My Favourite Mangas

1. Cardcaptor Sakura

the story is about a girl named Sakura kinomoto became a cardcaptor who catch clowcards. When she catch clowcards, her cousin, Tomoyo alwasy made her beautiful-weird costumes (well, thats what i think). besides Sakura, there is Lee Saoran who compete with her (but finally he became Sakura`s boyfriend heheheh, like it!!!!)

2. Darren Shan

this story is about a teenager who became a vampire in order to save his bestfriend, Steve. But unfortunately, Steve became mad, and decide to kill Darren later. Mr Crepsley is Darren`s seniors vampire that always helped him. So many wars Darren and Crepsley has joined, wheter in Scotland, the Mountain and etc (hmm, i dont read the wars yet). According to me, the saddest thing is when he left his true love, Debbie Hemlock (i just known it from one of the fans, HOW SAD!!!!)

Teaching methods

1. Audiolingual Method

At first the aim of this method only for war`s needed. This method was to build communicative competence in translators through very intensive language courses focusing on aural/oral skills.This in combination with some new ideas about language learning coming from the disciplines of descriptive linguistics and behavioral psychology went on to become what is known as the Audiolingual Method (ALM). This audiolinguaL method is thought as the effective method, because Through extensive memorization and over-learning of language patterns and forms, students and teachers were often able to see immediate results.

2. Direct Method

This techniques designed to address all the areas that the Grammar Translation did not - namely oral communication, more spontaneous use of the language, and developing the ability to think in the target language. Perhaps in an almost reflexive action, the method also moved as far away as possible from various techniques typical of the Grammar Translation Method - for instance using L1 as the language of instruction, memorizing grammatical rules and lots of translation between L1 and the target language. But this method had a problems. As Brown (1994:56) points out, "(it) did not take well in public education where the constraints of budget, classroom size, time, and teacher background made such a method difficult to use."

http://www.englishraven.com/methodology.html

Kensington Palace

Kensington Palace is a royal residence set in Kensington Gardens in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England. It has been a residence of the British Royal Family since the 17th century. Today it is the official residence of The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess of Kent and Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. Kensington Palace is also used on an unofficial basis by Prince Harry, as well as his cousin Zara Phillips. Today Kensington Palace accommodates the offices and private apartments of a number of members of the Royal Family. Although managed by Historic Royal Palaces, the Palace is furnished with items from the Royal Collection.

mekarsari park

Mekarsari park is a place where one can find the wealth of Indonesia’s fruit species gathered together in a single location. It is also intended to develop and breeding of superior varieties of fruit. Mekarsari is one of the biggest tropical fruit garden in the world. It covers total area of 265 hectares and has more than 100,000 plants which consist of 78 families, 400 species, 1,438 varieties and 37,000 trees. The late Indonesian First Lady, Tien Soeharto is a person who originated floating this idea to set up this park. Then Mekarsari Fruit Garden was built in 1991. In October 14, 1995 this park was inaugurated and officialy named as Mekarsari Fruit Garden.

The garden is intended to create a model market garden which will nurture germplasm collection representing fruit trees, vegetables, and flowering plants. The aim here is to safeguard the genetic diversity of these plants. The 264-hectare garden is conceived as a tourist attraction who will enjoy the recreational facilities which include Canal Tour, Kid’s Fun Valley, Country Side, Melon Park, Snake fruit Garden, Deer Park, and other facilities.

proclamation monument

Proclamation Monument (a.k.a Pola Building) is just located obviously in Menteng, Pegangsaan.

The tugu Proclamasi (Proclamation Monument) was laid out by the Jakarta Republic Women who organized the committee to commemorate the first anniversary of The Proclamation of Independence. The Monument was officially inaugurated by Prime Minister of the Republic Indonesia, Sutan Syahrir, on August 17,1946.

borobudur temple

The Borobudur Buddhist sanctuary, more than a thousand years old, is recognized as one of the greatest stupa and World's wonder of its kind in the world.This Buddhist temple has 1460 relief panels and 504 Buddha effigies in its complex. Millions of people are eager to visit this building as one of the World Wonder Heritages. Today, it is the center of tourist attraction in Central Java. The name Borobudur is believed to have been derived from the Sanskrit words, Vihara Buddha Uhr, meaning the Buddhist Monastery on the hill. Borobudur temple is located in Muntilan, Magelang and is about 42 kilometers from Yogyakarta city. It is the greatest Buddhist work of art existing in the world.Borobudur's architects and sculptors designed it to serve the purpose of veneration, worship and meditation, though Borobudur is not a temple as such.

Monas

The National Monument is a 433 ft (132 meter) tower in the center of Merdeka Square, Central Jakarta, symbolizing the fight for Indonesia's independence. Construction began in 1961 under the direction of President Sukarno and the monument was opened to the public in 1975. It is topped by a flame covered with gold foil. The monument and the museum is open daily from 08.00 - 15.00 Western Indonesia Time, everyday throughout the week, except for the last Monday of each month, when the monument is closed.

On the outer yard encircling the monument, on each four corners, there are high reliefs of Indonesian History. The reliefs and statues were made from molded cement, but several of these statues are already damaged and have decayed due to torrential rain and the tropical climate. Inside the base of the monument there is the Indonesian National History Museum, located three metres below the surface of the monument. It is a large marble-lined room measuring 80 x 80 metres with 48 dioramas along the walls side depicting scenes from the Indonesian history from prehistory until the New Order, plus 3 other dioramas in the center of the room, making a total of 51 dioramas.