saturday night

Long time no see you, honey............

10042014, delapan digit angka yang sangat indah menurutku sekaligus angka keramat buatku. 2 minggu lebih 2 hari....... kurasa  belum ada perubahan yang significant pada diriku. Masih dengan kegiatan rutinku dan masih dengan kebiasaan lamaku, kaos kaki berwarna warni dan ransel tuaku kesayanganku, still the same as four years ago.

This is my new adventure and also my new life, I hope this adventure will be delight and I'll find a pearl at the end of my adventures later. Come on ......... ^-^

The last day in my work

Feel so happy...........

Less than one-half years I spent my morning here... 

Fighting.......... There are big jobs that have been waiting me in there....

Learning English Through The Blog

Writing skills is one of four English language skills. Blog (the simplest form of weblog) is a website (site) someone who is frequently updated often referred to as online journals. Today, the blog is growing very rapidly as the development of ICT in Indonesia. Almost everyone has a blog, ranging from artists, politicians, teachers, lecturers to students because makes it very easy process. By having a blog that also means having an online journal, students can write whatever they liked, where they can edit and publish as often as they want, which can also be a media sharing for all audiences, both in the classroom and outside the classroom, even out country which can not conceivably be given to the journal online. Associated with an increased ability to write English, the use of media in accordance with the characteristics of the blog is learning to write. 

With the blog, students can write anything on the blog that already exist, including the giving additional emphasis or information with other media are also available, such as audio, video, or link to the page address. Technically, a blog is not difficult, because it does not require knowledge of programming and syntaxcomplicated. Students simply fill in the slots that already exist, such as typing, then lived and published their blogs can be viewed by all people in the world. If there are errors, it can be immediately corrected. So, create a blog is easy, as long as there is a connection. 

Blog as a forum for the outpouring of ideas and student writings will be very beneficial to them because of blogs as online media can give the real audience for student writing. If during this time, teachers are the only people who read the students, the media blog, their writings can be read by friendsthem, both classmates and outside the classroom, even in other places, their parents, and those who have access to the internet. 

Without realizing it, the real potential of these audience to 'demand' as well as opportunities for students to demonstratetheir best work. It is hoped this will also provide a better motivation for the improvement of student writing competence. Furthermore, according to several factors previously mentioned, the blog would be trusted to help increase student achievement in learning to write.

Isi Otakku siang ini....

Masih dengan pikiran yang carut marut d tempat kerja,, mau di bawa kemanakah ijazah S.Pd selanjutnya setelah lulus kuliah nanti.... melihat fenomena yang ada sekarang, dimana gaji seorang guru tidak tetap di sebuah sekolah sangat memprihatinkan.... :D.

Sungguh ironis memang, bahkan sudah tidak asing lagi dengan isu yang menyebutkan bahwa untuk bisa jadi guru sukwan di sebuah sekolah harus mengeluarkan dana yang tidak sedikit.

Huuftt.... SEMANGATT, hanya ingin mengeluarkan seonggok sampah yang ada di otakku.

Materi Listening

Owl City – Adam Young – biography

In the state of Minnesota lies a small town called Owatonna with roughly twenty-two thousand inhabitants. Within that city is a quiet road with a modest house. In that house there’s an unkempt basement with no windows. Within those confines you’ll find Adam Young of Owl City hard at work on his electronic and melodically infectious music of simple and singular beauty. Inside this “cave,” as Adam likes to describe it, he has begun to quickly win over a large audience thirsty for something genuine, something sublime. The proof is in the music as Owl City’s first official CD – Ocean Eyes – was released July 21st, 2009 and debuted at #27 on the Billboard Top 200, #2 on Billboard’s Electronic Albums chart and #3 on the Digital Albums Chart.

Being an only child in a small town, and having no musicians in his immediate family, Adam is hard pressed to say how it all started. Explaining that he always had a “push” to be creative, Adam picked up his first guitar in junior high school. Growing up in a “sheltered bubble” and being one of the more shy kids around the neighborhood, Adam seemed compelled to lend his time and creative ideas to music. “I’ve always been the shy guy, I don’t see that changing, but I definitely feel a lot more comfortable than I anticipated. I can hide behind the music.”

While his music continues to win followers all over the world, Adam does indeed hide behind his music, not going by his real name (See: Badly Drawn Boy and Dashboard Confessional); but going by the moniker Owl City. Adam was searching more for a mood when coming up with a title for his sound, rather than something easily identifiable. He goes on to explain that most of the artists that catch his eye have something unique about their name, something that lingers.

So one has to ask: how did this Owl City phenomenon begin? How does a young artist writing songs underneath his garage, acoustic foam and books everywhere, reach an audience of millions? “I’m still trying to figure it out,” Adam laughs. “Back in June of 2007 it kind of started on a whim. My parents were away for the weekend, and wanting to be loud and make some noise and whatever, I began writing versions of what became my first, self released digital EP – Of June. I put it up on MySpace the following month and didn’t tell anyone.”

Word of mouth began to spread for Adam’s music, with demands coming from various parts of the country for an album. Maybe I’m Dreaming, released digitally in March of 2008, was Owl City’s full-length debut. The album was a clear representation of Owl City’s progression as an artist. Adam became a phenomenon on MySpace and in just over a year had more than 7 million profile 

SLEEP

Sleep is a naturally recurring state characterized by reduced or absent consciousness, relatively suspended sensory activity, and inactivity of nearly all voluntary muscles. It is distinguished from quiet wakefulness by a decreased ability to react to stimuli, and is more easily reversible than being in hibernation or a coma.

The purposes and mechanisms of sleep are only partially clear and are the subject of intense research. Sleep is often thought to help conserve energy, but decreases metabolism only about 5–10%.

Children need more sleep per day in order to develop and function properly :

 up to 18 hours for newborn babies, with a declining rate as a child ages.

 A newborn baby spends almost 9 hours a day in sleep.

Human sleep needs can vary by age and among individuals, and sleep is considered to be adequate when there is no daytime sleepiness or dysfunction. Moreover, self-reported sleep duration is only moderately correlated with actual sleep time as measured by actigraphy.

  There is a explanation abaout sleep. I hope this explanation useful for us.

My Dream Place

If I had money, I want to go to New Zealand. View of the countryside, paddy fields, sheep farms are awesome, which cool the air in the spring, hospitality and humor of Maori, soft fleece, the amount of cream and lip gloss from natural ingredients. This country looks very peaceful state. New Zealand is called Aotearoa in Maori language (meaning Land of Long White Cloud), is an island nation in the southwest Pacific Ocean in southeastern Australia. 

ASTENOPIA

ASTENOPIA merupakan gangguan fungsi penglihatan dengan penyebab dan gejala-gejala yang sangat majemuk yang melibatkan faktor fisik, fisiologis, psikologis, bahkan faktor sosial. Penggunaan komputer menunjukkan meningkatnya kejadian ASTENOPIA. Pengobatan antara lain mengatasi masalah sistim berlebihan, pemberian air mata buatan, penataan ergonomik tempat dan lingkungan kerja. ASTENOPIA adalah gejala-gejala yang diakibatkan oleh adanya upaya berlebihyan untuk memperoleh ketajaman binokuler yang sebaik-baiknya dari sistem penglihatan yang berada dalam keadaan kurang sempurna. sedangkan menurut US National Research Council / WHObatasannya lebih luas, yaitu astenopia adalah keluhan atau kelelahan visual subjektif atau keluhan-keluhan yang dialami seseorang akibat menggunakan matanya. Istilah istilah lain yang juga dipakai untuk tujuan yang sama adalahEye Strain, Visual Discomfort dan Ocular fatigue atau disebut juga mata lelah. Meskipun astenopia belum terbukti menimbulkan, penting diperhatikan, terutama pada mereka yang memerlukan penglihatan dekat dalam waktu lama untuk melakukan pekerjaan.

Pada tulisan ini akan dikemukakan penyebab, faktor-faktor dan gejala-gejala astenopia serta hubungannya dengan penggunaan komputer, dalam upaya memahami penanggulangan keadaan tersebut.

Patogenesis Astenosia

Astenopia terjadi karena gangguan yang komplek dan saling mempengaruhi pada proses sistem penglihatan seperti berikut:

1. Cahaya masuk ke mata dari benda yang dilihat tidak cukup.

2. Pemusatan cahaya pada retina mata tidak sempurna.

3. Mekanisme penggabungan bayangan (fusi) oleh sistem penglihatan yang lebih sentral (otak) dan upaya untuk mempertahankannya tidak memadai.

Kecukupan cahaya dipengaruhi oleh faktor ekstrinsik, yaitu keadaan iluminasi dan obyek yang dilihat. Kuantitas, kualitas, kualitas dan distribusi iluminasi yang mengakibatkan cahaya terlalu terang atau redup, berfluktuasi, araha yang miring dan menyilaukan dapat mengurangi daya sensifitas retina. Obyek berukuran kecil, bentuk yang tidak teratur dan kurang kontras atau bergerak, ternyata juga memudahkan timbulnya astenopia.

Pemfokuskan cahaya terganggua bila terjadi kelelahan otot siliaris dan otot-otot luar bola mata (Faktor intristik). Kelelahan otot siliaris terjadi pada penggunaan kacamata yang tidak sesuai ukurannya yang menyebabkan kelemahan akomodasi dan konvergensi. Selain itu, gangguan oleh masalah fusi dapat terjadi bila bayangan pada kedua mata tidak sama besar akibat perbedaan ukuran kacamata kanan dan kiri terlalu besar (anisometropia).

Faktor intristik lainnya selain faktor okular (mata) adalah faktor konstitusi. Keadaan tersebut adalah kelelahan umum, kurang sehat, bekerja dibawah tekanan (under pressure), kurang tidur, pemakaian obat-obatan, kelainan emosi dan gangguan psikogenik lainnya. Selain orang yang berbakat neurotik, orang yang sehat pun (terorginisis baik kepribadiannya), terutama jika mereka bergerak di bidang kehidupan intelektual, dan selalu terus menerus meningkatkan dan memperbaiki diri, dapat kehilangan sebagian energi kehidupannya yang akhirnya dapat mengalami kondisi kelelahan.

Beberapa hasil penelitian memperlihatkan adanya perubahan temporer tonus akulomotorius dan meningkatnya tonus parasimpatis pada penderita astenopia. Hal tersebut menyokong adanya hubungan antara astenopia dengan gangguan-gangguan akomodasi dan konvergensi. Meningkatnya tonus parasimpatis terlihat dengan adanya diameter pupil yang lebih kecil pada penderita astenopia dan lebih lemahnya akomodasi dibandingkan dengan orang normal. Tonus parasimpatis yang meningkat merupakan dasar beberapa keluhan pada penderita astenopia.

Gejala-gejala Astenopia

Astenopia dapat terjadi baik pada orang yang tergolong normal ataupun dengan faktor-faktor diatas. Keluhan ini lebih banyak dijumpai pada umur lebih dari 40 tahun, para pemakai kacamata dan mereka yang bekerja mempregunakan penglihatan dekat dalam waktu lama. Wanita lebih sering menderita astenopia daripada laki-laki.

Keluhan astenopia dapat diklasifikasikan sebagai berikut:

1. Okuar, misalnya mata terasa pegal, berat, cepat lelah, pedas, panas, tak nyaman atau sakit sekitar mata.

2. Visual, misalnya penglihatan menjadi kabur rangkap atau penglihatan warna berkurang.

3. Referal, misalnya sakit kepala, bahu dan punggung.

Keluhan-keluhan tersebut bersifat individual, dapat meningkatkan dan biasanya menghilang bila istirahat atau bangun tidur.

Untuk mengatasi bisa digunakan obat tetes airmata (artificial tears), lensa kontak, penyisipan lensa okular, penutupan kantung airmata (lacrimal plug), kacamata yang tertutup rapat (goggles), serta mengobati kelainan yang ada, misalnya infeksi kelopak.

“Tetes mata sebaiknya diteteskan di kantung dekat kelopak mata bawah luar agar tidak cepat keluar lagi. Jangan langsung diteteskan di kornea. Untuk meratakan mata dikedip-kedipkan,” saran dari dr Fatma Asyari SpM(K) dari FKUI.

Sumber:

- Majalah Elfata edisi 11 vol. 08 2008

- http://rakhmat.com/2009/02/126/

ADELE - SOMEONE LIKE YOU LYRICS

I heard

That you're settled down

That you

Found a girl

And you're

Married now

I heard

That your dreams came true.

Guess she gave you things

I didn't give to you

Old friend

Why are you so shy?

Ain't like you to hold back

Or hide from the light

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited

But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.

I had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded

That for me it isn't over

Never mind

I'll find someone like you

I wish nothing but the best for you too

"Don't forget me," I begged

"I'll remember," you said

"Sometimes it lasts in love

But sometimes it hurts instead."

Sometimes it lasts in love

But sometimes it hurts instead,

Yeah.

You know how the time flies

Only yesterday

It was the time of our lives

We were born and raised

In a summer haze

Bound by the surprise

Of our glory days

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited

But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.

I had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded

That for me it isn't over.

Never mind

I'll find someone like you

I wish nothing but the best for you too

"Don't forget me," I begged

"I'll remember," you said

"Sometimes it lasts in love

But sometimes it hurts instead."

Nothing compares

No worries or cares

Regrets and mistakes

They are memories made.

Who would have known

How bittersweet this would taste?

Never mind

I'll find someone like you

I wish nothing but the best for you too

"Don't forget me," I begged

"I'll remember," you said

"Sometimes it lasts in love

But sometimes it hurts instead"

Never mind

I'll find someone like you

I wish nothing but the best for you too

"Don't forget me," I begged

"I'll remember," you said

"Sometimes it lasts in love

But sometimes it hurts instead"

Sometimes it lasts in love

But sometimes it hurts instead              

The Rain - Terima Kasih Karena Kau Mencintaiku

Kau selalu di hatiku
Mengisi ruang dan waktuku
Tetaplah bersamaku
Sampai kita tak sanggup lagi ...

Bridge :
Bila tak sengaja diriku menyakitkanmu
Beri isyarat padaku
Agar cepat kumohon maaf padamu

Reff :
Di saat indah dan sedih
Tulus kau temani aku
Walau kadang kau mengiris perih hatiku
Terima kasih karena kau mencintaiku


Chord Gitar :

intro :
Bm A D ( 2x)
G A Bm
G A

D A/C# Bm
Kau selalu di hatiku

G Em G G A

Mengisi ruang dan waktuku

D A/C# Bm
Tetaplah bersamaku

G Em D
Sampai kita tak sanggup lagi ...

Bridge :

A Em
Bila tak sengaja diriku menyakitkanmu

G A D
Beri isyarat padaku

A Em G
Agar cepat kumohon maaf padamu

Reff :

D G Bm A
Di saat indah dan sedih

D G Bm A
Tulus kau temani aku

G  F#  Bm  A  E/G#  E7
Walau kadang kau mengiris perih hatiku

Em7 Gm
Terima kasih karena kau mencintaiku

08/02/2012

Cakrawala membentang, memecah kemarau jiwa

Semburat awan hitam bercumbu memenuhi langit gempita 

Grimis bersanding senja,

Rindu menari berirama melukis luka

Present Perfect vs Present Perfect Continuous

Apa sebetulnya perbedaan antara Present Perfect dan Present Perfect Continuous tense.

Kalimat “Saya telah menunggu kamu selama satu jam” bisa dinyatakan baik dalam bentuk present perfect (I have waited for you for an hour) maupun present perfect continouous (I have been waiting for you for an hour). Lalu apa gunanya ada present perfect continous kalau sudah ada present perfect? 

Kedua tenses ini digunakan untuk menyatakan sebuah tindakan yang telah dilakukan di masa lalu dan masih sedang berlangsung atau baru saja selesai. Pada banyak kasus, kedua-duanya dapat digunakan dan saling menggantikan. 

Example:

·                  They have worked here for a long time

·                  They have been working here for a long time

·                  He has lived here for 10 years

·                  He has been living here for 10 years

Tetapi sering ada perbedaan makna diantara keduanya: 

Kita menggunakan Present Perfect utamanya untuk menyatakan bahwa sebuah tindakan telah selesai atau untuk menekankan hasil dari tindakan tersebut. Kita menggunakan Present Perfect Continuous untuk menekankan durasi atau waktu berkelanjutan dari sebuah tindakan.

Pada contoh berikut, yang ditekankan adalah hasil dari tindakan yang dilakukan, sehingga digunakan present perfect:

·         I have done my homework. (Maksudnya: pekerjaan rumah saya sudah selesai sekarang).

Sedangkan pada contoh berikut, yang ditekankan adalah durasinya, sehingga digunakan present perfect continuous:

·   I have been doing my homework. (Maksudnya: Pernyataan ini ingin menunjukkan bagaimana saya menghabiskan waktu saya. Tidak jadi masalah apakah pekerjaan rumah saya telah selesai sekarang atau belum).

Jadi, jika yang ingin ditekankan adalah aktivitas menunggunya maka digunakan present perfect:

·           I have waited for you

Akan tetapi, karena contoh yang diberikan oleh si penanya menggunakan waktu (for an hour) maka sudah barang tentu yang ingin ditekankan adalah durasi atau lamanya menunggu sehingga lebih tepat jika digunakan present perfect continuous:

·           I have been waiting for you for an hour.

Perbedaan lain adalah dalam hal hasil tindakan dan efek sampingnya. Jika ingin menekankan hasil tindakan digunakan present perfect dan untuk efek sampingnya digunakan present perfect continuous:

·           I have washed the car. (Hasil: mobilnya bersih sekarang)

·          (Why are you so wet?) – I have been washing the car. (Efek samping: Saya jadi basah ketika saya mencuci mobil. Tidak dipermasalahkan apakah mobilnya suda bersih atau belum).

Selain itu, jika sebuah tndakan masih sedang berlangsung dan kita ingin menyatakan bahwa tindakan itu merupakan tindakan permanen, maka kita biasanya menggunakan Present Perfect. Sedangkan untuk situasi yang sifatnya sementara, lebih cocok menggunakan Present Perfect Continuous. Akan tetapi ini bukan kaidah, tetapi hanya tendensi. 

Contoh:

Permanen:

·          Indra has lived in this town for 15 years. (Maksudnya: Dia telah menjadi penduduk permanen di kota ini).

Sementara:

·    Indra has been living here for a year. (Maksudnya: Situasi ini hanya sementara. Mungkin Indra adalah mahasiswa rantau yang hanya akan tinggal satu atau dua tahun di kota ini).

Sebagai tambahan, jika kalimat menggunakan kata “ever” atau “never”, maka digunakan bentuk present perfect.

·                  I have never met them.

·                  Have you ever heard that music?

rujukan : http://letspeakenglish.info/2009/08/15/present-perfect-1-bentuk-dan-kegunaan/