Expression

One day there is a patient liver disease talk to her friend in a room in the hospital

Dara       :Lidyana,  my friend, could you come to me?

Lidyana : what's up?

            Dara       : it's so painful, i can't to get up from here (bed).   i really need your help right  now.

Lidyana : what can i do for you?

            Dara       : i had a best friend, and i had hurt herself. now i really want her to forgive me. Could you looking her for me? i don't have much time

Lidyana : who is she?

Dara       : she is Ayu, you know about her, right? could you?

Lidyana : oke, with me pleasure. But you must wait for me. okay?

After that, Lidyana  goes to Ayu's house

Lidyana  : Assalamu'alaikum, Ayu, do you at home?

Ayu        : ya, who are you? oh Lidyana! What's up?

Lidyana : join with me, right now!

Ayu        : where do we go?

Lidyana : Dara wants to meet you right now

Ayu        : Who? Dara? i don't want to meet her. she was hurt myself

Lidyana  : oh, please. she wants to ask your forgiveness.

Ayu        : No, there is no for her.

Lidyana : oh, come on. she almost, .. die. maybe it can be the last time.

Ayu        : ....... okay

Then, Lidyana and Ayu come to meet Dara. Seeing Dara in her bed,

Ayu        : what happen? how can it be like this?

            Dara       : i had acute liver disease. .... i don't have much time, could you forgive me for all my mistakes? please.

Ayu        : of course! how pityful i am if i don't want to forgive you. you're my best friend

            Dara       : (smiling) thank you Ayu, i want to ask your forgiveness Lidyana, and thanks for all your helps. i must go now. i feel happy because you forgive me. thank you. (die)

            Ayu        : Dara..! hey..! Wake up! Come on..! (Crying)

Conditional Sentence

1.       Conditional Sentence Type 1

·         If Galih play a football, mother will make a juice

·         Mother will make a sandwiches if I wake up

·         If I am sick, father will bring me to the hospital

·         If Gita hide, I will seek her

·         Aulia will sing a song if Galih meet her

2.       Conditional Sentence Type 2

·         If Galih had a money, he would buy a playstation 3

·         If Bona bought an elephant, I would buy a shark

·         If I studied chemistry harder, I would have a good grade

·         If I went to the school, my brother would fight with my cat

·         If she got angry, she would break a mirror

3.       Conditional Sentence Type 3

·         If I had a playstation 3, I would have played everyday

·         If I had sung a song, I would have danced together

·         If Bona had had a laptop, he would have hit the laptop

·         If I had become a fairy, I would have made a candy castle

·         If I had met Logan Lerman, I would have gotten his picture

Prince Giraffe

Once upon a time, there lived a poor girl called Mia. She lived in an old shack with her younger sisters called Shela and Maya. Her parents had died long ago because of a boat crash. To finance her live every day, she worked at a large farm owned by wealthy merchant.

One day, when she was bathing the cattle, suddenly she remembered,”oh no, I forgot to cook lunch for shela and maya. They must be hungry”,having said that, Mia saw a cloud of smoke from a distance. With anxious feelings, she run to find out where the smoke was coming from. After arrived at the smoke was coming, her fears had come true. An old shack where she lives, destroyed by fire. Shela and Maya rescued. They cried. Mia doesn’t know will stay where again.

Mia trying to calm Shela and Maya. Mia said,”Shela,Maya,don’t crying anymore. This is not your fault. We must be patient in dealing with this ordeal. Let’s go to the farm”. They obey Mia. In the farm, her master was surprised to see mia also bring shela and Maya to the farm. Her master said,”Mia, you usually don’t bring them here. Why did you bring them ?”,with fear Mia replied,”sorry sir, this morning my house was burned. So I brought them here. We had no place to live anymore.” He was sorry to hear the story of Mia. He said,”Mia,you and your sisters can stay in my house, but you also have to keep working,” heard about it, Mia very happy and agreed.

On a cold night, Mia went to the cowshed because she left her jacket there. Suddenly, she saw her master walked into the woods. Mia followed him quietly. Having arrived in the woods, Mia saw her master crying and speaking in front of a giraffe. Mia hear that conversation,”my son, forgive me. Until now,father can’t find a girl who can make a magic food, so you can become a human again,” Mia surprised to hear about it. She didn’t expect that her master had children in the form of a giraffe. When Mia went to go home, her master realizes that Mia hear their conversation. Her master said,”Mia,I actually had a boy, but he turned into a giraffe by eating miracle fruit. He can only become human again when eating magical foods made by a girl.” Mia sorry to hear that. She find out what the magic food recipes.

The next day, Mia continues to find out what the magic recipe. She asked everyone, but no one knows. Until the one night,Mia dreamed. In her dream, she met a man. The man said,”Mia, help me. The food is actually a miracle food that is made with love. Please help me.” When the man finished speaking, Mia awoke. Mia did what he had to say. When cooking is finished, he went into the woods to meet the giraffe. She immediately gave him a meal. Few minutes later, the giraffe was transformed into a handsome man. The man said,”thank you for helping me Mia.” Suddenly the man asked Mia to go home.

When he got home, the man immediately went to see his father. His father was surprised. His father is very happy. Suddenly, he was kneeling,and saying,”Mia,thank you for helping me. My name Raze, the son of your master. When I first saw you, I’ve liked you. Will you marry me ?”,Mia surprised and very happy. Mia finally married with Raze. And Mia’s life was a happy ending.

Robo - Robo

Robo-robo is a traditional ceremony from Mempawah. The word of robo-robo itself means Wednesday, which means that robo-robo is held on the last week of syafar, the islamic month. Robo-robo is held by Mempawah society as a memorial for the journey of Opu Daeng Manambon, also known as pangeran Mas Surya Negara from Matan Kingdom to Mempawah Kingdom on syafar. Robo-robo is also held to avoid the disaster which may come in syafar. Robo-robo has became annual ceremony that has its own history for Mempawah society.

The meaning of robo-robo tradition is welcoming of Opu Daeng Manambon. Robo-robo was believed a united message from all ethnic and religion in west kalimantan. That message was a legacy, left by Opu Daeng Manambon when he establish Mempawah city.

One of social values exist in robo-robo is wonderful of togetherness, to give a direction to all elements of society a harmony. In this section, raised some understanding of contents of the discussion from robo-robo tradition that can be used to explore the relationship between cultural values and social values.

 The beginning of this story was when Opu Daeng Manambon and her wife, Putri Kesumba came to Mempawah Kingdom from Matan Kingdom, Ketapang in 1148 Hijriah or 1737 to receive the autority from Panembahan Putri Cermin to Putri Kesumba. When they arrived in Mempawah, they were welcomed nicely by Mempawah society who have waited at the bank of river. The coming of Opu Daeng Manambon, as well as his wife prayed together to god to be avoided from disaster before they ate the food.

The next year, Mempawah society held the same ceremony of they called robo-robo on the last week of syafar on Wednesday, outside of their house with the families. The people started robo-robo after they prayed Dzuhur. Then, before robo-robo was started, the people ethoed adzan and prayed to god to be avoided and protected from the disaster. Next, they did the ritual to keep the disasters away by throwing away the offering stuff for the spirits to Mempawah River. Finally, they ate all the food that they had made and serve together.

Source :

• http://fritaren.blogspot.com/2011/06/the ritual of robo-robo in Mempawah.html
• http://Indonesia.vinensia.com/2009/03/pontianak west kalimantan comelinesof.htmlhttp://colorfulidea.blogspot.com/
• http://ace.informasibudaya.blogspot.com/2011/03/robo-robo multikultur kalbar.html

My Lovely Blacky

Today i will tell you about my favorite item. My lovely blacky is my favorite item. Do you know what is that ? My lovely blacky is my playstation 2. I will describe it. My playstation is really good with black color and slim body. I really need this machine to entertain me, because from monday until saturday i am study at school. And it's so boring. What happen if i don't have this machine ? I think my live is become boring. My playstation also has the black sticks to control a game. Yeah,maybe that's all about my lovely blacky. Thanks for your attention and see you next time.

welcome to my blog

This is my first posting. First i will introduce my self. My name is Dara Ervinda Waluyan. But, all of you can call me Dara. I'm 16 years old. I'm school at senior high school number 1 pontianak. My hobby are reading comics, playing games, watching, traveling, etc. Then about my purpose to make this blog. My purpose is to give information to everyone about english or something and to practice my ability to speak english. I hope with my blog can help all of you to share knowledge and you can enjoy my blog. That's enough for today, thanks for your attention, and see you next time. :-)