The Five Elements

In traditional Chinese philosophy, it is believed that there are fundamental substances that form the world and govern the cycle of life. These substances are called elements. There are five main elements; wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. Similarly, they are known as the ‘Five Phases’ or ‘Five Cardinal Points’. Elements perform two Cycle of Balance in order to stabilize the environment and create harmony altogether.
Firstly, the Generating Cycle. The aim of this cycle is to rejuvenate the old, weary environment and stimulate the flow of Chi, a spiritual energy said to regulate the cycle of life. For instance, wood ‘feeds’ fire, fire creates earth (ashes), earth contains metal, metal collects water, and water nourishes wood. In short, the Generating Cycle is perpetual and infinite, as long as there is life in this world.
Secondly, the Overcoming Cycle. The purpose of this cycle is to control the existence of one element, so that it will not overflow (natural disasters such as typhoons, tsunami, and earthquake are said to be the results of the imbalance). For example, wood parts earth, earth absorbs water, water quenches fire, fire melts metal, and metal chops wood.
Lastly, elements are also believed to determine the temperament of a human born on a specific period. Firstly, children born on the year ended by 4 or 5 (for example 1995) are born with the characteristics of wood. They are scatter-brained, wide range of hobbies, flexible, sociable, and somewhat fragile. Secondly, children born on the year ended by 6 or 7 are born with fiery temperaments; hot-blooded, great leadership capabilities, brave, impatient, and extrovert. Thirdly, children born on the year ended with 8 or 9 inherit the traits of our Mother Earth; stubborn, determined, slow-but-sure, introvert, and materialistic. Fourthly, children born on the year ended with 0 or 1 are the metal descendant. They are rigid, authoritarian, ruler, idealistic, and desperately seek for more power. Lastly, children born on the year ended by 2 or 3 are the water bearers. They are peaceful, sensitive, imaginative, artistic, and creative.
Therefore, it can be concluded that the philosophy of elements is an interesting approach to reveal the mysteries of life. Whether it is truly exist or not is up to personal belief and there is little importance in arguing about that. The more essential issue is to maintain and develop the unique inheritance of a culture, so that it will not demise over centuries.

Sarabande by Debussy

Sarabande by Debussy have many interesting musical elements. Sarabande itself is an American Latin dance with triple time that was adopted by Spanish in 16th century. Characteristic of a Sarabande is always leaning on the second beat of bar. Sarabande by Debussy is played in E Major or C sharp minor with four sharps. The opening motif is in the 1-2 bar, harmonized by added 7th chords with a parallel movement. The second motif is in bar five with rising fourth and falling third. The third motive started in the bar 9, with a chord progression of A major, F sharp major, and D sharp minor seventh. In bar 11 there is an imitation of the third motif accompanied by a parallel dominant seventh chord starting on F sharp. Bar 15-18 repeat bars 1-4, the piece closed with a modified second motive with a lower octave.
The scales that are used by Debussy is varied, either for harmonic or melodic, whole tone, and pentatonic. The tonality cannot be said as major or minor, because even it is E Major or C sharp minor, but some reaches more than the home key. Impressionism also has an irregular melody line, this piece also sound that it use lots of dissonance. The chords that are use also varied and used added chords. The rhythm is also not very constant; perhaps it is one of the ideas of impressionism idea.
In conclusion, the piano piece by Debussy is really a good example of an impressionism, because the elements of music used and he himself is one of the most important composer during that era.

Cats

Cats, recently many people keep cats as pets. This animal actually related to dangerous wildcats like tigers, lions, and cheetahs, leopards, and jaguars. The cats that many people keep as pets are called domestic cats. This type of cats actually not dangerous and very friendly if we treat them well. But, some domestic cats brings diseases that very dangerous for human especially for women. They can infected virus like toxoplasm, and for women cats infected virus that make them can't reproduced domestic cats came about when wildcats were tamed through living closely with people for many years. Through this process of interaction, these cats became less ferocious and dangerous to people. Both domestic and wild cats are carnivorous, this means that their food consist mostly of meat. Wildcats usually hunt to grab their prey while domestic cats get their food from their master.

Water

Water is very important in our daily life. 70% of our body is made up of water. No one can live for more than 2 or 3 days without water. We need clean water every day. We gets water from underground and from mountain springs. But lately people don't give much attention to keep water source clean. They contaminated the water. What would happen if the water contaminated? Drinking water and eating seafood from contaminated water can make us ill. We may even get diseases such as hepatitis, cholera, or dysentry. We need to keep our water supply clean. We can take some step to remain the water supply clean. First step by getting rid of our rubbish properly. Always place rubbish inside plastic bag before we throw it into rubbish bin with a cover that fits well. If rubbish is thrown into drains, canals, or rivers, it will contaminated the water. Oil spill on the sea may cause the water contaminated. The government must take some action to prevent this. But not only government, everyone must play a role in caring for environment. In conclusion we must kept our water clean and safe.

Motorcycle’s Benefit and Disadvantage

Motorcycle is the new popular ride in Indonesia it proofed by the increased of number in Jakarta, we can also see by the amount of people that go back to there home town with their motorcycle. Motorcycle have a two benefits firstly thanks to it slim shape and capability to move in tight spaces it can go to almost any where in Jakarta with out getting into a traffic, it can go on the pedestrian path, and it can move through small spaces between vehicles. Secondly thanks to it fragile formed the government took extra care to them, for example when there is a one way in Puncak they are the only vehicle that allowed to pass even know they not suppose to be, and in the mudik time they were escorted to their destination by the cop. But as all people know there is no unbreakable tusk, so motorcycle has a lot of disadvantage also. First of all they are fragile they are fragile not because the component or part but because their can easily fall down if a car bump into it, even thought that some people use this as an opportunities to get some quick cash by black mailing the one that hit them, if it only a minor one, so be careful for both. Second motorcycles in Indonesia especially are exposed to the weather and pollution, for short during the rain you’ll get wet, and for those who do not have a cover on their mouth and even for those who do have a cover on their mouth will exhale the pollution on the air. In conclusion motorcycle have benefit and disadvantage that us to now especially if we want to ride it

AntiChrist Music

Music had become one of the most influential things that occur in this world. It had affects people’s lifestyles, ambition, and even religion. However, not all kinds of music had brought a good effect to our lives. Certain types of music had a secret or an open message that contains different issues. Today, many bands or artists deliver strong influence. The message such as sex, drug abuse, murder, Satan, and so on, gave a very bad influence. These kind of music were known as an anti-Christ music. Not to be hyperbolic, but, I would like to say that there are many of them in this world. Let’s take a look at the example, Marilyn Manson. Sorry to say to all Manson’s fans, but I admit that he is truly Satanic, or in fact, a psycho. First, at every new cover of his album, he always issued a Satanic figures, like when he copied Jesus’ figure on the cross, but the face were change onto his face, titled Resurrection. Secondly, he also had changed his left eye with a dog’s eye, and had cut out his ribs to (sorry) ‘oral’ himself. He also had admitted that he admires Satan, and he had been investigated several times for a sex abuse after his several concerts. A few months ago, an infamous latin-american band named Wumps’cut released a controversial album entitled Jesus AntiChristuz. Oh God, what an honest band they were. In addition, these kind of influence were not occurs in just one type of music that is rock, but it was already known that certain pop singers, even the famous one, had made a blood and sex party, or even sacrifice a newborn child, before their concerts or an upcoming album. The example, although it was not been 100% sure, was Elvis Presley and The Beatles. So in conclusion, be aware of this kind of music. Just live a normal life and love the music that had gave a good affects to our life.

Save Your Plane

Plane accident is not something uncommon. It is true that because of the accident, the flight parties are become more cautious about plane safety, but we may still worry and confuse when we remember about how often plane accidents happened. Actually, we, as passenger, can do some things to reduce the probability of the occurrence of plane accident. First, let the window shutter opened so that we will notice if there are fire sparkles at the wings of the plane. We can also observe whether the plane has already gotten closer to land or ocean whenever it wants to do emergency landing. Second, make sure that the seat position is straight when landing and take off. When landing and take off, a plane usually runs in a high speed so that if there is a big shake, we can protect ourselves by doing bend down position. Third, we need to pay attention to the safety demo and all of the information told by the crew. Make sure you know what to do in emergency condition and where the emergency exit and life vest are located. Fourth, do not forget to turn off your cell phone because the plane’s communication systems are very sensitive and are easily irritated with the phone signal. Last, save all your belongings in the right place. Overload belongings placed not in the right place will get in the way of evacuation process if unwilling thing suddenly happen when the plane take off or landing. Not only it can block the way to emergency exit, but it also may be thrown and then injure others. Remember, it is not only you who ride the plane. There are other passengers and crews in the plane also. So, by doing all five things above while flight, you are helping people to have a safe flight.

The Great Roger Federer Biography

When it comes to tennis, probably all of you are familiar with the name of Roger Federer. Roger Federer is the number one tennis player in the world and a man with a great personality. Today, Federer has been considered as the greatest player of all time, even his face was pictured on a postage stamp. He made a great winning record by winning 12 grand slam titles, 3 master titles and 14 ATP master series titles. But the most important achievement he’ll remember is a 5 consecutive Wimbledon series title.

Federer was born in Basel, Switzerland. He grew up in suburban, Muncheinstein. 10 minutes from Basel and borders France and Germany. As a boy, Federer was very emotional and admits to being kicked off practice courts occasionally. Federer was also a talented footballer. He had considered becoming a professional football player but instead decided to choose tennis and he is also a fan of Italian club AS Roma. Federer can speak 3 languages fluently, that is Swiss German, English, and French.

These are comments from Tennis Player about him:
· He's the best I've ever played against. There's nowhere to go. There's nothing to do except hit fairways, hit greens and make putts. Every shot has that sort of urgency on it. I've played a lot of them (other players), so many years, there's a safety zone, there's a place to get to, there's something to focus on, there's a way. Anything you try to do, he potentially has an answer for and it's just a function of when he starts pulling the triggers necessary to get you to change to that decision.
Andre Agassi, at US Open 2005.
He's probably the most talented person to ever carry a racquet around—the shots that he can come up with, the way he's kind of become a totally complete player. But I think off the court, it's huge. There have been a lot of good champions, but he's just classy. He is never high and mighty in the locker room or anything like that.
Andy Roddick, in an interview at CNBC sports.
Today I was playing my best tennis, trying lots of different things, but nothing worked. When you're playing like that and he still comes up with all those great shots you really have to wonder if he's even from the same planet.
Novak Djokovic, after Davis Cup match.

There are still many comments and story about Roger Federer. If you interested with more information about Roger Federer, make sure you stop by at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Federer and if you interested in what people say about Roger Federer you can log on to http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Roger_Federer. This information is written to you so you know who Roger Federer is.

Made in China

Few weeks ago, several products from China were pulled from markets. The products such as: driedfoods,sweets, meats, toys, house tools, and many more. Actually, critics for China’s products emerged when American Mattel toy factory has already pulled their China’s products from markets over the world. Their factory in China is considered used some chemist substain containing overdose black lead. It’s really harmful for our health. In New Zealand, the government tried to test the products importing from China. They found that T-shirt, pants, pajamas, contains any overdose substain which can cause cancer. A factory in Dutch sent back their China’s beds because they contain poison for insects. In Indonesia, people found that some kinds of candy come form China contain formalin and toothpaste (Maxam and Sensodyne) containing dietylene glycol. Last few years, many products coming from China were pulled from markets because their qualities hesitated. 80% children’s toys and textil selling over the world are made in China. Markets prefer produce their products in China because China can make good-looking products and offers low price. China can also duplicate every branded products same as the original but with extra lower price. In conclusion, China’s government must improve their product quality and make quality standars for their products based on the price demand.

Beauty Surgery

Based on survey, nine of ten women in the world are not satisfied with their physical. Desire to be more beautiful is one great obsession for every woman, but sometimes the way that they use to reach is wrong. People willing to spend millions rupiah for some plastic surgery in their faces or maybe for change their body shape instantly. For face, there are so many types of surgery. The first popular one is face ultra lift, used to tighten the flabby skin face and make our skin more elastic. Secondly, there is Rhinoplasty, plastic surgery to change our nose size or shape. To make our eye wrinkle disappear, we can use botox or thermage which uses radio wave technology. The other one is acne treatment. This treatment has many kinds, such as microdermabrasy, fraxel laser, acne light therapy and many more. For other surgeries, there are face implant for chick, chin, lips, lower jaw, etc. For make our body shape looks better, there is also many ways that we can use. In healthy ways, we can go to the gym, do some sports, or set diet program. But some women choose the instant way like liposuction or electrotherapy to loss their fats. They want to get their body slimmer in short time and little effort. Sometimes people who do plastic surgery reach unsatisfied result and maybe it becomes worse than before surgery but they can’t back to the previous condition. In conclusion, we must appreciate and pity our physical well, maybe the flaws in our face or body make us seem unique and other people want to have it instead.

Nail Art

Nail art has become a popular trend. The beginning of nail art started since 2000 and today it has become a part of fashion mode. As the nail art become more and more popular, a lot of people make it businesses. Nail art’s services and courses are available in many places like beauty class, salon, etc; also, a lot of places sell nail art’s accessories and equipment.

Now nail arts are also considered as something that can make a person looks more beautiful just like the function of necklace, earrings, bracelet, and other accessories. Nail art is not done only by coloring the nail with nail polish, but also by decorating the nail with various ornaments, started from sticker, glitter, stone set, until piercing. Nail art usually uses fake nail so that everyone who does not have long nail is not in disadvantages because they will still be able to have beautiful nail and also to follow the trend.

ipod

iPod is a portable media player designer by Apple corporation and launched in October 2001. The iPod’s line up currently consists of the original hard drive based iPod classic. In addition, the iPhone like iPod touch, the mid level video capable iPod nano, and the low end screenless iPod shuffle. Former products include the compact iPod mini and the high end iPod photo (re-integrated into the main iPod classic line. The current iPod classic mode is to store media on an internal hard drive, while all other current models use flash memory to enable their smaller size. Like other digital music players, iPods can also serve as an external data storage devices. Today, many people take their time in the mall while their listening to the music through iPod music player. iPod has became an icon for digital portable music player. It’s very fenomenal that when people talks about digital music player, they occasionally talking about Apple’s iPod.

Twelve Animal Astrological Signs

Most Chinese people believe that twelve animal astrological signs will affect their path of life. Twelve animal astrological signs were found thousand years ago. In the new era modern life, many people from other country have started to believe in twelve animal astrological signs as well. In China, every year has a different sign of animal. Moreover, it is not decided by normal calendar but Chinese calendar, which is known as lunar calendar. The most interesting part is lunar calendar starts on the second month of normal calendar, which is the month of February with different date in every year. The twelve animal astrological signs will change when it turns come. Let us assume 1900 is the first count on twelve animal astrological signs as an example. In 1900, the animal sign of the year is mouse. Therefore, the order will be mouse followed by buffalo, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, chicken, dog and the last one is pig. It will be repeatedly change in order in every twelve years. Chinese people assume that different animal signs will give people different characteristics. Let us take monkey sign as an example. People who born in monkey’s year tend to be a smart people and a quick thinker. In summary, according to the beliefs, animal astrological signs will also affect in determine how a person’s life will be.

Kampoeng in Indonesia

Kampoeng is one of the most important assets in Indonesia. It has so many beautiful and amazing natural wealth. We should proud and take care of it. It is also another way to attract the tourists to visit Indonesia. If we see further, the villages in Java land are always surrounded by spectacular natural wealth. There are thousands even millions of villages out there. By paying more attention on expanding the village, the beauty of Indonesia can be more recognized by other countries. Village, which is known as kampoeng in Java, has its own history, value and culture. Every village in Indonesia is mostly placed near mountain, forest or beach. The name of a village usually came after a certain popular story around the area. The popular story that is known as Cerita rakyat will represent the history of the village. Each village has their own value. They insist on using the traditional way to cook rice, build house and so on to maintain their value. Beside the history and the value, Villages in Indonesia also have their own culture. They will keep their culture by coordinating special event annually and telling the youth about their marriage culture, new baby born culture and other cultures. An example of village in Indonesia is Kampoeng Sampireun. It is placed at Garut, about five hours from Jakarta. The scenery of Sampireun village is unforgettable. In the middle of the village, there is a man-made lake, which is extremely unbelievable. At the edge of the village, there is a ravine, which is surrounded by mountain range. Sampireun village also has its own history, value and culture of the village.

Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C is a decease caused by virus which attacts liver. The decease, the virus itself, is very contagious, it can be spread from person to another through contact with infected blood, for example Hepatitis C can infect one if he/she got transfusion of blood that has the virus. Also a person can get the virus by sharing needles for drug abuser who has infected blood, from sex partner and pregnant mother to her baby. The virus is very dangerous, once one had the virus it usually does not bring any symptoms at first so the person will feel ok as if he/she doesn’t have any sickness, but in ten to twenty years the virus will accumulated and cause liver cancer or cirrhoses that is a chronic decease of the liver marked by degeneration of cells, inflammation and fibrous thickening of tissue. In this stage it will be hard to be cured or maybe it is too late which lead to deaths. That is why Hepatitis C is known as silent killer. There are several types in Hepatitis C they are Type IA that usually spreads in Asia and Africa, type IB spreads in USA and Europe. Moreover unlike other kinds of Hepatitis such as Hepatitis A and B, there is no vaccine against Hepatitis C. Therefore it is very important to beware of the killing virus and try to avoid it by learning how the virus spreads. This killing virus, however, if identified in early stage can be cured by two kinds of medications, which just launched in the past three years and already proved of healing the decease. The medications are called Pegasys it is an injection kind of medicine and the tablet called Ribavirin which the patient must take all together during the healing process although there are side effects of taking those medications like hair loss, skin problems even depression, Pegasys and Ribavirin are the only medicine which can fight Hepatitis C virus until now.

Instant Noodles and The Most Popular Brand

Indomie still exist from time to time. This is the most popular brand of instant noodle in Indonesia. Everybody in Indonesia like this food. Indomie has various taste which almost everybody like that taste. For instance, chicken curry, special chicken curry, satay, and many more. But we have to think of the danger of consuming instant noodle. 
Firstly, we talk about MSG 
(Monosodium Glutamate). MSG is a food additive, popularly marketed as a "flavour enhancer". If we consuming this additive, we get an extra flavour that we can enjoy the food better. If we consuming over of MSG, maybe we can get a symptom likes headache, rapid heartbeat, chest pain, 
drowsiness, bronchospasm (difficulty breathing), and many others. We know as a human we like a delicious food. But maybe we didn't know the dangerous of food which we had already consumed. Secondly, we talk about the quality of noodle. We know that the competition for instant noodles in Indonesia is very tight, and the government has proclaimed about instant noodle is the alternative food as rice.
Because of the competition of selling the various brands, the company must reduce their price and if the price become reduce, logically the quality of food become decrease too. So it is dangerous for our health and our body. Finally, there is no recommendation to consume noodle frequently. This is not the prohibition to consume noodle, but it could 
be better if we consume the noodle for infrequently.

Bossa Nova

Bossa nova is one of my favourites genre in music. Commonly, this kind of music is performed in slow tempo and rich harmony. Bossa nova has a brazillian’s, jazz, and latin’s rhytms. Bossa nova songs usually played by several instruments like bass, guitar, piano, drum, and percussion. Percussion give the samba or latin feel. I love to feel the touch of bossa nova. The bossa nova legends are Astrud Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Henri Salvador, and many more. In this era, Lisa Ono, the japanese artist has become the bossa nova’s star. She has a jazzy and beautiful voice. Bossa nova has a good relationship with Jazz so bossa nova needs a good improvisation to make the music more lively. Bossa nova gives us a calm, relax, and peace situation. I think everybody will like this kind of music and I can’t stop enjoying it.

Tennis

Tennis is one kind of sports that is popularly played in western countries such as Europe and America. During the last decade, tennis was also started to be popularly played in Asian countries. As a result, there is one player from Thailand who used to stand in the top 10 of the best tennis player throughout the world. Tennis can be played either between 2 players or 4 players. Game that is played between 2 people is called single and is called double game for the 4 players. There is some equipment that needs to be satisfied before tennis game is started. Those equipments are tennis racket, tennis ball, tennis court, and tennis net. Tennis cannot be played in any other court except tennis court. Moreover, to make the game run smoothly, tennis players also need to master some basic techniques. Backhand and forehand stroke are the basic requirements to play the tennis game. Without those two strokes, tennis game cannot be played properly. Furthermore, there are 5 biggest tennis championships in the world. The most prestigious championship is called Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship that is regularly played in England. The other four championships are called France Open (Rolland Garros), US Open, Australian Open and Japan Open.

AUCKLAND

Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand. It has a population of just under a million people and is located on North Island. This seaport is an essential centre for business and industry. It is also the most dynamic and multicultural city in New Zealand.
The history of the city goes back 650 years when the Maoris settled in the area. European settlement began in 1840 when the British arrived. New Zealand’s first governor, Captain William Hobson, made Auckland the capital. Later, the capital moved to Wellington, because it was more central. Since 1945 the city of Auckland has grown and it now has large modern suburbs.
Furthermore, Auckland is also an interesting place to visit because of its famous sights, such as Mt Eden, one of many large volcanic hills, other places is the beautiful Auckland domain which is famous for its large palm tree and exotic plants. In addition for those who likes to see the Maoris traditional dances can pay a visit to the Auckland Museum.
In the end, Auckland is amazing place; not only because it’s rich of culture but also rich of beautiful scenery.

Wages differential

Wages are payment made to labor monthly, weekly, or sometimes fortnightly for services rendered. Wages that every people get are not the same. There are four main factors that affecting wages Firstly, the demand side affects the difference in wages because, when the demand for the worker is high, then it can increase the wages rate, as the supply cannot increase immediately. The marginal revenue product primarily determines the demand side for labor. It can be defined as the addition to revenue by hiring one extra worker. If the workers are highly productive, then the demand for that worker is high; therefore, it will increase its minimum wages rate. Secondly the supply side affect the wages differential, when the supply is elastic then the wages rate will decrease, in other hand when the supply is inelastic than the wages rate will increase. The supply if labor affected by the educational qualification, the more qualified the greater the reward. Training and skill are also involved in determining wages, the more skilled the higher the wages. Next is innate ability, usually people in cultural activity. The natures of job are also affecting, when the job is risky, they would be paid higher. Trade union is the third factor that affect wages differential. Trade unions affect both demand and supply side. Trade union can influenced supply by increasing or decreasing the minimum working age or retirement age, shorten or longer the working hour, increase or decrease the minimum educational qualification, and used shop policy. It can also influence the demand side by increasing or decreasing sales or labor productivity. Lastly, is the government legislation, government set a minimum wages to ensure that the worker get a decent wages to maintain their standard of living. There are several factors that determined wages both economic and social factors. However, it is very difficult to really pinpoint the main cause of wages differential; they are interrelated to one another.

Drug Abuse In Indonesia

Ten years ago I lost a friend, he died overdosed.He is not just ‘a friend’, but he probably one of my best friends. We grew up together and very close. He was addicted to heroin; he was 18 years old when he died. It’s so sad because he was a smart boy and he had so many dreams. Heroin is one of the kinds of drug that have the highest risk of causing death. There are many kinds of drug, such as barbiturate pills, marijuana, ecstasy, shabu-shabu (crystal methamphetamine), putaww (low grade of heroin) and cocaine.
Indonesia reportedly has over 1.3 million drug abusers out of its population of 210 million people. Most drug abusers are young aged between 15 and 35.Two weeks ago I read about the custom officials at Jakarta’s international airport apprehended an Indonesian girl and her brother with 2.6 kilograms of heroin in their shoes. The siblings in their early 20’s, were passengers of Thai Airways from Bangkok and estimated value of the heroin was some 250,000 dollars. I don’t think they are the big drug dealer, maybe they just some courier. It’s ashamed to have young Indonesian citizen to do such crime.
We often ask why do they use drugs, but I think we cannot find the exact answer. Drug abuser most common come from broken homes or broken hearts, because they felt disappointed to the situation, felt unloved, unsecured. So they try to find ‘something’ that can make them feel happy, loved and secure. But there are some people who used drugs just because of their friends, society, and curiosity. Whatever the reason is they are playing with deaths when they first tried the drugs. Different drugs cause different symptoms and sign to the person using them. For example heroin abuser will have dry mouth, disorientation, poor mental function, signs of injections, infections, shallow breathing. Heroin abuse is associated with serious health condition, including fatal overdose, spontaneous abortion, collapsed veins, and infectious disease, including HIV/AIDS and hepatitis. For cocaine abuse the symptoms are dilated/large pupil, hyper-alertness, sleeplessness, extremely talkative, speak very fast, restless, paranoia (in high dosage). In general drug abusers will abrupt changes in school attendance, quality of work, grade and discipline, Withdrawal of responsibility, general changes in overall attitude, unusual of borrowing money from friends or parents, even stealing from home and schools.
Drug abusers must get treatments as soon as possible, because it’s very dangerous for them and people surround them. There are some foundations or rehabilitation which dealing with this kind of problem. For example yayasan cinta anak bangsa, it was set up in 1999 to combat drug problems among the youth. YCAB introduces drug education to school curriculums, interschool programs for ‘at risk’ youth, as well as drug research and education centers. And there is hospital to give medical treatments and religious related place to help the abuser healed. But the most important thing is the intention of drug abuser to be cured. And the support from the family and friends will help the process of healing faster and easier to them.
If we ask why? How? Will not be an answer. Do we want to end up like my friend who died young? Life is a choice; let’s make better future, better life, and stay healthy without drugs for our sakes.

Living with Homestay Family

Living away from parents and friends is sometimes quite challenging for many students who want to study abroad. Once students move overseas to study, they do not simply study, but they live there. Choosing the most suitable of accommodation is undoubtedly crucial for those who want to study overseas. One type of accommodation that students might bring into consideration is homestay. When students living in a homestay, it means they live with the other family in foreign country. Once they live in other’s family home, they become the part of the family. They have to go on with the family’s rule and adopt their lifestyle. In the homestay, most family will provide meals for students who live in their house. Some of them also do not mind to do the laundry and clean up the student’s room. On the other hand, living in the homestay is not always good. There are a lot of families out there who do not accomplish their responsibility as they supposed to be. For example, when they are not at home or come back late, it would be likely they will not provide dinner for the students. Some families are also made strict rules that must not be violated by the students. Some of the rules sometimes do not make any sense. For example, students are not allowed to have any kind of snack in their room. They are not allowed to put anything in the refrigerator or even make their own food as they are not allowed to use their kitchen. However, living in the homestay has its own positive and negative side.

Online Games

Online games are games where the gamers can meet with other gamers in some other digital world. There, they can fight together and chat with one another, on the other hand, people tend to play these games and forget about anything else. Such as, they will become lazy to study, then, they come up with a bad result at their studies. In some cases, people die because of these games, they play and ignore to sleep, as the result, their body didn't get enough rest and yet become a chronic sickness. At some countries there some league for these online games, they even search the players, and paid them. In the future, there will be new jobs, they are gamemasters. In short, online games are created to entertaint us, but don't overused it.

Futsal

Futsal is a type of soccer game. Firstly, all you need is gather 10 people, because, this game only need ten players before you can start the game. Then you should have a ball, but, it is different from the ordinary soccer ball, this futsal ball doesn't bounce hihgly, and it is more heavy. Last, you pick a place to play the game. Today, it is easy to find a place to play futsal. You can find it everywhere at jakarta. For example, if you live at sunter, you can play at Planet Futsal sunter, then, if you live at pluit, you can play at pro futsal, even if you live far from north jakarta, you can still find a place to play in difference places at south jakarta. In short, everybody can play futsal, no matter how old are you, all you have to do is kick the ball and score a goal.

Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi is one of the bands that rock the world since 1984. Jon Bon Jovi (vocal) and Richie Sambora (guitar) front it. The other members are David Bryan (keyboard) and Tico Torres (drums). They have a continuously success in their career. Looking at their sales record, awards, and ticket sales proves it. Firstly, their sales record. Since 1984, Bon Jovi as a band, has produced ten studio albums. In total, the total sales of all the albums exceed 100 millions. Besides that, they also produced 5 compilations and live album. For these, Bon Jovi reached almost 30 millions of albums sales. In grand total, Bon Jovi has sold more than 130 millions records in 23 years. It is quite a record in the music industry. Secondly, Bon Jovi has received several achievements over the years. Bon Jovi got their first award in 1987, at the MTV Video Music Award. The got the award for the best stage performance. In addition, one of the best awards that they’d achieved was the award of merit from the American Music Award, in 2004. And currently, they received the Grammy Awards for the best country collaboration. Lastly, Bon Jovi also proved their success by looking at the sales of concert tickets. In 2006, Bon Jovi held the “Have a Nice Day Tour”. From the tour, they successfully sold $ 110 millions of tickes. The band itself earned approximately $ 67 millions. Over their career, they have performed more than 2.500 concerts, in front of more than 37 millions of people. To conclude, Bon Jovi has continuously succeeded in the music industry.

Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi is one of the bands that rock the world since 1984. Jon Bon Jovi (vocal) and Richie Sambora (guitar) front it. The other members are David Bryan (keyboard) and Tico Torres (drums). They have a continuously success in their career. Looking at their sales record, awards, and ticket sales proves it. Firstly, their sales record. Since 1984, Bon Jovi as a band, has produced ten studio albums. In total, the total sales of all the albums exceed 100 millions. Besides that, they also produced 5 compilations and live album. For these, Bon Jovi reached almost 30 millions of albums sales. In grand total, Bon Jovi has sold more than 130 millions records in 23 years. It is quite a record in the music industry. Secondly, Bon Jovi has received several achievements over the years. Bon Jovi got their first award in 1987, at the MTV Video Music Award. The got the award for the best stage performance. In addition, one of the best awards that they’d achieved was the award of merit from the American Music Award, in 2004. And currently, they received the Grammy Awards for the best country collaboration. Lastly, Bon Jovi also proved their success by looking at the sales of concert tickets. In 2006, Bon Jovi held the “Have a Nice Day Tour”. From the tour, they successfully sold $ 110 millions of tickes. The band itself earned approximately $ 67 millions. Over their career, they have performed more than 2.500 concerts, in front of more than 37 millions of people. To conclude, Bon Jovi has continuously succeeded in the music industry.

Piracy

Piracy can be defined as the robbery of a copyrighted product. It is in the form of duplicate, which was made illegally. There are three common areas of piracy. And they are in the music industry, movies industry, and computer software industry. Firstly, is in the music industry. Producers now are starting to worry about the records sales. For the past ten years, the album sales have been decreasing rapidly. It is now at the stage of awareness. Musicians are starting to worry about their career, since selling record is not a good way to earn a lot of money anymore. Pirates are copying music albums, and sell them at a low price. So, when it compared with the original one, it could win. Secondly, is in the movies industry. It is similar with the music industry. But the different is, actors and actress are not really affected by piracy. The producers are the one that could lose millions of dollars. And lastly, is in the computer software industry. Computer software industry got the biggest loss from piracy. This is because the original software price is too expensive. Even it could cost millions of rupiah. In contrast, the pirated one is only ten thousands rupiah. So it is way cheaper than the original one. In conclusion, the three areas that affected by piracy are the music industry, movies industry, and the computer software industry.

Fender Basses

Fender is a company that produces musical instruments since 1930s. At first, the inventor, Leo Fender, made some custom guitars and amplifiers. But decades ago, Leo started to produced the Electric Bass Guitars. And now, Fender is the biggest bass guitars producer in the World. Fender’s most famous products are Precision Bass, Jazz Bass, and the Artist Series. First, fender released the Precision Bass in 1951. In short, it was called P-Bass. It was made for the session players in America. But now, rock bassists are also using this gear. Secondly, is the Jazz Bass that was introduced in 1960s. The purpose of Leo to produce Jazz bass is to switch the traditional upright bass that used by the Jazz musician to become modern. Now, this bass is the standard gear for a bass player. Almost every player has one of it. The Jazz Bass it self can be differ because the options for the features. But basically, the tone of the bass is jazzy. And lastly, are the artist series. There are several types of Artist Series, which differ each other. They were called artist series, because the basses were made based from the order of a bass player. Now, there are twelve artist series bass. And they are; Stu Hamm Urge II Bass, Frank Bello Signature, Jaco Pastorius Jazz Bass, Marcus Miller Jazz Bass, Mark Hoppus Jazz Bass, Mike Drint Precision Bass, Roscoe Beck Bass, Reggie Hamilton Standard Bass, Sting Precision Bass, Tony Franklin Fretless, Victor Bailey Jazz Bass, and Geddy Lee Jazz Bass. In short, Fender has 3 types of bass: Precision Bass, Jazz Bass, and Artist Series.

Trends of Apple

Apple is a hardware and software company that was established in 1977. Its first product is the Apple II Microcomputer. In 2006, the annual sales of Apple’s product almost reached $ 20 billion. There are three types of product that Apple offered. The first one is computer/laptop. For the computer, Apple has iMac that was first published in 1998. It’s a desktop computer that has several types. It is design to be used in studios or home. Besides that, they also made laptops. There are 3 types of laptop; MacBook, Power Book, and Mac Book Pro. Each of them has different specifications. Secondly, Apple produced iPod. The shape is very slim and small. It could save songs, videos, photos, and other data. There are several types of iPod; iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle, iPod Video, iPod Mini, iPod Touch, etc. Each of them has different capacity and features. All of them allowed us to upload and hear music. But not all of the types allow us to watch videos and upload photos. The latest type of iPod is the iTouch (iPod Touch). As the name stated, the iPod is touch screen. Besides that, iTouch also have an ability to connect with Wi Fi. By using an iTouch, we can browse in the Internet. And lastly, the latest technology that apple offers, iPhone. It’s the first phone that Apple has made. Its shape and features are similar with iTouch. Both of them have same features, but in the different is we can make calls and short messaging services in iPhone. In short, Apple has been producing computers/laptops, iPod, and iPhone.

Importance of Money

Money is very important in today’s society. We use money in our every day’s life. Without money, we cannot buy the essential things in our life. Such as food, water, clothes, medicine and many more. Most of us, strive to get a good education, to have a better job in the future. All those efforts are for us to receive better pay for our journey in life. In today’s employment, some society has better pay than others which made them able to afford luxurious things. How about the poor society that has less salary or just enough salary? The standard cost of living is not balanced by the poor society salary. To make it worse, the cost of living has kept rising over time. This makes the society harder to survive in running their lives. The importance of money can bring bad influence in our lives. If there is a lot of poor society, the crime rate in that country will increase, because they will do anything to get some money to carry on living. Some family can fight with their relatives, to get more shares of money. Money is very important for us; however it needs to be spent wisely.

Jazz..

Jazz is improvisational form of music that originated in the southern United States after the civil war. Although its origins and history are somewhat vague, we know that it began as musical expression of black people who had formerly been slaves, combining hymns, spirituals and traditional work of songs into something quite new. The style was a blend of the rhythms brought to America by the Africans who were imported as slave labor and the popular music of the era that featured the ragtime piano. The term jazz itself is of obscure and possible nonmusical origin, but it was first used to describe this particular kind of musical expression in about 1915.
A jazz band commonly includes four to twelve musicians with a relative large proportion of the group in the rhythm section. Customarily, there are a drummer, a bass player, and a pianist. Often there is also a banjo player or guitarist. In traditional jazz, the clarinet, trumpet and trombone carry the melody. In more modern jazz, the saxophone, violin and flute may also be included in the melody section.
Jazz first became popular outside the United States in the 1920s when jazz began to record, distribute, and even export their recordings to Europe. Since Jazz is improvisational, it does not exist in the form of printed scores , recorded performances were and still are the best way of preserving the music

Jazz is improvisational form of music that originated in the southern United States after the civil war. Although its origins and history are somewhat vague, we know that it began as musical expression of black people who had formerly been slaves, combining hymns, spirituals and traditional work of songs into something quite new. The style was a blend of the rhythms brought to America by the Africans who were imported as slave labor and the popular music of the era that featured the ragtime piano. The term jazz itself is of obscure and possible nonmusical origin, but it was first used to describe this particular kind of musical expression in about 1915.
A jazz band commonly includes four to twelve musicians with a relative large proportion of the group in the rhythm section. Customarily, there are a drummer, a bass player, and a pianist. Often there is also a banjo player or guitarist. In traditional jazz, the clarinet, trumpet and trombone carry the melody. In more modern jazz, the saxophone, violin and flute may also be included in the melody section.
Jazz first became popular outside the United States in the 1920s when jazz began to record, distribute, and even export their recordings to Europe. Since Jazz is improvisational, it does not exist in the form of printed scores , recorded performances were and still are the best way of preserving the music.

St. Valentine

Every February the 14Th, all around the world, candy, flowers, and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. Valentine's Day had always been the day of romance, but have you ever wonder who that mysterious saint is?

A legend once said that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome.
Claudius, the Roman Emperor, felt that single men were better soldiers than those who were marries. So the emperor outlawed marriage for young men who were potential soldiers. Pasteur Valentine reliased the injustice rule made by the emperor, and so he decided to marry those young men to they're loved ones secretly. When Valentine's actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death.

According to the legend, Valentine actually sent the first 'valentine' greeting himself while he ws in prison. It was believed that Valentine had fallen in love with a young lady who was the jail's guard's daugther. She often visted him during his imprisonment.

Before Valentine's death, it was alleged that he wrote her a letter, which was signed, 'From your Valentine', which was ritten on the 14Th of Febuary. An expression that is used until today.

Although the truth behind Valentine's legends are murky, the stories certainly emphasize his appeal as a sympathetic, heroic, brave, and, most importantly a truely romantic figure. It's no surprise that by the Middle Ages, Valentine was one of the most popular saints in England and France.

Adversity Quotient: A New Paradigm

In the last few years, many people still dwell on the old-fashioned paradigm that Intelligence Quotient (IQ), Emotional Quotient (EQ), and Spiritual Quotient (SQ) are the only determining factors in someone’s life. Moreover, they also engage in an over-heated debate about which is the most important out of the three. Those who prefer cognitive approaches to life argue that IQ is the most important, since sharp analytical and problem solving abilities are very much needed in life. In fact, the majority of schools and universities still put up a higher value on academic achievements rather than non-academic achievements. On the other hand, many people agree that EQ and SQ are far more essential than IQ. For example, a genius scientist without good morals and spirituality ends up as an atheist or even a mass destroyer by developing and igniting nuclear bombs.
Recent researches by psychologists discover the Adversity Quotient (AQ), a new landmark in the psychological world, which challenges the status quo of the ‘big three’. Adversity Quotient is the capabilities of a human to focus on his purpose in life and overcome any obstacles in the way. In short, AQ represents the strength of someone’s determination. AQ classifies human behaviors into three characteristics of mountain climbers. Firstly, the quitters. They love to try on new things and experiences. However, they will not continue in pursuing their objectives if the environment is unsupportive and harsh. In short, they are weak-willed people and too scatter-brained to focus on one goal. Secondly, the campers. They love to pursue a certain limit of goals and easily satisfied of their achievements. Their biggest downfall is the fact that they love to stay in their ‘comfort zone’ and hesitant to take the risks. Lastly, the climbers. These people are the real survivors. They love to set big and long term goals, take the challenges, and persistent in pursuing their dreams. In addition, they are also able to overcome any obstacles efficiently and maintain to live with high energy and passion because of their clear vision and mission in life.
To conclude, Adversity Quotient is the most determining factor in someone’s life. No matter how genius, patient, or faithful someone is, he will never get the success that he deeply wants to achieve unless he has the determination and perseverance to climb the mountain of success.

No Henry, No Worry

After Arsenal were left by their legendary player such as Thiery Henry, I was not sure how this team would manage their playing in football. Because from what I have observed from the game in last season was not quite good. Especially for the youngsters, all I can see was the youngsters playing for Henry, not playing with him. I keep asking, what would Arsenal become without Thiery Henry. I was hoping That Arsenal would be better than last season even without Henry, but I didn't know how realistic it was until i saw them playing.

I was just mesmerised watching them playing, I was shocked that Arsenal are unbeaten until today. I was very happy and thrilled by the way they played, My hands were shaking everytime I see them play. Six game has gone, and now they sit in the top of the Premier league with the game in hand. They played football as good as ever and surprisingly score from outside the box. With fabregas as their leader on the field nothing can stop them. Fabregas and his other team mates brought a beautiful football and keep the team together and made a different confidence they make last year.

"Henry was a great footballer, but it was not easy to play alongside him" said the spaniard.

"We were a bit inhibited by him- dependant on what he wanted to do or what he demands. But now is different".

"Everyone was saying that this year without Henry we would be nowhere and that has motivated everyone".

Another maestro of the game Arsene Wenger was the key to Arsenal success. Everyone was saying that selling Henry was a wrong decision to make, But they have proved them wrong once again by giving his players a strong message and faith to the rest of the players at the team. I was just saying that from this statement we can see that without Henry the team is still as strong as they were, or hopefully better. We can learn so many thing from Arsenal, and I hope we have'nt seen the best of it yet, I hope this will keep continuing until the end of the season. They are not a team that uses famous players, star players, or even a kind of team that bribes the referee. They are just a team with a profesional and mature players with football skills and with a mentality of a champions.