recount text : My Holiday Unpredictable but Fun

It was Sunday, the end of my holiday indeed, when friends of mine suddenly came to my home and picked me up. They told me that we were going to go out of town. That was unpredictable and really surprised me because there was no any confirmation before.

At 9 o’clock in the morning, we departed from my home and realized that the road was very crowded. Then, we decided to take freeway to save the time. For about thirty minutes later, we were out. But not arrived yet. We tried to find a store to buy some food and drink as our provisions. After we got them, we continued our trip to Boyolali. Well, it took approximately two hours to get there.

In the afternoon, we arrived and came in to one of my friend’s house first. There, we could take some rest and had lunch together. After that, according to the plan, we had to continue our trip to go to Tlatar. But, my friend’s mother asked us to take some fruit as gift. The fruit such as mangoes, rambutans and guava. It was out of our meant, but we accepted it. Of course, moreover, they could complete our provisions, right?.

After we got a lot of gift, we went to Tlatar, a special nature park and pond in Boyolali. The way to get there was really nice, we could see the fields and woods around us with the beautiful mountain behind them. Furthermore, we could feel the fresh air which was difficult to be found in Semarang. In Tlatar, we could swim and fishing. While some of us were swimming, the others were fishing or just enjoyed the view. We also ordered some food and drink.

The other and the last place we visited was Badhe Dam. It was big dam in Boyolali. We got there when it was getting afternoon around at five o’clock. Well, the situation there was really amazing. It was the right place to calm our self and mind. The beautiful dam with the blue sky were really a wonderful mixture of nature. We relaxed and felt calm. And did not forget to take pictures together.

At six, we realized that it was getting to dark, we had to back to Semarang. So, we decided to departed right away. We were very glad and enjoyed our trip together. We would never forget it.

Recount text : Study Tour To Bogor and Bandung

I went to bogor with my teachers and my friends. It was a study tour actually. Study tour was held when I was junior high school. That was my first time I went to Puncak, Bogor. My teacher, my class friends, and I were in the same bus. We left our school at 10 p.m. trip to Puncak from Cirebon was about 7 hous.

After 7 hours on the way, finally we arrived in Bogor. It was about 5.00 Am. We stopped in a mosque to pray first. Some of my friends took a bath in the mosque. But, I just brushed my teeth and washed my face because there was was so cold. It made me lazy to touch the water.After that, we went to a restaurant to have a breakfast. I was so hungry. Then, we went to Taman safari Bogor. We saw animal collection there. The animal collection was very complete. In taman safari, every Sunday there was an animal circus and fortunately we visited Taman safari on Sunday. So, we could watch the animal circus there. The animal circus was very funny and made us entertained. After watched the animal circus we went back to the bus and we we went to the villa to take a rest. In villa I and my friends swam together.



In the next day, we left bogor to visit Bandung. The journey from Bogor to Bandung was abut 3 hours. Actually, it was a funny journey because I spent all of my time with my friends, like playing games, laughing, and kidding. But I felt that all of my tiredness gone all of sudden when we arrived at bandung. In Bandung, we visited Cihampelas. Cihampelas was a very busy street. There were so many factory outlet there. We used that moment to buy some clothes and souvenirs there. After From Cihampelas. We went home to our city. Study tour made me very tired, but I was very happy because I could spend many time with my friends.

recount text: Holiday In Malaysia

Last holiday, My family was on vacation. we went to Malaysia. We used travel agent to manage our holiday . We had booked two days tour in Malaysia. We went malaysia by plane. The travel agent had booked ticket for us. The flight was only one hour from Jakarta. On the plane the cabin crews were very friendly and they were very handsome and beautiful. They gave us some directions before the flight. Our plane, garuda Indonesia had very complete fasilities to accompany passanger during the journey, such as movies player, music player, newspaper, magazine, etc. We had a very pleasant flight.

On arrival at Kuala Lumpur, we had to go to Customs and Immigration. The officers were pleasant. They checked the document carefully but their manners were very polite. After that, the travel agent brought us to Petronas Tower and took some photos there.In the afternoon, we went to hotel to take a rest. The hotel was a well-known five-star hotel. The room had perfect view of city. On the third floor, there was a restaurant serving American, african, Asian European food. They had variety of food.In the next day, we went to Sepang circuit to watch MotoGp race. I wanted to watch directly my idol Valentino Rossi and took photos with him. During the race, I was surprised because that was my first time I saw motorcycles ran fast up to 300 km/hour in front of my eyes.

In the ending of the race, Rossi was the first rider who touched the finish line. I was so happy because he won.The two days in Malaysia went by fast. At the end of the second day, we were quite tired but we felt very happy.

Recount text : My experience met with taufik hidayat

Orientation:
 Last sunday, there was Thomas cup badminton championship between Indonesa and China. It was held on Istora Gelora Bung Karno. I went to Istora Gelora Bung Karno with my Brother, Andi. 

Events: Before entering Istora Gelora Bung Karno, we looked the bus that took Indonesian badminton team players. I saw taufik Hidayat, Muhammad Ahsan, Hendra Setiawan, Hayom Rumbaka, Angga Pratama, Rian Agung, Simon Santoso, Sony Dwi Kuncoro and the other Indonesian badminton players in that bus. They were very handsome. Then, we followed that bus to main-entrance. I found that Taufik Hidayat left from the bus. When we wanted to get close to Taufik Hidayat, a security guard held me back. But, I thought that security guard was familiar because He was my old friend when I was senior high school, he was Andre. After that, he let me in, finally i could meet Taufik Hidayat and got his signature.

 Reorientation: Then, I went back to my seat at the Istora stadium to support Indonesian team. The supporter was very crowded. They shouted “IN-DO-NE-SI-A” during the match.

Descriptive text : Instagram

Instagram is a social networking app made for sharing photos and videos from a smartphone.

Similar to Facebook or Twitter, everyone who creates an Instagram account has a profile and a news feed.

When you post a photo or video on Instagram, it will be displayed on your profile. Other users who follow you will see your posts in their own feed. Likewise, you'll see posts from other users whom you choose to follow.

Pretty straight forward, right? It's like a simplified version of Facebook, with an emphasis on mobile use and visual sharing. Just like other social networks, you can interact with other users on Instagram by following them, being followed by them, commenting, liking, tagging and private messaging. You can even save the photos you see on Instagram.

Descriptive text : Mount Ciremai

Mount Ceremai often mistakenly called " Ciremai " is a volcanic cone that is administratively included in the three districts , namely Cirebon , Kuningan and Majalengka, West Java Province. The geographical position of the peak is located at 6 ° 53 ' 30 "latitude and 108 ° 24 ' 00 " East, with an altitude of 3,078 m above sea level.

This mountain is the highest mountain in West Java. is mountain has a double crater. Western crater radius 400 m east of the crater that was interrupted by a radius of 600 m. At an altitude of about 2,900 m above sea level on the southern slopes of the eruption are former Gowa called Swallow.

Ciremai now belongs to the National Park area of ​​Mount Ciremai (TNGC), which has a total area of ​​approximately 15,000 hectares. The name is derived from the word mountain ciremai ( Phyllanthus acidus, a kind of small fruiting shrubs is rather sour ), but is often called Ciremai , a hiperkorek symptoms due to the many place names in the region Pasundan use the prefix 'ci -' for naming the place.

Descriptive text : My Beautiful House

my beautiful house

My house is located in Pattimura Street 09, Kota Baru. My house has a land area of 1500 m2 and a building area only 300 m2. There are several rooms in my house. They are a living room, a family room, kitchen and bathroom, three bedrooms and a warehouse.

The first room is the living room. Living room is used to approve the guests who come to my house. In which there is some furniture including sofas, desks, and framed photos on the wall and lavender flowers on the pot. My living room is colored green and it looks so calm when you see it for many times. I love this living room because the decoration is chosen by myself.

The second room is a family room. Family room is the most spacious room in my house. We usually use the family room to gather while watching television. In the living room there are television, chairs, tables, and an aquarium. That is a big television, so when we sit together in front of it, we can see the movie clearly. Furthermore, we usually turn the light on when we want to see a horror movie and it is like watching in the real cinema.

Family room, My beautiful house

Actually, I don’t like the chairs and the table in the family room, because it spends the space more and there is a less space for us to sit on the floor. How about my aquarium? This is the thing that I love so much. That aquarium was bought by my own money and I fill it with some fishes like lohan and arwana. Those fishes are so cute when they are grown up. Also, the family room is used for me to do a lot of works. In this room, there is a computer which has been a long time. May be my father will buy a new computer this year, I hope for it.

We have a large kitchen, including a dinning room. There is also a bathroom near the kitchen. I have three bedrooms in my house. The first room is my sister’s room. It is close-set to the living room. The second room is my parent’s room, and last room is mine. My parent’s room is bigger than mine and there is a big bed includes TV and sound system for my father. He usually listens to the music and country is his favorite genre of music. My room is located in the corner of house. My room is completed by some furnitures and there are some big pictures on the wall. Most of the pictures are the football players such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Steven Gerrard.

10 example of direct and indirect speech

10 Example of direct and indirect speech

First, I am gonna tell you what is direct and indirect speech and we will see the example of 10 direct and 10 indirect speech. direct speech used when you want to repeat the exact words spoken. Example : He said, "I don't want to go home". Another example : I already said to him " please go away". I am sure that it is very simple to be understood, so let's move to indirect speech. Indirect speech used by changing the perspective of the speech. It is also called reported speech. I am sure this example will make you understand : he said that he want to go home. another example: he said that my dog was ugly and I am so mad about it.

Ok, I think you are already understand about direct and indirect speech. Before I give you example about 10 direct and indirect speech, let me show you how to change direct speech into indirect speech and vice versa.

What to be considered when changing type of speech:

1. Subject
2. Tense
3. conjuction

Example how to change direct to indirect speech

direct speech    : I heard he said, "I don't want to spend holidays in Bali"
indirect speech : I heard he said that he didn't want to spend holidays in bali

Example how to change indirect to direct speech

direct speech    : I said to him that Bali was a good and cheap spot.
indirect speech : I said to him, "Bali is a good and cheap spot"

Now, I want to give you 10 example of direct and indirect speech. Every direct speech example will be converted to indirect speech as well and vice versa.

10 Example of direct and indirect speech:

a. 10 example of direct speech

1. Amy said, "I have a good idea about activity on next holidays"

       indirect: Amy said that she had a good idea about activity on next holidays

2. I asked Amy, "what is your idea?"

      indirect : I asked Amy what was her idea.

3. Amy said, "I will tell you but don't tell anyone else about it"

    indirect : Amy said that she would tell me but she did not want me to tell anyone else about it.

4. I said "ok, I agree"

    indirect : I said that I agreed

5. Amy said, " My grandmother is live in Bali and she is alone in her house"

    indirect : Amy said that her grandmother was live in Bali and she was alone in her house

6. Amy said, "Why don't you go to Bali with me and stay in my grandmother house?"

    indirect : Amy asked me if I wanted to go to Bali with her and stayed in her grandmother house.

7. I said, "it is a good idea."

   indirect : I said that it was a good idea.

8. Then I said, "by the way, when will you go to Bali?"

   indirect: I asked when Amy would go to Bali.

9. Amy said, " I will go to Bali next week"

   indirect : Amy said that she would go to Bali next week.

10. I said, "Ok, I think I will join you"

   indirect : I said that I thought I would join her.

b. 10 example of indirect speech

1. Ardan said that he wanted to buy new smartphone

    direct : Ardan said, "I want to buy new smartphone"

2. I asked him if he had enough money to buy new smartphone

    direct : I said, "do yo have enough money to buy new smartphone?"

3. Ardan said that he did not have much money but his friend sold cheap smartphones

    direct : Ardan said, "I don't have much money but my friend sell cheap smartphone"

4. I asked if the smart phone was really new

    direct : I said, "is it really new?"

5. Ardan said that it was completely new and actually expensive but his friend was offering him discount

    direct : Ardan said, "It is completely new and actually expensive but I my friend is offering me discount"

6. I asked how much discount he would get.

    direct : I said, "how much discount you will get?"

7. Ardan said that his friend was offering him 30 percent discount.

    direct : Ardan said, "My friend is offering me 30 percent discount"

8. I said that it was crazy

    direct : I said, " It is crazy"

9. Ardan said that his friend was so kind

    direct : Ardan said, "My friend is so kind"

10. I said that I agreed about what he said.

    direct : I said, "I agree about what you say"

I hope this 10 example of direct and indirect speech will help you understand more about english speech guys. don't forget to leave comment if you want to correct me. See you in the next post.

Dialogue about holidays in bali

Dialogue about holidays in bali

Sinta  : Hi Fita, How are you?

Fita    : I am fine, thanks. And you?

Sinta  : I am okay. are you enjoying your holidays?

Fita    : not really. I don't go anywhere yet. how about you?

Sinta  : oh that's bad. I went to Bali last week.


Fita    : It’s okay. By the way, what did you do there?

Sinta  : First, I went to Tanah Lot. I bought some clothes and took many pictures there.

Fita    : Wow that is awesome. Was Tanah Lot interesting?

Sinta  : yeah sure.

Fita    : Then? Where did you go after it?

Sinta  : I went to hotel with my family. My father booked it before we arrived in Bali. so we could rest as soon as we arrived.

Fita    : is your hotel near with Sanur Beach?

Sinta  : No. It is near with Kuta Beach. We can go there by foot.

Fita    : Wow… Next time I wanna be there too.

Sinta  : Yup!

Fita    : Then, tell me. What did you do in hotel?

Sinta  : I can not remember all of it. I just spent my little time there. I went to some places so I just took a rest in hotel.

Fita   : Where did you go?


Sinta : I went to mall and I bought many things there.


Fita   : What did you feel at the time?


Sinta : I was happy and I would not go home soon.


Fita   : Yeah, that has a strong reason for it.

Sinta : Then, what did you do at home?

Fita   : I cooked with my mom, played with my sister, then slept along day. And it was repeating at the time.

Sinta : It was sound boring condition.


Fita   : I thought so.

Descriptive text : Bali, destionation for holidays

Bali

Bali is a beautiful tropical island in the country of Indonesia. It is located between the islands of Java and Lombok and it is a tourist destination for people around the world. They are likely to go to Bali in the holidays.

Surfers and non-surfers have been drawn to Bali to experience its beautiful beaches, interesting culture and gorgeous landscapes. Kuta Beach is the most popular beach. On the southern coast of Bali, Kuta is a long, golden beach with many resorts. North of Kuta is Ubud, a small town in the mountains famous for arts and crafts.

Unlike most of Indonesia, The majority of population in Bali is Hindu. There are many wonderful old stone temples in Bali, including Tanah Lot. These temples, along with other cultural performances and ceremonies are big attractions for tourists. Bali has great weather: it is usually hot and sunny. This makes it easy for people to enjoy sports like surfing, snorkeling, kayaking, swimming, and hiking. That make bali a very good destionation in the holidays.

Sadly, some unfortunate events have occurred in Bali in the near past. In 2005, terrorists bombed a popular hotel and night club, killing hundreds of people. Despite this, Bali’s reputation as a tropical paradise has not been ruined and people from around the world go there every year to experience the beaches and unique culture. Bali is truly a sparkling jewel of Indonesia.

Bali Island : report text

Bali Island

Bali is a province in the country of Indonesia. The island is located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east. It is one of the country's 33 provinces with the provincial capital at Denpasar towards the south of the island. The province covers a few small neighbouring islands as well as the isle of Bali. With a population recorded as 3,891,428 in the 2010 census, the island is home to most of Indonesia's Hindu minority. In the 2000 census about 92.29% of Bali's population adhered to Balinese Hinduism while most of the remainder follow Islam. It is also the largest tourist destination in the country and is renowned for its highly developed arts, including traditional and modern dance, sculpture, painting, leather, metalworking, and music. Bali, a tourist haven for decades, has seen a further surge in tourist numbers in recent years.

Bali was inhabited by around 2000 BC by Austronesian peoples who migrated originally from Taiwan through Maritime Southeast Asia. Culturally and linguistically, the Balinese are thus closely related to the peoples of the Indonesian archipelago, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Oceania. Stone tools dating from this time have been found near the village of Cekik in the island's west. In ancient Bali, nine Hindu sects existed, namely Pasupata, Bhairawa, Siwa Shidanta, Waisnawa, Bodha, Brahma, Resi, Sora and Ganapatya. Each sect revered a specific deity as its personal Godhead.

Balinese culture was strongly influenced by Indian, Chinese, and particularly Hindu culture, beginning around the 1st century AD. The name Bali dwipa ("Bali island") has been discovered from various inscriptions, including the Blanjong pillar inscription written by Sri Kesari Warmadewa in 914 AD and mentioning "Walidwipa". It was during this time that the complex irrigation system subak was developed to grow rice. Some religious and cultural traditions still in existence today can be traced back to this period. The Hindu Majapahit Empire (1293–1520 AD) on eastern Java founded a Balinese colony in 1343. When the empire declined, there was an exodus of intellectuals, artists, priests, and musicians from Java to Bali in the 15th century.

Bali was inhabited by around 2000 BC by Austronesian peoples who migrated originally from Taiwan through Maritime Southeast Asia. Culturally and linguistically, the Balinese are thus closely related to the peoples of the Indonesian archipelago, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Oceania. Stone tools dating from this time have been found near the village of Cekik in the island's west.

In ancient Bali, nine Hindu sects existed, namely Pasupata, Bhairawa, Siwa Shidanta, Waisnawa, Bodha, Brahma, Resi, Sora and Ganapatya. Each sect revered a specific deity as its personal Godhead. Balinese culture was strongly influenced by Indian, Chinese, and particularly Hindu culture, beginning around the 1st century AD. The name Bali dwipa ("Bali island") has been discovered from various inscriptions, including the Blanjong pillar inscription written by Sri Kesari Warmadewa in 914 AD and mentioning "Walidwipa". It was during this time that the complex irrigation system subak was developed to grow rice. Some religious and cultural traditions still in existence today can be traced back to this period. The Hindu Majapahit Empire (1293–1520 AD) on eastern Java founded a Balinese colony in 1343. When the empire declined, there was an exodus of intellectuals, artists, priests, and musicians from Java to Bali in the 15th century.

In the 1930s, anthropologists Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson, and artists Miguel Covarrubias and Walter Spies, and musicologist Colin McPhee created a western image of Bali as "an enchanted land of aesthetes at peace with themselves and nature", and western tourism first developed on the island.

Imperial Japan occupied Bali during World War II. Bali Island was not originally a target in their Netherlands East Indies Campaign, but as the airfields on Borneo were inoperative due to heavy rains the Imperial Japanese Army decided to occupy Bali, which did not suffer from comparable weather. The island had no regular Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) troops. There was only a Native Auxiliary Corps Prajoda (Korps Prajoda) consisting of about 600 native soldiers and several Dutch KNIL officers under command of KNIL Lieutenant Colonel W.P. Roodenburg. On 19 February 1942 the Japanese forces landed near the town of Senoer. The island was quickly captured.

During the Japanese occupation a Balinese military officer, Gusti Ngurah Rai, formed a Balinese 'freedom army'. The lack of institutional changes from the time of Dutch rule however, and the harshness of war requisitions made Japanese rule little better than the Dutch one. Following Japan's Pacific surrender in August 1945, the Dutch promptly returned to Indonesia, including Bali, immediately to reinstate their pre-war colonial administration. This was resisted by the Balinese rebels now using Japanese weapons. On 20 November 1946, the Battle of Marga was fought in Tabanan in central Bali. Colonel I Gusti Ngurah Rai, by then 29 years old, finally rallied his forces in east Bali at Marga Rana, where they made a suicide attack on the heavily armed Dutch. The Balinese battalion was entirely wiped out, breaking the last thread of Balinese military resistance. In 1946 the Dutch constituted Bali as one of the 13 administrative districts of the newly proclaimed State of East Indonesia, a rival state to the Republic of Indonesia which was proclaimed and headed by Sukarno and Hatta. Bali was included in the "Republic of the United States of Indonesia" when the Netherlands recognised Indonesian independence on 29 December 1949.

The 1963 eruption of Mount Agung killed thousands, created economic havoc and forced many displaced Balinese to be transmigrated to other parts of Indonesia. Mirroring the widening of social divisions across Indonesia in the 1950s and early 1960s, Bali saw conflict between supporters of the traditional caste system, and those rejecting these traditional values. Politically, this was represented by opposing supporters of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) and the Indonesian Nationalist Party (PNI), with tensions and ill-feeling further increased by the PKI's land reform programs. An attempted coup in Jakarta was put down by forces led by General Suharto. The army became the dominant power as it instigated a violent anti-communist purge, in which the army blamed the PKI for the coup. Most estimates suggest that at least 500,000 people were killed across Indonesia, with an estimated 80,000 killed in Bali, equivalent to 5% of the island's population.[14] With no Islamic forces involved as in Java and Sumatra, upper-caste PNI landlords led the extermination of PKI members.

As a result of the 1965/66 upheavals, Suharto was able to manoeuvre Sukarno out of the presidency, and his "New Order" government reestablished relations with western countries. The pre-War Bali as "paradise" was revived in a modern form, and the resulting large growth in tourism has led to a dramatic increase in Balinese standards of living and significant foreign exchange earned for the country. A bombing in 2002 by militant Islamists in the tourist area of Kuta killed 202 people, mostly foreigners. This attack, and another in 2005, severely affected tourism, bringing much economic hardship to the island, although tourist numbers have now returned to levels before the bombings.

Holidays at Bali 2017 (recount text)

Here i provide an example of recount text about holidays in Bali 2017. Please guys read carefully and identify the general structure of this recount text. If you are confused with this recount text please leave a comment in the bottom of my blog.

Holidays in Bali 2017

On January 13th 2017, all the 8th grade student of SMP 3 Pati went to Bali. We went there for study program. We went there by bus. There were 5 bus. I was in the Bus A. We gathered at school at 7 a.m. Before starting to go, we prayed together on the bus. We left for Bali at 8 a.m. On the bus we got some snack from the tour leader. Along the trip we saw many beautiful views.

At 11 a.m. we arrived at “Wahyu Utomo” restaurant in Tuban. We had lunch there. We were there at about 2 hours. Then we countinued our trip. It was almost 7 p.m. when we arrived at Probolinggo. We had dinner there. At about 12 p.m. we arrived in Ketapang Harbour. We crossed the Bali Strait at about an hour. We arrived at Gilimanuk Port at 2 a.m. We went to Tanah Lot. We arrived there at 6 a.m. We had breakfast in Agung Bali Restaurant. We stayed in Tanah Lot for about 2 hours. We also play water and took some pictures there. We continued our trip to Tanjung Benoa for playing water and riding Flying Fish. We also come to Turtle Island. We took a pray in Puja Mandala. It was a worship. After that, we left for Kuta Beach by Public Transportation. I played football with my friends, and took some pictures with tourist. But I bought nothing. We had dinner again in restaurant. Then we checked in the Batukaru Hotel.

In the next morning at 6 a.m. we had breakfast in the hotel. We started our trip in the second day in Istana Tampak Siring. We were our completed school uniform. Then we got dressed and went to BCC (Bali Culture Center). We watched the Mask Dance. We had lunch in “Cening Bagus” and went to Bajra Shandi Museum. We also had dinner in the hotel at 10 p.m. I and my friends call a KFC food delivery for a dinner. We held a Friendly Night for about 2 hours. We slept soundly at 1 a.m.
On the third day, we started our trip to Joger. We arrived there at 9 a.m. We shopped at about 3 hours there. I bought 2 shrts and a sandal. After that we directly went to Bedugul Lake and lunch there. We can fishing in the lake, or driving by speedboat arround lake. We also took some pictures and went home to Pati. We arrived at Pati at 9 a.m.

Re-orientation: I felt very tired, but it was really exciting experience.

Recount text - Holiday at Bandung City

Hi guys, I am so exited that I can post about recount text in this blog again. This time I will write about my holiday at Bandung city.

Recount text - Holiday at Bandung City

Last Month, My friends and I had a wonderful trip to Bandung. We were there for three days. We went to Bandung on Friday Afternoon and it only took about three and half an hour by car from Bogor. We started at 2 P.M and arrived in Bandung around 5.30 P.M.

When we arrived in Bandung, we took a rest in a Hotel Padma. After taking a rest dan a shower, we had dinner and prepared for a night tour in Bandung. Around 7.30 P.M, we drove to Ciampelas to buy some t-shirts and accessories. After 2 hours shopping there, we dropped at Ciwalk for half an hour to relax and enjoy the beauty of Ciwalk.

Our next destination was Ciwidey and Cimangu. It took about one and half an hour to be in Ciwidey and Cimangu. Unfortunatelly, we couldn't visit Ciwidey because of the bad weather and continued to Cimangu, around one kilometer from it. In Ciwidey, we had a warm water bathing. All of us jumped into the warn water and enjoyed it a lot. Our body soaked in a big warm swimming pool for about an hour before we stopped. At 2 A.M on Saturday, we took a rest in of villager's house there near Ciwidey.

On Saturday we had a great activity because we did many things. First we went to Ciwidey. We enjoyed the nature of Ciwidey's View. We stayed there for about one hour. Around 10 o'clock, we went to strawberry park located in Ciwidey, too. We learn how to plant the strawberry and of course ate some products made of strawberry, such as cake and juice. On Saturday afternoon around 2 P.M, we came back to hotel. After 2 hours in hotel, we went to Cibaduyut for shoes shopping.

At around 7 P.M, we went to Dago Street to enjoy saturday night there. Finally on Sunday Morning, we packed up and went back to Bogor.

End of recount text

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Narative - The Bear and The Two Friends (Indonesian text included)

1. The Bear and The Two Friends Once two friends were walking through the forest. They knew that anything dangerous can happen to them at any time in the forest. So they promised each other that they would remain united in any case of danger. Suddenly, they saw a large bear approaching them. One of the friends at once climbed a nearby tree. But the other one did not know how to climb. So being led by his common sense, he lay down on the ground breathless, pretending to be a dead man. The bear came near the man lying on the ground. It smelt in his ears, and slowly left the place. Because the bears do not touch the dead creatures.Now the friend on the tree came down and asked his friend on the ground, “Friend, what did the bear tell you into your ears?” The other friend replied, “The bear advised me not to believe a false friend.”

Suatu ketika ada dua orang teman yang sedang berjalan melintasi hutan. Mereka sadar bahwa hal berbahaya apa saja bisa terjadi pada mereka setiap saat di hutan itu. Maka mereka saling berjanji bahwa mereka akan tetap bersatu dalam setiap bahaya yang mengancam. Tiba-tiba, mereka melihat seekor beruang besar yang mendekati mereka. Salah satu teman langsung saja memanjat pohon. Tetapi yang lain tidak tahu bagaimana cara memanjat pohon. Maka iapun befikir dan memutuskan untuk berbaring di tanah dan berpura-pura menjadi orang mati. Beruang datang mendekati orang yang tergeletak di tanah itu. Beruang itu mengendus dekat telinganya, dan pelan-pelan meninggalkan orang itu. Beruang tidak mau mau dengan orang mati. Sekarang temannya yang ada pada pohon itu turun dan bertanya, “Teman, apa yang beruang katakan kepadamu?” Temannya itu menjawab, “Beruang itu memberi saran agar tidak percaya terhadapa teman yang tidak setia.”

Mencari teman itu gampang tetapi menemukan teman sejati itu tidak mudah. Dalam keadaan sama sama mempunyi kepentingan semua orang gampang saling embantu tetapi ketika suatu peluang terjadi kadang dengan mudah meninggalakn teman yang lain. Jangan mudah percaya kata manis orang yang mengaku sebagai teman. True Friend is the one who always supports and stands by you in any situation.

MY HOLIDAY AT SABUR BEACH, BALI

My holiday at Sanur Beach Last year, My Family and I went to Sanur Beach, Bali. I wanted to enjoy the vacation and made my self happy. I was so excited to go there.I went there at Sunday and came back home at Monday

 On Sunday, in the morning My Family and I had small breakfast together with a glass of tea, and some bread. Next, we went to the market to buy some food and drink. After that, we were ready to go to Sanur Beach. To go to that place, we needed 2 hours and took twenty kilometers from where I lived. We went there by a car. When we arrived at Sanur Beach, I was surprised to see a lot of people that were there. Because the day we went was holiday. I was very enjoying the scene. I was very happy that I could play with my brother. We were playing sand, and water and volleyball. After playing, we took photo together. Next, we decided to have lunch at McD which not too far from Sanur Beach. Then we went back Sanur Beach. We just looked around the beach and also bought some souvenirs like necklace, ring, traditional bag, some dresses and soon. I couldn't be wait to see the sunset there. How beautiful was it.

Because, I felt so tired and so did My Family. We went to My Grandma’s house at Denpasar. We stayed there for a half day. On Monday morning, My Family and I went back home. We enjoyed our holiday at this time.

Recount text : Vacation in london

Spending time for vacation can be the best example of recount text. What is recount? Clearly it is about retelling series of event which some people got experiences. A recount text in English is commonly found in the form of a personal experience note, short biography, report of events, or curriculum vitae in brief. The following sample show it clearly.

Mr. Richard’s family was on vacation. They are Mr. and Mrs. Richard with two sons. They went to London. They saw their travel agent and booked their tickets. They went to the British Embassy to get visas to enter Britain. They had booked fourteen days tour. This includes travel and accommodation. They also included tours around London They boarded a large Boeing flight. The flight was nearly fourteen hours. On the plane the cabin crews were very friendly. They gave them news paper and magazine to read. They gave them food and drink. There was a film for their entertainment. They had a very pleasant flight. They slept part of the way.

On arrival at Heathrow Airport, they had to go to Customs and Immigration. The officers were pleasant. They checked the document carefully but their manners were very polite. Mr. Richard and his family collected their bags and went to London Welcome Desk. They arranged the transfer to a hotel.

The hotel was a well-known four-star hotel. The room had perfect view of the park. The room had its own bathroom and toilet. Instead of keys for the room, they inserted a key-card to open the door. On the third floor, there was a restaurant serving Asian and European food. They had variety of food.

The two week in London went by fast. At the end of the 14-day, they were quite tired but they felt very happy.
Generic Structure of Recount text about Vacation
1. Orientation : Clearly from the text above. the participant is Mr. Richard’s family
2. Series of events: Mr. Richard’s family went to travel agent then they were waiting for boarding on plane. The text continued how he arrive in Heathrow airport. After that we can see that Mr. Richard’s family stayed in a four-star hotel
3. Reorientation: A note from the participant. Mr. Richard’s family were happy while spending vacation in London That’s all about the best example of recount text about vacation to London. Hopefully it helps to understand what recount text is. Happy learning.

Example of speech in english - Friends and problems

Assalamualaikum warrahmatulahi wabarakatuh
May god bless all of us.

I hope all of you in a good mood to hear what I concern about in this new year term. because what I am gonna talk to you is very important. It is about problems. Every days of our life, every single day we face problems. Every hour, and maybe every second of your life. And in this case, because I stand in front of you, student and teacher, it is students problems.

Students, yes you ! I know you face a lot of problems in this schools such as bad grade, unfinished project, so many homework, bullying, lack of motivation and so on. And probably you also have a problem that you don't even realize it such as no engagement in class, laziness, smoking, brawl, speeding and so on. Maybe you won't admit that as a problems, it is ok. But we, your teacher will consider it. Why? simply because it will affect your education history or your grades.

There is no such an easy way to deal with that things, there is no shortcut. You must face it. But, there is a way to help you to solve your problems. Before we talk about it, I want to tell you about how big is your problems. There is no such a way to really calculate how big is your problems, but there is few things that can affect that.

First, It is your perception. How big is your trouble is depends on how you see it. If you see it as a big problems then you will deliver some fear or anxiety. That anxiety will make you down and can't face that problems and maybe make another problems. But if you think that your problems is small, easy to handle, then you will have courage to face it, to solve the problem.

We are moving to the second factor, it is social support. what is social support? social support is people around you who care about you. Your mother must be, or maybe your friend, or your brother and also us, your teacher. How many friends you got? there is so many people just in the small class. But are they care about you? how many friends that you can share story or ask if you have a problems. If you have many social support then you have a better chance to solve problems. Also It will make you easier to share your problems and reduce your stress.

Now the last one is coping skill. Coping skill is the way you reduce stress when you have a problems without solving the problems. Lets say you have a very difficult assignment and you are afraid that you are not gonna finish it. You become worry about it and stressful because of that. You ask your classmate but he can't help you at all. But, your friends say that all of your classmate cant do the assignment as well and finally you stop worrying about that. Or, you just go to your friends house and start chatting about the funny stuff and the stress are gone.

Knowing that none of your classmate can do the assignment doesn't make your assignment complete. chatting with your friends also doesn't make your assignment complete. The problems are still there but your anxiety is gone, you are not stress anymore. So, you can just face the problem with courage. as I said in the beginning that it is good to not worry about that.

So, we are come to the conclusion that you need a good perception, social support and coping skill. What I want you to do is make as much friends as possible because friends are your social support resource. Come to your classmate, make a good relationship say to them that we can face all of the problems together. That will make you have a good perception about the problems. And friends also can help you deliver your coping skill to deal with the stress and worry that come along with the problems.

That is a little advice from me. and welcome to the junior high school.
wassalamualaikum wr. wb,

Example Of Simple Speech about narcotic and drugs

Ladies and gentlemen,

In this opportunity, I want to discuss about narcotic and forbidden drugs, as the destroyer of the future of the nation.
My friends, maybe among you often heard about the young generation that plunging into drugs’ user. According to data that collected from drugs’ user, for the first time they just to try to taste it likely but finally they will be addicted.

Ladies and Gentlemen,
The drugs are not just plunging us to be addicted one, but also leading us to becoming a patient of various diseases, and among them are HIV and AIDS. These diseases is a kind of virus that attacks the human being immune system, so the patient will be death because of there is no immune system in his body to protect him from diseases. This virus could be spared out through hypodermic needle that being used to inject the narcotics and forbidden drugs to parts of human body in rotation ways.

Ladies and Gentlemen,
For us there are no benefits of using the narcotics and forbidden drugs, even a little, except destroy our future. I hope that there are no narcotic and forbidden drugs’ users among us.
That is all my speech and thank you.

Recount text: My trip to Borobudur Temple

Last week, I spent my vacation in Jogjakarta, the city is famous in Indonesia. I went to the temple of Borobudur. My family and I went there in the morning we went to Borobudur temple by private car family. I had prepared everything before we went to Jogja. While we were driving, we get to see some beautiful scenery mountains, forests, and waterfalls as well as cars pass by.

My family and I arrived at the Borobudur Temple at 4:30 pm. There, I saw a lot of tourists. Borobudur temple is crowded on a holiday vacation. I can learn and practice speaking English with a foreign tourist different language to me.

Dovi his name. He is very friendly. This is the first time I spoke English with foreign tourists. We returned at 22:30 at night. It was a very interesting holiday for me and my family was happy.

Recount text: MY VACATION WITH MY BELOVED PERSONS

One day, my sister said to me that she really wanted to go to the beach. So I promised her that the next day we would go to Maron beach in Semarang.

The next day, we prepared many things in the morning. We brought some foods and beverages, such as fried rice, chocolate wafers, potato chips, water and orange juice. Before going to the beach, I ask my boyfriend, Kiki, to join us going to the beach. He agreed to join and he came to my house. After that, we went to the beach. We went there by motorbike. It took 25 minutes to arrive there. Then, we bought tickets in the entrance gate. Before swimming, we changed our clothes first. We swam there for more than one hour. We felt so tired that we decided to eat the foods that we had brought. Next, my boyfriend and I created a very big sand castle, while my sister continued swimming. After that, we decided to go home because it was getting dark.

On the way home, we still felt hungry. So we stopped at a Javanese restaurant to eat something. I ordered gudeg, while my boyfriend and my sister ordered rames rice. After finished eating, we paid our bills. Then, we went home. We arrived at home at 6 o’clock and we were absolutely exhausted.

That was a very exhausting day, but I felt so happy that I could have a vacation with my sister and my boyfriend.

What is recount text

Hello guys, how are you? do you still remember about recount text?

Its been so long since I don't post anything in this blog. This blog was created when I was in high school. At that time I didn't know what to write on the blog so I decided to improve my English by writing a different type of text in my blog. It was not easy, I must face so many critique that visitors wrote in the comment section.

Now, I am a collage student in University of Indonesia. Two days ago, I read this blog and I actually don't remember what is recount text and how can I write so many article on this blog. So, I decided to write again from the start "what is recount text?". Lets study together :D.

what is recount text

Recount is a text which retells events or experiences in the past. Its purpose is either to inform or to entertain the audience. There is no complication among the participants and that differentiates from narrative. (Self, n.d)

There is nothing complicated about recount text. I'm sure that everybody has his own experience, so everybody can make a recount text easily. So, if you want to create recount text, the first thing you need to do is trying to recall your experience that is pretty good to be wrote.

something that really important about recount text that you don't want to miss is that recount text have a structure (Self, n.d) :

Generic Structure of Recount text

1. Orientation: Introducing the participants, place and time
2. Events: Describing series of event that happened in the past
3. Reorientation: It is optional. Stating personal comment of the writer to the story

Language Feature of Recount text

• Introducing personal participant; I, my group, etc
• Using chronological connection; then, first, etc
• Using linking verb; was, were, saw, heard, etc
• Using action verb; look, go, change, etc
• Using simple past tense

That is guys hahaha. After six years, what can I do is just creating some bullshit about recount text to earn some money.


Reference :
 Self, Learning (n. d.) What is recount?. retrived from http://freeenglishcourse.info/what-is-recount/.