Sunday, November 13, 2011

Greetings from London

Hi there buddy!

You wouldn’t believe me. I’m writing this letter from a coffee shop in London! Today is my second day here. Arrived here yesterday after my 1 week trip to Barcelona.  I could see London Eye from the coffee shop. London eye is a giant ferris wheel in London. Lucky me, the weather is hot. So, I could travel around without worrying about storm and rain. How about the weather in Jakarta? I hope that it is as good as in London :-D

I have visited Madame Tussauds this morning. It is a major tourist attraction located in Central London. It's a place that contains wax of famous person from all over the world. In Madame Tussauds, you can take pictures with any wax you want. I took pictures with many wax of famous person. But my favorite picture is of course with Justin Bieber.

I feel so excited about my trip. I could visit two of my favorite city around the world. So after this, I’m going to visit Emirates Stadium. Then, I'm going to take a ride in London Eye. It feels like a dream come true to me. I think I have to go now. The cab is already here. Anyway, I'll spend three more days here then I'm off to Jakarta. Promise to write to you soon before I come back to Jakarta :-).

Sincerely,

Ellen MacArthur
By: Ravenska Marintan Nania (X-B/33)

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Guess Who?

Any Idea? No? Aww... It’s me, Ellen. You haven’t forgotten about me, have you....? Of course not. I’m too awesome of a friend for you to forget me that easily. And beside, my name is there along with email. Pointless, I know.
Nah, cross that part. This is the real important thing. Right now, right when I’m writing this email, I am sitting in a cafe with a humonguous rounded ancient building view outside. Yes, my friend. I’m in Rome. An that humonguous rounded ancient building thing I was referring is Colloseum. You know what it is, don’t you? It was the place used for gladiators fighting back in the time. Ah, historical building it is. I got a lot of wonderful shots of it, along with myself in the picture of course. For the proof that I’ve been here. I’m sure you know my antics well enough.
And about any events that happened recently.... It is nothing biggie, actually. But I supposed I should tell you this. I was visiting the Vesuvius Volcano—you know, the mountain which was featured in Donald Duck as Magica De Spell home? Yeah that is the one. And no, I was there not only because I’m obsessed with Donald Duck. Absoulutely not. Back to the story. I was hiking there with my tour friends and guide when a lady came out from a lonely old shack up the hills. She has jet black hair to her shoulder which seemed kind of unnatural and this dark aura around her. A crow was flying after her. I spontaneusly said,”Is that you, Magica De Spell?” with this ear-to-ear grin and happiness basically oozing from my face—the witnesses said(read: tour guide and friends). And I saw the lady raised her eyebrow and twitched in annoyance. Maybe it was not the first time anyone said it to her. My tour guide and friends guffawed at me and I only realized what I just said minutes later. Embarrasing, I know.
So far so good. It was relaxing and exciting being here. I don’t have to think about any work, but soon enough this 2-weeks holiday will end. Well, which means I have to enjoy it to the fullest. Perhaps I could write to you again three days from now.
Love,
Ellen

-Andina Zahra Nabilla

Monday, November 7, 2011

Madrid

Hi!
Guess where i'm writing from - am internet cafe in Madrid! arrived here  yesterday and it seems so be a great place. It's so relaxing. The weather is a little bit cold. I'm sure the weather is equally good at home.
We've been touring 3 weeks now. Have had great fun most of the time - only the first day was a bit hectic.
We can see anything you want in Madrid. Madrid is trend with a lot of sightseeing place like Temple of Debod,  Las Ventas Bullring. I've already visit that 2 sightseeing and maybe i want to visit Royal Palace and Royal Armoury
I'm so happy to traveling in Madrid, the people was good and the place was so exciting that's make me so happy to traveling in madrid.
Have to finish, we're going to see a shopping center or sightseeing tomorrow. We're going to stay in madrid for about 2 days then off to Milan. I'll write again from there.

Your friend, 
Hasif Syahrastani

by: Hasif Syahrastani (15) XB

Paris, Je t'aime.



Dear, Ellen
   What's up? i'm in Paris for 2 weeks! i know it's kind of sudden, i just needed to take a break from the hustle and bustle of New York City and refresh my mind.
   I've visited the icon of Paris as known as Eiffel Tower. It was beyond amazing, i loved everything little thing about it. I also did visit Louvre, one of the largest museums in the world. Louvre has artistic collections of paintings from a to z, my favorite one was Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci.
   Funny thing happened in the museum, while I was looking at a beautiful sculpture, someone pushed me from the back and I accidentally touched it. The security went nuts, they thought I was going to steal it. I was so embarrassed
  Anyway it’s been an awesome trip. I’ll come back to the city in 5 days. I really wish I could stay longer. Enough for now, I’ll send you an email later.

Love,
Adinda Farah Fadila 

Adinda Farah Fadila (2) XB

I am arrived at a beautiful island


Hello Marco!

I’m in the middle of the sea, I’m just arrived at an beautiful island and I think it’s a beautiful island and I want to take a rest in this island for about 1 days maybe, cause it is so tired fight waves that coming continuously. This island had a beautiful beach on it and had a white sand on it, you will be like it if you come to this island, maybe I can name it Arthur island haha!

Sea in this island is so wonderful so crystal clear I can see many fish from here, I build a tent and I’m eating fish and fruit from this island luckily there is no wild animals that disturbing me. I feel happy in here, so peaceful I’m rarely got this silence and harmony from the sounds of waves that coming to coral reef and bird that flying around this island.

I have to continue my journey, perhaps I can write a letter when I arrived at town, bye!

by: Azhar Rhozaq A.
XB

English Assignment 1 (final draft)

IMAGES OF INDONESIA           
 The aim of this report is to present what is popular in Indonesia. I interviewed 5 of my friends by chatting and in person. The question concerned food and sport.
FOOD: NASI PADANG            
Nasi padang is a traditional food from Indonesia, there's a lot of food in nasi padang like 'ayam balado', 'sayur nangka', and many more. Mostly padang food contain a lot of  coconut milk or we call it curry food.             100% people that i interviewed agree that nasi padang is original from Indonesia, they said they can't find an original nasi padang in another country. The fact is nasi padang come from Indonesia, in another country many restaurant serve nasi padang but, the taste is different. Nasi padang serve for the first time in Padang, West Sumatera. Many people said that 'Beef Randang' and 'Squid Curry' is a favourite menu in Nasi Padang, it's very tasty. Besides ayam pop and egg curry there's a lot of tasty menu in nasi padang like fish head curry, chicken curry, ayam pop and many more.
SPORT: SOCCER            
Soccer is a favourite sport in Indonesia. When Indonesian Soccer team (PSSI) playing against another country, the supporter's getting crazy, they came from jakarta and outside Jakarta to support PSSI. 90% people i interviewed said that Indonesia Soccer team are getting better, because they can beat an international team with a high score. 10% people said Indonesia Soccer team didn't change anything. Indonesian Soccer Team players are getting better from the first. People that i interviewed said soccer player are better than the first because they practice from defeat. Indonesian Soccer Team player prove that they can defeat an international team with win 4-3 against Turkemenistan.             
BY: HASIF SYAHRASTANI (15/XB)

Monday, October 17, 2011

Images of Indonesia (Final Draft)

 The aim of this report is to present what is popular in Indonesia. I interviewed five of my friends directly in class. The questions concerned music, food, and public transportation.

Music    :                                               
Dangdut is one of Indonesian traditional song.  And I interviewed my friends, what do they think about Indonesian favorite music, and all of it says that Indonesian people more likely a western songs like rock, pop, etc.

Food      :                                                     
 There are many traditional food that comes from many province in Indonesia like tumpeng, rendang, pecel, etc. And I interviewed my friends, what do they think about Indonesian favourite food and 4 of 5 people said that Indonesian like his country dish. 3 of 5 people said they like tumpeng, and 2 of 5 people said they like rendang.

Public Transport:                                      
it is an important thing for some people that does not own a car, and in Indonesia there are many public transportation like Bus, Bajaj, Becak, etc. And I interviewed my friends, what do they think about Indonesian favourite transportation and all of it choose own car but if they has to pick a public transportation. 2 of 5 people choose Bus, and 2 of 5 people too choose Taxi and the other is Angkot.

       The surprising fact is most of Indonesian people like their country food and that was good news that we should proud of our traditional food, and we have to like our public transportation and our music, cause it is our culture that we have to keep the existence.

by: Azhar Rhozaq A(9) XB

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Images of Indonesia (Final Draft)

    This report aims to tell Indonesian teenagers' point of view based on their real lives. I interviewed ten of my classmates by phone. The question concerned Music, Food, and Movie

Music
     Many people believe that music can change your mood. As a matter of fact almost everyone i interviewed feel relaxed, happy, and peaceful whenever the music is on. They listen to the music when they study, about to sleep, or simply bored. It's a shame that none of them can play indonesian traditional instrument. A quarter of them like to play piano, another quarter can play guitar, and the rest like to sing

Movie
     75% of the teenagers prefer to watch movies in cinemas rather than in DVDs. No wonder, because cinemas have better sound systems and huge screens. Half of them watch movies in every genre, and another half can only watch comedy, thriller, and drama. Mostly, the people i had interviewed chose western films over indonesian. They think western films have greater imagination and out of the box but they have faith that indonesian films will be better without pornographic.

Food
     In average, people i asked eat 3 times a day. Those who eat twice a day, either skip breakfast, or dinner. They admit that breakfast is an important meal of the day. The reason they skip breakfast because usually they don't have time to eat. 75% of them chose the taste over the healthiness. As i interviewed they all have different answer in Indonesian traditional food, some said Siomay, Beef rendang, Mie Aceh, etc. One thing they have in common is that they think indonesian foods have unique taste.

     This report concludes that every person have their own opinions and it's okay to be different. Some prefer to listen classical music rather than rock. Some like western foods than indonesian traditional foods. However, differences bring us closer, right?

Adinda Farah Fadila X-B (2)

Monday, September 12, 2011

Will it be possible to live forever?

                My mind answer so quickly “of course no” you see cause is already at the law of nature that no one can live forever,  except for god. All things is gone a be dead even this earth, it’s gonna death too and that’s for sure.

                There are many movies or a myth that says we can live forever. For example alchemist, a few people says that alchemist can create a potion that makes people didn’t get older and can live forever and I think it’s a great topics to put an argument in it, but if that thing it’s exist for surely it’s very-very against the law of nature that anything will be dead. Or event a witch that make a potion made from many-many things like a crow feather, black cursed hair, or else that can make you live forever. And maybe a black magic that can makes you invincible and immortality 

                But it just a movie or an myth, now we are on real life we have to realized that someday we will be dead, and we have to realized all of things like your lovely pet that you never think that it will be dead, your mother or father will be dead. Now the thing that what we have to asked is when not what, we will be dead that for sure, but when we will die? That’s the one that we have to think.

                The point is we have to pray a lot and do your life as good as you can because you never now when the dead arrived at you and bring you back to our home.

by: Azhar Rhozaq A. (9) XB

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

English Assignment 1(Final Draft)


Images of Indonesia
      


The aim of this report is to present what is popular amongst teenagers in Indonesia. I interviewed 8 of my friends by chat and in person. The questions are about education system, food and gadget.

Education System
           All of the people I had interviewed agreed that Indonesia has a bad education system. The system is unclear and very complicated. School in Indonesia is very expensive, it’s not suitable with the quality that they have. Many people don’t go to school because they don’t have money to pay for school. Three-fourth of the people I had interviewed prefer private school to public school because in private school, teacher give more attention to their students. They also think that private school has more facility than public school. All of them agreed that education abroad is much better than in Indonesia.

Food
        The majority of people I had interviewed said that Indonesian food taste good. Indonesia has many kind of food with different taste. Some taste sweet and some taste spicy. Every district has their own specialities. Over half chose sate padang as their favorite Indonesian food while other few chose mie aceh, mie jawa and soto betawi as their favorite Indonesian food. The majority of people I had interviewed said that Indonesian food taste better than western food.

Gadget
              Three-fourth of them chose handphone as their favorite gadget. They agreed that gadget has both positive and negative side effects. The positive are their gadget can make their life easier than before, they can communicate with people faster and easier, they can find many information from their gadget easily and jnformation comes earlier than before. The negative are their gadget makes them forget to study or do their assignment and gadget can make them sick. For example, headache and several eye problems that make them need to use glasses.

        The most surprising aspect of the report is that all of the people I had interviewed said education abroad is much better than Indonesia. It means that government need to fix the education system so people would love to study here.

Ravenska Marintan Nania X-B (33)

Monday, August 15, 2011

Images of Indonesia-REWRITE

Images of Indonesia

The aim of this report is to present what is popular in Indonesia and people (my friends and family) opinion about them. I interviewed 5 of my friends and all the people in my family by person and phone. The question concerned movie, music, gadget, and public transportation.

Movie:
All the people I had interviewed answered differently. But mostly chose comedy, drama, and action as their favourite movie genre. Others answered romance, horror, and biography. Most of people I had asked, usually watch movie only few times a week for their entertainment. They all agreed that foreign movies are better than Indonesian because Indonesia had produced many movies with porn and horror genre which is rather pointless and doesn’t contain any useful morale. That’s why many of them are against the new tax policy which restrained the distribution of foreign movies in Indonesia.

Music:
All of my friends chose foreign music as their favourite music over Indonesian music. More than three-fourth like jazz and most of them like pop as their favourite music genre. Three-fourth always listens to the music when they have nothing to do in their free time. They agreed that listening to music could make people feel relaxed, which is why a quarter of people I had asked love to listen to music when they are studying.

Gadget:
The majority of people I had interviewed chose BlackBerry (cell phone) as their favourite gadget and the other few chose palmtop and iPad as theirs. The most useful facility of gadget for most of them is BlackBerry Messenger and music. They all agreed that they can’t ‘live’ without their gadget and technology. They also agreed that Indonesia has the potential to produce their own local gadget in the future.

Public Transportation:
All the people I had interviewed agreed that Indonesian Public Transportation facility is relatively bad. Most of them rarely used the public transportation and only a quarter used it (regularly or not). The majority chose Trans-Jakarta as their best choice of public transportation while the other chose bus. The positive of using public transportation is having a role to the decrement of global emission since there are less private cars around. On the other hand, the negative aspect of public transportation is the lack of comfort and privacy for the passenger.

This report shows that each people have different opinion of things. I also agree that Indonesia have to focus more on plot and morale to guarantee the success of movies in Indonesia and for the future of Indonesian morale; like Laskar Pelangi teach us that we need to do our best to make our dream come true, Merah Putih teach us to respect heroes for they have worked hard for our country sake, etc.  The most surprising aspect of this report for me is that all people I had interviewed can’t ‘live’ without gadget or technology. It shows how much people depend on technology nowadays.
-Andina Zahra Nabilla

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Will there still be schools and teachers in the future?


            Computers can be used for lots of tasks and I think that they could be used as teachers for younger generation. Don't talk about future, today our younger generation are already familiarized with computers at an early age and they are fascinated by it. They can do anything what they want using computers, for example they can learn mathematics from computer, they can develop their creativity using computer too.
                  Computers can teach them everything they need to learn in school. I think in the future computers can be replace books for the learning tools. Now many teachers give the assignment by e-mail, then we have to get the answer from the internet, it means books will be replace slowly by computer.
            The conclusion of the report is i think there will be no teachers in the future if computer can do anything. And maybe there's remain a teachers but, they give all of the assignment and test by e-mail so there's no formal school.


Hasif Syahrastani XB/15/Group 7

English Assignment 2

                 Will There Still Be Schools and Teachers in the Future?




Ray Kurzweil says that in 2019, most learning is accomplished through intelligent, adaptive courseware presented by computer-simulated teachers. It means that we will still have teachers and schools but in different forms.
Today, there are many ways to study.We don’t only use textbook but we can use internet to study and find out about everything we want to know. We can study everywhere not only in the classroom. It means that it is possible for us to study at home and use internet as our teacher in the future.
But, school is not only  a place for studying and teacher is not only a person who teach us school’s subjects. School is a place for us to express our opinions and show our talents. School is also a place for us to socialize with other people, not only with our friends in the same age but also with older people like teachers or seniors. And  teachers, they don’t only teach us school’s subject like math or science but they teach us about manners. They give us lessons about life and give solutions to our problems.
To sum up, I would like to say that schools and teacher can’t be separated with education. That’s why I believe that there will be schools and teachers in the future. But, we have both formal school and electronic school in the future. Formal school will be taught by teachers and electronic school will be taught by internet
                                               Ravenska Marintan Nania XB-33 (Group 7)

Will there still be schools and teachers in the future?


    We have had schools and teachers from thousand years ago. So, yes there will be schools and teachers in the future. School is the place where people get educated and it's important for the deeds of future generations. 
    The technology has advanced a lot in these past years, and so will the upcoming years. It's possible that in the future, students might stay at home all day and get educated by robots. Unfortunately, not all of the people can afford to pay robots. In my opinion, human intelligence cannot be replaced by robot. Human knows how to explain, interact, socialize with other human. Besides, by using robot as teacher will increase the amount of jobless people in the world. 
    Schools are more than  sitting and studying.  Schools are the place where you go everyday, meet new friends, and socialize. We can ask any specific questions, learn how to work in group, and bond with others. Those are examples of things that we can't do at home. 
   However the future is hard to predict. It would be nice to stay at home and have robots as the teachers, but i prefer to go to school and be taught by a real person that i can talk to. 


Adinda Farah Fadila X-B (2)  

English Assignment 2; Will there still be schools and teachers in the future?

Will there still be schools and teachers in the future?

Nowadays, there is this thing called e-Learning. It is a study method by learning on the internet.  As the world moving forward, technology also keep improving. We can’t really predict how good this system will be in the future. But I don’t think it will be enough to replace school and teachers.
I agree that internet will make things much more simple. We don’t have to spend time on travelling to school, listening boring lecture from teachers, and could get so much more and easier information. 
On the other hand, if there’s no school to go, we can’t learn all things which are rather necessary for us in the future. We can’t learn how to socialize eye-by-eye, work together, to have friends, how to behave, to have second parents (teachers) and some other things that just can’t be learned by theory. For kids with working parents, meeting friends at school is a distraction for them; to have companion until their parents go home. With e-Learning, we could only interact with computer and by online, which makes us quite isolated. And I think, schools and teachers is just the right place and people to learn all of that.
To conclude, I think there will still be schools and teachers in the future. People should have known that it is necessary for us to have schools and teachers. It’s about how to practice what we have learned and put it in good use for our own and others benefit. And it is also necessary for us to socialize with others; after all we are a social creature.
By: Andina Zahra Nabilla (6) XB
                                                                                                                   

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Images of Indonesia


       The aim of this report is to present what is popilar in Turkey. I interviewed five of my friends directly in class. The questions concerned music, food, and public transportation.

Music    : Music that originally from Indonesia is dangdut and it is a traditional song of Indonesian people. And I interviewed my friends, what does he think about Indonesian favorite music, and all of it says that Indonesian people more likely a western songs like rock, pop, etc.

Food      : There are many traditional food that comes from many province in Indonesia like tumpeng, rendang, pecel, etc. And I interviewed my friends, what does he think about Indonesian favourite food and 4 of 5 people said that Indonesian like his country dish. 3 of 5 people said they like tumpeng, and 2 of 5 people said they like rendang.

Public Transport: This thing is one of the important thing for some people that does not own a car, and in Indonesia there are many public transportation like Bus, Bajaj, Becak, etc. And I interviewed my friends, what does he think about Indonesian favourite transportation and all of it choose own car but if they has to pick a public transportation. 2 of 5 people choose Bus, and 2 of 5 people too choose Taxi and the other is Angkot.

       The surprising fact is most of Indonesian people like their country food and that was good news that we should proud of our traditional food.

by: Azhar Rhozaq A(9) XB

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

English Assignment 1

Images of Indonesia
      


The aim of this report is to present what is popular amongst teenagers in Indonesia.I interviewed 8 of my friends by chat and in person.The questions are about education system,food and gadget.

Education System
           All of the people I had interviewed agreed that Indonesia has a bad education system.The system is unclear and very complicated.School in Indonesia is very expensive,it’s not suitable with the quality that they have. Many people don’t go to school because they don’t have money to pay for school.Three-fourth prefer private school to public school because in private school,teacher give more attention to their students.They also think that private school has more facility than public school.All of them agreed that education abroad is much better than in Indonesia.

Food
        The majority of people I had interviewed said that Indonesian food taste good.Indonesia has many kind of food with different taste.Some taste sweet and some taste spicy.Every district has their own specialities.Over half chose sate padang as their favorite Indonesian food while other few chose mie aceh,mie jawa and soto betawi as their favorite Indonesian food. The majority of people I had interviewed said that Indonesian food taste better than western food.

Gadget
              Three-fourth of them chose handphone as their favorite gadget.They agreed that gadget has both positive and negative side effects.The positive are their gadget can make their life easier than before,they can communicate with people faster and easier,they can find many information from their gadget easily and jnformation comes earlier than before.The negative are their gadget makes them forget to study or do their assignment and gadget can make them sick.For example,headache and several eye problems that make them need to use glasses.

        The most surprising aspect of the report is that all of the people I had interviewed said education abroad is much better than Indonesia.It means that government need to fix the education system so people would love to study here.

Ravenska Marintan Nania X-B (33)

Images Of Indonesia

This report aims to tell Indonesian teenagers' point of view based on their real lives. I interviewed ten of my classmates by phone. The question concerned Music, Food, and Movie

Music
Many people believe that music can change your mood. As a matter of fact almost everyone i interviewed feel relaxed, happy, and peaceful whenever the music is on. They listen to the music when they study, about to sleep, or simply bored. It's a shame that none of them can play indonesian traditional instrument. A quarter of them like to play piano, another quarter can play guitar, and the rest like to sing

Movie
75% of the teenagers prefer to watch movies in cinemas rather than in DVDs. No wonder, because cinemas have better sound systems and huge screens. Half of them watch movies in every genre, and another half can only watch comedy, thriller, and drama. Mostly, the people i had interviewed chose western films over indonesian. They think western films have greater imagination and out of the box but they have faith that indonesian films will be better without pornographic.

Food
In average, people i asked eat 3 times a day. Those who eat twice a day, either skip breakfast, or dinner. They admit that breakfast is an important meal of the day. The reason they skip breakfast because usually they don't have time to eat. 75% of them chose the taste over the healthiness. As i interviewed they all have different answer in Indonesian traditional food, some said Siomay, Beef rendang, Mie Aceh, etc. One thing they have in common is that they think indonesian foods have unique taste.

This report concludes that every person have their own opinions and it's okay to be different. Differences bring us closer, right?

Adinda Farah Fadila X-B (2)

Monday, August 1, 2011

English Assignment 1


IMAGES OF INDONESIA
            The aim of this report is present what is popular in Indonesia. I interviewed 5 of my friends by chatting and in person. The question concerned food and sport.
FOOD: NASI PADANG
            Nasi padang is a traditional food from indonesia, there's a lot of food in nasi padang like 'ayam balado', 'sayur nangka', and many more. Mostly padang food contain a lot of  coconut milk or we call it curry food.
            100% people that i interviewed agree that nasi padang is original from Indonesia they said they can't find an original nasi padang in another country. The fact is nasi padang come from Indonesia, in another country many restaurant serve nasi padang but, the taste is different. Nasi padang serve for the first time in Padang, West Sumatera.
            Many people said that 'Beef Randang' and 'Squid Curry' is a favourite menu in Nasi Padang, it's very tasty. Besides ayam pop and egg curry there's a lot of tasty menu in nasi padang like fish head curry, chicken curry, ayam pop and many more.
SPORT: SOCCER
            Soccer is a favourite sport in Indonesia. When Indonesian Soccer team (PSSI) playing against another country, the supporter's getting crazy, they came from jakarta and outside jakarta to support PSSI.
            90% people i interviewed said that Indonesia Soccer team are getting better, because they can beat an international team with a high score. 10% people said Indonesia Soccer team didn't change anything.
            Indonesian Soccer Team player getting better from the first. People that i interviewed said soccer player are better than the first because they practice from defeat. Indonesian Soccer Team player prove that they can defeat an international team with win 4-3 against Turkemenistan.
            BY: HASIF SYAHRASTANI (15/XB)

English Assignment 1, Images of Indonesia





Images of Indonesia
The aim of this report is to present what is popular in Indonesia and people(my friends and family) opinion about them. I interviewed 5 of my friends and all the people in my family by person and phone. The question concerned movie, music, gadget, and public transportation.

Movie:
All the people I had interviewed answered differently. But mostly chose comedy, drama, and action as their favourite movie genre. Others answered romance, horror, and biography. Most of people I had asked, usually watch movie only few times a week for their entertainment. They all agreed that foreign movies are better than Indonesian because Indonesia had produced many movies with porn and horror genre which is rather pointless and doesn’t contain any useful morale. That’s why many of them are against the new tax policy which restrained the distribution of foreign movies.

Music:
All of my friends chose foreign music as their favourite music over Indonesian. More than three-fourth like jazz and most of them like pop as their favourite music genre. Three-fourth always listens to the music when they have nothing to do in their free time. They agreed that listening to music could make people feel relaxed, which is why a quarter of people I had asked love to listen to music when they are studying.

Gadget:
The majority of people I had interviewed chose BlackBerry(cellphone) as their favourite gadget and  the other few chose palmtop and iPad as theirs. The most useful facility of gadget for most of them is BlackBerry Messenger and music. They all agreed that they can’t ‘live’ without gadget. They also agreed that Indonesia has the potential to produce their own local gadget.

Public Transportation:
All the people I had interviewed agreed that Indonesian Public Transportation facility is relatively bad. Most of them rarely used the public transportation and only a quarter used it (regularly or not). The majority chose Trans-Jakarta as their best choice of public transportation while the other chose bus. The positive of using public transportation is having a role to the decrement of global emission. On the other hand, the  negative aspect is the lack of comfort and privacy for the passenger.

This report shows that each people has different opinion of things. I also agree that Indonesia have to focus more on plot and morale to guarantee the success of  movies in Indonesia and for the future of Indonesian morale; like Laskar Pelangi teach us that we need to do our best  to make our dream come true, Merah Putih teach us to respect heroes for they have worked hard for our country sake, etc.  The most surprising aspect of this report for me is that all people I had interviewed can’t ‘live’ without gadget or technology. It shows how much people depends on technology nowadays.

BY: Andina Zahra Nabilla(6) XB