r.a Kartini

 Every April 21 people in indonesi commemorate the kartini day. it is beautiful day for the woman because we celebrate the birth of great lady ra. kartini. everyone knows who kartini is. she is our national heroine and a great lady with the bright idea.

kartini was born in 1879 april 21 in mayong jepara. her father was rmaa. sosroningrat wedana (assistant of head of regency) in mayong. her mother, ma ngasirah was a girl from teluk awur village in jepara asthe daughter of a noble family, she felt luck because she got more than the ordinary people got. she got better education than other children.

In november 12 1903 she married adipati djoyodiningrat, the head of rembang regency. according to javanese tradition kartini had to follow her husband. then she moved to rembang. in september 13 1904 she gave a birth to her son. his name was singgih. but after giving birth to a son, her condition was getting worse and she finally passed away on september 17 1904 on her 25 years old now kartini has gone. but her spirit and dream will always be in our heart. nowadays indonesian women progress is influenced by kartini's spirit stated on collection of letter habis gelap terbitlah terang from the dusk to the dawn.

Taken from Readings to Remember, 2004

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A Successful Shop Owner

    My friend, Jimmy, attended junior high school in his village when he was a teenager. He was a very dilligent student.

He studied hard when he was at junior high school. Therefore, he finished his study and good marks. His parents were very proud of him.

He continued his study at a senior high school near by his village. He studied there for three years. After he graduated from high school, he applied for a job. His father was poor and could not afford a higher education for him.

His first job was a bookkeeper and he was able to use the computer well. He worked there for ten years. He quitted his job because he decided to run a shop in his village.

He wanted to become a successful shop owner in his village. He wa a hard worker.

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A Good Manager

Ron Marton came to his office early this morning. He went to work by car.

When he arrived there, he parked his car and came into his private office. He had so much work to do. Miss Linda, his secretary met him. Mr. Marton talked to her for a while.

Then he studied statistics and wrote a report to his boss, Mr. Siregar. He got his statistics from his assistants. His assistants helped him very much. They collected information from other people.

His secretary didn’t write a report. She wrote many letters for him. She also opened his mail and read the mailcarefully. Then she gave the important letters to him.

Ron Marton could manage his work well. He was a good manager.

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Cat!

           One day my brother and I were playing badminton behind our house when I saw a cat on our mango tree. It looked scared and we thought it couldn’t get down. So, we decided to do something.

          First, I helped my brother to climb the tree and help it. He reached the cat and passed it to me. It was difficult because the tree was so high. When my brother began to come down , a branch broke. He couldn’t move up or down. I went inside the house and asked dad to help my brother. Then, he borrowed a ladder from our neighbour and helped my brother down. As soon as my father left, the cat climbed the tree again.

       This time we didn’t try to help it.

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None Of Your Business!

       Last week I went to my sister’s school to see her performance in a drama. First, I looked for the best seat in the school hall. Then, I sat and waited patiently for the drama.

As soon as the drama started, I tried to concentrate on the performance. The drama was good but I did not enjoy it. Because, two children were sitting behind me and they were talking loudly. I got very angry because I could not hear the conversations. So I turned my head and looked at them angrily. They did not pay any attention and kept on talking. Finally, I turned round again and said angrily that I could not hear a word.

To my surprise they told me that if that it was none of my business. I thought they did not understand. What I was trying to say was that I couldn’t hear the drama, not their conversation.

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EOS Studio

       This morning I and my friends went to EOS studio. It’s not very far from our school, so we just rode our bicycles.

      First, we met shanty and Rico outside the studio. Then, they took us into the studio and showed us around. After that, we had lunch at EOS studio canteen. The food was deliciouc. Before we went home, we took some photographs with shanty and Rico.

       It was tiring but we were very happy.

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