Kisah Sang Pemulung - Bahasa Inggris

Pemulung, dalam bahasa Inggris disebut a trash picker, mungkin bisa dianggap sebagai orang paling peduli dalam "kebersihan". Meski ia nampak tidak terlihat rapi, kehadirannya lebih bermanfaat daripada manusia yang sembarangan membuang sampah. Siapapun pasti tidak akan berharap berprofesi sebagai seorang pemulung. Ia ada karena "madzhab" materialisme telah merajalela. Oleh karena itu, pemerintah seharusnya peduli akan nasib sosial para pemulung; bukan sebaliknya. Dan kita sebagai masyarakat pada umumnya pun harusnya menyadari "keterpaksaan" mereka. Kita tak selayaknya menghinakan apalagi harus bersikap rasis. 

Tak ada manusia yang sempurna; karenanya jangan pernah mencaci orang lain yang bernasib "lebih buruk" dari kita. Sejarah sudah banyak membuktikan, Tuhan bisa saja membalikkan apapun sekehendak-Nya...

Ups kok jadi ngelantur ya :) Di sini saya tidak hanya akan membagikan terjemahan bahasa Inggris dari kata pemulung saja, tapi juga akan membagikan sebuah kisah / cerita berbahasa Inggris tentang sang pemulung (a trash picker). Cerita ini diambil dari TheJakartaPost. tentang Suparman, seorang pemulung yang hari-harinya dihabiskan untuk memulung. Selamat membaca :

Pak Suparman starts each day by crawling out of the cart in which he has been huddled up for the better part of the night. The cart is his most treasured possession. It not only serves as his bed at night (without which he would be completely exposed to the elements) but is also the means with which he earns his living.

Suparman is a trash picker, and his entire day is spent pushing his cart along Jakarta’s streets in search of garbage.

The waste others throw out is anything but worthless to Suparman, and constitutes his only means of income. Suparman not only goes through rubbish bins in search of plastic gold, but also picks up any rubbish of any worth that he finds. Truth be known, were it not for people like Suparman, Jakartans might soon find themselves knee-deep in waste. 

Suparman earns anything from Rp 100,000 a week (if unfortunate) to Rp 250,000 in a good week. His bread and butter is plastic water bottles of any size. Clean plastic fetches him Rp 5,000 per kilogram, while soiled or dirty plastic fetches Rp 2,000 per kilo. Any other kind of garbage is worth Rp 1,500 per kilogram.

Once a week Suparman takes all that he has collected to larger-scale garbage collectors (known as kontrakan), in Pintu Air, Tanah Abang, who in turn sell it to factories that produce containers and packaging. However, these larger-scale collectors did not wish to reveal their identities or say how much they earned as middle-men, claiming ignorance and stating that only the “top boss” knew how much factories paid for garbage.

Dari kisah sang pemulung di atas,semoga saja ada pihak-pihak yang merasa bertanggung jawab dalam kesejahteraan masyarakat menjadi sadar akan kehidupan sang pemulung. Dan juga semoga tulisan ini bisa membuat kita semakin peduli akan banyaknya permasalahan yang harus kita hadapi dan selesaikan..

Tidak hanya itu, silahkan sobat temukan kosakata bahasa Inggris lainnya yang berhubungan dengan dunia sang pemulung di atas. Tinggal buka kamus "terbaru" dan "terbaik" yang sobat miliki. Oke...

Legenda Batu Gantung Kota Parapat - Bahasa Inggris

Cerita bahasa inggris - Dongeng legenda Batu gantung di Kota Parapat berbahasa Inggris, cerita ini juga adalah cerita asal muasal kota Parapat, kota di pinggir Danau Toba Sumatra Barat. selamat membaca...

Once, in a rural village next to Lake Toba North Sumatera, there lived a husband and a wife with a beautiful daughter named Seruni. Not only was she beautiful, Seruni was also very diligent in helping her parents in the field. Every day this family worked in this field on the edge of Lake Toba, and the outcomes are used for their daily needs.

One day, Seruni went to the field alone, because his parents went to a neighboring village. Seruni was only accompanied by her beloved dog named Toki's. Arriving at the farm, she didn’t work but he just sat there looking at the natural beauty of Lake Toba as if she had solved a difficult problem. While the dog, the Toki, came sitting next to her, staring at her face as if he knew what Seruni thought. Once in a while the dog barked to distract Seruni, but she is not teased.

The last few days Seruni looked glum. He was very sad, because she was given in marriage by her parents with a young man who was his cousin. Though she had chosen his loved man and she had promised to live together with him. She was very confused. On the one hand she did not want to disappoint her parents, and she could not afford to part with her love. Because of being unable to bear the heavy burden, he was getting hopeless.

"Yes, Lord! I am not able to live with this burden, "complained the Seruni.

A few moments later, Seruni moved from his seat. With tears, she walked slowly toward the Lake Toba. Apparently she wanted to end his life by jumping into the lake's and the Toki, followed his master from behind while barking.

With a mind raging, Seruni walked toward the cliffs of Lake Toba without paying attention to the road in its path. Unexpectedly, she suddenly fell into a hole. The rocky ground that made the hole was getting dark. Seruni girl is very scared.

"Help.. Help.. Help.., Toki! "Seruni voice asking for help to her beloved dog.

The Toki understood  if Seruni required his help, but he could not do anything except just barking at the hole. Seruni screamed several times for help, but the Toki really could not afford helping her. Finally she was getting desperate.

"Ah, I'd rather die than live a long time to suffer," Seruni resigned.

Rock walls were moving ever closer.

"Parapat...! Parapat Parapat ... "ordered Seruni to press her body withthe stone

Being unable to help Seruni, Toki immediately ran home to ask for help.

Arriving at the master's house, he immediately went to Seruni parents.

"Auggg ...! auggg ...! auggg ... "Toki's barking while clawing at the ground to tell the parents that the Seruni in danger.

"Toki ..., where is Seruni? What happened to her? "Asked the father to the dog's Seruni.

"Auggg ...! auggg ...! auggg ...! "he continued barking and ran back and forth to invite them to a place.

"Sir, it looks like Seruni in danger," said the mother of Seruni.

"Mom was right. The Toki invites us to follow, "said the father of Seruni.

"But how do we get there? "Said the mother.

"You prepare a torch! I'll be looking for help to neighbors, "cried the father.

Soon, the whole neighborhood had gathered at the home page Seruni's father, carrying the torch. After that they followed the Toki to the scene. Once they were in the field, the Toki directly toward the mouth of the hole.

Both parents of Seruni immediately approached the mouth of the hole. What a surprise when they saw a hole big enough rock on the edge of their field. In the pit was heard the faint sound of a woman: "Parapat ...! Parapat Parapat stone ...! "

"Sir, listen to that voice! That voice is of our child! Seruni’s mother cried frantically.

"Yes, ma'am! That sounds Seruni! "Replied the father panic.

"But, why would he shout: Parapat, parapatlah stone?" Asked the mother.

"I do not know, mom! It seems like there's something wrong in there, "said the father anxiously.

A Farmer was trying to light up the hole with a torch, but the bottom of the hole was so deep that it can not be penetrated by torchlight.

"Seruniii ...! Seruniii ...! "Cried the father of Seruni.

"Seruni ... my daughter! The mother and father came to help you! "Her mother shouted.

Several times they yelled, but they did not get a response from Seruni. Only voice drifted Seruni who sent the stone closer to squeezing.

"Parapat ...! Parapatlah stone ...! Parapat! "

"Seruniiii ... my daughter!" Once again the mother screaming and crying hysterically Seruni.

People in attendance at the place were trying to help. One held ropes to the bottom of the hole, but the slap was not touched at all. Seruni's father increasingly concerned with the state of her father. He also decided to follow her foray into the rock pit.

"Mom, hold the torch!" Command of the father.

"Where do you want to go?" Asked the mother.

"I'm following the Seruni into the hole," he replied firmly.

"No dad, it's dangerous!" Prevent the mother.

"Yes sir, the hole was very deep and dark," said people

A moment later, suddenly heard a roar. The earth shook violently as if to an end. Rock hole suddenly closes itself. The cliffs at the edge of Lake Toba was falling. Seruni's father and mother and all the people ran thither to escape. They left the mouth of the hole the rock, so that poor Seruni could not be rescued from the crush of rock.

Some time after the earthquake stopped, suddenly appeared a large rock that resembles a girl's body and as if hanging on the wall of the cliff at the edge of Lake Toba. Local people believe that the stone is the embodiment Seruni oppressed in the hole. By those stones were then given the name "Hanging Rock". (BATU GANTUNG)

A few days later, fame spread the word about the events that befall her. The people flocked to the scene to see the "Hanging Rock" is. Residents who witnessed the incident told other people that before the hole was closed, a voice: "... Parapat Parapat parapat stone ...!"

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Educate or Bring Up = Mendidik?

Dalam bahasa Inggris, mendidik bisa diartikan dengan berbagai makna. Salah satu makna "mendidik" yang paling sering digunakan dalam bahasa Inggris adalah Educate dan Bring Up. Lalu apa ada perbedaan di antara keduanya?

Menurut Swan (2005: 115), "Bring up and the noun upbringing are mostly used for the moral and social training that children receive at home. Educate and Education are used for the intellectual and cultural training that people get at school and university."

Kata bring up dan upbringing digunakan untuk pendidikan moral dan sosial anak ketika berada di rumah. Sedang kata educate dan education digunakan untuk pendidikan intelektual dan kultural yang orang dapatkan saat di sekolah atau universitas.

Kesimpulannya, ketika kita mengungkapkan mendidik atau pendidikan yang bersumber pada hal yang diajarkan di wilayah rumah, maka kita harus menggunakan kata bring up dan upbringing. Sedangkan ketika kita mengungkapkan mendidik atau pendidikan yang bersumber dari hal yang diajarkan di dalam sekolah dan perguruan tinggi, maka kita harus menggunakan kata educate dan education.

Untuk lebih jelasnya, mari kita lihat contoh di bawah ini :

1. Luci was brought up by her aunt and educated at the local school.
2. Their kids are very badly brought up -- always screaming and fighting. (Their kids are very badly educated)

Contoh pertama bermakna bahwa Luci dididik (di rumah) oleh bibinya dan ia juga dididik di sekolah lokal. dalam contoh ini, kata educated (passive) tidak bisa digunakan pada kalimat Luci was educated by her aunt karena konteks pendidikan di sini adalah mengacu pada pendidikan di rumah, dan juga sebaliknya.

Contoh kedua juga sama, (their kids are very badly brought up) mengandung makna bahwa anak-anak tersebut tidak dididik dengan baik (oleh keluarganya) bukan oleh institusi pendidikan.

Dari kedua contoh di atas, dapat kita simpulkan bahwa "Ternyata bahasa Inggris harus dipelajari dengan sangat serius, bukan?

Puisi Alam - The Sky (Langit)

Puisi alam, dalam bahasa Inggris dikenal dengan nama nature poem adalah salah satu tema puisi yang sering diungkapkan dalam berpuisi. Saya sendiri "mungkin" bisa dikatakan sebagai orang yang gemar mengungkapkan kata-kata unik seperti puisi, ya.. meski masih berpredikat gadungan.

Untuk membuat puisi bertemakan alam, kita pasti butuh konsentrasi lebih agar puisi yang kita ciptakan terasa lebih enak dibaca dan dirasakan. Dikarenakan sulitnya membuat puisi alam, khususnya puisi bahasa Inggris tentang alam, maka alangkah baiknya jika saya kutipkan puisi alam dari karangan orang lain saja ya... :)

Dan berikut adalah puisi alam berjudul the sky (langit), tentu berbahasa Inggris beserta terjemahannya...

The Sky

by Chelsea Poshni

Have you seen the Sunset and Sunrise
And the Horizon that's a prize

How the colors mix and melt
And look as soft as felt

How they float away into black
As you wish them back

And that feeling that makes you sad
How the tears come and just make you mad

But then you see the stars
That are so small they could fit in jars

Now there's so many
You'd by each one with a penny

How they shine so bright
And don't put up a fight

So you stand watching them twinkle and shine
Then you realize you feel fine

So you sigh
And say goodbye.

Langit

Pernahkah kau pandangi sang surya tenggelam dan terbit

dan anugerah dari sang ufuk

Pernahkah kau lihat bagaimana warnanya menyatu dan melebur

dan tampak halus selembut tersentuh

Pernahkah kau pandangi warnyanya mengapung melayang kian gelap

Saat kau berharap ia tak lagi pekat.

Perasaan itu membuatmu bersedih lara

bagaimana air mata menetes dan membuatmu gila

Tapi kemudian kau melihat bintang-bintang

Yang kecil mungil seukuran pas dalam guci

Sekarang begitu banyak bintang bertebar

Kau bisa membeli setiapnya satu sen dolar

Pernahkah kau lihat cahayanya begitu terang

Maka jangan kau paksakan

Hingga kau berdiri memandanginya berkelip bercahaya

Pasti kau sadari "Engkau merasa baik-baik saja"

Sekarang kau mendesah lega

dan katakanlah selamat tinggal...

Catatan : Mohon maaf jika terjemahan puisi alam ini terserah saya. Jika ada kesalahan dalam penerjemahan puisi di atas, mohon koreksinya ya.. :) Jika tidak keberatan, baca juga Puisi Bahasa Inggris terbaik karya Langston Hughes, Piss!!!

Puisi alam di atas dikutip dari: Family Friend Poems

Contoh Kalimat Bahasa Inggris - Selesai!!!

Kalimat, dalam bahasa Inggris disebut "sentence" menjadi bagian penting dalam setiap bahasa. Tidak terkecuali bahasa Inggris, orang yang sudah sangat mahir berbahasa Inggris pasti sudah sangat paham akan cara membuat kalimat yang baik dan benar. Namun bagi sobat yang masih dalam tahap belajar, pasti merasa sedikit kebingungan cara menulis kalimat, benar ga?

Jika sobat masih ada yang belum memahami jenis kalimat dalam bahasa Inggris, sobat bisa baca dulu dua jenis kalimat ini : kalimat meurut jenisnya dan kalimat menurut predikatnya. Andai saja sudah memahami dua jenis kalimat tersebut, kita "mungkin" sudah bisa dikatakan telah menguasai kalimat berbahasa Inggris.

Untuk mempermudah pemahaman dua jenis kalimat tadi, mari kita ringkas saja contoh kalimat dalam bahasa Inggris menjadi satu paket. Dan berikut adalah beberapa contoh paling mudah tentang "kalimat", let's check these out bro!!!

Contoh Kalimat Pernyataan
(Statements/Declarative Sentence)

• I went to Jakarta yesterday.

• Dina speaks English fluently.

• I didn't go to Jakarta yesterday

• Dina doesn't speak English fluently.

Contoh Kalimat Pertanyaan (Questions/Interrogative Sentence)

• Did you go to Jakarta yesterday?

• Does Dina speak English fluently?

• Didn't you go to Jakarta yesterday?

• Doesn't Dina speak English fluently?

Contoh Kalimat Perintah (Commands/Imperative Sentence)

• Go to Jakarta tomorrow!

• Speak English fluently!

• Don't go to Jakarta!

• Don't speak English!

Contoh Kalimat Seruan (Exclamations)

• How great this city is.

• What a big risk they have.

Contoh Kalimat Sederhanda (Simple Sentence)

• Dina teaches English in a course.

• Dina doesn't teach English in a course.

• Dina went shopping yesterday.

• Dina don't go shopping yesterday.

Contoh Kalimat Majemuk Setara (Compound Sentence)

• Dina and Ahmad speak English. [asal kalimat : Dina speaks English and Ahmad speaks English]

• Dina speaks English and Anwar speaks Sundanese

• Dina speaks English but she do not speak Sundanese

• Dina speaks English for she has ever lived in London.

Contoh Kalimat Majemuk Bertingkat (Complex Sentence)

• I can speak English because I always practice it with my friends.

• When I went to Jakarta, I visited many places.

• Dina can read English novel although she is still young.

• After Rio had breakfast, he went to school.

Contoh Kalimat Majemuk Setara & Bertingkat (Compound-complex Sentence)

• Andi writes English novel marvelously and he continues writing it although he never has a writing course.

• Because Andi is a novelist, he can understand how to write a good novel and he knows where to start writing it.

Contoh-contoh kalimat bahasa Inggris di atas semoga bisa membantu memahami jenis kalimat dalam bahasa Inggris.

Bagi yang sudah mahir dalam Bahasa Inggris, alangkah baiknya jika membaca contoh kalimat bahasa Inggris yang sulit di bawah ini :

Kalimat Bahasa Inggris Tersulit

Description of Indonesia - A Text Example

Description of Indonesia - A Text Example ini hanyalah contoh singkat saja mengenai gambaran umum mengenai Indonesia. Setidaknya dengan contoh descriptive tentang Indonesia ini kita bisa mengingat bahwa kita belajar bahasa Inggris nyatanya untuk membangun peradaban negara kita. Bukankah demikian?

Saya lahir di Indonesia dan dibesarkan di Indonesia; mungkin sobat juga sama. Lalu, bisakah kita mendeskripsikan (menggambarkan) seperti apa sih Indonesia? Ah, pasti sangat panjang untuk menjelaskan semua tentang Indonesia. Oleh karena itu, untuk menyingkatnya, mari kita lihat contoh teks descriptif tentang Indonesia di bawah ini :

Indonesia is the place where I can stand and live. It is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia, as I know it well, is an archipelago comprising at around 17,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 230 million people, including myself and is the world's fourth most populous country.

I stand for years here, wasting my time to work hard for its beauty. This country is too much perfect to live in, especially the nation's capital city, Jakarta, the city in which I fall in love.

The country shares land borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Malaysia; but no borders of my heart with Indonesia at all. All people know that other neighboring countries of Indonesia are Singapore, Philippines, Australia, and the Indian territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. All of them are only neighbors which do not really love it as well as I do.

With its islands, Indonesia gives me many friends from distinct ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups. The Javanese are the largest—and the politically dominant—ethnic group. Due to Nationalism, I and my friends will always get together for sharing identity defined by a national language, ethnic diversity, religious pluralism, within a majority Muslim population.

I will hold this country with the real spirit and power with its national motto, "Bhinneka Tunggal Ika" ("Unity in Diversity" literally, "many, yet one"), articulates the diversity that shapes the country. 

Despite its large population and densely populated regions, Indonesia has vast areas of wilderness that support the world's second highest level of biodiversity. The country is richly endowed with natural resources, yet poverty remains widespread. (Taken from : Indonesia)

Dengan semangat Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, semoga contoh descriptive text di atas bisa mengingatkan kita bahwa "mungkin kita berbeda, tapi kita itu tetap satu". Semoga saja tulisan ini bisa mengembalikan hakikat kita sebagai bangsa besar yang tak pernah menyerah untuk tetap belajar... 

Baca Juga Penjelasan & Contoh lain Mengenai: Descriptive Text

Agar Siswa Bicara Bahasa Inggris!!!

Susah, begitulah kira-kira satu kata yang ada di otak saya ketika ingin menjawab cara agar siswa mudah bicara bahasa Inggris.

Guru bahasa Inggris pasti tahu bahwa materi bahasa Inggris, khususnya speaking, masih saja terpaku pada cara agar siswa bisa mengungkapkan beberapa expression dalam bahasa Inggris; bahkan konon siswa dituntut untuk bisa berbicara menggunakan idiom. Benarkah?

Jika hal ini terus terjadi, yang ada adalah siswa terus menghafalkan materi speaking tersebut. Mereka pasti merasa bahwa materi speaking dalam bahasa Inggris tidak jauh beda dengan materi grammar. Lagi-lagi menghafal... Permasalahan ini saya anggap sebagai masalah yang serius dan harus cepat dibenahi.

Belum lagi dengan banyaknya materi pelajaran di tingkat menengah__dimana kegiatan belajar mengajar lebih sering menggunakan bahasa Indonesia__ ditambah alokasi waktu belajar bahasa Inggris yang sedikit, saya dengan tegas akan menjawab "Tidak ada cara paling mujarab agar siswa mudah berbicara bahasa Inggris."

Dulu, saya masih ingat ketika bertemu seorang guru bahasa Inggris di sekolah menengah kejuruan bertaraf internasional, ia tak pernah mengajarkan bahasa Inggris sesuai silabus dan rpp bahasa Inggris. Yang ia lakukan hanyalah mengajarkan apa yang ia ingat dalam benaknya saja. Dengan kata lain ia mengajarkan bahasa Inggris semaunya sendiri. Mengapa ia melakukan hal terlarang dalam dunia pengajaran bahasa Inggris di Indonesia ini? Ternyata, ia menganggap bahwa belajar bahasa Inggris untuk kalangan SMP dan SMA itu cuma 3 bulan saja; yaitu ketika diadakan les bahasa Inggris di sekolah untuk kesiapan Ujian Nasional (UN); Selebihnya terserah....

Memang, tuntunan pendidikan di Indonesia yang mengharuskan siswa lulus ujian nasional bahasa Inggris kadang membuat seorang guru fokus hanya pada materi khusus alias kisi-kisi soal bahasa Inggris yang sering muncul pada UN. Namun, tindakan guru bahasa Inggris dengan mengabaikan prinsip pembelajaran di sekolah bukanlah contoh yang baik; meski ia kadang merasa "kurang pas" dengan ketentuan pemerintah tersebut.

Lalu Apa Solusinya?

Saya sendiri bingung harus memberi solusi apa; karena sudah berkali-kali saya katakan bahwa saya bukan seorang guru bahasa Inggris yang tahu betul akan akar permasalahan ini. Namun, dari analisa di atas, saya pastikan bahwa masalah utama mengapa siswa susah untuk bicara bahasa Inggris adalah "Kita sudah terbiasa dengan Bahasa Indonesia." atau lebih parah lagi, "Kita (baik guru atau murid) sudah terbiasa dengan bahasa daerah," bahasa Jawa misalnya.

Tak akan mungkin kita memaksakan belajar matematika menggunakan bahasa Inggris. Jangankan tingkat SMP dan SMA, terkadang mahasiswa pun harus putar otak dahulu untuk berbicara bahasa Inggris ketika menanyakan "materi algoritma" matematika kepada gurunya. Pun juga demikian, seorang guru Matematika atau guru pelajaran selain bahasa Inggris lainnya, pasti  sangat ogah mengajarkan mata pelajaran yang ia ampu menggunakan bahasa Inggris. Suatu hal yang berat.. menghilangkan kebiasaan berbahasa Indonesia..

Terkecuali, seorang guru bahasa Inggris mempunyai ide cemerlang untuk mengimbangi kebiasaan berbahasa Indonesia dan bahasa Inggris. Dan juga, para siswa harus tahu keinginan gurunya tersebut. Jika sudah demikian, pasti ada jalan alternatif yang bisa menumbukan rasa cinta akan belajar bahasa Inggris, tidak hanya dalam hal speaking saja, tapi juga skill lainnya. Benarkah?

Salah satu yang "mungkin" ampuh mengatasi bahasa Indonesia dengan bahasa Inggris ini adalah dengan "MEMAKSAKAN" siswa supaya berbicara bahasa Inggris di wilayah-wilayah sekitar sekolah tertentu. Dengan kata lain, kewajiban siswa dan bahkan guru untuk bicara bahasa Inggris di ENGLISH AREA. Cara ini mungkin paling efektif agar semua elemen di sekolah mau berbahasa Inggris. Oleh karena itu, persiapan akan adanya ENGLISH AREA (Area Wajib berbahasa Inggris) harus benar-benar matang.

Selain cara di atas, ada juga cara "ikhlas" mengatasi permasalahan ini, yaitu dengan mengajak siswa mengikuti bimbingan belajar bahasa Inggris GRATIS di rumah Bapak / Ibu guru bahasa Inggris. Itupun harus dilakukan dengan sangat intensif. Demi meningkatkan kemampuan siswa dalam berbahasa Inggris, apakah seorang guru berani menawarkan hal tersebut? dan apakah siswa juga mau mengikutinya?

Entahlah??

Catatan: Tulisan ini ditulis untuk menjawab pertanyaan salah satu guru bahasa Inggris dan "mungkin" juga seorang penerjamah tersumpah Jogja-Solo tentang cara agar siswa mudah bicara bahasa Inggris. Mungkin ada jawaban lain yang lebih baik? Karena saya yakin, para guru bahasa Inggris pasti lebih mengetahui cara mengatasi permasalahan ini. :)

Legenda Danau Maninjau - Bahasa Inggris

Cerita bahasa inggris - Dongeng legenda dari Sumatra Barat berbahasa Inggris tentang Danau Maninjau - The Legend of Danau Maninjau.. Selamat Membaca..

Long ago, in an area in west sumatra, there is a very active volcano named Mount Tinjau. In one village at the foot of Tinjau's brothers lived ten people consisting of nine men and one woman. Ordinary citizens about their call Bujang Sembilan. These ten brothers are Kukuban, Kudun, Bayua, Malintang, Galapuang, Balok, Batang,Bayang, and the youngest man named Kaciak. While their brother the youngest was a girl named Siti Rasani, nicknamed Sani. Both their parents died long ago, so Kukuban as the eldest son became the head of household. All decisions in his hand.

Tenth brothers lived in a house of their parents' heritage. To make ends meet, they worked on farms large enough legacy of their parents. They are very skilled at farming, because they diligently to help his father and mother when they were alive. In addition, they are also guided by their uncle named Datuk Limbatang, which they called Engku familiar.

Datuk Limbatang is a mamak in the village and has a son named Giran. As a mamak, Datuk Limbatang have great responsibility to educate and watched the life of its citizens, including the nephew's tenth man. For that, every other day, he visited the house Kukuban brothers to teach them farming skills and various customs procedures for the area. Not infrequently Datuk Limbatang also took his wife and son to participate with him.

Indahnya Danau Maninjau

On one day, when Datuk Limbatang with his wife and visited the house of Bujang Sembilan, Sani accidentally exchanged Giran. Apparently, both boys and girls are equally placed liver. Sani was invited to meet Giran in a field on the riverbank. With hearts pounding, Giran even express his feelings to Sani.

Datuk Limbatang wanted to marry his son with Sani. But the elder brother Sani, Kukuban, did not agree because Giran has been embarrass him in the martial arts arena. But eventually Datuk Limbatang not force.

One day, Giran found treat wounds in the thigh Sani. But people think they do custom distortion. Sani and Garin brought to court. They try to convince citizens that they did not do anything.

After that, of the second Giran lifted his hand to the sky and praying. "My God! Please hear and grant our prayers. If we were really guilty, destroy our bodies in the water hot crater of this mountain. However, if we are not guilty, this mountain letuskanlah and curses Bujang Sembilan to fish!"

It turned out that prayer was answered. Sani and Giran jump down and submerged in the water crater. Mountain erupted, Bujang Sembilan into fish. Over time the crater of Mount View expanded and formed a lake which we now know as Lake Maninjau

Sumber : The Legend of Maninjau Lake

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9 SMS Cinta Romantis Bahasa Inggris

SMS Cinta Romantis bahasa Inggris? Cinta lagi, begitulah kira-kira kehidupan para remaja. Jika sobat adalah salah satu orang yang sedang kasmaran, tidak ada salahnya mengirimkan SMS (Short Message Service) bertemakan cinta paling romantis. Namun jangan lupa, untuk tetap "semangat" belajar bahasa Inggris, oke...

Jika sobat sering mengirim pesan singkat (SMS) sedikit rada panjang, sobat bisa tengok di 9 Puisi Bahasa Inggris Pilihan. Dalam tulisan ini, saya hanya akan membagikan 9 SMS cinta bahasa Inggris "mungkin" dianggap romantis plus artinya juga. Oke, jangan lama-lama, mari kita simak dan pelajari 9 SMS bahasa Inggris di bawah ini :

C.L.I.C.K. means :

C= cant live without u (tak bisa hidup tanpamu)

L= love u (mencintaiumu)
I= i miss u (aku merindukanmu)

C= care about u (mempedulikanmu)
K= kiss from my heart 2 u (cium dari hatiku untukmu)

So whenever u miss me just say CLICK. (Jadi, kapanpun kau merindukanku, katakan saja CLICK)

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I m on a mission:

Misson 2 avoid u,

2 forgetu, 2 get rid of u,

2 not 2 talk 2u or meet u,

in short....

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE!!

Saya sedang dalam misi

Misi menghindarimu

melupakanmu, luput akan kamu,

tidak bicara padamu, atau menemuimu

Pendek kata...

Misi "Ga mungkin"

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The smallest word is I,

the sweetest word is LOVE

and the dearest person

in the world is U.

that's  I Love You..:)

Kata terpendek itu'ku

kata terindah itu cinta

dan orang yang tersayang di dunia ini adalah kamu

artinya, 'ku cinta kamu.

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3 - 2 = one heart praying 4 you

1 + 1= two eyes looking for you

3+2= five senses missing you.

4+3= seven days in a week i desire you.

7+5= 12 months asking God to bless you

Satu hati memujamu

dua mata mencarimu

lima indera merindukanmu

tujuh hari dalam seminggu 'ku menginginkanmu

dua belas bulan berdoa pada Tuhan agar membahagiakanmu

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Let`s share the world.

A sea is for you, and waves are for me.

The sky is for you, and stars are for me.

The sun is for you, and light is for me.

Everything is for you, and you are for me...

Mari berbagi dunia

Lautan untukmu, dan ombak untukku

Langit untukmu, dan bintang-bintang untukku

Mentari untukmu, dan cahayanya untukku

Semuanya untukmu, asal kau untukku

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If you wake up 1 day and were asked to have a wish, what would it be? Mine would be that our love would last until you see an apple in an orange tree =)

Jika kau bangun pada suatu hari dan diberikan satu permintaan, apa yang kau pinta? Kalau saya sih, semoga cinta kita berakhir sampai kau melihat pohon mangga berbuah apel.

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I finally got my past, present and future tenses correct today. I loved you. I love you. I will love you forever! :)

Akhirnya saya memahami tenses past, present dan future. Dulu aku cinta kamu, sekarang aku cinta kamu, dan nanti aku akan cinta kamu selamanya.

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I searched through books & leafed through cards; For words that would convey, what I had in my heart, but when I sat down to write, all I can write was....I Luv U

'Ku mencari di buku dan membolak-balikkan kartu untuk menemukan makna kata apa yang ada dalam hatiku; tapi setelah aku duduk dan menulis, semua yang aku tulis hanyalah 'aku cinta kamu'

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What is the difference between blood and you? Blood enters the heart and flows out but you entered the heart and stayed.

Apa perbedaan antara darah dan kamu? Darah masuk ke jantung dan mengalir keluar tapi kamu masuk ke hati dan tetap tinggal di sana..

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