Senin, 23 November 2015

BOOK REVIEW : Sunshine Becomes You


The story began with Alex Hirano, an infamous pianist, went to Ray Hirano's dancing studio because his little brother insisted to take Alex out of his apartment. There, an incidentally meeting between Alex and Mia was triggered. The incident was so fast, Mia Clark, a teacher of that studio, fell down from the stairs and made Alex's hand injured, which made Alex's long planned concert ruined. Mia felt at fault, and of course Alex thought that it was Mia's fault too. Mia thought, to repent on her fault she needed to be Alex's right hand. She went to Alex's apartment everyday to made Alex coffee, do cleaning, and such. Alex wasn't very delighted at first.

After that long time they spent together, at least Mia could peek at Alex's heart, see him smiling, and many more, and so did Alex. They actually could feel their heart jumped off.

At one time, Alex found out that Mia was a great dancer and a graduate from his university, which of faculty of dancing was so hard to get in. But in fact, Mia stopped dancing already from a disease. Well, I don't want to tell what's the disease was~

So then, it was about the struggle between Mia, her dancing, and the disease. Alex was always beside Mia, comforting and supporting her. And then, it was the time when Alex would miss Mia's coffee every morning.

I think the storyline is so good, but I don't really like the ending. Ilana Tan represented her imagination into beautiful words, and I respected her. However, I haven't read her novels beside this and Winter in Tokyo. Well, back to the topic, it supposed to be a tear-jerking story.

The ending was hard to predict at a few first chapters, and it was so easy when the hint was given. I like how the twist in the story, but still I don't like the ending. If I can, I want to make it into a better ending. But it was for the best. The novel is from a best-seller author after all.

source: http://gentle-stories.blogspot.co.id/2013/04/sunshine-becomes-you-novel-review.html

PEACE DAY

Once upon a time when I was in an elementary school, I have some best friends, but there was 3 best friends that I always spent every time with. But one day, one of my 3 best friends (just call her X) made mistakes (really, I forgot what's her mistakes), so I and my 2 best friends avoided her. We never talked to each other with X, and we never greet each other. It was very childish rite? Yea I hope you understand because we were still an elementary school student in that time hahaha. And after a week or 2 weeks, X talked the problem to our teacher, and then our teacher called the four of us. Then we explained about our story, about her mistakes, and we also asked our teacher some advices. After we finished tell our problem, our teacher gave us advices. She asked us for apologies X and get along well to each other like before. So after that we apologized to each other and the problem were finished!

Sabtu, 21 November 2015

CAMPRT at RANCAUPAS

On Friday, 20th November 2015, SMAN 3 Bandung 12th grade went to Bumi Perkemahan Rancaupas to follow that Pramuka's event (Camping) that named CAMPRT (Camping Pramuka Tiga). First, we gathered at Lapangan Depan SMAN 3 & 5 Bandung and wait for the army truck come. We gathered at 6.30 a.m. After all our friends came and the army truck came, we went there at 7.30 p.m. In the truck, we really had fun because we were talking to each other and some of my friends were joking, and we played some games like Garuda 5 Dasar (I know this is very childish but who cares, hahaha). It was very narrow so we must sit jostled but it was okay.


We arrived there at 9.30 a.m. First, we build the tent. After finished, we put our carrier bag to the tent and tidy up our stuffs. After that, we did the opening ceremony (Apel Pembukaan). After that, there were some spare time.




At 11.30 a.m. while the boys Jumatan, the girls gathered at the field with Mrs. Ida and we followed "Keputrian". After the boys finished Jumatan, we started the activity, it named "Jelajah". So we must came to the pos, pos 1 until pos 5, and we must do the challenges in every pos. The challenge was like solve the code, guess some sounds, etc. On the way to one pos to another pos was very challenging because there were some road that full of mud! So our shoes were very dirty. It was tiring.

After that, we came back to the tent and cooked some food for dinner. My class cooked pasta. In the night, all the students gathered in the field and there was bonfire. We sang some songs together, like "Photograph" by Ed Sheeran, "Lost Stars" by Adam Levine, etc. It was very fun! After that, I and my friends went to sleep at 11 p.m. It was very cold and it was 15 Celsius degrees.

In the Saturday morning, we wake up at 5 a.m. It was really cold and we were shiver! We ate some hot noodles to help warming our body. After that, we did the activity again. Same like yesterday, we must came to some pos. But in this time was not as tiring as in the Friday.

We came back to the tent at 10 a.m. After that, we tidy up our stuffs and we tidy the carrier bag and ready to leave the camp.



GAMARVANI

On Saturday, September 19th 2015, SMAN 3 Bandung presented GAMARVANI "Gemilang Cinta Negeri". It's kinda cultural festival and also a bazaar and performing arts. In Gamarvani, there were so many food truck, from the traditional food until modern food. There were so many guest stars too, like the main guest stars: HiVi and ADERA.



I went there at 3 p.m. It was still not to crowded by people, because most people came at 4 p.m. or 5 p.m. I went around the area, looking for the food truck and bought some food. I bought ice cream, drinks, milk, etc.
This is the location map of GAMARVANI.


The main guest stars are Adera and HiVi. Adela was on the stage at 6 p.m. He was very stunning. His voice was really nice and the audience were very enjoy seeing him singing in the stage. He sang some of his famous songs, like "Lebih Indah", "Bahagia Bersamamu", "Terlambat". He also covered some of songs, like "Risalah Hati" by Dewa 19, "Stay With Me" by Sam Smith, and others.
This is the picture of Adera on the stage.


After Adera finished his performance, the next guest stars are HiVi! I'm sure that every people that came in Gamarvani were really excited to see HIVI because their songs were really nice! And I was also very excited to see HiVi! But we must waiting like 30 minutes or more for HiVi. But that was okay because we were really excited. They sang some of their famous songs, such as "Siapkah Kau Tuk Jatuh Cinta Lagi", "Orang Ketiga", "Mata Ke Hati", "Curi-curi", and many more. I was really really really enjoyed the night and sang the song together with my friends. We really enjoyed the performance. I was very happy that night!


photo source: instagram.com/gamarvani

Selasa, 01 September 2015

Example of Job Application Letter

JENDRAL SUDIRMAN STREET 45
Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta
February 22, 2011

President of
JAYA ENGLISH COURSE
LETJEND SUPRAPTO STREET 29
Menteng, Central Jakarta

Dear Mr. Aryo Silalahi

After reading your advertisement in "JOB VACANCY" magazine on Tuesday, February 01, 2011, I would like to apply to post an English Teacher in your course, Jaya English Course.
I am 25 years old. I am graduated from University of Indonesia on 2007. As you will see from my CV, I have the qualifications, experience and language proficiency you require.

I have both an external qualification and internal certificates from courses. Initially I obtained a diploma from the Minister of Education. In addition to that, I have attended a number of language courses run by the University of Indonesia.
I speak two foreign languages well. The first, of course English. I speak fluently, having lived in London for one year, as a translater in "Indonesian Ambassador for England" in London. I also speak some German. I feel this would be useful in this work.
There are a number of reasons for my applying for this post. First, having worked as a teacher for several years, I now feel ready to take on the challenge and responsibility of being form tutor. Furthermore, I would like to work with children. And finally I would also like to live and work in Minting.

I am available for interview at any time. I can be contacted most easily on the mobile phone number given above. I look forward to meeting you.
Sincerely,


KIRANA, S.Pd

Example of Job Vacancy

Thursday, October 1st 2014 on 12.00 p.m.
ENGLISH TEACHERS JOB VACANCY IN OXFORD ENGLISH COURSE

CARE GIVER ENGLISH COURSE TEACHER

OXFORD ENGLISH COURSE is a repudiated English Course in Menteng.
Urgently we need a care giver people to join us to be an English Course Teacher in Oxford English Course.
Requirements:
- S1 Graduate preferably in related field
- Good command of English both written and spoken
- Good personality, patient, energetic, willing to learn, a team player, max. 35 years old
- Willing to be located in cities of Indonesia (Jakarta, Makassar, Pekanbaru, Medan, Samarinda)
- Can operating computer

Interested people are invited to send the CV and application letter, not later than November 5, 2014 to:
OXFORD ENGLISH COURSE at LETJEND. SUBPART STREET 28-D MENTENG, CENTRAL JAKARTA.
or
e-mail address: enquires@yahoo.com

President of Oxford English Course,
Richard James.

Minggu, 14 Juni 2015

CAMPRT

On Wednesday, 10th of June 2015, 11th grade of SMAN 3 Bandung followed the CAMPRT (scout program). First, we gathered in RINDAM at 7 a.m. After that, the scout constructor gave us some rules for this program. I was in Group 10 with my other 7 friends.
We must walked around Bandung on foot! First, I and my group went to Asia Afrika. We must took some photos in some places there. It was like a challenge that we must do. After from Asia Afrika, we moved to Braga. After that, we went to Dago (we must took some photos in Taman Jomblo, Taman Film, Borromeus). It was very tiring. After that, we moved to Museum Monumen Perjuangan. There, we did some task. We were all very tired:)) After from Museum Monumen Perjuangan, we moved to Museum Geologi. There, we did some quiz that we must did. It was difficult enough. After finished from Museum Geologi, we moved to Taman Pramuka (to do the navigation). In Taman Pramuka, we studied about how to use a compass. After that, we went back again to RINDAM at 4 p.m. It was very tiring but it was very useful for us! But, although tiring, I enjoyed the trip because my friends in my group are very nice!!!
Here are some photos that we took.





Places in BANDUNG : TAMAN FILM (Movie Park)

Bandung's Movie Park (Taman Film Bandung)

Movie Park is located under the Pasupati Flyover. This park is such an amazing park! Bandung should be very proud to have movie park like this. It have amphitheater with unique design and one megatron. This place is very big and feels nice although the it's place is under the flyover. We can watch together with other people in this park, including if the Indonesian football playing, we can watch together (NOBAR) here. It's free to enter this park, but you must pay the fee if bring your vehicle (motorcycles fee Rp. 3000 / cars fee Rp.5000).


TURBUD 2015

DAY 1 (Monday, 20th of April 2015)

On 20th of April, 2015, the 11th grade of SMAN 3 Bandung went to Bali. This is one of the school program, and we usually called it Tur Budaya (TURBUD).
First, on 20th of April, we gathered in Stasiun Bandung. We all went to Bali with train. The trip was divided into two cloters. The first cloter was the alliance of class XI Science 6 until XI Social. They went with business class train at 4pm. The second cloter was the alliance of class XI Science 1 until XI Science 5. I’m from XI Science 5, so I was in the second cloter; with executive class train and started at 7pm.
In the train, I sit beside my friend, Yocia. We had a dinner in the train. It was very very very interesting because I and Yocia turned around our position until we facing Furqon and Fauzan. Furqon brought a laptop so we watched movie together. The movie that we watched was Divergent. But we didn’t watch it until the end because the condition in the train was very noisy, so we decided to stop watching. And then we talked to each other. We can’t sleep until late night because we were very excited!






DAY 2 (Tuesday, 21st of April 2015)
We prayed Subuh in the train. Group 2 arrived in Surabaya at 5.30 am, and then they took a bath and had a breakfast at RM Lokal. At the same time, Group 1 had a breakfast in the train because we hadn’t arrived yet. Group 1 arrived in Surabaya at 8.12 a.m. and we had a time to took a bath and changed our clothes. After that, we went to the bus to continued the trip to Bali. After that, we had a lunch together in RM Bromo Asri at 1 p.m. After finished lunch, we continued our way with the bus. And then, we had a dinner in RM Grafika Banyuwangi at 7 p.m. after finished dinner, we continued our way and arrived in Pelabuhan Ketapang at 8.15 p.m. And then we crossed the sea with ferry boat. The air was very cold! After one hour acrossing the sea, we arrived in Pelabuhan Gilimanuk at 9.30 p.m. After that, we continued our way to the hotel with bus. I was very tired, and I guess all my friends felt the same. It was tiring trip. So, on our way to the hotel, we slept on the bus. We arrived in Hotel Nirmala Denpasar at late night, around 12 a.m. After we checked in, we went to our room and lying in the bed for a while. My room mate are Ina, Yocia, and Nanda. After that, we took a bath and we slept at 2.30 a.m.
This is the photo of me and Yocia in our hotel room.




DAY 3 (Wednesday, 22nd of April 2015)

First, we had a breakfast at the hotel at 6.30 am. And then, we went to Tanjung Benoa. We arrived in the location at 8.30 a.m. In Tanjung Benoa, we can try so many water sports, such as banana boat, donut boat, parasailing, flying fish, diving, snorkeling, and many more. I had a plan that I want to try donut boat, parasailing, and flying fish.
After we arrived at Tanjung Benoa, we bought some tickets for water sports. I bought tickets for donut boat, parasailing, and flying fish with my friends (Rayhan, Furqon, and Geo). But we were disappointed because we couldn’t try a parasailing because the worker said there are some problem. So, we changed the parasailing to banana boat. And then we try banana boat. It was very fun! I liked it so much. After that, we try donut boat. It was so much fun and more challenging than banana boat. And then, we cancelled flying fish because I saw my friends tried it and I was afraid (it flied very high!). Thus, after I finished my water sport, I took some photos with my friends. Here are some photos that I took in Tanjung Benoa.







After from Tanjung Benoa, we went to Pudjamandala at 1 p.m and arrived at 1.30 p.m. There, we prayed Dzuhur. After all finished praying, we continued our way to Pandawa Beach. This beach is very beautiful and very clean. The sands are white. In Pandawa Beach, we played football game, kano, and many more. It was very very fun!





From Pandawa, we continued our way to Garuda Wisnu Kencana. There, we took some photos. We were all very tired so we didn’t took so much photos. And then, we watched the TARI KECAK show in GWK theatre at 6 p.m. It was very amazing!
This is the picture of me and my class at GWK.



After finished watching tari kecak, we went back to the bus and continued our way to Jimbaran Bay to had a dinner. We arrived at the location at 7.20 p.m. There, we had a dinner near the beach. We watched some performance too. It was very amazing. And then there were so much fireworks there! And we also flying the lampions. It was very beautiful to see so many lampions flying in the night sky.
From Jimbaran, we came back to the hotel at 10.30 p.m. We were very tired but of course we didn’t forget to took a bath first before sleep.

DAY 4 (Thursday, 23rd of April 2015)
First, we had a breakfast in hotel at 6.30 a.m. After finished breakfast, we went to Desa Adat Panglipuran at 7.30 a.m. and arrived at 9 a.m. There, we walked around the village. It was very beautiful village. We did some games too. It was very fun! After finished from Desa Adat Panglipuran, we had a lunch at Puncak Batur Kintamani. In Kintamani, the air was very fresh. The foods were very nice too. After finished lunch, we took some photos there. After that, we continued our way to Pasar Seni Sukowati. For those who wanted to buy some things, they can buy it at this market because the price is very cheap and we still can bargain. After that, we came back to hotel and arrived at hotel at 4 p.m. In hotel, we prepared for MAKRAB! We were very interested because we had been waiting for Makrab, because this Makrab’s theme was Neon Party! And in Makrab, we can know the winner of “Angket”. Besides, in makrab there were so many performances from our friends, such as Band3, Tiloe’s Theatre, and many more.
Makrab (Malam Keakraban) started at 7 p.m. at Nirmala Ballroom. We really enjoyed the moments because it was very awesome! We finished makrab at 11.30 p.m. After that, we came back to our room. But we didn’t sleep. We ordered McDonald’s and ate it at the late night! What a guilty pleasure rite? But we really enjoyed the moment because we ate it together with some friends from another rooms. Then, we came back to sleep at 2 a.m. What a tiring day.
This is the picture of me and my room mate before makrab.



DAY 5 (Friday, 24th of April 2015)
Before we had a breakfast, we packed back our stuffs because we must check out from the hotel. After finished packing, we had a breakfast in hotel at 6.30 a.m. And then, we went to Kuta Beach and arrived at 8.30 a.m.



There, I and my friends went to Beachwalk. After finished walked around there, we went back to the beach and went to Krisna to shopping. After from Krisna, we continued our trip to Tanah Lot. In Tanah Lot, we just took some photos and saw the beautiful view. And then we went back to the bus and continued our way. We had a dinner in RM Bidadari. After finished diner, we continued the way to Surabaya with the bus and slept in the bus.

DAY 6 (Saturday, 25th of April 2015)
We had a breakfast at RM Warung Wulan at 6.30 a.m. and continued our way again. And then, we went to Jembatan Suramadu. And then, we had a lunch at 12 p.m. at RM Wulan Surabaya. After finished lunch, we went to Stasiun Gubeng. Group 2 went to Bandung with the train at 2.30 p.m., while Group 1 went to Bandung with the train at 5 p.m. We had a dinner at 7.30 p.m. On the way back to Bandung, I sit with Yocia, and then I with my friends talked and had so much fun! We were very tired but we can’t sleep. Finally, we slept at late night.



DAY 7 (Sunday, 26th of April 2015)
Me with group 1 arrived in Stasiun Bandung at 10 a.m. I was very tired but I really enjoyed the trip! It was very tiring trip, but it also very fun and unforgettable moment.

Sabtu, 13 Juni 2015

SONG : Who You Love - John Mayer ft. Katy Perry

"Who You Love" is a song written and performed by John Mayer and Katy Perry for Mayer's sixth studio album, Paradise Valley (2013). It appears as the sixth song on the album and is the third single from the record. Mayer co-produced the song with Don Was and released it as an Internet download on August 12, 2013. Lyrically, "Who You Love" is a ballad about accepting falling in love with someone, on the theory that "you love who you love". The song has been praised by critics and has received mostly positive reviews.


WHO YOU LOVE
by John Mayer ft. Katy Perry

You love, who you love
Who you love
You love, who you love
Who you love

My girl, she ain't the one that I saw coming
And sometimes I don't know which way to go
And I tried to run before
But I'm not running anymore
Cause I've fought against it hard enough to know

That you love, who you love
Who you love
You love, who you love
Who you love
You love, who you love
Who you love

Oh, you can't make yourself stop dreaming
Who you're dreaming of
If it's who you love
Then it's who you love

My boy, he ain't the one that I saw coming
And some have said his heart's too hard to hold
And it takes a little time
But you should see him when he shines
Cause you never wanna let that feeling go

When you love, who you love
Who you love
You love, who you love
Who you love
Yeah, you love, who you love
Who you love

Oh, you can't make yourself stop dreaming
Who you're dreaming of
If it's who you love
Then it's who you love

Oh, you love, who you love
Who you love
You love, who you love
Who you love
You love, who you love
Who you love

Oh, you can't make yourself stop dreaming
Who you're dreaming of
If it's who you love
Then it's who you love

It's who you love
Who you love
Who you love
Who you love
You're the one I love

MOVIE REVIEW : Confessions Of A Shopaholic


Confessions of a Shopaholic is a 2009 American romantic comedy film based on the Shopaholic series of novels by Sophie Kinsella. Directed by P. J. Hogan, the film stars Isla Fisher as the shopaholic journalist and Hugh Dancy as her boss.


PLOT
Rebecca Bloomwood (Isla Fisher) is a shopping addict who lives with her best friend Suze. She works as a journalist for a gardening magazine but dreams of joining the fashion magazine Alette. On the way to an interview with Alette, she buys a green scarf. Her credit card is declined, so Rebecca goes to a hot dog stand and offers to buy all the hot dogs with a check, if the seller gives her back change in cash, saying the scarf is to be a gift for her sick aunt. The hot dog vendor refuses but a man offers her $20.
When Rebecca arrives at the interview, she's told that the position has been filled. However, the receptionist tells her there is an open position with the magazine Successful Savings, explaining that getting a job at Successful Savings could eventually lead to a position at Alette magazine. Rebecca interviews with Luke Brandon (Hugh Dancy), the editor of Successful Savings and the man who just gave her the $20. She hides her scarf outside his office, but Luke's assistant comes into the office and gives it back to her. Rebecca knows the game is up and leaves.
That evening, drunk, she and Suze write letters to Alette and Successful Savings, but she mails each to the wrong magazine. Luke likes the letter she meant to send to Alette and hires her. Rather than completing a work assignment for a new column, Rebecca goes to a clothing sale. While inspecting a cashmere coat she has just purchased, she realizes it is not 100% cashmere and she has been duped. This gives her an idea for the column, which she writes under the name "The Girl in the Green Scarf" and is an instant success.
Rebecca later returns home to renewed confrontations with her debt collector, so Suze makes her attend Shopaholics Anonymous. After one shopping spree she meets a friendly woman, Miss Korch, only to learn that she is the group leader and forces Rebecca to donate all the clothes she just bought, including a bridesmaid's dress for Suze's wedding and a dress for a TV interview. After the meeting Rebecca can't afford to buy back both and buys back the interview dress. During the interview, the debt collector is in the audience and confronts Rebecca.
Successful Savings terminates Rebecca's column after the public confrontation for bringing discredit on the magazine and believing she is a risk for not paying debts. Suze is angry when she finds out that Rebecca lost the bridesmaid dress, and Rebecca feels like she let everyone down. Rebecca's father (John Goodman) is more sympathetic, making a remark that the United States has not fallen despite its gigantic national debt, and offers to sell his recreational vehicle to help her, but Rebecca says the camper was a result of years of his hard work and saving, and that she will need to tackle her debts on her own. Alette offers Rebecca a position at the magazine, but Rebecca declines. Meanwhile, Luke starts a new company, Brandon Communications.
The members of Shopaholic Anonymous promote Rebecca's clothes sale, which generates a lot of revenue but she is still a bit short of retiring her debts. She finally sells her green scarf when a woman bids on it, making it possible for her to give all the cash to the debt collector, which she pays in pennies--to give it to him in the "most inconvient way possible".
Rebecca attends Suze's wedding after reclaiming her bridesmaid dress, and Suze forgives her. Luke returns the green scarf to Rebecca after revealing that the person who bought it at an auction was acting as his agent. Rebecca becomes romantically involved with Luke and starts working at his new company.






CAST
1. Isla Fisher as Rebecca Bloomwood


2. Hugh Dancy as Luke Brandon


3. Krysten Ritter as Suze (Rebecca’s bestfriend)