Being the only daughter of yours makes me grew to a spoiled girl. You always try to give what I want. You always fulfill what I wish. That’s why I always depends on you. You make me cannot live without you. I'm too accustomed to lean on you, as are you, who are never tired to be my backrest.
Thank you for everything that you’ve given to me. Thanks for loves that you pour to me. I know I’m not perfect enough to be your daughter. I still learn how to make you proud. I still try to be your pride, too. Just wait for it. I’ll make you proud to be my father, as much as I’m proud to be your daughter.
Jumat, 19 Oktober 2012
Jumat, 03 Februari 2012
Crazy Posting ^^
Actually I really hate this boy at the first time. I know him because of my friend. she really like SHINee. At that moment, I just wonder why she likes them. She has almost all of their songs, their pictures, and everything about them. Everyday she always tells me about SHINee. -.-' I know that they are cute, but I just don't really like a flower boy, especially this man ================>
Day by day, everything is changed, belonging to my animosity. When I saw one of their variety show, Hello Baby, I saw that he really a gentleman. ^^ He looked after their cute baby properly. From that moment, I really fall in love with him. Then, I decided to love him and be his wife.. XD
Baby, I believe we can look after our baby, Yoogeun. We can bring Yoogeun to be a good boy. hahahaha
Kamis, 02 Februari 2012
The Traffic Congestion
The traffic
congestion in the city gets even worse day by day. One of the Indonesian
problems which still cannot be addressed yet is traffic. Indonesian people,
especially for those who live in the big city such as Jakarta and Surabaya,
experienced traffic congestion almost every day. According to Wikipedia (2012),
“Kemacetan adalah situasi atau keadaan
tersendatnya atau bahkan terhentinya lalu lintas yang disebabkan oleh banyaknya
jumlah kendaraan melebihi kapasitas jalan”. From the statement above, the
writer assumed that traffic jam is a situation when car, motorcycle, bus,
truck, and other transportations vehicle cannot walk in their normal speed
because of road situation. Traffic jams or traffic congestion in Indonesia,
especially in Jakarta, arises from three basic causes: road traffic
factors, vehicle factors, and human factors.
One of the causes
that makes Jakarta’s traffic jam so complex is the unequal increase rate of
street width and the increasing of vehicle significantly on the private
vehicle. Nowadays, Jakarta is crowded by vehicle. Indonesia Transportation
Department (2011) released, “The amount of total vehicle in Jakarta are about
4,9 million. It is estimated will increase around 11% per years”. Moreover, in
the same year, they said, “The capacity of Jakarta to add the length and width
of the street is less than 0,001 percent per year; meanwhile, the increase of
automobile is about 10% per years”. From the data above, the writer concludes that the street in Jakarta cannot accommodate the increase of the
vehicle per year.
Another cause
that makes Jakarta has a complex traffic jam is because of the vehicle factors.
Vehicle factors are all factors derived from the condition of passing vehicles
on the highway. Those factors can be about type, size, quantity, and quality
of vehicles which pass the highway. For example, the amounts of vehicles that
pass the highway are enormously much, so highway capacity is insufficient. Of
course this problem can lead into a congestion problem; moreover, the
using of private cars in Jakarta is still very inefficient. The writer
sometimes finds out the true fact that one car only contains one person. The
logic is one car should contain three persons in minimum amount. This is based
on the regulation of Pemprov DKI Jakarta which stated that there should be
three people or more in one car to reduce the traffic jam. That is one of the
solutions which can decrease the problem of traffic congestion in Jakarta, but
in the reality lots of the car owner use jockey to avoid the regulation of three in one.
A third reason
which contributes in traffic congestion is about human factors. Human factors
are all factors related to human as road users. Various things related to road
users, such as attitudes, behaviors, and habits that are less precise when
using the highways often causes traffic jams or even accidents. For example, the
user who has bad attitudes, selfish behavior, and arrogant on the road can
cause traffic situation becomes obstructed. Besides, their bad attitudes can
also lead into accidents which can exacerbate the traffic jams.
These three causes of traffic jams lead some
negative effects for Indonesian, especially for them who live in a big city
such as Jakarta and Surabaya; moreover, the effects of this problem are being
felt in some sectors, such as energy wastage, time wastage, and health problem.
One of the biggest
negative effects of traffic jam is energy wastage. The greatest amount of loss
is in the sectors of fuel. According to the calculation which is done by Ali
(2011), the ecologist of Fakultas Teknik Universitas Indonesia, “The wastage of fuel because of traffic jam is around Rp 10,7
triliun per years”. This disadvantage is calculated from the number of fuel
which is wasted due to vehicle stuck in traffic. Although nowadays some
industries have produce car which has economical fuel, the ratio of energy wastage
is still be a big problem for Indonesian. Moreover, energy supply of fuel in Indonesia
always diminishes year by year. Besides, traffic congestion would be one of the
factors which leads Indonesia into fuel shortages.
Another negative effect of traffic jam is
about the loss of time. The writer believes that time is money. There are only
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year and people have to spend some of
that time for sleeping, eating, playing, relaxing, studying, etc. The writer sometimes
hears that some people still need the additional time for finishing their duty
or activity. That is why the writer believes that time is money, but due to
traffic jam, someone has to lose her/his worth time. Because of traffic jam,
some people also have to spend their precious time on the road. Based on the
writer’s experience, she has to waste her time around 3,5 hours for travelling
from Senayan to Bekasi, whereas the maximum time for travelling from Senayan to
Bekasi is just around 1 hours if the writer walks along high way. Moreover, Ali (2011) stated,“The total amount of the disadvantages
of the Indonesian productive times due to traffic jam are around Rp 9,7 triliun
per years”.Because that is not a small amount, government should take more attention
of traffic congestion problem in Indonesia. Government should not let Indonesian’s productive time
lost on the highway because of traffic jam than because of their creativity in
the office.
The next negative effect of traffic jam is a health problem. Traffic jam can give a bad effect for
human health. It is
related to the statement stated by Ahmadi, one of the professors of Public
Health Universitas Indonesia. In Ahmadi’s view (2011), “Transportation sector
contributes about 80% of air pollution which can affect some health problems, such as,
asthma, bronchitis, pneunomia, cardiovascular disease, nervous system andliver-kidney”. As the additional information, United Nation
Environment Program (UNEP) has placed Jakarta as the third most pollutant city
in the world after Mexico City and Bangkok. The UNEP also said that 67 percent
of the pollution comes from automobile emissions. Furthermore, according to
Kojima and Lovei (2001), “Traffic congestion is the biggest donator to particle
emissions which contribute to the increasing of 80-90 percent Pb (Plumbum)”. Pb is a
hazardous compound that may be harmful to human health. In Dyah’s view, “Beside Mercury (Hg), Plumbum (Pb) is
also a kind of heavy metal contaminant with high danger level”. Furthermore, Kurniawan’s
study (2008) found the following:
Pb dapat memberikan efek-efek toksik pada
sistem neurologis, reproduksi
hematologi, urinaria dan jantung. Keracunan Pb dapat menimbulkan anemia, hipertensi, kerusakan
otak, seperti antaksia dan penurunan daya pikir, atau bahkan berdampak pada
kematian.
Besides, WHO (World Health Organization) estimated that 400.000
people die each year because of the pollution which is caused by traffic
congestion in the world. Due to that tragic fact, people should not view
traffic congestion as a diminutive problem.
Therefore, the facts that show
the negative effects of traffic should be contemplation for Indonesian people.
To
reduce the negative impacts of traffic congestion, people should be able to
overcome the traffic congestion itself. Government should pay attention to find
the solutions to overcome traffic congestion in Indonesia, such as by improving
the public transportation system, so that people are more interested in using public
transportation rather than private vehicles. By this recommendation, it is
expected that traffic congestion in Indonesia can be addressed immediately.
A Gap Year, Why Not?
Nowadays, some students take a year off after they graduate from
their study in senior high school. This activity is known as a gap year. According
to PLANETGapYear (2011), “Gap year is a period of time when students take a break from formal
education to travel, volunteer, intern, study, work, perform research or any
combination of these activities”. A gap
year has different name in each country. Some people define a gap year as an
interim year, deferring college, an overseas experience or taking time out.
Students who take a gap are also known as "gappers". Most students do not want to take a gap
year because they
do not yet know the benefits they
can get over in the gap year. In
fact, a gap year can help graduates improve job prospects in the future time,
renew their passion for college, and gain a sense of maturity and self
confidence.
The first
reason to take a gap year is because it can improve job prospective when they
graduate from university. If students use
their gap year to improve their skill and experience at work, it will bring a
benefit for them. In fact, after they graduate from their study in university,
they will have many competitors in finding job. For that reason, of course they
should have an excess which can make them preferred to work at the company
compared with any other college graduates. It is in line with the survey conducted
by PLANETGapYear
in 2011. According
to PLANETGapYear
(2011), “85% of the United Kingdom HR professionals agreed
that they preferred a job-seeker who has a suitable work experience than an
average non-vocational degree and 63% of them said that they notice a job
application from gappers who spent their times for volunteering or gaining work
experience overseas”. Therefore, students should use their
gap year properly. They can do a language-learning, make a work experience, do
a charity work, and develop their networks that could help them in their future
career. Moreover, in the article of The
Goods on the Gap Years written by Boyd, Bull, who is a president of the
Center for Interim Programs in Princeton, New Jersey, suggests that a gap year
is the best time to be an open-minded person by learning the other cultures,
then it is the best time to discover a possible careers for their future life,
and it is the best time to discern themselves better.
The next reason to take a gap year is
because it can refresh graduates’ passion for college life. Some students need
a gap year because they feel burn-out by their formal education. They need to
take a breath for a while after 13 years of studying. They
spend the time to
pursue their formal education since they
were in kindergarten through high school. If the school is like a journey and life goals
is an established career or a job, then
students need a break occasionally when they have felt tired with their long
journey, conversely they should remember that their goal has not been achieved
yet, and it needs to be resumed. Therefore, they should continue their journey to
a university education after they rest. As written in 11 Amazing Ways
to Spend a Year Off Before College (2011), “Students
who take a gap year will be more serious in their study because they are ready
to face the university life”. For example, Sullivan
(2011), one of the gapers, claimed that her gap year had prepared her for
college more than high school ever could have. She had a better idea of who she
was and what she wanted to achieve than most of her peers. In another case,
Sullivan’s parents who was worried by her daughter’s decision to take a gap
year, now they are breathing easily because she maintain a 4.0 GPA. She said
that taking time off had been the best decision she ever had made for herself.
That is why several top universities such as Harvard and York University support the idea about gap year
before they settle in for freshman year. Gappers argue that while many of their
classmates come to campus ready to party, they come ready to learn. This is because the gappers
have been enjoying their refreshing time when they take the time off,
so they are ready to give their best when they return to campus.
The other
reason students should take a gap year is to gain a
sense of maturity and self confidence. Sometimes most graduate students are not
mature enough to decide which course that they will take in university. They
need a lot of time to recognize their interest and personality. Therefore, by taking
one year off, students can be more mature for a year before making a commitment
to a course of study. When they have decided the course which they are interested
in, they will study harder and enjoy everything there. Based on information
bulletin titled What’s a Gap Year?, there
are some advantages of taking a gap year. One of the advantages which student
can get is they will get a maturity boost. They can use this opportunity as a
time to know about themselves, to make choices about their future, to
strengthen soft skills and to develop emotional intelligence. Gappers find themselves thrust into new
situations, making decisions and interacting with new people all the time. Some
students choose to work, do an internship, volunteer, and find the experiences
which can bring the maturity naturally for the gapers. In another way, most students go to the university which they do not
want because they are not accepted in their university choices. The writer believes
that it is a wrong way because to be success students, they should enjoy and
like everything that they do, so it is better to take a gap year for preparing
themselves to study harder in order to be accepted in the university that they
want.
Considering the
conventions that students should have a university experience sooner, for they
can graduate from that university younger, some graduates students might claim
that they do not need to take a year off after their graduation from high school.
Of course, it is true if they have decided what course in university which they
will learn and if they are ready to enter the university life. In contrast,
based on fact which the writer found, some graduate students fail in their
university life because they just enter the university without any preparation.
They just follow most Indonesian people who think that sooner is better. Nevertheless, some students who take a year
off before their university life will feel the benefits which they can get in
the future time, the fresh brain and body for studying in university, and the
preparation for adapting in the university life. Therefore, those can be the
considerations for high school graduates to take a year off.
In short, students
do not have to be afraid to take a gap year before continuing their study in
university. Most graduate students who have taken a gap year return with a
better sense of direction and focus on their course of study. Moreover,
students who take a gap year are usually not bounded by a
usual or accepted way of behaving to continue their course sooner. They can
prepare themselves to be better than other students. A gap year does not mean
that graduates students are totally free from their duty in study; moreover, they
can learn a new thing in their lives.
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