ASEAN Webinar - Workshop on Writing a Good Essay and Journalistic Article

On the 28th of November, I listened to an ASEAN Webinar which was about Writing a Good Essay and Journalistic Article. I guess it's clear what is was about. It also told us the story of Randy Mulyanto, who is a journalist from Indonesia. He told us some tips and tricks about how to make your essay and journal better and a lot more interesting. I actually really do wanna get better at writing and stuff, so I paid extra attention to everything.

Here's what I got (๑•﹏•)

1. Research

He told us that the First Step was to do Research first. In this part, we were told to find all of the important facts about what we are going to write about. It's basically one of the most important things. 

2. Structure

Structure is also really important, you have to go in order like A-B-C, starting from 'Opening' and so on. 

3. Searching for data

It's important that when we go searching for information, we should go to famous sites, which makes sure that the information are real facts, but you should never copy and paste too. It would be better if you wrote everything in your own words, or maybe add a little bit of reference inside it.

4. Writing

Here comes the hard part. First of all, you should try to follow all the rules. If you were told to write something with 800 words, you should do that, and not send something that has around 2.000 words. If there was a mistake, you can easily rewrite it later. Just be confident and do your best here. From little bits of information, try to make it a bit longer, trust me, it helps. You should also make your words clear here, so people can easily understand what you are trying to tell them.

5. Editing

The most important thing here is that you pay attention to the grammar. Never forget to use capital letters, full stops and of course, double check and tripple check your spelling. Another good thing you should do is that you should show your writing or journal to a friend or family and ask about their opinions before submitting it. 

Basically, in short, that's it. 

I wanna thank them so much for these tips. Personally I think they were really helpful, and I feel like it could help me in the future. 

(๑•﹏•)

Cool! - Michael Morpurgo

It all started with a bright, sunny day. While Robbie was just laying in his bed, he heard his mother shout from the kitchen. "Robbie! Go take Lucky outside for a walk!" He wasted no time and quickly went outside while holding Lucky's leash.

It was fine for a bit, when Lucky suddenly went crazy and ran towards the road. Robbie tried to run after him, went suddenly everything went black.

☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ

Fast forward, Robbie was now in the hospital. He could hear and feel everything, his parents crying, his sister jumping on his bed and so on, but he couldn't see, move or talk. He wanted so bad to tell his parents not to cry and that he was feeling just fine. 

Days, weeks, months passed but Robbie never did wake up. His parents seperated, and never came together to meet him. It was only either just his mom alone, or his dad alone. 

One day, his homeroom teacher came to visit and she brought a tape with her. It was a voice recording of Robbie's classmates telling him how much they loved him and hoped that he will finally wake up, but it was no use. Robbie did feel warm and happy, but he still couldn't wake up. He wanted to wake up, he really did, but he just couldn't. 

☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ

It was getting close to Robbie's birthday and his parents organised something very special for him. The news quickly spread that Zola, a famous footballer, and Robbie's favorite player, was going to visit Robbie for his birthday. 

There was a bit of chitter chatter around Robbie's room when suddenly, a soft but stern voice said, "Hey Robbie, It's me. It's Zola. I came to see you, because I want you to wake up for your mom and dad. You want to wake up for them? For me?" 

'Yes! I want to wake up!' Cried Robbie inside. He wanted to scream, but he couldn't. The doctors said that he might be able to wake up if he touched or met something or someone he liked. Trust me, he really did adore Zola, but no one knew why he didn't wake up. Zola then said he had to go and train, which is why he left Robbie. Even so, Zola decided to bring his jersey that day and happily gave it to Robbie. 

Robbie then felt that he could talk to Stacy, his personal nurse through his head. After he got his bath with the help of Stacy, he said in his mind 'Stacy, please put Zola's jersey on me' over and over again. He was about to give up and stop when suddenly, he could feel that Stacy was changing his clothes. It worked! He shouted in his mind.

A lot of people thought of giving up, but his parents didn't. When people thought that nothing would help him wake up, his parents told him that they decided to get back together, which of course made Robbie very happy, but he still didn't wake up. 

Days passed, when Robbie's parents came to visit him again, this time with his little sister and Lucky, their pet dog. Yep, you guessed it. Lucky didn't die, I think he just got hurt a little bit. Once Lucky saw Robbie, he immediately ran and jumped on top of Robbie while licking his face with no mercy. 

Robbie was in a state of euphoria. He was so happy that Lucky didn't actually die. He tried, tried and kept trying to open his eyes, when suddenly his world wasn't just black. He could see Lucky, his parents, his little sister and even Stacy. 

It's amazing. Because of Lucky, he was able to wake up. He then remembered that Zola told him if he wakes up, he would be able to train with Zola and get free tickets to see their game. And of course Zola didn't break his promise. 

Robbie was glad to be back. ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ

☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ

In my opinion, this book is really cool. It teaches us that we shouldn't give up, cuz at the last minute, something will make everything perfect again. This book is literally so soft and cute. ( ꈍᴗꈍ) 

NARNIA: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

This story is about Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy and what happened to them when they were sent away from London. ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ

It was just a fine sunny day, when the four decided to play Hide and Seek. "Ready or not~" sang one of the four. The rest of them quickly found a place to hide and tried their best not to get caught. Lucy, the littlest, decided to hide in a wardrobe. 

A few minutes later, Lucy realized that she was standing on white snow. Honestly, she wouldn't have noticed it if it wasn't for the cold wind that angrily blew itself towards her. She shivered in coldness and finally decided to go into the forest that had snow overlaying every tree.

She went on quite a long journey before meeting a gentle fawn. The Fawn looked at her in confusion before quietly spurting out "W-wait, are you a human?" Lucy nodded slowly while confusing took over her face. "We have to get you out of here!" whispered the Fawn. Once they got to the Fawn's house, he quickly introduced himself as Tumnus. 

Tumnus then told Lucy about the Witch. The Witch was very, very evil he said. She would turn the people that went against her into stone and the moment, she was searching for a human to turn into stone for a new part of the collection. After he told Lucy about the Witch, he told her to go back to 'Human Land' by going through a portal. The portal kept moving around, but fortunately, Tumnus knew about its schedule and walked Lucy to portal.

☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ

Once Lucy stepped out of the Wardrobe, she ran into the living room panting. She then told the others about what she saw. The Forest, Mr. Tumnus and about the White Witch. 

Yea, no one belived her. They even took her to a doctor. The doctor stayed netral, he told them that of course they didn't belive Lucy, they haven't even been there! He also said that maybe in that other dimension that Lucy stated, time worked differently there. It could be days, months and even years there but it would just be a few minutes here.

So the next day, they went into the Wardrobe with Lucy. First time they did it, nothing happened and Edmund was spurting out things like "Lies" and stuff that made Lucy cry. Then the next day, they did it. They finally came to Narnia, the forest that was enveloped in snow all over. But of course, news spread quickly here in Narnia. The White Which had known that there were humans here in Narnia, so she decided to find those humans. Lucy hadn't known what the Witch looked like, so she greeted the Witch kindly. The Witch offered the four some Turkish Delights. Edmund was the one who ate most of it, to be honest. Soon enough, the Witch took a liking to him and whispered in his ear, "Would you like some more? Come to my castle tomorrow and I'll give you as much as you'd like." Edmund being Edmund, he nodded dumbly without thinking twice. 

A few moments after meeting the Witch, the four were walking around, not really having anywhere to go when suddenly an old, gentle looking beaver came stumbling towards them, saying that he was told to bring the four to his house by Tumnus so that they'd be protected. 

Mr. Beaver then took the four to his house and told them to settle in and act as if it's their own house. They didn't keep an eye for Edmund and soon realized, he was gone. As you might've guessed, yes. Edmund being hungry for Turkish Delights decided to go to the White Witch's castle but to his dismay, once he got there he didn't get any Turkish Delights. The only thing he got was getting turned into a stone with no hope of coming back to life. 

Mr. Beaver and the rest was frantically searching for Edmund, then he realized. "He must've gone to the Witch's castle." He said quietly. So yea, long story short, Mr. Beaver, Mrs. Beaver and the rest decided to quickly pack up and find another place to stay which hopefully the Witch wouldn't find. 

Once they settled in a new cozy burrow, the quickly made up a plan to go and search for Aslan, the Lion that was supposed to be the rightful king and ruler of Narnia.

They never did give up, even when there was no sign of Aslan, but once they were about to give up, he showed up. Aslan showed up right in front of them with his shining, glowing mane. They told Aslan about the Witch, the whole turning into stone thingy and the fact that Narnia was enveloped in snow all over. 

He didn't waste any time and quickly made an army. The army consisted of Angels, Horses, Giants and other things that you wouldn't belive exist. He told the White Witch to come to the round table which was located right in the middle of Narnia to have a 1 v 1 duel. The Witch got weaker as Aslan came, but she tried to seem powerful in front of everyone else. Long story short, Aslan and his army won of course. 

The Witch, of course was banned and thrown away from Narnia along with her servants. Aslan then walked around Narnia and found a table with a few beavers, squirrels and a few others that were cold stone. He wasted no time, and quickly brought them back to life. He also didn't forget to go to the castle and bring back Edmund and others such as Mr. Tumnus back to life. Santa even stopped by! He said Narnia had this weird shield that didn't let him and his reindeers go in, but after Aslan defeated the Witch, that shield thingy soon disappeared.

☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ

A few days after those events, Aslan usted the four enough and decided to make them kings, rulers od Narnia, with Peter as the high king because he cared very much about the rest of them and even went out of his way to help others in need. 

☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ

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Honestly, this was such a good book in my opinion. It made me go through a rollercoaster of emotions. I'd read this book again if I could hehe. I wish Narnia was real, it would be amazing to spend even just 1 second there.

(◠‿・)—☆

My New Headphone

Yesterday night, my dad asked what my brother wanted to buy. He gave him some choices, but it actually took my brother a really long time to choose what he wanted to buy. He even told me to come into the bedroom to help him choose but I literally did not help at all because I also didn't know what to choose for him. ヽ༼⁰o⁰；༽ノ

After he found what he wanted, that was headphones by the way, we set out right away to buy his new headphones.

We then finally arrived at a shop that sells the headphone that we wanted. We were searching for Bluetooth headphones so we could take them everywhere without the wires getting tangled all the time. 

We found one that actually changes colours and my brother was very happy about that. We tested it out, then didn't waste any time and just bought it.

After we bought it, we went to buy some food so we could eat it at home but after we got our food, I realized that that my dad was actually going back to the shop where we bought my brother's headphone. He ended up buying a headphone for meee!! ⊂(•‿•⊂ )*.✧

Thank you sooo muchh Mum and Daddd!!

Things I did During Quarantine

❝Things I did During Quarantine❞

Hey, so right now I'm gonna tell you the things I did during quarantine. 

During quarantine, my teachers have us a whole bunch of tasks to do, but I guess I managed it quite well. My family and I also had to fast during quarantine. It wasn't that bad because we just stayed at home and didn't really do anything. 

#1 ↠ Tasks

During the first week of quarantine, the teachers gave us like about 3 or more assignments in one day. These days they hardly give out any assignments, but once they do, it's quite complicated. 

One of the most memorable assignments was when I was given a choice to either sing a traditional song from Indonesia or play the pianika. That time, I chose to play the pianika and my mum recorded me. After I kinda edited the video, I sent it to my art teacher. 

A few days after that, I was scrolling through YouTube and found a video that was uploaded by my art teacher. In the thumbnail, it was my friend from another class. Me being the curious person I am, I clicked on the video and found the part of me playing the pianika halfway through the video. ┏(＾0＾)┛

#2 ↠ Fasting

Fasting started after a few weeks of quarantine. My sleep schedule is really messed up now. Honestly, I think I'm not that bad when being woken up. Once my mum tells me to wake up, then I'll just wake up. Fasting during quarantine really isn't that bad cuz as I said, we just stay at home 24/7. (ノ^_^)ノ

#3 ↠ When I'm Bored

When I'm bored during quarantine, I would either just sleep or watch videos on YouTube a.k.a watching Korean Dramas, Hehe. Is it just me or does the days go by so fast? I would just sit in front of my laptop for what seemed like just a few minutes and then it's literally time to have our iftar meal.

Oh yeah, one of my teachers have us a task to fill out a table of 21 days. Everyday, we have to read the Al-Qur'an at least once a day. Today is the 9th day.

ヘ(￣ω￣ヘ) 

Making A Video (Task) For School

A few days back, we were given a task to make a video about something like environmental pollution and other stuff. It was a group task and each group consisted of 5 people. We decided to do the project on Saturday. 

On Saturday, A.K.A the day we were supposed to do the project, it was actually raining a little bit. We all got a little wet, but that's okay. We were kinda confused as to where we should film the video, it was then my idea to go to the market. Once we were basically in the market, I asked my friend to stay at the back with me while the others walked in front of us. While we were at the back, I decided to film the part about air pollution since there was a lot of transportation there that let out a lot of smoke, like motorbikes. I filmed while walking while my friend explained about air pollution. 

After we filmed the part about air pollution and finally caught up with the others, they were basically shOok that we already finish 1 part, which is about air pollution. The video can basically be divided into 3 parts, that is air pollution, water pollution and soil pollution. 

After the air pollution, we filmed the part about water pollution. I recorded my friend explaining about water pollution. Honestly, I felt like this part took the most time, cuz my friend that was explaining about water pollution kept laughing the whole time. I literally felt like I was babysitting a bunch of kids, not gonna lie. 

After we did the water pollution part, we then filmed the last part, A.K.A the part about soil pollution. We decided to do a little drama, where I would film one of my friends throwing trash carelessly, not putting it in the trash can, then my other friend would go up to her and tell her that doing that isn't good and that it would cause soil pollution. 

After we did those 3 main parts, we filmed the intro, where we would introduce ourselves and tell what we would be doing in the video, in this case was explaining about air, water and soil pollution. 

After we filmed the intro, we filmed the outro, where we would say thanks for watching our video and so on. 

Filming the intro and outro actually took some time, cuz some of us made mistakes, some ended up laughing even before I pressed the record button, I accidentally steeped on my friend's shoe, and I also made mistakes while talking like forgetting what to say, cuz I was basically the only one talking in both the intro and outro. 

I had a lot of fun doing this project, and I'm sure the rest of my friends also had fun doing it. Fun fact, I was the one recording everything and editing the whole video, I even recorded the part where i was talking by myself, cuz I just didn't trust the others holding the camera hehe, but I don't mind filming and editing the whole thing, it was a lot of fun and I think I did a pretty good job as a cameraman and editor, hehe. But like, ngl, I feel like if I wasn't the one filming and editing everything, the video probably wouldn't be as good. 😂

Jumanji: The Next Level

Today, my mom, brother, cousin and I went to the mall to watch "Jumanji: The Next Level". The movie was very entertaining and I'm sure the others just loved it as much as I did. 

The real part started after Spencer disappeared. The others (Bethany, Martha and Fridge) guessed that he went back in the Jumanji game and they decided to go and search for him inside the game. The thing is, everyone except Bethany was sucked inside the game. The game sucked everyone, including Spencer's grandpa and his friend, Milo, except Bethany. Bethany then wen to Alex's house and asked if he could fix the game thingy and they ended up being in the game, with Bethany being a horse, but they didn't meet the others yet.

Their goal was to take retrive jewel thingy from a man called Jurgen who stole it and face that jewel to the sun which then marks that they have finished their quest and be able to go back to the real world.

 Once they were in the game (everyone except for Bethany and Alex), they were dropped of in a place where you can only see sand, sand and more sand. They walked North, and meeting an ostrich on the way. Spencer's grandpa somehow made it angry and the ostrich then brought it's friends which then chased them all, that they had to use buggy cars and jump off a cliff to lose them. 

Not long after, they arrived at a small village that was surrounded by bad people and hyenas. They then went inside something kinda like a café, and that's when they found Spencer, trying to rob someone. They had their little reunion and then realized that they needed to find a purpley fruit. They then split up, half of them trying to get the fruit while the other few tried to steal camels. 

Once they left the village, they headed to something that kinda looked like and island that had bridges on it. Once they stood on one of the bridges, out of nowhere, tons of monkey just ran over them and legit just tried to kill them all. Once they finally ran away from them, they then finally met Bethany and Alex. 

They then changed their avatars by swimming in greenish water. Not long after that, Spencer's grandpa and his friend Milo were caught. Milo was a horse. Yes. A horse. They then went after them and ended up in somewhere kinda like a mini castle that was on the side of mountain. Long story short, they all had a massive fight, and just when Jurgen (the one that had the jewel thingy) was about to run away with a balloon thingy, Spencer came aboard and uses the Jumanji berry (the purpley fruit thingy that I told you about) and uses that to make Jurgen fall to his death. Cyclone (the horse) then realized that he has wings and he flew up, high in the sky with Spencer's grandpa (named Eddie). Eddie then took the jewel from Spencer and faced it to the sun. Fogs cleared up and they finally saw the sun.

Once they were all ready to go back to the real world, Milo decided that he wants to stay. They respected him and, well, they left him.

;-;

And that's it.

That's the story.

I really liked the movieeee like for realllll thooo it had its funny parts and also sad parts. I really, really, realllllyyyyyyy loved that moooooviiieeee it was dAeBAK!!!

Trip To Dufan

A few weeks ago, my family and I went to Dufan. Dufan actually is Dunia Fantasy which mean The World Of Fantasy in English. We had a lot of fun there. We tried many of the rides and they were just soooo cooll! 

The first ride that we tried was called Ontang-Anting or you could say, Wave Swinger. It spins us around and lifts us up. It makes us feel like we are flying and floating. It was very funnn!!

The second ride that we went on was called Hysteria. The only ones that rode with me were just my 2 older cousins. My mum, auntie and my brother just waited outside. Out of nowhere, we were shot hight up in the air. At first I was soooo shook and screamed my lungs out. The ride wasn't that long but it was really fun!

My cousins and I then tried Baling Baling or you could say, The Propeller. It was just soooo extreme! I mean, you could just guess what the ride does by simply ready the name of the ride, ThE pRoPeLLeR- It spun us round and round but I really liked it, cuz it was just so amazing! 

We then went on a bunch of other rides and they were all fun, but not as extreme as the Propeller tho-

We went on something kinda like a tour but on boats or something. The first one we went on gave us a tour about different places around the world. The second one was actually an Ice Age tour or something like that. It was very cold inside it. What we didn't realize was that it had something kinda like a rollercoaster thingy and we Didn't know that because it wad just really dark. Nonetheless, it was sooo fun!!

We also went on Halilintar/Thunder. It was a rather extreme rollercoaster. We then printed a picture of us while screaming. That rollercoaster was really fun to go on!!

We then went on Arung Jeram and it was something kinda like rafting. It was vwry fun, but we all got soggy and wet! Lintang, my brother was the one that got wet the most! The queue to get on it was just so long, but it was worth it!

I had a lot of fun that day, and I hope that we can go there again! I love Dufan!

The Famous Five, Five Go On An Adventure

A few weeks back, my dad gave me a new book for my 13th birthday. It was called "The famous Five, Five Go On An Adventure".

So here's how the story went...

It all started when...

The were just chilling inside their house. Then, a visitor came to their house. It was Mrs. Layman to be specific. She told the five that she was going away, and hoped that the five would stay at her house where she lived with Wilfrid, her grandson. The five were happy to stay at her house and accompany Wilfrid.

They just didn't know that... Wilfrid was so annoying! He was very rude to the five, and basically everyone else. The five started getting used to it, and then Wilfried caught their attention while playing playing with the wild animals. He played with snakes, toads, wild rabbits and so on.

Then, they met a man named Lucas. He told the five and Wilfrid about the Whispering Island, with its hidden castle, WailingCliffs and hidden coves. The five were eager to go there and explore the island. And so, they set off to the island With a boat that they rented.

 When they were near the island, the tides were so strong, that they ended up being thrown on the the island. They ended up walking around the island, and they found the hidden castle. They didn't go in it yet, cuz they thought they should wait a day or two before going in there, not to mention the fact that their boat suddenly had disappeared. While they were sat down in a circle, their dog Timmy ran off. Not long after, they heard a loud "boom".

Timmy then emerged from the bushes. Then, they realised that Timmy had been shot. He came back with some meat that he probably took from a shed or something. Long story short, Wilfrid came to the rescue. The five were shook! Then, the five and Wilfrid went near the hidden castle and finally decided to go in. Once they went in, they saw tons of statues. Even some out of gold! They walked around the castle, but then, they got caught. 2 strong looking men came out of nowhere and just locked them up in a room. The five quickly found a way to escape, thanks to Anne. They quickly got out by going into one of the holes in the wall.

The five and Wilfrid later went back to the mainland, by using Wilfrid's boat. The five and Wilfrid became really close.

And that's it! I really liked that book! It was full of adventures and I'm livin' for it. The book was just amazing! Thank you dad for giving me that book for my birthday :)

Joker

A few weeks back, my family and I went to the cinemas to watch the Joker movie. I was really excited for this movie. All of my friends said that the movie was cool, and that made me want to watch the movie even more. 

The movie was about Joker, who once was a clown. The first scene that showed up was him holding a big yellow sign. He was using a clown outfit, probably to attract more customers. Then, some kids just came and snatched his yellow sign. He started to run after them and once he reached them, they started kicking and punching him. To be honest, I felt kinda bad for at this part. Joker was like soooo skinnnnyyyy tho- The next day, he showed up to the place where he usually meets with his friends. He told one of his friends about the incident. His friend then gave him a gun. He then took that gun everywhere he went. He went to the hospital to cheer up the kids there. Once he was jumping and dancing around, his gun fell out of his pocket. He then got fired and his friend that gave him that gun lied to his boss and said that he bought the gun from him. Long story short, he killed 3 guys on the subway, killed his mother and killed that friend of his that gave him the gun. He then made a friend. She apparently had a kid already. I guess that girl didn't know what he did. Then, the news was all about the clown killer. He had always wanted to be a comedian. He then finally got an opportunity to show up on a television show. Once he was there, he started making jokes about killing. He then shot the TV show host and everyone was dreaming their heads off. So yeah, after that, he was caught by the police. Once he was in the car, they kinda had an accident. A lot of people wore clown masks there. 2 of the guys came out and took Joker out of the car. Then like I guess people took joker as their king or something, idk.

So yeah, that was basically it. The movie was soooo cool. It had a lot of messages behind the whole movie. I'm sure my family liked the movie just as much as I did. 

My 13th Birthday

Today is my Birthdayyy!! I woke up a bit late today cuz I kinda stayed up late while using my phone, hehe. Once I woke up, mum told me to brush my teeth, wash my face and to wear a nice dress. Once I did all of that, mum took out the cake and and lit the candles. We took a ton of photos together. I couldn't contain my  excitement and asked if I could open my presents. I was realllllllyyyy shook when I saw the presents! The first present that I opened up was a BTS hoodie. I was so shookkkkkkkk. Like, I've alwayssss wanted a BTS hoodie! ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ The second present was a Bluetooth microphone. I was legit so shook when I first saw that. The next present that I opened up ended being a wallet. I heard it's from my brother (but idk actually) anyways... Thank youu! Then my brother opened up one of my present! ಠ_ಠ he showed me what it was, and it was a perfume. I really liked the fragrance. Last but not least, the green coloured present. I actually opened it last cuz I thought it was a boring one, but it was legit the best one!1!1!1! I was literally shook when I found out I got a BTS Map Of The Soul: Persona Album! Like, I was so freaked out omg. I got V and J-Hope photocards, and found out that I got a bonus photocard. A poster also came with the album. Fyi, I got the 04 Version. Then my dad came and gave my one other present. It was a watch! It was a digital watch and the best thing was that it was water resistant! I honestly love it so much! Thank you dad!!!!!

Then when I went to school, one of my friends came up to me, and gave me a wrapped up present. I eagerly opened it and inside was an EXO Don't Mess Up My Tempo era (I think¿) Poster and a bunch of NCT Dream Lomo Cards. I was sooo happyyyy! 

Thank you all soooo Muchhh ಠ‿↼

Ice Skating

A few weeks back, my family and I went to a mall. 

So, inside the mall, there was an ice skating rink. I guess I've been staring at it for some time, until my dad asked if I wanted to go inside and try it. I agreed, cuz I actually did wanna try it, even if I've never tried it before, I mean, for experience, you know?  (｡◕‿◕｡) 

When me and my brother first got inside, we felt really cold, but it was a good cold. I slipped like 127 (see what I did there¿) times, hehe. My brother ended up using a helper (I guess?) That looked like a penguin. It helped him a lot, cuz before he used that, he slipped so many times. Me and my brother then went around the rink. I saw a lot of smaller kids just skating around, and honestly, I thought they were much better than me. I also made a friend while being inside the rink. I guess she was younger than me, and was really nice. We went around the rink together. Maybe if someone else saw us, they'd think that we had known each other wayyyyy before, hehe. I could also see my mum and dad recording us from the other side. 

Honestly speaking, it was a really fun experience. I ended up getting bruises on my knee 🙃. But I'd love to go back there, and I'm sure my brother would too! 

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Making Flowers From Corn Husk

A week ago, my class was tasked to make a flower from corn husk. The thing is, we weren't taught how to. The teacher just told us to look at YouTube and follow the instructions. I don't know, I just feel like that was a weird thing.

I was kinda confused about... Everything. Then I asked my friend Vinka. She told me she was told to do the same thing, so we made the flowers together. I went to her house and we started making the flowers. We put the corn husk inside a pan and boiled it while putting some food colouring in it. Eventually, the corn husk absorbed the colour and it came out pretty well. We only did 2 colours, which was red and green.

We cut the big pieces of the corn husks and made it smaller. We then the petals one by one. We glued it together using a glue gun. Most people used a  string/thread but we thought that it would just be more complicated. We used the green coloured corn husks and glued them just under the petals so the ugly part would be hidden. We bought fake leaves and glued them on the stem which was iron. We then covered the iron by using floral tape.

I was actually proud of my flowers. It was kinda easy to make. My flowers were kinda big but I didn't mind, it looks cool anyway 

Bumi Manusia

Last week, my family and I went to the cinemas to watch 'Bumi Manusia'. The lead actor was Iqbaal Ramadhan. He used to be a member of Cowboy Junior, or CJR for short.
The movie lasted for 3 hours but it honestly wasn't that long, cuz I was so immersed in the movie.

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The movie was set back to when Indonesia was still colonized.
One day, Minke (Iqbaal) and his friend went to someone's house. Once they arrived, they met someone by nthe name of Darsam. He guards their house. Once they exchanged Hellos with someone that lived in that house, they sat on the terrace. Then, a beautiful girl came out and had a conversation with Minke. She then allowed him to come inside the house and wander around. That girl was named Annelise Malema.
They ran to the backyard and to everywhere. Just then, Annelise tripped. Minke then helped her up... Then kissed her-
UWU

They had dinner together, and that's when Ann's father came in and insulted Minke and said how he was a monkey and other stuff. Then Nyai (Ann's mother) yelled at him to stop and go to his room.

They started getting closer to eachother. Ann was always so worried about Minke. That was how Minke ended up living with them. Minke's father, however didn't really like him living and being close to their family. But I guess he got used to it(?).

Minke and Ann got married and stuff, they were in a state of euphoria. But after that, disaster struck.

In a blink of an eye, Nyai got held up at court and Ann's father died of poisoning in a club. Then it was said that Nyai was innocent. But that wasn't it.

After that happened, it led to people not believing the fact that Minke and Annelise are married.

Long story short, Ann got sent to Netherlands while Minke and Nyai weren't even allowed to escort her on her way there. They closed the gates but still, some people got in, even if they had to kill the people guarding the gates. The ending brought tears to lots of people. Minke and Nyai could only watch their Annelise being taken away from them...

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NGL, I may, OR may not have cried at the ending... Heh but when I see someone cry I just join in crying 🤣 it weirdddd.
We could learn so much from that movie. It just really cool. It has it's funny and sad parts.

MPLS/MOS

I'm in Junior High School now! School started on the 15th of July. The first three days we're MPLS/MOS (Masa Pengenalan Lingkungan Sekolah) which is basically where they tell you where everything is.

The teachers there we're so nice and they love to make jokes and tease the students. The OSIS members we're also so nice to everyone. They were like our teachers for the first 3 days.

First day
On the first day, we we're divided into groups. I was in a group called "Aloe Vera". I was in that group along with 3 more people from my primary school and I was really thankful for that. If they weren't in my group, I would look so lost tbh 🤣. Then all 250 other kids and I made a giant line. We then went all around the school and they would tell us where the girl's toilets are, they boy's toilets, the teacher's room and so on. I made some new friends that day. They're all so nice. They then taught us new songs. It was called "Mars SMP 18". Its a really catchy song and I really like it.

Second day
On the second day, it was when other students would perform acts, according to their own extracurricular. Some performed Pramuka, Taekwondo, Karate, Tari Saman and lots more. I had a lot of fun watching them perform.
After that, we were told to clean the school. We each took a plastic bottle and fill it up with water. Then we would water all the plants using that plastic bottle.

Third day
When the third day arrived, we all did something kinda like a welcome ceremony thingy. All 250 of us would sit on the carpet that was in the middle of the field. The ceremony lasted a good few hours. They even told us to sing the school's song. Good thing I memorized it, hehe. After teachers being called one by one and were told to introduce themselves, it was finally recess. I went to the canteen, which was obviously full of people wanting something to eat and drink. After recess, we were then told to make a line and we would kiss the teacher's hand. Here in Indonesia, it is a form of respect towards people that are older than you, so don't be shook if you see someone doing that! We would then high five with the OSIS members cuz we probably wouldn't be seeing as much.

Those 3 days were really fun, ngl! We got to know some parts of the school that we haven't seen before and make new friends. People there seem genuinely nice and I am very glad to be a part of that school.
I do really miss my friends from primary school, but we still chat with each other. I really hope we can still be friends and won't forget one another just because we now go to different schools.
I will always remember them 🖤

Annabelle Comes Home

A few days back, my family and I watched a movie called Annabelle Comes Home. It was a continuation of the previous movie. To be honest, my mum and my brother didn't want to watch this movie. Maybe they were scared? 👀

Plot

Judy Warren was a daughter of Lorraine and Ed Warren. She had the ability to see and sense ghosts and their presence. Her family had a room that was locked up which consisted of cursed things. The most evil thing there was Annabelle. She was a doll that was possessed. She had the most evil thoughts and intentions than the other cursed things in the room. Her parents had some business to attend to and they left her alone at home with Mary Ellen, a trusted friend and a babysitter for Judy. Mary Ellen asked if she could bring her her, Daniela too. Daniela really wanted to come because there was a lot of rumours about Judy's house.

All the drama started when Daniela came to their house. She gave Judy a pair of roller skates and told her to go outside with Mary Ellen to try them. Once they were outside, she started snooping and went into a room that had all of those cursed things and most importantly, Annabelle. She walked around and touched everything she saw. There were lots of coins, a monkey toy and other stuff. She then saw Annabelle, sitting on a rocking chair inside a glass box. She went closer...

Then she saw that Annabelle fell of her chair and her forehead touched the glass. You could say she was JungShook (Lol I just had to ok 🤣). The wanted to put her back on her chair, but to do that, she had to open the door. The door was locked and there was a sign that said

"DO NOT OPEN"

Well, she being the stubborn girl she is, she managed to find the keys and opened the glass box. After she did that, she ran out of the room, forgetting to close and lock Annabelle's sacred glass box. 

Later that night, Annabelle started unleashing other demons. Not long after, Bob, Mary Ellen's crush came to their house to ask Mary Ellen to go on a date and soon, he was attacked by the Hellhound, one of the few demons that Annabelle released, and ran in the chicken coop (this part made me laugh so hard 🤣). Mary Ellen kept getting dragged here and there, while Annabelle was in Judy's room. When Daniela went back in the room to put the keys back, she could get out and it seemed as if the door locked itself. She was stuck in the room and there was a toy monkey going after her. Luckily, she found a rather nice hiding place. She then saw a television that predicted the future. In it, it showed a bloody Daniela screaming after picking up a ringing phone. The Real Daniela then heard a phone ringing in the distance. She made her way closer to the phone, then the other girls came in, trying to stop her from answering the phone. Judy then explains that they have to put Annabelle back into the sacred glass box to let the other spirits rest. When they tried to find and take the doll, Daniela was possessed by the spirit they call 'Bride'. She was wearing a wedding dress. 

Meanwhile, Mary Ellen and Judy has successfully found the doll, after being attacked by hands coming out of a board game. Judy then turned on a projector and they saw Ed's recorded footage which helped Daniela recover. The three then put Annabelle back inside the sacred glass box and they didn't forget to close it this time. After Annabelle was locked in there, all of the other spirits stopped. The three then reunited with Bob, who managed to escape from the Hellhound's attack and was safe.

The next morning, Ed and Lorraine came home and the three told them about their struggles and asked a lot of questions. 

It was Judy's birthday, and there was no one, other than her family that was celebrating it. Then, Someone rang the doorbell. Turns out, it's Mary Ellen, Daniela, Bob and her other friends. Her bully, which was apparently Daniela's little brother came. Daniela had a talk with him and now they've made up with each other.

[THE END]

Wow!!!! The movie was just... aMaZiNg!!! It was just so thrilling and just awesome! I love Horror movies, but can't help but to get scared. 😶

Spider-Man Far From Home

Last night, we went to the cinemas to watch the new Spider-Man movie called Far From Home. It was kinda like a sequel to the previous Avengers movie. When we arrived, we still had a lot of time to spare so we went and bought waffles and went to Wings Stop. We ate a lot and soon, we were all full and went inside to watch the movie.

Plot

It was a sunny day and Peter Parker's teacher announced that they would be doing a school trip. He quickly made a plan with his friend, Ned. He would buy her a necklace and give it to her on top of the Eiffel Tower and they would kiss. UwU. Just when he was packing his things, his aunt came in his room to remind him that he should take the Spidey suit with him.

When they were all in the airplane. He saw that there was a guy called Brad and he also liked MJ. He came up with a plan so that he can sit next to her. He told Ned to lie that he has some perfume allergies. He didn't get to sit next to MJ. But MJ got to sit next to Brad! He kept spying at both of them and he couldn't sleep. 

When they arrived, they went to security check or something and he was told to open his suitcase. Once he opened it, he saw his Spidey suit that his aunt packed with a little note that said "you almost forgot this! ♥️". But that wasn't the reason that he was called. They searched his bags and saw that there was a banana. They then told him that you can't bring bananas. It was a close call.

So basically once they got there, He bought the necklace and tried to find MJ, and saw that she was with Brad. I guess he felt a little jealous. She then went over to him and they shared a short conversation.
Not long after, he could sense something wrong with the water. It soon built up and formed a giant looking water man(?). Then outta nowhere, Mysterio came and defeated that thing.

Once things were cleaned up, he went inside his room with Ned. Suddenly, Ned fell on the ground. He then saw Nick Fury sitting on a chair. Fury then said that he was dodging his calls. Fury then told Peter to come and follow him outside. He took him to a cave with lots of people in it. He then saw Mysterio and made a little conversation with him, saying that he was so cool. Fury then told him to come closer to him and gave him a pair of glasses. He told Peter that Iron Man told him to give it to him. He was still a bit confused and later went back to his room.

In the morning, he apologized on behalf of Nick Fury for shooting him. Ned then told him that it was fine and that it was an honour to be shot by Nick Fury. 

The whole class then saw that there was a bus waiting for them. He then recognized Dimitri. He was in the cave he went to last night and took him back to his hotel room.
He scanned the bus and saw that MJ was sitting with Brad. He then went and sat at the back of the bus and decided to use the glasses that Tony gave him. It came with a note that said
"To the next Iron Man, I trust you. Say "EDITH". It stands for Even Dead I'm The Hero".
He used the glasses and could see what other people were seeing. He looked over to Ned and saw that he was in a conversation with his girlfriend. He then looked over to Brad and that's when Edith said, "is Brad a target?" He then said yes, not knowing what it would do. Then, he saw a bunch of droids coming and planning to blow up the bus. He held the wheel and drove them further away so they wouldn't be shot by the droids. He quickly told Edith to turn off all of the droids.

After an hour or so, the bus came to a stop to let everyone have a 10 minute toliet break. Dimitri then told Peter to go inside a house. He then saw a girl with a black suit. The girl told him to undress and once he took of his pants, The unexpected happened. Brad walked in. He was Shook. He then took a picture of Peter and ran out. Peter ran after him and told him that it wasn't what it looked like.

They finally reached their destination and settled in at another hotel. It was much more cleaner than the last. The class were supposed to go to the Opera House, but some of them escaped and went to a festival. Those people were Ned and his girlfriend, Betty and MJ. She only wanted to see where Peter was going. Then out of nowhere, a lava monster (Monsta X✨) came out of the ground. Once (Twice✨) again, they tried to defeat the monster. They, as in Spider-Man and Mysterio. Betty didn't know it was Spider-Man, so she called him "Spider Monkey" while she and Ned were screaming for help, the monster saw them and went after them. That is when Mysterio came and helped him. Mysterio then did a sacrifice and when through the Monster's body. But he didn't die, he just suffered a rather big injury. Once that was finished, Peter and Mysterio then went to a bar. Peter then considered that Beck (Mysterio) was a worthy leader and gave him EDITH.

He then realised he made a mistake by giving Beck EDITH. Beck was just faking everything. He claimed that the Elementals (the monsters) killed his world and his family. Peter then went to Berlin to meet with Nick Fury. Little did he know, Beck came after him. They then had a massive fight. But it was just illusions. Then, he saw Beck laying lifelessly on the ground. Just when he thought it was done, he got shot again. It was just an illusion. When the Real Beck was getting closer to Nick Fury, he was shot down. He fell and landed near Spider-Man. He then told Peter how he was worthy of Edith and just when he almost gave the glasses to Peter, Peter then held the Real Beck's hand and Continously hit him until he died. The Real Beck has Died!1!1!

It was now night time and when he came back to hotel room, he asked MJ to come outside and decided to tell her about his feelings towards her. She then showed him the flower necklace that was a bit broken now. Well, Peter's plan didn't entirely work as he wanted, but at least MJ is his girlfriend and he got that kiss he wanted. Now, MJ and Ned along with a few other people now that he is Spider-Man.

[THE END]

The movie was just amazing! It had it's funny parts and sad parts.
R.I.P Iron Man
I could tell Lintang really liked the movie, judging by the way his eyes shone up once we talked about Spider-Man. He loves Spider-Man so much. He has a ton of Spider-Man figurines.

USBN Score

A few days back, the teachers gave us a letter which had the USBN score on it. That small letter tells us if we passed. And guess whatttt...?
I passed!

Before they announced it, my friends were all so nervous, I mean, I totally understand. If you didn't pass, you would have to stay at 6th grade again. I would be so embarrassed to stay back in 6th grade again. It's a nightmare. The 5th graders that would be in 6th grade would definitely make fun of the people staying in 6th grade.

But the good thing is... Everyone passed! I got more than 27 as my USBN Score. I'm kinda satisfied with it. I am now thinking of which Junior High School I should go to. I still can't believe that I'm gonna part ways with all the teacher and all of my friends. I'm gonna miss them all so much! :)

Goodbye/Farewell Event

On Thursday, 20 June 2019 our school did a farewell event for the 6th graders (me). We all got to share our talents, whether it be singin, dancing and so on. 

It started when the Kindergartens did a marching band on the stage. It was so cool! I and my friend Aura (not sorry for mentioning your name lol) did something... Quite different I could say. While everyone was doing traditional things. We did something more modern. We danced BLACKPINK'S KILL THIS LOVE. But we were scheduled to go up at 12PM while the event started at 7:30AM so we had to wait for hours. But during those hours, we practiced again and again (JYP, 2PM?). I guess I wasn't that nervous cause we already did it yesterday. We performed in front of the school but there wasn't any parents there and most of the school were also not there. We also practiced in front of my other friends and they said that it was definitely better than the one we did yesterday. Aura kept saying that I needed more power and to be honest, I was kinda annoyed. (I gotta be truthful, right?)

We went up on the stage and all my nervousness just vanished into thin air. We delivered a pretty good performance, judging by the way that everyone was cheering for us. They cheered the most when we did the Blackpink dance. The feeling was... Amazing everyone cheering for you, the loud music. I honestly loved it. And if there was any other opportunities to do it again, I would definitely do take it and do it again! I feel like I'm addicted to this feeling.

After that, we sang a few songs on stage, but this time, it was more kinda like a group. We then kissed our teacher's hands. I thought that I wouldn't cry, and just when I saw some of the teachers crying, I joined. I mean, just thinking about the fact that you're gonna leave your beloved teachers and be on your way just makes me feel sad. All the 6th graders then all huddled up in a corner, crying their hearts out. Some of the boys were making fun of us crying, then we saw that they also cried too!
After that, we took photos with everyone and the teachers.

I will definitely remember this day.

I'm gonna miss all of my friends and teachers so much! I love you all!

• Also why does Namjoon keep cutting onions near me?

Only BTS ARMYs will understand :)

I'm the one on the left :) uwu

Trip to Kota Tua

Today my family and I went to Kota Tua. Once we got there, the place was pAcKeD. There was so many people just running here and there. Before we did anything, we sat down and ate first. My mum, my brother and I ate chicken noodles while my dad ate meatballs.

We came a little bit closer to the buildings and took so many photos here and there. Basically everytime we went past a cool looking thing, we would take a picture. There was lots of public attractions here and there. There was a guy that looked like he was floating (I know he does that) and there was also a guy that was all in silver and he carried a gun. Basically we take pictures with him while holding up signs. We came at 5 something and not long after that, it was kinda dark. I then got my hand painted by henna (kinda like nail polish but you can also draw on your hand with it). I chose a cool looking pattern and it came out 'just right!' (Got7) While that was happening, my dad and my brother disappeared, only to come back with Lintang (my brother) showing off his bracelet which had his name carved on it.  Dad asked if I wanted one. And of course, I said yes, I mean, who would say no? Hehe XD When I got to the place where they bought that, I saw that they also had rings too. Dad asked again, but tgis tine he asked if I wanted a ring or bracelet. Then he added "or do you want both?" And of course, me being me, I said both XD I was asked what I wanted carved on my ring and bracelet. The one who decided what was going to be carved. So in the end, It was carved as 'Elok BTS'. Oh I just luv BTS, I mean, if you don't, then you're missing out on all of the funnn!! I also stan a whole bunch of groups other than BTS too. (Getting sidetracked lol) After that we saw a guy that does sketches. I wanted to try and do it. I had to stay still for a few minutes + Lintang just being annoying (in a funny way). Once it was done and when we we're just about to go, a girl asked me "can I see your face?" She probably wanted to see the similarities between the real me (phone¿) And the sketch. I then heard them mumble about how it looks just the same. I quite liked it, actually.

Today was just amazing. I had a lot of fun and I'm sure everyone else did too. Loving this day 4ever!