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My life was My Adventure

I was one of students who liked an adventure. It could be proven from the extracurricular that I took in my school for the example hiking. I really liked in doing hiking especially to reach the top of mountain. Even though I did not reach yet the top of mountain, but I had passion on it. I like hiking to the top of mountain, it was because by this adventure, I could test my adrenalin. Then, it made me more realized how beautiful the creation of God was.

In testing my adrenalin, I did any competition that was held by my school especially the competition which challenged my adrenaline. One day in that time, I followed one of competitions that were held by school that was climbing mountain side. This competition was followed by many participants. It consisted of 50 participants.

Before starting this competition, there were some preparation that might be prepared by committee. For the example, they checked all participants especially participants’ health. This checking had function to identify whether the participants were suitable to follow this competition. Besides, checking all participants’ health, the committee also prepared some medicine, doctors, and safety tools to climb the mountain side.

After finishing all requirements above, I was thankful for God. It was because I could follow the competition without any meaningful obstacle. Based on the result of health check of my body was so good.

At 10.00 o’clock, the competition of climbing the mountain side was started. In the beginning of this competition there was no meaningful obstacle. Everything worked well. Nevertheless, the time showed at 10:30, there was accident to one of participants. The name of the participants was Andi. When climbing the mountain side, his hand-grip toward the mountain side got loose. That condition made him could not maintain himself. Then, two expert climbers helped him. He was saving. Then, the competition was ended at 13:00 o’clock and I was the 1stwinner. I was so happy.

Be the winner in English Contest

Everyone would have the experience unforgettable . And I also have it .

One day I joined an English story telling contest like a competition at school , and I was the winner. Then the next day, me and two of my friends who as the winners were chosen to joined the competition at the district level. I felt very happy when I was chosen.

I had to memorize the story one day . Then, I went to school with impassioned for exercise with two of my friends , we were given advice from our teachers about pronunciation , facial expression , gestures , and appreciation . And one day before performing my friends and I were busy prepared props and costumes for tomorrow . That made me sad , I strange why two of my friends rented a costume to the salon by my teacher , but my teacher told me to borrowed the costume to my teacher another. My two friends had a beautiful costumes and luxurious props. But I just wore a simple while costume loan and props. But never mind , with this simplicity I was promise to be the best .

The competition started , the three of us busy to prepared make up and costume in our home. We prayed along the way .I got serial number to 29, it means I will perform on 2 p.m afternoon. While my friends got serial number 5 and 10 . One by one participant called and my heart was pounding because I saw other participants from favorite junior high school had a luxurios costumes and beautiful make-up but I just wore a costumes loan, props loan and simple make up too. Then after I waited a long time, a master ceremony called me with the serial number 29 , I was nervous ,and I showed my best performance on stage . Lots of people were took photos and videos to me , it makes the atmosphere more tense .

Finally, anxiety was gone because I had finished performing . And then the announcement of winners that made three of us very uneasy . And the jury announced the results , eng ing eeenngg suddenly jury said ” the third winner of story telling english competition are non Rianti with sequence number 29 from 1 Limbangan junior high school , give applause and please to the stage ” we all do not believe me , My teachers, my friends and I cried because I became a winner, while two of my friends were not . I went to the stage and all the judges congratulated me and gave a plaque, trophy , and money . I am very happy and proud to my self can made fragrant my school with my talent.

That was my experience unforgettable, that I joined a competition and became a third winner of the English contest, though I wore a costumes loan, props loans , and make up by my mother .the key of be the winner are we must to fighting and still pray to god. I promise to provide the best in senior high school now.

English Assignment

Be Alright – Justin Bieber
[Intro]
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh

[Verse 1]
Across the ocean, across the sea
Startin' to forget the way you look at me now
Over the mountains, across the sky
Need to see your face, I need to look in your eyes
Through the storms and through the clouds
Bumps in the road and upside down

[Chorus]
I know it's hard, babe, to sleep at night
But don't you worry,
'Cause everything's gonna be alright,
Be alright
Through the sorrow and the fights,
Don't you worry,
'Cause everything's gonna be alright,
Be alright

[Verse 2]
All alone in my room
Waiting for your phone call to come soon
And for you, oh, I would walk a thousand miles
To be in your arms
Holdin' my heart

[Chorus]
Oh, I
Oh, I
I love you
And everything's gonna be alright
Be alright,
Through the long nights, and the bright lights
Don't you worry,
'Cause everything's gonna be alright
Be alright

[Bridge]
You know that I care for you
I'll always be there for you
I promise I will stay right here, yeah
I know that you want me to
Baby, we can make it through anything

[Chorus]
'Cause everything's gonna be alright,
Be alright
Through the sorrow and the fights
Don't you worry
'Cause everything's gonna be alright
Be alright
Through the sorrow and the fights
Don't you worry
Everything's gonna be alright
a. The purpose of the writer making the song
To inform listeners that someone who is undergoing long distance relationships are hard — being overseas, or in a different place in general, having to maintain this relationship. In the song, the writer’s letting the other person know that everything’s going to be alright.
b. The story (what does it talk about)
This song tells about someone who has a relationship with his girlfriend who was in the country far away from him. He said, even though we often get difficult problems in the relationship, trust me it will be alright.
In the lyrics he also said that he loved you. He promised to always be by your side. And lastly, he always reminds you that don’t be worry about this long-distance relationship.
c. A rhyme
Miles – Arms
Care for you – There for you
Nights – Lights

Love Story – Taylor Swift
We were both young when I first saw you
I close my eyes
And the flashback starts
I'm standing there
On a balcony in summer air
See the lights
See the party, the ball gowns
See you make your way through the crowd
And say hello, little did I know

[Pre-Chorus]
That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
And I was crying on the staircase
Begging you please don't go, and I said

[Chorus 1]
Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting, all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story baby just say yes

[Verse 2]
So I sneak out to the garden to see you
We keep quiet cause we're dead if they knew
So close your eyes
Escape this town for a little while

[Pre-Chorus]
Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
But you were everything to me
I was begging you please don't go and I said

[Chorus 2]
Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story baby just say yes

Romeo save me, they're tryin to tell me how to feel
This love is difficult, but it's real
Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess
It's a love story baby just say yes

Oh oh

[Bridge]
I got tired of waiting
Wondering if you were ever coming around
My faith in you was fading
When I met you on the outskirts of town, and I said

Romeo save me I've been feeling so alone
I keep waiting for you but you never come
Is this in my head? I don't know what to think
He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and said

[Chorus 3]
Marry me Juliet
You'll never have to be alone
I love you and that's all I really know
I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress
It's a love story baby just say yes

[Outro]
Oh, oh,
Oh, oh
Cause we were both young when I first saw you
a. The purpose of the writer making the song
The purpose Taylor’s wrote this song to tell his life experiences through this song. This song was written when Taylor was in a relationship with 'him'.
b. The story (what does it talk about)
This song tells about a man who was never officially her boyfriend. When she introduced him to her family and friends, they didn’t become fond of him.
Juliet’s family doesn’t like Romeo Juliet. Her father told Romeo to stay away from Juliet. Juliet was sad. Juliet hoped that Romeo would take him away from the palace.
And finally, he came and married Juliet.
c. A rhyme
Waiting – Fading

The One That Got Away – Katy Perry
[Verse 1]
Summer after high school when we first met,
We make-out in your Mustang to Radiohead.
And on my 18th Birthday,
We got matching tattoos.
Used to steal your parents' liquor and climb to the roof,
Talk about our future like we had a clue.
Never planned that one day
I'd be losing you.

[Chorus]
In another life, I would be your girl.
We keep all our promises,
Be us against the world.
In another life, I would make you stay.
So I don't have to say you were
The one that got away,
The one that got away.

[Verse 2]
I was June and you were my Johnny Cash,
Never one without the other, we made a pact.
Sometimes when I miss you,
I put those records on (whoa).
Someone said you had your tattoo removed,
Saw you downtown singing the Blues.
It's time to face the music,
I'm no longer your muse!

[Chorus]
But in another life, I would be your girl.
We keep all our promises,
Be us against the world.
In another life, I would make you stay.
So I don't have to say you were
The one that got away,
The one that got away.

The one, the one, the one,
The one that got away.

Bridge:
All this money can't buy me a time machine (no).
Can't replace you with a million rings (no!)
I shoulda told you what you meant to me (Whoa),
Cause now I pay the price.

[Chorus]
In another life, I would be your girl.
We keep all our promises,
Be us against the world.
In another life, I would make you stay.
So I don't have to say you were
The one that got away,
The one that got away.

The one (the one), the one (the one), the one (the one)

[Outro]
In another life, I would make you stay.
So I don't have to say you were
The one that got away,
The one that got away.
a. The purpose of the writer making the song
Katy wrote this song to tells about the relationship of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. And, Katy hoped that the listener learns from hearing it and never has to say they had 'The One' get away.
b. The story (what does it talk about)
In the lyrics of this song, tells about someone who made a mistake that she was left by her lover. Then she was sorry but regret can’t change anything.
Then she promised that in the next life she wanted to be with her lover again and will not make mistakes again.
c. A rhyme
Stay – Say
Say – Away

Fall – Justin Bieber
Well let me tell you a story
About a girl and a boy
He fell in love with his best friend
When she's around, he feels nothing but joy
But she was already broken, and it made her blind
But she could never believe that love would ever treat her right
But did you know that I loved you? Or were you not aware?
You're the smile on my face
And I ain't going nowhere
I'm here to make you happy, I'm here to see you smile
I've been wanting to tell you this for a long while

What's gonna make you fall in love
I know you got your wall wrapped all the way around your heart
Don't have to be scared at all, oh my love
But you can't fly unless you let your,
You can't fly unless it let yourself fall

Well, I can tell you're afraid of what this might do
Cause we got such an amazing friendship and that you don't wanna lose
Well, I don't wanna lose it either
I don't think I can stay sitting around while you're hurting babe
So take my hand
Well did you know you're an angel who forgot how to fly?
Did you know that it breaks my heart every time to see you cry?
'Cause I know that a piece of you's gone every time he done wrong I'm the shoulder you crying on
And I hope by the time that I'm done with this song that I figure out

What's gonna make you fall in love
I know you got your wall wrapped all the way around your heart
Don't have to be scared at all, oh my love
But you can't fly unless you let your,
You can't fly unless you let yourself fall

I will catch you if you fall
I will catch you if you fall
I will catch you if you fall
But if you spread your wings
You can fly away with me
But you can't fly unless you let your,
You can't fly unless you let yourself fall

What's gonna make you fall in love
I know you got your wall wrapped all the way around your heart
Don't have to be scared at all, oh my love
But you can't fly unless you let your,
You can't fly unless you let yourself fall

Fall in love
I know you got your wall wrapped all the way around your heart
Don't have to be scared at all, oh my love
But you can't fly unless you let your
You can't fly unless you let yourself fall

I will catch you if you fall
I will catch you if you fall
I will catch you if you fall

If you spread your wings
You can fly away with me
But you can't fly unless you let your, let yourself fall
a. The purpose of the writer making the song
The writer’s wrote this song to inform listeners that in order to experience true love, you have to risk getting your heart broken.
b. The story (what does it talk about)
This song about someone who loves his / her best friend.  This song tells a person who has a best friend who will stay beside his best friend because he fondly at his best friend's.  At that time, the best friend was heart-broken but the person is going to be faithful to the side of this best friend to be able to love again.
c. A rhyme
Fly – Cry
Boy – Joy
Aware – Nowhere
While – Smile

My First Love – Nikka Costa
Everyone can see
There's a change in me
They all say I'm not the same
Kid I used to be

Don't go out and play
I just dream all day
They don't know what's wrong with me
And I'm to shy to say

[Chorus:]
It's my first love
What I dreaming of
When I go to bed
When I lay my head upon my pillow
Don't know what to do
My first love
Thinks that I'm too young
He doesn't even know
Wish that I could show him what I'm feeling
Coz I'm feeling my first love

Mirror on the wall
Is he care at all
Will he ever notice me
Could he ever fall

Tell me teddy bear
Why love is so unfair
Will he ever find a way
And answer to my pray

[Chorus]

My first love
a. The purpose of the writer making the song
The writer’s wrote this song to reveal the contents of his heart and mind when she fell in love for the first time.
b. The story (what does it talk about)
In the lyric, explain about someone who was falling in love with other person. This song describe the situation of the girl who changed when she falls in love. She hoped that the person can reciprocate his feelings.
c. A rhyme
See – Me
Play – Day
Wall – All
Way – Pray
All - Fall

Riddles

1.    Q: What gets wetter as it dries?

A: A towel.

2.    Q: Everyone has it and no one can lose it, what is it?

A: A shadow.

                       

3.    Q: At night they come without being fetched. And by day they are lost without being stolen.

A: A stars.

4.    Q: I start with ‘P’ and end with ‘E’, but I have thousands of letters. Who am I?

A: Post Office.

5.    Q: I will come one time in a minute, two times in a moment, but will never come in thousand years. Tell who am I?

A: ‘M’.

6.    Q: Which moves faster? Heat or Cold?

A: Heat. Because many catches cold but cannot catch heat.

7.    Q: A person who makes it ,it is not useful for him . A man who buys It ,it is not useful for him too,the man who is using it cannot see and cannot feel it. What am I?

A: A coffin. The coffin maker doesn't use it. The buyer doesn't use it. And the person who uses it cannot feel anything as they've passed away.

8.    Q: I can be gold, silver and even produced in pieces of paper. Without me you are nothing but trash to others. To gain me you would do anything. What am I?

A: Money.

9.    A king wants to hire a servant . He has finalised 3 applicants all the same qualification , not sure who he has to hire, so he gives them a test. They are taken into a room , the only thing in the room is a table with 5 hats and a box . 2 white and 3 black hats. All three candidates are placed against a wall facing each other and are then blind folded. The king then places a black hat on each ones head , the 2 white hats are placed in the box is removed from the room. The blindfolds are removed , the applicants may not communicate with each other . The King tells them that the first one to come out and tell him what colour hat he has on and how he knows this ,will be employed . The King leaves and 5 minutes later one comes out and says " I have a black hat on my head." The King says "How do you know?" The canditate answers?

A: If any person saw two wearing white hats, then he would know he had a black hat a would leave, but no one left.

If any person saw one other wearing a white hat, then he would know that his hat is not white, or else the third person would have left.

So the correct candidate can be confident his hat is black because no one else left the room first.

10. Q: A man was found dead in his study. He was slumped over his desk and a gun was in his hand. There was a cassette recorder on his desk. When the police entered the room and pressed the play button on the tape recorder they heard: "I can't go on. I have nothing to live for." Then there was the sound of a gunshot. How did the detective immediately know that the man had been murdered and it wasn't a suicide?

A: The cassette had started at the beginning of the man's utterance. Someone else had to be there to rewind the tape.

11. Q: Ten fish I caught without an eye,

and nine without a tail.

Half of eight, and six missing heads,

landed in my pail.

Who can tell me,

as I ask it,

how many fish are in my basket?

A: Zero - 10 without the "I" is 0, 9 without it's tail leaves 0, 8<-- divided here leaves twice 0, 6 without it's head leaves.

12. Q: A pet shop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said "Parrot repeats everything it hears." A young man bought the parrot and for two weeks he spoke to it and it didn't say a word. He returned the parrot but the shopkeeper said he never lied about the parrot. How can this be?

A: The parrot was deaf!

13. Q: A man was found murdered on Sunday morning. His wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and got these alibis: The Wife said she was sleeping. The Cook was cooking breakfast. The Gardener was picking vegetables. The Maid was getting the mail. The Butler was cleaning the closet The police instantly arrested the murderer. Who did it and how did they know?

A: It was the Maid. She said she was getting the mail. There is no mail on Sunday! -next day air and email doesn't count.

14. Q: A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?

A: The man did exactly as he said he would and wrote 'your exact weight' on the paper.

15. Q: A man is on a trip with a fox, a goose, and a sack of corn. He comes upon a stream which he has to cross, and finds a tiny boat which he can use for the same. The problem though, is that he can only take himself and either the fox, the goose, or the corn across at a time. It is not possible for him to leave the fox alone with the goose or the goose alone with the corn. How can he get all safely over the stream?

A: Take the goose over first and come back. Then take the fox over and bring the goose back. Now take the corn over and come back alone to get the goose. Take the goose over and the job is done.

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The Eiffel Tower

   The Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The tower is the tallest building in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world; millions of people ascend it every year. Named for its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel, the tower was built as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair.

The tower stands 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-story building. Upon its completion, it surpassed the Washington Monument to assume the title of tallest man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years, until the Chrysler Building in New York City was built in 1930; however, due to the addition in 1957 of the antenna, the tower is now taller than the Chrysler Building. Not including broadcast antennas, it is the second-tallest structure in France after the

2004 Millau Viaduct.

The tower has three levels for visitors. Tickets can be purchased to ascend, by stairs or lift, to the first and second levels. The walk to the first level is over 300 steps, as is the walk from the first to the second level. The third and highest level is accessible only by elevator. Both the first and second levels feature restaurants.

The tower has become the most prominent symbol of both Paris and France, often in the establishing shot of films set in the city.

Tiger

Tigers are recognized by their orange, black , and white stripe pattern. A tiger’s front paws are large and strong to bring down prey. The front paws of a tiger have five toes each. Tigers are famous for their thick, orange-tawny coats, gleaming amber-gold eyes, black to rich brown stripes, and long, whip-like tail. Most cats don’t like to swim, but on a hot day Tigers love to swim. All tigers have a similar marking on their forehead,which resembles the Chinese symbol Wang, meaning King. Tigers do not purr.Unlike the domestic cat the tigers pupils are round.

The tiger’s foot print is known as the pug mark. There are five toes on a tigers forefeet and four on its hind feet. A tiger’s night vision is six times greater than a humans. A tiger’s canine teeth can grow up to three inches long and would be capable of crunching through the vertebrae of any creature on this earth. Adult tigers have thirty teeth.On average a tigers tail is around four feet long or half the length of its body. The tail gives the tiger extra balance when running and is also used to communicate to other tigers. The tendons in a tiger’s leg are so strong that an animal has been known to remain standing after it has been shot dead.The Sumatran tiger has the most pronounced ruff around its neck. The South China tiger has the fewest stripes. The fore limbs of a tiger are more powerful than the hind limbs for grabbing large prey.

Rabbit

A rabbit is a small mammal with a short tail and pointed ears. Rabbits live in burrows in the ground. Each burrow is the home of a single family. The first fossils which can be attributed to this family came from North America but now they are found in every part of the world. Compared to is small body, rabbit has large sized ears.

A rabbit is a weak and timid animal and is always surrounded by many enemies. Therefore nature has gifted it with large ears to help it to hear even the fun of drop sound. The large area of the ear catches almost every sound wave produced in the air and transfers them into the inner ear. This makes the rabbit to detect its enemies in time and run to safety zones.

Rabbit habitats include meadows, woods, forests, grasslands, deserts and wetlands. Rabbits live in groups, and the best known species, the European rabbit, lives in underground burrows, or rabbit holes. A group of burrows is called a warren.

More than half the world's rabbit population resides in North America. They are also native to southwestern Europe, Southeast Asia, Sumatra, some islands of Japan, and in parts of Africa and South America. They are not naturally found in most of Eurasia, where a number of species of hares are present. Rabbits first entered South America relatively recently, as part of the Great American Interchange. Much of the continent has just one species of rabbit, the tapeti, while most of South America's southern cone is without rabbits.

Mount Merapi

Mount Merapi is an active stratovolcano located on the border between Central Java and Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It is the most active volcano in Indonesia and has erupted regularly since 1548. It is located approximately 28 kilometres (17 mi) north of the large Yogyakarta city, and thousands of people live on the flanks of the volcano, with villages as high as 1,700 metres (5,600 ft) above sea level.

Smoke can be seen emerging from the mountaintop at least 300 days a year, and several eruptions have caused fatalities.

Pyroclastic flow from a large explosion killed 27 people on 22 November in 1994, mostly in the town of Muntilan, west of the volcano.  Another large eruption occurred in 2006, shortly before the Yogyakarta earthquake. In light of the hazards that Merapi poses to populated areas, it has been designated as one of the Decade Volcanoes.

On 25 October 2010 the Indonesian government raised the alert for Mount Merapi to its highest level and warned villagers in threatened areas to move to safer ground. People living within a 20 km (12 mi) zone were told to evacuate. Officials said about 500 volcanic earthquakes had been recorded on the mountain over the weekend of 23–24 October, and that the magma had risen to about 1 kilometre (3,300 ft) below the surface due to the seismic activity. On the afternoon of 25 October 2010 Mount Merapi erupted lava from its southern and southeastern slopes.

The mountain was still erupting on 30 November 2010 however due to lowered eruptive activity on 3 December 2010 the official alert status was reduced to level 3. The volcano is now 2930 metres high, 38 metres lower than before the 2010 eruptions.