Selalu Ada Tempat untukmu Pulang

           Perempuan itu makhluk yang sungguh lucu. Tak mau disakiti, tapi memilih untuk diam saat sakit. Terus, yang laki-laki bisa bantu apa? :-D

Dududuh, gak kebayang. Ngurus rumah, ketambahan kerja, ditinggal kerja, nyoba ngerawat tubuh dan penampilan, belum sakit pre-mens tiap bulan, belum pas hamil, belum pas melahirkan.., and finally, ditinggal selingkuh.

Well, life is simply like this. Tersenyumlah.. Tersenyumlah. Perempuan ini selalu memberimu tempat untuk berpulang, wahai lelakiku.


Selalu ada maaf, untukmu.

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Sebait Syair dari UJE Kepada Sang Bidadarinya

Isteriku.
Aku ingin tenang.

Biarkan aku tenang menghadap Khalik-ku,
Sudahi isakmu isteriku,
Aku tidaklah semu isteriku,
Bukankah berulangkali dulu kita membaca Hadist Rasulullah Shalallohu 'Alayhi Wasallam bahwa yang dinamai sabar itu adalah saat pertama kamu diberi ALLAH ujian?

Maka berhentilah menangis,
Suruhlah orang-orang itu untuk berhenti menanyakan kamu perihal suamimu,
Himbaulah mereka yang tidak mengerti itu untuk menjauhkan kamera dari wajahmu.
Itu membuat kamu dan membuat aku tidak tenang istriku.

Sampaikan terimakasih suamimu kepada mereka semua,
Siapa saja yang ikhlas berdoa untuk kebaikan aku disetiap waktu,
Cukuplah itu buatku.

Ketika kamu rindu,
Lihatlah anak-anakku,
Ketika kamu ingin kelak bertemu denganku,
Rawatlah dan didiklah anakku,
Berikan mereka tali buhul ALLAH,
Ikatkan mereka dengan itu,
Tuntunlah agama anak-anakku,
Seperti apa kehendak aku dahulu.

Isteriku..
Maafkan aku,
Maafkan telah meninggalkan beban dan amanah yang sangat berat disisimu.
Tidaklah ALLAH menimpakan sesuatu diluar batas kesanggupanmu.

ALLAH Maha Mengetahui.

Kamu itu mampu..

Ku nanti kamu dan anak-anakku dipintu syurga.


Aamiin.

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Peran Bahasa dalam Berbudaya bagi Indonesia

Apa jadinya jika generasi muda Indonesia bermental ikut-ikutan; berani karena teman-temannya berani, mundur karena teman-temannya mundur? Bisa sangat disayangkan jika pemuda Indonesia yang terkenal dengan kegigihannya dalam menanggung setumpuk mata pelajaran saat SD, SMP, SMA, menjadi individu yang bahkan tidak tahu untuk apa sejatinya belajar, tanggung jawab, dan hal-hal penting lainnya. Krisis identitas sedang melanda.

Ciyus? Miapah?

Krisis Identitas dan Ciri-cirinya

            Segelintir istilah pada penutup paragraf di atas memang sekilas tampak keren, meskipun tidak diketahui secara pasti hal ihwal pembentukan kata-kata tersebut. Namun demikian, istilah asing itu cepat sekali merebak pada lingkungan sekitar. Diakui atau tidak, pemuda Indonesia sekarang dapat dikatakan sebagai generasi ikut-ikutan. Mulai dari pola bertutur dalam lingkungan masyarakat, cara berSMS, menulis singkatan, hingga meng-update status di jejaring sosial, remaja saat ini cenderung meninggalkan siapa jati diri kita sebenarnya.

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SINGLISH: The Phenomenon of Linguistics in Singapore

Summary from: http://www.hawaii.edu/satocenter/langnet/definitions/singlish.html

            Singapore is situated in South-east Asia. Since long time ago strategic place of Singapore has attracted western people to come. History noted down that British conquered Singapore that they took control in that country. Since then, the colonial government encouraged people to come to the Singapore. As the result, even to date, Chinese ethnics were the largest community in Singapore, followed by Indian and Malay.

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Analysis of the Poem “From Pamphilia to Amphilantus”

A. Poem

Original version

From Pamphilia to Amphilantus

When night's blacke Mantle could most darknesse prove,
And sleepe (deaths Image) did my senses hyre,
From Knowledge of my selfe, then thoughts did move
Swifter then those, most swiftnesse neede require.
In sleepe, a Chariot drawne by wing'd Desire,
I saw; where sate bright Venus Queene of Love,
And at her feete her Sonne, still adding Fire
To burning hearts, which she did hold above,
But one heart flaming more then all the rest,
The Goddesse held, and put it to my breast,
"Deare Sonne now shoot," said she: "thus must we winne;"
He her obey'd, and martyr'd my poore heart.
I waking hop'd as dreames it would depart,
Yet since, O me, a Lover I have beene.

( www.allpoetry.com )

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My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun - poem -- analysis

In this sonnet Shakespeare compares his mistress' eyes to the sun. He makes the case that her eyes are very different from the sun. Though the sun is beautiful and glowing, it has little in common with his mistress' eyes. Though they may be beautiful, reality is that they can't be compared to the sun. In short, the eyes are nothing if compared with the sun.

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Silent Snow, Secret Snow - An Essay

          Silent snow, secret snow is a short story written by Conrad Aiken and published at 1934. It tells about a twelve-year-old boy as the main character, Paul Haselman, who had peculiarity in his mind. He found a delightful way in creating his own world which was different with the reality. In that world, he was isolated himself there and enjoying the snowy world. In case, his parents noticed that his behavior was changed and tried to have a better communication towards Paul. But Paul had already enjoyed his other world and did not want to have the consultation with the doctor. In the end of the story, it tells that Paul was getting closer to his imaginary world.

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When “Ladies First” Comes in Advertisement

           Public becomes smarter and smarter today. It turns out in a fact that, even in trading, people need to spend their time to think further in buying or selling things. This happens because people do not want to be tricked by the marketing when they are going to buy things. Vice versa, the sellers are also smart enough to do the marketing in promoting and selling their things – even the things are not that good as in the advertisement. Therefore, the use of language is really powerful in marketing world to guide people in selecting things before buying.

            Talking about marketing and the existence of advertisement in trading, the use of language is a key to achieve their success. Moreover in this wired era, the seller should be attractive to get the consumers’ attention not only in real world, but also in the virtual one. As we know, the elements of an advertisement are not limited by the picture and the classification of the product only. It also needs a beautiful arrangement of words to attract the readers. The use of sensitive words is also often found in advertisement. One of the examples is in Pulsar’s advertisement. The advertisement of Pulsar as a motorcycle is provocative. It uses a phrase “Cewek Duluan” or “Ladies First” to describe that their men-designed motorcycle is better than women-designed. Therefore, the use of that phrase in Pulsar’s advertisement contains gender bias. It can be analyzed from anthropomorphism, socialization, and culture point of view.

            The first way to analyze it is by using anthropomorphism. As been said by Goddard and Mean in Intertext (2009:6), “Anthropomorphism means giving something a human shape and describes another kind of projection that we often see in language”. In other words, we can say that anthropomorphism is a way to humanize thing that is inhuman. In this case, Pulsar is a motorcycle that is designed for men in Indonesia and its advertisement is using the word: ladies which means the advertisement makers describes that product as if it is a man and describes other motorcycle products as women. Why is it called as provocative or gender sensitive?

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Say, This is a Rehearsal -.-" #1

       I don't know what should I do in every GENDER and ELT CLASS!! Well, I do love the teacher. The way she is teaching is understandably. But.., I know nothing about the concept of gender in English Language Teaching T.T Last meeting, or even today's meeting, I always try to decode what is in my handbook. However, the result is just the same: TRYING HARD TO GET THE MAIN IDEA -.-"

       The chapter that we dealt with was about "The Language and the Mind". For me, it was such kind of connection between our mind and the language we are produced. But then, I found out that -yeah- even a word, we process it in our brain first. It was not produced coincidentally :-D Yapp.., the truth is that we can produce language automatically, but not accidentally we can sound =)

      Hahaha.. sounds weird. But that's the truth :-D
      And now, I'm taking Gender and Language Class.. Wish me luck ya.. hahaha..

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Make Some Room for Homeschooling

“My mother was the making of me. She was so true, so sure of me; and I felt I had something to live for, someone I must not disappoint.” – Thomas Alva Edison

            The above quotation was said by Thomas Alva Edison after he was expelled from his previous school just because his mind often wandered during the class. His mother ensured him that it was not the end of the world that he could not get the formal education. His mother believed that Edison was special. He was an extraordinary person even he got terrible hearing problem not long after the expelling moment. Thus, she home-schooled Edison until he succeeded in inventing many new mass communication devices.

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