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Romantic Rhapsody

Written by Theresia, Student of SMAN ! Welahan Jepara, Grade XII PIA 2, 2006/2007

Artist: ADA Band
Title : Romantic Rhapsody
Genre : Pop
Production : EMI Music Indonesia

ADA band is the most popular group band in Indonesia. They are Doni (vocal), Krishna (keyboard), Marshall (guitar), Dika (bass), and additional player on drum, Rere. ADA Band has produced 6 album since 1996.

After succeed with their album Heaven of Love, this time, ADA Band again release the 7th album. The title is Romantic Rhapsody. There are 12 songs in this album. This is special album because all of player make several songs. Not only that, but also the color of music is more variety.

If we hear Senandung Lagu Cinta, we will hear the sound of Marshall's guitar influenced by classical guitar from spain. On the song of Jalan Cahaya, ADA Band featuring Ubiet. This song is about God.

From 12 songs, Karena Wanita become a hit because this song is dedicated to all woman in the world.

This album is deserved to be obtained and you should have this album. 

Descriptive Text

Borobudur Temple

Borobudur is Hindu – Budhist temple. It was build in the nineth century under Sailendra dynasty of ancient Mataram kingdom. Borobudur is located in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia.

Borobudur is well-known all over the world. Its construction is influenced by the Gupta architecture of India. The temple is constructed on a hill 46 m high and consist of eight step like stone terrace. The first five terrace are square and surrounded by walls adorned with Budist sculpture in bas-relief. The upper three are circular. 

Each of them is with a circle of bell shape-stupa. The entire adifice is crowned by a large stupa at the centre at the centre of the top circle. The way to the summit extends through some 4.8 km of passage and starways. The design of borobudur which symbolizes the structure of universe influences temples at Angkor, Cambodia.

Borobudur temple which is rededicated as an Indonesian monument in 1983 is a valuable treasure for Indonesian people.

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RA Kartini

Every April 21, people in Indonesia commemorate the Kartini day. It is  a beautiful day for the woman because we celebrate the birth of great lady, RA. Kartini. Everyone knows who kartini is. She is our national heroine and a great lady with the bright idea.  Kartini was born in 1879, April 21 in Mayong Jepara. Her father was  RMAA. Sosroningrat, Wedana (assistant of head of regency) in Mayong. Her mother, MA Ngasirah was a girl from Teluk Awur village in Jepara.

As the daughter of a noble family, she felt luck because she got more than the ordinary people got. She got better education than other children. She did anything she wants although it was forbidden. She passed her childhood with her brother and sister. Because she was very energetic, her father called her "trinil" Then her father was chosen as Bupati (the head of regency) in Jepara.

She and her family then moved from Mayong to Jepara. In the same year, Kartini's second sister RA Kardinah was born. The environment in Jepara gave her big chance to develop her idea. She could study at the Dutch owned school where only children from noble family could study here. Few years after finishing her study, RA. Kartini was willing to continue her study in higher level. But the custom of that day forbid a woman to go to school. A tradition of that time, a teenage girl should be secluded and limited her activity. So was Kartini. She was secluded inside the house and forbidden to go out until a man propose her. The rule could restrict her body but not her mind. During her "pingitan" time, she spent her time by reading book which she got from her relatives.

Although she was not able to continue her study to higher level, she was smart had a bright idea. She got the knowledge from the books she read. To express her idea, she established a school for local people on the backyard of Jepara city hall.

In November 12,1903, she married Adipati Djoyodiningrat, the head of Rembang regency. According to Javanese tradition Kartini had to follow her husband. Then she moved to Rembang. In September 13, 1904 she gave a birth to her son. His name was Singgih. But after giving birth to a son, her condition was getting worse and she finally passed away on September 17, 1904 on her 25 years old.

Now Kartini has gone. But her spirit and dream will always be in our heart. Nowadays Indonesian women progress is influenced by Kartini's spirit stated on collection of letter "Habis gelap terbitlah terang" from the dusk to the dawn. 

Procedure Text

How to wash a Car

First, The materials needed are a sachet of car shampoo, a sponge/a sheet of cloth, plas chamois,and water.

Then,Prepared water, moisten the body of car.make sure that all of the body became
moist.

Next, a sachet of car shampoo is poured into 2-3 liter of pure water.Then, the mixture is stirred up by using a hand.

After that, the car is cleaned up by using a sponge with the mixture of shampoo and pure water.Next, the body is rinsed off by water, till it is clean.

Finally, dried up the body by using a plas chamois.When the body looks shine, the car is ready to be used.It is easy, isn’t it??,....

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 KOMODO DRAGON

Do you know what is the largest lizard? This lizard is calledkomodo. It lives in the scrub and woodland of a few Indonesian islands.

Komodo dragon is the world's heaviest lizard, weighing 150 pounds or more. The largest Komodo ever measured was more than 10 feet (3 meters) long and weighed 366 pounds (166 kg) but the average size of komodo in the wild is about 8 feet (2.5 meters) long and 200 pounds (91 kg)

Komodo has gray scaly skin, a pointed snout, powerful limbs and a muscular tail. They use their keen sense of smell to locate decaying animal remains from several miles away. They also hunt other lizards as well as large mammals and are sometimes cannibalistic.
The Komodo dragon's teeth are almost completely covered by its gums. When it feeds, the gums bleed, creating an ideal culture for virulent bacteria. The bacteria that live in the Komodo dragon's saliva causes septicemia, or blood poisoning, in its victims. A dragon will bite its prey, then follow it until the animal is too weak to carry on.

This lizard species is threatened by hunting, loss of prey species and habitat loss.

Expalanation Text

 How Earthquakes Happen

Earthquake is one of the most destroying natural disasters. Unluckily it often happens in several regions. Recently a horrible earthquake has shaken West Sumatra. It has brought great damages. Why did it occur? Do you know how an earthquake happens?

Earthquakes are usually caused when rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault. This sudden release of energy causes the seismic waves. It make the ground shake. When two blocks of rock or two plates are rubbing against each other, they stick a little. They don't just slide smoothly. The rocks are still pushing against each other, but not moving. After a while, the rocks break because of all the pressure that's built up. When the rocks break, the earthquake occurs.

During the earthquake and afterward, the plates or blocks of rock start moving, and they continue to move until they get stuck again. The spot underground where the rock breaks is called the focus of the earthquake. The place right above the focus is called the epicenter of the earthquake.

Spoof Text

 A HANDSOME MAN AND AN UGLY MAN

If a handsome man does a bad thing
Girls will say: nobody's perfect
If an ugly man does a bad thing
Girls will say: normal, he has a criminal face"

If a handsome man helps a woman from a bad guy
Girls will say: very brave..like in movies
If an ugly man helps a woman from a bad guy
Girls will say: he must be friends of the bad guy

If a handsome man is very quiet
Girls will say: wow...he is so cool
If an ugly man is very quiet
Girls will say:  do you have any friends?

If a handsome man is still single
Girls will say: he must perfectionist
If an ugly man is still single
Girls will say: no girls absolutely like him

If a handsome man's girl friend is beautiful

Girls will say: they are so matching
If an ugly man's girl friend is beautiful
Girls will say: he must use magic

If a handsome man is broken heart
Girls will say: don't be say, I am ready to be yours
If an ugly man is broken heart
Girls will say: how pity you are!
If a handsome man claims to be half indonesia and half western (indo)
Girls will say : yes, he looks like indo
If an ugly man claims to be indo
Girls will say: his mother is Javanese and his father is robot

If a handsome man is an animal lover
Girls will say: his heart is full of  love
If an ugly man is an animal lover
Girls will say: fello family should love each other (sesama keluarga harus saling menyayangi)

If a handsome man is driving a BMW
Girls will say: perfect and cool
If an ugly man is driving a BMW
Girls will say: he must be the driver

If  a handsome man is riding a big motorcycle
Girls will say: wow..looks like Lorenzo Lamas in the movie Renegate
If an ugly man is riding a big motorcycle
Girls will say: watch out!!! there is Mandragate

If a handsome man pours water to girl's glass
Girls will say: that's a gentleman
If an ugly man pours water to girl's glass
Girls will say: that's servant instinct...

If a handsome man is sorrowful
Girls will say: Let me be your shoulder to cry on
If an ugly man is sorrowful
Girls will say: vey mawkish (cengeng amat)!!!..are you a man or woman?

If a handsome man reads this anecdote
he will smile and say "life is beautiful"
If an ugly man reads this anecdote
He will be frustarted, take a knife and scream loudly "LIFE IS CO CRUEL"

IT’S TIME TO GO TO SCHOOL

Early one morning, a mother went in to wake up her son. "Wake up, son. It's time to go to school!"
"But why, Mom? I don't want to go."
"Give me two reasons why you don't want to go."
"Well, the kids hate me for one, and the teachers hate me, too!"
"Oh, that's no reason not to go to school. Come on now and get ready."
"Give me two reasons why I should go to school."
"Well, for one, you're 52 years old. And for another, you're the Principal!"

LOVING MONEY TOO MUCH

There was a man who liked money very much. He worked all of his life and wanted to save all of his money for his own future. He was a real miser when it came to his money. He loved money more than just about anything.
Even, just before he died, he said to his wife; "Now listen, when I die, I want you to take all my money and place it in the casket with me. I wanna take my money to the afterlife." So he asked his wife to promise him with all her heart that when he died, she would put all the money in the casket with him.
Well, one day, he really died. Then he was stretched out in the casket. The wife was sitting there in black clothes next to her closest friend. When they finished the ceremony, just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife said "Wait just a minute!"
She had a box in her hands. She came over with the box and placed it in the casket. After that the undertakers locked the casket down and rolled it away. Not long after that, her friend said, "I hope you were not crazy enough to put all that money in the casket."
The wife turned to her friend and replied; "Yes, because I have promised." Then she continued; "I can't lie. I promised him that I was going to put that money in that casket with him." Feeling shocked, her friend said; "You mean that you have put every cent of his money in the casket with him?" Then the wife answered; "Surely I did. I got it all together, put all the money into my account and I just wrote him a check."

IT’S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS

Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good seat. The play was very interesting.I did not enjoy it. A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me. They were talking very loudly.I got very angry. I could not hear the actors. I turned around. I looked at the man and the young woman angrily. They did not pay any attention.In the end, I could not bear it. I turned around again. “I could not hear a word” I said angrily.“It’s none of your business” the young man said rudely. “This is a private conversation”.