Guide to Have a Successful End of Year Senior Trip

End of the year Grade 12 trip is an exciting way to end our school life. However, there are a few guidelines that we should follow in order to have a nice and memorable senior trip. Here are some tips for you to have such an exciting trip.

1. Vote where your classmates want to go

To have an enjoyable trip, you have to discuss where you and your classmates would like to go. First of all, choose the type of trip wisely. Vote what kind of trip you and your classmates want to have; is it leisure, shopping, or a combination? Therefore, all of your friend will enjoy the activities that everyone is doing. Secondly, choose the destination. Choose the place that you guys have never been but is relatively cheap, so you can have a low budget trip and you can spend more money on costly activity that you want to do with your friends.

2.              Book the ticket and the accommodation weeks ahead

Many people are interested to go to overseas by flying. To have the feeling of togetherness during and before the trip, you have to book your plane ticket together ahead of time so you can travel with your classmates without any problem. Also, book the accommodation ahead to prevent any chances that the hotel or villa are fully booked.

3.              Plan a timetable of what your group/friends want to do

There should be a clear timetable of the activities that you want to do in different places. This will not all be in a day so you would have to plan it which days to do exactly which activities. Be careful that there should be a flow of the locations of each stop, if not travelling from stop to stop, if too far apart would be exhausting and time-consuming. Always factor in time to eat, and travel between stops.

4.              Pack your things ahead

As there is a weight limit for each luggage that you need to check in and carry, please only bring what you need. Make a checklist of all the things that you will need for the trip, from clothes, to equipment of activities that you will do, such as camera, or trekking shoes. Always make sure that you bring the medicine and first aid that you will need too in case of stomach-upset or emergencies.

An end of year trip with your classmate is not only a time of enjoyment, but also bonding. Be sure to get to know your friends well before the trip and discuss your likes and dislikes, for you will learn it more when you travel and stay together. Never forget to be safe – do not give any personal information to any strangers and never stay out late and remote areas. Have fun!

Puisi sahabat

by Olethea

Apabila kau ingin bersahabat,

Janganlah karena kelebihannya.

Karena mungkin dengan satu kelemahan,

Kau mungkin akan menjauhinnya

Andai kau ingin bersahabat,

Janganlah karena kebaikannya.

Karena mungkin dengan satu keburukan,

Kau akan membencinya

Andai kau inginkan punya sahabat,

Janganlah karena ilmunya.

Karena apabila dia kurang ilmu,

Kau akan memfitnahnya

Andai kau inginkan seorang sahabat,

Janganlah karena cerianya.

Andai dia tidak pandai menceriakanmu,

kau mungkin akan menyalahkannya.

Andai kau ingin bersahabat,

Terimalah dia seadanya.

Karena dia seorang sahabat,

Yang hanya MANUSIA biasa.

Jangan diharapkan sempurna,

Kau juga tidak sempurna.

Tiada yang sempurna di dunia ini

Amanat:

"Terimalah sahabat apa adanya,

Jangan kau sia-siakan sahabat mu sendiri,

Jika engkau bermusuhan maafkan lah dia,

jika engkau tidak mau memaafkan,

berati kau menganggap engkau sempurna &

sahabatmu tidak sempurna,

padahal kau juga tidak sempurna"

Puisi: Ular Kepala Dua

Kau lah orang jauh

Mengangkat kaki dari Zambrud Khatulistiwa

Merantau pergi ke negri Padang Pasir

Kini kau telah tiada

tiada di hadapanku

hati kecil ini meraung

ditengah sunyi senyap

kegelapan jiwa

Merah padam hati ini

kesucian kini telah ternodai

ketulusan telah kau ragukan

apa daya raga ini 

Kabar burung tak terhalang

terdengar tawa candamu

mimpi yang telah kurangkai

kau bangun dalam kehampaan,

bersama sang pujangga

Bayanganmu

rapuh dimakan usia

kaulah sang pemikat

yang telah melupakan daratan

Apakah Keperluan Membaca dan Mengkaji Kesastraan Indonesia Untuk Memahami Latar Belakang Bangsa dan Kebudayaan Indonesia

Sastra merupakan hal yang paling penting dalam suatu Bahasa. Sastra membantu kita mengerti  dan memahami dunia sekitar kita. Melalui sastra, kita bisa menganalisa kondisi manusia dan belajar melihat dari sudut pandang yang berbeda dan merasakan apa sang tokoh utama atau sang penulis rasakan. Sasra membantu untuk mengembangkan wawasan daya pikir kita (Imajinasi). Kita melihat beraneka ragam budaya melalui mata sang penulis. Seni sastra ini adalah hal yang sangat penting di dalam bahasa, bukan hanya sekedar untuk dibaca dan berimajinasi saja, melainkan pula di dalamnya terkandung amanat atau pesan-pesan moral yang kita bisa dapatkan dan gunakan dalam kahidupan sehari-hari.

Bukan hanya itu saja, membaca dan mengkaji seni kesastraan Indonesia dapat menumbuhkan rasa nasionalisme; menghargai dan mencintai kebudayaan Indonesia. Kesastraan sejarah Indonesia dapat memberikan maanfaat untuk menambah wawasan kita seperti mengerti kesalahan yang di buat oleh nenek moyang kita dan mengispirasi, Ilham dan untuk hiburan kita.

Indonesia adalah negara maritim yang memiliki beraneka ragam suku bangsa dan kebudayaan. Di setiap wilayah, Indonesia memiliki ciri khas kebudayaannya tersendiri yang dapat kita ketahui melalui karya-karya sastra yang ditulis oleh penulis-penulis bangsa Indonesia salah satu contohnya adalah “Mengenal Seni dan Budaya Indonesia” yang ditulis oleh R. Rizky, T. Wibisono. Di dalam buku ini, sang penulis mengenalkan berbagai seni dan budaya suku-suku Bangsa Indonesia secara terperinci seperti bahasa daerah, kesenian daerah, tarian daerah, adat istiadat, tumah adat, alat musik, senjata tradisional, makanan dan minuman khas, lokasi daerah lagu daerah dan pula pahlawan-pahlawan dari masing-masing daerah. Seni sastra adalah seni untuk mengekspresikan keinginan dan kecintaan kita kepada budaya, seni dan sejarah bangsa Indonesia. Semangat patriot dan nasionalisme pada seni sastra tidak hanya pada masa penjajahan Indonesia, melainkan pula di masa modern kini. Kesustatraan sejarah Indonesia kuno menceritakan tentang sejarah perjalanan dan kemajuan budaya Indonesia.

Kesimpulannya adalah keperluan membaca dan mengkaji kesastraan Indonesia untuk memahami latar belakang bangsa dan kebudayaan Indonesia itu sangatlah penting bagi warga negara Indonesia. Kita dapat menambah wawasan dan mendapatkan amanat yang disampaikan oleh sang penulis dengan membaca dan mengkaji karya-karya sastra penulis-penulis Indonesia.

United Nations Night

ISS, sekolah gue selalu ngadain acara UN (United Nations) Night. Acara pentas tahunan dari anak SD sampe SMA. Anak SD yang ikut cuma anak kelas 5 doang (Kelas terakhir SD), kalau SMPnya cuma kelas 8 doang (Kelas terakhir SMP), kalau SMA, seluruh murid ikut serta dalam acara ini. termasuk jadi crew backstage. Anak SMA dibagi jadi negara-negara groupnya. kita pilih sendiri. Ada Middle East, Europe, America, SIM (Singapore Indonesia Malaysia), Central Asia, Africa, dll. Di video itu nggak kumplit, soalnya itu pas rehearsal :( tapi ya itu hampir semuanya kecuali middle east dan beberapa grup dari High School. Ini beberapa foto sebelum kita tampil :)

 Shaniee and Boriseu :p

 Shaniee Yap

 Bruce

Tommy (wee indo buddy!)

 Boris

 Shane and Tommy xD what are they doing omg haha

 umm, bromance much huh? :p

with Tamaha and Shaniee :)

haha shane is a nice malay dude lol xD

 

 She's leaving :(

With Tamaha and Rin :) (Team Japan)

 Middle East Group <3

 Sophie :)

 Nat nat and Sophie yay :) love her lipstick's color, it suites her ❤

Laura is visiting us from Aussie ❤

 

 kak Nisa :)

 with Elisa Perdu ❤

 with the chinese group :)

he's leaving to America :(

 Central Asia's people

 lololol when indos and malay are together ^

 Cuties <3

 cali cali <3 <3

 Mr. Kim! the nicest teacher :)

All of the coolest teacher :D

 My favorite teachers teehee :) Mr. and Mrs. Fitts

“You aren’t sorry you cheated, you’re sorry you got caught.”

Cheating is taking shortcuts to something and achieving results with no or minimal effort. Before we continue, there are different types of cheating and some of the more common ones are in exams, test, sports competitions, as well as in relationships. For example, in exams some people cheat when they go against the rules by bringing formula sheets into the exam hall or simply by looking at other people’s work. In sports, you are supposed to rely on your natural effort or body limits instead of doping with steroids and other substances. Therefore, sportsmen cheat when they take steroids and win because it is unfair to their competitors. Finally, cheating in exclusive relationship means that one party is involved with someone else without the partner’s knowledge. This can happen in business and work as well.

I disagree with all forms of cheating because I believe that it is wrong. Firstly, it is wrong because I have an idea of what is wrong and right from what has been taught to me – morals. Cheating is wrong because one is competing with others and by taking shortcuts to the end goal; it is unfair to the rest who did not cheat. Also, cheating is something that I do not agree with because it is not ethical as it is like lying to everyone around you about your ability. Cheating gives people a false idea that the one who cheated is successful but he actually reach his goal by taking shortcuts.

The effects of cheating may seems very positive at first because it can give you fantastic result without having to take the difficult way out. However, it is a form of denial because one has never really tried to achieve something with total honesty and natural efforts that may also achieve great results. Therefore, the results of cheating do not reflect the true potential of a person at all. It is very tempting to cheat because people admire you for your success but once found out, it can be very disappointing and destructive to your reputation and relationship as it destroys people’s belief in you.

 

Although cheating maybe tempting, we have already argue that it is after all the easy way out and in reality the person is either in denial or lying to the whole world. Therefore, I would like to suggest mindsets that can help people overcome the temptation of cheating in today’s world where everything can be obtain almost immediately due to technology. Firstly, one must understand that it is important to be true to oneself and success or failure does not say anything about the person at all. To recall my point out about morality mention in my introduction, being honest and true is a reflection of a person’s character.

In conclusion, it is more important to have integrity in everything we do so that we do not give people false impressions of who we are. Once we can accept ourselves and value the lessons of failure, we will not be afraid to try with our complete efforts instead of the easy way out of cheating.

Ciri-ciri orang yang jatuh cinta

Aku kaget gimana "Cinta" bisa ngerubah seseorang 180 derajat dari dirinya sendiri.

"Cinta" dalam Kamus Bahasa Indonesia itu artinya "Suka Sekali", "Kasih Sekali", "Ingin Sekali" dan "Risau". Kalau di dalam point of view aku sih, mungkin lebih ke "Risau" gara-gara remaja jaman sekarang sering banget galaunya. iya, nggak?

Baru-baru ini aku liat beberapa orang terdekatku yang lagi "jatuh cinta", bisa dibilang kasmaran. mereka head over heels in love sama pasangannya. Mereka ikutin apa yang dikatakan oleh lawan jenisnya, meskipun harus bohong ke orang yang nggak boleh kita bohongin..

Tapi aku sadar, aku juga kaya gitu. Kita mau muasin apa orang yang kita mau sedangkan kita kesampingkan kemauan kita sendiri.. Tapi akhirnya lo sendiri yang rugi, ya nggak? well, nggak rugi rugi banget kalau pasangan lo suka juga sama lo

Kita sebagai cewek, pasti memberikan banyak hal tanpa diminta. Malah kadang kadang berlebihan. Contohnya gampang banget, memberikan materi, kasih sayang, perhatian yang lebih kepada orang tersebut. nggak usah kamu minta dia pasti kasih, well kalau ceweknya bener-bener suka bukan yang main main.

Pasangannya itu prioritasnya. yes yes, that's bullshit kalau kamu bilang temen kamu itu prioritas kamu. Cowok yang kamu suka bisa aja nggak suka kamu juga, tapi kamu tetep prioritaskan dia kalau dia lagi butuh kamu atau mau ngombrol sama kamu kan? :p
kamu pasti bela pasangan kamu kalau ada apa apa xD ini sih aku banget.. haha

Nolak cowok lain soalnya kamu suka sama orang lain. Well, kalau cewek sih ya mungkin "siapa cepat dia dapat". Tapi beda kalau ceweknya agak-agak populer, kadang kadang cewe suka bingung pilih yang mana. eh, satu satu dicoba deh. emang cowok tester apa, mba? tapi nanti ujung-ujungnya nyesel, nyesel apa yang udah mereka lakuin. Ini berdasarkan pengalaman, lol.. jadi pilih aja yang kamu bener bener suka ya, aku sempet pilih yang aku bener-bener suka.. tapi kayaknya aku salah pilih

Cewek pasti hapal setiap detail yang lawan jenisnya katakan, yang menurutnya penting. yes yes, dari mulai lagu, chat, telfon, video call hahaha serem ya? nanti juga lupa lagi kalau suka sama orang yang baru

Tapi aku juga sadar, cewek yang jatuh cinta itu banyak maunya tapi nggak tau apa yang bener bener dia mau.. well, nggak usah lagi jatuh cinta cewek juga udah gini, apalagi kalau lagi pms. cewek mau cowoknya ini lah itu lah. Tapi pas cowoknya kayak gini, dia berubah pikiran, bilang cowoknya berubah lah atau gimana. Menurut aku sih ya, hal kaya gini itu wajar. Istilah gaulnya sih, kan kita masih "ababil" atau "abg labil" lol.

Jakarta: Day 1

October 11, 2014

Changi International Airport Singapore

JAKARTA

Tesate

 Pacific Place, Sudirman Central Business District, South Jakarta

Sayur Lodeh

Vegetable Stew with Coconut Milk 

 Sate Ayam Bumbu Kacang

Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce

Nasi Goreng Kampung

Traditional Fried Rice

Ayam Bakar

Grilled Chicken

Soto Ayam

Indonesian Chicken Noodle Soup

Cumi Bakar

Grilled Baby Squid 

Skye Bar and Restaurant, Central Jakarta

 Pan Fried Potato Gnocchi

With Gorgonzola Sauce, Roasted Pecan, Crispy Parmesan and Sage

 

 Pan Roasted Barramundi

With Mushroom Risotto, Truffle Cream Sauce and Micro Herbs

 Lamb Chops

With Grilled Eggplant, Cherry Tomato, Bean spout Salad and Mint Pesto 

Mocktail: Apple Virgin Mojito

With Sliced Apple and Mint Leafs

Red Velvet Smoothie

 Corona Beer

 Lavender Tart

Berry Soufflé with Bailey's Ice Cream