We invite you to write essay about the theme that we plan for Modesty in the next number:
• Modesty 03: Our Idol (deadline, 20 June 2009)
• Modesty 04: Independence (deadline, 20 July 2009)
Selasa, 30 Juni 2009
IN MY MIND
Where is the wind blows
The sky in the night was blue
The path that I always follow
Long distance to get the one
Giving smile for your lie
Somewhere searching for me
I might be the one
Left me in the circle
And I always close my ear
Close the door of heaven
W Awaiting in days
hen the life never ends
Waiting another seasons
Looking the blue sky
As light in the dark
The sky in the night was blue
The path that I always follow
Long distance to get the one
Giving smile for your lie
Somewhere searching for me
I might be the one
Left me in the circle
And I always close my ear
Close the door of heaven
W Awaiting in days
hen the life never ends
Waiting another seasons
Looking the blue sky
As light in the dark
MOTHER
by : Whitetia
Mother…
You never forget to think of me
But, sometimes I forget you
You never forget to pray for me
But, sometimes I forget to pray for you
You never forget to care of me
But, sometimes I Forget to care of you
Mother…
You always remember me when I forget spending second of my life
You always forgive my fault
And I always repeat it
You always care of my situation
And I always let it go
Mother…
Still waiting for another day
When I’m lost and stuck in a moment
As a snow in a dessert
When I’m confused, angry and sad
As an inspire on my life
Hard to change and forget
Forever…
Mother…
You never forget to think of me
But, sometimes I forget you
You never forget to pray for me
But, sometimes I forget to pray for you
You never forget to care of me
But, sometimes I Forget to care of you
Mother…
You always remember me when I forget spending second of my life
You always forgive my fault
And I always repeat it
You always care of my situation
And I always let it go
Mother…
Still waiting for another day
When I’m lost and stuck in a moment
As a snow in a dessert
When I’m confused, angry and sad
As an inspire on my life
Hard to change and forget
Forever…
The Statue of Liberty
by : Whitetia
If Indonesia has a National Monument (Monument Nasional : Monas, red) as a symbol of independence country, America has Liberty Statue as a monument that was presented to the United States of America by the people of France in 1886 to celebrate its centennial.
The Statue of Liberty is located in New York Harbor standing on Liberty Island, it welcomes for visitors and immigrants. Who sculpted and obtained a U.S patent of the statue is Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. The statue it self is a robed woman which holding a torch and made of a sheeting of pure copper, hung on a framework of steel (originally puddle iron) with the exception of the flame of the torch. It stands on a rectangular stonework pedestal with a foundation in the shape of an irregular eleven pointed star. The statue is 151 ft (46m) tall, but with the pedestal and foundation, it is 305 ft (93m) tall. Before the statue was built in October 28, 1886, the first model was built in 1870 on a small scale and it located in Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris and the uniquely of Liberty Statue is it was built in France after that it broke out become 200 pieces of big packages and shipped to America. Cause of package process take a long time, The Liberty Statue can be launched after ten years Independent day of United States.
Miss Liberty or Lady Liberty statue is a symbol of liberty and freedom. Her torch signifies enlightenment, the tablet in her hand represents knowledge and shows the date of the United States Declaration of Independence day which written in roman numerals July IV, MDCCLXXVI. In 1984, the Statue of Liberty was added to the list of World Heritage Sites until 2007 it was one of 20 finalists in a competition to name the New Seven Wonders of the World.
The Statue of Liberty was engineered to withstand heavy winds. Winds of 50 miles per hour cause the Statue to sway 3 inches (7.62 cm) and the torch to sway 5 inches (12.7 cm). This allows the Statue to move rather than break in high wind load conditions.
Feature Imperial Metric
Height from base to torch 151 ft 1 in 46 m
Foundation of pedestal to torch 305 ft 1 in 93 m
Feature Imperial Metric
Heel to top of head 111 ft 1 in 34 m
Length of hand 16 ft 5 in 5 m
Index finger 8 ft 0 in 2.44 m
Circumference at second joint 3 ft 6 in 1.07 m
Head from chin to cranium 17 ft 3 in 5.26 m
Head thickness from ear to ear 10 ft 0 in 3.05 m
Distance across the eye 2 ft 6 in 0.76 m
Length of nose 4 ft 6 in 1.48 m
Right arm length 42 ft 0 in 12.8 m
Right arm greatest thickness 12 ft 0 in 3.66 m
Thickness of waist 35 ft 0 in 10.67 m
Width of mouth 3 ft 0 in 0.91 m
Tablet, length 23 ft 7 in 7.19 m
Tablet, width 13 ft 7 in 4.14 m
Tablet, thickness 2 ft 0 in 0.61 m
Height of granite pedestal 89 ft 0 in 27.13 m
Feature Imperial Metric
Height of foundation 65 ft 0 in 19.81 m
Weight of copper used in Statue 60,000 pounds 27.22 metric tonnes
Weight of steel used in Statue 250,000 pounds 113.4 metric tonnes
Total weight used in Statue 450,000 pounds 204.1 metric tonnes
Thickness of copper sheeting 3/32 of an inch 2.4 mm
(table source from Wikipedia)
I suggest you to visit the United States for your holiday, especially to see the Liberty Statue.
If Indonesia has a National Monument (Monument Nasional : Monas, red) as a symbol of independence country, America has Liberty Statue as a monument that was presented to the United States of America by the people of France in 1886 to celebrate its centennial.
The Statue of Liberty is located in New York Harbor standing on Liberty Island, it welcomes for visitors and immigrants. Who sculpted and obtained a U.S patent of the statue is Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. The statue it self is a robed woman which holding a torch and made of a sheeting of pure copper, hung on a framework of steel (originally puddle iron) with the exception of the flame of the torch. It stands on a rectangular stonework pedestal with a foundation in the shape of an irregular eleven pointed star. The statue is 151 ft (46m) tall, but with the pedestal and foundation, it is 305 ft (93m) tall. Before the statue was built in October 28, 1886, the first model was built in 1870 on a small scale and it located in Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris and the uniquely of Liberty Statue is it was built in France after that it broke out become 200 pieces of big packages and shipped to America. Cause of package process take a long time, The Liberty Statue can be launched after ten years Independent day of United States.
Miss Liberty or Lady Liberty statue is a symbol of liberty and freedom. Her torch signifies enlightenment, the tablet in her hand represents knowledge and shows the date of the United States Declaration of Independence day which written in roman numerals July IV, MDCCLXXVI. In 1984, the Statue of Liberty was added to the list of World Heritage Sites until 2007 it was one of 20 finalists in a competition to name the New Seven Wonders of the World.
The Statue of Liberty was engineered to withstand heavy winds. Winds of 50 miles per hour cause the Statue to sway 3 inches (7.62 cm) and the torch to sway 5 inches (12.7 cm). This allows the Statue to move rather than break in high wind load conditions.
Feature Imperial Metric
Height from base to torch 151 ft 1 in 46 m
Foundation of pedestal to torch 305 ft 1 in 93 m
Feature Imperial Metric
Heel to top of head 111 ft 1 in 34 m
Length of hand 16 ft 5 in 5 m
Index finger 8 ft 0 in 2.44 m
Circumference at second joint 3 ft 6 in 1.07 m
Head from chin to cranium 17 ft 3 in 5.26 m
Head thickness from ear to ear 10 ft 0 in 3.05 m
Distance across the eye 2 ft 6 in 0.76 m
Length of nose 4 ft 6 in 1.48 m
Right arm length 42 ft 0 in 12.8 m
Right arm greatest thickness 12 ft 0 in 3.66 m
Thickness of waist 35 ft 0 in 10.67 m
Width of mouth 3 ft 0 in 0.91 m
Tablet, length 23 ft 7 in 7.19 m
Tablet, width 13 ft 7 in 4.14 m
Tablet, thickness 2 ft 0 in 0.61 m
Height of granite pedestal 89 ft 0 in 27.13 m
Feature Imperial Metric
Height of foundation 65 ft 0 in 19.81 m
Weight of copper used in Statue 60,000 pounds 27.22 metric tonnes
Weight of steel used in Statue 250,000 pounds 113.4 metric tonnes
Total weight used in Statue 450,000 pounds 204.1 metric tonnes
Thickness of copper sheeting 3/32 of an inch 2.4 mm
(table source from Wikipedia)
I suggest you to visit the United States for your holiday, especially to see the Liberty Statue.
A Conversation with the Future
by : Nailal Armstrong
In the evening, there was a boy who had run hundreds of miles arrived in a canyon over the sea shore in the west side of the city. While trying to catch his breath, he looked at the orange horizon that blended with the blue ocean.
“Am I there yet?” the boy whispered doubtfully to his mind.
He put his arms on his knees. His sweat wetted all over his body and clothes. The smell of the sun evaporated from his hair.
Tiredness floated from every part of his body.
He tried to stand up using his last energy remained.
“Bravo! Bravo, son! What a great deal!” suddenly the wind blew. It blew the voice of an old man. It sounded like and old man that had been through a lot and filled with life experience.
“Who’s that?” the boy was confused and he looked around.
There was no one.
“Welcome, son! Your boat has arrived on the shore, on the gate of the ocean!” The old man voice continued.
The boy turned around and tried to find where the voice came from.
Nobody was there.
The voice was very soft and nearly soundless but so clear that it was impossible to deny.
“Show yourself!!” the boy shouted again.
“But it is just a gate, son!” He heard that soft voice again.
The wave hit the bottom of the canyon splashing the sea water.
“Who are you?!” the boy shouted frustrated. He knew that he would not be answered.
The cloud was slowly moved by the warm west wind.
“Your little boat was made of the paper anyway,” the soft voice continued. The boy had no choice but to listen “Doesn’t the river that guide you to the sea make you realize how weak your little boat is?”
The wave hit the bottom of the canyon. It threw the sea water to the mouth of the boy. Salty.
“So what?” the boy answered as he liked. He turned his face to the ocean where the voice seemed to come from. Was it a voice of the ocean? thought the boy.
“Do you know how big the waves that will hit you in the middle of the ocean are, huh, tough guy?! Do you know the waves will roll your little boat over and down into the deep ocean?” The voice rumbled and shrank the boy’s gut.
The boy became afraid and shivering. The warm west wind blew through the boy clothes that full of sweat. He looked at the blue ocean.
“I am a little boat that will never go trembling down by any brag or threat.” said that boy in rumbling but husky voice, “I was composed of divine people. I will evolve to gain esteem.
Silence.
The ocean seemed speechless.
The boy continued.
“It makes me an optimist eventhough I live among the conservatives.”
Melancholic wind from the east blew the husky voice to the open sea. Echoing an absurd husky voice.
The ocean swallowed the sun that turned to reddish.
The world turned dark.
Bekasi, 25 December 2007
In the evening, there was a boy who had run hundreds of miles arrived in a canyon over the sea shore in the west side of the city. While trying to catch his breath, he looked at the orange horizon that blended with the blue ocean.
“Am I there yet?” the boy whispered doubtfully to his mind.
He put his arms on his knees. His sweat wetted all over his body and clothes. The smell of the sun evaporated from his hair.
Tiredness floated from every part of his body.
He tried to stand up using his last energy remained.
“Bravo! Bravo, son! What a great deal!” suddenly the wind blew. It blew the voice of an old man. It sounded like and old man that had been through a lot and filled with life experience.
“Who’s that?” the boy was confused and he looked around.
There was no one.
“Welcome, son! Your boat has arrived on the shore, on the gate of the ocean!” The old man voice continued.
The boy turned around and tried to find where the voice came from.
Nobody was there.
The voice was very soft and nearly soundless but so clear that it was impossible to deny.
“Show yourself!!” the boy shouted again.
“But it is just a gate, son!” He heard that soft voice again.
The wave hit the bottom of the canyon splashing the sea water.
“Who are you?!” the boy shouted frustrated. He knew that he would not be answered.
The cloud was slowly moved by the warm west wind.
“Your little boat was made of the paper anyway,” the soft voice continued. The boy had no choice but to listen “Doesn’t the river that guide you to the sea make you realize how weak your little boat is?”
The wave hit the bottom of the canyon. It threw the sea water to the mouth of the boy. Salty.
“So what?” the boy answered as he liked. He turned his face to the ocean where the voice seemed to come from. Was it a voice of the ocean? thought the boy.
“Do you know how big the waves that will hit you in the middle of the ocean are, huh, tough guy?! Do you know the waves will roll your little boat over and down into the deep ocean?” The voice rumbled and shrank the boy’s gut.
The boy became afraid and shivering. The warm west wind blew through the boy clothes that full of sweat. He looked at the blue ocean.
“I am a little boat that will never go trembling down by any brag or threat.” said that boy in rumbling but husky voice, “I was composed of divine people. I will evolve to gain esteem.
Silence.
The ocean seemed speechless.
The boy continued.
“It makes me an optimist eventhough I live among the conservatives.”
Melancholic wind from the east blew the husky voice to the open sea. Echoing an absurd husky voice.
The ocean swallowed the sun that turned to reddish.
The world turned dark.
Bekasi, 25 December 2007
Having Much Money Or Having Much Free Time
By : moehid
I remembered when I was in senior high school or exactly after I graduated from senior high school. I had much free time and I usually woke up late in the morning. I woke up about at 07.00 am. After that I usually helped my mother, I kept the store and in the afternoon I just watched television and took a nap. About 03.00 pm I went to IEC to have daily meeting. I used to do those things about a year before I got my job. It was really exciting when we had much free time, we could go anywhere and any time. Wherever and whenever. No matter it was holiday or not. But one thing that made me sad was when I didn’t have money. I couldn’t go anywhere and buy something. I realized that I hadn’t got the job yet at the time. And I always imagined someday I could have much money. When I was in this situation I always want to go anywhere. I can go hiking and traveling with my friends whenever I want. But the problem I didn’t have enough money at the time. So I only could go to the nearest place and buy the cheapest thing. How poor I am! I was thinking when I will get much money?
Having much money is everyone dreams. We work everyday only to earn some money and use the money to fulfill our daily need. Sometimes people work until late at night and sometimes people have to wake up very early only to reach their dream. As I know money is just a piece of paper or even coin, but why people earn and compete each other only to get money. Money causes anything, such as crime or murderer. The robber do robbery in the bank and the thief kills their victim only to get the money. Mother and son can fight each other only because of money.
Is money important? I think so. But in my opinion money is just a moment. It is not eternal. Someday when we pass away we do not need to bring our money. So that’s why we shouldn’t need to be enthusiastic to have lot of money.. For me, money is just a part of my life. God creates human and he has managed everyone’s life. Money is made by human, but why people really want to have it. I really confuse about it. Personally, I really want to have much money but sometimes I’m afraid I could forget all my friends or family. I just want to have much money when people among me have already gotten their money too. So no one will feel jealous with me.
I thank God that now I have worked and I could earn some money. Although it’s not as much as I want. God has given me the reward and I really thank to my beloved mother and father. They teach me how to be independence and patient. I work hard and I could collect my money. I still remember how happy I’m when I received my first salary, Even it is not more than a hounded thousand. But I always say thank to Allah SWT. I know how difficult my parents earn money to fulfill my daily need and pay my school fee. I hope I could always help my family and my friends.
I imagine that someday I could go around the world or at least go around Indonesia if I have much money. Because my hobbies are traveling and hiking so I usually spend my money for them. How happy I’m when I have lot of money. But now I’m not really happy because I know our life is like a wheel. I really realize it. Sometimes we are up and sometimes we are down. We never feel satisfied to have something. That what I feel now. When you have much free time you have less money, but now when we have lot of money we have less time. If we have much time for holiday we usually feel bored but when we have no holiday we usually want to have refreshing. How weird are those? Yes that is our character and we can’t ignore it. We never feel satisfied and want more and more.
I suggest for those who are still have much free time, just use them before you are busy.
And for those who have a lot money just save them wisely. Enjoy your time without money because money is not everything. People said money is everything, without money you are nothing. That’s true, but what I want to emphasize is the function of money. Do not let the money manage your time and your life. You are the owner so you have to be able to manage it. Believe it or not money does not always make us happy. Remember inside the happiness there is sadness. Having holiday could mean a trouble for us. Never underestimate something. Prepare your trip well before going.
Good luck.
I remembered when I was in senior high school or exactly after I graduated from senior high school. I had much free time and I usually woke up late in the morning. I woke up about at 07.00 am. After that I usually helped my mother, I kept the store and in the afternoon I just watched television and took a nap. About 03.00 pm I went to IEC to have daily meeting. I used to do those things about a year before I got my job. It was really exciting when we had much free time, we could go anywhere and any time. Wherever and whenever. No matter it was holiday or not. But one thing that made me sad was when I didn’t have money. I couldn’t go anywhere and buy something. I realized that I hadn’t got the job yet at the time. And I always imagined someday I could have much money. When I was in this situation I always want to go anywhere. I can go hiking and traveling with my friends whenever I want. But the problem I didn’t have enough money at the time. So I only could go to the nearest place and buy the cheapest thing. How poor I am! I was thinking when I will get much money?
Having much money is everyone dreams. We work everyday only to earn some money and use the money to fulfill our daily need. Sometimes people work until late at night and sometimes people have to wake up very early only to reach their dream. As I know money is just a piece of paper or even coin, but why people earn and compete each other only to get money. Money causes anything, such as crime or murderer. The robber do robbery in the bank and the thief kills their victim only to get the money. Mother and son can fight each other only because of money.
Is money important? I think so. But in my opinion money is just a moment. It is not eternal. Someday when we pass away we do not need to bring our money. So that’s why we shouldn’t need to be enthusiastic to have lot of money.. For me, money is just a part of my life. God creates human and he has managed everyone’s life. Money is made by human, but why people really want to have it. I really confuse about it. Personally, I really want to have much money but sometimes I’m afraid I could forget all my friends or family. I just want to have much money when people among me have already gotten their money too. So no one will feel jealous with me.
I thank God that now I have worked and I could earn some money. Although it’s not as much as I want. God has given me the reward and I really thank to my beloved mother and father. They teach me how to be independence and patient. I work hard and I could collect my money. I still remember how happy I’m when I received my first salary, Even it is not more than a hounded thousand. But I always say thank to Allah SWT. I know how difficult my parents earn money to fulfill my daily need and pay my school fee. I hope I could always help my family and my friends.
I imagine that someday I could go around the world or at least go around Indonesia if I have much money. Because my hobbies are traveling and hiking so I usually spend my money for them. How happy I’m when I have lot of money. But now I’m not really happy because I know our life is like a wheel. I really realize it. Sometimes we are up and sometimes we are down. We never feel satisfied to have something. That what I feel now. When you have much free time you have less money, but now when we have lot of money we have less time. If we have much time for holiday we usually feel bored but when we have no holiday we usually want to have refreshing. How weird are those? Yes that is our character and we can’t ignore it. We never feel satisfied and want more and more.
I suggest for those who are still have much free time, just use them before you are busy.
And for those who have a lot money just save them wisely. Enjoy your time without money because money is not everything. People said money is everything, without money you are nothing. That’s true, but what I want to emphasize is the function of money. Do not let the money manage your time and your life. You are the owner so you have to be able to manage it. Believe it or not money does not always make us happy. Remember inside the happiness there is sadness. Having holiday could mean a trouble for us. Never underestimate something. Prepare your trip well before going.
Good luck.
What Are You?: Understand It And Be It!
By : Daniel Pasaribu
Reading the title above will lead you to come up with ideas of its meaning , but I want to lead you to relate this simple question in to our theme issued this month. Sound silly? Not really, just by adding phrases like ‘assessment, final test and so on’ to the sentence I think it has something to do with EXAMINATION. Just by that simple way? And how it does come? Let me show you, be patient ok?
Before I forget to tell you what I want to say, I write down my purpose implicitly below and hopefully help you to get my point: that is to encourage you to study harder if you are a student.
It has become a tradition in our education calendar where after a final test, school or students have a holiday. Most students, but not all, prefer a holiday to test or have an examination. This situation can be seen from students’ behavior toward tests they will have. Some students study late until night just before the day of test, some feel very anxious, even some change of their life style. These are indicators of students who lack of preparation. These students do not understand what they supposed to be, what they have to do in the case of responsibility.
Here we want to see deeper beyond a test and a holiday. I believe we all have a clear understanding between the two. A test and a holiday can not stand alone; they can not be separated with aspects such as curriculum, syllabus, etc. They should be holistic as a union. That is also as an answer to question why there is not a holiday and a test only, but it’s also made clearly in one semester what a school has to do. There is time to study, do home work as written in the education calendar or in the syllabus on every subject of study, so once again these parts can not stand alone, it is impossible for students to have tests before completing a certain planning of study. If it happens, we will find the situation like presented above and students will fail to meet the demanding of the curriculum as written.
Talking about education calendar also can involve when a test will be held, when the holiday and the amount of time will be spent for a subject. And the term curriculum means to plan time and the purposes (BPNKTSP, 2:2006) Do you know who is in charge in curriculum? Yes , the government by education and culture minister responsible to pass the law called KEPMENDIKNAS , this law continued to SATUAN PENDIDIKAN and then this institution construct the education calendar and it must be based on STANDARD ISI ( if you want to know more about ‘curriculum’ come and joint with Mr. Sophian’s lecture). Now let us make a light analyzing: we have government, we have laws, teachers, students, Satuan Pendidikan, national education standard. They all work together just for one purpose, and I believe if one of them does not work there will be problems. And so it is the same for example students break rules, do not perform the curriculum, finally they hate the test because they are not well prepared.
Back to the question above; where are you? Now I think you can understand that this question refers to which category you belong to? Are you a student? A teacher? Or you are a student at the same time you are as a teacher? Understand what you must do! I really believe you will love when time of examination comes, when holiday is coming and you like sitting in the classroom to attend all subject written in the curriculum.
Here is to make it clearer: where are you? Determined by what your role and your work. Understand means we must play our role as its category. By understanding our role we will be more motivated, more focused to study, so if once again we are students and we will not hate a test any more.
Good luck!
Reading the title above will lead you to come up with ideas of its meaning , but I want to lead you to relate this simple question in to our theme issued this month. Sound silly? Not really, just by adding phrases like ‘assessment, final test and so on’ to the sentence I think it has something to do with EXAMINATION. Just by that simple way? And how it does come? Let me show you, be patient ok?
Before I forget to tell you what I want to say, I write down my purpose implicitly below and hopefully help you to get my point: that is to encourage you to study harder if you are a student.
It has become a tradition in our education calendar where after a final test, school or students have a holiday. Most students, but not all, prefer a holiday to test or have an examination. This situation can be seen from students’ behavior toward tests they will have. Some students study late until night just before the day of test, some feel very anxious, even some change of their life style. These are indicators of students who lack of preparation. These students do not understand what they supposed to be, what they have to do in the case of responsibility.
Here we want to see deeper beyond a test and a holiday. I believe we all have a clear understanding between the two. A test and a holiday can not stand alone; they can not be separated with aspects such as curriculum, syllabus, etc. They should be holistic as a union. That is also as an answer to question why there is not a holiday and a test only, but it’s also made clearly in one semester what a school has to do. There is time to study, do home work as written in the education calendar or in the syllabus on every subject of study, so once again these parts can not stand alone, it is impossible for students to have tests before completing a certain planning of study. If it happens, we will find the situation like presented above and students will fail to meet the demanding of the curriculum as written.
Talking about education calendar also can involve when a test will be held, when the holiday and the amount of time will be spent for a subject. And the term curriculum means to plan time and the purposes (BPNKTSP, 2:2006) Do you know who is in charge in curriculum? Yes , the government by education and culture minister responsible to pass the law called KEPMENDIKNAS , this law continued to SATUAN PENDIDIKAN and then this institution construct the education calendar and it must be based on STANDARD ISI ( if you want to know more about ‘curriculum’ come and joint with Mr. Sophian’s lecture). Now let us make a light analyzing: we have government, we have laws, teachers, students, Satuan Pendidikan, national education standard. They all work together just for one purpose, and I believe if one of them does not work there will be problems. And so it is the same for example students break rules, do not perform the curriculum, finally they hate the test because they are not well prepared.
Back to the question above; where are you? Now I think you can understand that this question refers to which category you belong to? Are you a student? A teacher? Or you are a student at the same time you are as a teacher? Understand what you must do! I really believe you will love when time of examination comes, when holiday is coming and you like sitting in the classroom to attend all subject written in the curriculum.
Here is to make it clearer: where are you? Determined by what your role and your work. Understand means we must play our role as its category. By understanding our role we will be more motivated, more focused to study, so if once again we are students and we will not hate a test any more.
Good luck!
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