Question for You

In this posting, I would ask you some questions about my blog. If you feel interested to answer it, well…. just answer it then.

      1.       Many thing make me feel inspired by Bill Gates. Which one bellow isn’t the inspiring one?

a.       Bill Gates ambition in reaching his goals

b.      Bill Gates kindness on giving charity

c.       Bill Gates kindness making games to make people play game a lot

d.      Bill Gates ability in not being arrogant of his wealth

     2.       What’s the name of the company that Bill Gates has which bring wealth to him?

a.       Intel Corporation

b.      Microsoft Corporation

c.       Windows Corporation

d.      Gigabyte Corporation

     3.       Bill Gates is the ….. richest person on earth.

a.       1^st

b.      2^nd

c.       3^rd

d.      4^th

     4.       Bill Gates was once dropped out from his college. What’s the college name?

a.       Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

b.      Harvard Institute

c.       Bandung Technology Institute

d.      National University of America

      5.       What’s the name of Bill Gates wife?

a.       Miranda Gates

b.      Michelle Gates

c.       Mariah Gates

d.      Marie Gates

      6.       What’s the name of this natural phenomenon in the picture?

a.       Rainbow

b.      Sky Snow Cristal

c.       Ice Pillars

d.      Sky Pillars

      7.       What’s the most crucial thing that must be absent at the sky so the natural phenomenon on the picture could appear?

a.       Ice cubes

b.      Water droplets

c.       Ice crystal

d.      Mirrors

      8.       The source of the natural phenomenon on the picture is divided in two category. Which are…

a.       Artificial and Natural light source

b.      Sun and Light Bulb

c.       Sky and earth light source

d.      Bright and dark source

      9.       Who is the real name of main character in  “The Dictator” Movie?

a.       Admiral General Aladeen

b.      Sacha Baron Cohen

c.       Addiel Mochtar Sachtar

d.      Kim Jong Jong

    10.   What is the name of the country that is dictated by A.G. Aladeen?

a.       Waisya

b.      Wadiya

c.       Waliya

d.      Wakiya

INSPIRING PERSON

“BILL GATES”

                You might have known him, he’s actually The World 2^nd Richest person. Yap, he is Bill Gates the CEO of Microsoft Corporation, one of the world best computer operating system company. His name is actually William Henry "Bill" Gates, he was born in October the 28^th 1955 at Seattle, Washington, United States. Why does he inspires me? Let me tell you why….

                Bill Gates was born in a pretty rich family and he got a very good college. Sadly, he was giving to much time for the computer club in his university, Harvard. He didn’t concentrate enough to his studies so he got dropped out from Harvard University. That didn’t stop Bill Gates, he had a dream to make everybody have a personal computer, since in 1970s computer was a very expensive thing.

Bill Gates the CEO of Microsoft Corporation

                Dreams sometimes make our fighting spirit burn and sometimes if we are lucky enough and fight strong enough to catch our dreams, our dreams comes true, so does Bill Gates dream. As we see now, every house has a personal computer now, although not all of them are Windows based computer. From what I see, Bill Gates teaches me that there aren’t any dream too big enough to come true. If we have a big dream, then fight for them as hard as we could, because one day you will get it. And if you fail or fall down, stand up and don’t you ever stop believing that you could reach your goals or dreams.

                Being the World 2^nd Richest Person in The World doesn’t make Bill Gates arrogant, instead, he gave big amount of money for charity. He is a very generous man, he helps people to reach their dreams, giving love to disabled people, and many more. Bill Gates made an foundation for helping people and it's name is Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Bill Gates inspires me to give love to other people who needs them more than me. Since I haven’t got the capability to give big helps to other people, for now on, I could start giving small thing for example my time. In my spare time I would help people and give love to people who need them.

                There are still lots of inspiration that Bill Gates gave to me through his life. But that’s the most inspiring one. That’s all for this post. Bye…

THE DICTACTOR

             Hello everyone, in this post I would like to tell you about one of my favourite film. This film is the funniest film that i had ever watched in my live. This film is called The Dictactor. The Dictator is a 2012 American comedy film co-written by and starring Sacha Baron Cohen as his fourth feature film in a leading role. The film was directed by Larry Charles, who previously directed Baron Cohen's other funny film, Borat and Brüno. Cohen, in the role of Admiral General Aladeen, the dictator of the fictional Republic of Wadiya visiting the United States, stars alongside Anna Faris, Ben Kingsley, Jason Mantzoukas, and an uncredited appearance by John C. Reilly.

CAST 

These are some of the cast in The Dictactor Movie. These are five cast that have the most important role on this film making.

Sacha Baron Cohen as Aladeen

Ben Kingsley as Tamir

Abdeel Akhtar as Maroush

Jason Mantzoukas as Nadal

Anna Faris as Zoey

PLOT

           For years, the North African Republic of Wadiya has been ruled by Admiral General Haffaz Aladeen, a childish, tyrannical, lecherous, misogynous, anti-western and antisemitic despot who surrounds himself with female bodyguards, sponsors al-Qaeda and is working on developing nuclear weapons to attack Israel. After the United Nations Security Council resolves to intervene militarily, Aladeen travels to the UN Headquarters in New York to address the council.

             Shortly after arriving, he is kidnapped by Clayton, a hitman hired by his treacherous uncle Tamir, who wishes to take power. Tamir then replaces Aladeen with a mentally challenged political decoy named Efawadh, whom he intends to manipulate into signing a document nominally democratizing Wadiya while opening the country's oil fields to Chinese and other foreign vested interests. Aladeen escapes after Clayton accidentally burns himself to death, but his huge beard has been shaved off by Clayton, making him practically unrecognizable.

               Wandering through New York, Aladeen encounters Zoey, a boyish activist who offers him a job at her alternative lifestyle co-op. Aladeen refuses the offer and encounters "Nuclear" Nadal, the former chief of Wadiya's nuclear weapons program and head procurer of women, whom Aladeen thought he had previously executed. Aladeen follows him to New York's "Little Wadiya" which is populated by refugees from his country, and meets him in Death to Aladeen Restaurant. Wanting his old job back, Nadal promises to help Aladeen thwart Tamir's plot and regain his position as 'rightful' dictator, on condition that Aladeen makes him head of Wadiya's WMD program again. Aladeen agrees and accepts Zoey's job offer, as she is catering at the hotel where the signing is to occur. Aladeen grows closer to Zoey after she refuses his sexual advances and teaches him how to masturbate, and eventually falls in love with her after seeing her angry. Turning around Zoey's struggling business, Aladeen begins imposing strict schedules on everyone, forming a personality cult around Zoey and intimidating an inspector into giving the store a good review.

              However, Aladeen's relationship with Zoey becomes strained after he reveals his true identity. After acquiring a new beard taken from a corpse, Aladeen infiltrates the hotel and tells Efawadh to leave. At the signing ceremony, he tears up Tamir's document in front of the UN delegation, and holds an impassioned speech praising the virtues of dictatorship, drawing unintended parallels to current issues within the United States. However, upon seeing Zoey in the room, he declares his love for her and, knowing Zoey's strongly held views, vows to democratize his country and open up Wadiya's oil fields for business, but in a way where the general populace will benefit. Angry with Aladeen staying in power, Tamir attempts to assassinate him but Efawadh jumps in front of the bullet and survives, as it is his job "to be shot in the head".

            A year later, Wadiya holds its first democratic elections, although they are rigged in favor of Aladeen (having now added the titles President Prime Minister to his previous Admiral General). Afterwards, he marries Zoey, but is shocked when she crushes a glass and reveals herself to be Jewish. Scenes during the credits show Aladeen's convoy, now consisting of eco-friendly cars, visiting a reinstated Nadal, and later Zoey revealing in a television interview that she is pregnant with the couple's first child. Aladeen responds to the news by asking if Zoey is having "a boy or an abortion".

That's all from me. You might watch this movie but be careful, this film has some bad scenes that you might not wanted to see. 

Natural Phenomenon

Sun and Light Pillars

Light pillars are vertical pillars of light above and sometimes below the sun (or moon, Venus, or artificial lights) caused by many many reflections off the large flat face of horizontally falling plate ice crystals. The effect is very similar to glitter paths on water were many slightly tilted horizontal surface caused by ripples on water reflect a light source (usually the sun) and spread it out vertically.

Natural Light Sources

The most common light pillar is a pillar of light extending above a very low sun at sunset or sunrise. The maximum extent of the pillar is about twice the maximum perturbation of the ice crystals away from horizontal. The light is reflect off the lower surface of the plate crystal, or internally to the crystal from the inside upper surface. Because the low sun is often red or orange the resulting pillar will have the same colour.

Sun pillar at sunset

Like many things in life, sun pillars aren't always as simple as they may seem. Sun pillars can be seen with higher sun altitudes than one would expect from simple horizontally oriented plate crystals. In this case it has been determined that the pillar is caused by highly oriented column crystals. In some cases the only way to determine the type and orientation of crystals is to compare the shape of a pillar to a computer model.

The maximum extent of the pillar is about twice the maximum tilt of the plate crystals.

Artificial Light Sources

As well as natural light sources such as the sun and moon, light pillars are often seen above artificial light sources such as street lights. A significant difference with these light pillars is that the light source is relatively near and not collimated (rays are parallel) as the light from the sun and other very distant objects is. This means that horizontally falling crystals, with very little perturbation from the atmosphere, which are half way between the observer and the light source will reflect light to the observer. The height of the pillar can be limited just by the vertical extent of the ice crystals (rather than the maximum tilt of the crystal). Also with the crystals being very evenly oriented in the horizontal plane, with little sideways extent of the pillar due to tilted crystals, a light pillar above an artificial light source can be very narrow and extend very high, sometimes almost to the apex.

Light pillar above an artificial light

In very calm conditions an artificial light source can cause a very narrow and high light pillar from plate crystals with very little tilt.

Source: http://optics.kulgun.net/

Examples on Gerunds and Invinitives

Gerunds :

1. This country government doesn't permit fishing without a fishing license.

2. He appreciated our helping him prepare for the Halloween party.

3. Going skydiving tomorrow will test how brave you are.

4. You've been doing your homeworks non-stop for over 8 hours!

5. Our arriving late would be an insult to our dinner hosts.

6. Daniel was excited about meeting the world famous soccer player.

7. The government ceased providing free health care.

8. She tried eating the snake soup, but she didn't like it.

9. Wira talked me into participating in the 24-hour dance marathon.

10. He encourages eating healthy foods.

To Infinitives:

1. The certification program requires him to take several test.

2. I told the others to meet me at The swimming pool after school.

3. How did you manage to get tickets for that concert? It has been sold out for months.

4. They were careful not to reveal the winner of the prize until the end.

5. The student was content to receive second place in the competition.

6. The mountain climber is liable to hurt himself if he doesn't use well-made equipment.

7. She was surprised to discover that he had never learned how to swim.

8. The witness was reluctant to reveal what he had seen.

9. The government ceased to provide free health care.

10. The attackers kept hostages to prevent the police from entering.

MY HOLIDAY

At the end of December 2013 my beloved school, SMA Negeri 3 Bandung, let almost all the students to have the end of semester holiday. I was very excited when the school holiday started because I had planed a trip to visit my uncle in Singapore.

This was the third time for me to go to Singapore. To be honest, I was actually pretty bored to go there because there weren’t a lot place to visit in since Singapore was just a small country. Therefore, I went there to see the Christmas Celebration and also the New Year Celebration in Singapore, since I couldn’t have found such things in Indonesia. I went there with my mom, sister, cousin, my grandpa, and my grandma.

We went to Singapore at the 22^nd December 2013 by plane from Jakarta. It was a night flight and I like to fly at night because I taught that I could sleep inside the plane. Sadly, it wasn’t a pleasant flight because the plane had to wait around 1 ½ hour at the taxiway to get the clearance for departure from the air traffic control. To make matter worst, there were some babies inside the plane that kept on screaming and crying from Soekarno Hatta Int. Airport (Jakarta, Indonesia) until Changi Int. Airport (Singapore).

Singapore from the skies

Happily, after sitting for about 3 hours inside the plane, the plane touched down in Changi Airport, Singapore. My uncle and my aunt had waited for our arrival for a long time. That night, we were very exhausted so we just immediately went to my uncle’s apartment and slept.

PLACES I VISITED

At Singapore I went shopping in some malls with my family while looking at the nice Christmas decorations. To be honest, I didn’t like to shop but since there was a big discounts around the malls in Singapore, I started to shop. Not only the sales that make me happy to go on holiday in Singapore but, I also really liked the decorations because there were unique and beautiful. This was one picture of my family in front of the Christmas tree at Orchard Road.

My Family and I

 

My family and I didn’t just shop, we also go to some interesting place that some foreigners might not be interested. My family and I went to Mc Ritchie Reservoir. It was a long hiking track (12 km) at the jungle. The most interesting thing at the Mc Ritchie Reservoir was the tree top adventure and the 25 meters tall bridge that we could walk at. After we had hiked, we were really exhausted.

Chinese Garden was also one of the interesting place to visit too. Inside the garden there were a lot of statue of the Chinese soldiers, fishes, and pagodas. The environment inside the garden was good. I stood at the top floor of the pagoda to see the scenery around the garden and also Singapore from above. The view was good.

The other place my family went to was Garden by The Bay at Marina Bay. It was an imitation of a garden with sounds of birds and other kinds of creatures. To be honest, I wasn’t really interested with this tourist attraction because I could go to a real garden with real birds sound in Indonesia. The hot air inside this garden also made me felt uncomfortable to stay at the garden for a long time.

My mom and my sister at Garden By The Bay

Just 2 days after Christmas, my family and I went to Johor Bahru, Malaysia. We went there by car and it was a 2 hours journey from my uncle’s apartment. The first place we visit was actually my favorite, it was the durian buffet. There, we could eat as much durian as we wanted and we just needed to pay 30 ringgit per person. Pretty cheap wasn’t it? After we had eaten durian, we went shopping at a mall in Johor Bahru. We spent a long time in Malaysia but we didn’t sleep over there.

The last place that I visited was The Sentosa Island. This amazing island was the most interesting place to visit in my opinion, because there were a lot of attractions and also a lot of games to play. There was a beautiful beach with an awesome scenery around the island.

GREAT MOMENTS

Since, I was in Singapore at Christmas my Family and I went to a church near my uncle’s apartment to celebrate Christmas. The name of the church was Hebron and what a wonderful Christmas service it was, I really liked the songs and there were a lot of interesting things I got there. After the Christmas service there was a brunch for all of the people, the food was delicious and diverse. I got my tummy really full.

My Cousin and I in Marina Bay

Another great moment was the New Year 2014 Singapore Countdown. My cousin and I went to Marina Bay to do a countdown with other Singaporean people. It was really hectic and crazy. But for me and my cousin it was a great moment because we could scream as loud as we could like any other people did. As a result, we arrived home at 3 o’clock in the morning.

My family and I finally went home at 5^th January 2014 by plane to Bandung. Well, the journey was much better though.

My Cousin and I done a selfie while waiting my mom shopping

A GOOD LEADER

Everyone might ask what should a good leader looks like. But there aren’t any absolute criteria about a good leader should be. Therefore, I would like to tell you how to be a good leader in my opinion. I will also give you some suggestion if one day you are picked as a team leader. But it’s your choice whether you want to take my suggestion or not. :D

For me a good leader should bring his/her members to think and focus on the goals of the team. But just doing some thinking and focusing without any good movement about the goals will just be useless. Well, in this condition a leader is tested whether he/she is able to lead his/her members or not, whether a leader could reach the goals or not.

First of all, a good leader has to be close to his member because a good relation will make a better communication within the members which also lead to a great success. When a good leader is discussing about the organization goals, he has to listen to all perception or opinion that his member say. Objecting other member opinion will not be good because by objecting other member opinion, it’s almost the same as saying “I don’t need your opinion!”

Sometimes we might think that other people opinions or perception isn’t making any sense or seems to be just bluffing. But hold on a second, that unusual opinions might be a new idea that isn’t being taught by other people. A good idea sometimes comes out from a crazy opinion. Therefore, I would give you a suggestion if one day you are picked as a leader: “Never ever object other people opinions! Sometimes, the most unusual opinions might come with the best idea.”

The other thing that a good leader has to have is serenity. One day in reaching the team goals, your team will meet some problems. If the problem is big enough, it would make your team members feel afraid and scared. As we know, when somebody feel stressed he/she wouldn’t think clearly and might make things worst. In this case, a leader should be calm when all his/her members are stressed because of a problem. If a leader isn’t calm in facing problems, it will definitely make all other team member not calm too. I believe that team members won’t be calm seeing their leader stressed out. This “stress domino effect” might make a bad conflict inside the community and will also make a bigger problem.

Therefore, I will give you another suggestion: “Just be calm although you’re facing a big problem or at least make yourself look calm so the other team members could feel calm too!” If all of your team members are calm, you and your team might make a good decision about the problems. Because we know that, by being calm you and your team could think clearly or wisely.

The last thing that a good leader has to have is the willing to sacrifice. This might be easy to be said, but to be honest this one is the hardest one to be done by all the leaders. Sometimes a leader taught that he/she has to be the one who gets the best in every condition by letting other team members to suffer with the bad ones. I disagree with this kind of leader, in my opinion a good leader will try to know what his/her team member feel and try to make them feel comfortable to work with by sharing the good things together with his/her team members.

That’s all my opinions about what a good leader should look like. As you have read my opinions, I hope you now know how important the role of a leader in a team. So don’t take it easy when you are asked to be a team leader. Well, there might be other criteria that I forgot to write, so I would like to know your opinions about a good leader too! :D