BEAUTIFUL SUNSET

Sunset is the quietest time for you to think...

THE SUN IN MY HANDS

Grabbing the sun, the king of shine...

SILHOUETTE

Life is like silhouette if you ignore the time

FLYING TO THE MOON

Landing on the moon isn't an empty dream

The River

Just let Life flow like a river and follow the mainstream...

Minggu, 30 Mei 2010

Tai Chi Can Increase Human's Body Immunity


Someone, who frequently does Tai Chi, will posses a stronger body to be against Virus. A condition such as painful nerve, which is caused of varicella-zoster virus, can live in human’s body for years after being infected and then it will be shingles. This disease generally appears when someone reaches 50 years old above, because in these ages, someone’s anti-body level has decreased.

Tai Chi, a centuries sport, is one of martial arts. This exercise includes aerobic activities, relaxation, and meditation. In a study donated by National Institutes of Health, Department of Health in America, the researchers involved 112 volunteers who were from 59 years old to 86 years old. They—the researchers—divided the volunteers into two groups. One of the groups was asked to do Tai Chi for about 40 minutes 3 times a week in 16 weeks, while another group was given a health consulting class.

The researchers led by Dr. Michael R. Irwin from The University of California, Los Angeles, discovered that people who did Tai Chi were able to increase their body immunity from varicella-zoster. They also discovered that when the volunteers were vaccinated to the virus after the study started, the people who did Tai Chi possessed better response to the virus. This study was reported in The Journal of The American Geriatrics Society.

Taken from: Kawasan Magazine
Translated by KEY (Kurnia English Yard)

Kamis, 27 Mei 2010

Just For You, Cindy... (^_^)


The letter was still on the table. It was next to the bed, a bed where Cindy was lying on it with the eyes looking at the roof—blankly. She couldn’t believe what she had read, and then she turned her head again to the letter. Besides the letter there was also a flower that looked fresh in its vase. She then tried to remember the moment when she got the flower from a young man she really loved—Andreas. But, that’s not too long, because her mind wanted to find out the answer of the letter she had just read.

‘Why will he??’ Cindy was wondering, couldn’t accept a fact that she had known from the letter and would happen the next day. ‘Doesn’t he love me anymore???’ her tears suddenly fell down from her eyes and soaked her cheeks. ‘Andreas, please don’t…. I need you…’ She whispered, and then as she started feeling sleepy, she closed her eyes and fell asleep. The certainty of her love would be decided at a place where planes arrived and departed.

That time, outside a window of Cindy’s room, the night was raining. The wind blew strongly. They—the rain and the wind—made the situation seem to be cold. Once a while, rolling of thunder broke the stillness of the night. No one walked outside their house, not even the security usually guarding the housing area there. They would rather stay inside their station. It’s the worst weather ever.

But, after spending for hours, about 5 am, the rain stopped, and the crowing of cocks started decorating the housing environment. In the end, at 6:30 am, the sun rose slowly in the east. Its shine gave beauty to the world. Its shine even warmed up Cindy’s heart. She just got up and was walking lazily to her bathroom. And, when she wanted to take her towel hanging up at a small hanger, near the table which there was still a letter on it, she was suddenly surprised, after she accidentally stared at the letter. She reminded something and quickly ran to her bathroom.

“Oh my God! I’m late! I must go to the airport soon!” she screamed.

It seemed that the traffic was very bad—as usual. There were too many motorcycles queuing on the road. At that time the sun still went up slowly, made the condition warmer. Cindy was being trapped by a long traffic jam.

“Can you drive faster, sir?” said Cindy worriedly to a taxi driver sitting in front of her.

“How come, miss?” answered the driver, “I can’t even move this car just for one inc—I hate this city!”

‘Oooh… God!’ Cindy sighed. Suddenly, something came into her mind, ‘Oh, how if I can’t meet him for the last time…’ this thought made her uncomfortable. She was very worried, couldn’t sit in the taxi quietly. She imagined about a love would leave her. Moreover, bad fancies tempted her illusion, and she was disgusted with the condition of the traffic, and,

‘No! I can’t wait longer! I must get off, and get the airport as soon as possible’ after thinking of this, she then shouted, “Ok, sir, your job’s over. You can stop here!”

“What the???” the taxi driver replied confusedly. And, because Cindy pushed him to stop his car, he finally stopped it. And just like wind, after gave her money, Cindy opened the car’s door, and jumped out the car,

“Hey, miss, you forgot the change!” shouted the taxi driver then,

“Take it for you” answered Cindy while smiling to the taxi driver,

“Why do you look so hurried???” asked the taxi driver,

“It’s a matter of love, bro” after saying this last word, Cindy then just ran through the road. She ran very fast in the middle of the road, passing all the cars and the motorcycles queuing on the road. She ran like a bird flying in the sky. She looked free. And she looked like a racehorse. Yeah, Cindy wouldn’t stop running until she got the first turning on left where the airport could be seen there.

In another situation, at the airport, a young man looked so worried. He was as if waiting for someone. Once a while he looked the right and the left, hoped that the one would arrive soon,

“Andreas, it’s five more minutes” said a mother suddenly,

“Wait a minute, mom. I believe that Cindy will come to say farewell to me” Andreas answered.

“But, the announcement had called all the passengers twice”

“There’s still the last calling, isn’t it, mom? There’s still a chance”

It seemed that the third calling came, and it’s time for Andreas to take off, he then moved around his body, and ready to walk toward the plane that had been waiting for him. Andreas walked weakly, he hated himself, and felt guilty, and thought that Cindy perhaps had hated him because of his letter. But,……

“Andreas…!!!” there was a shout coming from Andreas’ back. The shout made him surprised, he quickly turned around his body, wanted to find the source of the shout, and it was Cindy! She was running fast through all the people there.

‘Cindyyyy….!!!”Andreas screamed, and after put his bag on the floor, he ran toward where Cindy was still running closed him. All the people at the airport just watched them. They tried to guess what had happened, but before they could find the answer, Cindy and Andreas had faced to face. They—Cindy and Andreas—then embraced each other. All the people enjoyed this moment.

“Please, don’t leave me alone, Andreas…” Cried Cindy, “I could die without you, please…”

“No, Cindy, it won’t be forever. I’ll come back here again and marry you. Now, I just leave to get my future to study in America. Yeah, Cindy, please. Don’t cry, please. This future is just for you… trust me! I’ll love you forever and ever…” answered Andreas, he then embraced Cindy strongly. Cindy was soluble in Andreas’ hug.

“Will you promise me that you’ll come back again???” asked Cindy.

“Yes, I bet, if you wanna know I’ll never wanna go, but just for you, for our bright future I’ll go just for a while.”

Then, Cindy stood up opposite Andreas. She erased her tears, and then smiled at Andreas. She was a good girl. She believed all Andreas’ words. Then he escorted Andreas with a quiet feeling. Andreas then continued walking. He left Cindy who still stood up watching him. And before he disappeared behind a door, he waved his right had to Cindy… and whispered, “Wait for me, Cindy, I’ll come back soon”

After Andreas came inside the door, and after some minutes, the plane departed. Cindy could see the plane flying into the sky. Again, Cindy cried, but she was not alone. Andreas’ mom came close her, and held Cindy’s hand.

The next day, a newspaper reported that a plane from Indonesia to America had fallen down and disappeared. No one could find it…… (the end….)

Selasa, 25 Mei 2010

We Will Not Go Down...


Bombs fell on the land that had been filled with blood. Its echo broke the stillness of the night. The animals of the night were awake, but they didn’t provide any movements that indicated a fear. They just walked slowly, looking for another place to continue their sleep. They had been accustomed with explosions. Meanwhile, at corner of the city, a house was destroyed, because one bomb had fallen there. Blood were scattered, shouts of anger blared in the night sky. People ran around the city, but they ran not to stay away from their enemies attacking them. They ran looking for the source of the bombs. They would fight back the attackers.

“The last bastion has fallen down…!!!” shouted a man. He ran, trying to control the situation. His shout seemed not to make all the people who were there afraid. The people were even more vigilant. They didn’t move at all, but still waiting on the last line of defense. Although they were well aware that they didn’t have sophisticated weapons, they felt it was not a reason for surrender. They would struggle for their rights.

However, elsewhere, far from the attacks, there was a mother who was crying. She cried not because of the war, but the arrogance of his son’s attitude that hurt her feeling. That time, the mother told her son, “Come on son, you must help us fight this war. We must get together to win this battle.”

“No, mom, this is your war, not mine!” answered her son.

Actually her son was a good boy. But the bitter truth in the past to make him change. He was sometimes gentle and understanding, but sometimes rude. Just like this time, the current attitude of the boy’s impudence to appear in inappropriate situation—in a war situation.

But, the mother’s patience was like an angel. She didn’t impose her will, but rather pray that her children could be the ones who succeeded in life and afterlife. So she swept the tears from her eyes, and walked toward the well to wash her face and her feet to pray.

In the meantime, one of her other sons came home. He didn’t say anything, because he felt so tired. He just came from the war, a war that he hadn’t finished yet. So he just parked his motorcycle quietly. After that, he looked at his first brother’s eyes, red. Then he looked at his mom, she was taking a prayer, crying and sinking into her prostration. Again, he didn’t say anything; he thought that it’d better for him to go directly toward his room where the situation was dark and quiet.

When he arrived in his room, he took off his uniform. He didn’t care of everything he was feeling; broken heart, betrayals, even a dream that was almost stolen, but with wounds he struggled to defense. Suddenly, when he felt in pressures, his second brother came into the room. The second brother then sat besides him, and then talked, “We must win brother, we will not go down! We must win….!”

“What must we win, brother?” he answered his second brother, “We aren’t even brave to fight in the war. Whereas, we know that our children have been waiting for the glory for years, and we here just talk about winning without any efforts to be a real winner” then his heart was full of tears. He regretted he had talked like that to his second brother. However, his second brother just smiled at him, and then telling him softly,

“Brother, I’m not asking you to forgive me for my attitude. And I’m happy that you have big motivation to win in the war. Me too, I also want to win this war. Not only for me and my family, but for us.”

After that the second brother got up, and then walked out the room. At the same time, he tried to understand every word that had been just said by his second brother. He stood up, couldn’t still find the answer. He reached the electricity to turn off the lamp in his room. He felt very tired and really wanted to take a rest.

After the room was hardly dark, he laid his body in his bed. Slowly, he closed his eyes, and his lips softly whispered, “Yes, brother, I know, we will not go down, and we will win our future…”

The moon in the sky disappeared slowly, and hiding behind the dark clouds. And in war area outside there, the battle had stopped. It was only blood covering the land, there was no fears, the people who had gotten back to their home made the night quieter and quiter.

Senin, 24 Mei 2010

Be Wise, That's the KEY


Living in this world isn’t as easy as we think. There are a lot of temptations coming and leaving in our life. All those provoke our emotion, and knock down our patience. In the end, when the sun is burning our head at noon, and the cold wind is crushing to bits our body in the evening, we feel frustrated. Even, we directly think that we have failed in this life, and prefer to run from the temptations, lose of hope.

Normally, we are most afraid of age. Time running very fast everyday, drags our life into older and older, so that, it’s slowly but sure, our confidence becomes less and less. However, we will never be able to run from this destiny. This is what we must accept, and build up our awareness that we have to take benefits along our ages. This consciousness should also be supported by our attitudes and behaviors. And the most important is that we need to have an attitude of wisdom in which this attitude can be a key of our success in this world.

Being wise is a gift from God. If We always behave our problems without any regrets and complains, we will undergo our life easily. It is because God has decorated our soul with wisdom, so that the problems we are facing, are hoped not to make us frustrated, even loses of hope. We should see our problems not only by using our own eyes, but we ought to see the problems with our mind’s eye too. So That, the more problem attacking us day by day, we can be wiser and wiser. In the end, when we win, we won't be arrogant, but modest. Moreover if we fail, they will always try to get lessons of their failures, and promise to ourselves that we will never make the same mistakes in the future.

However, it seems that the advance of period has erased the wisdom in our heart. This fact makes so many riots and violence to come to the surface of this life. We have even forgotten how to be a person who appreciates our logical mind. We can’t even hear white voices in our heart. We’re now like an animal that more follows our passion just for survival. In this situation, discussions become useless. We indirectly reform jungle-law in which the strongest oppresses the weakest, and the weakest tries to survive by rebelling—not rebelling for the truth but for being a thief. What a life! We can just be a watcher, or maybe a lover who enjoys this situation. Our wisdom fades away from our soul.

Now, before the situation becomes worse, it’s time for us to see again deep inside our heart. Can we still feel smarting when a sewing needle stabs our body? Can we still feel cold when we take off our clothes in the cold evening? If we think that we can still feel them all, it means we are still human being. We still have feelings in our heart. So we must change the way of our life. We must stop all pessimistic thoughts, and become wiser in thinking of this life, especially in thinking of all realities in this world. Finally, we must get back the wisdom in our soul. We must re-lighten wisdom, so that we will not go down in this world easily. And of course, we finally realize that to make our dreams come true, we must keep forever the only key of success; that is WISDOM…

(In my room, 25-May-2010 - 01:00 AM)

Sabtu, 22 Mei 2010

I Forget That I Love You


Stella was walking in a deserted alley. It was in the late evening. The alley was very dark. It was only the moon that lit up the night. "Love will never tell lies" whispered Stella to herself.

The wind blew strongly, made Stella feel cold, though she was wearing a very tick jacket. She stared for a moment gaze into the sky, it was quiet. There were no stars decorating the sky. Ooh... She suddenly felt lonely, after that she thought of her lover. "I hate him!" she cried silently. "Why did he betray me?" she muttered again.

Suddenly Stella tried to remember again when she was quarreling with her boy friend two hours before.

"Please, Stella, trust me..." Roger sulked to Stella, his girlfriend.

"What can i trust from your words? I have even forgotten that I love you!" Stella snapped. She seemed to be burning with jealousy.

How not? Stella had seen Roger walking with a woman in a mall the day before. That time, Roger and the girl walked arm in arm. And to Stella, the fact was enough for her to think that Roger had betrayed her love--her sincere love.

"But you must trust me..." said Roger silently again. But the words sounded useless, because Stella had walked away.

"I'll prove to you, Stella, that my love with you seriously..." Roger then went in the opposite direction with Stella.

Oooh... Stella suddenly cried for having to remember the quarrel. But, she just went on the steps, heading home.

The morning had come to the accompaniment of chirping birds. Sunlight that penetrated through the sidelines of the window, touching the skin of Stella's eyes were still closed. Stella was very lazy to get up from her bed, but she had to go to school. School? Considering about it made her lazier to get up. Because, she knew that she would meet Roger there. Then, with a lazy step, she finally got up and walked toward the bathroom, "I hope i won't meet him at school"

The class was deserted. Stella looked at her watch. "What the??? it's 7 already. Where are the other students???"

Stella then walked to her desk. When she arrived at her desk, she found a paper. she opened it, and read the writings in the the paper, "This class will not start if you don't forgive me". Stella gasped for a moment. She liked the sentence, but when she wanted to keep it, she suddenly remembered that it must be Roger who wrote this. "Yes, it must be him...!!!" Then she threw the paper. And when she wanted to sit down, dozens of students came to the classroom by carrying a large banner with the inscription: "IF YOU FORGET THAT YOU LOVE ME, I WILL MAKE YOU REMEMBER IT AGAIN WITH MY LOVE."

And a moment later, Roger came into the classroom too. He carried a flower. He stepped toward Stella. Stella was nervous. She wanted to scream, and she longed to berate Roger. But, she didn't know why she felt difficult doing it. This time Roger had stoop up in front of her, "Stella..." said Roger calmly. But before he continued his words, he looked back at his friends who had supported and helped him. He winked his right eye to his friends for a while, it made his friends smile to him.

"I never lie to you" said Roger again after looking back to Stella, "All I want in this world is only you. I'm not lying. It's true, this feeling comes from deep inside my heart. About the girl you saw yesterday. Mm... I forgot to tell you that I have a little sister. She studies in Australia. And yesterday, she wanted me to accompany her to buy a new dress."

"You're lying!" Stella snapped.

"No, he's not lying..." suddenly a beautiful girl came, and walked closed Stella and Roger, "I'm his sister... Hello, My name is Hanna..."

Stella was confused. She knew now that she had misunderstood.But, she felt shy to stare at Roger's eyes. Roger, because he knew Stella, just embarrassed Stella. So did Stella, She cried on Roger's chest...

Looking at this moment, all the students there clapped their hands. But suddenly, came a terrible sound. It was a teacher's voice, "Is there anyone who can tell me what happening is here???"

All the students, of course, just ran toward their desks hurriedly...

above the sky, the angel of love smiled looking at Stella and Roger's love that reunited... (^_^)

(Saturday Afternoon, 22-May-2010)



Jumat, 21 Mei 2010

A Red Sweet Potato


Even though it is cheap, a red sweet potato can’t be said to be “the second class” meals. There are two reasons: first, a red sweet potato used to be a rescuer to our heroes at the moment of struggles long time ago.

Secondly, these kinds of potatoes consist of tri-antioxidants; they are beta-carotene, vitamin C and vitamin E. The red sweet potato, even, is well consumed to the people who suffer from Anemia. Moreover, the red sweet potato is also extremely suggested to be consumed by the people who ail diabetes.

Besides the red sweet potato can be boiled, it can be baked, processed becoming a cake, dry cookies, ice cream, soufflé, etc. The red sweet potato, even, can be supplement of steak or salad.

So, now we know it, don’t we? It seems that our traditional food has also some benefits. Nevertheless, for those who haven’t got any necessities to consume it, please don’t consume it too much, because it can be a very bad pollution when you break your flatus in a public area, Hihihi…. (^o^)

Kamis, 20 Mei 2010

TOEFL OH TOEFL


The Test of English as a Foreign Language (or TOEFL, pronounced "toe-full") evaluates the ability of an individual to use and understand English in an academic setting. It sometimes is an admission requirement for non-native English speakers at many English-speaking colleges and universities.


Additionally, institutions such as government agencies, licensing bodies, businesses, or scholarship programs may require this test. A TOEFL score is valid for two years and then will no longer be officially reported since a candidate's language proficiency could have significantly changed since the date of the test. Colleges and universities usually consider only the most recent TOEFL score.

The TOEFL test is a registered trademark of Educational Testing Service (ETS) and is administered worldwide. The test was first administered in 1964 and has since been taken by more than 23 million students. The test was originally developed at the Center for Applied Linguistics led by the linguist, Dr. Charles A. Ferguson.[1]

Policies governing the TOEFL program are formulated with advice from a 16-member board. Board members are affiliated with undergraduate and graduate schools, 2-year institutions and public or private agencies with an interest in international education. Other members are specialists in the field of English as a foreign or second language.

The TOEFL Committee of Examiners is composed of 12 specialists in linguistics, language testing, teaching or research. Its main responsibility is to advise on TOEFL test content. The committee helps ensure the test is a valid measure of English language proficiency reflecting current trends and methodologies.

(In the Classroom, 20-May-2010)

Lets Be A Star


(I dedicate this poem to all my students)


Lets see the stars in the sky
They are shining to all the creatures in the world
Lets see inside our heart
There's something dark and missing: Dream


Will we keep on remembering,
At the first time we opened our eyes in this life?
Prayers showered our soul to be the best person
To be the most patient person
To be the most generous person
To be the wisest person for all the creatures
To be a star for everything needs us

Lets see the flowers in the gardern
They are as beautiful as the people who have a dream
Lets see the mountains up there
They are as strong as the people who struggle for their dreams

We may not always undergo this life happily
We're not probably able to run of problems
But, can we realize that God gives us problem
As a lesson to be a winner...?

Now, Lets sing loudly in the clouds
" We are a star
Who clean our heart
We are a flower
And,
We are a mountain...
For the name of The Almigthy"



(In my Room, In the morning, 20-May-2010)

Selasa, 18 Mei 2010

The Dream must Come True

When we were born, we were naked. We didn’t bring anything into this world. And then, we grow up. At the first five years, we could only understand that something was exciting, and another thing was annoying, even it’s dangerous. After that, we entered our school. There, we started to adore someone or an occupation, so that we could say easily, “I want to be a pilot” or “I want to be Spiderman”. The second one is the funniest. The impact of Television seems to have made some children play in their empty dream. However, this isn’t a big deal. The point is we, when we’re still a child, could still notice our dream. It is different after we step into our teenager, adolescence, and old period. When we step those periods, we seem to be difficult identifying our dreams. Though, we all really agree that our dreams must come true.
Therefore, from the last sentence of the paragraph above, it is clear that we won’t never be able to make our dreams come true before we’re able to know what kind of dream that we want. And it is also clear that our blindness of our dream makes most of us get lost in this life, so that there are some of us forget the importance of achieving our dream and would rather shift our life by doing something useless, such as consuming drugs, spending our night-life in clubs, and even doing some criminal actions.
Now, let’s think how well we understand that dreams are important for us? And then, why don’t we try to find out the meaning of a real dream in this life? Some of us probably think that we just do it, and we don’t have to think about it. How come? Can we do a journey in a desert without any maps that can lead us to get our goals? Of course not, guys. It is as same as we suicide, and make us loose of hope in the end. I think we all refuse to be in this situation, don’t we?
Well, actually, there are some benefits if we plan our dream first before we do efforts to realize it. First, if we know our dream, at least we can do some preparation. We can set some strategies, our best strategies, to make it come true. Secondly, we’ll be more ready if we fail, and this fact won’t make us loose of hope, because we have considered the consequences and the risks before, so it can push ourselves to check our mistakes again why we fail, and of course after we find the mistakes, we’ll be more confident to continue our efforts.
Guys, believe it or not, a dream is like music. We must like the music first, then we can enjoy it, even we can try to make our own music, and if we can create our own music successfully, though other people may see our music is bad, we won’t care of them, because we feel satisfied with a result coming from our own creation, and of course, by this time we have one new idea to make much better music at the future. Yeah, the point is that the first success can motivate our heart to achieve better success.
Finally, no matter what, we must decide what dream we want to achieve now. Whatever that is, we don’t have to feel afraid and pessimistic that the dream is too high or abstract. We will never know our destiny. But we must trust that nothing is impossible in this life. So that’s why, as God creatures, all we can do is trying and trying as best as we can. Yeah, guys, it is our sublime duty to make our dreams come true. Come on, God is waiting for our dreams now…. (^_^)

Senin, 17 Mei 2010

AS I JUST WANT TO STUDY

Billy was a diligent student. He liked coming to the class on time. Even, he always arrived in his school very early, and usually just sat down on his chair until his friends came to the class, the bell rang, and the teacher entered the class. All his friends always praised such attitude of his, including the teachers at the school, they were proud of having Billy as one of the students in the school.

However, Billy wasn’t smart enough as a student. This fact could be seen when Billy never did home-works given by the teachers to him. And it caused Billy always stood up in front of the class as a punishment for the students who didn’t do the home-works.

“I like it, thank you, Mam” said Billy while he was standing in front of the class. That time, his smile looked very happy. It was as if he didn’t feel any shames at all.

Looking at this, Billy’s teacher was wondering. She really wanted to know why Billy said such words, while other students, of course, would refuse to stand up in front of the class by giving so many reasons in order that the teacher would give them an excuse.

“Billy, why do you look so happy? Don’t you feel shy standing up here?” Asked Billy’s teacher finally.

“No, Mam,” Answered Billy, and smiled. And after listening to this answer, it was not only his teacher laughed, but all the students hearing this also laughed at Billy. And Billy, what an incredible Billy! He just stood up quietly.

“Okay, Billy. Now, tell me your reason why you didn’t do your home-work?” Asked the teacher again.

“No reason, Mam. I didn’t do it on purpose. Hehehe…”

Of course, this answer made the teacher very angry. She felt that Billy had underestimated her lessons. So, couldn’t stand it, she didn’t only ask Billy to stand up. She even asked Billy to go out of the class until the end of the school.

“No, Mam…” Refused Billy suddenly. He then came close his teacher, he hoped his teacher wouldn’t give him such hard punishment. Though, he knew that it was because his answer a few minutes ago. But, that’s the truth; he didn’t do the home-work on purpose,

“Do you know what my purpose is, Mam???” Cried Billy. He tried to explain.

“What???” the teacher shouted. It seemed that she couldn’t maintain her patience.

“Because….” Whispered Billy.

“What the????”

“Because, the purpose is I just want to study…”

“What did you mean???” The teacher still didn’t understand.

“I just want to study how to be a strong man who can stand up in a very long time, Mam. Yeah, Mam, I’ve just joint a group of PASKIBRA, and tomorrow I’m going to have my first test by standing up in a ceremony. So, I know it will take a very long time, so before I fail tomorrow, I think it’s the right moment to train my stamina. Hehehe….”

Hearing this reason, Billy’s teacher’s face became red, very red. And then she shouted, while Billy had left the class horribly.

“Billyyyyyy……!!!!”


What a funny Billy! (^_^)


Office (17-05-2010)

Minggu, 16 Mei 2010

Ingredients of Educational Success

One of the important ingredients of educational success is motivation. Motivation basically explains why we do the things we do, or why we behave the way we do. It is about our drives, wants and needs. Simply put, motivation is cyclical process starting and finishing with an individual's needs. Our individual needs direct our goals. Our goals determine our actions and may later trigger other needs.

Psychologists distinguish between INTRINSIC and EXTRINSIC motivation. Behavior based on long-term goals or a person's established preferences is considered to be intrinsically motivated. Behavior based on some external reward is considered to be extrinsically motivated.
Most of our daily behavior, however, is a complex mixture of both kinds of motivation. Going to course may be mostly a matter of intrinsic motivation, for the goal--in this case, the academic degree--can only be reached after a long period and concentrated effort. But, the effort that is put into daily assignments may be partly motivated by extrinsic factors, such as praise from teachers, incentives from parents, and admiration from peers. In other words, the chances of success during the years of schooling are biggest if one can draw support and encouragement from others. in the absence of sch support and encouragement, the chances of success may be slim.
Finally, KEY is here to give you support and motivation in order that you, your families, and your children can get success in learning English.
Office (15-May-2010)

Jumat, 14 Mei 2010

WHAT IS KEY?

KEY is an institution for students who want to get a course or a guidance privately. With its exciting methods, syllabus, and teachers, KEY wisely provides a teaching service in helping students achieve success of English learning.

In comparison with other institutions, KEY is more effective and efficient. It is because KEY emerges in a private learning. By this fact, KEY, indeed, can give the students knowledge and comprehension much more deeply. It even gives a chance to the students to focus more on the lessons given. Moreover, the place of studying can be done in the students' houses, so that parents can directly watch the students' advance. Besides that, KEY also offers its clients to study in a place where they suggest.

Why privately? And Why in the students' house? seem to be questions in your mind.

As informed, KEY's office is located in Jln Penghulu II, No 13, Jatiwaringin-Pondok Gede. So far, KEY thinks that learning process will be more effective if the students can get the lessons of English on time and accurately. It is like people's thirst of news in a newspaper. The journalists must stand by in crime scenes for fulfilling the reader's needs of news. The journalists spread all over different areas, and give their best to make the readers smart with their news. So do KEY teachers. After they accept the students' calling, they come to the students' places and give the students their knowledge, so that the students won't be confused no more with their problems of English. More benefit can even be received by the students from this idea. Based on this idea, the students don't have to feel tired to go to the course places to study English. But, it is KEY will come to them.

Just like other institutions, KEY, of course, has got some programs. They are ENGLISH FOR STUDENTS, ENGLISH COMMUNICATION, and also CONVERSATION.

ENGLISH FOR STUDENTS is given for the students who want to have a private guidance of their English lessons at school. In this program, the materials are in accordance with the students' stages at school. So, KEY teachers will guide the students based on their lessons at school, and also give the students more practices about the lessons.

ENGLISH COMMUNICATION is given for the students who want to start studying English from the very basic level. This program has got some stages; children levels, teenager levels, and adolescence levels. For children levels are KIDS 1 level, KIDS 2 level, and KIDS 3 level. For teenager levels are Young 1 level, Young 2 level, Young 3 level, and Young 4 level. Finally for adults are from Basic 1, 2, 3, Intermediate 1, 2, 3, and Advance 1, 2, and 3 levels.

ENGLISH CONVERSATION is given for the students who have enough skills in grammar, and they only need partners to speak English. So in this program, KEY can be a perfect media to be their partner in practicing and improving their English. This program is supported by the hot issues, and even some funny topics in order that the students receive excitement in improving their speaking skills.

Finally, what are you waiting for??? You don't have to spend your time to go to a course place just only to get a certificate of English. But KEY that will help you get it. Well, it's a big chance for you all to be good at English. And it's time for you to decide whether you stop your step or would rather move forward for the name of the great future....
Office (15-May-2010)