The life of Princess Alora

The life of Princess Alora

One day a girl sitting under the tree and writing something on her diary. She tried to memorize what she had back when she was still in the kingdom. Alora, there she lived unhappy, being a true caged-bird abode by what so called as ‘the rules’.

Growing up she turned to be such a goddess. Well known as the most beautiful crowned-princess among all the kingdom(s) in that wealthy country. Because of her beauty, her parents King Arthur and Queen Elizabeth were afraid of her husband to-be. Soon they came up with a marriage plan with the crowned-prince from the Southern Kingdom, Prince Jack. Alora knew Prince Jack wasn’t a good man. He was an ambitious and obssesive man who would do anything to get what he obssesed. And she knew, the only reason Prince Jack agreed of the marriage plan was to take over the kingdom. Then she declined the marriage, and as her rebellion proof she ran away from both the marriage and the kingdom just right one day before the wedding.

One her way, she met Zeke a son of a carpenter. A humble, honest and only by showing his modesty Alora fell in love with Zeke. She told him everything about why she was escaping and Zeke knew she was the crowned-princess who was missing form the kingdom. And so, he calmed Alora down and began to fall in love with her then proposed her to marry him. But, as first Zeke wanted Alora’s parents to know. Alora first refused afraid of Zeke would be sentenced to death. But, he could convince her. So, they went to the kingdom.

After they arrived at the kingdom, they directly looked for Alora’s Parents. As he showed his ways of convincing with his modesty King Arthur and Queen Elizabeth could finally accept their marriage. So they married and lived happily ever after.

And on the last page of her diary she wrote... My life.

                                                                                                                         

Adinda Juliani K

#2nd Assignment Direct-Indirect Speech

A. Direct Speech :

1. I said : " How could you do this to me ? You said you'd keep your words"
2. He said : "I never wanted any of these happened , but it's just that it's not the time. Let's not rush on any.."
3. "Things will never happen without a reason, you'll understand just why..", She said
4. I said : " If only you knew, you're are the first of many who did succeed make me feel warm, peace, and safe.."
5. He said :"If only she knew, how much I wanted things bloom flawlessly more than she could ever imagine.."

B. Indirect Speech :

1.  She said she was disappointed of what he was trying to explain.
2. He said he never wanted anything would ever hurt her in anyway, but he just couldn't stand up right at that time.
3. She said we would understand the reason for anything happened to us, cause nothing came for no reason.
4. She said that he was the only guy who ever made her feel that way.
5. He said that he wanted things to bloom flawlessly and that she was the only girl he could ever pour out to.

Anak Muda Turut Bicara tentang MDGs/Audiensi IFL dan 3 Duta MDGs bersama Wapres RI.

Anak Muda Turut Bicara tentang MDGs/Audiensi IFL dan 3 Duta MDGs bersama Wapres RI.

Anak Muda Turut Bicara tentang MDGs
Indonesia Future Leaders beraudiensi dengan Wakil Presiden

Optimistis pada generasi penerus. Wakil Presiden Boediono sedang menuliskan pesan untuk anak-anak Indonesia. (foto: Kris Hadiyanto)


Istana Wakil Presiden. Berulang kali di berbagai kesempatan, Wakil Presiden (Wapres) Boediono menyampaikan keyakinannya bahwa banyak anak-anak muda Indonesia yang sangat peduli terhadap kemajuan bangsa. Keyakinan itu, salah satunya, terbukti dengan kehadiran sekelompok anak muda ke Kantor Wapres pada Kamis 16 September 2010. Mereka adalah anak-anak muda yang memiliki optimisme untuk mewujudkan wajah Indonesia di masa depan yang lebih baik lagi. Anak-anak muda itu tergabung dalam Indonesia Future Leaders (IFL).

President IFL Muhammad Iman Usman tidak datang sendirian menghadap Wapres. Ia membawa serta beberapa duta yang tahun ini aktif mengampanyekan pentingnya pencapaian Millenium Development Goals (MDGs). Kampanye dan sosialisasi MDGs adalah salah satu program penting IFL tahun ini yang juga mendapat dukungan dari Kantor Perwakilan Perserikatan bangsa-Bangsa (PBB) di Indonesia.

Siang itu, Iman datang bersama tiga Duta MDGs yakni Rozana Pratiwi dari Universitas Hassanudin Makassar , Lutvi Amin dari SMAN I Blitar, dan Adinda Juliani Kdari SMAN I Cianjur. Turut hadir pula Jessica Angkasa, mahasiswi Universitas Pelita Harapan (UPH) yang juga Ketua Pelaksana program I Speak for MDGs. Sedangkan yang mendampingi mereka adalah Utusan Khusus Presiden Indonesia untuk MDGs Nila Moeloek dan juga Koordinator Nasional PBB untuk MDGs Campaign Wilson Siahaan. IFL adalah organisasi anak muda yang menginginkan pengembangan kepemimpinan di kalangan kaum muda Indonesia.“Pengurus IFL berjumlah 30 orang dan berusia di bawah 24 tahun serta tidak dibayar,” ujar Iman.

“Saya senang dan bangga sekali melihat anak-anak muda mempunyai inisiatif seperti ini,” ujar Wapres. Fokus pada estafet kepemimpinan kepada generasi muda, menurut Wapres, adalah fokus yang sangat tepat. Program mengkampanyekan MDGs juga merupakan tema yang tepat, sehingga tinggal mengisinya dengan kegiatan pas. "Pimpinan masa depan, tidak hanya pintar secara akademis, tetapi juga memiliki sikap dan integritas. Kalau saya masih muda pasti saya akan ikut IFL,” ujar Wapres dengan mimik wajah serius.
“Kami yakin, pencapaian MDGs perlu melibatkan anak-anak muda,” ujar Iman. IFL mengupayakan penyebaran kesadaran mengenai MDGs sejak awal 2010 melalui sejumlah talkshow, kompetisi proyek pengembangan masyarakat, dan perkemahan relawan ke berbagai sekolah di Indonesia. “Salah satu bentuk kerjasama IFL dengan PBB adalah menggelar program I Speak for MDGs,” ujar Wilson. Rangkaian kegiatan I Speak for MDGs dimulai dengan pengumpulan 55.000 kartu pos berisi testimoni anak-anak dari 12 provinsi tentang pendidikan. Kartu pos yang terkumpul akan disusun menjadi sebuah komposisi Peta Indonesia yang akan dipamerkan.
Wapres menyetujui pandangan Iman bahwa pencapaian MDGs tidak bisa hanya mengandalkan Pemerintah, melainkan juga harus melibatkan masyarakat termasuk generasi muda. “Kesehatan dan pendidikan adalah kunci pencapaian MDGs, karena fokusnya pada manusia,”ujar Wapres. Sejarah menunjukkan bahwa kunci kemajuan suatu bangsa adalah manusia, bukan berdasarkan jumlah melainkan kualitasnya. Kesehatan merupakan hardware manusia, dan pendidikan adalah software-nya.

Para Duta MDGs juga masih mengeluhkan mutu pendidikan di Indonesia, Misalnya, kurikulum yang terlalu berat dengan begitu banyaknya mata pelajaran di sekolah formal. “Ada beberapa mata pelajaran yang tidak perlu diajarkan di sekolah formal,” ujar Juliani. Masih belum cukup dengan keluhan mengenai kurikulum, Juliani juga mempertanyakan kualitas guru. Ia mengibaratkan generasi penerus bangsa adalah sebuah botol kosong, dan isi botol itu kelak sangat tergantung pada yang mengisinya. “Siapa yang mengisinya? Guru-guru itulah yang akan mengisinya, bagaimana bisa kita berharap jika kualitas guru kurang baik?” ujar Juliani.

Memang, kunci pendidikan yang baik dan berkualitas terletak pada kurikulum yang pas. “Pembawa kurikulum yang tidak lain guru harus dapat mengajarkan dengan baik,”ujar Wapres menanggapi keluhan Juliani. Saat ini, memang kurikulum masih terasa terlalu berat dan juga kemampuan para guru belum merata. “Tetapi sambil menunggu perbaikan, jangan menyerah. Tetap semangat belajar ya,” ujar Wapres yang mencontohkan pemanfaatan internet sebagai alternatif untuk menutupi segala kekurangan yang ada."Kelemahan yang ada jangan menjadi excuse," tambah Wapres.
Pada kesempatan itu, IFL juga meminta Wapres menulis pesan kepada seluruh anak-anak Indonesia yang akan disebarluaskan ke seluruh Indonesia. "Selamat berkarya, jika untuk kemajuan generasi muda, pasti saya dukung," tutur Wapres. (Bey Machmuddin). 

http://www.wapresri.go.id/index/preview/kegiatan/647 : sumber  situs resmi wapres RI

A PIECE OF PRAYER, A PIECE OF HOPE to my dear President

A PIECE OF PRAYER, A PIECE OF HOPE to my dear President

by Adinda Juliani K on Monday, August 23, 2010 at 5:10pm ·

A PIECE OF PRAYER, A PIECE OFHOPE
Dear Mr. President,                                                                 "Iwanna speak for MDGs"
                                                                                            "I wanna speak for Indonesia"
                                                                                            "I wanna speak for Education"
My name is Adinda,  just right after a moment  seeing the bold words, a question popped up in my mind "Education, Indonesia..What should be done to improve oureducation " ? If we're talking about  "improve" then we must see from the fundamental part, Government.
As a student, as an 18 year-old girl, as a citizen of Indonesia I might have the same voice about our 'Dream Education'. Perhaps my beloved President would like to take a moment to see your-people point of view.With all do my respects allow me to speak my aspirations.
Honorable Mr.President , as what becoming my most concerns about our education are the educating system as in the"Curriculum" and HRD as in the "teachers to-be". First, the nowadays curriculum is having us to have up to 16 subjects in a formal school. Questions :
-         Are we a super 'robot' students enough to receive up to 16 subjects at formal school?
-         Or are we aso much 'lack-off' students till we've got so much to learn up to 16 subjects at formal school ?
\-  This nowadays curriculum is a master enough toproduce a well confused graduatedhigh school's students in choosing what to study in University ?, because they've never gotten spesified.
\-  Nor producing a not-ready human resources to compete in the job vacancy.
\-  Infact, Majoring Schools are more effective as in more spesified and a ready employment. But, are we still not questioning their capabilities ?
{based on what majorly happens}
Shortly, I'm finding that our current curriculum is not that effective.
Second, about "teachers to-be" as we all know before becoming a teacher, they must follow certain testas 'CPNS – test', but I'm finding it not effective as the fact of  many 'cases appear'. Why am I concerning this, because our young generations are like an empty bottle who will be what it isfilling in with, so, anyone who fills it will determine of what ouryoung generations are going to be.{without omitting other secunder factors}
Honorable Mr. President, If I'm allowed I'd liketo speak my solutions as the cases I came up with, as a forward to the first matter, I think that adopting some developed countries' curriculum is seemed to be the solution. And for the second matter, I'd still think "CPNS-test" is not that failed,But it would be best after passing the test, they must follow a "Training"session whether it's 8 months – 1 year training so that related government can see were they qualified or not.
But,  this  "Dream Education" will be nothing if not all the people of Indonesia cannot receive exactly the same they deserve.
Simply my beloved President,
•Government
•LAW(Education System/Curriculum)
•Q-HRD(Qualified Human Resource Development)
•Competitive YoungGenerations /
a competitive final products are ready to lead this so much potential country, Indonesia !
Proud to be Indonesian !


 Adinda Juliani K
Speak for MDGs Youth Ambassador - Indonesia

Narrative Text "LET ME LOVE YOU" - #4 Writing Assignment

                                                         LET ME LOVE YOU
Once upon a time, there was once a guy who was very much in love with this girl. This romantic guy folded 1,000 pieces of papercranes as a gift to his girl. Although, at that time he was just a small executive in his company, his future doesn't seem too bright, they were very happy together. Until one day, his girl told him she was going to Paris and will never come back.She also told him that she cannot visualize any future for the both of them, so let's go their own ways there and then... heartbroken, the guy agreed. When he regained his confidence, he worked hard day and night, just to make something out of himself. Finally with all these hard work and with the help of friends, this guy had set up his own company... "You never fail until you stop trying." he always told himself. "I must make it in life!" One rainy day, while this guy was driving, he saw an elderly couple sharing an umbrella in the rain walking to some destination. Even with the umbrella, they were still drenched. It didn't take him long to realize those were his ex-girlfriend's parents. With a heart in getting back at them, he drove slowly beside the couple, wanting them to spot him in his luxury saloon. He wanted them to know that he wasn't the same anymore, he had his own company, car, condo, etc. He had made it in life! Before the guy can realize, the couple was walking towards a cemetery, and he got out of his car and followed them...and he saw his exgirlfriend, a photograph of her smiling sweetly as ever at him from her tombstone... and he saw his precious papercranes in a bottle placed beside her tomb. Her parents saw him.He walked over and asked them why this had happened. They explained that she did not leave for France at all. She was stricken ill with cancer. In her heart, she had believed that he will make it someday, but she did not want her illness to be his obstacle ... therefore she had chosen to leave him. She had wanted her parents to put his papercranes beside her, because, if the day comes when fate brings him to her again he can take some of those back with him. The guy just wept

Reference taken from : http://www.englishdirection.com/2011/01/contoh-lain-text-narrative-let-me-love.html

Spoof Text - "THE PHONE WAS OFF" - #3 Writing Assignment

THE PHONE WAS 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”

Reference taken from : http://understandingtext.blogspot.com/

Spoof Text - "The Perfect Husband? - #2 Writing Assignment

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 knows whose phone is this ???!!!"

  Reference taken from: www.cleanjoke.com/humor/The-Perfect-Husband.html