Monday 8 May 2017

Learning From nature

Learning from Nature
           

What is nature? It is the phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans or human creation (retrieved February 14th from Google). So, learning from nature means that we attained knowledge by simply observing and/or understanding our surrounding. Which some people usually get inspired to make new ideas.

A lot of people have made new invention to utilize nature’s components as well as possible. Such as using the wind, water, geothermal or geo pressure as a new source of energy. Using castor beans as bio fuel. Even using animal waste as biogas. Some people have also use the sun as their source of electricity. There are a lot of new technology nowadays that allow people to use every piece of nature to complete their needs.

As human beings, we are inseparable with nature, it’s because we’re part of nature and we need them to sustain our life. It has come to the idea that nature gave us a lot of things, so, what did we give to nature as a form of appreciation? Based on my experience I’ve done quite a lot of things to preserve nature. For example, I grow plants on my lawn, recycle organic waste and turn it into fertilizer, throwing garbage based on their kinds, using cotton bags instead of plastic ones, and other things. Without us knowing, we simply do small things that could help preserve nature like reusing scrap papers.

But, as we know, there are good and bad in this world. We cut down trees for our needs. We turn them into furniture and papers. We cut them down so we can make a new land for houses and buildings. Little do we know, we’re also cutting down our water supply. Houses that are built near the cliff or the higher region are prone to erosion. We didn’t just cut trees, we basically dumps all our waste and trash into nature. Factories dump their waste into the open sea or water resource. They produce gas that could harm our ozone and air. We use our own transportation that also produce harmful gas. There are also people who throw away their garbage everywhere. We also use too much electricity, we turn on all the lights even though it’s day, we turn on our televisions all night even though we’re sleeping, we do a lot of things to waste electricity. And last but not least, water. Some people use too much water or throw their trash to rivers.

If we want to keep harvesting the good of nature, we must keep it as stable as we can. We can start by planting trees or plants in our house. Recycle trash or simply reuse them. Use public transportation instead of private one. I hope that people will become more aware of their surroundings and help to preserve them. Also, I hope that as the new generation we could come up with great new ideas and technology to preserve nature and/or utilize their components.

            

Monday 27 February 2017

Crosswords

across
1. Hair imitation
2. synonym of peculiar
3. a brownish-crimson color
4. an act of pressing something with one's fingers
5. Short distance
6. truth or
7. Having the ability
8. Synonym of speed
9. Part of plant that connected roots and leaves
10. sheep's hair
11. Long, hollow cylinder, toothpaste container
12. ___ and chips
13. A set of aquipment
14. synonym of clue
15. ___ pineapple, apple ___

down
16. chewing ____
17. a flaky coating that is formed on iron or steel by oxidation
18. synonym of from
19. "don't go chasing _______" a song by TLC
20. Comfort____
21. antonym of low
22. the alternate rising and falling of the sea
23. be the right shape and size for
24. square root of 36
25. a large domesticated wild ox with shaggy hair
26. "__ of hearts" song by christinna perri
27. an intense feeling of deep affection

Monday 6 February 2017

My Favorite Song

Hello !
On today's blogpost, I'm going to tell you about one of my favorite song. As a person who likes listening to music, it's pretty hard to find the right one because I have a lot of favorite songs and some of them means something to me, wether it reminded me of small memories or big ones.

So, in this opportunity I'm going to talk about Suburbia by Troye Sivan. So, here's the lyrics and I'll explain what this song means to me.

 Suburbia
The sun sets longer
Where I am from
Where dreams go to die
While having fun
The boys fix their cars and
Girls eat it up
Loving's so good when
Love is young

Yeah, there's so much history in these streets
And mama's good eats
And Wonder on repeat
There's so much history in my head
The people I've left
The ones that I've kept

Have you heard me on the radio?
Did you turn it up?
On your blown-out stereo
In suburbia
Could be playing hide and seek from home
Can't replace my blood
Yeah, it seems I'm never letting go
Of suburbia

Swallow nostalgia
Chase it with lime
Better than dwelling
And chasing time
Missing occasions
I can't rewind
Can't help but feel I've lost what's mine

Yeah, there's so much history in these streets
And mama's good eats
And Wonder on repeat
There's so much history in my head
The people I've left
The ones that I've kept

Have you heard me on the radio?
Did you turn it up?
On your blown-out stereo
In suburbia
Could be playing hide and seek from home
Can't replace my blood
Yeah, it seems I'm never letting go
Of suburbia

They all say that nothing ever changes
Through the new lines that are on their faces
They all say that nothing ever changes
Through the new lines that are on their faces

Yeah, there's so much history in these streets
And mama's good eats
And Wonder on repeat
There's so much history in my head
The people I've left
The ones that I've kept

Have you heard me on the radio?
Did you turn it up?
On your blown-out stereo
In suburbia
Could be playing hide and seek from home
Can't replace my blood
Yeah, it seems I'm never letting go
Of suburbia 


In this song the singer basically talks about his home or his childhood and the people who's involved in it. I love this song because it reminds me about all the memories with my junior high school friends. The genre of this music is alternative/indie and also pop, it's kind of slow but not so slow it puts you to sleep. My favorite line from the song is "the people I've left, the ones that i've kept" it relates to me in several different ways because graduating from Junior Highschool means that I have to leave some people behind and you never know if you're going to have the same bond like you had before, but then you have some people who still mantain the bond you built after a couple of years of friendship. The second favorite line of mine is "Yeah, it seems I'm never letting go of suburbia" for me it means that I have to always remember where I came from and all of the people who support me until this point of my life. And it also kind of refers on how I'm so easily attached to people when I feel very comfortable around them and it makes me feel like I don't want us to drift appart, which can be concluded that I'm not a big fan of letting go.  

So, that's pretty much it, I recommend listening to this song while reading a book or when you're just simply chilling out. 

 here's the link that will lead you to the song
➸https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX0WTMx0vcg

Monday 9 January 2017

My Family Trip

I'm going to tell you about my trip with my family, so basically we decided to spend our holiday in Jawa Timur and Bali

 On 25th of December, my family and I went to Gresik by train. The train left at around 06.30 pm, it took about 13 hours to get there. We arrived the next morning and took a rest for the rest of the day.
 On 27th of December, we woke up early in the morning because we are going to Bali by car, it is around 10 hours trip. We didn't drive by car all the way to Bali because we have to get across by ferry. And again we took the rest of the day to prepare for the next day.
  The next day we got the chance to snorkel, it's just a regular snorkel around the beach, nothing special, because we use this opportunity to practice before the real snorkel. After we're done, we went sightseeing to Pura Belatung, we took a lot of photos and had a nice chat with the caretaker. The next place we went to is White Sandy Beach, again we took a lot of photos.
  On the 29th of December, I was woken up with a pleasant surprise, my cousin stood in front of my hotel room door and sang happy birthday for me, complete with all the cake and candles. After all of that, we ride a boat to go dolphin sightseeing, we saw a couple of dolphin, I was really happy even though I can't see the dolphin clearly. And then, we went snorkeling, we stopped in place but then we moved to the other because the wave was too strong for us. On the second place, it is much more shallow. It was fine and all until all of us suddenly got an itch in some area. One of my cousin find out what caused the itch and it was a small jellyfish. We swam into the deeper part, there were a lot of beautiful fish, corals and starfish. There are also shells, sea urchin and a coral that needs to be avoided because it's poisonous. We went back to our hotel at around noon and went back.On the same day we were going to go to Kawah Ijen but most of us decided that it wasn't a good idea because we're all tired. So, we looked for hotels in Banyuwangi and decide to stay there for a night. The next day, we went back to Gresik, we arrived at around 11 pm and took a rest.
  On 31st of December, some of us decided to go to the mall we shop for food and had a karaoke for about 2 hours. When we arrived home, we cooked for New Years, there were a lot of food. It's not that fun because we end up sleeping quite early.
  On 1st of January, we went to the mall, again, a different one though. We went to the cinema and decided to watch Why Him ? it was really funny and we all enjoyed it.
  My family and i went back to Bandung at 3rd of January by train, and arrived early in the morning the next day. Overall it is a very fun trip and I really enjoyed it, there were a lot of laughs among us, and I hope you all had a nice holiday too.

Monday 31 October 2016

Biography of Walt Disney

 
Walter Elias "Walt" Disney was born on December 5, 1901, in the Hermosa section of Chicago, Illinois. His father was Elias Disney, an Irish-Canadian, and his mother, Flora Call Disney, was German-American. Disney was one of five children, four boys and a girl. He lived most of his childhood in Marceline, Missouri, where he began drawing, painting and selling pictures to neighbors and family friends.When Disney was 16, he dropped out of school to join the Army but was rejected for being underage. Instead, he joined the Red Cross and was sent to France for a year to drive an ambulance.

When Disney returned from France in 1919, he moved back to Kansas City to pursue a career as a newspaper artist. His brother Roy got him a job at the Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio, where he met cartoonist Ubbe Eert Iwwerks, better known as Ub Iwerks. From there, Disney worked at the Kansas City Film Ad Company, where he made commercials based on cutout animation. Around this time, Disney began experimenting with a camera, doing hand-drawn cel animation, and decided to open his own animation business. From the ad company, he recruited Fred Harman as his first employee.

In 1929, Disney created Silly Symphonies, which featured Mickey's newly created friends, including Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and Pluto. One of the most popular cartoons, Flowers and Trees, was the first to be produced in color and to win an Oscar. In 1933, The Three Little Pigs and its title song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" became a theme for the country in the midst of the Great Depression.

On December 21, 1937, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length animated film, premiered in Los Angeles. It produced an unimaginable $1.499 million, in spite of the Depression, and won a total of eight Oscars. During the next five years, Walt Disney Studios completed another string of full-length animated films, Pinocchio (1940), Fantasia (1940), Dumbo (1941) and Bambi (1942).

Disney's $17 million Disneyland theme park opened on July 17, 1955, in Anaheim, California, with actor (and future U.S. president) Ronald Reagan presiding over the activities on what was once an orange grove. After a tumultuous opening day involving several mishaps (including the distribution of thousands of counterfeit invitations), the site became known as a place where children and their families could explore, enjoy rides and meet the Disney characters.
In a very short time, the park had increased its investment tenfold, and was entertaining tourists from around the world. With the original site having some attendance ups and downs over the years, Disneyland has expanded its rides over time and branched out globally with parks in Tokyo, Paris and Hong Kong, with a Shanghai location slated to open in the spring of 2016. Sister property California Adventure also opened in 2001.

Within a few years of the opening, Disney began plans for a new theme park and Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow in Florida. It was still under construction when, in 1966, Disney was diagnosed with lung cancer. He died on December 15, 1966, at the age of 65. Disney was cremated, and his ashes interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. After his brother's death, Roy carried on the plans to finish the Florida theme park, which opened in 1971 under the name Walt Disney World.

source :  http://www.biography.com/people/walt-disney-9275533

Monday 10 October 2016

Little Red Riding Hood

Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived in a village near the forest.  Whenever she went out, the little girl wore a red riding cloak, so everyone in the village called her Little Red Riding Hood.
One morning, Little Red Riding Hood asked her mother if she could go to visit her grandmother as it had been awhile since they'd seen each other.
"That's a good idea," her mother said.  So they packed a nice basket for Little Red Riding Hood to take to her grandmother.
When the basket was ready, the little girl put on her red cloak and kissed her mother goodbye.
"Remember, go straight to Grandma's house," her mother cautioned.  "Don't dawdle along the way and please don't talk to strangers!  The woods are dangerous."
"Don't worry, mommy," said Little Red Riding Hood, "I'll be careful."
But when Little Red Riding Hood noticed some lovely flowers in the woods, she forgot her promise to her mother.  She picked a few, watched the butterflies flit about for awhile, listened to the frogs croaking and then picked a few more. 
Little Red Riding Hood was enjoying the warm summer day so much, that she didn't notice a dark shadow approaching out of the forest behind her...
Suddenly, the wolf appeared beside her.
"What are you doing out here, little girl?" the wolf asked in a voice as friendly as he could muster.
"I'm on my way to see my Grandma who lives through the forest, near the brook,"  Little Red Riding Hood replied.
Then she realized how late she was and quickly excused herself, rushing down the path to her Grandma's house. 
The wolf, in the meantime, took a shortcut...
The wolf, a little out of breath from running, arrived at Grandma's and knocked lightly at the door.
"Oh thank goodness dear!  Come in, come in!  I was worried sick that something had happened to you in the forest," said Grandma thinking that the knock was her granddaughter.
The wolf let himself in.  Poor Granny did not have time to say another word, before the wolf gobbled her up!
The wolf let out a satisfied burp, and then poked through Granny's wardrobe to find a nightgown that he liked.  He added a frilly sleeping cap, and for good measure, dabbed some of Granny's perfume behind his pointy ears.
A few minutes later, Red Riding Hood knocked on the door.  The wolf jumped into bed and pulled the covers over his nose.  "Who is it?" he called in a cackly voice.
"It's me, Little Red Riding Hood."
"Oh how lovely!  Do come in, my dear," croaked the wolf.
When Little Red Riding Hood entered the little cottage, she could scarcely recognize her Grandmother.
"Grandmother!  Your voice sounds so odd.  Is something the matter?" she asked.
"Oh, I just have touch of a cold," squeaked the wolf adding a cough at the end to prove the point.
"But Grandmother!  What big ears you have," said Little Red Riding Hood as she edged closer to the bed.
"The better to hear you with, my dear," replied the wolf.
"But Grandmother!  What big eyes you have," said Little Red Riding Hood.
"The better to see you with, my dear," replied the wolf.
"But Grandmother!  What big teeth you have," said Little Red Riding Hood her voice quivering slightly.
"The better to eat you with, my dear," roared the wolf and he leapt out of the bed and began to chase the little girl.
Almost too late, Little Red Riding Hood realized that the person in the bed was not her Grandmother, but a hungry wolf.
She ran across the room and through the door, shouting, "Help!  Wolf!" as loudly as she could.
A woodsman who was chopping logs nearby heard her cry and ran towards the cottage as fast as he could.
He grabbed the wolf and made him spit out the poor Grandmother who was a bit frazzled by the whole experience, but still in one piece."Oh Grandma, I was so scared!"  sobbed Little Red Riding Hood, "I'll never speak to strangers or dawdle in the forest again."
"There, there, child.  You've learned an important lesson.  Thank goodness you shouted loud enough for this kind woodsman to hear you!"
The woodsman knocked out the wolf and carried him deep into the forest where he wouldn't bother people any longer.
Little Red Riding Hood and her Grandmother had a nice lunch and a long chat.


source         : http;//www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/littlered/story.html
members     : Alvan Nauval R. (alvannauval.blogspot.com)
                      M. Azhiman P. (mazhimanprihadi.blogspot.com)
                      Sabrina Anindya L.


Little Red Riding Hood Script

Narrator: Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived in a village near the forest.  Whenever she went out, the little girl wore a red riding cloak, so everyone in the village called her Little Red Riding Hood. One morning, Little Red Riding Hood asked her mother if she could go to visit her grandmother as it had been awhile since they'd seen each other.

Mother: "That's a good idea," her mother said.  So they packed a nice basket for Little Red Riding Hood to take to her grandmother.

Narator: When the basket was ready, the little girl put on her red cloak and kissed her mother goodbye.

Mother: "Remember, go straight to Grandma's house, don't dawdle along the way and please don't talk to strangers!  The woods are dangerous."

Red Riding Hood: "Don't worry, mommy, I'll be careful."

Narator: But when Little Red Riding Hood noticed some lovely flowers in the woods, she forgot her promise to her mother.  She picked a few, watched the butterflies flit about for awhile, listened to the frogs croaking and then picked a few more. Little Red Riding Hood was enjoying the warm summer day so much, that she didn't notice a dark shadow approaching out of the forest behind her...
Suddenly, the wolf appeared beside her.

Wolf: "What are you doing out here, little girl?"

RRH: "I'm on my way to see my Grandma who lives through the forest, near the brook"

Narator: Then she realized how late she was and quickly excused herself, rushing down the path to her Grandma's house.

Grandmother: "Oh thank goodness dear!  Come in, come in!  I was worried sick that something had happened to you in the forest,"

Narator: The wolf let himself in.  Poor Granny did not have time to say another word, before the wolf gobbled her up!
The wolf let out a satisfied burp, and then poked through Granny's wardrobe to find a nightgown that he liked.  He added a frilly sleeping cap, and for good measure, dabbed some of Granny's perfume behind his pointy ears.
A few minutes later, Red Riding Hood knocked on the door.  The wolf jumped into bed and pulled the covers over his nose.  "Who is it?" he called in a cackly voice.

RRH: "It's me, Little Red Riding Hood."

Wolf: "Oh how lovely!  Do come in, my dear,"

Narator: When Little Red Riding Hood entered the little cottage, she could scarcely recognize her Grandmother.

RRH: "Grandmother!  Your voice sounds so odd.  Is something the matter?"

Wolf: "Oh, I just have touch of a cold,"

RRH: "But Grandmother!  What big ears you have,"

Wolf: "The better to hear you with, my dear,"

RRH: "But Grandmother!  What big eyes you have,"

Wolf: "The better to see you with, my dear,"

RRH: "But Grandmother!  What big teeth you have,"

Wolf: "The better to eat you with, my dear,"

Narator: The wolf and he leapt out of the bed and began to chase the little girl. Almost too late, Little Red Riding Hood realized that the person in the bed was not her Grandmother, but a hungry wolf.
She ran across the room and through the door, shouting, "Help!  Wolf!" as loudly as she could.
A woodsman who was chopping logs nearby heard her cry and ran towards the cottage as fast as he could. He grabbed the wolf and made him spit out the poor Grandmother who was a bit frazzled by the whole experience, but still in one piece.

RRH: "Oh Grandma, I was so scared!". "I'll never speak to strangers or dawdle in the forest again."

Grandmother: "There, there, child.  You've learned an important lesson.  Thank goodness you shouted loud enough for this kind woodsman to hear you!"

Narator: The woodsman knocked out the wolf and carried him deep into the forest where he wouldn't bother people any longer.
Little Red Riding Hood and her Grandmother had a nice lunch and a long chat.

source         : http;//www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/littlered/story.html
members     : Alvan Nauval R. (alvannauval.blogspot.com)
                      M. Azhiman P. (mazhimanprihadi.blogspot.com)
                      Sabrina Anindya L.