sewage disposal

Sewage disposal unit works in three processes. First, sewage is transferred in settling tank. In this tank, undecayed solids settle in the base of tank. Then, this solid are removed and burned. The polluted water is transferred to pump house. In the pump house, water is pumped in high speed to the next process in sprinkle beds. Polluted water pass three steps in sprinkle beds. Firstly, it is rotated in rotating area. Then, jets of polluted water is come out from rotating area and filtered. This purified water is safe to enter the river.

water distribution

House has water distribution system. It works in several processes. Firstly, water is distributed from water supplier by underground pipes. Then, it is distributed to house appliances such as toilet, sink, wash basin and bath. Some water is stored in cold water tank and hot water tank. In hot water tank, water is heated. After that, the warm/hot water is distributed bath, wash basin and sink.

randai, minangkabau traditional theater

Randai is minangkabau traditional theater. Randai is usually performed for traditional festival and ceremonies. It incorporates drama, music, singing, dance and silat martial art. The story based on minangkabau classic fiction stories which called tambo. Some player made a circle which called legaran. Legaran performs dance and silat when naration of the story is sung. The story of drama is performed by player in the midle of legaran. Some traditional music instrument like talempong and saluang is played to escort the drama.

My hometown, Bandung

Bandung is my hometown. I am very proud to have Bandung as my hometown because of the many interesting things that Bandung have. The scenery is one of Bandung's interesting thing. It is so beautiful with many flowers and trees along the road. Bandung also have a very clean and cool weather so that we can feel very relax. Beside that, Bandung's citizen are also very nice.

During the holiday, Bandung usually have a traffic jam. The streets are full with not only Bandung's car but also from other city's car. They usually want to go to buy some clothes in factory outlets that Bandung have. The price in the outlets is not too expensive and the clothes are very fashionable.

One of Bandung's hotspot is Batagor Kingsley which sells batagor, the one of Bandung's unique food. Batagor contains meatball and tofu that rolled with special flour and than be fried. The size of batagor is rather big and it taste very delicious. Batagor kingsley become a must place to visit when you are in Bandung.

padang panjang, my home town

I was born and grown up in the padang panjang. Padang panjang is the small city in west sumatera. Padang panjang located in the mountain, so the temperature in padang panjang is cold. Moreover, padang panjang is called rainy city because of the high frequency of rain.

We can find some nice tourism object. For example, lembah anai waterfall. It is famous waterfall in west sumatera. We can also visit minangkabau village, minangkabau cultures information center. We can find all about minangkabau culture. Moreover, we can see minangkabau famous trditional house Rumah Gadang and traditional rice barn called rangkiang.

I love my hometown because the people is very friendly. The people still keep traditional culture in this case minangkabau.

The Process of Purifying Water (Sewage Disposal)

After the polluted water enters the sewer, it will go through a simple process until it is changed into purified water, which then, can enter the river without endangering the environment. This process has no human intervention in it, and the whole cycle will be done by a mechanism that is made specifically for this.

First of all, after the ‘contaminated water’ enters the main sewer, it will flow into the settling tank, where the solids, which can’t decay, are separated from the water. These solids are then burned in a separate place. Then, the polluted water, which is now solid-free, goes into the pump house, where it will be pumped into the sprinkler beds. The sprinkle beds are where the purification will take place. The dirty water will be filtered through a bed made of stones and micro-organisms. After that, the water that has been purified goes into a pipe where it will be brought to the river.

Household Water Distribution

Hot and cold water are distributed into a house in few simple steps. First, the cold water from the mains is transported into the cold water tank, where it will be transferred into the hot water tank. In the hot water tank, the cold water is heated up so that it becomes hot water. Then both, the cold water from the mains and the hot water from the hot water tank, are distributed to each house appliance where water is used, like the bath, the wash basin and the sink. Cold water from the mains is also distributed to the toilet.

Thank you

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Thank you so much for working together this semester. I really have great time in class, and also I really enjoy reading all of your essay. Please keep in touch in the future. You all have my contact. Good luck with your study.
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Bandung's Local Delicacies

Bandung has plenty of unique delicacies that can only be found in this city. One of them is a food called “Mie Kocok”. Mie kocok is usually translated into ‘mixed noodles’. Though this kind of noodle is not usually mixed, instead it means that this noodle is served with many kinds of side dishes. It is served with stewed beef skin, beef foot and bean sprouts. It is also served with an almost-clear sauce that is seasoned with a unique taste because of the herbs and spices mixed into it making it delicious to the taste buds. Bandung is the only city that serves this special taste.

sewage disposal

A process to disposing sewage contains some steps before it is entering the water. First, the sewage, that contains polluted water and undecayed solids, enters the settling tank where the polluted water was being cleaned and the undecayed solids are removed and buried at the bottom of the tank. After that, the water went through the pipe into the pump house to be sent to the sprinkler beds. Here at the sprinkler beds, the water sent to the rotating arms where the polluted water will be filtered by stones and microorganism. This area is fenced by brick works so that the water won’t get out from the area. After being filtered, the water is ready to enter the river because it is already clean. The water is being sent to the pipe that connected o the river.

Bogor, the city of green or the city of green?

During the old times, Bogor was famous because of the greenish color when Bogor was viewed from the heights. The greenish color came mostly from the trees and grass which lived and grown up on the center and the corners of the city. The trees and grass created the beautiful and fresh green color and made the romantic and cool aura of the city. One good example was the Botanical Garden, the most attractive place in Bogor until now. It has lots of trees and grass which are grown on its ground and refresh the eyes of the people who look at them.

Nowadays, Bogor is still a green city either. But, it’s a pity that Bogor now has it greenish color from the public transportation cars operating in the streets of Bogor. These cars are coincidently painted green and also create the greenish color everywhere and instead of creating a cool aura, this green color creates otherwise. The most greenish color would be clearly viewed if there is a traffic jam. I’m really sure if people view Bogor from the heights now, they would be easily disappointed.

I’m proud by the fact that Bogor is known as a green city, but I also feel ashamed when I knew that the green color is unnatural. These two facts make a harmonized irony for me, as one of the students at ITB who comes from Bogor, my hometown.

The Works of Water Tanks

A house with a water supply needs a water-pipe to deliver the water through the house. If we look at the picture above, the water comes from the main pipe which is connected with the water pipes inside the house. On the picture also, we see that the water-pipe inside the house is a parallel pipe which delivers its water through different branch-pipes to various home appliances, such as the sink, the toilet, the washbasin, and the bathtub. Excluding the toilet, other appliances are provided with two different pipes which are the hot and cold water pipes.

Firstly, the water enters the house through the main pipe. On the first floor, a parallel water-pipe sends some water to the sink, meanwhile the rest of the water keeps going through the second floor. On the second floor, four parallel pipes delivered the rest of water which is going through and send them to its own place. The toilet pipe sends it to the toilet, the washbasin sends it to the washbasin, and so on. Furthermore, another parallel pipe sends an amount of water to the cold water tank to make the water cold of course. The cold water tank colds the water by lowering the temperature of the tank so that the water can be cold enough. After this process, the cold water is sent to the hot water tank to make it hot. Finally, the water from the hot water tank is going through the pipe to the bathtub.

The Works of Water Tanks

A house with a water supply needs a water-pipe to deliver the water through the house. If we look at the picture above, the water comes from the main pipe which is connected with the water pipes inside the house. On the picture also, we see that the water-pipe inside the house is a parallel pipe which delivers its water through different branch-pipes to various home appliances, such as the sink, the toilet, the washbasin, and the bathtub. Excluding the toilet, other appliances are provided with two different pipes which are the hot and cold water pipes.

Firstly, the water enters the house through the main pipe. On the first floor, a parallel water-pipe sends some water to the sink, meanwhile the rest of the water keeps going through the second floor. On the second floor, four parallel pipes delivered the rest of water which is going through and send them to its own place. The toilet pipe sends it to the toilet, the washbasin sends it to the washbasin, and so on. Furthermore, another parallel pipe sends an amount of water to the cold water tank to make the water cold of course. The cold water tank colds the water by lowering the temperature of the tank so that the water can be cold enough. After this process, the cold water is sent to the hot water tank to make it hot. Finally, the water from the hot water tank is going through the pipe to the bathtub.

The Works of Water Tanks

A house with a water supply needs a water-pipe to deliver the water through the house. If we look at the picture above, the water comes from the main pipe which is connected with the water pipes inside the house. On the picture also, we see that the water-pipe inside the house is a parallel pipe which delivers its water through different branch-pipes to various home appliances, such as the sink, the toilet, the washbasin, and the bathtub. Excluding the toilet, other appliances are provided with two different pipes which are the hot and cold water pipes.

Firstly, the water enters the house through the main pipe. On the first floor, a parallel water-pipe sends some water to the sink, meanwhile the rest of the water keeps going through the second floor. On the second floor, four parallel pipes delivered the rest of water which is going through and send them to its own place. The toilet pipe sends it to the toilet, the washbasin sends it to the washbasin, and so on. Furthermore, another parallel pipe sends an amount of water to the cold water tank to make the water cold of course. The cold water tank colds the water by lowering the temperature of the tank so that the water can be cold enough. After this process, the cold water is sent to the hot water tank to make it hot. Finally, the water from the hot water tank is going through the pipe to the bathtub.

Asinan

It has already known widely in Indonesia that one of the most famous traditional foods in Bogor is asinan. Asinan is a kind of salad poured with sauce as its topping. Despite having the name asinan (asinan is derived from the word asin, an Indonesian word which literally translated as salty in English), asinan has a unique mixture of sweet, sour and spicy taste. Asinan is made of a variation of vegetables and fruits. For example, we use vegetable ingredients such as bangkuang, sweet potato, sliced cabbage, cucumber, bean sprout and daun antanan, a kind of herb. Meanwhile, from the fruits ingredients, we use kedondong, salak, unripe mango and unripe papaya. On the other way, the sauce itself is made of a blended mixture of red chili, dried shrimps, belacan paste, vinegar, salt and sugar which is boiled in a large amount of water. Sometimes, to enhance its taste, people add fried peanuts, noodle crackers, or raw chili sauce on top of it. People can eat asinan as a single-ingredient dish (vegetables only or fruits only), but also can eat it as a mixed-ingredient dish, and usually most of us eat it mixed. Actually, asinan is made as an appetizer, but mostly the people in Indonesia eat it as a dessert due to their fear that the sour taste of asinan will cause them a stomachache if they eat it before the main course.

My Hometown ( Editan )_ Swarna

Medan is a big city which developed from a small village named Medan Putri Village. It was found by a Karonese man, Guru Patimpus. He was a medical doctor then. The name of this city is believed to be taken from a Karonese language and it means ‘became healthy’ or ‘better’.

In the olden days, Medan was inhabited only by Karonese people. After the king of Aceh, Sultan Iskandar Muda, sent his soldier to Tanah Deli, the Malay settled in this city. Nowadays, Javanese and Bataknese are the majority inhabitants in this city. There are also India and Tionghoa people. This makes Medan a multiethnic city.

The variety of culture in Medan can be seen from its buildings. A house of the late Tjong A Fie, a successful businessman, is an icon of Tionghoa ethnic in Medan. Kampung Keling, the settlement of India people, is a reflection of India culture. Istana Maimun, the castle of Sultan Deli, is a historical evidence of the Malay existence, while Padang Bulan, the settlement of Karonese, keeps Medan’s originality. This culture diversity makes Medan grow faster and be a better place to live.

Water supplies

The clean water that we usually used is distributed into a few steps. The first step, the clean water is distributed from Water Company or ground water through the main pipes of our house. After that, the water will be transferred from the main pipes into all small water pipes in the house such as sink, wash basin and bath. Some of the water also saved into the cold water tank. To get the hot water, next, the water from cold water tank flow to the hot water tank to be heated. Then, the hot water will be distributed again into the home appliances like bath, wash basin, and sink.

Wayang

Wayang is one of traditional arts in Indonesia. In English, “Pementasan wayang” is called puppets show. Usually, puppets show in Indonesia consists of the puppets itself, the performer, and the music. In my city, east java, the puppets were made from leather and every puppet has its own characteristic at the show. Dalang, the performer of puppet show, performs a story of the puppets behind a screen, so the audiences just see the shadow of the puppets. For the sounds –as background music-, puppet show usually has a group of music that performs Javanese music –which use traditional music instruments from Java, like gamelan- and sinden as the singer.

Sewage Disposal by wahyu

The first stage of the sewage disposal system is the settling tank. Sewage water goes into the tank. Then, the undecayed solids that is contained in the sewage water will be sedimented in the bottom of the tank. By then, the sedimented materials can be removed out of the tank and further on burned. The remaining polluted water goes to the second stage of the sewage disposal system, which is the pump house.
The pump house pumps the polluter water into the third stage of the sewage disposal system, the sprinkler beds.
The sprinkler bed is the third stage of the sewage disposal system. Using the power of the pump, the polluted water is transported into the rotating arms. These rotating arms have sprinklers that showers jets of polluted water into the soil filter underneath. The filter is formed by stones and micro-organism, and is fenced by brick works, so as the polluted water does not seep sidewards. The polluted water then has nowhere else to go from the filter but downwards. On the bottom of the filter is the waterway of clean water. Having gone through the filter, the polluted water is now purified and no longer contains pollutants. Then, the waterway/pipe transfers this purified water into the river.

Pengumuman

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Sewege Disposal Unit by Cynthia

There are three main processes to purified water before entering river in sewage disposal unit. At the first stage, settling tank, solids are settle from the dirty water, come from main sewer. It will be removed and burned. The output is polluted water. The polluted water goes into the second stage, pump house. It is in order to accelerate the water. Then it ready to begin the third stage, sprinkler beds. The polluted water is sprouted with jets to the filter. The rotating arm makes it to be speared evenly. Stone and micro-organism can’t pass by it. At the end, purified water that ready entering river, we get as the final result.

unique food & water

Water

Water from the main is distributed regularly to the house in two ordinary ways. First, water from main is distributed to the cold water tank and fill the water tank then water is distributed again to the hot water tank to be heated then it is distributed to household equipment. Second way, cold water is distributed to household equipment for example baths, wash basins, toilets and sinks.

Surabi

Surabi is a traditional food from Bandung. It is made from rice flour, wheat, coconut shaving, salt and some water. Surabi is made with traditional fireplace that is made from clay and fueled with charcoal. Mostly, Surabi has a burnt bottom. Previously, Surabi only had two flavors spicy and mild. All spicy surabi is spread by oncom(fermented cake that is made from soybean) as it’s topping , and all mild flavor didn’t have a topping. Usually the mild flavor was dipped to kinca (brown sugar).
Nowadays, Surabi has many more flavors for example, Surabi oncom mayonnaise, Surabi with egg and cheese, Surabi with chocolate, banana cheese, and so on. The best place to try surabi is at NHI setiabudi.

Material for Friday

Dear All,
Sorry for not able to teach you this Friday (13/04/07)
Here is material to be studied.

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What is a thesis statement?

The MOST IMPORTANT SENTENCE in your paper
Lets the reader know the main idea of the paper
Answers the question: What am I trying to “prove?”
Not a factual statement, but a claim that has to be “proven” throughout the paper

Role of the thesis statement
The thesis statement should guide your reader through your argument.
The thesis statement is generally located in the introduction of the paper.
A thesis statement may also be located within the body of the paper or in the conclusion, depending upon the purpose of the paper.

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Sample of the bad 1st paragraph

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•i disagree with this statement. television is media for people to get anything around them. television help us to entertain ourself, give us more information, and everything that happened around us. watching tv help us to know what's in and what's out. we will see anything around the world and it will increase our knowledge. when we feel bored with our activities we can watching tv, at least it will help us to rest and forget our troubles. television is a good media for us to lose our stress. we can watching tv together with our family and discuss about news or program in television. some people believe that television can destroy or dangerous, but for me its depends on how we use television as good as possible. we can prevent negative effects from television by choosing a good program that deserve to watch, educate us and give us benefits. prevent the programs that contents violence. porn, and less education.
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another sample of bad 1st paragraph

•I disagree with that opinion. Because I think it depends on the character of individual. We have to manage our time by allocating time to watch television just in our spare time. Television can give us many benefits. However, watching television shouldn’t let us to waste our time, or to miss our responsibility. We don’t need too much time in front of television if we want to get information about anything happen around us. We can get the information by watching the news morning or night in 0,5 - 1,5 hours. Or if we want to be entertained, we can watch movie or reality show which duration is 1-1,5 hours. It is about how we use TV as and how we control ourselves by managing our time. So, we can do our job and responsibility, we can take care our family, and we still can get the benefits of TV.

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Sample of good one.

•Family is the most important influence in everyone’s life, but television is not far behind. Television has become one of the most attractive media of entertainment and information. To a certain extent, Television can reduce one’s social sense in community and can lead to more aggressive and less physical activities. Though with those obvious negative images, I still believe that Television can gives us healthy, enjoyable, and educative experiences if we know how Television can affects us and how to ward it off.

Please go to www.lc.itb.ac.id/jati/e-learning and please click on the 'television button' and write your first paragraph. I will give you feed back and tell you what to do.

methane gas

Methane Gas

Basically, methane gas can be produced from rubbish. It was from the organic rubbish that dumped. When the dumps grow more and more, the number methane gas become larger. After the accumulation reach the limit, it will caused explosion. Now, the technology developed and we can avoid this to happen. Step by step with technology, we can conserve the organic rubbish and recycle them. The first step is put the organic compounds into the warming bed. In warming bed, this compounds will be separated and being conserved in the next step. The results, some are used for fertilizer and the others for making the methane gas. The organic compounds for making the methane passed through the dirt trap. Only gasses can pass this trap and the dirt are left in the base of the trap. After this step, the gas runs to the gas indicator where the methane gas were sterilized from the other gas (dirt). In this step, water have an important rule. By using the principal of distillation, and the differences of boiling point each gasses, the water separated the methane gas from the other. The next step is releases excess gas when the pressure is too high. This can be for preventing the explosion. Last step, is the most important step where the methane gas runs into the gas holder. Gas holder consists of some inner tubes that have function for weighting the methane gas. After all the step is finished, the methane gas that have been proceeded can be use for daily needs.

Announcement

On the 6th of April, I have corrected 40 on-line mid term tests with comment. Please check your result.

I have received 5 'first paragraphs' on Television and gave respond, please check and you may have to continue to the 2nd paragraph or rewrite your 1st paragraph.

Extraction of Methane Gas from Household Waste

Methane which is used for cooking, heating, even lighting is actually extractable from the household waste. First, the waste is separated from a fermentation system in a warming bed to be next collected to a dirt trap for some separating process towards the polluter. After the separating process, the gas goes through the gas indicator which indicates the gas’ existence by the bubbling methane spread in the water. For the safety reason of the methane’s explosive capability, high-care safety standards pressure must be maintained at all times during the operation through the pressure release process. Here, the excess gas can be released to the water when the pressure is high. For the last step, the gas is put into a gas holder to increase its pressure for finally used by opening the gas tap connected to it.

Unique Place in Jakarta

In the Central Jakarta (or ‘the center of Jakarta’) there is a place called Kemang. It is a place where many rich people live. So if someone mentions about Kemang, what people will have in their minds is expensive food, luxurious hotels, etc. It is true that the food there is expensive, but the fact is that many people go to Kemang just to eat together with their family or friends. This is because they want to experience the atmosphere there. The atmosphere is really cozy.

In Kemang, people can make friends not only from Indonesia, but also from other countries, because many people from other countries live there, such as England, USA, Arab, China, etc.

Essay writing

I have put a topic to be discussed about television, please visit www.lc.itb.ac.id/jati/e-learning.

MPANDU - Description - Rafflesia Arnoldi

Flowers are often seen as symbols for beauty, love, or even life. But that stereotype does not apply for the Rafflesia Arnoldi species. Rafflesia Arnoldi is called by many as the ‘Corpse Flower’ because, literally, it smells like rotting flesh. It is also a parasite for other plants. Those facts are already more than enough to explain why Rafflesia Arnoldi does not symbolize beauty like most other flowers do.

But aside from its stink and its habit to take life from other plants, the species is considered very unique and extremely distinct. Particularly, those are because Rafflesia Arnoldi is currently the largest known flower in the world, and because the species is now near extinct. In addition to its size and rarity, Rafflesia Arnoldi also has a wondrous shape and colour.

Rafflesia Arnoldi live mostly in the island of Sumatra. But it still won’t be easy to be found there, because it only exist in a very small number and the-flower-bloom itself only lasts for a few days. Right now scientists and environmentalists are trying to find some ways to preserve the species through many ways such as creating some artificial environments which support the Rafflesia Arnoldi to live in.

MPANDU - Description - Rafflesia Arnoldi

Flowers are often seen as symbols for beauty, love, or even life. But that stereotype does not apply for the Rafflesia Arnoldi species. Rafflesia Arnoldi is also called by many as the ‘Corpse Flower’ because, literally, it smells like rotting flesh. It is also a parasite for other plants. Those facts are already more than enough to explain why Rafflesia Arnoldi does not symbolize beauty like most other flowers do.

But aside from its stink and its habit to take life from other plants, the species is considered very unique and extremely distinct. Particularly, those are because Rafflesia Arnoldi is currently the largest known flower in the world, and because the species is now near extinct. In addition to its size and rarity, Rafflesia Arnoldi also has a wondrous shape and colour.

Rafflesia Arnoldi live mostly in the island of Sumatra. But it still won’t be easy to be found, because it only exist in a very small number and flower bloom itself only lasts for a few days. Right now scientists and environmentalists are trying to find some ways to preserve the species through many ways such as creating some artificial environments which support the Rafflesia Arnoldi to live in.

water distibution and my hometown characteristic

WATER DISTRIBUTION

Many houses have it’s own water pumps that have function to pumps the water to the house. How the water pumps works to carry the water and distributes the water into houses divided into few steps. First of all, the water from the source were being distillated and sterilized from bacteria and metal. In this step, the temperature of water is cold (normal temperature). After this step is finished, cold water distributes to toilet, wash basin, bath, and sink. But, some of the water is stored in the cold water tank for being heated in hot water tank. After heating, some of the hot water is stored in the tank and the other is distributed to some house wares that need hot water such as sink, bath, and wash basin.

RIAU UNIQUE FOOD

From so many kinds of unique food from Riau, Bolu Kemojo is one of Riaunese unique food. People call it bolu kemojo because this cake looks like mud cake with natural green color and the unique morphology like kemojo flower. How to make this cake is not difficult. First, we mix the eggs, margarine, coconut milk, flour, salt, and sugar. Then, this mixture baked in oven. This will give us a Riaunese bolu kemojo that have great soft mixture, combination sweet and salted taste with milk smell.

House of Sampoerna

House of Sampoerna

The House of Sampoerna is a Dutch colonial-style compound located at Surabaya, constructed in 1862. Until now, this compound is still functioning as a place producing cigarette with an area of 3,812 square meters. These compounds consist of a large central auditorium and two smaller buildings on the east and west side. As a restoration finished in the past August 2003, the building’s original central auditorium is now a museum. This museum gives the visitors a really attractive offer from the story of the founders to closely watching the production facility. The east side is now a place containing a cafe, shop and an art gallery; whereas, the west side remains as the sampoerna family’s home.

Model Essay

Examination not assessment

In the past two decade, the use of formal examinations has become less frequent in many countries. The educational systems in some societies however are still dominated by formal examinations. I believe that, to a certain extent, examinations can give an unfair assessment of a student’s ability. Even thought examination result has been used extensively as a means of assessment in the past, there are times when they do not appear to reflect a student’s ability accurately.

Firstly, examinations can be unfair in several ways. For example, that whole career of a candidate depends upon what he or she does on a certain day and hour of an exam. If the candidate is ill, or if he or she has had some emotional trauma, these factors could have a negative effect on the student’s exam results. Furthermore, some students do not perform well under pressure and require a longer time to reach useful conclusions. Even though they may have studied diligently and know the subject matter thoroughly their performance does not reflect their ability. For these students, examinations appear to be unfair.

Yet, some people believe that examinations make people work hard. They assume that in order to do well, students need to work throughout the course as they know they will have to prove themselves at the end.

However, in many ways, exams have the opposite effect; some candidates merely cram so that they can perform quickly for the demands of the tests. Other forms of assessment such as course work and oral presentations are a more accurate reflection of how hard students work. In the assessment of their ability, students diligence, initiative, deductive reasoning and organizational skills are considered, which are important indicators of ability but are rarely tested in a formal examination.

In conclusion, even though formal examinations have been used in the past, they should no longer be used as the only means of assessment because they can be an unfair indication of the student’s overall ability. In the long term, other less formal means of assessment such as course work or oral presentations are a more useful indicator of the skills required in adult life and, therefore, a more accurate indication of a student’s ability.

MPANDU - Water Distribution

The water distribution system in this house isn't too complicated to be described. Basically the cold water current which originated from the mains is divided into three places throughout the house. These three places are: the sink, which is located on the house's ground floor; the bathroom on the second floor, which consists of the bath, the wash basin, and the toilet; and finally the cold water tank, which is located just under the roof.

The cold water which is stored in the tank is connected to the hot water tank, which enables the hot water tank to take water from the cold water tank and heat the water up anytime it is needed to. The hot water tank itself is also connected, and delivers water, to the bath, the wash basin, and the sink.

Water Distribution by Cynthia M.L.

The water distributions at house begin by mains. The water come by the mains to the cold water tank, baths, wash basins, toilets and sinks. From cold water tank, the water transferred to hot water tank. At the hot water tank, the cold water heat is being increased. Then the warm water distributed to baths, wash basins and sinks.

Sop Saudara by Cynthia M. L.

There are so many unique foods from Macassar. Sop Saudara is one of them. The color and flavors of the soup is very unique. It is because of the special spices added to the soup, such as soy sauce (which make the color of the soup become brown), etc.

The soup contents many kinds of innards cows that can be chosen by our self and my favorite are paru (lung of cows that have been dried), heart, tongue and meat. The soup usually be served with perkedel (croquette of spicy ground meat and boiled potatoes) and laksa (fine noodles similar to verimicelli)

Makasssar by Cynthia Melly Lauwrence

Macassar is my hometown. I born and grew up at there. There are so many things that I am rightfully proud from Macassar. Local food and tourism spot are two of them.

My favorite food from Macassar is Coto Makassar, Sop Saudara, Sop Konro, Pisang Epe, Pisang Ijo.. If you go to Macassar and don’t taste them, you will be very sorry.

There are many tourism spot at Macassar, such as: Bantimurung, Rotterdam Fortress, Sombo Opu Fortress, Bira Beach, Malino, Kayangan Island, Samalona Island, Akkarena, etc. Bantimurung, Malino and Samalona Island are my favorite tourism spot. Bantimurung have beautiful scenery. At there you can see many butterflies, a small waterfall, and many caves. We can swim in a small stream that flow from the waterfall. At Malino, there is some tea estate. You can make a nice cup of tea by yourself from leaves to be in a cup. Samalona Island is the most popular sea tourism spot for scuba diving. The island is still authentic, with white sand and many coral reefs.

Macassar is a beautiful city. At the west you can see mountains. It is very beautiful scenery when the sun rises. You can enjoy the sun sets at the east by standing at the port. It is a good spot to spend your holiday. You will be pleased by it.

water distributin and pempek

PEMPEK

One of the unique foods from Palembang is pempek. Basically it is made of fish paste, tapioca flour, water, a little salt and some additional ingredients depend on what kind of pempek is made. Different kind of pempek will make a different method to the shape and taste. For example, pempek kapal selam have an additional boiled egg in it and have a unique shape that like a submarine for Palembang people, pempek lenjer have a shape like a stick, and pempek ada’an have a shape like a ball. And also it is usually served with cuka which is made by mixing water, brown sugar, vinegar, and chilli.

WATER DISTRIBUTION

The water that used in our house is actually distributed through several processes. First, the cold water that comes from the water company is distributed to the house by pipes. After that the water will be distributed to some household tools that need cold water such as toilet, wash basin, bathtub, and sink. Some of the waters also saved in the cold water tank. From the cold water tank, the water will be distributed to the hot water tank with some heating process. And then the hot water is distributed to some home appliances that need hot water such as sink, bath, and wash basin.

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From the Sewage to the River

Sewage water is one of many cause of pollution, but with little process, we can reduce the pollution effect. First of all, the water which come from the main sewer need to be settled. This polluted water is reserved at the settling tank and it is being cleaned by the uncercayed solids at the bottom of the tank. Next, the filtered water from settling tank is pumped to the pump house, await for being flown to the sprinkler beds. After it reached the sprinkler beds, the water is given some manifestation to make sure that the water is clean enough. In the sprinkler beds, the water is pumped to the rotating arms to make sure that the polluted water evaporated and the rest of it get brick work. The water flow through this brick and stones to filter micro-organisms to make sure there are no more dangered micro-organisms in the water. At last, this purified water flow to the pipes that goes to the river. This kind of work make the water didn't polute the river.

Hot and Cold Water Distribution

Clean water is distributed cold or hot in our houses. The process is a little bit cyclic. First of all, we have pump that is used for pumping water from grounds to the inside of the house. This ground water reach some places, straight to the home appliances, such as sink, bath tub, wash basin, toilet, kitchen sink or being reserved at the cold water tank. Next, in the cold water tank, some of it flows to the hot wate tank. From that tank, the hot water flows to some home appliances to be used everyday. So, with this system, we can easily use hot or cold water for our needs.

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The Sewage Disposal

When we dispose the sewage, it will go through some steps before released to the river. From the main server, the sewage is sent to the settling tank where the undecayed solids are removed and burned. The sewage, which is now formed as the polluted water without any undecayed solids, is sent to the pump house to be pumped to the sprinkler beds. In the sprinkler beds, the water undergoes some processes. It is sent to the rotating arms, and then it will flow to the filter of stones and micro-organism. At last the water is now purified, and this purified water is released to the river.

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Methane Gas

A natural way of producing methane gas is by extracting organic household waste. First, the waste is put into the warming bed where the waste will be seperated, some to be used as fertilizer and some to be turned into methane gas. The waste that will be turned into methane gas then goes through a dirt trap where the dirt is accumulated in the base. The rest off the waste that is not accumulated will go through a gas indicator where water plays a big role in seperating methane from other gas components. Methane then goes through a process that releases excess gas when the pressure is too high. Last but not least, methane goes into the gas holder where it is weighted by some inner tubes that increases it’s pressure. And then finally we can use the methane gas, that has been fully processed, by opening the tap.

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Sate

Sate is a unique food originally from Madura. Sate consists of meat that is stacked together by a stick and then grilled, this makes it’s appearance very unique and tempting. There are various kinds of meat that can be used to make sate, like mutton, chicken, beef or even intestines. Sate is usually served with sweet soya sauce, sliced chili, and shallot. To make it complete, people usually eat sate with either rice or lontong (a package of cooked rice wrapped in a banana leaf).

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METHANE GAS EXTRACTION FROM HOUSEHOLD WASTES

Methane, which we use for cooking gas, is mainly comes from natural gas deposits that depletes over time, but now, we can extract mehane from organic household waste by simple process. First, separate organic waste (that comes from plant or animal source) from inorganic components (such as plastics and metals). The next thing is throw them into the warming bed, which involves fermentation process. In the warming bed, organic wastes are decomposed and form mixtures of gas, mainly methane and some amount of other gases. The gases extracted from wastes are directed through dirt trap to clean up gases from solid components. After that, gases runs through gas indicators. The bubbles in the water is the mark of gas presence. Sometimes, lime is dissolved in the gas indicator water to trap excess carbon dioxyde in the form of calcium carbonate. Next, purified methane gas is crossing the gas-pressure controller. Overpressured methane gas is somewhat dangerours, so it needs to create a maximum pressure boundary with a simple trick. The gas pipe is channeled to a second pipe that submerged in the water. The underwater depth of the pipe is the upper pressure limit of the gas. We can understood it in a simple physical formula ; P = 10000 . h ; where P represents upper pressure limit in pascal, and h represents depth of water in meters. Excess gas will relased in the water and cause no harms. Next step, the gas channeled to gas holder for storage, that has a weight balance to adjust gas pressure. The last step is how to use the gas, the gas is relased from the gas tap, and after that, it distributed to stoves and water heater for everyday use.

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

In typical housing, water is distributed directly from the water company through main water pipe. Main water pipe is channeled to create water distribution system in the house. Water is distributed though direct and indirect ways. Direct ways is for direct cold water use. That means water from the main water pipe is channeled directly to sinks, baths, wash basins, and toilets. Indirect ways means that water is being kept for some time in reservoirs. First reservoir is for cold water. Some water from cold reservoir is directed to second reservoir and heated. After being heated, hot water is distributed again to same appliances that use cold water, except toilets.

KUDUS TOWER

Kudus tower, is well known icon structure in my Hometown, Kudus. It was built in the 17th century as a graveyard of Sunan Kudus. It built only from red bricks without any adhesive fillings, but it was strong enough to stand until now. On the right side of the tower, there was a Sunan Kudus' Mosque. At early Ramadhan, "Dandhangan" festival was hold here, to celebrate Sunan Kudus with "Buka Luwur" ceremony.

Sewage Disposal Unit

If we need clean water, but there is only dirty water everywhere, water purification is one of the solutions. Water purification is done in sewage disposal unit. At first, the main sewage is distributed and stored in settling tank. In this tank, the undecayed solids from the sewage are removed and burned, while the polluted water are distributed to the pump house by pipes. In the pump house, the polluted water are pumped so as the water can pass the next steps in sprinkler deos. After that, the water jets and reach the rotating arms. Then, the water fall into the filter of stones and microorganisms to be purified from dust and microorganisms. The water which is pass the filter is the purified water. Then, the purified water entering river by some pipes.

Hot and Cold Water

Cold water, from the mains, are distributed into two main stripes. The water which pass the first stripe are distributed to the sink. While, the water which pass the second stripe are distributed to cold water tank and three other places that are bath, toilet, and wash basin. Then, the cold water in cold water tank are distributed to hot water tank and are given a high temperature. After the water become hotter than before, the hot water are also distributed into two stripes. The first stripe distribute hot water to sink. While the second stripe distribute hot water to bath and wash basin.

Dodol Garut

Dodol Garut is one of special food from Garut. It’s a kind of sweet sticky rice flour snack. The main substances of dodol Garut are gelatinous rice, coconut and sugar, also, it have to be cooked for 2-3 hours. On its making process, it can be added with milk, cocoa powder, butter, vegetable oil, and vanilla. Generally, the colour of dodol Garut is brown, and some kinds are blemished (combination of two colours according to its taste). In addition, it is very famous because of its sweet taste. Thus, it can be found in almost all city in Indonesia.

Sewage Disposal

The process of disposing sewage consists of three main phases. Firstly, the sewage goes trough a main sewer and enters a settling tank. At this stage, the sewage is allowed to sediment leaving undecayed solids and polluted water. The undecayed solids are removed and burned while the polluted water is driven to the pump house. After pumped, the water flows to the sprinkler beds which consist of some parts. First of all, the polluted water gets into the rotating area. After the rotating step, jets of polluted water filtered by stones and microorganism. Finally, this process yields purified water that is save to enter the river.

How Water is Distributed

How Water is Distributed

Clean water, before reaching the house, is treated in a few steps. First, it is cleaned and put through various filters to take out the entire particles such as dirt in it. Next, chemicals like chlorine and carbon is used as an addition to make the water safe, smell and taste better. After the cleaning process, the water is pumped around the country in pipes to the mains of houses in towns. Some will go straight to the kitchen sink, toilet, wash basin and bath; the rest will go up into the water tank in the attic. To get the hot water supplies, some of the water in the tank is heated and brought to the hot water tank to be next transferred to bath, basin and some other places needing the hot water.

Sewage Disposal

Sewage is disposed in three main stages. At the first stage, the polluted water from main sewer is retained in a settling tank. Inside this tank, some of solid particles in the polluted water will be able to sediment. After that, the sediment has to be removed in order to prevent the tank full of solids. This sediment, which is usually undecayed solids, then can be destroyed by burning. At the next stage, the water in the tank is transferred by a channel to a pump house. The polluted water then is pumped inside the pump house and flows through a channel to the sprinkler beds with a very high speed. At this last stage, the water is rotated inside rotating arms that have some holes on the lower surface. Jets of polluted water then come out from these holes and sprinkle throughout the holes. After the polluted water is scattered throughout the holes, it flows through beds of filter that are arranged on a brickwork wall. This filter is made by a composition of tiny stones and micro-organisms in order to filter out dissolved solids in the polluted water. Finally, the purified water can safely enter the river through a certain channel.

Sewage Disposal

Sewage Disposal

Bakpao

Bakpao is actually a kind of bread originates from Chinese. The word 'bak', which means meat, and 'pao', which means bread, clearly describes this food. What makes this bread so special is its taste. Everybody who has ever tried bakpao will definitely agree that it tastes better than ordinary bread. The flour that is used to make bakpao is different from ordinary flour. This flour is much softer and it has white color. The meat inside bakpao, which is usually chicken or pork, also adds the delicacy to this bread. This combination of softness and taste makes bakpao a very delicious bread.

Water Distribution

Water is distributed into our houses through several processes. First, the cold water comes from several mains, such as PAM or sewage. This cold water is then pumped into the house’s plumbing system and then distributed to the water appliances, such as the sink, wash basin, toilet, bathtub, and of course the cold water tank. After it has reached the cold water tank, water is then distributed into the hot water tank where it undergoes some heating process and is turned into hot water. The hot water is then distributed again to the sink, bathtub and wash basin. This process is repeated numerous times in our daily life.

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Water Distribution

Water is used for many purposes. Before it can be used, water goes trough many phases to reach our house. Firstly, the water company supplies water to its customers by underground main pipes. Then, it is distributed to our home appliances such as sink, toilet, wash basin and bathtub. After this step, the water is ready to use. However, the water supplied by the water company is cold while some people also need hot water. To get hot water, the cold one is transmitted to a cold water tank. Next, the water flows to the hot water tank. Then, the hot water will be distributed to the home appliances. Finally, we can use both the cold and hot water.

Water Distribution

There are two types of water distribution, the hot water and the cold water. Started from the mains, water distributed into two section. First is going to the sink section and the other one is divided again into 4 section, the toilet, wash basin, bath, and cold water tank. From the cold water tank, the water is supplied into the hot water tank where the cold water is heated. After being heated, the hot water distributed into two section. For the first section, hot water go straight into the sink. The other section distributed the hot water into bath and wash basin.

The Special Food from My Hometown and Water Distribution

The Special Food from My Hometown

Batagor is a unique food from Bandung. Batagor is short for baso tahu goreng. From its name, we know that it is made of tofu and meat. First, the meat is added with seasonings such as green onion, salt, pepper, etc. The tofu is sliced diagonally and then the content of it is mixed with the dough, after that, it is fried. Batagor is usually served with soybean sauce and also sambel kacang. Many people come to Bandung every week only to buy dozens of batagor.


Water Distribution

Water that we use at home is distributed from the water company directly to every house. In the house, the water is distributed again to some household tools such as the sink, the wash basin, bathtub, toilet, and many other water taps. Some of it is also saved in the cold water tank. The cold water tank is connected to the hot water tank, where the water will be heated to produce hot/warm water. The water is then distributed again to the same household tools, so that the owner of the house can use either cold water or hot water to wash, take a bath, etc.

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Tangkuban Parahu

Tangkuban Parahu, is an active volcano which located in the north of Bandung city and last erupted in 1983. With 2,084 metres elevation, it has good view. Tangkuban Parahu comes from Sundanese, "upturned boat", and this name really show what it looks like. This mountain is categorized as stratovolcano, which means that it can still exploded with explosive eruptions. Although this mountains have its disadvantages for being an active mountain, but Tangkuban Parahu still giving a lot devisa for Indonesia.

Pempek Lenjer

Pempek Lenjer is a unique food from Palembang. This delicious food is made of fish paste, tapioca flour, water, a little salt and sugar. To make pempek, those ingredients are blended and then rolled to make it looks like a stick with 20-25 centimeters in length and 3-5 centimeters in diameters. After that, the stick batter is boiled to make it tender. Pempek Lenjer has two ways of serving. First, it is cut and served with cuka, which is a mixture of water, brown sugar, vinegar, and chilli. Second, after it is cut, we can fry it to make it more crunchy, then we serve it with cuka. The ways of serving pempek make pempek has special flavour in it that cannot be described if we are not eating it.

Naniura, The Bataknese Sushi

Naniura is one of the Bataknese authentic cuisines. Basically, it is an uncooked gold fish. The fish is marinated with lime juice, tamarind and other spices. It is believed that the lime juice and spices ‘cook’ the fish naturally. That is the reason why there are no more raw fish textures in this food. This fish is tasteful because of the richness of spices used in making it. Hot and sour sensations dominate naniura taste. Usually, it is served at Bataknese traditional ceremonies.

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Figure 1 shows a system for extracting methane gas from house hold waste. Using the information in the figure, describe the process by which methane gas is produced.

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Figure 2 is a diagram of a sewage disposal unit. Write an account of what happens to the sewage in each of the three stages.

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Water Distribution

Clean water used in houses is actually distributed in a few steps. First, it is transferred from water supplier company to houses by underground pipes. This water which is distributed to the mains in houses is basically cold. After reaches the house, it is distributed by certain pipes to home appliances that need water such as sink, bath, wash basin, toilet, etc. It is also stored in a cold water tank. Next, an amount of water from the cold water tank is allowed to flow to another tank to be heated. After that, the hot water is distributed again to be used in some home appliances that need hot water such as sink, bath, and wash basin.

Water Distribution

Clean water used in houses is actually distributed in a few steps. First, it is transferred from water supplier company to houses by underground pipes. This water which is distributed to the mains in houses is basically cold. After reaches the house, it is distributed by certain pipes to home appliances that need water such as sink, bath, wash basin, toilet, etc. It is also stored in a cold water tank. Next, an amount of water from the cold water tank is allowed to flow to another tank to be heated. After that, the hot water is distributed again to be used in some home appliances that need hot water such as sink, bath, and wash basin.

Unique Food

Rujak Cingur

One of the unique food from bandung is rujak cingur. It's a weird name i think, but when you taste it you will ask for more. Rujak cingur contains various fruit such as mango, papaya and kedondong. It's really easy to make rujak cingur by yourself. You only have to peel and slice the fruits and place it into a plate or a bowl. After that, pour the sauce which is made from petis and other spices. Last, add some cingurs which is the most special thing from rujak cingur because it was taken from cow nose that we usually called it cingur. That's why we called it rujak cingur. You have to try rujak cingur, because besides delicious, it is also healthy.

Definition and Process Paragraph.

(1) Write a paragraph definition about special food, building or something unique from your home town.

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(2) Write a short description of how water reaches the house and how it is distributed within the house, remember to write about both the hot and cold water supplies.

Only A Little Poetry

I just want to share some of my poetry - writing with all of you... hope you all can smile ;)

JUST KEEP ON YOUR SMILE... (^.^)

It was a long time feeling... I think carefully about it

That makes me happy, when I remeber it, but...

How to take that makes me suffer

I can only keep it on myself

Nothing wrong... but that was grateful to...

Keep a smile, and more smile...

I'd like to see your smile, your shy face that smile to me

What about it, it just my desire... to see your smile again, and again

As I feel your smile has trapped my heart into... a sweet dream

So sweet, that give it up, is painful...

Filled with hope and hapiness...

As a gentle and warm breeze...

Lay on my face...

Let that warmth to cure my emptiness

In your smile, there was a symphony of wind and flame

Negate another pain in my heart

Life and feeling was goes better for me...

Once I see you shyly smile on me

Verve grows in my heart, but if I say about it... was...

Embarrasing? Don't you think?

What I want to say to you, maybe just only my feeling

I can't do anything about my heart; I ended up lying to myself

To make you not notice it when we meet

How I plan to confess it to you... but I couldn't

You may notice something deep in my face, when you smile to me...

Unable to say my feeling directly... I try just to keep my smile on you

Now, I only want just a bit more... just a bit more than your smile, but...

I can't hope anything now... Except you just keep on your smile...

Well, you may think that is a little bit weird and clumsy but that is my hobby... heh heh heh... Thank you to see it friends...

Thanks for sharing.

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Present a written argument or case to an educated reader with bno specialist knowledge of the following topic:

In many countries children are engaged in some kind of paid work. Some people regard this as completely wrong, while others consider it as valuable work experience, important for learning and taking responsibility.

What are your opinions on this?

You should read some articles about the issue, then you should use your own ideas, knowledge and support your writing with examples and relevant evidence. Please write no more than 3 short paragraphs.

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Advantages and Disadvantages live in Bandung

Bandung is my hometown. I lived in Bandung since I was born until now. As other cities Bandung have an advantages and disadvantages.
The advantages to live in Bandung are Bandung has a good weather because it located near to the mountain, so the weather very comfortable to live in. Besides having a good weather, Bandung has a great to hang out some kind like go clubbing, finding place to eat, watching a cinema, etc. Bandung city resident also very pleasant and friendly. And maybe the important thing about Bandung is girls, which called “mojang Bandung”. No doubt everyone in Indonesia knows girls in Bandung absolutely pretty.
Besides of the advantages there are also have disadvantages. The majority problem big city in Indonesia it happened too to Bandung. Like traffic jam, merchant in sidewalk, beggar almost in every intersection, and so on. But I think, Bandung have a big problem as big city in their garbage. As we know, a few times before, in every corner of the city there’s a lot of mound of garbage. And absolutely is very disgusting and smell horrible.
However, besides of all that disadvantages I’m still love Bandung. It’s a fascinating big Indonesian tourist city. And I think everyone especially Jakarta resident love Bandung. So let’s keep Bandung beautiful as it called, “the city of flowers”

Sorry you made so many grammatical mistakes.

Jakarta, the good and the bad side

As metropolitan cities, Jakarta tries to satisfy the citizen and foreigner by offering various places, programs and activities. Jakarta has many places to stop, buy something, do recreation, or just look around. Jakarta has a recreation centers, such as Ragunan zoo, Thousand islands, TMII, Ancol, museums, monuments and many more. For people that come to Jakarta for shopping, Jakarta has a lot of shopping centers. You can choose things that you want to buy from the cheapest one -such as in Kota, mangga dua and tanah abang- until the expensive one –at the big shopping malls. (you have to define to stop, buy something, do recreation, or just look around and choose things)

Jakarta also spoils its citizens and tourists (from inside and outside Indonesia) with many kinds of pleasure. Jakarta offers many kinds of foods and drinks that you can get it from the cafes and restaurants in Jakarta. You can find traditional foods: Sumatrans foods, Javanese foods, Balinese foods etc, or you also can find international foods: Chinese foods, Japanese foods, Americans foods etc. If you want to stay in Jakarta for several days, Jakarta also offers stars hotels that have complete facilities. (What so special about Jakarta? You need to give real examples).

Even though Jakarta famous by “the metropolitan city”, it does not mean that Jakarta has no problems. Jakarta has population problems that become root of the problems in Jakarta. Many people from different places in Indonesia come to Jakarta to find a better life –that we called urbanization. Those people, who can not be handled by the government, just build their house in any empty spaces they found and do any jobs they want to do. They can do the positive things, such as open a new business; or just do the negative things –that can make more problems in Jakarta- such as begging at the intersection or doing some criminalities.(There are too many topics in this paragraph, there is no sense of unity and coherence)

Another problem –the latest ones- is flood. Almost every year, in the raining season, Jakarta suffers from flood; and for the worst flood is happening in this year. One of the reasons why Jakarta flood every year: because Jakarta is lower than Bogor. So, the water from the rain in Bogor will go to Jakarta. And another reason: because there are many people in Jakarta did not pay attention to the sanitary.(Sure, we know this, what specific perspective are you going to present?)

Well. Even though Jakarta has many kinds of problems, there still a lot of people who want to stay n live in Jakarta –including me. Not to make Jakarta looks worse, but to make Jakarta a better place to live. (I do not understand your point)

My hometown

I am from Medan, the third largest city in Indonesia which is also the capital city of North Sumatra.Unlike any other big cities, it only has a few sky cross buildings, making this city comfortable and calm to live in. Its uncontrolled traffic jam is like no other giant cities either. If you are driving there, you should be aware, because most public drivers disobey the traffic rules. The similarity with other big cities is the weather. It is quite hot there. Maybe it is due to its few parks and trees.

Most cities in Indonesia have to deal with sanity problems. So does Medan. Wastes, slums, and bad city planning contribute to the problems. But compared to the other cities I have been to, this city is cleaner. The downside of this city is its untreated old buildings. There are numerous old historical buildings there. Unfortunately, they are not taken care of, thus making this city seems dirty.

However, living at this town is interesting. Its diversity in culture makes it rich when it comes to language, food, tradition, etc. You can enjoy Chinese festivals, learn Bataknese tradition or taste many different kinds of food. Because there happens to be no serious conflicts, big disasters, or other problems, I find that this city is a safe place. Besides, everybody lives in peace and respect each other. It is a good place.

You need to give real examples in your paragraphs.

Bandung: The City of Garbage??

Bandung, the capital of West Java, Indonesia is the city where I have lived for most of my childhood. I remembered once that it had been a beautiful city, with not many rubbish lying around and not much smoke polluting the air. It was a city that used to be called "Kota Kembang", which means the city of flowers.

But now, Bandung is no longer as beautiful as it once was. It has an enviromental problem that has really gotten out of hand. Garbage is everywhere, trees are getting more less and less by the day to give room for more large buildings, every day the traffic jams are getting longer, and pollution, especially from land transportation and the stench of rubbish, are making the air even harder to breathe. Bandung even received the 2006 award for the dirtiest city in Indonesia, and instead of the city of flowers, Bandung now became the city of garbage.

There are many factors which may have caused Bandung's enviromental problem. One of the main factors is the fact that many of the citizens of Bandung has a habit in throwing rubbish anywhere they please, which gives reason to the garbage problem. Another factor is the many people of Bandung, whom even if they only have to go about 100 metres, uses a car or a motorbike when they could easily walk. The factors above are only a small portion of the many that made Bandung achieve the 'award' in the year 2006.

But despite it's enviromental problem, Bandung still has many good qualities which attract the tourists, which is why in the weekend Bandung becomes twice as packed as normal. Yet, if the government and the citizens of Bandung doesn't cooperate to make this once-beautiful-city a better place, starting with it's natural enviroment, Bandung will become a city that will no longer be fit to live in.

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My Hometown

Jakarta is a metropolitan city. Besides as the capital city of Indonesia, Jakarta is also as a economic centre. Certainly have many problems, such as traffic, unemployment, and the latest is flood. (Good points and you should develop these in your paragraphs)

Most people come to Jakarta bring much beautiful dreams like, richness and good occupation for their life. The result of this condition is make Jakarta more crowded. Flood will happen if rainy season is coming cause the people throw garbage anywhere. So this is our job as a University student to find the solution of this problem. (should be about traffic)

In weekdays, Jakarta is a busy town. At 07.00 AM and 05.00 PM, in the whole Jakarta always have a traffic problem. Besides that, Jakarta is also have many mall. Most people went to the mall just for spend the weekend or to buy their needs.(What is your point?)

Although Jakarta is a crowded city, in Jakarta we can find many recreation place, such as ancol, sea world, TMII and ragunan zoo. In sea world, we can see the biggest aquarium in south east asia. Every year, sea world usually held event in christmas day, new year and imlek day.(You should elaborate more with real examples)

I really love my hometown, cause we can find everything in there. We can find our needs or to spend the weekwend to do activity, such as sport in senayan or just having fun in recreation place.

my hometown, pekanbaru

Pekanbaru, My Hometown

My hometown is Pekanbaru, Riau and now, let me tell you about the history of my hometown. Riau was established in 1948 base on the constitution that deviding Sumatera Island into three big province. One of them is Central Sumatera that consist of West Sumatera, Riau and Jambi Residencial. After a long time, Riau people wants an autonomy for itself. So, in 1954 Riau Youth Congress was found at Pekanbaru. One year later, the conggress was held a conference in Bengkalis. Two years after (1957) the conference, the Riau Province was established with Tanjung Pinang being the capital city. In 1959 the capital city was moved from Tanjung Pinang to Pekanbaru.

Pekanbaru is developing to a big city with many mall, plaza, market, and so on. One of the market that very famous in Pekanbaru named “Pasar Bawah”. It lies in the north of Pekanbaru. This market sells antique things, home accessories whether import or export, and many kinds of vegetables and fruits. “Plaza Senapelan” and “Plaza Sukaramai” is one of trade centre that lies near my house, exactly near with the business area in Sudirman street. The other is “Plaza Citra”, lies at Papaya street. Three big mall are : “Mall Pekanbaru” in north Pekanbaru, “Mall SKA”, the biggest and a modern trade centre in west Pekanbaru, and the last is "Mall Ciputra” that well known as “Citraland“ was built in 2004 with a great prospect to compete with the other shooping and trade centre in Pekanbaru or even in Malaysia or Singapore. Another place for recreation that I know if you like golf sport are Golf field such as : Pekanbaru Golf Course Country Club, Kubang, Simpang Tiga Golf Course, AURI complex, and Rumbai Golf Course, Rumbai.

Nowadays, Pekanbaru is become more prosperous and very fast develop itself to be a big city that welfare both the citizen and the city. That is the reason why I love my hometown and want it to be a city that can compete the other big city in the world.

Good work. Thanks for posting.