Senin, 16 Maret 2015

A Silent Woman



She walked amid the crowd of people who are in the market. It was seen there are some people who talk about the woman, one of them said, “Look at that woman, she’s white and beautiful but unfortunately he had an unhealthy body that is fat”. They laughed out loud when talking about the beautiful woman. On the other hand, the woman looks with confidence to walk and spread smiles to everyone around her. Due to the nature friendly and polite that she had, a lot of people who love and appreciate her. She’s also a very hardworking woman. When she went home, she was not to rest directly. She did other chores such as sweeping, mopping, washing dishes, washing clothes, and helped her mother to cook.
After completing the homework, time for her to relax while watching her favorite tv shows that is cartoon. Because the fun watching, she did not know that her mother called her to make tea. It made her upset, angry and approached Yuanita by saying, “You are already 25 years old, but you still watching a cartoon, until I called and you didn’t heard,” turning off the TV is being watched Yuanita. She just looked down and apologized to her mother. “You are already adult but you never willing to change your bad behaviour, well you have to make a tea for me now”, said her mother. Yuanita replied, “Yes Mom” ??as hse walked into the kitchen.
The incident made Yuanita sad and upset with her mother. Because she never gave enough time to watch her favorite cartoon. She then went to the room with a scowl, her friendly smile was gone instantly, and the tears wet in her white cheeks. In her grief, she recalled the same incident a few years ago. At that time, Yuanita already developing strategies to regulate some of the activities that should she do to be able to watch her favorite cartoon. All things already well at the begin. But when 30 minutes after the cartoon began, her mother told Yuanita to help her who was cooking. Yuanita which is cool to watch tv ignores her mother’s orders, because she had completed all homework which she is responsible. It made her angry and turned off the tv being watched Yuanita. She was forced to obey orders to help her mother cook in the kitchen. Because if not, she will get mad and totally forbidden to watch her favorite cartoon. The incident is still happening until now the cause Yuanita lamenting his bad luck. Just to watch the cartoon was difficult and full of struggle.
Christy was the younger sister Yuanita. She’s 5 years younger than her sister. She has a slender body where it is different from the body of her sister. Christy always get whatever she wants from her parents quickly and without the sacrifices. She also could do whatever she wanted without any restrictions whatsoever from her mother. Therefore, Yuanita felt that her mother treated her differently and unfairly. However, she just could silence her mother’s response to all treatments. Because she’s not chatty like her young sister who always say what she thinks. All the events that make Yuanita a quiet woman, aloof, and closed.
When Yuanita was study, she lived with his uncle. She is free from the shackles of her mother who always gave this command and that command. She can do whatever she wants. She was able to watch cartoon as much without her mother’s know. This she did about 4.5 years. In college, she began a relationship with a man, john, from other campuses are 1 year older than her. He has worked in a factory as a laborer. He has a very strong religious knowledge and understand the unseen. Because of his knowledge, he did bad things, witchcraft, against Yuanita and the purpose is to draining Yuanita’s family money. However, what John did, it is out of Yuanita’s know. Time after time, Yuanita’s money owned by john used up to pay the rent, pay for motorcycle loans, pay debts, and others. And she did not feel that strange things. Because Yuanita loved him, she did whatever John asked without her parent’s knowing it.
After graduating, she began working and living back with her mother. Over time, Miss Alya started treating Yuanita well. She could do anything and watch cartoon as much time not only at her uncle’s house but also her parents’ house. Yuanita very pleased with the change in attitude from her mother. However, hse still remains closed to her family especially Miss Alya.
After a while, Miss Alya is getting treated yuanita very well. She often buys gold jewelry to decorate Yuanita’s body to make it look more attractive and elegant. However, every time Miss Alya told Yuanita buy gold jewelry, gold jewelry as often as it is also missing. Yuanita always give the reason that gold jewelry is lost on the road when Miss Alya asked. She also often took the money without their parents’ knowing it. Because of these, Miss Alya started to suspect something was wrong with her ??son. She began to investigate how Yuanita’s life outside the home. Because of her perseverance, she can find out what happened to her son. Miss Alya told her son not to touch with John. Yuanita agreed and was not related to John at the time. But, a few days later her gold jewelry was missing again and make her mother angry and upset. So Miss Alya initiatives her son to go to the chaplain and the paranormal to heal her son. However, it can not change the bad habits of her who always took the money and gave her jewelry to John. Miss Alya was surrendered to sensitize heal of Yuanita that do not heal. Seeing that her mother was seriously ill, Yuanita realized and began to change her bad behaviour.
Several years later, Yuanita met a handsome man, a white, hard-working, and good. The man named Michael. Yuanita undemonstrative love him. After a long acquaintance, Michael apparently harbored the same taste with Yuanita. He was applying for and invite Yuanita to get married. They lives happy ever after.

 NAMA : LYDIA MANURUNG
NPM :  24211183

tulisan softskill



Nama : Lydia Manurung

NPM : 24211183

A DAY WITH NEW FRIEND

This is her first day come to Fendi’s home, her classmates. Clarissa came to Fendi’s home for doing group tasks. Before, Clarissa was never close with Fendi at school. She think Fendi is very naughty.
Clarissa was greeted by Fendi’s mother in front of his house.
“Good afternoon, Ma’am. I am Clarissa, Fendi’s classmates. I will be here for doing group tasks from school.” said Clarissa.
“Welcome here, Clarissa. Fendi, prepare your books and completed your tasks! Clarissa, follow me! I’ll show you a place to learn.” say Fendi’s mother.
“Okay, Ma’am!” Clarissa reply.
Fendi’s mother showed Clarissa place to study groups. Can you guess, where they learn? In the kitchen, at the dinner table. It’s real, no kidding. Fendi also looked surprised.
“Ha? In here, Mom?” Fendi asked.
Fendi’s mother reply, “Yes! Let’s go doing your group tasks!”
Clarissa and Fendi sit when Fendi’s mother went.
“I’m sorry, Clarissa. I don’t know we will learn in here.” said Fendi guilty.
“Don’t worry, Fendi. As long as you are not naughty, I will forgive you.” Clarissa reply.
Fendi suprised, “Really?! Ok, i will change to be better!”
Clarissa smile and they will completed doing group tasks.
An hour passed. Clarissa and Fendi was tired.
Suddenly, came the cockroach at the dinner table. Clarissa screamed in terror. he never had a bad thing about cockroaches.
“Are you scared of cockroaches?” asked Fendi.
Clarissa nodded, “Fendi! throw away the cockroach!”
Fendi holding the cockroach and scare Clarissa. Clarissa screamed.
“Fendi! You lie, huh? You promised not naughty again, right?” asked Clarissa fears.
Fendi answered, “I’m sorry.. I, uh .. Actually i’ll throw away the cockroach.
“Fiddlesticks! Let’s throw away! I don’t want to see cockroach again!”
After Fendy throw away the cockroach, they continued doing group tasks.
A few hours later … they had completed the task of the school. Clarissa say goodbye to each other.
“Goodbye, Fendi!”
“Goodbye, Clarissa! I promised. I’ll be better. I’m glad to have a friend like you”
Clarissa smile again.

cinderella - Beauty and the Beast



Nama : Lydia Manurung
Npm : 24211183 
cinderella - Beauty and the Beast

Once upon a time as a merchant set off for market, he asked each of his three daughters what she would like as a present on his return. The first daughter wanted a brocade dress, the second a pearl necklace, but the third, whose name was Beauty, the youngest, prettiest and sweetest of them all, said to her father:  
 "All I'd like is a rose you've picked specially for me!"   

When the merchant had finished his business, he set off for home. However, a sudden storm blew up, and his horse could hardly make headway in the howling gale. Cold and weary, the merchant had lost all hope of reaching an inn when he suddenly noticed a bright light shining in the middle of a wood. As he drew near, he saw that it was a castle, bathed in light.   
"I hope I'll find shelter there for the night," he said to himself. 

When he reached the door, he saw it was open, but though he shouted, nobody came to greet him. Plucking up courage, he went inside, still calling out to attract attention. On a table in the main hall, a splendid dinner lay already served. The merchant lingered, still shouting for the owner of the castle. But no one came, and so the starving merchant sat down to a hearty meal.
Overcome by curiosity, he ventured upstairs, where the corridor led into magnificent rooms and halls. A fire crackled in the first room and a soft bed looked very inviting. It was now late, and the merchant could not resist. He lay down on the bed and fell fast asleep. 

When he woke next morning, an unknown hand had placed a mug of steaming coffee and some fruit by his bedside.  The merchant had breakfast and after tidying himself up, went downstairs to thank his generous host. But, as on the evening before, there was nobody in sight. Shaking his head in wonder at the strangeness of it all, he went towards the garden where he had left his horse, tethered to a tree. 

Suddenly, a large rose bush caught his eye.  Remembering his promise to Beauty, he bent down to pick a rose. Instantly, out of the rose garden, sprang a horrible beast, wearing splendid clothes. Two bloodshot eyes, gleaming angrily, glared at him and a deep, terrifying voice growled: 

"Ungrateful man! I gave you shelter, you ate at my table and slept in my own bed, but now all the thanks I get is the theft of my favorite flowers! I shall put you to death for this slight!" 

Trembling with fear, the merchant fell on his knees before the Beast.  "Forgive me! Forgive me! Don't kill me! I'll do anything you say! The rose wasn't for me, it was for my daughter Beauty. I promised to bring her back a rose from my journey!" 

The Beast dropped the paw it had clamped on the unhappy merchant.   

"I shall spare your life, but on one condition, that you bring me your daughter!" The terror-stricken merchant, faced with certain death if he did not obey, promised that he would do so. When he reached home in tears, his three daughters ran to greet him. After he had told them of his dreadful adventure, Beauty put his mind at rest immediately.

"Dear father, I'd do anything for you! Don't worry, you'll be able to keep your promise and save your life! Take me to the castle. I'll stay there in your place!" The merchant hugged his daughter.  

"I never did doubt your love for me. For the moment I can only thank you for saving my life." So Beauty was led to the castle. The Beast, however, had quite an unexpected greeting for the girl. Instead of menacing doom as it had done with her father, it was surprisingly pleasant.  
In the beginning, Beauty was frightened of the Beast, and shuddered at the sight of it. Then she found that, in spite of the monster's awful head, her horror of it was gradually fading as time went by. 

She had one of the finest rooms in the Castle, and sat for hours, embroidering in front of the fire. And the Beast would sit, for hours on end, only a short distance away, silently gazing at her. Then it started to say a few kind words, till in the end, Beauty was amazed to discover that she was actually enjoying its conversation. The days passed, and Beauty and the Beast became good friends. 

Then one day, the Beast asked the girl to be his wife.  Taken by surprise, Beauty did not know what to say. Marry such an ugly monster? She would rather die! But she did not want to  hurt the feelings of one who, after all, had been kind to her. And she remembered too that she owed it her own life as well as her father's.   

"I really can't say yes," she began shakily. "I'd so much like to..." The Beast interrupted her with an abrupt gesture.   

"I quite understand! And I'm not offended by your refusal!" Life went on as usual, and nothing further was said. 

One day, the Beast presented Beauty with a magnificent magic mirror. When Beauty peeped into it, she could see her family, far away.   

"You won't feel so lonely now," were the words that accompanied the gift. Beauty stared for hours at her distant family. Then she began to feel worried. One day, the Beast found her weeping beside the magic mirror.   

"What's wrong?" he asked, kindly as always.               

"My father is gravely ill and close to dying! Oh, how I wish I could see him again, before it's too late!" But the Beast only shook its head.  "No! You will never leave this castle!" And off it stalked in a rage. 

However, a little later, it returned and spoke solemnly to the girl.  

"If you swear that you will return here in seven days time, I'll let you go and visit your father!" Beauty threw herself at the Beast's feet in delight.  "I swear! I swear I will! How kind you are! You've made a loving daughter so happy!" In reality, the merchant had fallen ill from a broken heart at knowing his daughter was being kept prisoner. When he embraced her again, he was soon on the road to recovery. 

Beauty stayed beside him for hours on end, describing her life at the Castle, and explaining that the Beast was really good and kind. The days flashed past, and at last the merchant was able to leave his bed. He was completely well again. Beauty was happy at last. However, she had failed to notice that seven days had gone by.  Then one night she woke from a terrible nightmare. She had dreamt that the Beast was dying and calling for her, twisting in agony.   

"Come back! Come back to me!" it was pleading. The solemn  promise she had made drove her to leave home immediately.  "Hurry! Hurry, good horse!" she said, whipping her steed onwards towards the castle, afraid that she might arrive too late. She rushed up the stairs, calling, but there was no reply. Her heart in her mouth, Beauty ran into the garden and there crouched the Beast, its eyes shut, as though dead. Beauty threw herself at it and hugged it tightly.  

"Don't die! Don't die! I'll marry you . . ." At these words, a miracle took place. The Beast's ugly snout turned magically into the face of a handsome young man.  "How I've been longing for this moment!" he said. "I was suffering in silence, and couldn't tell my frightful secret. An evil witch turned me into a monster and only the love of a maiden willing to accept me as I was, could transform me back into my real self. My dearest! I'll be so happy if you'll marry me."  The wedding took place shortly after and, from that day on, the young Prince would have nothing but roses in his gardens. And that's why, to this day, the castle is known as the Castle of the Rose.

Toefl

Nama : Lydia Manurung

NPM : 24211183



TOEFL

TOEFL adalah singkatan dari Test of English as a Foreign Language. TOEFL merupakan sebuah tes bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa asing yang digunakan sebagai alat untuk mengukur kemampuan seseorang sampai sejauh mana kemampuan bahasa Inggrisnya. Ada empat kemampuan yang diukur, yakni Listening Comprehension (pemahaman dalam mendengarkan), Structure and Written Expression (pemahaman struktur dan ungkapan), Reading Comprehension (pemahaman membaca), dan Writing Comprehension (pemahaman menulis).

Ada tiga macam jenis TOEFL, yaitu Paper Based Test (PBT), Computer Based Test (CBT), dan Internet Based Test (IBT). Model PBT adalah model yang paling banyak digunakan di Indonesia, yaitu model yang pengerjaannya memerlukan kertas dan pensil. Rentang skor dalam model ini antara 310-677. Model CBT adalah model yang pengerjaannya memerlukan komputer sebagai alat bantu. Dalam model ini juga disertai video dalam Listening Comprehension sehingga Anda dapat lebih memahami arah pembicaraannya. Rentang skor dalam model ini antara 0-300. Sedangkan Model IBT adalah model yang pengerjaannya memerlukan koneksi internet dan model ini paling banyak digunakan secara global.

Jenis-jenis Toefl :

  •  Jenis TOEFL yang pertama adalah PBT. PBT adalah singkatan dari Paper Based Test. Seperti namanya, tes ini dilakukan di atas kertas. Tes ini terdiri atas tiga sesi ujian, yaitu untuk mengukur kemampuan Listening, Structure, dan Reading. Tes ini memiliki skor terendah 310 dan skor tertinggi 677. Waktu yang diberikan untuk menyelesaikan tes berkisar 2 - 2,5 jam. Saat ini sudah jarang instansi internasional yang menggunakan PBT, namun untuk instansi nasional masih menggunakannya. 
  •    Jenis TOEFL yang kedua adalah CBT. CBT adalah singkatan dari Computer Based Test. Seperti namanya, tes ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan media komputer. Komputer yang digunakan untuk melakukan ujian biasanya sudah di pasang perangkat lunak resmi dari ETS (Educational Testing Service). Tes ini terdiri atas empat sesi ujian, yaitu untuk mengukur kemampuan Listening, Structure, Reading, dan Writing. Tes ini memiliki skor terendah 0 dan tertinggi 330. Waktu yang diberikan untuk menyelesaikan tes berkisar 2- 2,5 jam. 
  •   Jenis TOEFL yang ketiga adalah IBT. IBT adalah singkatan dari Internet Based Test. Seperti namanya, tes ini dilakukan dengan mengandalkan koneksi internet. Walaupun sama-sama menggunakan komputer seperti CBT, namun IBT tidak membutuhkan pemasangan perangkat lunak pada komputer. Artinya tes akan dilakukan secara online. Sesi yang ada dalam tes ini sama seperti CBT dengan skor terendahnya 0 dan skor tertinggi 120. Waktu yang diberikan untuk menyelesaikan tes berlangsung selama 4 jam. Jenis tes inilah yang paling banyak digunakan dan diakui secara global.


Secara umum, soal TOEFL terdiri dari tiga bagian (section) dengan 150 pertanyaan. Adapun urutan pengerjaanya selalu dimulai dengan Listening Comprehension yang terdiri dari 50 soal dan dibagi dalam tiga bagian (part) A, B, dan C dengan waktu pengerjaannya kurang lebih 40 menit. Kemudian Structure and Written Expression yang terdiri dari 40 soal dan dibagi dalam dua bagian (part) A dan B dengan waktu pengerjaannya kurang lebih 25 menit. Dan yang ketiga Reading Comprehension terdiri dari 50 soal dengan waktu pengerjaannya kurang lebih 55 menit. Sementara apabila ada Written Comprehension, Anda akan diminta untuk menulis esai pendek yang terdiri dari 1 soal dengan waktu pengerjaannya kurang lebih 30 menit.
Sejak tahun 1998, tes TOEFL ini diadakan secara online dengan menggunakan komputer (Computer-based Testing/CBT), dan sejak tahun 2005 disebut iBT (Internet-based Test). Di tempat-tempat yang belum bisa melaksanakan CBT atau iBT (karena belum ada fasilitas komputer dan jaringan internetnya), ujian TOEFL ini masih tetap diadakan secara manual menggunakan kertas dan potlot (paper-based test atau PBT). Informasi lebih lengkap tentang tes CBT dan paper-based TOEFL berkaitan dengan pendaftaran, lokasi penyelenggaraan, biaya, dan bahan-bahan persiapan tes dapat dilihat di situs resmi TOEFL, (hasil ujian TOEFL versi CBT mempunyai nilai berkisar antara 0 sampai 300, sementara nilai untuk iBT adalah dari 0 sampai 120).
Akhir-akhir ini penyelenggara tes TOEFL juga mengadakan jenis tes TWE (Test of Written English) yang hasil nilainya terpisah dari nilai tes TOEFL. Tes ini memakan waktu selama 30 menit, dan peserta akan diminta untuk m enuliskan karangan singkat yang menggambarkan mengenai kemampuan peserta untuk mengekspresikan dan menuangkan suatu gagasan atau ide, serta mendukung gagasan itu dengan contoh-contoh yang terdapat dalam kehidupan sehari-hari dengan menggunakan bahasa Inggris yang standar. Bila TWE (Test of Written English) termasuk bagian yang diujikan, biasanya tes ini dilaksanakan sebelum ujian Listening Comprehension.
Sumber : Irham Ali Saifuddin, dkk (2006). Buku Pintar Toefl. Yogyakarta: DIVA Press. hlm. 20.
Hary Gunarto dan Paramita Puspitasari, Kuliah Sambil Kerja di Negeri Kanguru, Penerbit Andi Offset, Yogyakarta, 2005