Economics Teacher

            I never like economics. In junior high school, my daily mark was never higher than six. The condition didn’t improve in senior high school because I didn’t like the teacher. He was impatient. In the end I simply did whatever he asked us to do but never tried my best.

This economics teacher was also not very clear when explaining something. That made me feel bored and do something else rather than listening to him. I didn’t take notes of what my teacher was saying. I often made drawings in my notebook or wrote poems or recited some song lyrics. I didn’t arouse my teacher’s suspicion. I did everything in my notebook. It was impossible for anyone to point the finger at me and say that I wasn’t taking notes unless they were close enough to see.

One day my teacher came to the economics class. He didn’t directly begin teaching. Instead, he asked to collect our notebooks. I panicked. My notebook was full of drawing instead of notes. But what else could I do but hand it in? There was no time to do anything. I could just sit and wait in fear of what would happen next.

I was right to be afraid. The teacher looked through the books. Then he called out some students. Those students were to see the school principal. My name was called. And together with some other unlucky classmates, I headed towards the principal’s office.

We were lucky. The principal didn’t punish us. The wise man told us to respect other people, in this case, our economics teacher. Then he dismissed us. He only asked us to apologize. I was stunned. He indeed was a wise man. He made me regret what I had done. I learned my lesson!

Vocabulary :

Arouse          : as a verb, to cause or give rise to something

Suspicion      : as a noun, feeling that sth wrong, sb has done wrong

Wise            :as an adjective, in respect of or as regards

Stunned       : as a verb, to make unconscious or knock senseless by a blow on the head

My Favorite Author

Usually, I spend my leisure time by reading. Many types of paper that I have read, one of which is novel. I like almost all types of novels. Many novels that I have read with a famous author. Sometimes, I think that I want to be person who can write with the amazing work. Literary works that can be enjoyed by its readers. Fira Basuki as capable of creating amazing work and very entertaining his readers. She is my favorite novelist.

Fira Basuki was born in Surabaya on June 7, 1972. She was a student of SMA Regina Pacis Bogor. She was also a student of UI, majoring in Anthropology, and Communication Journalism at Pittsburgh State University. Back in high school she was the winner of writing contest held by Tempo , Gadis and LIPI. Sunflower, Collegio, and Morning Suns were foreign media she once worked for. Now Fira Basuki and her family are in Singapore. She is also a contributor to Haper’s Bazaar-Indonesia. Her first novel Jendela is going to be translated into English.

Vocabulary :

Paper         : as noun, writing product

Capable       : as adjective, clever especially in practical ways

Contributor   : as noun, to give money along with others

Novel by Roald Dahl

                                                                    

When I was visiting my nephew's house yesterday. Inadvertently, I saw a novel titled Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It is my old sister’s novel, she has two novels of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: English version and translated version in Indonesia Language. She is one of the novel by Roald Dahl lovers. In addition, Quentine Blake is his favorite illustrator, that's why she's very interested in the novels of Roald Dahl. She said Roald Dahl always has an imaginative story; Quentine Blake always makes an interesting cover for them. The novel ever made a movie in 2005. The film was starred by Freddie Highmore as Charlie 

Bucket and Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. It is very interesting and exciting. But, I felt more interested when I was reading the novel.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a novel for children. The main characters are Charlie Bucket and Mr. Willy Wonka. The setting time and place is inside a chocolate factory a long time ago.

Mr. Willy Wonka was a mysterious businessman. He wasn’t very sociable, and he didn’t have anyfriends. Because, he was alone all the time. People thought he was an eccentric, a strange man. Mr. Wonka had a chocolate factory. The factory looked frightening like a haunted house. People believed there were ghosts inside. It was a big mistery.

One day, he made an announcement. People who found golden tickets inside the wrapper of Wonka chocolate bars would get a special prize: a unique tour of the factory by Mr. Wonka himself. There were only five tickets across the country. And, only one of them would get the factory when Mr. Wonka died. For Charlie Bucket, this was a dream come true. He liked chocolate very much but he could only have it on his birthday. It was too expensive. His family wasn’t wealthy, they didn’t have much money. One day, he found a dollar bill in the street. He immediately bought two delicious Wonka chocolate bars. He ate one quickly. Then he unwrapped the second chocolate bar. He was excited, very happy, to find a golden ticket.

The next day, Charlie, along with the other winner (Mike, Verucca, Violet, and Augustus) entered the factory gates. They wanted to find out, about Mr. Wonka and his mysterious factory, it seemed to have many secrets. After the tour, they would never forget everything they saw. Life would never be the same again for them, especially Charlie.

Vocabulary        :

Inadvertently          : as adverb, without intending to.

Wealthy                  : as adjective, having much money and/or many possessions, rich.

Announcement        : as noun, a spoken or written statement thet informs people about 
                              sth.

Wrapper                 : as noun, a piece of paper, plastic,etc. That is wrapped around sth,
                              especially food.

Frightening             : as adjective, making your feel afraid.

About The Meeting with My Best Friend

That afternoon, the weather was very cool in Jakarta. When I was driving my car, my phone rang. It was from my best friend. He is Faisal Abdul Azis. Friend who hadn’t seen for almost a year. We met before he went to Malaysia a year ago. But that afternoon, I heard his voice. We talked and decided to meet at a cafe in Jakarta.

            Indonesia Plaza cafe was a place that was chosen by him to meet last night. When I arrived, he was waiting for me at the table no.26. Not much change from him. It’s just that he looks more white than before. Both of us couldn’t contain our nostalgia, it was obvious from us.

             Telling our stories, laughing, and joking, that's what we did for five hours in there. It wasn’t enough to cure our nostalgia. But unfortunately, the time was very late. Eventually, Our conversation was ended by a news from him. A news about his study that he is going to continue his post-graduate to Singapore. And he is going to go next week.

 I just hope we always be best friend. And the meeting was an unforgettable day for me. One precious thing that I can get from him. He had taught me that our dreams could reach with hard work and prayer. Exactly, how we must look to the future and doing for it.

Vocabulary :

Contain            : as a verb, to keep your feelings under control.

Obvious            : as an adjective, easy to see or understand.

Cure                 : as a verb, to make a person healthy again after an illness.

Reach               : as a verb, to arrive at particular point or stage of sth after a period of time.

Precious           : as an adjective, of great value.