Jumat, 27 April 2012
Result of Italian Mid-term Exam
It has been a week since I had this exam. I was so depressed leaving the class since I have not finished all parts of this exam. The teacher said we would have an open-book test but he did not allow me to open the book or even the note when the day of the exam came. So, I did not study at all and I was so sure I could do nothing without my notes.
I came to class at 1 o’clock and he directly gave me the result. What a surprise! I got 55, awful! What made me more surprised was that my result was the best five. I was so shocked! The highest score was 91. The teacher said that the safe range of the result was between 50 and 80. This meant that I was safe, it was not a really bad result.
Yet still I have to study hard understanding all the grammar rules. Fortunately, I don’t hate grammar even I love learning it. I promise to do better in the final exam and I plan to take Italian class for the higher level in the next semester if possible.
Marching Band UGM Birthday Celebration
I attended this celebration about a couple of days ago with my boyfriend. It was held in Gelanggang Mahasiswa UGM. When I have just arrived, I felt the difference. Actually, when the celebration was held, the marching band team of UGM should perform; and this year, it was the juniors’ turn to perform. I have performed 2 years ago and now I was still here. That was the difference; the difference between when I was one of the players of the band and when I was no longer a player. The way the committee held this celebration was different as well. When I was being the player, the celebration was so joyous and luxurious but this year looked so simply and lack of the audiences.
Anyway, some shows performed in this celebration were quite entertaining. The last show was the show that we have been waiting for, it was the performance from the junior players. I missed to be a player again, it was so fun, I learned many things from it. But I realized that I was in the 6th semester and it was no longer the time for me to have fun and do nothing for my graduating paper.
This event finished at 11 p.m. and I went home late. This year celebration did not give me a certain impression. It was so boring and I should not come to this event. Doing my assignments was better, I think.
A Reward for You
You recognized the circumstances
You were aware of the punishment
You realized all impacts you would get later
When you’ve known, why did you lie?
Telling a fake story of your life,
saying every single word falsely
were all what you have done in the court
When you’ve known, why did you lie?
Now you got the reward
The reward from what you have done in the past
The reward from what you have done in the court
When you’ve known, why did you lie?
Don’t ever harass yourself and don’t ever make yourself difficult
God blesses your kids and your family
We are going to encounter 5 years from now
You were aware of the punishment
You realized all impacts you would get later
When you’ve known, why did you lie?
Telling a fake story of your life,
saying every single word falsely
were all what you have done in the court
When you’ve known, why did you lie?
Now you got the reward
The reward from what you have done in the past
The reward from what you have done in the court
When you’ve known, why did you lie?
Don’t ever harass yourself and don’t ever make yourself difficult
God blesses your kids and your family
We are going to encounter 5 years from now
Minggu, 22 April 2012
English Accents
I prepared anything to face sociolinguistics mid-term exam today. I studied hard last night though it was an open-book exam. One of many things that I studied was about accent and dialect. People are mistaken in differing accent with dialect. I searched for some sources in the internet, I read it and directly I became understand of the source that said about accent and dialect. Here, I want to give a brief explanation that accent is simply about how people pronounce words differently. It has something to do with pronunciation. Dialect is the different way of the use of language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary. Accent can be said as a part of dialect.
Talking about accent and dialect, today my friends and I were visited by a lecture from India. She gave a lecture on African-American Women Writers in American Studies class. I did not really concentrate to what things she was delivering. I preferred to observe how Indian speaks English. Basically, she spoke English clearly but the Indian accent was still heard strongly. I was excited in identifying this phenomenon since I did not really understand what accent and dialect were in reality. So far I only learned it in writing form; I never tried to observe accent and dialect that were practiced orally.
Observing the way she spoke reminded me of another lecturer who still has his accent strongly. He is my lecturer in Italian class. Italians always keep the hard sound in the end of every single word. Fabio, the lecturer, always speaks English with Italian accent and still keeps the hard sound in every word he says.
I am probably right about what accent is. If you read this writing and know that I am wrong, please tell me!
Lemon Mask
I wrote about the steps to use white egg mask a few weeks ago. Now it is time to tell you about lemon mask. People believe that masking your face using lemon will make your face bright and no acne appears in it.
The thing that you should prepare:
Lemon
Knife
Towel
Cold Water
Warm Water
Steps:
1. Wash the lemon so that it is clean
2. Cut the lemon and smear the lemon that you have cut to your face
3. It will be a little bit painful but it indicates that the substances in the lemon are working
4. Wait for about 15 minutes then wipe your face with towel using warm water
5. After washing your face with warm water, wash it again using cold water to minimize the pore It is done! Isn’t it easy? You can apply it any time you want. The more regularly you apply it, the better your face will be. Have a nice try!
The thing that you should prepare:
Lemon
Knife
Towel
Cold Water
Warm Water
Steps:
1. Wash the lemon so that it is clean
2. Cut the lemon and smear the lemon that you have cut to your face
3. It will be a little bit painful but it indicates that the substances in the lemon are working
4. Wait for about 15 minutes then wipe your face with towel using warm water
5. After washing your face with warm water, wash it again using cold water to minimize the pore It is done! Isn’t it easy? You can apply it any time you want. The more regularly you apply it, the better your face will be. Have a nice try!
Mine is not Yours
Mine is not yours. All know, yours is better than mine. Yours is more perfect. Yours is more useful than mine. If so, I will not be able to show mine as the best for you all. I can’t say that mine is useful for them, but don’t ever look down on him. I feel hard to convince you that mine is the best for me though you think he is nothing. I know mine is not yours. But this is mine, that is yours. We have our own. I will not grab yours though they do not like mine. I am totally sure of what I have, yet still I am a little shy of mine.
Minggu, 15 April 2012
I am in the Middle of Them
I am in the middle of them
I think I am like nothing
They are superior
Unlike me, inferior
What do you understand by superior?
How about inferior?
Indeed you never know
For they are terms of mine
When I am in the middle of them
I feel embarrassed
When I am in the middle of them
I feel useless
I admire them so much
I adore them
more than you know
What do they actually think of me?
Do they think that I am nothing?
Do they consider me as the one who is useful for them?
They are sometimes arrogant
When that sort of thing appears, my admiration is gone
They are sometimes kind as well
When it appears, my adorableness is getting higher
They..
Do you know who they are?
I think I am like nothing
They are superior
Unlike me, inferior
What do you understand by superior?
How about inferior?
Indeed you never know
For they are terms of mine
When I am in the middle of them
I feel embarrassed
When I am in the middle of them
I feel useless
I admire them so much
I adore them
more than you know
What do they actually think of me?
Do they think that I am nothing?
Do they consider me as the one who is useful for them?
They are sometimes arrogant
When that sort of thing appears, my admiration is gone
They are sometimes kind as well
When it appears, my adorableness is getting higher
They..
Do you know who they are?
Italian Mid-term Exam
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Unlike Dutch mid-term exam, Italian mid-term exam is easier for it is an open-book exam. However, Italian is a difficult language to learn, there are too many rules to remember. Though we are allowed to open the notes, I believe the questions will not be as easy as we imagine. We may open the note but we are not allowed to open the textbook, so I planned to make some notes on every unit/chapter in the book. I worked hard all day long to make notes on 10 units and I could finally finish it.
When the time came, Fabio, the name of the lecturer, has not come yet. It was exactly one o’clock. He never came late so far. We thought he would not come and we decided to leave the class. Actually it was annoying for me because I have written the notes which took very long time to make but then the exam was cancelled. I was so disappointed! I have learnt all things by spending most time to understand the things in the book but it was for NOTHING.
On my way to the parking lot I met Fabio. He said that he was a little bit late that day. He tried to reach the class but everybody ran away, that was what he said. I sometimes laugh at the way he speaks English because he still uses Italian dialect while speaking English.
I told him that we have waited for 20 minutes and thought that he would not come because he was never late. Then, he said to me that he would reschedule the exam and I think we are going to have the exam a week after. Hmmmm, it is okay for me.. I wish I could do it!
Unlike Dutch mid-term exam, Italian mid-term exam is easier for it is an open-book exam. However, Italian is a difficult language to learn, there are too many rules to remember. Though we are allowed to open the notes, I believe the questions will not be as easy as we imagine. We may open the note but we are not allowed to open the textbook, so I planned to make some notes on every unit/chapter in the book. I worked hard all day long to make notes on 10 units and I could finally finish it.
When the time came, Fabio, the name of the lecturer, has not come yet. It was exactly one o’clock. He never came late so far. We thought he would not come and we decided to leave the class. Actually it was annoying for me because I have written the notes which took very long time to make but then the exam was cancelled. I was so disappointed! I have learnt all things by spending most time to understand the things in the book but it was for NOTHING.
On my way to the parking lot I met Fabio. He said that he was a little bit late that day. He tried to reach the class but everybody ran away, that was what he said. I sometimes laugh at the way he speaks English because he still uses Italian dialect while speaking English.
I told him that we have waited for 20 minutes and thought that he would not come because he was never late. Then, he said to me that he would reschedule the exam and I think we are going to have the exam a week after. Hmmmm, it is okay for me.. I wish I could do it!
Dutch Mid-term Exam
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Yesterday I was preparing Dutch mid-term exam. It is pretty difficult to master for the grammar requires many rules. As everybody knows, this language uses gender for things and also, the verb forms are different for each subject. This was very special for me after long time I never learn new languages. That is why I tried to study hard and that I had to sleep late at night. I went to bed at 3 a.m. It was not a superb thing because I am accustomed to going to bed late after midnight. I always do this when I am going to have an exam in the next day because studying late at night is more efficient and I can catch all the materials that have ever been taught.
Finally, the time came. It was the time to do the exam as well as possible. I couldn’t wait to see if the questions were the things that I studied last night. I studied all the things actually and I was sure enough that I could do the exam well. I took this class together with one of my classmate, she is my best friend. During the class proceeded for about half of the semester, we made friend with an Australian, his name is Sam. We never tried to make friend with some other friends in class because we were in the different major and we preferred to make friend with Sam, it was ridiculous. Well, both of them seemed getting difficult in learning this language and I tried to help them for the exam. The three of us sat exactly in the front of the lecturer but we worked together to do the questions, it was another ridiculous thing.
Beyond my expectation, the exam was quite difficult because there were some new words that we did not know and we should translate it. How could we translate it if we were not allowed to open dictionary? It was a close-book exam, so no book could be opened during the exam. We decided to guess what it actually meant. Fortunately, we did not really have a big difficulty in doing it. Though the materials I have studied last night were not asked thoroughly, I was quite happy because I could finish the exam without any inconvenience and misery..
Yesterday I was preparing Dutch mid-term exam. It is pretty difficult to master for the grammar requires many rules. As everybody knows, this language uses gender for things and also, the verb forms are different for each subject. This was very special for me after long time I never learn new languages. That is why I tried to study hard and that I had to sleep late at night. I went to bed at 3 a.m. It was not a superb thing because I am accustomed to going to bed late after midnight. I always do this when I am going to have an exam in the next day because studying late at night is more efficient and I can catch all the materials that have ever been taught.
Finally, the time came. It was the time to do the exam as well as possible. I couldn’t wait to see if the questions were the things that I studied last night. I studied all the things actually and I was sure enough that I could do the exam well. I took this class together with one of my classmate, she is my best friend. During the class proceeded for about half of the semester, we made friend with an Australian, his name is Sam. We never tried to make friend with some other friends in class because we were in the different major and we preferred to make friend with Sam, it was ridiculous. Well, both of them seemed getting difficult in learning this language and I tried to help them for the exam. The three of us sat exactly in the front of the lecturer but we worked together to do the questions, it was another ridiculous thing.
Beyond my expectation, the exam was quite difficult because there were some new words that we did not know and we should translate it. How could we translate it if we were not allowed to open dictionary? It was a close-book exam, so no book could be opened during the exam. We decided to guess what it actually meant. Fortunately, we did not really have a big difficulty in doing it. Though the materials I have studied last night were not asked thoroughly, I was quite happy because I could finish the exam without any inconvenience and misery..
Sabtu, 07 April 2012
We are the Same, Yellow
I have dark complexion skin
It was on purpose, so why?
If it was not on purpose
Still, I would be pleased
Though you have fair complexion skin,
Doesn’t mean you are perfect
for we are the same, yellow
Don’t ever look down on me
or other people around you
of this case
Don’t ever be arrogant
They won’t be happy to hear what you say
Everybody has their own features
Don’t ever look down on people around you
Just because you are more perfect
you think; but I don’t
This poem is dedicated for anyone who always looks down on people around him just because he THINKS he was more perfect
It was on purpose, so why?
If it was not on purpose
Still, I would be pleased
Though you have fair complexion skin,
Doesn’t mean you are perfect
for we are the same, yellow
Don’t ever look down on me
or other people around you
of this case
Don’t ever be arrogant
They won’t be happy to hear what you say
Everybody has their own features
Don’t ever look down on people around you
Just because you are more perfect
you think; but I don’t
This poem is dedicated for anyone who always looks down on people around him just because he THINKS he was more perfect
Examining Midterm Exam
Friday, April 6, 2012
At last, the time comes. It is when I have to check my students’ writings for their mid exam. As I said before that I assigned my students to write on their blogs for the exam. I can’t wait to see their works. The deadline is actually in this midnight and I don’t think all students will obey the rule.
The first blog that I read is from a female student. She is quite active in class and good at writing. She chose to write one page about her idol. She wrote well and clearly in describing it. However, not all students submit their works this midnight. It’s been 12 but I haven’t received all their blog addresses yet.
There are about 8 students who have submitted their works and I have corrected them all. It is so surprised because generally their writings are good but they have problems in grammar. They construct sentence not in a good way. It is quite exhausted to check their works with many grammatical errors. I try to understand what they are trying to say. Indeed I appreciate what they have written and I will give a good result to who is being serious in my class.
I am still waiting for other students’ works. I hope I will have more spare time tomorrow to check their works that haven’t been submitted yet.
At last, the time comes. It is when I have to check my students’ writings for their mid exam. As I said before that I assigned my students to write on their blogs for the exam. I can’t wait to see their works. The deadline is actually in this midnight and I don’t think all students will obey the rule.
The first blog that I read is from a female student. She is quite active in class and good at writing. She chose to write one page about her idol. She wrote well and clearly in describing it. However, not all students submit their works this midnight. It’s been 12 but I haven’t received all their blog addresses yet.
There are about 8 students who have submitted their works and I have corrected them all. It is so surprised because generally their writings are good but they have problems in grammar. They construct sentence not in a good way. It is quite exhausted to check their works with many grammatical errors. I try to understand what they are trying to say. Indeed I appreciate what they have written and I will give a good result to who is being serious in my class.
I am still waiting for other students’ works. I hope I will have more spare time tomorrow to check their works that haven’t been submitted yet.
Disappointing Day
Thursday, April 05, 2012
Today was so disappointing for I failed in doing an effort. I was so sad and couldn’t stop thinking about it all day long. It drove my mood and it appeared to be somber and sorrowful. I hated this feeling, it tried to drive me crazy. I tried to share this all to my friend, the one whom my friends at class mocked. She amused me and accompanied me in this hard time. She was a nice girl, I love her. She said that I should not be upset because there would be the time when I would be successful in doing this effort. Then I became realize that possibly it was not the exact time to succeed. But still, it was difficult to let it flow just the way it was. I still felt disappointed and I could do nothing. It was very important for me. I tried hard to do this effort to reach something that actually became my dream since few years ago. This time I failed but I still have another time to do the same effort. I promise to try harder. Thanks for always being a good friend for me. You are there when I need you.
Today was so disappointing for I failed in doing an effort. I was so sad and couldn’t stop thinking about it all day long. It drove my mood and it appeared to be somber and sorrowful. I hated this feeling, it tried to drive me crazy. I tried to share this all to my friend, the one whom my friends at class mocked. She amused me and accompanied me in this hard time. She was a nice girl, I love her. She said that I should not be upset because there would be the time when I would be successful in doing this effort. Then I became realize that possibly it was not the exact time to succeed. But still, it was difficult to let it flow just the way it was. I still felt disappointed and I could do nothing. It was very important for me. I tried hard to do this effort to reach something that actually became my dream since few years ago. This time I failed but I still have another time to do the same effort. I promise to try harder. Thanks for always being a good friend for me. You are there when I need you.
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