Quipper School

Hi guys! Now, we have a task in quipper school. It's a website where our teacher can give us a test, it's like quiz game! But first we have to log in and enter our class code.
These are some pic of us

CULINARY-YUM!

As I said on the previous post, on my holiday I and my friends went around some cafés do culinary things. Last Saturday, we went to trending cafe on instagram. It was Crumble&bites. The cafe is really near my house, we went there on foot. It is on Sukajadi Street in Mayfair Building. On the ground floor there are "Rumah Buah" where you can buy groceries and some imported foods, my mom often shops there, and a coffee shop too.  Crumble&bites is on the first floor. There are dessert shop and ramen restaurant too. And on the second floor is some kind of beauty and health things based on the sign I read.

Then, we entered the cafe and chose the outside to sat. The sky was so bright and blue with the palms around the street, so I can say that the scenery was beautiful.

The menu mostly was breakfast menu, and we chose sort kind of crepes. It's Ovomaltine Hangover. And the drink, we chose the house specialty,  Fuzzy Cotton Candy. There are a lot of specialty drink, one of them is a popcorn drink! But, I've been craving for Fuzzy Cotton Candy since a long time so I prefer to choose it. Fuzzy Cotton Candy is a lime drink and on the top of it is cotton candy. It's so cute but we had some difficulty to drink and eat the cotton candy cause it's a bit sticky. And, God! The crepes was so delicious! There were vanilla ice cream and some crisp on the top of it, and there're some bananas inside it. Yummy! But, well the price was poor for a student like me tho. That's one of cafe I visited and I wish I can visit again and someone will pay the foods tee hee :)) 

HOLIDAY-YEAY

Holiday yeayy! Finally, after a long semester we got three weeks off! Bye school I won't miss you a second. Fortunately I didn't get any short semester which was a gift from God. Thanks God. So I kept the lesson books off of my eyes, cause I really needed a break after a rough semester. It was my first semester on senior high school but it felt so long and tireeeeeed which was sad.
Well, I spent the most of my holiday in my home. I didn't go to another city nor country because my family is sort of homey type,  but it's okay I could wake up on 10am. Then I surfed the Internet and read some riddles. Riddle's great though, it's like there are a story and it's strange and we have to think what's wrong or who's the murderer yeah some kind of it. It's mind blowing that's why i like them.
On the last Saturday on 2014, I went to Saparua jogging track to 'running'. I woke up early finally. But, actually I just ran the half of the track and ended up walking. Most of them just chit chatting with my bf tee hee. After 'running' we went to ciwalk and decided to watch a movie, it's still 10am so we stopped at J.co and bought j.cool. But guess what, buy two get one free. Alas, we ate three ice cream at once after burned some calories so... The day went so well after all.
So my new year, I got no resolution though, alas. I just hope 2015 goes well. My family didn't celebrate new year,  but we cooked a lot of food because the friends of my grandmother will came and I helped a little on afternoon and went to my room to play some games hehe. I like to be alone at home,I just didn't like people around..  Need some peace in life yo.
On the first Saturday on 2015, I went it with him. We went to bookstore, searched some books. Bookstore is my favorite place to go, I really like to see the stationary and stacked books. I don't mind if I have to go there again and again. Then we went to cafe at Bandung Indah Plaza and then looked up some import books on store named Books and Beyond. Just like every dates,  it went so well.
Well that's my fun part of my holiday, despite of watched dvds and went around some restaurant and cafe with friends. Oh, God the holiday went fast! I'm not ready for the busyness and hectic days of school.... Well I hope this semester goes better than yesterday. Cheer up!

Almondseed and Almondella

Once upon a time there was a very poor man named Almondseed. He lived in a little village in a remote corner of Greece with his wife Almondella.

One day, Almondseed was walking through the village and happened to see a black hen tied up outside the weaver’s hut. He walked on, thinking nothing of it. A few moments later, a hysterical woman ran out of her hut exclaiming that her prize black hen had been stolen and crying for help. Almondseed whipped out an old book of his and pretended to read in it where her hen was to be found. Thrilled at the recovery of her hen, the woman paid him handsomely for his help. At that moment, Almondseed realized he could do pretty well pretending to be a seer and changed careers from poor village gadabout to entrepreneurial sage.

Word of his wisdom and ability to see things spread and one day the king’s servants appeared at Almondseed’s door. They asked him if the Queen, who was pregnant, would give birth to a boy or a girl. Almondseed pretended to consult his old book and kept muttering “Boy, girl, boy, girl, boy, girl…” until the king’s servants grew weary of his nonsense and left. As it happened, the Queen then gave birth to twins, one a boy and the other a girl. Thrilled with Almondseed’s apparent prophetic qualities, the King summoned him to the palace.

Once there, he was told that the King’s coffer had been stolen and the King wanted Almondseed to please tell him where it was so that it could be recovered. Almondseed retired to his room and asked for some almonds. Hearing that the King had sent for this renowned prophet to recover the coffer, the thieves made sure to be at hand and spied on Almondseed to make sure he would not tell anyone where they had hidden the coffer.

On the first night, the first thief snuck into Almondseed’s room. As the thief watched, Almondseed remarked to himself, “This is the first,” meaning the night. The thief thought that Almondseed meant him and ran off, scared for his life. On the second night, the second thief snuck into Almondseed’s room and heard him say, “The second has come,” once again meaning the evening. The second thief was similarly scared of Almondseed’s apparent powers and ran off. On the third night, there was the same misunderstanding and the thieves begged for Almondseed’s mercy and told him that they would reveal where the coffer was hidden if only he did not turn them over to the King. Almondseed agreed and turned the coffer over to the King who was once again thrilled by Almondseed’s prophetic work.

As a final test, the King took Almondseed into the garden. The King had an almond hidden in his hand and asked Almondseed what he held in his hand. Almondseed muttered something about his own name and his wife, Almondella. The King mistook his meaning and thought he meant the almond itself and the almond tree beside them and rewarded Almondseed with much gold. Almondseed retired wealthy and happy back to his village and lived happily ever after with Almondella.

(Source : https://literarytransgressions.wordpress.com/2010/04/30/fairy-tale-friday-how-to-succeed-in-fairy-tales-without-really-trying/#more-1735)

AMAZING STRUCTURE

Hello everyone! I’m going to tell you about an amazing structure. There are so many amazing structures around the world. There are many structures from the past and they contain so much history and cultures. For now, I’ll tell about a structure in Paris, France. It is The Louvre Pyramid. The Louvre Pyramid (Pyramide du Louvre) is a large glass and metal pyramid, surrounded by three smaller pyramids, in the main courtyard (Cour Napoléon) of the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) in Paris. The large pyramid serves as the main entrance to the Louvre Museum. Completed in 1989, it has become a landmark of the city of Paris.

Commissioned by the President of France François Mitterrand in 1984, it was designed by the architect I. M. Pei, who is responsible for the design of the Miho Museum in Japan, the MasterCard Corporate Office Building in Purchase, New York, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland, Place Ville Marie in Montreal, and the National Gallery of Art (East Building) in Washington, D.C. among others. The structure, which was constructed entirely with glass segments, reaches a height of 21.6 metres (about 71 feet); its square base has sides of 35 metres (115 ft). It consists of 603 rhombus-shaped and 70 triangular glass segments.

The pyramid structure was engineered by Nicolet Chartrand Knoll Ltd. of Montreal (Pyramid structure / Design Consultant) and Rice Francis Ritchie (also known as RFR) of Paris (Pyramid Structure / Construction Phase).

The pyramid and the underground lobby beneath it were created because of a series of problems with the Louvre's original main entrance, which could no longer handle the enormous number of visitors on an everyday basis. Visitors entering through the pyramid descend into the spacious lobby then re-ascend into the main Louvre buildings.

For design historian Mark Pimlott, "I.M. Pei’s plan distributes people effectively from the central concourse to myriad destinations within its vast subterranean network... the architectonic framework evokes, at gigantic scale, an ancient atrium of a Pompeiian villa; the treatment of the opening above, with its tracery of engineered castings and cables, evokes the atria of corporate office buildings; the busy movement of people from all directions suggests the concourses of rail termini or international airports."

Several other museums have duplicated this concept, most notably the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. The Dolphin Centre, featuring a similar pyramid, was opened in April 1982, by Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester. The construction work on the pyramid base and underground lobby was carried out by the Vinci construction company.

The Large Glass Pyramid seen at night.

The Large Glass Pyramid seen by day.

                That’s all about The Louvre Pyramid. I wish I could visit it one day… thank you for reading guys! Have a nice day :D

(souce: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre_Pyramid)

Matswapati's Parade

Hello everyone! Now, I'm going to tell you about my school's event. My school, 3 Senior High School held a cultural festival called 'MATSWAPATI'. Matswapati is one of the wayang in West Java. We held this even because we want to preserve our culture as the people of West Java. Matswapati held on Saturday, 27th September 2014 at Lapangan Bali from 08.00 to 19.00. Before the opening, there was a parade. And now, I'll tell you about the parade.
The parade attended by elementary and secondary scholers and the 10th graders too. We competed to win the prize! My class, X-3, we wore headbands written '#Matswapati' with feathers which was from feather duster. We wore black t-shirt and batik wich was tied onto our waist. Before we started the parade, we lined up in front of Matswapati's gate and waited for elementary and secondary schoolers. We talked and took so much photos there. Soon, after they came, the parade begin. We started to sing our chants loudly with a lot of spirit. We waved to people around too. The route was from Lapangan Bali head to Taman Musik, then 5 and 3 Senior High School, Taman Lalu Lintas, Hyatt Hotel, then to Merdeka street, passed St. Angela and Banjarsari school, then we turned to Java street to Bali street back to Lapangan Bali and we welcomed by Kuda Lumping show. We were tired but we're so happy!
Then at 1 pm, there was an announcement to declare the winner. The winner from elementary school was Karang Pawulang elementary school, it was Diana's elementary school. Hehe. And the winner from 10th graders is........ X-3!!! We won the parade! We got one million rupiah! The boys were so happy they danced and the girls cheered! Yeay! Our effort has paid off! It was really surprising! What a dayy~
Well, i didn't watch the festival until finished, cause i was sick:( so sad i can't watch until the night... But I'm also happy for it :)

UNFORGETTABLE MOMENT

Hello!! This week, I’m going to tell you about my unforgettable moments. There’s so much thing that can be unforgettable. It may be bad or good, and I’ve been experienced so muchhhhh! Of course, I can’t tell you every unforgettable moment I had. But don’t worry, I’ll tell you about my experience on 14^th February 2014. Do you know what day it was? Well yeah, it’s Valentine’s Day! So, happy reading :)

                One day before Valentine’s Day, I was so tired after took a course at my private teacher’s home for preparation of National Exam (It was still 3 months to go. Yeah, I’m so diligent, I know:))). But then, I remember! I haven’t prepared anything for Valentine’s Day! (I have a bf, btw). Then, I went to the minimarket before went home and I found a chocolate. The chocolate reminded me of him, because one year ago, I took that chocolate to trip from school to Jogjakarta. When I ate it, he came over and just took a bite of it! Ewh. (we were not couple that time). He’s so annoying, I know it=)). Back to the topic, so I bought it 3 for him and 2 for me (hehe:9). At home, I wrapped it with gift paper with love patterns (it was the only gift paper I had at home actually). Then I took a pink paper and a pink pen and I wrote a love letter.  I wrote it on English by the way=)). After I finished, I put it on a pink envelope and I glued the love letter on the chocolate. I really hoped that he will like my gift:)

                Later next day, the 14^th February aka Valentine’s day, I went to school and I sat on my usual chair as usual (I still studied on junior high school). Then I checked my table’s locker and I found a box full of chocolate with a pink ribbon and a paper! It written “Be my valentine?” I was surprised and I spontaneously took my gift for him and ran to his class (he was IX-C and I was IX-D). I sneaked and closed his eyes and then I thanked him and gave my gift for him. He smiled to me and patted my head. Then I found out that he made the chocolate himself! Well, the shapes were a little out of shapes=)) but the flavor is so yummy!

                That day didn’t end there, after school he took me to an Ice cream station and we ate Ice cream together. He knows really well that I always love ice cream :) and things that make me prouder to have him is, he prefer eat ice cream with me to go out with his friend:)). We talked and we smiled and we had such a happy time. That was one of my unforgettable moments with him.

                Well, that’s it! Thanks for reading my somehow ‘alay’ stories, but that’s really unforgettable… oh! And there’s some last word from me : “It’s not about how much the price that makes a moment special, but how to makes a moment to be special with the precious one:)”