Green Beauty

Begitu masuk dalam data DCS (Daftar Calon Sementara) Pemilu 2009, saya langsung mencari aturan-aturan yang berkaitan dengan pemilu dan .... ketemulah UU Pemilu No. 10 th. 2008. Dalam UUtersebut disampaikan bahwa untuk menjadi anggota dewan, minimal harus mendapat suara lebih dari 30% untuk suara satu kursi, jadi jumlahnya secara kasar tanpa dipotong oleh golput 30% X 250.000 = 75 000 orang. Waw, bagaimana mencari suara sebanyak itu bagi orang yang betul-betul baru masuk dunia politik! Baru niii yee ,,,,? Jadi 'objektive'-ku adalah mencari suara sebanyak 75 ribu orang, hayoo gimana. Untuk mendapatkan jumlah suara tersebut diperlukan suatu strategy yang mantap. Sebagai pendatang baru, saya langsung mencari informasi, tanya sana tanya sini, eeeh kebetulan ada tetangga yang sudah lama berkecimpung di bidang politik, sebut saja Mr. X. Beliau menyarankan untuk mencari relawan, he he saya tersenyum .... 'relawan niiii yee', kaya menolong orang musibah Tsunami aja. Kemudian bel...

Long ago before I was interested in politic, I was wondering why some parlement members quarelled in parlementary session. Lately, I found out some of them corrupted people money, and they were called curroptors. My questions now are; Why are they becoming curroptors? Have they conducted their duties to strugle for people's concerns? Two months ago I was going the regence of Garut, exactly Soutern Garut mountains. A lot of woods were cut off, and the mountains do not have trees, consequently, District of Cisewu have landslide, water eroded the soil, also in District of Singajaya. For sure, if the mountains in Southern Garut were distroyed, the world will have more and more global warming, especially in Southern Garut. So, those who care for forest safety, I need your help to see and plant trees as many as possible. Not only for Indonesian people but also world citizens should be aware and take care of their own forests. My journey to Soutern Garut, as a matter of fact, it was relat...

Prinsip manajemen yang efektif tak pernah berubah: manajer perlu mengetahui apa yang akan dikerjakan, belajar bagaimana mengerjakannya, dan kemudian — kerjakan! Ketiga langkah di atas pada awalnya dikemukakan oleh guru manajemen, Peter Drucker, dan yang terakhir adalah kerjakanlah, dan inilah yang menimbulkan berbagai masalah. Kenapa demikian? “Mengerjakan” saja tidaklah cukup; anda harus beritikad untuk merubah pengetahuan-yakni “what” dan “how” - ke dalam kegiatan atau praktek sehingga berhasil. Pada zaman sekarang tidak ada alasan lagi untuk tidak memiliki pengetahuan dan ‘know-how’ dalam mencapai hasil yang paling memungkinkan. Setiap aspek manajemen telah dikaji untuk menemukan tehnik-tehnik yang lebih baik yang mudah dikuasai, mudah diaplikasikan dan mudah untuk diajarkan dan dipelajari. Sebagai contoh komunikasi. Kita tahu pentingnya dan nilai dari komunikasi non-verbal dan kontibusinya ‘listening’ untuk keberhasilan berkomunikasi- mendengar perkataan orang lain, bukan perkata...

Penderitaan Sang Ibu , Ketika nafas tersenggal-senggal, tetangga berkumpul dan sebagian berkata,”Neng! Ikhlaskan dan pasrah kepada Pemilik kita, tentang anak-anak jangan dipikirkan”. Anggukan lemah menjawab pertanyaan para tetangga. Sebagian sedih melihat apa yang sedang dihadapi seseorang yang sedang berjuang menghadapi maut. Perut tertarik kedalam, napas kuat keluar menyembur dari mulut dan hidungnya. Tiada kata yang terungkap, setetes airpun untuk menghilangkan panas dan haus tidak dapat masuk pula. Anak-anak menangis, tetangga menangis, setiap orang yang melihat menangis! Mengapa terjadi pergulatan dalam menghadapi maut, mengapa tidak terlihat senyum, bukan menahan rasa sakit yang terhingga. Mata melotot keluar, napas tersenggal-senggal, terjadi mulai adzan maghrib dan si Eneng baru menghadap ke hariban Illahi pada pagi hari. Tidakkah ini merupakan suatu perjalanan hidup??? Kembali ke delapan belas tahun yang silam, ketika si Eneng dalam pelukan seorang lelaki ganteng dari sebuah...

STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION Sentence Completion You must choose the word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence. 1. Subject or Noun Phrase A single subject or a short noun phrase is the testing point in this category. The noun might be the main subject of the sentence, a part of a clause, or an appositive (a phrase that names the noun in another way). This category also includes the words it and there when they are nonreferential subjects.) EXAMPLE: __________new diseases has engaged many researchers since the last decade. (A) By studying (B) The study of (C) An important study (D) Now that the study 2. Word Order In this category the answer choices contain all or almost all of the right words, but three of the answers give the words in the wrong order. EXAMPLE: Hot springs are formed when water that has passed near recently formed hot igneous rocks emerges ___________ (A) not far below t...

WRITING FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS One of students’ problems in universities is writing. Writing subject is frequently given in semester two and the students have no writing exposure to perform writing skill. The main content of writing is a paragraph. A paragraph is a part of a passage and has several sentences. Accordingly, studying a paragraph is very important to develop an essay or passage. Below is how a paragraph is organized. (Quoted from Academic Writing ) WHAT IS A PARAGRAPH? A paragraph is a basic unit of organization in writing in which a group of related sentences develops one main idea. A paragraph can be as short as one sentence or as long as ten sentences. The number of sentences is unimportant; however, the paragraph should be long enough to develop the main idea clearly. The following model contains all of the elements of a good paragraph. It is good for practice, the paragraph is about Gold . The gold as the subject is put first. Controlling idea as a part of top...

How to Run a Formal Meeting As your small business grows so will the size of your company meetings. Informal get-togethers can be effective, but when time is tight and projects are complex, more order is necessary. Working with corporate clients may also require you to lead a formal meeting. Step 1: Set objectives A clear objective will encourage people to attend the meeting because they will understand its intent. It also will set the foundation for a focused meeting. Meetings usually have one of two objectives - to inform or to decide. "Discussion" is not a meeting objective. For example, "to determine the market positioning for Series 2000 trade advertising" is an effective objective. It is focused and clearly announces the aim of the meeting. "To discuss Series 2000 marketing" sounds aimless and could invite rambling instead of action. Step 2: Assemble attendees Create a list of who needs to attend this meeting. Think carefully about whether or not som...

Studying English needs informal and formal language. But, how to use it you need to practice and learn at least 5 words a day. Below these 5 idiom words could be your first idiom to practice, see you in the class. The exercise below for my students at Institute of Telkom Management. Informal Meeting Mimi: English confuses me. I don’t understand it. Sam: I get mixed up , too. Mimi: Mixed up ? I mix up flour and eggs to make a cake. You don’t look like an egg to me. Sam: Of course , I don’t. It’s not flour and eggs; it’s my ideas that are mixed up. Mimi: To get mixed up is an idiom, isn’t it? Sam: Right! You knew what its words meant separately, but you didn’t know what they meant joined together. That’s why idioms are difficult at first . Later they’ll become easy. Mimi: If I study them, they’ll become easy, isn’t that wh...

Reading could open the world, broaden our mind, and share with others. For my students who are used to reading, I would say 'good luck', you belong to professionals, so we could keep up with other citizens of other countries. For those who have no time yet, focus-focus-focus-focus-focus, spare your time just 15 minutes for the first time to read. Anyway, below is your TOEFL reading lesson I got from our friends at Training Center ITS Surabaya- thanks friend-good luck ITS, and I would ask you to submit the answers. READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES FOR THE READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS 1. Skim the reading passage to determine the main idea and the overall organization of ideas in the passage . You do not need to understand every detail in each passage to answer the questions correctly. It is therefore a waste of time to read the passage with intent of understanding every single detail before you try to answer the question ...