by Natalia Neisya (061214071)
Talking about culture is also dealing with different areas, races, and even countries. Culture becomes an interesting topic for discussion because we can learn other cultures from other areas. It will give us new knowledge and help us to realize that culture is an important thing in our life. Then, it brings us to keep and to preserve our culture.
Through this report, the writer will share her knowledge about kind of cultures which have been learned in Extensive Reading II class. There are kind of cultures from Indonesia, Japan, and China.
First, we will discuss about Indonesian culture such as Batik, Traditional Javanese Wedding, and Ngaben Cremation. Second is Chinese New Year Ceremony. The last is Japanese culture, such as Tea Ceremony and Ikebana.
Batik
Now, let us talk about Batik. Batik is a traditional cloth from Indonesia which has special unique motifs such as Kawung, Ceplok, and Parang. Nowadays, it has been growing as a world culture. Many people around the world use Batik for different purpose. Usually people use Batik for clothes, accessories, decorations, etc. Making Batik is not easy. We will pass some process. First, we should prepare the cloth. Choosing cloth for Batik is an important thing, because it will determine the result. Primissima is the best quality of cloth. Then, we should design the cloth. After that, we should apply wax in the design and color the cloth. The last is boiling the cloth to release the wax. Batik has also special treatment to keep the cloth beautiful. We should use Lerak (special soap for Batik cloth) to wash Batik cloth, so it will not wreck the Batik cloth.
Traditional Javanese Wedding Ceremony
Traditional Javanese Wedding becomes one of popular and special ceremonies in Indonesia because of its complex rituals. It is divided into two parts of rituals. First are preparations including Peningsetan, Tarub, Siraman, Ngerik, Midodareni, and Ijab. Second are the main rituals including Panggih, Wijidadi, Kacar Kucur, Dahar klimah, Mertui, and Sungkeman. Javanese Wedding has also special decoration such as Sajen, the Gate from kind of plants, and Kembar Mayang.
Ngaben Cremation
Ngaben Cremation is a traditional ceremony from Bali. It functions as spirit purification. Ngaben Cremation uses some instruments including Banten, Various symbols such as small tower, music instruments, symbol of ancestors, symbol of dead, etc. The steps of rituals are first, bathing and dressing the death body. Second is purifying the death body with holy water. Third is burying the death body at cemetery. Then, the family will conduct Memukur. The last is conducting Ngaben ceremony on another year. Ngaben Cremation becomes a great and expensive ceremony in Bali. Usually, it also becomes a tourism object.
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year is a special occasion for Chinese people. It is time of reunion and thanksgiving, and family affair. It becomes special occasion because Chinese New Year has a long celebration. Usually, Chinese celebrate this occasion on 15 days. In this celebration, we will find kind of traditional food such as vegetarian dish, fish, chicken, noodle, nian gao, and man tou. Chinese has also special decoration for New Year. They usually use kind of plants and flowers, orange and tangerines, and candy tray. Each item has also special meanings for them. Plants and flowers mean the emblems of reawakening of nature. Orange and tangerines symbolize abundant of happiness, while candy tray symbolize togetherness.
Tea Ceremony
Tea ceremony is a Japanese culture. It has two parts of ceremony. In the first part, people will drink Koicha (very thick tea). Then, in the second part, they will drink Usu-Cha (thinner tea). The host will also serve dinner in this second part. In conducting Tea ceremony, there are some rules followed. First, Corean ware is the only one utensil used in this ceremony. Second, we should use a room as plain as possible. The last, it should be conducted in the afternoon or at 6 p.m.
Ikebana
Ikebana or floral decoration is also special decoration from Japan. It is not just a decoration but it has an important meaning, love of nature. It means that Japanese do Ikebana to express their love of nature. In Japan, not only women do Ikebana, but also men do Ikebana. Ikebana becomes their part of culture, so all of Japanese people should know and learn about Ikebana. There are kind of material used in Ikebana such as living branches, leaves, grasses, blossoms, moss, and fruits. While the equipments used are container, bamboo basket, glass container, and kind of kenzan (gotoku-dome, jakago-dome, kame-dome, etc). Ikebana has also kind of style such as seika/shoka, chabana, momoyama, moribana, adachi, and literati.
In conclusion, learning culture is interesting. Through a culture, we can learn other areas, races, and countries. Every country has different culture. They have different way to express their feeling toward God and nature. Every culture has also its special meaning and its unique thing. Through a culture, we know how to respect other people.
References
Batik, traditional fabric of Indonesia. Expat.or.id: Living in Indonesia, A Site for Expatriates. Retrieved February 4, 2010, from http://www.expat.or.id/info/batik.html
Chinese New Year. Educ.uvic.ca: Chinese new year homepage. Retrieved February 10, 2010, from http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html
Ikebana. (2010). Ikebanahq.org: Ikebana International – in friendship through flowers. Retrieved April 19, 2010, from http://www.ikebanahq.org/whatis.php
Negoro, Suryo. S. Traditional javanese wedding ceremonies. Retrieved April 5, 2010, from joglosemar web site: http://www.joglosemar.co.id/wedding.html
Ngaben, Bali cremation ceremony. (2006). Balitouring.com: Bali daily. Retrieved April 10, 2010, from http://www.balitouring.com/bali_articles/ngaben.htm
Quitney, Jeff. (2000). The Tea Ceremony in Japan. Coffee.quickfound.net. (original work published July 17, 1892). Retrieved March 8, 2010, from http://coffee.quickfound.net/japanese_tea_ceremony_1892.html
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Human and Dogs
Maryska-081214114
People have dogs as pets to fulfill their social and emotional needs
As human being, we have an ability to think rationally. This is a gift in our lives. This ability makes us become more special than the other creatures in this world. Influenced by this rational thought, we always try to increase our standard of life to make our lives become better and more meaningful. Because of this standard, we work hard to fulfill our needs. We work in order to get money. Then we use the money to buy food, clothes, house and also the other good stuffs like mobile phone, television, computer, etc.
Somehow when we are getting too busy in fulfilling our material needs, we will find that we also need companionship and friendship in our lives. It is simply because human needs are not merely about the material. People also have emotional and social needs. Humans are social being. We can not live alone. We have needs to be accepted, appreciated or listened. In the other words, we can say that humans need to love and to be loved. We try to fulfill these needs by interacting and communicating with others. That is why we experience friendship, marriage, and having family in our lives.
Unfortunately, human relation with others is not always good. Sometimes people compete each other, be enemies, and then suddenly a lot of problems appear. May be you will never imagine that your best friend, the one that you always trust, betrays you someday. Your parents can be so arrogant and force you to do their wills. Your lovely boyfriend or girlfriend may leave you alone.
When all people around you become very annoying, you will grateful to have a dog as your other friend. People can keep many kinds of pets such as cats, dogs, fish, hamsters or rabbits for many reasons. But if you want a pet that can help you face your difficult situation, dog is the best choice. According to Kesling, J.D. (2005) the bond between human and the dog actually has been built in the ancient time. Like what she stated “However, the information we do have seems to signify the dog was “highly valued” and the burial site in Ein Mallaha seems to suggest an “affectionate” attachment rather than an “exploitive” relationship.” This proves that actually the relationship between human and dogs is very unique. Dogs are not merely animals that you feed to guard your house. Instead, they can be your friends which can help you fulfilling your social and emotional needs.
Dogs as Extraordinary Pets
What makes dogs become favorite pets is that they really involve in the human life. Dogs welcome you when you come home from school or work. When you are playing with your dogs, you run and laugh with them. If you really want it, you even can sleep, eat, and take a bath with your dogs. Moreover dogs can do extraordinary works. Dogs’ ability plays important role in doing some jobs to help people. For example dogs provide a great benefit as the guide dogs and the police dogs.
If you go on reading this writing, you must be grateful because of your good sight. Some people are unlucky. They get blind after an accident or because of a physical defect. In this case, dogs can be very helpful. Becoming a guider for the blind is one of the dogs’ extraordinary works. These dogs are called the guide dogs. Unfortunately, it is still rare in Indonesia to have guide dogs for helping the blind people. However, knowing how these guide dogs do their jobs is amazing. These dogs become the eyes for the blind. It is a very honorable job. Besides, what makes me interested in the guide dogs is their special ability that is called selective disobedience. According to Harris (2010) selective disobedience is dog ability to ignore their masters’ command that can bring them to danger. So, when the guide dogs feel that the masters give wrong dangerous command they will not obey them. May be this skill is the important key why the guide dogs can help the blind to go to place to place safely.
The other extraordinary work of dogs is becoming the police dogs. You will be amazed to know that dogs can be human great partner in battling the criminals. Dogs’ good smell sense and intelligence are the key to make them do the jobs well. We are amazed by dogs’ ability to sniff out bomb or illegal materials that are potential to destruct the human life. In the other words, dogs help humans to protect and save many lives. Dogs also help human in maintaining the environment stable.
Dogs are very clever animals. You must be happy to have this clever animal as your partner. Even if you do not have dogs as a guide dogs or police dogs you can still enjoy your togetherness with your dogs. Although your dog is only an ordinary one but it can still be an extraordinary dog. If you think that your dog is not clever enough like the others, you can think about their loyalty. This is also one of dogs’ strength. Many people say that dogs are very faithful animals.
What We Get from Dogs
We can get many valuable life values from our experiences with dogs. Dogs offer great companionship and friendship for us. If you are sad, you will be entertained when your dog is sitting beside you. When you stroke their fur, you will feel the unconditional love. This is the greatest thing that your dogs offer to you. Through their companionship, you will also learn how to give and accept this love.
Dogs can be our teacher. When we know that dogs are clever and faithful animal, we are invited to have a kind of reflection. Humans are more superior than the animals, but God gives an opportunity to learn much from this little animal. Juliet du Preez in her article said that dogs teach us many valuable life lessons. They are unconditional love, gratitude, “life is fun”, a sense of family, touch, understanding, awareness, giving and behavior. So, dogs have indirectly taught us how to respect our lives.
Life is tough. Somehow we can not share our feelings only with other people. Dog is one of the amazing pets that can accompany us enjoy the beauty of this life. Dogs are faithful and clever animals. They can do extraordinary jobs to help people by being a guide dog or police dog. Besides, dogs also offer us companionship. They can be our teacher. They indirectly teach us many valuable life lessons.
References:
Du Preez, Juliet. Life Lessons We Can Learn From Dogs. (2008). Life made Great. Retrieved May 2, 2010, from http://www.lifemadegreat.com/blog/2008/10/life-lessons-we-can-learn-from-dogs
The Human-Dog Bond: A matter of selective love and despise. (2005). Responsible Dog & Cat:Training Behavior. Retrieved January 31,2010, from http://responsibledog.net/human_dog_bond.html
How Guide Dogs Work. (2010). HowStuffWorks.com. Retrieved March 1, 2010, from http://animals.howstuffworks.com/animal-facts/guide-dog1.htm
How Police Dogs Work. (2010). HowStuffWorks.com. Retrieved March 21, 2010, from http://www.howstuffworks.com/police-dog.htm
People have dogs as pets to fulfill their social and emotional needs
As human being, we have an ability to think rationally. This is a gift in our lives. This ability makes us become more special than the other creatures in this world. Influenced by this rational thought, we always try to increase our standard of life to make our lives become better and more meaningful. Because of this standard, we work hard to fulfill our needs. We work in order to get money. Then we use the money to buy food, clothes, house and also the other good stuffs like mobile phone, television, computer, etc.
Somehow when we are getting too busy in fulfilling our material needs, we will find that we also need companionship and friendship in our lives. It is simply because human needs are not merely about the material. People also have emotional and social needs. Humans are social being. We can not live alone. We have needs to be accepted, appreciated or listened. In the other words, we can say that humans need to love and to be loved. We try to fulfill these needs by interacting and communicating with others. That is why we experience friendship, marriage, and having family in our lives.
Unfortunately, human relation with others is not always good. Sometimes people compete each other, be enemies, and then suddenly a lot of problems appear. May be you will never imagine that your best friend, the one that you always trust, betrays you someday. Your parents can be so arrogant and force you to do their wills. Your lovely boyfriend or girlfriend may leave you alone.
When all people around you become very annoying, you will grateful to have a dog as your other friend. People can keep many kinds of pets such as cats, dogs, fish, hamsters or rabbits for many reasons. But if you want a pet that can help you face your difficult situation, dog is the best choice. According to Kesling, J.D. (2005) the bond between human and the dog actually has been built in the ancient time. Like what she stated “However, the information we do have seems to signify the dog was “highly valued” and the burial site in Ein Mallaha seems to suggest an “affectionate” attachment rather than an “exploitive” relationship.” This proves that actually the relationship between human and dogs is very unique. Dogs are not merely animals that you feed to guard your house. Instead, they can be your friends which can help you fulfilling your social and emotional needs.
Dogs as Extraordinary Pets
What makes dogs become favorite pets is that they really involve in the human life. Dogs welcome you when you come home from school or work. When you are playing with your dogs, you run and laugh with them. If you really want it, you even can sleep, eat, and take a bath with your dogs. Moreover dogs can do extraordinary works. Dogs’ ability plays important role in doing some jobs to help people. For example dogs provide a great benefit as the guide dogs and the police dogs.
If you go on reading this writing, you must be grateful because of your good sight. Some people are unlucky. They get blind after an accident or because of a physical defect. In this case, dogs can be very helpful. Becoming a guider for the blind is one of the dogs’ extraordinary works. These dogs are called the guide dogs. Unfortunately, it is still rare in Indonesia to have guide dogs for helping the blind people. However, knowing how these guide dogs do their jobs is amazing. These dogs become the eyes for the blind. It is a very honorable job. Besides, what makes me interested in the guide dogs is their special ability that is called selective disobedience. According to Harris (2010) selective disobedience is dog ability to ignore their masters’ command that can bring them to danger. So, when the guide dogs feel that the masters give wrong dangerous command they will not obey them. May be this skill is the important key why the guide dogs can help the blind to go to place to place safely.
The other extraordinary work of dogs is becoming the police dogs. You will be amazed to know that dogs can be human great partner in battling the criminals. Dogs’ good smell sense and intelligence are the key to make them do the jobs well. We are amazed by dogs’ ability to sniff out bomb or illegal materials that are potential to destruct the human life. In the other words, dogs help humans to protect and save many lives. Dogs also help human in maintaining the environment stable.
Dogs are very clever animals. You must be happy to have this clever animal as your partner. Even if you do not have dogs as a guide dogs or police dogs you can still enjoy your togetherness with your dogs. Although your dog is only an ordinary one but it can still be an extraordinary dog. If you think that your dog is not clever enough like the others, you can think about their loyalty. This is also one of dogs’ strength. Many people say that dogs are very faithful animals.
What We Get from Dogs
We can get many valuable life values from our experiences with dogs. Dogs offer great companionship and friendship for us. If you are sad, you will be entertained when your dog is sitting beside you. When you stroke their fur, you will feel the unconditional love. This is the greatest thing that your dogs offer to you. Through their companionship, you will also learn how to give and accept this love.
Dogs can be our teacher. When we know that dogs are clever and faithful animal, we are invited to have a kind of reflection. Humans are more superior than the animals, but God gives an opportunity to learn much from this little animal. Juliet du Preez in her article said that dogs teach us many valuable life lessons. They are unconditional love, gratitude, “life is fun”, a sense of family, touch, understanding, awareness, giving and behavior. So, dogs have indirectly taught us how to respect our lives.
Life is tough. Somehow we can not share our feelings only with other people. Dog is one of the amazing pets that can accompany us enjoy the beauty of this life. Dogs are faithful and clever animals. They can do extraordinary jobs to help people by being a guide dog or police dog. Besides, dogs also offer us companionship. They can be our teacher. They indirectly teach us many valuable life lessons.
References:
Du Preez, Juliet. Life Lessons We Can Learn From Dogs. (2008). Life made Great. Retrieved May 2, 2010, from http://www.lifemadegreat.com/blog/2008/10/life-lessons-we-can-learn-from-dogs
The Human-Dog Bond: A matter of selective love and despise. (2005). Responsible Dog & Cat:Training Behavior. Retrieved January 31,2010, from http://responsibledog.net/human_dog_bond.html
How Guide Dogs Work. (2010). HowStuffWorks.com. Retrieved March 1, 2010, from http://animals.howstuffworks.com/animal-facts/guide-dog1.htm
How Police Dogs Work. (2010). HowStuffWorks.com. Retrieved March 21, 2010, from http://www.howstuffworks.com/police-dog.htm
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Vampire: Fact or Fiction?????
Vampire: fact or fiction???
By: Berlin Adi Pranedya
081214153
Vampire has been a controversy since a long time ago. In the society, the role of vampire has changed along with the development of the period and technology. Nowadays, nobody believes in ‘real’ vampire. It was very different with the condition in our past. However, although nowadays common people think that vampire does not exist, vampirism still has a big role in our life, especially for western people. This article will briefly peel-off all the things that you need to know about vampire.
The brief history of vampire
The history of vampire began in the age of ancient Persia. At that time the form of vampire was not like vampire in the recent times. Although the history began in ancient Persia, but many people said that the legend of vampire came from Roman and Greek mythology about the bloodthirsty Goddesses: Lamiae, Empusae and Striges. The word ‘vampire’ came from the Germany word ‘vanpir’ in 1726 which adopted by French to be ‘vanpyre’ in 1732 and finally adopted by English to be the term ‘vampire’.
In the following time, between the 7th-17th centuries, the legend of vampires was rapidly developed, especially in Europe. One of the most well known names related with the history of vampire is Vlad Tepes Dracula. He was a prince of Wallachia who caused thousand people impaled for his pleasure in the 15th century. Later on, his name became synonymous with the development of the vampire legend.
In the 18th century, the Age of Enlightenment started to destroy the superstition about vampire, black magic or that kind of superstition. In this century, the gothic novel had its birth. In the 19th century, Bram Stoker wrote one of the most legendary novels, Dracula. It was the era of gothic literary. In the 20th century people started to believe that vampire does not really exist. We can only see vampire in the movies, books or comics, but not the real one. Is it true?
Real vampire
“Do you believe in real vampire?”
Most common people may answer, “Are you kidding?” or even “Are you crazy?” but some people may not answer and just spontaneously bite your neck and suck your blood. Do you believe it?
Vampirism has influenced the life of human being in a fascinating way. It is not about the real vampire who able to fly or spread the ‘symptoms’ and make you to be one of them. It is about the influence of vampirism in the ordinary people’s life. People who influenced by vampirism start to believe that they are real vampires. They start to dress in black, wear capes, sleep in boxes, get their teeth capped or even start to bite people. It is a horrible phenomenon and it can be included in one of psychological/mental disorders.
Along with the development of vampirism, now we have a branch of science which focuses on vampirism named vampirology. According to vampirology we can get information about the real vampire such as the personality or the symptoms of vampirism. Most vampires described as manipulative, unpredictable, moody, temperamental, and selfish. Some of the symptoms of vampirism are avoiding sunlight, sun burning easily, having inverted circadian rhythm (sleep hormones), having difficulty in adjusting daytime and having excellent night vision.
The story about vampire has the same contradiction with alien. Many people said they have met vampire and give testimony about it and there are many witness said that they met or even bit by the vampire but we still have no idea about the truth.
Vampire literature and movie
There are some books and movies that you should read and watch if you want to know more about vampire:
Twilight Saga: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Down
This story consists of four books. This saga tells the story of love between a vampire and a human. It is one of the most vampire stories in these recent years. The love story between Edward Cullen and Bella Swan is one of the best vampire-love stories ever made.
Vampires: John Carpenter’s Vampires
This movie tells the story of vampire hunter named Jack Crow and his team. This movie has strong western overtures and allusions. Although it is not a new movie (it was released in 1998) but it is one of the most recommended movies for the vampire-movies fans.
Daybreakers
It is a new movie and released in 2010. The story of the movie is interesting. In this movie, the vampires have taken the position of the human being and become the majority of the Earth’s inhabitant while human beings are almost extinct.
The story about vampire will still be a controversy until we can find the prove of the existence of vampire. The belief of vampire or vampirism is now depends on ourselves. How about you?
References:
Folklore-The History of the Vampire. vampiresamongus.html. Retrieved May 22, 2010, from http/www.vampiresamongus/history.html
Vampires. Wikipedia. Retrieved May 22,2010, from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampires_%28film%29
Daybreakers. Wikipedia. Retrieved May 22,2010, from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daybreakers_%28film%29
Real Vampires.earthspirit.com. Retrieved May 22, 2010, from http://www.earthspirit.com/fireheart/fhvampire.html
Pictures: www.twilight_movie.org
www.vampiresamongus/history.html
JEJU ISLAND’S ATTRACTIONS
Jeju Island is the one of the most popular places to visit in the world. Many tourists spend their holiday by going to Jeju Island. Jeju Island, which is located in South Korea, has many tourism objects which can make us astonished by it. Jeju Island is famous for its beaches, waterfalls, Halla Mountain, Parks, and heritage sides.
Beaches
If we talk about beaches, we should think about the beautiful views, sand, the wave of the sea, and something around the beach. It is so interesting to imagine. Jeju Island has many interesting beaches. They are Jungmun Beach, Hyeopjae Beach, Seongsan Ilchubong, and Shinang Beach. All of them have good views and their own strength. From those beaches, they have their own uniqueness.
Jungmun Beach is famous for its resorts. It is surrounded by many large resorts where we can see the beautiful view of Jungmun Beach and its white sand from the resorts. We also can feel the fresh air of the beach from the resorts. Besides, we can do many activities in Jungmun Beach which are parasailing, rafting, and water skiing.
Another beach that famous in Jeju Island is Hyeopjae Beach. It has stunning pure white sand and many restaurants where we can enjoy our lunch with a pleasant meal like hamburger, pizza, etc. Sitting in the restaurant while enjoy the beautiful view of the beach is a comfortable thing to do.
Not just Hyeopjae Beach that has stunning pure white sand, but Seongsan Ilchulbong too. Besides, many of activities in Soengsan Ilchulbong like parasailing and swimming is available to do. It will make our holiday wonderful.
There is a good beach that we cannot pass if we go to Jeju Island is Shinang Beach. This beach is good for wing surfing, it is also warm and good for swimming.
Waterfalls
Jeju island is also famous for its waterfalls. Jeju has three famous waterfalls. They are Cheonjeyeon Waterfall, Cheonjiyeon Waterfall, and Jeongbang Waterfall.
Cheonjeyeon Waterfall is an unique waterfall, it consists of three cascades and seems like a ladder. It looks beautiful with the great bridge which is located on the first cascade that has 22 meters high and 21 meters deep. It flows to the second cascade, which has 30 meters high, and then continue to the third one. Cheonjeyeon Watrefall is really remarkable waterfall.
Another waterfall that is also famous is Cheonjiyeon Waterfall. Its name has a special meaning. It means sky connected with land. If we think about the meaning of its name, we can imagine how beautiful that waterfall is. It has 22 meters high and 12 meters wide and falls in one particular area.
Besides two impressive waterfalls above, there is one waterfall that is near the sea, named Jeongbang Waterfall. It is so amazing because it flows directly to the sea. We can enjoy the fresh air and beautiful view if we are there.
Halla Mountain
If we talk about mountain in Jeju, we will think about Halla Mountain and be astonished by it. Halla Mountain is the highest point of South Korea which has 1950 meter high. It is very beautiful volcanic mountain that is located in the center of Jeju Island. It is also surrounded by National Park, Halla-san National Park, Seogwipo Folk Village, and other beautiful places. Many people want to climb it to see the snow views in winter and the green views in summer. The view is very stunning.
Parks
Jeju Island has many beautiful parks. They are Halla-san Park, Hallim Park, and Sooingook Miniature Theme Park. All of them attract tourists to come there.
Halla-san Park is the one of parks in Jeju Island which is located in Halla Mountain. It is designed very good with many beautiful flowers surround it.
Another park that is one of the oldest and most popular tourist attractions on Jeju is Hallim Park. It is located on west coast of the island. It features eight different themes and has several garden areas which are Jeju Stone and Bonsai Garden, Bird Garden, Water Garden, and Subtropical Botanic Garden. It also has two lave caves. They are Hyeopjae and Ssangyong Caves. We also know more about South Korean culture and a traditional meal if we go to Jae-Am Folk Village that is also located in Hallim Park.
The third park that we should visit in Jeju is Sooingook Miniature Theme Park. In this park, all the most of famous landmarks from around the world have been recreated. It is good for children to check their knowledge and create an interest thing they want in other countries. It also has a cafe and shop.
Heritage Sides
Jeju Island is also famous for its heritage sides. They preserve their heritage sides by making Seogwipo Folk Village that shows how the Korean people live in the past. This village is illustrated as we are in living condition of Jeju in thousands of years ago. If we visit it, we will feel the atmosphere of past living. Songup Folk Village also has local food and many restaurants, the heritage buildings, abundant artifacts, traditional clothes worn by residents, and carvings and other crafts. The people of Jeju really take care of their heritages and cultures, and make very unique.
REFFERENCES
Tan, Alex. (2008, November 24). Jeju Ialand: More Than A Honeymoon Destination. Retrieved February 5, 2010, from the Asia Hotels Web Site: http://blog.asiahotels.com/jeju-island-more-than-a-honeymoon-destination
Harsanto, D. (2008, October 19). Spring time in Jeju-do, Korea’s little Hawaii. Retrieved Fabruary 5, 2010, from The Jakarta Post Web Site: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/10/19/pring-time-jejudo-korea039s-little-hawaii.html.
Jeju Island-Jeju Island South Korea. (2009). Fascinatingtraveldestination.com: Jeju Island South Korea. Retrieved March 5, 2010, from http://fiscinating-travel-destinations.com/jeju-island.html
Travel Information on Cheju Island. (2009). Chejuinfo.net: Cheju Info Tour. Retrieved April 30, 2010, from http://www.chejuinfo.net/tour/tour_e.html
Beaches
If we talk about beaches, we should think about the beautiful views, sand, the wave of the sea, and something around the beach. It is so interesting to imagine. Jeju Island has many interesting beaches. They are Jungmun Beach, Hyeopjae Beach, Seongsan Ilchubong, and Shinang Beach. All of them have good views and their own strength. From those beaches, they have their own uniqueness.
Jungmun Beach is famous for its resorts. It is surrounded by many large resorts where we can see the beautiful view of Jungmun Beach and its white sand from the resorts. We also can feel the fresh air of the beach from the resorts. Besides, we can do many activities in Jungmun Beach which are parasailing, rafting, and water skiing.
Another beach that famous in Jeju Island is Hyeopjae Beach. It has stunning pure white sand and many restaurants where we can enjoy our lunch with a pleasant meal like hamburger, pizza, etc. Sitting in the restaurant while enjoy the beautiful view of the beach is a comfortable thing to do.
Not just Hyeopjae Beach that has stunning pure white sand, but Seongsan Ilchulbong too. Besides, many of activities in Soengsan Ilchulbong like parasailing and swimming is available to do. It will make our holiday wonderful.
There is a good beach that we cannot pass if we go to Jeju Island is Shinang Beach. This beach is good for wing surfing, it is also warm and good for swimming.
Waterfalls
Jeju island is also famous for its waterfalls. Jeju has three famous waterfalls. They are Cheonjeyeon Waterfall, Cheonjiyeon Waterfall, and Jeongbang Waterfall.
Cheonjeyeon Waterfall is an unique waterfall, it consists of three cascades and seems like a ladder. It looks beautiful with the great bridge which is located on the first cascade that has 22 meters high and 21 meters deep. It flows to the second cascade, which has 30 meters high, and then continue to the third one. Cheonjeyeon Watrefall is really remarkable waterfall.
Another waterfall that is also famous is Cheonjiyeon Waterfall. Its name has a special meaning. It means sky connected with land. If we think about the meaning of its name, we can imagine how beautiful that waterfall is. It has 22 meters high and 12 meters wide and falls in one particular area.
Besides two impressive waterfalls above, there is one waterfall that is near the sea, named Jeongbang Waterfall. It is so amazing because it flows directly to the sea. We can enjoy the fresh air and beautiful view if we are there.
Halla Mountain
If we talk about mountain in Jeju, we will think about Halla Mountain and be astonished by it. Halla Mountain is the highest point of South Korea which has 1950 meter high. It is very beautiful volcanic mountain that is located in the center of Jeju Island. It is also surrounded by National Park, Halla-san National Park, Seogwipo Folk Village, and other beautiful places. Many people want to climb it to see the snow views in winter and the green views in summer. The view is very stunning.
Parks
Jeju Island has many beautiful parks. They are Halla-san Park, Hallim Park, and Sooingook Miniature Theme Park. All of them attract tourists to come there.
Halla-san Park is the one of parks in Jeju Island which is located in Halla Mountain. It is designed very good with many beautiful flowers surround it.
Another park that is one of the oldest and most popular tourist attractions on Jeju is Hallim Park. It is located on west coast of the island. It features eight different themes and has several garden areas which are Jeju Stone and Bonsai Garden, Bird Garden, Water Garden, and Subtropical Botanic Garden. It also has two lave caves. They are Hyeopjae and Ssangyong Caves. We also know more about South Korean culture and a traditional meal if we go to Jae-Am Folk Village that is also located in Hallim Park.
The third park that we should visit in Jeju is Sooingook Miniature Theme Park. In this park, all the most of famous landmarks from around the world have been recreated. It is good for children to check their knowledge and create an interest thing they want in other countries. It also has a cafe and shop.
Heritage Sides
Jeju Island is also famous for its heritage sides. They preserve their heritage sides by making Seogwipo Folk Village that shows how the Korean people live in the past. This village is illustrated as we are in living condition of Jeju in thousands of years ago. If we visit it, we will feel the atmosphere of past living. Songup Folk Village also has local food and many restaurants, the heritage buildings, abundant artifacts, traditional clothes worn by residents, and carvings and other crafts. The people of Jeju really take care of their heritages and cultures, and make very unique.
REFFERENCES
Tan, Alex. (2008, November 24). Jeju Ialand: More Than A Honeymoon Destination. Retrieved February 5, 2010, from the Asia Hotels Web Site: http://blog.asiahotels.com/jeju-island-more-than-a-honeymoon-destination
Harsanto, D. (2008, October 19). Spring time in Jeju-do, Korea’s little Hawaii. Retrieved Fabruary 5, 2010, from The Jakarta Post Web Site: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/10/19/pring-time-jejudo-korea039s-little-hawaii.html.
Jeju Island-Jeju Island South Korea. (2009). Fascinatingtraveldestination.com: Jeju Island South Korea. Retrieved March 5, 2010, from http://fiscinating-travel-destinations.com/jeju-island.html
Travel Information on Cheju Island. (2009). Chejuinfo.net: Cheju Info Tour. Retrieved April 30, 2010, from http://www.chejuinfo.net/tour/tour_e.html
Saturday, May 29, 2010
The Benefits of Using Social Network Services in Education
Francisca Yulia Martaningrum
081214069
Internet now becomes very popular around the world. All people, from children, teenagers, adults, until old people, are familiar with internet. It is because internet provides many things. It provides information, entertainment, education, and many things which can be learned easily. One of internet services which very popular is social network services. Social network services are a kind of tool on the internet which has a function to make a social relationship between one to another better by sharing their profile, interests, activities, projects, etc. Facebook, Twitter, Ning, and My space are some example of social network services.
From that definition, many people then explore social network services to be a media for their activities. By the time, social network services are also popular in education. Many of schools and also teachers use social network services to support their teaching learning activity. Some of them even use them as their main media in teaching and learning. There are many teaching learning activities which can be done by using social network services. The examples are: writing about something and uploading it on the internet, making a discussion forum and asking the students to join the online discussion, and many more.
Many educators decide to use social network services as a media in education because they believe that social network services can give many benefits. The purpose of this essay is to discuss some benefits of using social network services in education. The benefits are: introducing globalization to students, helping students to improve their communication skill, and developing students’ confidence.
The first benefit of using social network services in education is that it can introduce globalization for students. As many people know, they now live in a globalization era, which emphasizes technology and also the use of English as the main language in the world. Learning about technology and English are very useful for the students to face the globalization era. By using social network services, students are demanded to use computers. It means that students can learn how to deal with technology, especially computers. Besides that, students will also learn English because the main language which is used in computers and internets is English. Therefore, it is important for teachers, who are the learning facilitators, to introduce students to globalization.
The second benefit of using social network services in education is that social network services can improve communication skill which is very useful in their social life. Using social network services means that students will have interaction with others. It can be in the form of sharing, discussion, and so on. By doing those activities, students will learn how to criticize something, how to share their opinion, and how to receive or accept others opinion. Those skills are very important for students as a participant of society.
The third benefit is that social network services can make students more confident. It is because in using social network services, students will be automatically demanded to share some things about them and also to show what they have done on the internet. If they share their writing, their feeling, or their opinion about something, of course the readers are wider. It will be very different if they do not upload them because the readers or the viewers are only their teachers and their friends. So, using social network services are good because students will not only present something to a small group of people, but to a wide range of people. They will face or receive many feedbacks not only from their teacher but also from their friends from outside.
They are some benefits of using social network services in education. Besides introducing students to globalization, developing communication skill, and making students more confident, there are still many benefits of applying social network services in education. Social network services will be very helpful under teachers and parents control. On the contrary, they can give bad effects to students if there is no control from teachers or parents. So, one successful key to maximize the benefits is to control the students while they use social network services.
References:
1. Benefits and opportunities. (2007). Digizen.com: Benefits and Opportunities for Learners. Retrieved May 24, 2010, from http://www.digizen.org/socialnetworking/benefits.aspx
2. Social network service. Wikipedia. Retrieved May 24, 2010, from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network_service
Friday, May 28, 2010
COFFEE
Anak Agung Komang Saka L
081214136
Coffee is familiar thing now. Many people usually find it as their beverages. It has many benefits for us. Besides having benefits for our health, from coffee we can create job demand or vocation. We can create our own business that can earn much money if we also have different things with other work trade. However, almost none of them know the coffee tree. They usually only utilize and know the cherries only. So, if we really like coffee we must know about the tree, the cherry anatomy, and the botanical classification first. The trees can grow more than 30 feet high, live in mild temperatures and live about 20-30 years. They also have many cherries in their branches. The cherry anatomy has five linings; there are exocarp, mesocarp, parenchyma, endocarp, and spermoderm. From the botanical classification, we can know that coffee is from vegetable kingdom. The coffee species can de divided into two; they are coffee Arabica and coffee Robusta.
However, even though we have known about the tree that is not enough. It would be better if we also know the history of coffee disseminating. In A.D. 800, the Ethiopian goatherd found the coffee beans. Then a monk used the berries to heal his brothers and those things in function. Therefore, from that event, a coffee origin is from Africa. After that, some African brought coffee to Arabia. In Arabia, coffee cooked for the first time. About 13th century, Arabian drink coffee religiously. Then in 1600, an Arabian named Baba Budan brought the fertile seed of coffee to Europe colonies. In Europe, the Turks brought coffee to Italy. After that, coffee was introduced to Europe. After coffee received in France, it will be sailed to Martinique, but in the middle of the tour, pirates captured the ship. Then the pirates brought a half of the coffee to America Latin. In there, coffee could grow well and now that place (Brazil) becomes the coffee market.
With that long journey, coffee can be known until this time. People drink it as their daily activity. Some people have not known that coffee also has health benefit. When they drink it, they only drink and even they drink with random dosage. Actually, if we drink it with right dosage we can get the health benefits. The caffeine that is contained in coffee can help us to reduce our illness. However, if we consume it over that can give bad effects to our bodies. The health benefits of caffeine that can we get are we can avoid heart disease, Parkinson, gallstones, etc. It also can increase our mod, physical and mental performance. Nevertheless, if we drink it too much we will get the negative effects, such as osteoporosis, diabetes, loss of sleep and for women it will reduce fertility and miscarriage.
People around the world enjoy coffee everyday. Therefore, besides we get the benefits for our health, we can also get benefits for our daily life. Caffeine that is contained in coffee can increase alertness, decrease fatigue, decrease fell of sleep, etc. If we drink it in early morning, we will get more alertness to face the day. Then, when we consume it after lunch, it will restore our alertness and then improve our performance. Moreover, when we want to drive to long-distance place, it will alleviate our fatigue and refresh us. Those advantages make people can pass the day with their stamina after consuming coffee in a proper number of cups.
After we know the benefits, we still can learn many things from coffee. Rosemary Furfaro argues about decaffeinate coffee. Rosemary said that decaffeinate coffee is caffeine decreasing that contain in coffee. It will be useful because we can get the health benefits without decreasing the quality, aroma, and flavor of the coffee. Rosemary also argues that if we want to gain the perfect cup of coffee we can start with the freshest cold water and the proper proportion of coffee grounds and a clean coffee machine. She also suggests us to find Peet’s and Starbucks when we give up to make the decaffeinate coffee. Both coffee shops provide the best decaffeinate coffee and those give satisfaction guarantee if get bad serving.
From those shops that are suggested by Rosemary, Starbucks is the better one. This coffee shop becomes famous in the world now. It founded in America by Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegel and Gordon Bowker. For first time, it expands the business to many regions in America. After the founder feel the business has successes, they try to expand their shop to other countries, for example in Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Australia and Indonesia also. The man who has big impact in Starbucks expansion is Howard Shultz. Besides their role in expand to the world, he also focuses in customer experience and the innovation. Starbucks also have a role in charity. It has donated millions of dollars in this activity. At this time, Starbucks has about 16.000 shops around 40’s countries. Starbucks also gets many awards from many associations; there are “100 Best Companies to Work For”, “Ten Most Admired Companies in America”, “World’s Most Influential Brands”, etc.
Starbucks is very wonderful. From it, we can learn how to expand our business using coffee. We can process coffee in our house. There are six steps that we can use to make good roasted beans. There are Pulping, Fermentation, Drying, Parchment removal (hulling), roasting, and the last is Grinding, storage, and brewing. Using those steps, we can develop our business and get much profit. We can also use those steps in home or other places that we have prepared. We may use this process to spend our free time to get coffee for our daily lives. Coffee beans that we get can be consumed or maybe we can sell it.
REFERENCES
National Geographic. (1996). nationalgeographic.com: National Geographic Society. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.nationalgeographic.com/coffee/ax/frame.html
What is Coffee. (2008). Ncausa.org. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.ncausa.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1
Positive and negative Health Effects of Caffeine. (2004). Steadyhealth.com. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.steadyhealth.com/
Furfaro, Rosemary. Drinking Decaffeinated Coffees. Sally’s Place. Retrieved May 26, 2010 from http://www.sallybernstein.com/beverages/coffee/decaffeinated.htm
Coffee throught the Day. (2009). Positivelycoffee.org: Positively Coffee. Retrieved May 26, 2010 from http://www.positivelycoffee.org/%2ftopic_performance_statement.aspx
Drinnan, J. (1995). Coffee Processing in the Home. Retrieved May 26, 2010 from Queensland Government Web Site: http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/horticulture/5471.html
Newburg, M. (2009, December 3). Starbucks History and Company Information. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from Suite101.com Web Site : http://businessprofiles.suite101.com/article.cfm/starbucks
081214136
Coffee is familiar thing now. Many people usually find it as their beverages. It has many benefits for us. Besides having benefits for our health, from coffee we can create job demand or vocation. We can create our own business that can earn much money if we also have different things with other work trade. However, almost none of them know the coffee tree. They usually only utilize and know the cherries only. So, if we really like coffee we must know about the tree, the cherry anatomy, and the botanical classification first. The trees can grow more than 30 feet high, live in mild temperatures and live about 20-30 years. They also have many cherries in their branches. The cherry anatomy has five linings; there are exocarp, mesocarp, parenchyma, endocarp, and spermoderm. From the botanical classification, we can know that coffee is from vegetable kingdom. The coffee species can de divided into two; they are coffee Arabica and coffee Robusta.
However, even though we have known about the tree that is not enough. It would be better if we also know the history of coffee disseminating. In A.D. 800, the Ethiopian goatherd found the coffee beans. Then a monk used the berries to heal his brothers and those things in function. Therefore, from that event, a coffee origin is from Africa. After that, some African brought coffee to Arabia. In Arabia, coffee cooked for the first time. About 13th century, Arabian drink coffee religiously. Then in 1600, an Arabian named Baba Budan brought the fertile seed of coffee to Europe colonies. In Europe, the Turks brought coffee to Italy. After that, coffee was introduced to Europe. After coffee received in France, it will be sailed to Martinique, but in the middle of the tour, pirates captured the ship. Then the pirates brought a half of the coffee to America Latin. In there, coffee could grow well and now that place (Brazil) becomes the coffee market.
With that long journey, coffee can be known until this time. People drink it as their daily activity. Some people have not known that coffee also has health benefit. When they drink it, they only drink and even they drink with random dosage. Actually, if we drink it with right dosage we can get the health benefits. The caffeine that is contained in coffee can help us to reduce our illness. However, if we consume it over that can give bad effects to our bodies. The health benefits of caffeine that can we get are we can avoid heart disease, Parkinson, gallstones, etc. It also can increase our mod, physical and mental performance. Nevertheless, if we drink it too much we will get the negative effects, such as osteoporosis, diabetes, loss of sleep and for women it will reduce fertility and miscarriage.
People around the world enjoy coffee everyday. Therefore, besides we get the benefits for our health, we can also get benefits for our daily life. Caffeine that is contained in coffee can increase alertness, decrease fatigue, decrease fell of sleep, etc. If we drink it in early morning, we will get more alertness to face the day. Then, when we consume it after lunch, it will restore our alertness and then improve our performance. Moreover, when we want to drive to long-distance place, it will alleviate our fatigue and refresh us. Those advantages make people can pass the day with their stamina after consuming coffee in a proper number of cups.
After we know the benefits, we still can learn many things from coffee. Rosemary Furfaro argues about decaffeinate coffee. Rosemary said that decaffeinate coffee is caffeine decreasing that contain in coffee. It will be useful because we can get the health benefits without decreasing the quality, aroma, and flavor of the coffee. Rosemary also argues that if we want to gain the perfect cup of coffee we can start with the freshest cold water and the proper proportion of coffee grounds and a clean coffee machine. She also suggests us to find Peet’s and Starbucks when we give up to make the decaffeinate coffee. Both coffee shops provide the best decaffeinate coffee and those give satisfaction guarantee if get bad serving.
From those shops that are suggested by Rosemary, Starbucks is the better one. This coffee shop becomes famous in the world now. It founded in America by Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegel and Gordon Bowker. For first time, it expands the business to many regions in America. After the founder feel the business has successes, they try to expand their shop to other countries, for example in Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Australia and Indonesia also. The man who has big impact in Starbucks expansion is Howard Shultz. Besides their role in expand to the world, he also focuses in customer experience and the innovation. Starbucks also have a role in charity. It has donated millions of dollars in this activity. At this time, Starbucks has about 16.000 shops around 40’s countries. Starbucks also gets many awards from many associations; there are “100 Best Companies to Work For”, “Ten Most Admired Companies in America”, “World’s Most Influential Brands”, etc.
Starbucks is very wonderful. From it, we can learn how to expand our business using coffee. We can process coffee in our house. There are six steps that we can use to make good roasted beans. There are Pulping, Fermentation, Drying, Parchment removal (hulling), roasting, and the last is Grinding, storage, and brewing. Using those steps, we can develop our business and get much profit. We can also use those steps in home or other places that we have prepared. We may use this process to spend our free time to get coffee for our daily lives. Coffee beans that we get can be consumed or maybe we can sell it.
REFERENCES
National Geographic. (1996). nationalgeographic.com: National Geographic Society. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.nationalgeographic.com/coffee/ax/frame.html
What is Coffee. (2008). Ncausa.org. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.ncausa.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1
Positive and negative Health Effects of Caffeine. (2004). Steadyhealth.com. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.steadyhealth.com/
Furfaro, Rosemary. Drinking Decaffeinated Coffees. Sally’s Place. Retrieved May 26, 2010 from http://www.sallybernstein.com/beverages/coffee/decaffeinated.htm
Coffee throught the Day. (2009). Positivelycoffee.org: Positively Coffee. Retrieved May 26, 2010 from http://www.positivelycoffee.org/%2ftopic_performance_statement.aspx
Drinnan, J. (1995). Coffee Processing in the Home. Retrieved May 26, 2010 from Queensland Government Web Site: http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/horticulture/5471.html
Newburg, M. (2009, December 3). Starbucks History and Company Information. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from Suite101.com Web Site : http://businessprofiles.suite101.com/article.cfm/starbucks
Thursday, May 27, 2010
THE SUCCESS STORY OF GREAT FIGURES
Selvi/081214059
THE SUCCESS STORY OF GREAT FIGURES
Have you ever heard the saying "Unless you're willing to have a go, fail miserably, and have another go, success won't happen"? This saying is really appropriate to depict the journey of success of some great figures such as, Oprah Winfrey; Mother Theresa; Susan Boyle; Hans Christian Andersen; and Walter Elias Disney. All of them get their successful life from the hardship which they had in the past time. The purpose of this essay is to explain about the value of a hardship and a successful life which had been experienced by those five adorable people.
First, Oprah Winfrey, an entertainer and a great philanthropist. In the entertainment and social life, people consider Oprah as a smart and thoughtful girl. She is a tough, caring, and sociable figure. She comes from a poor society which full of traumatic incidents and suffers. She had experienced a dysfunctional home life, a suffering of abuse, and a failed pregnancy. By having those miserable life experience, she has begun to make a better life and to reach her dream to help many people who have a lot of suffering in life. Now, she can realize her dream by becoming both a founder and a host in “OPRAH WINFREY SHOW”, a show which is dedicated to share about uplifting and inspirational story from other people who have a hard struggle in their lives. Moreover, she also becomes an activist in politic world and animal rights.
Second, Mother Theresa, a memorable missionary. Although Mother Theresa had died since a long time ago, she still becomes an inspirational figure for the people around the world until nowadays. Her amazing sayings about love is still applied and taught in some religiious and social lives. During her life time, She had been dealing with poverty surroundings, sufferable war condition, and many rejections of her social acts. Although she had faced many difficulties as a missionary, she kept struggling to help the weak and the poor. She was known as a mother who was full of caring and affection. Nowadays, her contributions in free hospice buildings and some missionaries of charity are still preserved by the society.
Third, Susan Boyle, a famous singer and a social activist. Susan Boyle is a new comer in the entertainment world. She starts her career as a singer by becoming a finalist in ”Britain’s Got Talent Show”. Before she becomes a famous artist, she was always being mocked by the society because of her old-fashioned style. When she was a child, she was considered to have learning difficulties. She also got many bullying actions. Although in her past experience, she was banished the family and the society, she has never given up to reach a dream as a famous singer. Susan is a cheerful, caring, and modest woman. She joins many social activities and gives many valuable and religious tracks to the people. Nowadays, many people likes her songs and there are no more negative judgements which are given to her.
Fourth, Hans Christian Andersen, a great tale’s writer. When Andersen was a child, he had been dealing with an unfulfilled love, a lack of education, a humiliation, and fears. His parents died when he was still thirteen years old. Being an orphaned child, he often faced a loneliness. To escape from his suffering from a loneliness, he began to write many kinds of literature works such as, poems, travel sketches, novels, and also best-known tales. Because of his amazing talent in creating valuable tales, Andersen was titled as “The Father of Modern Fairytale”.
Last, Walter Elias Disney, a legendary cartoonist. In the entertainment world, he has been known as a great legendary figure. He gave people joy and happiness by creating magical and amazing world of animation. Disney was not only good in entertaining people, but also good in taking care of his family. As a father, he was known as an affectionate and lovable figure. Since he was a child, Disney had been interested in arts such as, drawing and photography. When he was a teenager, to develop his artistic interest, he made drawings and sketches then sold them near the railroad tracks. He had built his dream to create motion pictures for 43 years in Hollywood industry. Without his work on magical cartoon stories, nowadays we may not be able to get some entertaining things in animation fields.
From the explanation above, you can get an important lesson about the value of a hardship and a successful life which had been experienced by those five adorable people. The lesson is, if you want to get a success, you have to be brave and strong enough to face the hardship in your life. The more you get into hard problems and be able to stay out of them, the more you learn about the meaning of life and success.
THE SUCCESS STORY OF GREAT FIGURES
Have you ever heard the saying "Unless you're willing to have a go, fail miserably, and have another go, success won't happen"? This saying is really appropriate to depict the journey of success of some great figures such as, Oprah Winfrey; Mother Theresa; Susan Boyle; Hans Christian Andersen; and Walter Elias Disney. All of them get their successful life from the hardship which they had in the past time. The purpose of this essay is to explain about the value of a hardship and a successful life which had been experienced by those five adorable people.
First, Oprah Winfrey, an entertainer and a great philanthropist. In the entertainment and social life, people consider Oprah as a smart and thoughtful girl. She is a tough, caring, and sociable figure. She comes from a poor society which full of traumatic incidents and suffers. She had experienced a dysfunctional home life, a suffering of abuse, and a failed pregnancy. By having those miserable life experience, she has begun to make a better life and to reach her dream to help many people who have a lot of suffering in life. Now, she can realize her dream by becoming both a founder and a host in “OPRAH WINFREY SHOW”, a show which is dedicated to share about uplifting and inspirational story from other people who have a hard struggle in their lives. Moreover, she also becomes an activist in politic world and animal rights.
Second, Mother Theresa, a memorable missionary. Although Mother Theresa had died since a long time ago, she still becomes an inspirational figure for the people around the world until nowadays. Her amazing sayings about love is still applied and taught in some religiious and social lives. During her life time, She had been dealing with poverty surroundings, sufferable war condition, and many rejections of her social acts. Although she had faced many difficulties as a missionary, she kept struggling to help the weak and the poor. She was known as a mother who was full of caring and affection. Nowadays, her contributions in free hospice buildings and some missionaries of charity are still preserved by the society.
Third, Susan Boyle, a famous singer and a social activist. Susan Boyle is a new comer in the entertainment world. She starts her career as a singer by becoming a finalist in ”Britain’s Got Talent Show”. Before she becomes a famous artist, she was always being mocked by the society because of her old-fashioned style. When she was a child, she was considered to have learning difficulties. She also got many bullying actions. Although in her past experience, she was banished the family and the society, she has never given up to reach a dream as a famous singer. Susan is a cheerful, caring, and modest woman. She joins many social activities and gives many valuable and religious tracks to the people. Nowadays, many people likes her songs and there are no more negative judgements which are given to her.
Fourth, Hans Christian Andersen, a great tale’s writer. When Andersen was a child, he had been dealing with an unfulfilled love, a lack of education, a humiliation, and fears. His parents died when he was still thirteen years old. Being an orphaned child, he often faced a loneliness. To escape from his suffering from a loneliness, he began to write many kinds of literature works such as, poems, travel sketches, novels, and also best-known tales. Because of his amazing talent in creating valuable tales, Andersen was titled as “The Father of Modern Fairytale”.
Last, Walter Elias Disney, a legendary cartoonist. In the entertainment world, he has been known as a great legendary figure. He gave people joy and happiness by creating magical and amazing world of animation. Disney was not only good in entertaining people, but also good in taking care of his family. As a father, he was known as an affectionate and lovable figure. Since he was a child, Disney had been interested in arts such as, drawing and photography. When he was a teenager, to develop his artistic interest, he made drawings and sketches then sold them near the railroad tracks. He had built his dream to create motion pictures for 43 years in Hollywood industry. Without his work on magical cartoon stories, nowadays we may not be able to get some entertaining things in animation fields.
From the explanation above, you can get an important lesson about the value of a hardship and a successful life which had been experienced by those five adorable people. The lesson is, if you want to get a success, you have to be brave and strong enough to face the hardship in your life. The more you get into hard problems and be able to stay out of them, the more you learn about the meaning of life and success.
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