Journal (2)

By :Davin,9Pre-Ib,6

English Journal Books, newspapers, magazines, and internet are all the same. They are the world’s window. Through all of them we can learn many things and we can get a lot of information about other countries and other people’s life. With a purpose to gain knowledge, I write this journal. It consists of 4 newspaper articles, 4 magazine articles, and 1 novel. This journal really helps me to know about many things that I have never known before. Reader’s Digest, November, 2008, page 29-31

Scents and Sensibility For Lisa Price, it was a really bad time to get sick. Her fledgling skin and hair-care business, Carol’s Daughter, was preparing for a surge in Valentine’s day sales. But instead of ramping things up, everything came to a half while Price was in bed with the flu for two weeks. That’s when se realized that her hands-on management style was a problem. Price had started cooking up fragrances and lotions in her Brooklyn kitchen in the early ‘90s. She wanted something unique, not something that made her smell “like the department store her shelf. I found books that gave the basic guidelines for balancing volatile notes with grounding notes," she says." I tried different ingredients, and I wrote them down as I worked so if I got a recipe right, I could reproduce it.” Price opened her first store, in the fort greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, in 1999. Three years later, she finally moved production out her kitchen and into a warehouse. But while she kept coming up with new products –Black Vanilla hair conditioner, Jamaican Punch Sea Salt Scrub, Almond Cookie Shea Souffle moisturizer – she struggled to keep up with the bills and payroll. She needed more expertise than her family could provide. The company is now a multimillion-dollar business, with seven stores and 85 employees.

My Comment : I am amazed with this story, and I learn 3 major points from this article. As I can see in this article, Lisa was brave to try something new. She mixed ingredients that nobody has ever mixed before, and as the result she succeeded and obtained a lot of money. I think I have a similarity with her, even though mine cannot give me a lot of money, like Lisa’s. This is the story about mine. When I had my art project, my teacher asked us to draw a cubism picture, which was hard for me. However I started to do it and I did something different, something that I had never done before. I made my picture with unique color structures. At first it looked bad and ugly. However at the end it was really nice and my teacher said that my picture was one of his favorites. After I read this article, I realize that to be a successful person you need innovation, bravery to do something new and take a risk. However if we fail, we must try over and over. We should not give up and we must learn from our failure. Vocabullary 1. Expertise : the ability that an expert possesses - Counting complicated numbers is her expertise. 2. Fledgling: a person who is still lack of experience - She is still a fledgling,she knows nothing. 3. Endorsements : approval - I’m waiting for the endorsement from the government. Reader’s Digest, November, 2008, page 18-20

Down by The River In early 2001, Dale Edmonds traveled from her come in Singapore to Cambodia to adopt two children 13 year old Nary and her one year old brother Narith through an adoption agency based in the United States. While waiting for the paperwork to come through, she found out that Nary and Narith were not orphans their family had sold them to the orphanage.

Six moth later Dale and her husband Jimmy Yap went back to Cambodia with her children to search for the birth family. It was difficult because Nary didn’t know the exact location of her parents’ home. The children were of Vietnamese descent, and a Catholic priest living in Phnom Penh pointed the couple to a Vietnamese community living along the Tonle Sap River. There, Nary recognized a childhood friend and confirmed that was where she had grown up. Dale and Jim was divested; they thought they would have to give Nary and Narith back to their family. However they discovered that the other two children’s relatives had also sold the other two children 12 year old Helen and one year old Binh to local traffickers. Dale and Jimmy decided to adopt them, reuniting the four siblings. Dale learned that many local children, many from broken and abusive families, were in danger of being sold to traffickers. By 2005 she was helping out 27 children, sending between $500 and $1500 each month. Dale decided ti set up a proper non-governmental organization, which she named the Riverkids Project, to help fight child trafficking. “Through our children, we had trust and access to a slum community that no one else was really working with,” Dale says. Riverkids now has two after-school centers offering about 250 children vocational training and help with their schoolwork. Dale works full-time without pay setting up programs, raising funds and giving talks. She visits Cambodia every two months to make sure everything is running smoothly. Even during difficult times, one thing keeps her going: “seeing the kids just blossom” My comment This article astonishes me. It is good to see a couple who still care for others in this hard life. Dale and his husband had made many children happy and helped them find their parents. I think there is no other couples who can be this generous in this world. Furthermore, this article makes me remember about university students who taught poor children in Galaxy Mall for free. It was wonderful to see the young generation help one another. Even though they were busy with all of their tasks, they gave their time for others. This article teaches me to be a generous person and become a person that cares for others. I am ashamed to myself, because I know that I am a selfish person and I seldom put my friends as my priority. In short, this article encourages me to become a generous person.

Vocabullary 1. Descent : the state of going down - The descent of prices stimulates the economic growth. 2. Revelation : the openess of a secret - After the revelation of her sin, she doesn’t go out very often. 3. Poverty : the state of being poor - Nobody wants to live in poverty. Reader’s Digest, November, 2008, page 65-69

The New Green His Nightly routine isn’t just because he insists the water runts faster than during the day, but because he has “to let the murky water sit for a few hours to let the mud settle to the bottom of the water tank.” The well water is so contaminated that Luki’s family only uses it to wash their clothes and his motorcycle, and to mop the floor. They can spend over $20 a week buying clean water to drink and use for bathing. Luki is not alone. An estimated 700 million of us in Asia do not have access to safe drinking water, according to Professor Tommy Koh, chairman of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum Governing Council. Our water woes stem from a combination of inadequate supplies to service an increasing urban population, pollution, poor infrastructure and endemic corruption. “if the present trends continue,” warns Kalidaikurichi Seetharam, the director of the institute odd Water Policy in Singapore, “Asia will soon face a water quality management crisis that is unprecedented in human history.” Although 70 percent of the earth’s surface is covered by water, only 2.5 percent of this water is fresh. On top of that, we only have access to a fraction of this finite supply. The earth’s water cycle has done a great job of recycling this finite supply but now population demands – often in places with limited supplies – is putting this cycle under stress, Simply put, more people are using the same small supply of water My Comment It is true that our earth now runs out of water, as we can see from the article above. There are 700 million people in Asia who run out of fresh water. As we can see above, Luki also has trouble in finding fresh water.

From my experience in daily life, I have also found many people that run out of water. There are so many people that live in remote areas in Indonesia who hardly find fresh water. This phenomenon has been a global problem now. This article gives me more knowledge about water. At first I thought about the reason why we ran out of water. There is a lot water in this earth (70% of the earth is water). However after reading this article I know that only 2.5% of the water is fresh. Furthermore I believe that we can solve this problem if we hold hands together.

Vocabulary 1. Inadequate : not enough - The inadequate supply forces the people to be thrifty. Reader’s Digest, November, 2008, page 106-112

Krystals’s Big Break Landing a movie part is the stuff of dreams. It’s a heady, narcissistic affair accompanied by chauffeured cars, private trailers and teams of hair, makeup and wardrobe professionals fussing and fixing. The lights go on, cameras start rolling and all the action is focused on you, to….you! Movie-star treatment spoils some people rotten, but it can also be the most uplifting, rewarding and self-esteem-building experience of a lifetime – or so it was for my 19 year old daughter, Krystal, who has Down’s syndrome. It wasn’t just dreams that helped Krystal land the role of Phoebe in the TV-movie version of the bestseller The Memory Keeper’s Daughter. The years of Saturday theater classes and the countless hours spent in lively animation, talking to the full-length animation, talking to the full-length mirror in her bedroom certainly helped. Her 140 centimeter, 33kilogram frame didn’t hurt When we got an email last October from the Down Syndrome Association of Toronto, announcing the audition, it was clear lifetime Network was looking for two different girls to play Phoebe – one as a 13 years old, the other as a young woman. But when Krystal walked into the audition, ready to read for the youngwoman role, director Mick Jackson eyed her tiny frame and asked her to read both parts. “We knew she was the one,” executive producer Howard Braunstein recalled to me on the set one day in Halifax “We’d searched across the North America. When Krystal walked in, we knew we’d found our actor.” Like that; little did I know, there’d be other bonuses. Shortly after Krystal landed the role, the script arrived by FedEx. What happened next was a thrill I’ll never forget: She ripped open the package and read all 95 pages in two

days. Teachers tell me Krystal has the reading abillity of a year 4 student. She’d never enjoyed reading and had never finished a story longer than a few pages – until this one arrived I felt an odd mix of pride and trepidation when, partway through her reading, she asked, “Why did the father not want a baby with Down’s Syndrome?” I told her people in those day just didn’t understand how great a kid with Down’s syndrome was. That seemed to appease her until, pages later, her hands clenched and her face flushed with anger: “Why did he call Phoebe a mongoloid and say she has half a brain? That’s wrong!” “Yes it’s wrong,” I said. “and it’s going to be your job acting in this movie to show everyone what a big mistake he made.” As I companied Krystal in a limousine on her way home from he momentous moviemaking experience, I looked at the tiny dynamo sitting beside me, plugged into her iPod and wrote a screenplay aptly titled The Memory Keeper’s Daughter 2, and thought the same e thought I had when she was born let her show me. My Comment It is wonderful to know there is a mother who still loves her children, even though they are abnormal. Krystal’s mother was an amazing mother. She never gave up trusting her daughter, even though many people underestimated her daughter. She always had faith in her daughter, even though Krystal’s teacher said that her reading skill was the same as a 4 th grade student. Finally Krystal was successful and became a movie star I know a relationship between a daughter and a mother which is similar to Krystal and her mother. They have a lot of similarities. Her name is Miyuki Inoue. She is an abnormal girl who lives in Japan. Her mother is strict, discipline, but full of love. Miyouki is blind and when she was born her weight was 500 gr. However after many troubles and irritation, she is successful. Miyuki is the author of the best seller book “Aku Terlahir 500gr dan Buta”. In her book, we can find how nice her mother is. Her mother is certainly one of the greatest mothers in this world. After reading this article and comparing it with my mother, I know that my mother has the same love to me as Miyouki inoue’s mother and Krystals’ mother’s love to their daughters.

Vocabulary 1. Aptly : in a suitable way - You need to dress aptly.

2. Momentous : Significant and serious - The momentous discussion ends soon. 3. Thrill : excites someone - The film thrilled me. The Jakarta Post ,November, 18, 2008, page 4

Nonsmoking raid targets managements The Jakarta environmental management board (BPLHD) and a number of antismoking NGOs will target building managements ignoring the bylaw on nonsmoking areas. "We will warn managers or individuals overseeing buildings without smoking rooms or nonsmoking signs in restricted public areas," BPLHD head, Budirama Natakusumah, said Monday. "We will make them sign an agreement stating they will immediately provide the facilities," he said. Most smokers blamed the administration for not providing more public smoking rooms. "I don't want to smoke in public, but with the lack of facilities, what can I do? The administration should also consider providing us with more spaces," Nino, a university student, told The Jakarta Post.

My Comment Nowadays smoking is one of the problems in Indonesia, and as I can see in this article the government is serious to solve this problem. However, to be honest, I am not sure that the government can solve this problem, because in fact, the Indonesian government can only talk but there is no proof. After looking at Nino’s opinion in the article, I think we have the same opinion. The one who is wrong is the government, not the smokers, because the facilities for the smokers are not available so what the smokers can do. In fact, as long as I can see there are no special places for smokers in Surabaya. This article shows me that Indonesia still needs improvement in their facilities. Furthermore it teaches me to become a man who always keeps his words. Vocabulary 1. Raids : unexpected attack - The raids surprised the enemy.

The Jakarta Post, November, 18, 2008, page 11

Economic growth slowest in 6 quarters Indonesia’s third quarter economy grew at the slowest speed in six quarters as slumping commodity prices cut export revenues and the global economic slowdown reduced demand for Indonesian products. “It can be said that there was no increase in exports (in the third quarter of 2008 from the previous three months). But the economic growth of other countries is slowing as well,” BPS chairman Rusman Heriawan.Exports were declining as major importers cut demand in line with with the global economic downturn, the agency said. Rusman believed the economy would slow further in the last quarter of 2008, but was still capable of achieving full-year growth of slightly above 6 percent. “Although the economy is likely to slow to below 6 percent in the fourth quarter (of 2008), overall economic growth will still be above 6 percent for the whole year,” he said. Regarding projected economic growth for 2009, the BPS said growth would be less than 6 percent as pessimism clouded businesses and the government. “A 6 percent growth is the maximum,” Rusman said.Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has said Indonesia’s economy may slow to as low as 5 percent in 2009 as the world economy feels the wider impact of the recession. My Comment This article is true. Now all countries in the world are facing the global crisis. There is no increase in Indonesian export and the $US keep increasing from Rp9,000 to around Rp13,000. If this thing keeps going on, the world will face great inflation. Furthermore, the Finance Minister, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, has said that Indonesian economy may become slower in 2009. In this case I also feel the impact. At first I wanted to buy a laptop, but because of this global crisis laptop price increased drastically. This problem made me unable to buy a laptop, which was very important for me. Furthermore my friend’s parents were also depressed with this crisis and it made me feel pity on my friend. I hope that this crisis can be stopped, so there will be no great inflation and more people who are depressed or bankrupt. Even though I am not sure that our government is taking this problem seriously.

Vocabulary 1. Slumping : Decreasing of price or value. - The price of oil slumped yesterday 2. Decline : going down -

It declines sharply everyday. The Jakarta Post, November,9,2008, page 9

Chinese Website Offers T-shirt With Character Shang Dong was amazed to see youngsters wearing his newly designed T-shirt just a day after they went on sale on the internet. “I never thought the T-shirt with the recent ionic character could be so popular,” says the 30 years old IT worker After majoring in costume design, Shang began to think of designing T-shirts for young people, especially university students developing their personalities. Last month, he designed 60 T-shirts with the character and advertised them on the Internet. As it has gained iconic status, most people think og it as meaning “sad and frustated” since it resembles a human face and many young people have even started using the word jiong in their everyday lives. Although it’s started getting cold, the 60 T-shirts were sold out in a day. My Comment Shang Dong has given a new idea about the concept of business. It is cool to know that business through internet can give us a lot of money. I am amazed to know that he sold 60 T-shirts in a day. I am sure that now he has become one of the great aspirators for others. Shang Dong makes me remember to university girls who sell their goods through friendster. It is so innovative and creative. Even though they are not as good as Shang Dong, they have done something new and fresh. This article gives me inspiration about internet. Although everyday I use internet, I don’t know that Internet can be a “shop”. Reading this article opens my mind about internet and it encourages me to explore more about internet.

Vocabulary 1. Fad : An activity done for a short time - Swimming is only a fad for her. The Jakarta Post November,23,2008, page 20

Congo Children Fear Return to War Evils of Rape and Killings Nicole Mangaza used to shoot, guns, and fight off rapists who were meant to be on her side, and meant to be on her side, and sometimes was ordered to kill other children fighting at her side. Nicole was just 12 years old when she abtucted by an armed group. She was quickly forced to conforth death “My brother Claude came to try and get the commander to relase me. The commander told him you have no right, she is ours now,”she told AFP in an interview at the center, a blow torch in her hand and protective goggles hanging round her neck. “They shot and killed him in fornt of me, I saw his body with my own eyes, left on the road.” Before going into battle, sometimes the commander would give you a knife and tell you to kill another child soldier, to make sure you are ready to go and kill people. It could even be your friend. “Any soldier may come and force you to have sex with him.There was no way to refuse. If you refuse they rape you, sometimes 10 or 15 or 20 would come and rape you one after the other.” She now lives with her son David, who was born in the bush as a result of her being raped by soldiers.

My Comment This article really shocks me. It is terrible to know about Nicole’s life. I just can imagine a 12 year old girl who was being abducted until near the death. Furthermore and the worst, her brother was killed in front of her eyes in order to

save her. In addition, I also feel pity on her son who was born in the bush. Her life was really bad and terrible. If I were in her position, maybe I would have already ended my life. Since I was born until now, I have never imagined about life that is so terrible like Nicole’s life. All that I know is only a happy life, complete family, and many happy things. Even though sometimes I have problems, it is nothing if compared to Nicole’s. The biggest problem in my life is about being lonely, because my parents are too busy with themselves. However after reading this article, I feel grateful to God. This article has encouraged me to love my parents more even though they are too busy with their activities. Vocabulary : 1. Rapists : a man who has raped a woman - The rapist will never be accepted here. By : C.S Lewis

The Chronocles of Narnia The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe Once there were four children whoose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. They were sent to the house of Proffesor Kirke because of their hometown, Great Britain was attacked by German. Proffesor Kirke’s house was very large. One day in a rainy morning they played hide and seek. Peter was the searcher and the rest were hiding. When trying to find a place for hide, Lucy found a room with big wardrobe in it. She was hiding in the wardrobe and found a light. Then Lucy walked to the light and she found a snowy place. After that Lucy walk around in that snowy place and met a faun (half-man and half-goat). Lucy was greeting the Faun and know that his name was Mr. Tumnus. Mr. Tumnus with happily asked Lucy to go to his house. In Mr. Tumnus’ house Lucy was told that she was in Narnia, a land where animals ruled and talk. Mr. Tumnus said that In Narnia everday was winter since the White Witch came. After that Lucy went back to the wardrobe and told it to her sibllings. However no one was believe in her. The next day when everybody was sleeping Edmund went to the wardrobe and found that he was in Narnia. After a few minutes walking around, she met Jadis, the white wittch. She asked Edmund to bring all of his siblings to her place and promised that he would made Edmund as a king in Narnia. After came back to his siblings, Edmund said that Lucy’s was a lier and Narnia wasn’t exist, he made her sister cried.

One day they were playing together and somehow Edmund hited the ball to far, and broke the Professor’s window. Then all of them were hiding in the wardrobe to avoid Mrs. Macready ( the housekeeper). Finally all of them were in Narnia. After knew that Lucy was right and Edmund was lied, Peter gave strict advice to Edmund as usual. Then four of them were going to Tumnus’ house When arrived at Mr. Tumnus’ house, Everthing was ruined. Lucy shocked and cried when she knew that Tumnus kindaped by Jadis, the white witch. After that they all met Mr. Beaver. He asked them to follow him to his house. At Mr Beaver house Mr and Mrs. Beaver told them about everthing, about Aslan, Cair Paravel, The provercy about them.. Sudddently they realized that Edmusd was lost. Susan said to Peter that all of this things was because of him,as usual she blamed others. Finally they knew that Edmund went to the Jadis’ castle and they tried to saved him. However they were late and then they decided to met Aslan for asked help. The journey to found Aslan was hard and in the journey they met a merchant. He said that they would save Narnia and he gave present to Peter, Susi, and Lucy. Peter got magnificent sword and shield. Susi got incredible bow, arrows, and magical horn. Lucy got magical potion that could heal evey wound and she also got a knife. Afterthat they met Aslan and They told everything to Aslan. Aslan was a big lion, the wise, the king of Narnia, and he was so powerful. Aslan said to Peter that he could be a king and he promised that he would tried as best as he could to save his brother. In order to saved Edmund, Aslan made an agreement with Jadis. He sacrifised himself to save Edmund, he gave his life for him eventhough Edmund was a traitor and he made Aslan lost his friends. After knew that incident, Lucy and Susy told Peter that Jadis would attacked him and Aslan’s army. When the war was begun, miracle was happen. Aslan was alive, and he searched for the reinforcements. Back to the war, when Peter was busy with her enemies, Jadis sneeked from behind. Luckily Edmund knew it and he fought with her, and he was stabed by Jadis. After knew that her brother was saved his life, Peter became angry and fought with Jadis. Suddently The Lion came and killed the White Witch. They won the battle and by Luci’s magical potion he safed all people that wounded including edmund. Finally They went to Cair Paravel, the castle of Adam’s and Eve’s children After those experience four of them became closer like a happy familly. One day went they go to the forrest they found the wardrobe and they went back to Professor Kirke’s house. Afterthat all of them were lived happily. My Comment This book is very interesting and nice. I learn many things from this book, especially from the four characters and Aslan. Even though this book is a fiction, the characters’ behaviours are like us. Each child (Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy) give me an experience and a lesson about family.

First, from Peter I learn to become a leader that takes care and loves his family. He is a good brother because he puts his siblings as his first priority. Even though he is discipline and strict, he loves his brothers and sisters very much. Second, from Aslan I learn about sacrifice. It is unbelievable to see a human ( a man ) sacrifice himself for strangers. Aslan is an amazing leader and he also takes care of his allies. Even though I am also a man, I am not sure that I will sacrifice my life for others. The third is from Edmund. Even though he is a traitor at first, at the end he sacrifices his life for his brother. Even though Peter has always been strict to him, he still wants to help his brother. The fourth is from the children. It is amazing to see a family that is really close and always works hand in hand. Their teamwork inspires me. I’ll try to make my family become closer like their family.

Vocabulary 1. Sledge : a vehicle pulled by dogs or deer -

He went there on a sledge.

2. Sulking : angry - The child sulks because he can’t buy the candy. 3. Spoils : ruin - Garbage spoils the city scenery. 4. Jeer : laugh or shout impolitely - The students jeered at the awkward teacher. 5. Fuss : to be nervous a worried because of unimportant things - Don’t fuss! It’s ok! 6. Puff : breathe quickly after running - She puffed after the exercise.

7. Harness : a tool for controlling a horse - The man puts the harness on his carriage. 8. Foamy : of bubbles on the surface of liquid - The batter is foamy after the mixing procedure. 9. Solemn : made seriously - Her solemn promise convinced me. 10. Despair : the loss of hope - Her worse condition causes despair. 11. Shrill : high and sharp sound - The shrill whistle frightened me. 12. Heave : to lift or push strongly - We heaved the heavy chair together.

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