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.

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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).

By Griselda Raisa (16006090)