Online Chat

Online chat is a trending activity done by many people nowadays. Some chat through chat site, others through facebook, yahoo messenger, or even the blackberry chat. Chat is a lot of fun right? If we think further why people chat online, there must be a lot of reasons. They might have no friends (at all? wow!!), they want to kill their time, or they want to experience new way of  making friends.

I learned how to do online chat in 1997 or 1998. My sister taught me. And years ago internet conncetion is so rare, i had to go to the local post office. becaus eit's the only internet cafe available in my hometown. I paid 6000 rupiah per hour for a snail connection and many times i had to queue. I logged in to MIRC, that was the most popular chat site. My motivation to chat is to practcie my English with foreigners. And yes, i've got many overseas online friends. I even sent letters to them, i made friend with a lady from Canada, a Chinese guy, and a Tunisia man. I don't remember others.

Online chatting helps me a lot. I gain more vocabulary and i learn many new slang and uses which i didn't get at school. i also learn about custom of people. Most of my friends are American, Indian, Turkish, Canadian, Middle Eastern, and French. But unlike the real world friendship, the chat friendship usually is not long lasting. There are things to be considered when you want to try the online chatting:

1. Never believe in your new online friends just by chatting with them few times.
2. Be carefull,. many people in online chat hide their real personality, you can look at their eyes so it's hard for you to know whether they say the truth or not.
3. Never give your personal e-mail address to your chat friends (i have another e-mail address, not the main one for chat friends only, so whenever they spam me, i will have no problem to deactivate my optional e-mail)
4. Be careful of scammers. Scammer is someone who swindles you by means of deception or fraud, So he/she will try to get money from you. There are many ways that they can do, but of course they usually start with a good friendship even romance relationship.
5. Be careful. Many people in the chat site are adult so they might ask you to chat about sex and other adult content. You can just block or avoid this kind of  people.
6. Always look at your real life. Online friends are cool but you have to ensure yourself that they might be unreal. Your friends at school, your neighborhood friends are real so keep up your good relationship with them.
7. If you want to learn English, don't be hesitate to try online chat. Most of the people i met in online chat use English as their second language, others use English as their foreign language just like us, Indonesians. So, don't worry with your English. Happy chatting.

(Silvana)

Yummy Meatball

I don't know who invented meatball, but this food is very popular among Indonesian. Meatball, made of chopped meat which made into a ball, as big as a ping pong ball. Of course to enrich the flavor some spices are added iwth the meat dough. Then it is boiled, or steamed i'm not quite sure with the meat broth. To serve, noodle is put in a bowl, then 5-6 meatball go with the noodle and then extra soup (from the meat broth). Fried shallot is added too with sliced onion leaves. Oh no..just writing about it made me drooling already..yummy

Meatball brings me a lot of memories, from my childhood to my womanhood.. When i was a child, whenever i went to my grandparent's house, my grandparents always spoiled me by buying me and my sister meatball. When we took a nap, my grandpa would bought two bowls of meatball, which was the best meatball at that time, and put them on the dining table. Later he will woke us up at about 4 p.m maybe half an hour after he bought and told us tyo have our meatball. I still remember that the seller name is Pak Ndut (The fat man).  Somehow i can still remember the taste.It's nice.

(Silvana)

When i was in elementary school until junior high, my family always spend our dining time in Bakso Pak Man or Bakso Remaja in my hometown Mojokerto. I couldn't remember well bakso Pak Man. What i remember was at that time the seller didn't have any electricity in his foodstall, so he used traditional lamp powered by kerosene. Bakso Remaja was my favorite. The seller sold es campur too. Es campur is mix fruit, sliced bread, and other ingredients served with chocolate milk and coconut milk with ice topping). What i remember very well from Bakso Remaja is i used to eat two bowls of meatball at once with my mother. When i got the second rank in my junior high, my mother conratulated me by buying me two bowls of meatball instead of one. And i could finish them haha.. I really miss her a lot. I remember her many times i eat meatball. The memories are irreplaceable.

When i was in college, bakso Sayang accross SMAN 2 Surabaya was my favorite. A friend took me there and it was the best meatball i'd eaten at that time. Unfortunately i don't know where the seller moved due to the food stalls resettlement program done by the local municipality. The last time i ate was maybe in 2005.

And now in my adulthood i ate meatball anywhere. To me meatball is a simple food but tasteful. Every seller has its specialty. To name some in Surabaya I've tried Bakso Sayang (reviewed), Bakso Tanjung Anom (near SMPN 4), Bakso Rasa Sayang (Jl. Ciliwung), Bakso Kotak (Yani Golf), Bakso Kalidami, Bakso Kota Cak Man, Bakso Pak Djo (Petra Manyar), and almost all bakso in my neighborhood. The ones mentioned are popular. You can just asked people and most people know where the sellers are. Some suit my taste, some don't. Some are pricey and some are at reasonable price. Dare to try?

Cartoon and Anime are my Food

When i was child, i often wasted my time to watch television while waiting my family return to home from their activity. Everyday i just watched cartoon and anime with my friends and i have the most favorite cartoon and anime that never absent watched by me. But before, let me explain what the different between cartoon and anime.

Basicly, both of all same—performed in animation, but the different is where is it made? Cartoon made by American but anime made by Japanese.

Now, let me recommended to you, what the old cartoon and anime that so cool!

1. Rugrats

First published of Rugrats at Nickelodeon channel. It told about the daily activity of eight babies (Tommy, Chuckie, Angelica, Lil, Pil, Dil, Kimi and Susie) that full of fantasy, imagination, funny and sweet. This is my favorite episode [WATCH]. In the progress of it is continued by All Grow Up cartoon which told about daily activiy of eight babies who grow up as junior high teenagers.

2.       2. Strawberry Shortcakes

Whoaaa!! It’s the sweetest cartoon that i ever watched. It’s good cartoon for children—i think. Why? Because this cartoon told about friendship and related to a family. How to help our friend when they have problem? And how to make good relation with our friends without quarrel.

Strawberry Shortcakes not only at TV cinema but also at movie, it showed that Strawberry Shortcakes is popular and have a lot of fans. And the most favorite things that i like from this cartoon is the name of all character, they are: Strawberry Shortcakes (main character), Rasberry Tart, Huckleberry Pie, Apple Dumplin, Plum Puddin, Apricot— They are the name of cake, aren’t they?

3.       3. Jimmy Neutron

After finished watched Jimmy Neutron for the first time, two sentences out of my mind: “I want became like Jimmy” or at least “One day, I want have boyfriend like Jimmy”. This is the 3D cartoon from Nickelodeon channel. It told about the genuis boy—Jimmy Neutron, that

have a lot of inventions and problem because of his inventions or his friends— Carlton Ulysses "Carl" Wheezer and Ramon Martin "Sheen" Estevez. In the daily life, Jimmy told as little boy that always wasted his time in his labolatory. But his experiment always disturb by Cynthia Aurora "Cindy" Vortex—his rival that always lose by him at school task.   

This is sci-fi cartoon that can gave me knowledge about science and also taught me that intelegency can reached  and lose anything.

4.       4. Dr. Slumps

It told about Arale Norimaki, the robot girl build by Senbei Norimaki to become as his little daughter. Arare has long hair and wore big glasses with full of black frame. She is naivety, energic and lack girl. In tv series, Dr. Slumps told about Arale’s struggle to convince the citizen of Penguin Village that she is normal girl and about Dr. Senbei’s inventions which full of science knowledge. This anime full of educated that wrapped in humor. So if you hate study with serious method, just watch it!

5.       5. Digimon 1st Season

Digimon first season published by Kids Station. It told about 7 kids who entered at Digital World unintentionally when they were at Summer camp. Because of it, they forced to save Digital World and Real World from evil. They helped by digivice—the digital power included of the digimon monster partner for them each other. They also helped by mysterious men named Genmai who always appeared at hologram and gave them information about their enemy.

(Ryu)

No Pink !!!!!

Pink, oh noo !
I don't know why I hate it since I was child. Many people said if pink is color of girl, I don't think so !
Until now , I don't have things that the color is pink. for me pink is ticky. if my friend wear pink clothes, I always asked her, why do you like pink ?? -_-
Most of them said if her mom who buy it for her. hahay :D
My aunt ever said if she wanna give me pink present ! I said NO !!!
I choose I don't want present if the color pink. I ask her to choose another color.
I hate pink, so I also don't really like women accessories. Like hair bands or something that have relation with pink. I don't like story about princess. Many my friend said if  simple or tomboy girl. I don't think so. I don't care what they said about me.

My friends ever said pink is just color, so why you hate it ??
I said if pink is very very ticky ....
yack .............
Room full of pink things ?! Oh my God ,,, Hate it very much ....
You know, my color's home is pink, except my room. My room is speciall! the color is blue...
One day I want my father change the color but my father said if the color is good. hhooamm, I'm bored see pink everyday ! -_-
and you friends ?? what do you think about pink ??

(Nindy)

Homework !! I Hate It !!

Homework is given tasks from teachers that we must do it at home. If my teacher give a little homework is fine , but my teacher always give me many homeworks. Hwaaaa .... it's makes me lazy to do it !
especially if the home work is little but it's very hard . waa,, it same ! I felt lazy to doit .
I don't know why I hate homework ?! You know , since I entered junior high school , I never do my homework ! :D hahaha
At elementary school, I also lazy do my homework. But if I do my homework at school, my friends will tell it to my teacher at that time! That's elementary school, I think is real and I really scared with the punishment. But it's different when I entered junior high school. The atmosphere is very different because now we are teenager. So if I do my homework at school, no one will tell it to my teacher. because almost students at my class do homework at school. The boys are very lazy about it ! just 2% at my class that do their homework at home. They are a diligent group, I said :D
You know, sometimes the smart student also do their homework at school. It has become habit at my life :D
Because many students do their homework at school, my school has new rule. it's if someone do their homework at school, they get 2 point :D
In the first, I observe it. But now it same with the past! I still do my homework at my school...

One day, my parents asked to me why I never do my homework. I just said if I'm lazy. hahaha :D
My teacher at math course said if do and cheat homework is okay, but I must study it at home.
I felt happy when my teacher said that! I think if my teacher bless me to cheat my friend's homework :D
Kind of homework that I like is the homework must find with browsing :)
Sometimes, When my teacher at school has entered my class, I still do the homework. It's very cool

Or sometimes I don't do my homework :D hahaha, not only me, but also my friends :D
Do you think cheat my friend's homework is bad ?? I don't think so !
Are you also cheat and do your homework at school ??

If I am trying to do my homework at home. I always feel sleepy. in the end I don't do it :)
It same .......
Have you experience like me ?? heheee ..

Thank's

(Nindy)

Pink

 Colors are devided into two groups. First is additive color that came from light or called spectrum and the main colors of additive color are Red, Green, and Blue (RGB).The second is subtractive color that come from pigmen and the main colors of subtractive color are Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow (CMY).

            Pink is a gradation from light red or mixed white and red. Pink has many means and symbols. Some people said pink means women, love, feminin, softness, warmth, sweetness, and emotional. Pink also related with admiring, thanksgiving, shympatic, romantic, and gives young spirit impression.

By the health side pink is symbols of women, girls babies, and pink ribbon usually for supporting the victims of breast cancer. The research clarified that women prefer to pink than blue. Most of the accessories of the newborn girl babies are pink.

Pink roses are symbols of thanksgiving, love, sweetness, and poetic looks.The light roses pink related with admiring and softness that uses for shympatic feeling. The dark roses pink are the symbols of appreciating and thanksgiving.

If your hobby is sleeping, try to decorate your bedroom with pink, it can give relax and romantic situation. And I have tried it. I helped my daddy to decorate my room with pink. We changed the paint from white to pink. Firstly we moved anything from my room. Then we cleaned the wall and started to paint it. We needed about two days to finished it. We’ve done it well. It was a pleasant experience and I love my new room.

After that change, I though I felt more comfortable with my new room. Pink paint can calm my mind especially when I’m getting stress and I feel at ease with pink. But don’t use this color if you want to give the sensual taste.


(Emma)

Spongebob Squrepants

“Who lives in the pinnaple house into the sea?”, Spongebob Squarepants. Alright Spongebob Squarepants, a sponge who uses a square pants, cheerful, friendly, and amusing. Spongebob is a chef in a restaurant, The Krusty Krab. He’s good at cooking, especially cooking Kraby Patty. Kraby Patty is a speciality food from Krusty Krab. That food stand for bread, patty, ketchup, mayonaise, tomato, lettuce cheese, pickles, onion, and bread again. All of the citizen of Bikini Bottom love Kraby Patty.

Mr. Krab is the owner of The Krusty Krab. Mr Krab is stingy and old crab, but he’s good at bussines. He is a former navy. He has a longstanding enemy, Plankton. Plankton has been trying to steal the secret recipe of Kraby Patty. But Mr. Krab always keep that recipe carefully from anyone who wants to steal the recipe. Mr. Krab has a daughter, Pearl. Pearl is a whale, it’s so terrible when she’s crying beacuse her tears can cause flood. Pearl is a stylish and pretty girl. Mr. Krab really loves Pearl but he love his cashier machine, Cashie.

Spongebob’s lovely neighbour is Squidward. His house is next to Spongebob’s house. But unfortunatelly Squidward hates Spongebob because he thought that Spongebob is noisy person. Squidward work at The Krusty Krab too, as the cashier. He’s really dissapointed with his life. He never felt happiness although his face is always melancholy. Squidward prefer to elegance life. He though that he is an handsome artist because he can play the clarinet, paint his face by his self, and make many things about his self. But all of his artistic things only satisfied his self, no one satisfied with Squidward’s artistic things. How an unlucky person he is.

Next to Squidward’s house there is a big brown stone. That’s Patrick Star’s house. Patrick is a stupid, fat, pink, lazy starfish. But he’s Spongebob’s bestfriend. Both of them have same hobbies, catch the jellyfish, blow the bubble, and laughing together.

Spongebob also has genius and smart friend. She is Sandy. Sandy is a Texas squirrel. She has been making many knowledge inovation by her self. But how can the squirrel can stand any longer in the sea? Sandy lives in glasses and resistant to water house, so she can stand into the sea everyday. She always accompanies Spongebob to play Karate.


(Emma)