My Ghost Friend part 1

Hyena just got back home after overtime work in her office. The train station was very quiet and just few people were there. It was a winter and the weather was very cold so Hyena stopped in a vending machine in the station and buy a hot coffee. On her way home, she realised that someone has been following her from the station. She walked quickly and savely arrived in her house.

After few days, the same case happened again. This time Hyena dare her self to know who was followed her. Then she hide behind the wall and peek. she saw the stalker. The stalker was a young man. Hyena dashed out from her hideout and screamed to the man “I get you! Why did you follow me all this time? Are you a stalker?”.

The man answered “Are you talking to me?Can you see me?”

“Of course I talk to you and clearly see you. Now tell me why did you follow me?”, Hyena said.

            Then the man told her that he was followed her because he think that she could help him to back to his body. Yeah, the man was a ghost. But the man hasn’t died yet, his body was in coma condition. Hyena shocked, eventhough she can saw ghost since she was a child it was the first time a ghost asked for her help. At first she didn’t want to help the man, but the man looked very pity and deppresed. He keep begging for her help. The man told her that he was hit by a truck and got coma while his wedding would be held in one month. The man seemed very love his girlfriend so Hyena agreed to help him. But the problem is, how to make the spirit back to the body.

            Hyena and the man, Hiro try to find out the way to take him back to his body. And during the prospecting Hiro lived with Hyena and keep follow her wherever she go. Finally, one day they found the way to take Hiro to his body.

TO BE CONTINUED

My Third Journal

 Its my third journal.

     In this journal I want to tell you about my experience in my writing class. I have been in writing class for 3 month and I think I have improved my writing skill a bit. I have learned many things too. After midterm test, there a lot of work to do. My first assigment after the midterm test was created a new zodiac. At first I was very confused about it but I think It was fun. I have to use my imagination and try to made it interesting to my readers. My new zodiac was about marmaid. I choosed mermaid because I always interesting in mermaid since I was a child. And when I was a child, I even told my mom that I want to be a mermaid someday, then my mom just laughted at me.

    After the zodiac assigment, our lecturer told us to write a recount text. The story about my experience when I attended Culture Festival and Celebration in my campus. The event was great but little bit boring. When I was writing my recount text, I got confused about how to use past tense. Eventhough I have learned past tense again and again I still get confused sometimes. But luckily I can finished my story. My friend also gave a comment in my story so I can learn from my mistakes.
    The third assigment was made a draft for narrative story. Although I love read a narrative story such as fairy tale, myth, folklore, an so on, I always get stuck. I have no idea about write a narrative story. But after that, I just got an inspiration from the internet. I made a story about Cinderella but I modified it with Snow White story. And finally, I have to write it again because we can't write a story which is already exist.
    I think I have to put an effort in improving my english writing skill especially in Grammar. I always make the same mistakes in my writing. And I think I have to learn more about vocabulary. I hope my writing skill will be better than before because I know writing skill is useful for me.

My First Cultural and Celebration in Widya Mandala

Last Friday, I joined International Culture Festival and Celebration in my campus. This event was presented by EDSA. They invited guest from institude of several country, like France,Belarus, Poland, Spain, China, and our beloved country, Indonesia. Each contry did a presentation about their country. Beside that, they also invited high school students from IPIM, SMAN 11, Citra Berkat, Stella Maris, St Luis 2, and Gloria 1 as our guest. I also appreciate our lecturers and the committee, they wore the traditional dress from saveral districts in Indonesia like "Kebaya" and so on.

     The event is opened by dance performance from English Department students and I though it was amazing, they dance gracefully with red elegant dress. After that there was an opening speech from our lovely rector, Mr. Koencoro Fu. I was little bit surprise because he could come to our campus. He told us to appreciate our own culture but beside that we have to appreciate other culture too. The next event was opening speech from Mam Retno as a head from English Department and Mr. Hadi as a head of the committee.

Presentation From HAKA community

After the opening speech, we continued our event with presentation from each country. I wont tell you about the all the events because I think it will be a very long story. I will only tell you about the presentation and performance that impressed me. The first presentation was from HAKA community in Surabaya named Hwie Tiauw Ka community. From that presentation, I learn a lot about Chinese people. Therefore I’m Chinese, I didn’t know a lot about Chinese people. Many chinese now days don’t know how to speak Chinese language moreover write the Chinese letters, like me. I even didn’t have a chinese name. But HAKA people keep maintaining their culture, many of them speak chinese fluently. They taught us how to make a lampion from “Ang Pao” and how to make a calligraphy in their stand.

Salsa Permormance from Salsa Commuity

The next one is a performance from Spain. They invited a dancer from Salsa Community. The dancer taught us how to dance basic salsa. I was so impressesd by the Salsa dance because I have seen many great salsa dancer in Bali and I had an opportunity to learn a little bit salsa dance last year. They told us to come infront to dance salsa and you know that time I was forget about my shyness and came to the stage. The music began and all the people in the stage began to dance. The first song was “Baliando” by Enrique Iglesias. And I also saw Mr. Hadi came to stage and danced salsa. It was so fun because I never seen he danced salsa before.

Overall this event was fun and entertain me. Nevertheless I couldn’t tell the all event, I really enjoyed the event. And the most important things is from that event I got many new knowledge about language, culture, etc. I also practiced my listening skill because the MC as well as several presentator speak English. I think EDSA should held this event again next year.  

It is just a little story from the event. During the presentation, I saw two high school students was studying. They opened their book and began to solve math in their book. And that time I taugh, how diligent they are. or they just got bored with the event? I don't know. But I keep wondered, they should be studious students!