“Literasi” Mantra Ampuh Untuk Menaklukkan Dunia!

“Literasi” Mantra Ampuh Untuk Menaklukkan Dunia!

by: Friska Maulani Dewi

Akhir-akhir ini, kata “literasi” semakin populer di kalangan masyarakat Indonesia.  Setidaknya mungkin lebih populer bila dibandingkan dengan tahun-tahun sebelum era globalisasi seperti sekarang ini.  Pada era ini, dimana teknologi tinggi merajalela dan menguasai segala aspek kehidupan, membuat “literasi” menjadi trending topik yang sering dibahas oleh banyak orang.  Bagaimana tidak? Literasi itulah yang menjadi “mantra pokok” yang harus dikuasai bagi para “penyihir-penyihir” (baca: orang-orang sukses) di era yang serba canggih ini.

Speaking Truth Makes Howard Zinn as The One and Only Mutilator of American History

Speaking Truth Makes Howard Zinn as The One and Only Mutilator of American History

(author: Friska Maulani Dewi)

INTRODUCTION

This paper offers a critical on one of the article that he wrote entitled Speaking Truth to Power with Book. There are some points that I agree and disagree with Howard Zinn’s perspective in his writing, especially in his article entitled Speaking Truth to Power with Book.  Nevertheless, you may as well know before you going on, that in this paper I will not only focus with his article, but also with Howard Zinn as whole and his powerful thought and-of course- his works.  Well, I just try to clearly exposed my preview from the very beginning as well as Zinn’s did on his phenomenal book entitled A People’s History of The United States.

Howard Zinn; The One and Only Mutilator of American History

Howard Zinn; The One and Only Mutilator of American History

(author: Friska Maulani Dewi)

 

Howard Zinn is a crazy American historian who changed conciousness of many people in this world.  If you had read his book entitled A People’s History of The United States you will know why I call him a crazy historian.  He is the one and only who amazingly reveals the history of his own country with 180 degrees totally different with another historian.

Fakta-fakta Terselubung yang Terungkap Melalui Buku

Fakta-fakta Terselubung yang Terungkap Melalui Buku

(by : Friska Maulani Dewi)

Pernahkah Anda berpikir tentang pengaruh yang ditimbulkan membaca terhadap kehidupan Anda?  Apa manfaat dari buku terhadap kelangsungan hidup Anda?  Mengapa Anda membaca?  Jawabannya mungkin akan beranekaragam karena pola pikir seseorang terhadap suatu hal akan berbeda satu sama lainnya.  Jawaban yang beranekaragam tersebut setidaknya lebih baik dari pada orang-orang yang tidak bisa menjawab pertanyaan sederhana tersebut.  Pasalnya, ternyata masih banyak orang-orang yang pintar tapi bodoh di dunia ini.  Masih banyak orang yang bisa melihat dengan jelas namun bertindak seperti layaknya orang buta.

“Kerukunan Beragama” Apakah Hanya Sekedar Wacana Belaka?

“Kerukunan Beragama” Apakah Hanya Sekedar Wacana Belaka?

(by : Friska Maulani Dewi)

 “Kerukunan” setiap orang di dunia ini pasti mendambakan hal ini dapat terwujud di kehidupan mereka sehari-hari.  Seperti juga halnya rakyat Indonesia.  Siapa di dunia ini yang tidak mendambakan kehidupan yang rukun?  Adakah orang yang merasa senang dengan perpecahan dan kehancuran?  Siapa yang ingin setiap hari di hidupnya dihadapkan dengan perang yang bisa merenggut nyawa orang-orang yang kita sayangi?  Jika anda masih tergolong orang dengan pemikiran waras dan mampu berpikir secara sehat dan benar, anda pasti tidak akan menyukai perang yang bisa menyebabkan perpecahan dan kehancuran.  Lalu bagaimana caranya agar tidak terjadi perang dan kerusuhan-kerusuhan tersebut?  Jawabannya jelas kita harus memelihara kerukunan agar tercipta kehidupan yang nyaman, aman, tentram dan damai.

1st Appetizer Essay: “Hubungan Misterius” Antara Membaca & Menulis

1^st Appetizer Essay

“Hubungan Misterius” Antara Membaca & Menulis

by: Friska Maulani Dewi

Menulis sangatlah penting untuk dilakukan setiap orang.  Dengan menulis seseorang bisa melakukan komunikasi dengan orang lain melalui media yang berupa bahasa tulis.  Bahkan Ahmadi (1990) mendefinisikan “Menulis merupakan suatu perbuatan atau kegiatan komunikatif antara si penulis dan si pembaca.” (Lia, 2007).  Menulis sendiri dibagi menjadi beberapa jenis, seperti menulis surat, menulis karangan ataupun menulis karya ilmiah.

I just wanna say "I really miss you" and "Happy Birthday" T.T

mungkin postingan ini agak sedikit cengeng...
tapi inilah yg aku rasakan saat ini T.T


well, kita mulai...

Cuma Corat-Coret

Hallooooo Assalamualaikum Wr.Wb ^^ *lambain tangan ala Miss World*
Annyeonghaseyoo yeoreobun *bungkukin badan 90derajat*

ketemu lagi deh sama aku!

Comparison and Contrast Essay : Two New Friends of My Holiday

Comparison and Contrast Essay

Two New Friends of My Holiday

Author : Friska Maulani Dewi

            I enjoy spending my holiday time by stay at my home sweet home. I like doing something outside the home too, but last holiday I just stay at my home. I like reading to spend my holiday time, especially reading some novels. I read two novels in my last holiday. Both of these novels have similarities and differences. Here I like to compare and contrast those two novels.

Opinion Essay : Nobody is Perfect

Nobody is Perfect
Author : Friska Maulani Dewi

Nobody is perfect in this world. Everyone makes mistake. Making mistake is a part of human nature. They all want to be a perfectionist and want to do everything perfectly, but everyone makes mistake or do something wrong in their life. This is also happen with student of college. They all can not escape from making some mistakes. One of the common mistakes which made by student of college is lazy to study.

Narrative Essay : My Regrets

My Regrets
Author : Friska Maulani Dewi

Turning back the time, maybe this is one of the impossible things to do in this world. Most of people dreamed that they could make a Time Machine and go back to certain times to correct the mistakes that they ever did. Yes, I know that no one can turn back time, but I hope I can do it. I just want to do something that I could not do in the past. Then, when my friend asked me, “If you could turn back time, when you will be? And what will you do at that time?”. Unconsciously, I directly answered that question, “I want to go back to December 2011”.

Descriptive Essay : My Grandmother’s House

Descriptive Essay

My Grandmother’s House
Author : Friska Maulani Dewi

Everyone has a special place, a place where people can find happiness, be themselves and feel of peace. This special place perhaps is a place where people have a dream to go for holiday and become a tourist destination. Nevertheless, not for me. My favorite place in this world is my grandmother’s house.

Recount Text : When I Tried to be A Writer

When I Tried to be A Writer

Author : Friska Maulani Dewi 

            Cirebon, April 2^nd 2013 at 11.00 a.m.  I locked myself in my room.  I just sit there on my blue chair for a long time (until 03.00 p.m.), trying to figure out what to write in my task for my midterm test.  And I had nothing to write in my story.  Great!  I frustrated.  Well, actually I didn’t really like writing.  But lately, I should write.  As a freshman of English majors, like it or not I have to write frequently.  Moreover, lately in writing courses, Mr. Lala always assigned us to write.  Such as: writing class review, response text, narrative text, and perhaps in the future will be more and more kinds of the text that I will learn and write it.

            This is my experiences when I did my writing task.  Perhaps at the first, I disparaged of my writing task.  At the first, I always think that to do my writing task, I just write anything what I thought.  However, it was wrong.  Actually, to do my writing task was not easily and simply like that.  Many incidents that I had while I did my writing task.

            Like I said before, I didn’t really like writing.  Writing was not my passion.  I like reading better than writing.  That’s why reading became one of the my hobbies.  Yeah, although most of the books which I read were novels and comics than the books of history and philosophy, but I do love reading.

            Based on my aversion of writing, at first I did my writing task with not earnestly.  The result was very disappointing me.  My first writing task’s score only 66.  Then, this is what motivated me to be more and more serious and sincere to do my writing task.  I don’t want to get bad scores again.

            It turned out, it was really not easy to did my writing task.  I found a lot of difficulties in the process of writing task.  Such as: I didn’t know to get started,  I often found the difficulty to determine the theme which will be appointed in my writing task, I didn’t know to begin the first line, what the tittle of my text, was my sentences connected each other and of course I confused how to make a good ending of my text. This what made me frustrated when I had writing task.

            Like when I composed my midterm test.  Mr. Lala gave us task to write another story of Little Red Riding Hood.  Yeah, we should make another version story.  Oh my God! I didn’t know how to make another version of Little Red Riding Hood.  I’m not a writer.  What should I do?  I really want to cry.  I really didn’t know how to do my midterm test.  But, I remembered what my Mum and Dad said to me, “Don’t give up, Friska! You can do it! Keep fighting!”  Unfortunately, I didn’t adjust myself to writing.  Certainly, it made me difficult to determine the theme of story and how to get started my writing task.

            Then, I was looking for the information of writing in internet. I also read some of versions of Little Red Riding Hood.  I just know it that this story has many versions.  And it was all because of the task which Mr. Lala assigned (well, I still have to admitted this).  Little by little, I found the way to start my writing.  However, new problems were arises.  How was the plot of my story?  Will the story that I write was connected?  And how about the ending of story?  How to make a good ending of my Little Red Riding Hood story?  Goodness!  I had a headache!  It was like a thousand hammers beating my head.  It felt like my head want to burst.  Even in sometimes ago when I was working on my writing task, in addition that I got a headache, I also had stomachache.  I didn’t know why.  Well, maybe it was the impact when I was frustrated. 

            The most that makes me had a headache and being frustrated was often I had many ideas in my head, but when I want to put it in the pen’s scribbles, suddenly it was gone.  I panicked.  Especially, when the deadline comes while I have not completed my task.   I couldn’t sleep well.  The writing task always in my head.  It always haunted me.  And at the end, I could only regret why I did not finished the tasks in time before.  For the next time, I must finish my task on time.

            I overwhelmed with the pressure that exists to be able to write over and over again.  I couldn’t relax.  Like I said before, I am not a writer. I didn’t really like writing.  It often made me felt just as to be under pressure and it was really exhausting.  Just imagine it, if something that we dislike it, but cause of the circumstances force (to do the task), we must inevitably do that work.  Like it or not.  Well, sometimes life is so hard, right?

What Really Happened in Little Red Riding Hood’s Story

What Really Happened in Little Red Riding Hood’s Story

Author : Friska Maulani Dewi

(Wolf's POV)

You think you knew the story of little red riding hood?  I think you must consider it once again.  Especially, after you read my story.  Honestly, I'd prefer if no one knew about this, because the story which has been spreading at present ended happily.  However, I was furious with the unrevealed truth.  That's the trouble with people.  They only listened to one side of a story, then they thought that they knew the whole story.  They only saw it in a black and white, good and bad.  However, there were many things in this world that they didn’t know.  You think you know the truth, but you don’t.  Okay, let's we begin to make clear all of this mess.

It all started in one afternoon, three years ago.  I was sleeping under a tree, when suddenly, "Ouch!" I thought it was the fruit of the tree that fell because it rope.  It was you.  You, the little girl who always wore red riding hood, so everyone called you Little Red Riding Hood.  Yeah, it was you again.  All morning you have been slinging rocks at me with your slingshot.  I didn’t know why you did it to me.  What was my fault to you?  You kept threw rocks at me until my head hurt.  Of course no one suspected the the Little Red Riding Hood to be an evil.

Since that incident, I kept lurking you.  Try to found the right time to took my revenged against into you.  And now is the right time for revenged it.  Then I saw you.  A girl who wore a bright red riding hood with the hood brought up your head.  You were walking alone in this dark forest and brought a basket which full of food.  I knew that you want to go to your grandmother’s house which is close to this forest.  I’m a wolf, a natural killer and a creature of the wild.  And as a wolf, my stomach rumbled as the meal came around.  You look so delicious.

I ran as fast as I could.  I have a plan, and my plan was so cunningly.  I would go to your grandmother's house and it was giving me a meal.  I'd be full for the next week.  An old lady and a little girl.  Oh, how perfect it is!

Arriving at the old woman's house.  I was surprised to see you grandmother in the bed.  I approached to eat your grandmother.  However, when I saw her face, I realized.  She was an old woman who helped me when I was hurt because your rocks hit me three years ago. Yeah, you were slinging rocks at me and your grandmother treated me.  Ironic, isn’t it?  And even more ironically, I was intending to killed you and your grandmother.  Your grandmother who has helped me.  How cruel my intention, right?  However, my intention has gone instantly when I saw your grandmother.  I approached your grandmother’s bed.  She was dying.  I wanted to comperisated to her.  I want to helped her.  As your grandmother helped me three years ago.  However, I didn’t know what to do.  I mused for a moment to think of a way that I could do to help your grandmother.  Then, I remembered that in the forest there were some medicinal plant that could possibly cure your grandmother.  I also intended to go back to the forest and looked for that plant.

However, when I wanted to get out of your grandmother's house, you were just arrived at your grandmother's house was very surprised by my presenced there.  You began to scream.  I thought that I would be able to explain myself and my intention to helped your grandmother to you, but no!  You just kept yelling and yelling.  And then, you took the gun and directly pressing the trigger.  So, a hot bullet lodged in the middle of my chest.

Hearing the shouts and the sound of guns, the people around your grandmother's house began to arrived.  You've also made up a story that I was trying to attacked you and your grandmother.  Indeed, I admited that at first I did intending to killed you and your grandmother to have my revenged three years ago.  However, after I had seen the circumstances of your grandmother, my evil intentions vanished.  Unfortunately, I could not explain it to all of the people who wants to know about it.  My life has ended up in your hands.

After that incident, spreaded a story that tells about the tragedy in your grandmother's house.  However, based of your hoax, those people told the story in a way that made me into an evil villain.  In fact, if you all knew the truth (I'm sure after read this story, you know what really happened), you would find that I was not an evil.  I just a victim in all of this mess.

Another Story of Little Red Riding Hood

Forbidden Love

Written by :

Asy Syifa Rahmah Ihsani

Aulia Priangan

Friska Maulani Dewi

You never knew what I felt about you. You made me feel something that I never felt before. I felt that something was growing in my heart.  I thought I love you. You were my little red ridding hood.

One afternoon seven years ago, I was walking down the forest. Without I realized I walked to the trap. When I awaked, I was already in a trap and my leg was hurt. Suddenly you came to me without a fear. Then you made me free from the trap. You treated my hurt leg. A sweet smile in your lips describe that you really sincerely. You had grow up and you grew become breathtaking girl. Without your knew I always watched you, since you helped me at that time.

One day, you were walking traced the forest. You brought a basket which full of some foods for your grandmother. Suddenly, you were diverting your face, as you knew that there was someone who watched you stealthy. Yeah that was me! At that time, my heart was beat. However, because of the forest was dark you couldn't see me. Then you continued your trip to your grandmother's house.
            When the night came, suddenly you came out for your grandma's house.  You went to the forest. Because of my anxiety I followed you. That night full moon shone brightly. Without my realized I was change became a man, and you saw my transformation. You were absolutely shock.  I came to you immediately, and said " Don't be afraid, I won’t to hurt you."  Slowly you began to calm and not scared anymore to me.  Then, you asked me, "Who are you?"  So, I explained to you who I was. You feel surprised when knew the fact that I was a werewolf. The wolf that you ever helped seven years ago. Since that time, both of us became closer each other. It makes me happy. My feelings grower as the time goes. You were received warmly my feeling.

One day, you invited me to your grandmother’s house. You would like to introduced myself to her, but your grandmother surprised when knew that I was a werewolf. Your grandmother was furious. Not agree with our relationship. Thousands of ways done by your grandmother to destroyed our relationship. At first, I did not know what the reason why your grandmother done that. You, who are not resistant with this situation tried to unite me with your grandmother again. However, your grandmother still disagree with our relationship. Your grandmother who mad took a shotgun. Your grandmother want to killed me. So, you asked your grandmother, “What’s his fault? Why are you so hate him?” while directing her shotgun to me, she said, “You don’t make relationship with him! Because he is the child of your father’s cheating!” You and I shocked with that statement. Your grandmother seem want to press her shotgun trigger. But you tried to persuade your grandmother once again. Your grandmother seem melted with your words. Slowly, your grandmother put down her shotgun. Since that time, your grandmother seem agree with our relationship.

 However, it was not for a long time. Your grandmother’s kindness just a camouflage. I realized it when your grandmother invited me to eat together. You look very happy at that time. You looked at me with your sparkling eyes. Your grandmother had come to bring two glasses of milk for both of us. She was smiles friendly to you and I. Then she said, "Drink this fresh milk. It is good for both of you."  "Yes, Grandma.” You have answered. After that, your grandmother went back into the kitchen to prepared dinner. But suddenly, you inadvertently nudging your glass and made your milk spilled over. As gentleman, I gave you my milk. You accepted it with pleasure. Then you drank it directly. However, how surprised I was when you suddenly choked. The glass in your hand also directly dropped. At that time, I really felt panic. Seeing you who was dying in front of me, I was screaming. Your grandmother was soon out from the kitchen. Your grandmother was very surprised to see that you were dying. Your grandmother shouted, "What’s wrong?? Why can happen like this?! Why do not you who is dying?!" Heard about it, I realized that actually that poisoned milk was meant for me. Your grandmother want to kill me. I felt very angry and intended to attack your grandmother. But, with a sprightly, your grandmother took the gun and directly pressing the trigger. So, a hot bullet lodged in the middle of my chest. Slowly but surely, you and I went towards to the world of eternity. Since that incident, your grandmother’s lived was very difficult and full of regret. Finally, she becomes insane grandmother.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Movie Review

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Director : Chris Columbus

Written by : Steven Kloves

Cast : Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris, Robbie Coltrane, Maggie Smith, Kenneth Branagh, Jason Isaacs, Alan Rickman, Tom Felton.

Genre : Science Fiction, Fantasy, Kids & family

Release date: 15 November 2002

Adaptation from J.K Rowling’s second book with the same tittle “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”

                This movie story about Harry’s second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Like the first movie, this movie has opened by the scene when Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) at the Dursley’s house. Apart from the cruelty of the Dursley, Harry surprised by the arrival of a house-elf, named Dobby. Dobby warns Harry not to return to Hogwarts, the magical school for wizards, that harry attended the previous year. Dobby tells that something bad will happen in Hogwarts. But harry not to pay attention to his warning. He still return to Hogwarts.

                After a hair-raising trip with Ron (Rupert Grint), Harry arrives at Hogwarts where there are new classes, new challenges, and a somewhat suspicious, extremely narcissistic new Defense Againts the Dark Arts teacher named Gilderoy Lockhart (Kenneth Branagh). One night when Harry detention, he hear a strange voice. And when Harry follow that voice, he and his friends (Hermione and Ron) found a bloody writing on the wall announces : “The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Enemy of the heir, beware!”.  Strangely, Harry is the only one who can hear that strange voice echoing through the halls. And he is in the wrong place at the wrong time when some very bad and scary things happen. It seems that there is a chamber of secrets that has not been opened for 50 years. Somewhere in that chamber is a dangerous creature just waiting for the right person (the heir of Slytherin) to let it out. Many people suspect that Harry is that person because of Harry’s own unsettling ability to speak to snakes. Increasingly chaotic situation when the two adults that Harry trust the most, Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane) and Dumbledore (Richard Harris) are removed from the school, and if someone doesn’t stop the creature, Hogwarts may be closed for good. As always, it will require al of Harry, Ron and Hermione’s magical abilities and courage to save the day.

                This movie is scarier than the first in the series and characters spend a lot of time in extreme peril. There are frightening creatures including lots of big spiders and an enormous snake that can kill anyone who looks in its eyes. Though it appears that some characters have been hurt or killed, all the good guys are ultimately fine. Friendship, love, bravery, and loyalty are always major themes in the series. So, is the idea of making good choices. And I think this movie so brilliant, you must watch this movie. In my opinion, the best scene of this movie is when Harry come in to The Chamber of Secrets. Get ready to be amused and petrified as Harry Potter shows he’s more than a wizard, he’d a hero! J

Sometimes Love Can Be Disappointing

            Bruno Mars is the one of the best male singer in this world. He has amazing talent and good voice. His debut single is 'Just the Way You Are' which became a popular song in this world and also made his name so famous.
            Grenade is his next single. The genre of this song is ballad song. This song is tell about a man who loves his girl so much and would do anything for her, but his girl still won't get the love that he deserves. Bruno sing with enough disappointment in "I would go through all this pain, take a bullet straight through my brain.....". It's look like a depressing song. But with an amazing vocal that he has, this song sound so cool and brilliant.
            This song is a so contrast to the previous song.If in the previous song Bruno was experiencing happiness in love, whereas in this song he felt that the love so disappointing and let him down. But it was not decrease the beauty of this song. This song is really cool and it so appropriate to those who are broken-hearted.

My "Blue Zone" ^^

My Bedroom is my favourite place in my house. I can do anything in my bedroom. I called it my “Blue Zone”. It because almost all the things in my bedroom has blue colour. Like the door, the wall, the bed, the curtain, the clock, and the bed cover has blue colours. Yup, blue is my favourite colour. In my “Blue Zone”, there are a bed with pillows and bolsters, a wardrobe, a fan, a computer, a mirror, and my study table. In the corner, there are a guitar and a piano. I called it my “Music Corner”. I played it when I’m bored. In my wall, there are my photos and posters of my favourite artist and movies. There are windows with ventilations. It makes my “Blue Zone” refresh. My “Blue Zone” is my privacy. So, not just anyone can get into my “Blue Zone”. Although my bedroom’s size is not too large, but I feel comfortable with my ”Blue Zone”.