24.12.09

x-mas



malam natal.
setelah lama ga posting karena sibuk menyantaikan diri, akhirnya aku tergugah untuk posting setelah seharian dibanjiri oleh kemeriahan menyambut natal esok pagi.
aku suka suasana natal. bagiku natal adalah kado, natal adalah pohon terang, natal adalah black forest, natal adalah fanta merah (maaf sebut merek hehehe).
yap, itulah pemaknaan natal bagiku hampir dua dekade yang lalu. waktu itu aku tumbuh di lingkungan yang sangat kental dengan toleransi agama.

aku bertetangga dengan tiga pangeran kecil, dan aku adalah satu-satunya putri cantik bagi mereka (narsis mode ON )
kami bersahabat dalam perbedaan yang ada. mereka adalah suku batak, mereka adalah nasrani yang taat. dan aku, aku orang jawa dan keluargaku muslim yang cukup taat.
kala itu, perbedaan yang ada menjadikan hari-hari kami begitu indah.

rumah mereka terletak tepat di depan rumahku. setiap natal tiba, aku dengan senang hati berkunjung ke rumah mereka, menikmati semua hal yang aku sebutkan di awal.
pada hari biasa, terkadang kami saling mengintip dari jendela ketika waktu tidur siang tiba karena mereka tidak bisa keluar rumah sampai tiba jam bermain sore. ibu tiga pangeran itu sangat disiplin, setiap hal pasti punya waktu dan porsi sendiri. sedangkan ibuku sangat fleksibel. aku bisa lakukan apapun, kapanpun, selama tidak merugikan dan menyakitkan.

kami sering makan dalam satu meja. dan kami berdoa sesuai yang diajarkan oleh guru agama masing-masing.
sering juga saat bermain bersama, kami bertukar ilmu. aku sekolah di TK Islam dan mereka sekolah di TK Bhayangkari.
saat itu aku bisa menyanyikan lagu malam kudus dengan baik, dan mereka bisa melafalkan alfatihah dengan lancar dan fasih.

aku tahu bahwa mereka pergi ke gereja untuk membaca alkitab dan sekolah minggu. dan mereka tahu bahwa aku pergi ke TPA dan setiap lepas maghrib aku pergi ke masjid untuk mengaji.
aku tahu tentang yohanes dan markus. mereka tahu tentang ayat kursi dan surat yasin.

karena perbedaan agama kami, maka dalam setahun kami merayakan banyak hal bersama.
bertukar kado saat natal, bertukar salam tempel saat lebaran, meniup terompet bersama saat tahun baru, mencari dan menghias telur-telur saat paskah, menyalakan damar pada sepuluh hari terakhir bulan ramadhan.

saat itu, rasanya perbedaan begitu indah dan membuat hidup penuh warna.
tidak ada kekhawatiran, dan tidak ada tuntutan untuk menjadikannya sama.
kami berbeda dan karena itu kami bersama.
sebagai manusia-manusia kecil yang sedang mengenal dunia, kami cukup beruntung bisa tumbuh dalam semua perbedaan yang ada.
perbedaan membuat kami bisa saling mengerti dan memahami.

"Jika ada dua orang yang sama, niscaya dunia ini terlalu sempit untuk mereka berdua."
-Kahlil Gibran_


*selamat natal edward, jose, dan irvan.
  (terima kasih untuk tahun-tahun yang indah)

16.12.09

Example of Remedial Assignment for 10th grade (smt 1 year 09/10)

REMEDIAL ASSIGNMENT OF SEMESTER 1 YEAR 09/10

GROUP MEMBERS:
1. DWI (11)
2. HARYANTI (20)
3. VAOZAN (31)


Text 1 (no 1-5) NARRATIVE TEXT

Many years ago there lived a hermit in a forest in Sumatra. He didn’t grow food but depended on jungle fruit to survive. Soon, there was a drought, and all plants and fruit trees in the jungle died.
The old man had nothing to eat now, so he turned to begging. He went to a nearby village trying to get some food. At first, the villagers were happy to help him. However, when he came continually, they refused to give him anymore food. They told him to grow his own food.
One day, while the hermit was sitting in his hunt, sad and hungry, he began to think about growing his own food. Just then, a boatman stopped by, and taking pity on the hermit, give him some paddy seeds.
Before the boatman went away, he said, ”These seeds will grow and give you everlasting harvest if you work very hard. If you are tired of the work, the paddy plants will turn into weeds.”
The old hermit worked hard to clear the land and sowed the seeds before the rains came. Strangely, after a short period of time, the paddy is ready for harvesting. The old man got a lot of rice from the harvest. After each harvest, the plants grew back again right away. When the villagers heard about the hermit and his wonderful paddy, they flocked to his paddy field and took home as they could.
One day, the hermit became so tired of harvesting the paddy that he shouted, ‘oh, stop growing, you wretched thing!” As soon as he had said this, the paddy plants turned into weeds.

1. The main idea of the fifth paragraph is …
a. the succession of paddy harvest
b. the hermit should clear the land
c. the hermit was successful as a farmer
d. it needed a short time to harvest the paddy
e. the seeds should be sown before the rains came

2. Why did the paddy plants turn into weeds?
a. The hermit got angry with the villagers.
b. The hermit stopped growing the paddy plants.
c. The villagers grew weeds instead of paddy plants.
d. Villagers took as much paddy as they could.
e. The hermit shouted ordering the paddy plants to stop growing.

3. … One day, the hermit became so tired of harvesting the paddy that he shouted … (the last paragraph).
The antonym of the word ‘shouted’ is …
a. said
b. cried
c. laughed
d. whispered
e. screamed

4. Which statement is TRUE about the hermit?
a. He lived in a small town in Sumatra.
b. He went to the village to ask for some food.
c. He liked to give the villagers fruit and paddy.
d. He died in a jungle when there was drought.
e. He hated begging thought there was nothing to eat.

5. The moral teaching we can get from the story is …
a. When somebody begged he became a hermit.
b. One will get what he wants if he tries it hard.
c. One will fall whatever hard he tries it.
d. Somebody will get bad luck if he is reluctant to make effort.
e. When one truly makes effort, he will eventually fall.




Text 2 (no 6-10) RECOUNT TEXT
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Text 3 (no 11-15) PROCEDURE TEXT
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P.S
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  BEFORE DEC 20 2009
  THOSE WHO DO NOT COLLECT THE ASSIGNMENT  ON TIME WILL BE MARKED AS 
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