cerita nya. That is the power of twist in any spoof texts.
    Source: This text sample is re-written and simplified from www.onlyfunnystories.com
    Honey, What’s For Supper?
    An elderly gentleman of 85 feared his wife was getting hard of hearing. So one day he called her doctor to make an appointment to have her hearing checked. The Doctor made an appointment for a hearing test in two weeks, and meanwhile there’s a simple informal test the husband could do to give the doctor some idea of the state of her problem.
    “Here’s what you do,” said the doctor. “Start out about 40 feet away from her, and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not, go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response.”
    That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he’s in the living room. He says to himself, “I’m about 40 feet away, let’s see what happens.” Then in a normal tone he asks, “Honey, what’s for supper?”
    No response.
    So the husband moved to the other end of the room, about 30 feet from his wife and repeats, “Honey, what’s for supper?”
    Still no response.

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    Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife and asks, “Honey, what’s for supper?”
    Again he gets no response.
    So he walks up to the kitchen door, only 10 feet away. “Honey, what’s for supper?”

    Again there is no response.
    So he walks right up behind her. “Honey, what’s for supper?”
    “Damn it Earl, for the fifth time, CHICKEN!”
    Begitulah cerita lucu dalam cerita bahasa Inggris. Model penceritaan dalam contoh cerita singkat diatas disebut sebagai teks spoof ketika belejar bahasa Inggris bagi ank-ank sekolha menengah di banyak wilayah Asia termasuk Indonesia.
    The Perfect Husband?
    Several men are in the locker room of a golf club. A cell phone on a bench rings and a man engages the hands-free speaker function and begins to talk. Everyone else in the room stops to listen.
    MAN: “Hello”
    WOMAN: “Honey, it’s me. Are you at the club?”
    MAN: “Yes”
    WOMAN: “I’m at the mall now and found this beautiful leather coat. It’s
    only $1,000. Is it OK if I buy it?”
    MAN: “Sure, go ahead if you like it that much.”
    WOMAN: “I also stopped by the Mercedes dealership and saw the new 2007
    models. I saw one I really liked.”
    MAN: “How much?”
    WOMAN: “$80,000.”
    MAN: “OK, but for that price I want it with all the options.”
    WOMAN: “Great! Oh, and one more thing. The house we wanted last year is back on the market. They’re asking $950,000.”
    MAN: “Well, then go ahead and give them an offer, but just offer $900,000.”
    WOMAN: “OK. I’ll see you later! I love you!”
    MAN: “Bye, I love you, too.”
    The man hangs up. The other men in the locker room are looking at him in astonishment. Then he smiles and asks: “Anyone know whose phone is???!!!”
    Note: This example of spoof is taken from: www.cleanjoke.com/humor/The-Perfect-Husband.html

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    Time to go to School
    Early one morning, a mother went in to wake up her son. “Wake up, son. It’s time to go to school!”
    “But why, Mom? I don’t want to go.”
    “Give me two reasons why you don’t want to go.”
    “Well, the kids hate me for one, and the teachers hate me, too!”
    “Oh, that’s no reason not to go to school. Come on now and get ready.”
    “Give me two reasons why I should go to school.”
    “Well, for one, you’re 52 years old. And for another, you’re the Principal!”
    Source: Taken from: www.rd.com/
    Goat Jumping into Deep Hole
    Two men were walking through the woods and come across a very big deep hole. “Wow…that looks deep.” One replied,”Sure does… toss a few pebbles in there and we will see how deep this hole is.” Then they pick up a few pebbles and throw them in and wait… no noise “Geeez. That is really deep… here.. throw one of these great big rocks down there. Those should make a noise.” After that, they pick up a couple football-sized rocks and toss them into the hole and wait… and wait. but no noise they heard.
    Wow.. They were really impressed with how deep hole it was. They look at each other in amazement. One gets a determined look on his face and says, “Hey…over here in the weeds, there’s a railroad tie. Help me carry it over here. When we toss railroad tie in this hole, it’s must make some noise.”
    The two men drag the heavy tie over to the hole and heave it in. But, not a sound comes from the hole. Suddenly, out of the nearby woods, a goat appears, running like the wind. It rushes toward the two men, then right past them, running as fast as its legs will carry it. Suddenly it leaps in the air and into the hole. The goat disappeared into the deep hole.
    The two men are astonished with what they’ve just seen. How could a goat jump into the hole? Then, not long after that, out of the woods comes a farmer. He seemed to seek something and asked to the two men, “Hey two guys… have you seen my goat out here?”
    Feeling amazing with what they saw of a goat jumping to the hole, they answer straightly,”You bet we did! Craziest thing I’ve ever seen! A goat came running like crazy and just jumped into this hole!”
    The farmer thought a moment and said, “That could not have been my goat. Because my goat was chained to a railroad tie.” Then he left the two men.

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    When Abu Ali Counted his Donkeys
    One day Abu Ali went to the fair, and bought nine donkeys. He rode home on one of them the rest of the donkeys followed behind.
    After a while Abu Ali said to himself, “I must make sure all my donkeys are here.” And he turned round to count them.
    “One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Oh! Where’s number nine?” Abu Ali cried.
    He jumped down from his donkey. He looked behind the rocks and behind the trees. But there was no donkey to be seen.
    “I’ll count them again,” Abu Ali said. “One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. Oh, he must have come back.” So Abu Ali climbed back on to the donkey and trotted away.
    After a while he counted his donkeys again. He counted only eight! Once more he looked behind the rocks and behind the trees. But there was no donkey to be seen.
    “I will count again,” he said, and this time there were nine. Just then Abu Ali saw his friend Musa walking along the road. “Musa,” he called. “Help me to count my donkeys. I keep losing one. When I stop to count I have only eight, but when I get down looking for the ninth, there he is again!”
    “Well, I can see ten donkeys, Abu Ali,” laughed Musa. “And the tenth donkey’s name is Abu Ali”Loving Money Too Much
    There was a man who liked money very much. He worked all of his life and wanted to save all of his money for his own future. He was a real miser when it came to his money. He loved money more than just about anything.
    Even, just before he died, he said to his wife; “Now listen, when I die, I want you to take all my money and place it in the casket with me. I wanna take my money to the afterlife.” So he asked his wife to promise him with all her heart that when he died, she would put all the money in the casket with him.
    Well, one day, he really died. Then he was stretched out in the casket. The wife was sitting there in black clothes next to her closest friend. When they finished the ceremony, just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife said “Wait just a minute!”
    She had a box in her hands. She came over with the box and placed it in the casket. After that the undertakers locked the casket down and rolled it away. Not long after that, her friend said, “I hope you were not crazy enough to put all that money in the casket.”
    The wife turned to her friend and replied; “Yes, because I have promised.” Then she continued; “I can’t lie. I promised him that I was going to put that money in that casket with him.” Feeling shocked, her friend said; “You mean that you have put every cent of his money in the casket with him?” Then the wife answered; “Surely I did. I got it all together, put all the money into my account and I just wrote him a check.”
    Source: Re-written from www.onlyfunnystories.com

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    The Phone is Off
    Soon after he left college, Dave found one of his uncles who was very rich and had no children of his own died and left him a lot of money, so he decided to set up his own real estate agency.
    Dave found a nice office. He bought some new furniture and moved in. he had only been there for e few hours when he heard someone coming toward the door of his office.
    “It must be my first customer” Dave thought. He quickly picked up the telephone and pretended to be very busy answering an important call from someone in New York who wanted to buy a big and expensive house in the country.
    The man knocked at the door while this was going on. He came in and waited politely for Dave to finish his conversation on the phone. Then the man said to Dave; “I am from the telephone company and I was sent here to connect your telephone”
    The Boss and The Trainee
    A Man joined a big Multi National Company as a trainee. On his first day he dialed the pantry and shouted into the phone, “Get me a coffee quickly!”
    The voice from the other side responded, “You fool you’ve dialed the wrong extension! Do you know who you’re talking to, dumbo?”
    No”, replied the trainee.
    “It’s the Managing Director of the company, you fool!”
    The man shouted back, “And do you know who YOU are talking to, you fool?”
    “No”, replied the Managing Director. “Thats Good!”, replied the trainee and put down the phone!
    Private Conversation
    Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good seat. The play was very interesting.
    I did not enjoy it. A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me. They were talking very loudly.I got very angry. I could not hear the actors. I turned around. I looked at the man and the young woman angrily. They did not pay any attention.
    In the end, I could not bear it. I turned around again. “I could not hear a word” I said angrily.“It’s none of your business” the young man said rudely. “This is a private conversation”
    Source: This funny story is taken from: English New Concept

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  45. SPOOF FIRST
    A mother mouse and baby mouse are walking along, when all of a sudden, a cat attacks them. The mother mouse screams, “BRAK!” and the cat runs away. “see?” says the mother mouse to her baby. “now do you see why it’s important to learn a foreign language?
    SPOOF SECOND
    So you know, I’ve been taking kungfu classes lately. I must say, they are great. Teach you how to be as powerful as a tiger, as quick as a monkey, as smart as a dragon. Why just the other day, some guys came up to me with a knife and asked money. So I turned into a chicken and ran!
    Spoof Third
    School Daze
    It was the end of the school year, and a kindergarten teacher was receiving gifts from her students.
    The florist’s son handed her a gift. She shook it, held it overhead, and said, “I bet I know what it is. Flowers” “That’s right,” the boy said, “But how did you know?” “Oh, just a wild guest,” she said. The next pupil was the candy shop owner’s daughter. The teacher held her gift overhead, shook it and said, “I bet I can guess what it is. A box of sweets.” “that’s right, but how do you know?” asked the girl. “oh, just a lucky guess,” said the teacher.
    The next gift was from the son of liquor store owner. The teacher held the package overhead, but it was leaking. She touched a drop of the leakage with her finger and licked it. “is it wine?” she asked. “No” the boy replied with some excitement. The teacher repeated the process, taking a larger drop of the leakage to her tongue. “Is it champagne?” “No” the boy replied with more excitement. The teacher took one more taste before declaring, “Ok, I give up, what is it”
    With great happiness, the boy replied, “It’s a puppy!”
    Licked = pass the tongue over the finger to taste food or drink
    Liquor =alcoholic drink
    Leaking =the liquid that gets out from a place
    Okay, student. Listen to me. I have a good story. The story is about a boy named Michael. He was ten years old. He was not a very good pupil. Why? Because he didn’t like doing his homework. What did he like then? Oh, he liked playing in his leisure time. He liked football very much. Do you know why he didn’t like doing homework? Because he always made a lot of mistakes when he did it.
    Well, one day, his mathematics teacher looked at Michael’s homework and found that all his homework was correct. Wow, that’s a good job! Of course students, the teacher was very pleased and surprised. So, he called Michael to his office and said to him, “Michael, you’re got all your homework right this time. You’re doing great. Well done, Michael. Did your father help you?”
    “No, sir” Michael said, “Usually my father did it for me. But last night he was very busy. He had a meeting. So, he couldn’t do my homework. Then, I had to do it by myself.”
    (adapted from: intermediate reading comprehension, L.G. Alexander)

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    Green, Pink, and Yellow
    Can you name the colors in English? Yes, you’re right. Blue, red, yellow, and so on. By the way, I have a funny story about the colors. Do you want to hear it? Okay, listen to me carefully.
    One day, an English teacher explaining about color to his students.
    After he had finished explaining, he asked his student. “Who can make a sentence using the words green, pink, and yellow?”
    James the smart student in the class, quickly hold up his hand and answered, “When the yellow morning Sun comes, I see a beautiful, girl wearing a pink blouse walking through the green grass.”
    “Excellent! James, you are very good student.” Praised the teacher.
    “me, me Sir.” Johny, the naughtiest student in the class said while raising his hand. And then he said, “I heard the telephone ringing green, …. Green, then I pink up the receiver and I said, “Yellow, who’s speaking there?
    (Taken from: C’n S magazine 2003)
    New Baby
    A woman is sitting at home entertaining her parents who have come around to congratulate her on the birth of their first grandchild.
    “Son, when can we see the baby?” asks the grandmother.
    “In a little while,” replies the mother.
    Some time passes. The grandparents are looking quite anxious at this point.
    “So, when can we see the baby?” asks the grandfather.
    “When the baby starts crying,” replies the mother.
    The grandparents turn to look at each other, a little perpelexed and ask, “Why do we have to wait until she starts crying?!”
    The mother snaps back, “Because I put her down somewhere this morning and I can’t remember where she is!”
    Magic Mirror
    So there are three girls: an ugly redhead, a fat brunette, and a dumb blonde.
    The three girls are at a historical inn. They stop to take a tour. The innkeeper showed them a mirror. He said that if you tell a lie in front of it, you disappear.
    The ugly redhead goes up to the mirror and says, “I think I’m pretty” and POOF! She disappears.
    Then the fat brunette goes up to the mirror and says “I think I’m slim” and POOF! She was gone too.
    Then the dumb blonde goes up to the mirror and says “I think” and POOF! She was gone.

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    Nasarbedun
    One day Nasarbedun went to a dinner party. He was wearing old clothes. When he came, nobody looked at him nobody gave him seat so Nasarbedun went home and put on his best clothes and went back to the party.
    The host at once got up and came to meet him. He offered him to the best table and gave him a good seat and offered him the best food and drink.
    Nasarbedun sat and put off this coat in the foot and said, “Eat coat!” The guests were very surprised and asked him, “What are you doing, Nasarbedun?”
    “When I came here with my old clothes, nobody looked at me. Then, I went home and came back in my best clothes and you gave me the best food so you gave food to my clothes instead of me.”
    (Taken from: elementary reader, LA Hill)
    In indonesian (with google translate Indonesian- English)
    (Sumber: Ms Dian, English Teach for class XI IPS Semester 2)
    A rich farmer was father of many young and beautiful daughters. He was trying desperately to marry off his daughters at the earliest.
    One day he met Mulla Nasrudin on the way. "I have several daughters," the farmer told the Mulla. "I would like to see them comfortably married. And I would also like to say that they won't go to their husbands house without having any amount in their bank. The youngest one is twenty-three year old and she will take Rupees 35,000 with her. The next one is thirty-four, and she will take Rupees 55,000 with her. Another is forty-five and she will take Rupees 85,000 with her."
    "That's very good," said Nasrudin. "I was just wondering if you have one about fifty five years of age."
    Sumber ENGLISHINDO.COM Referensi Belajar Bahasa Inggris Online: http://www.englishindo.com/2012/04/funny-spoof-stories-of-nasrudin.html#ixzz464CD8hMp

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    HORTATOTY NARKOBA
    NARKOBA
    The drug has a great effect to human life . it can be positive but sometimes negative effect for us if we use them out of control .
    There are thousands of drugs that help people . It is called medicinal drugs . For example , antibiotics and vaccines have revolutionized the treatment of infections . They can heal , slow , or prevent disease . However , there are dangerous drugs that people take to help them feel good or have a good time which is illegal in many countries because these drugs will destroy the human body and brain . Typically , it is called by the drug .
    Currently , drugs are used over medicinal drugs in our society . This includes the use of drugs ' foradolescents . They believe that the drugs will help them think better , be more popular , stay more active , or become an athlete . Most of them think that the drugs will help them escape their problems . But as we know well before the drugs can not solve the problem . They simply hide feelings and problems . When the drugs run out , feelings and problems remain, or become worse .
    With all the consequences of using drugs in the above , we should give serious consideration before using it . So , we have to use it as best as possible what the doctor suggested that we get a positive result from the negative ( we have to get drug drug drug benefits and dispose of any of our body ) . We have to match it with our government , religious , and cultural rules . Can it be done or not ?
    Global Warming
    Global warming is one of the world’s biggest problems. Global warming is the raising of the average temperature of Earth's climate system. Global warming gives a lot of problems for a living thing. These are some of the global warming’s impacts:
    First, the raising of sea levels around the world. When the temperature of the atmosphere increases, the temperature of the ocean surface layer also increases. As a result, the volume of sea water will increase due to the effect of anomalous water and the sea level also higher. In addition, as a result of global warming, the polar ice had melted (especially around Greenland). The melting ice also increases the volume of sea water on the earth. During the 20th century, sea levels around the world has increased about 10-25 cm. Scientists have also predicted that in the 21st century sea level will continue to rise about 9-88 cm.
    Second, unstable climate, during the process of global warming, the northern part of the earth will heat up more quickly than other areas. This causes a lot of icebergs melt and the land in the area will be smaller. Ice floating in the northern waters would be reduced. As a result, a region that was experiencing light snowfall, maybe someday will not experience it again due to global warming.
    Third, the extinction of a large number of species, one of the examples of endangered animal is polar bears. In 2006, the population of polar bears in the world is only 25,000 tails. So, they are categorized as endangered animal. Polar bears use ice floes as the foundation for hunting seals. With the global warming, the sea of ice in the North Pole is melting faster and impact on polar bear hunting. If they continue to fail to obtain food, they threatened to starve to death because they do not have the energy to hunt for food.
    Responding to the impact of global warming, we should prevent global warming by saving the use of energy such as turning off the light when we do not use it. We also can do a million trees planting.

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    Global Warming
    Thesis
    : Global warming is a complex phenomenon,and its full-scale impacts are hard to predict far in advance. But each year people learn more about what causes global warming.
    Argument 1
    : People argue that vehicles and industries pollutionmake global warming happen. We know that emission gas of industriesand vehicles cause increasing of carbon dioxide and air vapor inatmosphere which makes world temperature hotter, called greenhouseeffect.
    Argument 2
    : Illegal logging is one of causes global warming. For example, in our country, Indonesia, illegal logging is most popular activity. Many people, government or commoners like do it. Ironic, theyknow, if they cut trees more and more, temperature of world willincrease. Consequently, Earth to be hotter. But no one care with this problem.
    Argument 3
    : Using electricity much more, cause temperature of earth warm up. In common, people produce energy with fossil power thatmakes carbon dioxide in atmosphere increase.
    Recommendation
    : Finally, I think that people must be more care aboutthis phenomenon. Some activity can us do to reduce effect of globalwarming. Among these:
    •Modernize power plants and generate electricity from nonpollutingsources
    •Cut our electricity use through energy efficiency
    •Using car that run cleaner and burn less gas.
    GLOBAL WARMING
    Thesis :
    Global warming is a big problem that we must overcome. Global warming is not only threat human being but also the whole living creatures. The effect of global warming is very concerned and threat the earth future.
    Argument :
    One of the effect of global warming which causes extreme climate change, so that the ice in the north and south pole melt. That cause the temperature of the earth increases and the animals which live in the pole area lost their house.
    Beside that the melting of the ice make increases sea surface and my small island in the earth sinking slowly. Cause of the glass house effect and the effect of methane gas. The glass house effect come from exhaust fumes and the effect of methane gas come from the farm all over the world. And the worst part is the fact that we need one hundred years for over coming the glass house effect.
    Recomendation :
    The earth saving is on our hands, so lets we begin to save our world with the simple things but create the great impact like travelling by bycycle to reduce the air polution and start to not consume the meat to reduce the methane gas effect.

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  50. SIMPLE PRESENT TENCE VOICE
    AKTIF
    (+) S+V1s/es
    She eats a banana
    (-) S+do/does+not=V1
    She does not eat a banana
    (?) Do/does+S+V1
    Does she eat a banana? Yes, she does. No, she does not.
    PASIF
    (+) S+is/am/are+V3+by+O
    A banana is eaten by her
    (-) S+is/am/are+not+V3+by+O
    A banana is not eaten by her
    (?) is/am/are+S+V3+by+O
    Is a banana eaten by her? Yes, it is. No, it is not

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  51. SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE
    (+) S+Will+V1
    She will eat a banana
    (-) S+Will+not+V1
    She will not eat a banana
    (?) Will+S+V1
    Will she eat a banana? Yes, she will. No, she will not.

    (+) S+Will+be+V3+by+O
    A banana will be eaten by her
    (-) S+Will+not+be+V3+by+O
    A banana will not be eaten by her
    (?) Will+S+be+V3+by+O
    Will a banana be eaten by her? Yes, it will be. No, it will be not.

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  52. SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
    AKTIF
    (+) S+V1s/es
    She eats a banana
    (-) S+do/does+not=V1
    She does not eat a banana
    (?) Do/does+S+V1
    Does she eat a banana? Yes, she does. No, she does not.
    PASIF
    (+) S+is/am/are+V3+by+O
    A banana is eaten by her
    (-) S+is/am/are+not+V3+by+O
    A banana is not eaten by her
    (?) is/am/are+S+V3+by+O
    Is a banana eaten by her? Yes, it is. No, it is not

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  53. simple past tense
    (+) S+V2
    She ate a banana
    (-) S+did+not+V1
    She did not eat a banana
    (?) Did+S+V1
    Did she eat a banana? Yes, she did. No, she did not.

    (+) S+was/were+V3+by+O
    A banana was eaten by her
    (-) S+Was/were+not+V3+by+O
    A banana was not eaten by her
    (?) Was/were+S+V3+by+O
    Was a banana eaten by her? Yes, it wes. No, it was not.

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  54. My Holiday
    Last week I went to Mount Bromo. I stayed at my friend's house in Probolinggo, East Java. The house has a big [garden with colorful flowers and a small pool.
    In the morning, my friend and I saw Mount Batok. The scenery was very beautiful. We rode on horseback. It was scary, but it was fun. Then, we went to get a closer look at the mountain. We took pictures of the beautiful scanery there. After that, we took a rest and had lunch under a big tree. Before we got home, we went to the zoo at Wonokromo. We went home in the afternoon.
    We were very tired. However, I think it was really fun to have a holiday like this. I hope my next holiday will be more intersting.


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    Travel on the Plane for the First Time
    When I was young, I did not really like traveling. I preferred playing games on the computer. I never traveled abroad on the plane until 1998. At that time, I was 21 years old.
    My first trip was a 4-day trip to Taipei. Before I came to the airport, I did not know how to check-in. All procedures were so new to me. I remembered I was so excited when the plane took off. I really enjoyed my trip at the time.
    After that trip, I like traveling. I also traveled to Korea, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, an Austria.

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    My Holiday Was Fantastic

    Last summer I got a fantastic holiday. I visited some great places.
    I went to an airport and was going to fly to Cleveland. I was spending there two days. I liked to see some Cleveland Cavaliers basketball matches.
    Then I went to Hollywood. Hollywood is a famous district in Los Angeles, California, United States. It had become world-famous as the center of the film industry. Four major film companies – Paramount, Warner Bros., RKO and Columbia – had studios in Hollywood. I did not want to leave but I had to.
    After that, I went to New York city. I visited the Statue of Liberty. I went from the bottom of Manhattan to the top of the crown. That was very amazing.
    The places made me feel at home but I have to go home. Next time I would return to them.
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    Visiting Bali
    There were so many places to see in Bali that my friend decided to join the tours to see as much as possible. My friend stayed in Kuta on arrival. He spent the first three days swimming and surfing on Kuta beach. He visited some tour agents and selected two tours. The first one was to Singaraja, the second was to Ubud. On the day of the tour, he was ready.
    My friend and his group drove on through mountains. Singaraja is a city of about 90 thousands people. It is a busy but quiet town. The street are lined with trees and there are many old Dutch houses. Then they returned very late in the evening to Kuta.

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  55. 30 baaris The second tour to Ubud was a very different tour. It was not to see the scenery but to see the art and the craft of the island. The first stop was at Batubulan, a center of stone sculpture. There my friend watched young boys were carving away at big blocks of stone. The next stop was Celuk, a cente for silversmiths and goldensmiths. After that he stopped a little while for lunch at Sukawati and on to mass. Mass is a tourist center My friend ten-day-stay ended very quickly beside his two tour, all his day was spent on the beach. He went sailing or surfboarding every day. He was quiet satisfied.
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    R.A. Kartini
    Every april 21 people in indonesia commemorate the kartini day. It is beautiful day for the woman because we celebrate the birth of great lady R.A. Kartini. Everyone knows who kartini is. she is our national heroine and a great lady with the bright idea.
    Kartini was born in 1879 april 21 in mayong jepara. Her father was Rama Sosroningrat Wedana (assistant of head of regency) in mayong. her mother, Ma Ngasirah was a girl from Teluk Awur village in Jepara as the daughter of a noble family, she felt luck because she got more than the ordinary people got. She got better education than other children in november 12 1903 she married adipati djoyodiningrat, the head of rembang regency. According to javanese tradition Kartini had to follow her husband. then she moved to rembang.
    In september 13 1904 she gave a birth to her son. his name was singgih. but after giving birth to a son, her condition was getting worse and she finally passed away on september 17 1904 on her 25 years old.
    Now kartini has gone. but her spirit and dream will always be in our heart. nowadays indonesian women progress is influenced by kartini's spirit stated on collection of letter habis gelap terbitlah terang from the dusk to the dawn.

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    Vacation to London

    Mr. Richard’s family was on vacation. They are Mr. and Mrs. Richard with two sons. They went to London. They saw their travel agent and booked their tickets. They went to the British Embassy to get visas to enter Britain. They had booked fourteen days tour. This includes travel and accommodation. They also included tours around London. They boarded a large Boeing flight. The flight was nearly fourteen hours.
    On the plane the cabin crews were very friendly. They gave them news paper and magazine to read. They gave them food and drink. There was a film for their entertainment. They had a very pleasant flight. They slept part of the way.
    On arrival at Heathrow Airport, they had to go to Customs and Immigration. The officers were pleasant. They checked the document carefully but their manners were very polite. Mr. Richard and his family collected their bags and went to London Welcome Desk. They arranged the transfer to a hotel.
    The hotel was a well-known four-star hotel. The room had perfect view of the park. The room had its own bathroom and toilet. Instead of keys for the room, they inserted a key-card to open the door. On the third floor, there was a restaurant serving Asian and European food. They had variety of food.
    The two week in London went by fast. At the end of the 14-day, they were quite tired but they felt very happy.

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    My First Experience To Be An Alone Backpacker

    I like to go out to find a new place.
    When I was in second semester, I went to Bekasi alone to visit my friend. I built my strenght to go there without knowing anything.
    Firstly, I went to Terboyo to find Sinar Jaya bus to Bekasi. Unfortunately, there was no Sinar Jaya bus. A man in a locket told me to go to someone who could bring me to Bekasi. I felt so happy bacause my planning would be happen. I just payed money and got the bus. Everything was gonna be alright until the bus came to Tegal.
    In Tegal bus station, a man in the bus asked me go out from the bus because that bus would bus come to Bandung.,not Jakarta ones. I felt so confused because there were so many strange men around me. After they talked for several hours, i was brought to a new one. I tried to adapt in that bus. People around me said that was true bus to Bekasi. I could not guess what I felt. The bus walked so fast until in Cikampek. When the bus was in Cikampek subway, someone told me that the bus did not pass Cikarang, so when I wanted to go tehre, I had to take off in Lippo.
    Fortunately, a man told me that he had the same destination with me. I felt so happy. I could not imagine if there was not that man.

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    A Study Tour To Bali

    I was in senior high school when at the first time I went to Bali Island. I went there with my teachers and my friends. It was a study tour actually. My teacher, me class friends, and I were in the same bus. We left our school at 8 a.m.

    The journey from Pati to Bali took a day. I was so exhausted because I had to sit along the journey. Actually, it was a funny journey because I spent all of my time with my friends, like playing games, laughing, and kidding. But I felt that all of my tiredness gone all of sudden when we arrived at the Sanur Beach. It was still morning, I saw a sun rise which was so beautiful. Then we were drove to the hotel to take a rest and had meals. After that, we went to the Nusa Dua Beach. There were so many activities to do there. We could play parasailing, banana boat, and so on. But I chose to go to a little island which had a lot of reptile there. There were snake, turtles, etc. The scenery was so beautiful because I was in the middle of the sea! Next, we went to Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK). There were two statues which were so big. They were Wisnu and his bird, called Garuda. I was interested in its relief on the rockbut, actually, I did not know the story on it. At last, we went to the Sosro Company. We learned a lot of things there from the first step till the end of making a tea. After that, we went back to Pati.

    After a very long journey, through the land and the sea, I learned something about nature and human products. Although it took a lot of my energy, I felt so happy because I spent all of my time with my friends.

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    My Holiday in Bali

    ditulis oleh Annisa Aulia Saharani

    When I was 2nd grade of senior high school, my friends and I went to Bali. We were there for three days. I had many impressive experiences during the vacation.

    First day, we visited Sanur Beach in the morning. We saw the beautiful sunrise together. It was a great scenery. Then, we checked in to the hotel. After prepared our selves, we went to Tanah Lot. We met so many other tourists there. They were not only domestic but also foreign tourists.
    Second day, we enjoyed the day on Tanjung Benoa beach. We played so many water sports such as banana boat, jetsky, speedboat etc. We also went to Penyu island to see many unique animals. They were turtles, snakes, and sea birds. We were very happy. In the afternoon, we went to Kuta Beach to see the amazing sunset and enjoyed the beautiful wave.

    The last day, we spent our time in Sangeh. We could enjoy the green and shady forest. There were so many monkies. They were so tame but sometimes they could be naughty. We could make a close interaction with them. After that, we went to Sukowati market for shopping. That was my lovely time. I bought some Bali T-Shirt and souvenirs.

    In the evening, we had to check out from the hotel. We went back home bringing so many amazing memories of Bali.

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    A Beautiful Day at Jogja

    ditulis oleh Arsianti Dewi

    Last week, my friends and I went to Jogja. We visited many places.recount text holidayFirst, we visited Parangtritis beach. The sun shone brightly and the scenery was very beautiful there. We felt the wind blew across to us. We also saw a lot of people in that beach. There werw many birds flew in the sky. Also, there were many sellers who sold many kinds of souvenirs. Second, we visited Gembira Loka Zoo. We saw many kinds of animals there such as monkeys, tigers, crocodiles, snakes, etc. We looked around in that Zoo, and also took pictures of those animals. Then, we felt hungry, so we went to a restaurant. As soon as we finished our lunc, we decided to go home.

    For me, that was a beautiful day though I could not visit Malioboro. we really enjoyed it, and I hope I could visit Jogja again.

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    Contoh Recount Text (3) - Liburan di Ungaran Mountain

    Last week I and my friends had to go to Ungaran Mountain for the requirement of school program. EGP was one of school activity which is focused on activity that related with nature.

    On this occasion we tried to climbed Ungaran Mountain together. Before we going to the mountain, firstly we met in B3 park to checked the participant and the logistic. We had to checked it because of safety. We always paid attention with safety, because the place that we came was dangerous place.

    After checking all of thing, we went to the mountain together. We tried to go on foot, because it was one of the physical train. We saw many beautiful sceneries on all day long. There is tea garden, waterfall, beautiful farm, etc.

    Finally we got to the mountain, it was very amazing. Over there we saw a hidden waterfall and we took arrest. We were exhausted but we didn’t felt that because we enjoyed it and that was a very fantastic trip.

    Contoh Recount Text (4) - Liburan Sambil Camping

    Last holiday, my friends and I went camping on the mountain. We went to Guci, Tegal. The spot is near from our town. I is about 2 hours to get there. We choose Guci because it is not too far from settlement.

    We prepared everything before going on camping. The boys prepared the tents, the girls prepared the food, and I checked the accommodations. We brought cooking utensils and the food from home, clothes, camera, guitar, etc. We went there by a car and a motorcycle for unwanted condition. We went there in the sunny morning and hoped no rain during camping.

    On the first day, we sat up the tent on the spot near waterfall. The girls made the fence of the area but the boys took a bath on the river. Then, we cooked the food for the lunch, had lunch together, tried to fish in the river but we got a sandal.

    On the second day, we had some activities. We went on hiking up the mountain, took some pictures in tea garden, and picked strawberry. The last night of our camping was so cold, we made a campfire, sang song together and told spooky stories which made us fear.

    We had camping for about three days. On the last day, we packed everything we bought. we cleaned the area and made sure there was nothing left except our footprint. We didn’t took anything except took photos, we remembered that we must keep the nature, friendly with them and they will be friendly with us. We made a memory by taking photos together in front of a waterfall and then went home happily. We felt very tired.


    Sumber ENGLISHINDO.COM Referensi Belajar Bahasa Inggris Online: http://www.englishindo.com/2014/03/contoh-recount-text-tentang-holiday.html#ixzz46j43Bz10

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    BEING LATE
    ditulis oleh Era Meiswarawati

    Last morning, Dinar, my roommate woke up late and she had to go to campus.
    When she wanted to take her motorcycle, in fact she couldn’t move it because there were some motorcycles that blocked up her motorcycle.
    She tried to move all of the motorcycles, so that her motorcycle could move from the garage. But she couldn’t do it.
    Then, she called Adel who had that motorcycle which blocked it up. After that, her friend who had that motorcycle helped her. Finally, she could move her motorcycle and rode it to go to campus.



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    Holiday in Pasir Kencana Beach
    ditulis oleh Muhammad Fadhil Immas

    Last week my friend and I were bored after three weeks of holidays, so we rode our bikes to Pasir Kencana Beach, which is only five kilometres from where I live. When we arrived at the beach, we were surprised to see there was hardly anyone there.

    After having a quick dip in the ocean, which was really cold, we realized one reason there were not many people there. It was also quite windy. After we bought some hot chips at the takeaway store nearby, we rode our bikes down the beach for a while, on the hard, damp part of the sand. We had the wind behind us and, before we knew it, we were many miles down the beach.

    Before we made the long trip back, we decided to paddle our feet in the water for a while, and then sit down for a rest. While we were sitting on the beach, just chatting, it suddenly dawned on us that all the way back, we would be riding into the strong wind.

    When we finally made it back home, we were both totally exhausted! But we learned some good lessons that day.

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    Holiday in Semirang Waterfall
    ditulis oleh Windhariyati Dyah K

    On Sunday, I and my best friend, Sari, visited Semirang Waterfall in Ungaran. It was the first time for me to visit the waterfall.

    When we arrived at the hill, I felt so fresh and I could enjoy the scene. The air was so pure and all I could see only green and green.

    In Ungaran, we took a little bit trekking to find Semirang Waterfall. It was too bad for me because the distance to see the waterfall was too far.

    After taking so far distance, we found Semirang Waterfall. What a beautiful waterfall. We enjoyed the nice water in the rain forest surrounding the waterfall.

    Hearing the sound of falling water made me peace and relax. It was also excellent drowning out background sound. Playing with the water made me feel so happy.

    Finally, the time was over. It was time for us to go home. It was an unforgettable moment. I really enjoyed it.

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    MY VERY BUSY DAY
    Ditulis oleh Eviana Yuni Afra
    Last Monday was a busy day for me. I spent my time to do a lot of activities from college to my home.
    First, at the morning, I did my presentation's assignment with my partner, she was Nurhidayah. It took 3 hours. And then we went to the campus for joining lecture. But, the lecturer said that our presentation would be started next week. It made us disappointed. The class was finished at 12.30.
    After that, I had to go home because my grandmother was in a bad condition. She was hospitalized. So, it was a must for me to back home at that time. When I got there, there were so many members of my family. There were about 10 people. My aunt, my niece, my uncle and some of my cousins. We all hoped that our grandmother would get better soon.
    Those activities made my day busy.

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    MY VACATION WITH MY BELOVED PERSONS
    Ditulis oleh Ilima Fitri Azmi
    One day, my sister said to me that she really wanted to go to the beach. So I promised her that the next day we would go to Maron beach in Semarang.
    The next day, we prepared many things in the morning. We brought some foods and beverages, such as fried rice, chocolate wafers, potato chips, water and orange juice. Before going to the beach, I ask my boyfriend, Kiki, to join us going to the beach. He agreed to join and he came to my house. After that, we went to the beach. We went there by motorbike. It took 25 minutes to arrive there. Then, we bought tickets in the entrance gate. Before swimming, we changed our clothes first. We swam there for more than one hour. We felt so tired that we decided to eat the foods that we had brought. Next, my boyfriend and I created a very big sand castle, while my sister continued swimming. After that, we decided to go home because it was getting dark.
    On the way home, we still felt hungry. So we stopped at a Javanese restaurant to eat something. I ordered gudeg, while my boyfriend and my sister ordered rames rice. After finished eating, we paid our bills. Then, we went home. We arrived at home at 6 o’clock and we were absolutely exhausted.

    That was a very exhausting day, but I felt so happy that I could have a vacation with my sister and my boyfriend.

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    THE FLOOD
    Ditulis oleh Afifah Tri Hyuanawati
    One Christmas in 2007, I was joining a final test try out at school. It was held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. One of my schoolmates, Rini, asked me for accompanying her to the bus stop. When we arrived there, suddenly the heavy rain fell down from the sky. Rini suggested me to go home soon while she was entering the bus.

    It was still raining when I was home. The rain did not stop and became bigger when the night had come. People were standing in front of their house, hoping that the flood would not come. In the middle of the night, I got news that South Purwodadi had been drowned.

    The next day, Purwodadi had become a flood area. All activities were paralyzed. No one went for work or school because the land had been covered by flood. However, I thank God for not allowing the flood entered my house. Even my house had been changed into an emergency kitchen. It was so crowded there. I and my father took a walk around the center market and Central Purwodadi. All that we could see was water and water. At night, the flood looked like a beautiful ocean with the moonlight on it. I felt as if I was one of the passengers of Titanic who was sailing on the sea.

    Finally, the flood was starting to decrease in the next morning. I and my family cleaned our front yard together. That was the greatest flood that I had ever experienced in my hometown.

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    MY BUSY HOLIDAY
    Ditulis oleh Rise Aditya Anggraeni
    On April 16th, 2010, I thought this would be a great holiday for me because that was the holy day for Hindhu people . I was so tired about the study, so I guessed this time I could get full refresh anyway. However, the fact said the other way.
    First like an ordinary daughter, I had to get up early morning helping my mother, of course after I prayed. Then I did my chores, cleaned up my room, and spread out my bed under the sun ray. I was really in danger if my mom knew that my room was messy. So, I made it as soon as possible. Second, my aunts called me in the afternoon. I did not meet them for a long time, that was the way I kept for hours to talk with them. After that, unpredictable my neighbor visited me. She asked my help finishing her homework. At last, the time was running and I just remembered that I had a lot of homework. I got mad, confused and regretful why I did not check my homework before. Therefore, I did my homework until 2:00 a.m. the next morning.

    I did not feel this was holiday instead of I had to work hard and got a long ship with my homework.


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    Holiday to My Grandmother's House

    Last week I went to grandmother’s house in Dukuh Katuk village. The scenery was beutiful. There was apopular river. The popular river is Katalanji.
    I went there by bus in the morning. It took about 1 hour and 20 minutes until we got there. When I arrived, we immediately went to my grandma's rice. The scenary was very bautiful and made me enjoy. Then I helped my grandmother to planted seeds. I was very happy, because she thougt me to planted it well. After that, we retuned home and then had a lunch. The next morning my grandmother asked me to visited Katanaji river. Whaen we arrived, I was very suprised. The water was clean, the temperature was cool ang there were many trees surrounded the river. She also asked me to see the Canaries at tree beside of the river. When we finished, we walked arround and went home.

    Unfortunately, I only have 2 days to spend the holidays at my grandmother's house. After we ate lunch, drove my grandmother went to the station to return home. it was the most memorable for me.

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    Eneng Iif Afifah
    Last holidays I visited my grandmother in Jogjakarta. I went to there with my cousin, she is Ani.
    After arrived in my grandmother’s house, I took a rest. At the evening, I went to the garden to plucked any vegetables. After that I took a bath and then I went to center of that city for to walked with my cousin. I bought some snack and then we went home.
    At the morning, I wake up at 04.00 a.m, and then I went to market with my aunt. We bought some fish, fruit and meal. After that, I help my aunt to cooked some food, because my aunt’s friends will come on my grandmothers home. Meanwhile, my cousin swept the yard and the floor. At 9.00 a.m, all of my aunt’s friends came in my grandmother’s home, during I and my cousin went to Borobudur temple. In there, we took some photos.
    At the third day, I went to Parangtritis beach. I enjoyed beautiful scenery. After that, we went to Prambanan temple. In there, I met my friend, Lisa. We walked together, and Lisa bought some souvenir for her friends.
    This was very interesting holiday that I ever had.

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    Example 2:
    Mr. Budi’s family was on vacation. They are Mr. and Mrs. Budi with two sons. They went to Bali. They saw their travel agent and booked their tickets.
    They boarded a large Boeing flight. The flight was two hours from Surabaya. On the plane the cabin crews were very friendly. They gave them news paper and magazine to read. They gave them food and drink. There was a film for their entertainment. They had a very pleasant flight.
    They slept part of the way. On arrival Airport, they had to go to Customs and Immigration. The officers were pleasant. They checked the document carefully but their manners were very polite. Mr. Budi and his family collected their bags and went to hotel.
    The hotel was a well-known four-star hotel. The room had perfect view of the park. The room had its own bathroom and toilet. Instead of keys for the room, they inserted a key-card to open the door. On the third floor, there was a restaurant serving Asian and European food. They had a variety of food.
    The two weeks in Bali went by fast. At the end of the 14-day, they were quite tired but they felt very happy.
    My Family’s Holiday
    Two weeks ago, my family and I decided to spend time of our holiday to go to Solo and Yogyakarta. We visited grandmother house in Solo and Yogyakarta. We came in some places during we stayed there. Visiting popular and favorite places was our purpose for coming over there.
    My sister, brother, and I got long holiday after the final exam was over. My father decided to invite us to go visiting grandmother and spending time of our holiday in Solo and Yogyakarta. We went over there with driving car. Our first trip went visiting my grandma in Solo. We left Demak at 4 p.m because my father said we would not trap from traffic jam. We have nice trip and arrived in Solo at 9 p.m.
    As long as over there, we did not just stay at home. My family and I went surrounding the city. This is beautiful city. Many popular and favorite places, we came in some places in Solo city. We visited Keraton Solo, alun-alun Solo, traditional market, and Gusdur bridge. Many of people from other cities came in Keraton Solo, alun-alun, and Gusdur Bridge only for visiting and taking some picture with the ornaments. My mother and sister invited me to shop in traditional market named is “Klewer”. We spent several hours just for shopping in this market. Moreover, we were so happy because the prices of Batik in Solo is very cheap than our city. After shopping in Klewer market, we went visiting Gusdur Bridge. We tried to through this bridge because time showed at 5.30 p.m. My father stop driving and letting us for taking some pictures together. We were in the middle of the bridge; we enjoyed and tried to see the water that under our stayed. Many of people waited for “Sunset” over there. So poor we are, we were so late to see the sun set. But, it did not become a problem for us. We thought that there is still other day to see it. Actually, I felt that we were really not lucky at the time.

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    Two days later, my family and I went visiting my grandmother in DIY (Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta). We left Solo city at 9 a.m. and arrived Yogyakarta at 11.45 p.m. Our trip was very interesting because my father brought us to visit Prambanan. The wonderful temple that I have ever seen. There, the atmosphere was so hot and the way of reaching Prambanan temple was so long. We met some tourist and asked for taking a picture together. My mother bought some beautiful merchandise for my mother’s friends and our neighbor. After visiting my grandmother in Yogyakarta, My family and I decided to go back home in Demak. We left Yogyakarta at 9 p.m. and arrived at home at 2 p.m.

    Although we felt so tired but we were very happy with our holiday in Solo and Yogyakarta. My family and I enjoyed for our trip. It is one of my best holidays. We never go through to come Solo and Yogyakarta in our long holidays. Next year, we will be back again J .
    Visiting My Grandfather

    It was nice Saturday. I got holiday because it was Idul Fitri day. We as a Moslem celebrated and apologized to our parents, brothers, sisters, neighbours and friends.

    In the afternoon we planned to visit our grandfather in the village. He stayed alone there. Our grandmother had passed away a few years ago.

    We left Jember at 6 p.m. to Bondowoso. My father drove the car carefully because the street was very crowded. There were a lot of vehicles.

    An hour later we arrived in Bondowoso. It took 15 minutes to reach my grandfather's house from Bondowoso.

    My grandfather was waiting when our car came into his house yard. When we got out from the car, he was smiling and hugging us one by one.

    We stayed for a week there. It was very nice place. We felt very peaceful and happy to live there.

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    Mobile Phones Should Not be Banned in School [Tittle]
    Mobile phones is not used just for calling, but sending text, taking pictures, accessing internet, and much more. Many students bring their phones to school. For them, mobile phone has many uses. So, mobile phones should not be banned in school. Why do I said that? [Thesis]
    Firstly, students call their parents for other needs. By mobile phone, student can call or their close relative if they need something to be brought to school. In addition, mobile phone can be used to call their children when one of their family were hit by disasters suddenly. And then, student can called their parent to pick her up when want to go home. [Arguments]
    Secondly, increased of knowledge among students. When trying to find answer of difficult task at school, mobile phone can be used as a connecting to search the answer through GPRS or WiFi networks. [Arguments]
    Finally, expand the network of friendship among students. School is the right place to find friend. Average, student been at school about 7 hours or more. So that, a lot of students found their friend in the school environment . Therefore, communication between friends should be kept on of which using a mobile phone. [Arguments]
    So, I think mobile phone should not be banned in school. But, use your phone in the time and right place so that no one was disturbed. [Recommendation]
    Higher Education for Woman
    In this modern era, there are still some parents who are reluctant about sending their daughter to college. Such narrow attitude shown to woman higher education is largely due to the traditional role of woman in society. A woman is expected just to be a wife and a mother most parents believe that if their daughter gets married and chooses to be a housewife, then the higher education will be a waste. However an educated woman does not only make a better wife abut also contributer better thing to the large society.
    Nowadays more women are successfully combining their career and marriage. Educated women are richer both emotionally and financially. They are able to find an outlet for monotonous drudgery of their housekeeping. They bring more satisfaction and contentment to their lives.
    Depriving girl of higher education is crash discrimination. Time has changed. Modern society need the talents of its people regardless of gender. Today women work alongside men. In fact, in the last few decades women have made outstanding contributions to society.
    Woman should be given the freedom to be educated whether they get married or go to work after finishing their education because it is only through education that a woman will find herself useful and discover what she wants in life. A woman who work is not an insult to her husband. Conversely, her husband should feel proud of her achievement since marriage is actually an equal partnership. Therefore, parents should not think that girls should receive less education just because they will get marriage one day.

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    The Important of English Language
    English is an international language that is used by almost all countries in the world. Therefore English is used as a communication tool between countries. Based on this fact, Author personally says that English language is important to be learnt because we can get a lot of benefits in learning English. Why learn English language is important for us? This time the author will propose some reasons that will strengthen the statement above. The following paragraph are the reasons why learning English is important.
    The first is by mastering English language can increase our value in society. Of course we will be easier to get a job because currently many jobs vacancy have requirement good in English both writing and speaking.
    The second is we can expand our knowledge by way of making friends with people who come from other countries. We can exchange information on a lot of things with them. Certainly having so many friends is fun especially making friends with people from all over the world.
    The last is by mastering English language we will not be out of date because all of science or latest technologies use English language as its instruction. If we can use English language we can use those tools easily.
    Based on what have been stated above. It is clear that English is very important to learn because it is very useful for us. Therefore let us learn English properly so that we can feel the benefits.

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  67. 18baris Contoh Hortatory Text: Using The Internet Should Be Required
    How To Use The Internet Should Be Required
    In this age of technology all students in the Montana University System should be required to learn Internet use, and there should be a course to teach it as a core requirement.
    The first reason is going to school in the twenty-first century almost all classes require some computer use. Every time you go to the library at M.S.U.C.O.T, you need to know how to go online as there are very few books anymore, and almost everything is on the Web.
    Following that when you go to find a job, more and more companies are using computers. It’s getting almost impossible to find a job that dosen’t require computer skills of some sort. One of the big things is communications within the company. Most companies use electronic communications of some sort, such as e-mail or memos on line.
    Even the jobs people used to think of as unskilled labors such as a mechanic are using computers. All cars built today have a computer built into them. The mechanic uses it to figure out what’s wrong with your car, then a lot of time they go online to find out the beat way to fix it faster, saving time and money.
    Some people might say that the courses that need to have computer skills have them built into them, but I say we should get a jump on the future and have all students learn the internet. If people don’t learn it, they will fall behind in the job market and in life.

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  68. 37 baris English nowadays has an important role in our daily life. It is the massive means of communication. Is there a strong argument which says that English will not give any benefit?

    Learning to speak English well may be the best way to improve our life. It seems all the people in the world have agreed to use English to talk to each other. About 1,500,000,000 people in the world speak English. While another 1,000,000,000 are still learning English.

    If we can communicate in English, we can contact people from all over the world. We can talk about our ideas and opinions on Internet discussion groups. We can chat with other interesting people to learn about their life and culture.

    If we can communicate in English, we can travel more easily. English is spoken in more than 100 countries. If we lost, we can ask directions or ask for help. Who knows, English will save our life somewhere someday.

    That is why we should make every effort possible to find somebody to speak with. Where can we find people who can speak English with us? We can find them at school, shopping mall, tourist destination, etc.

    Above all, don’t be afraid to speak English. We must try to speak, even if we make mistakes. We cannot learn without mistakes. So, speak English as much as possible! How to do that? Below is the simple tips to practice speaking English
    1. Find friends to practice speaking English. They are:
    2. If you are too shy to speak English with friends, try to stand in front of a mirror. You will see yourself then it’s time to speak with yourself
    3. If speaking to yourself is still hard to do, then just simply speaking English loudly. Don’t think to whom, just easily speak up. It is easy, isn’t it?

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  69. 54 baris
    Let’s Make City Clean and Fresh – Contoh Hortatory Exposition A clean and fresh city will surely make the inhabitants healthy. Every morning especially in dry season, all roads must be watered with clean water and swept by the workers of the regional government under the Major’s instruction.To keep the people from heavy pollution caused by cars, trucks and motorcycles, enough trees must be planted along all roads. Every building or house in the city must be surrounded short and small trees which bear colorful flower.Bad and improper habits which cause disadvantages, bad smell and dangerous diseases to people such as smoking and throwing rubbish anywhere should be stopped at once.The major of each city will have to think over the way how to educate people, so that they realize on how important cleanliness and health are for their own sake. Building more public lavatories at every busy place is very badly needed.It will be wise if the Major decides a certain amount of fine to be paid by those who disobey the government regulation on cleanliness matter. A man who urinate not at lavatory, smoke not at smoking room or throw rubbish at the roads should be fined for instance. Besides dirtying the environment with cigarettes’ butts, smoking will also cause pollution and lungs disease to other peopleSo bad habits and impolite attitude should be immediately stopped, otherwise the city will be dirty, unhealthy badly polluted and will never attract foreign or domestic tourist

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  70. 30 brsIn all discussion over the removal of leaded vehicles from petrol (and atmosphere) there doesn’t seem to have been any mention of the difference between driving in the city and the country.
    While I realize my leaded petrol car is polluting the air wherever I drive, I feel that when you travel through the country, where you only see another car every five to ten minutes, the problem is not as severe as when traffic is concentrated on city roads.
    Those who want to penalize older, leaded petrol vehicles and their owners don’t seem to appreciate that in the country there is no public transport to fall back upon and one’s own vehicle is the only way to get about.
    I feel that country people, who often have to travel huge distances to the nearest town and who already spend a great deal of money on petrol, should be treated differently to the people who live in the city.
    Nowadays, in modern era, I think internet is very important for students.

    As we all know internet has many function for supporting our life. They are, first, it gives us various information, news, knowledge etc. Students can search anything or something from internet. Take for example, they search about education, entertainment, knowledge etc that is in the world.

    Second, they can add their friends in all countries in the world by internet. Chatting, e-mail, facebook, twitter, interpals are some examples of internet facility to have many friends. Besides, they can share, communicate, discuss and so on.

    From my arguments above, as student, we should use internet facility well to get knowledge, friends, information et
    Notes on the Generic Structure of this Hortatory Exposition example
    Firstly, we have to always remember that the social function of hortatory exposition text is driving the readers to act like the writer thought as stated in the text. Then the purpose of this hortatory is influencing and persuading the readers by presenting the supporting arguments. In many social activities, hortatory is applied for writing recommended thought, sales letter, advertising, speech campaign, and news advertorial.
    Thesis: The writer's thought is presented as thesis which is proven with several arguments. In the first paragraph, the writer points his thought about the importance of accompanying children while they are watching TV show. It is important to protect the children from the bad influences of TV show.
    Arguments: The next paragraphs show the writer arguments in supporting his thesis. It is supported by various researches that there are a great relationship between watching TV and the watcher's personality. One study describes that much time in watching TV can cause bed-time disruption. The others show the possibility of becoming an aggressive character because of watching television too much.

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  71. 60 barisRecommendation: After stating the thesis and proving with various arguments, the text is completed with the writer's recommendation on how the parents should protect the children from the bed effect of watching TV.
    Basically, both hortatory and analytical exposition have the similar position. Both take place as argumentative essays. Both show how important idea of the writer to be known. However the last paragraph of the essay usually make the difference from hortatory and analytical exposition. If it is a hortatory text, it will be ended with a strong recommendation while for analytical exposition, it will be clos A clean and fresh city will surely make the inhabitants healthy. Every morning especially in dry season, all roads must be watered with clean water and swept by the workers of the regional government under the Major’s instruction.
    To keep the people from heavy pollution caused by cars, trucks and motorcycles, enough trees must be planted along all roads. Every building or house in the city must be surrounded short and small trees which bear colorful flower.
    Bad and improper habits which cause disadvantages, bad smell and dangerous diseases to people such as smoking and throwing rubbish anywhere should be stopped at once.
    The major of each city will have to think over the way how to educate people, so that they realize on how important cleanliness and health are for their own sake. Building more public lavatories at every busy place is very badly needed.
    It will be wise if the Major decides a certain amount of fine to be paid by those who disobey the government regulation on cleanliness matter. A man who urinate not at lavatory, smoke not at smoking room or throw rubbish at the roads should be fined for instance. Besides dirtying the environment with cigarettes’ butts, smoking will also cause pollution and lungs disease to other people.
    So bad habits and impolite attitude should be immediately stopped, otherwise the city will be dirty, unhealthy badly polluted and will never attract foreign or domestic touristed with restatement of the writer's first paragraph.c.

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    On Sunday, my mother went shopping at the local supermarket to buy daily needs. While my father and I did the housework together. I usually washed my clothes using washing machine. When it finished, I hang the clothes out to dry. While I was washing, my father always did gardening. He loved to plant flower in the garden. Even though he liked to gardening, he didn’t want to water the plant, I was ordered to do that.
    I usually had someone to wash my motorcycle, but my father said I should do it by myself. So, sometimes I argued with my father about that. He said I have to save my money than bringing my motorcycle to the washing service. After my mother arrived from the market, I helped her to bring the stuffs. Then, we prepared the lunch. My mother wanted to cook soup for lunch. I was asked by my mother to sew the vegetables, while my mother peeled the onion. When we were busy at kitchen, my father was watching the television in living room and I didn’t like that part.
    I remembered that I had a plan to see to the cinema with my friend, Lisa. I tried to phone her by my phone but the battery was low so I had to recharge the battery. When I had called her, I was disappointed that she couldn’t go because she had to visit her grandmother. So I stayed at home all day long. To kill my boring time, I played the game on my laptop and surfed on the internet. I downloaded music and movie. I did that because I liked to listen to the music and watched the movie. Then I had lunch with my parents. After that, I took a nap until afternoon. On the night, I did my homework for tomorrow, after that I had a dinner with my parents. I went to the bed at 21.00 because I couldn’t stay up the night.
    Volcano was formed as result of the movement of plates which pressed continuously since million years ago until now. Knowledge about volcano began from the attitude of human and primordial man who had closed relationship with volcano. It is known from the discovery of fossil which was found in Africa and Indonesia in form of human bones that were buried by volcanic sediment.
    Volcano was formed on four bow, namely a bow central continent formed due to the segregation of the crust of the continent; the edge of the bow continent formed due to an ocean crust to a continent crust, a central bow ocean; occurred as a result of the segregation of the crust of the oceans and the bow ocean bottom occurring due to a sbreakthrough magma bases on thinning of an ocean crust.
    Knowledge of plate tectonics is the solution of a natural phenomena riddle including a row of the hill, mountain, continent, earthquake and volcano. Earth planet has lots of liquid and water on the surface. Both of the factors deeply affect the formation, evolution and magma composition as well as the location and the origin of volcano.
    The heat inside the interior of the earth is the heat formed during the formation of the earth about 4.5 billion years ago, at the same time the heat arising from natural radioactive element, such as elements isotope k , u and th toward the time. The earth at the time of formation was hotter, but later on gradually will be cool based on the its history development. The cooling process occurred as a result of dissipation of heat and intensity of volcanism on the surface. Propagation heat from within the earth to the surface in the form of convection, where materials which are heated on the basis of a coat, the depth of 2,900 km under the face of the earth, move spread and narrows nearby seawater. On the upper part of a coat, around 735 km under the face of the earth, the materials are cool down and become solid, then sink back inside the flow of the convection.

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    Pangandaran Beach
    The tour to Pangandaran Beach started on holiday last semester. We decided to go to Pangandaran Beach by our motorbike. That was very interesting tour. Riding a motorbike from my hometown, Cirebon, to Pangandaran Beach with my best friends made me feel exited.
    The tour to Pangandaran Beach began at 09.00 a.m. in the morning and it took 5 hours riding to Pangandaran Beach. There were so many story that my friends and I got when we were in the tour such as there was my friend who got lost, ran out of fuel in the middle of jungle, and so forth. But it was interesting, because it was the first moment that I ever had in touring.
    We arrived at Pangandaran Beach at 02.00 p.m. and we stright to move to the beach. At beach we just lied down there to stretch our muscle because of 5 hours riding. We also had a lunch there by eating some foods that we brought from Cirebon. That was very nice moment when we shared our own food to others.
    After we had enough rest, we began to explore Pangandaran Beach. Started by exploring the beach, and the sea using rented boat. Then we went to dive by renting some diving equipment. We could see many coral there. We just had 2 hours to enjoy Pangandaran Beach because we had to come back to Cirebon.
    We came back to Cirebon at 04.00 p.m. It was imposible to ride in the night, so we just decided to stay over in our friend house in Ciamis and we started to come back in the morning. That was very nice experience that I and my friends ever had. We would never forget that moment.
    A Funeral in Toraja
    Last month my family and I went to Toraja to attend Grandpa’s funeral. It was my first time to go to such a ceremony. We gathered there with our kin in the ceremony.
    Overall, the ceremony was quite elaborate. It took about a week. Several days before the ceremony was done, grandpa’s body was kept in a series of houses arranged in a circular row around an open field called tongkonan. His corpse was dressed in a fine wearing.
    The funeral was performed in two phases. First, we slaughtered the pigs and buffaloes, and then moved the corpse to face north. In this ceremony we wore black clothes. After that, the corpse was placed in a sandal wood coffin. Then, it was brought out of the house and placed on an open platform beneath the granary. Meanwhile, my uncle, my brother, and I prepared the wooden

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    puppet and a funeral tower called lakian. The next phase of the ceremony was held in this place. The coffin is borne from the house and placed in the lakian. During the day, there were also buffalo matches. They were great matches. In the night, we were feasting, chanting, and dancing.
    On the last day, the grandpa’s coffin were lowered from the funeral tower and brought up to the mountain side family graveyard. It was followed by great shouting and excitement from the relatives and the guests. Finally, we installed the wooden puppet on a high balcony where other puppets representing the members of a whole family were already there. The funeral ceremonies made my family and me tired. However, we were grateful because it ran smoothly.
    My Holiday Was Fantastic
    Last summer I got a fantastic holiday. I visited some great places.
    I went to an airport and was going to fly to Cleveland. I was spending there two days. I liked to see some Cleveland Cavaliers basketball matches.
    Then I went to Hollywood. Hollywood is a famous district in Los Angeles, California, United States. It had become world-famous as the center of the film industry. Four major film companies – Paramount, Warner Bros., RKO and Columbia – had studios in Hollywood. I did not want to leave but I had to.
    After that, I went to New York city. I visited the Statue of Liberty. I went from the bottom of Manhattan to the top of the crown. That was very amazing.
    The places made me feel at home but I have to go home. Next time I would return to them.
    My Propose Day
    I woke up at about five o'clock yesterday. It wasn't a regular day, because I was about to propose a girl. After praying and taking a bath, I had my early breakfast. At about nine o'clock I was in my office but my soul wasn't there. I was thinking about the lines that I had to say to her. At one o'clock, I had my lunch but I wasn't enjoying it either. So, I practiced the lines to almost all girls I met at my lunch. Yes, I was a little bit crazy. Finally, it was three o'clock. I remembered all my lines. I wrapped my works and got ready to pick her up and of course proposed her.
    I met her at four o'clock, took a little walk and went to a movie. At seven, we had a romantic dinner. I thought it was the perfect time to ask her to be my wife. Then I said the lines that I practiced the

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    whole afternoon. She smiled. I reached my pocket to get a ring and put it around her finger. Then she said "Yes." After driven her home I went back to my house.
    R.A. Kartini
    Every April 21 people in indonesia commemorate the kartini day. It is beautiful day for the woman because we celebrate the birth of great lady R.A. Kartini. Everyone knows who Kartini is. She is our national heroine and a great lady with the bright idea.
    Kartini was born in 1879 April 21 in mayong jepara. Her father was Rama Sosroningrat a Wedana (assistant of head of regency) in mayong. Her mother, Ma Ngasirah was a girl from Teluk Awur village in Jepara as the daughter of a noble family, she felt luck because she got more than the ordinary people got. She got better education than other children. In november 12 1903 she married adipati djoyodiningrat, the head of rembang regency. According to javanese tradition Kartini had to follow her husband. Then she moved to rembang.
    In September 13 1904 she gave a birth to her son. His name was Singgih. But after giving birth to a son, her condition was getting worse and she finally passed away on september 17 1904 on her 25 years old.
    Now Kartini has gone. but her spirit and dream will always be in our heart. Nowadays Indonesian women progress is influenced by kartini's spirit stated on collection of letter "habis gelap terbitlah terang" or from the dusk to the dawn.
    My Horrible Experience
    Let me remind you my experience during an earthquake last week. When the earthquake happened, I was on my car. I was driving home from my vacation to Bali. Suddenly my car launched to one side, to the left. I thought I got flat tire. I did not know that it was an earthquake. I knew it was an earthquake when I saw some telephone and electricity poles falling down to the ground, like matchsticks.
    Then I saw a lot of rocks tumbling across the road. I was trapped by the rock. Even I could not move my car at all. There were rocks everywhere. There was nothing I could do but left the car and walked along way to my house, in the town.

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    When I reached my town, I was so surprised that there was almost nothing left. The earthquake made a lot of damage to my town. Although nothing was left, I thanked God that nobody was seriously injured.
    Meeting a star
    On Saturday morning at 9:30, I was walking down Sunda Street, looking for a record store. A man stopped me and asked me the way to the Hyatt Hotel. I wasn't sure exactly where it was, but I walked with him to the end of Sunda Street. He was very friendly, and his face looked so familiar. Then I remembered where the Hyatt was and told him how to get there. He thanked me and tried to give me something. I thought it was money. I said 'no' at first, but he really wanted me to have it, so I took it.
    I found the record store and listened to a few records. D' Masive had a new record that was number two in the top twenty. I decided to buy it. I looked in my bag for my wallet and found a piece of paper the man gave me. It was a photo. I was so surprised! He was a singer in D' Masive!
    Camping
    Last weekend, my friends and I went camping. We reached the camping ground after we walked for about one and a half hour from the parking lot. We built the camp next to a small river. It was getting darker and colder, so we built a fire camp.
    The next day, we spent our time observing plantation and insects while the girls were preparing meals. In the afternoon we went to the river and caught some fish for supper. At night, we held a fire camp night. We sang, danced, read poetry, played magic tricks, and even some of us performed a standing comedy.
    On Monday, we packed our bags and got ready to go home.
    Visiting Bali
    There were so many places to see in Bali so that my friend decided to join the tours to see as much as possible. My friend stayed in Kuta on arrival. He spent the first three days swimming and surfing on Kuta beach. He visited some tour agents and selected two tours. The first one was to Singaraja,

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    the second was to Ubud. On the day of the tour, he was ready.
    My friend and his group drove on through mountains. Singaraja is a city of about 90 thousands people. It is a busy but quiet town. The street are lined with trees and there are many old Dutch houses. Then they returned very late in the evening to Kuta.
    The second tour to Ubud was a very different tour. It was not to see the scenery but to see the art and the craft of the island. The first stop was at Batubulan, a center of stone sculpture. There my friend watched young boys were carving away at big blocks of stone. The next stop was Celuk, a center for silversmiths and goldensmiths. After that he stopped a little while for lunch at Sukawati then go to Mass. Mass is a tourist center. My friend ten-day-stay ended very quickly beside his two tour, all his day was spent on the beach. He went sailing or surfboarding every day. He was quiet satisfied.
    My Horror Experience
    I stayed a night at Sakhuwa of Gati VDC because a landslide near Baseri had blocked the road, The next morning, I hopped onto the bus with registration number Ba 2 Kha 4013 that was on the way to Barhabise from Tatopani.
    I took a seat by the doorside and remember that there were around 35 passengers, including me. The driver started the bus. A kilometer into the journey, I noticed a ditch on the road.
    The driver tried to avert the ditch. Before I could know what was going on, the bus started hurtling towards the Bhotekoshi.
    I had given up hope of surviving, but found a ventilator glass broken. I came out of the shattered glass and plunged into the Bhotekoshi.
    The river carried me for about 35 kilometers and left me on the shallow surface. I passed out after that. The rescuers took me to a hospital when I regained consciousness.
    I heard later that all except four passengers had survived. I have sustained injuries on the face, hands and other body parts. Nonetheless, I feel that surviving was my destiny.

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