2017 MAKSI SMPK 1 BPK PENABUR Bandung

On February the 10th 2017, my school, held a twice a year big event called MAKSI (Malam Aksi). We, as the students of SMPK 1 had to buy one ticket for each student. However, i enjoyed the event so much and on the paragraph below i will tell some highlights from the show.

Me and my friends Janice, Felice , Alyssa , Vanessa , Natalya got the strategic seat on the 2nd row of reguler seat. At first, i didn't really like the performances before the show was legally started. It was angklung and choir and etc. For me personally, it was so boring and not interesting at all so me and my friends chit chat and played our phone instead. Then, slowly the show was getting better and better to the climax. Me and my friends enjoyed the show very much.

Here's the performances i like ; first, i like Shania's performance with d'Blouse. Shania sung greatly and nicely it all amazed the audiences. Second, it's Hype! Hype performed very well they got cheered by so many people! And what's special is some of my classmates are there being the one of the members of hype. They were performing very well. Next, the show i liked is Chelsea feat the blouse singing Dari Mata and Love never felt so good. She was stunning and i assume that all the audiences was amazed too! Next, i like non'3's performance they had great skills that wowed us. They mixed their dance performance with a little drama of Maleficent. The last show i liked was the teacher's drama. Ma'am Liani made the whole building shout on her as she was the "main" character from the show. But, i actually didnt  really understand what was the story about. However, they're great!

I really hope maksi could be better and better every year!

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Flood in Bandung

September 2016, Bandung has entered the rainy season. A season with full of happiness to people who lacks of water & experiencing drought. But, some of which, might feel burdened in their own reason.

On 24th September 2016, Monday, happened a terrible flood in certain areas of Bandung. The most popular happened in Pasteur and Pagarsih. This was assumed to have been caused by the leaking dam. Our mayor, Ridwan Kamil, said that the dam was built outside of his permission. 

The FIRST incident happened in Pagarsih. A peacefully parked car was pushed away by a strong flowing water who was told to have formed a new "river". It pushed away a black Grand Livina car who was owned by a showroom. The car was parked in front of a showroom when this happened. The car was pushed along Pagarsih until it goes into a ditch. But, before it goes into a ditch, the powerless pushed car hit a tricycle & both of them was lost for a moment and thankfully it is found now. Thankfully, no one was involved in the incident.

The SECOND incident happened in Setiabudi street, specifically in front of Borma department store. Ade, who was one of borma's employee, tried to help a woman --from a school across Borma --.who was floating off because of the flood. Unfortunately, Ade floated off too for about 20 meters long and was found dead inside a ditch. But, good thing the woman wasn't dead.

The THIRD happened in Pasteur. It was a great flood for 1 meter high & it caused a traffic in the intersection of sukajadi & pasteur flyover. the vehicles then was told to reroute to Sutami, up to Sukajadi & coonnecting to the region of Surya Sumantri to then enter the freeway. The motorbikes were rerouted in a different way, they were rerouted to Sukamulya and to Kebon Jeruk.

Bandung's mayor, Ridwan Kamil, is affording his best to avoid incident like this to happen again by managing the drainage system in Bandung. Hopefully, things like this won't happen anymore.

by : laurell olina / 8a / 13. (ICT)

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My last holiday

I spent my last holiday with my family at Jakarta for 4 days 3 nights. We didn't go somewhere far from Bandung because my mom can't leave her boutique for a long period of time since there were such problems who distracted the shop. Yet, i still enjoyed the whole vacation and i felt so pleased.

As planned, we woke up early in the morning in order to avoid such traffics later at the freeway. When i woke up, i straightly went to the bathroom and took a shower. Then, I dressed myself up in a comfy t shirt and short pants. Being finished putting our stuffs inside the car, we went to our grandma's house to board out our rabbit we owned since we had no one to take care of our rabbit. On the way to my grandma's house, it was a little confusing for us to decide which way to go since the streets were closed due to shalat id. And finally, we found our way to our grandma's house and board out our rabbit. Right after that, we went to Jakarta and arrived there at 9 a.m. Actually, we arrived way to early because as we may know, the estimated check in time is at 12 o' clock and malls were still closed at that time being. So we dropped in to our cousin's house to waste our time. When the time showed 11.30, we went to Ritz Carlton Mega Kuningan and rested there for hours. In the afternoon, we went to Senayan City for a dinner. But, instead of having a dinner, my brother asked if he could buy a pair of sneakers and my parents said yes. My brother's a little picky boy so it took him forever just to choose a single pair. We were very very starving, yet anxious waiting for his decision. Finally after a million years, my brother gave us his final decision and we hurriedly paid for that. We rushed to Sushi Tei and ate our dinner there hastily because the restaurant was just about to close.And lastly, we finally got ourselves back to our hotel. I slept soundly in the comfy bed.

In my second day, i woke up at 9 a.m. and got ready for breakfast. We went to the lobby floor and registered our room number. As the waitress led us to our table, we began to take the foods we prefered. I felt so full after eating those delicious foods. Then we went back to our room and watched a movie Cinderella together. After that, i dressed up in my swimsuit and went swimming with my brother, Cailyn, and Caitlyn. We had so much fun playing in the water together. When the time showed 12, we went back to our room and rinse our bodies. After that, i dressed up in a blue jumpsuit with french braids on my head. Being finished, my parents forced me to company my brother in the "RitzKids" activity which is for children below 11. So i went to the ballroom and met both Cait and Cai. While they were having fun, i sneaked out at the back eating hamburger and macaroni. And finally, when the time hit 5, we went back to our room and called our parents to have some dinner. So we went to PIK and enjoyed our dinner eating pork satay at Shao Kao. Without being tired, we went to Emporium mall to look for some lego. Once we got the one we liked, we went back to our hotel and had a nice sleep together.

Third day, i started the day swimming together with my brother. The swimming pool was a little bit crowded that morning. After an hour passed, me and my brother went to the restaurant in the hotel for breakfast. After breakfast, we went to our room and watched the diary of a Wimpy kid. My father ordered Burger King for our lunch. At 7, we went to Grand Indonesia together with Caitlyn and Cailyn's family, for a late dinner. As we arrived at Grand Indonesia, we stoped by at Wakai to buy a pair of shoes for my papi. Bought the shoes, we straightly went to Paulaner Brauhaus since every single of us were starving. Once we get there, the restaurant was a little bit full so we had to wait for 45 minues for a table. After the long wait, we finally got our seats and we spontaniously ordered the food. Then, we made our way back to the hotel and slept peacefully so that we can enjoy the next and yet the last day.

Last day, we had a regular breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast, my father and i played ping pong at the 5th floor. My body felt so great excercising even in a vacation. My mother were having a little conversation with auntie ivonne, Cait and Cai's mom. I was so excited because my mother's friend were coming to the hotel and we were going to Bandung together. Since the checkout time was 12, we got ourselves ready and packed the things into our bags. We did a recheck to make sure nothing's left behind in the hotel. Before 12, we put in our stuffs to our car. My mom and Auntie Ivonne took care of the check out progress while me and my two little friends were taking pictures together. The time showed forty five minutes past twelve. We went to taman anggrek for lunch. As we got there, we went to a Singaporean Bakut resto which i recently forgot the name. The food was very very delicous and i thought i ate way to much. We also went to uniqlo and bought some pants for my brother. Me and my mom went to Forever 21 and looked for some jewels. My mom bought earings and i bought some rings that suited me pretty well. Before making ourselves home to Bandung, me and my mom's friend who came this morning, bought some Japanese style bread at Francis incase we might be hungry on the way home. I decided to buy Jeju ice cream and i did. But, i was kinda' dissapointed with the ice cream because the size was smaller than the actual size they had in Bandung. So we finally made our way to Bandung and arrived there safely

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Running with a ghost (part 2)

I ran outside his house hurriedly. My heart pounded really fast and it nearly explode. Yes him. I didn't really remember the face of him. But i'm sure it's him.  Cloe's father. I thought it was me who heard it wrongly but no. Cloe's father should've been dead 3 years ago. Me and Cloe have never interacted since she and her mother moved to Australia.

As i ran as fast as i could, that uncle came out from his house and trued to chase me. So i ran faster and faster until i forgot where am i going to. In the middle of my fastest run, i fell unconscious.

When i woke up, i was already there back in his place. I still can't manage my heartbeat. My body trembled and he suddenly asked me.
                  "What's the matter son? I was startled when i saw you running away from my house so fast."
                  "W..wh...wh...who..who.. are you really?" I asked him. My body still trembled
                  "What do you mean by 'who are you?'? You know my beautiful daugther Cloe right?" He was a bit confused i guess.
                  "Here uncle listen. I know Cloe. She was my bestfriend until she moved to australia with her mother due to the death of his father. I thought you were dead 3 years ago. Are you trying to trick everybody?" I cannot hold my wreth anymore.
                  "Hey kid. My Cloe and the whole family has never gotten into Australia. Maybe you are mistaken about everything. Just calm yourself down first until you can fully remember what's going on." That uncle answered calmly.
                  "What do you mean i'm mistaken? My young mind remembers everything perfectly. I know exactly who you are and who Cloe is. James Kofflann who died 3 yeas ago was the father of Cloe Kofflann. She was my bestfriend how can i be mistaken about her. I know every single details about her." I forced him to believe me.

He laughed hard. I was confused of him. He was really tricking me this whole time
                   "Oh kid oh kid. Hahahahahahahaha. You really made a mistake dear boy oh boy. My name is James COPELAND not KOFFLANN and my daughter is the one you usually buy her cotton candies. Have you ever heard of her name? I guess you haven't. You must've misheard what i said. Oh my god dear boy." He continued his laugh.

                   I shut myself up and i was speechless of what just happened. How can i misheard his name. I was so ashamed of myself that i got angry to him so many time. I said sorry and i ran away from his house with full of shame. He was still laughing.

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Running with a ghost (part 1)

This evening, i began my new routine, training myself for next week's marathon my school hardly held. I was super excited to be participated in this marathon. It was an ordinary day and i trained along the neighborhood alone with my music jam on. While training, i suddenly saw a man peeked from his house. He starred at me intentionally. I gave him a smile but he ignored and continued to stare at me. I just pass the house by because i'm kind of scared.

The next day, i trained myself again like yesterday with my jam on again. I ran on the same neighborhood and i still saw the same man there stared at me. I became curious. I was willing to know his identity and to know the purpose of starring at me. I slowed myself down in front of his house. He still starred at me and i starred back in order to make him stop. But badly, he didn't. So as the next day, he did the same thing and so the day after it.

On friday, i couraged myself to knock at the door and to ask what he wanted. He slowly opened the door and greeted me horribly. I introduced myself and he let me in.
"Have a seat." He said with an unsincere smile.

He gave me a cup of water. He said that it is the only thing he had in the moment.

"Sorry to bother you, but i just stopped by to ask you a little question." I talked really fast.

"Go ahead. Anything you want to ask. I'll answer it once i could." He let me.

"Do you know me? Who are you? Why do you stare at me everyday? What's the purpose of doing that?" I was kind of anxious.

"My name is James Copeland. Father of Cloe Copeland. My daughter talked about you really often. She said you're really kind. I wasn't starring at you, i was enjoying myself looking on a such great guy."

BOOM. I nearly died when he said he was the father of Cloe. I can't breath. I tried to calm myself but it failed my heart pounded so fast. My body shaked so hard and my vision blurred. I was speechless. Cloe. She was My closest friend at school right before his father passed away.

To be continued...

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tips on having great outfits everyday

1. Organize your wardrobe
By organizing you wardrobe, you will be able to find your clothes faster and easier.
2. Prepare outfit the night before
Picking outfit is the hardest thing of all time. To make sure everything is set up, you can pick your outfit the night before. By doing this, you will be able to use your time that day for preparing other things.
3. Search inspiration on internet
Searching insoiration is always the best Choice! We can have a larger preception about outfits.
4. Shop in the right place
Shopping is also needed for having great outfits. You can see many great outfits online or either at the shopping mall. Don't worry about the price. Great price always have great quality too!

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A hectic day

again with my auntie and my grandma, i spent a fatiguesome day. Everything which was planned so perfectly was ruined by traffic jam and the strong rainfall. We all got very anxious today. We were all hoping for a great day before the long weekend but everything was ruined.

So in the morning my auntie and i got ready for going to a perfume shop tp buy perfumes for her friend in Malaysia. I was really spiritful to go together with her.so we went to our grandma's house to pick her up. As usual, i tuned in the song from the radio. We shared our stories together and we were excited. So as we arrived at our grandma's house, we just stopped for 5 minutes then we straightly go to batununggal for my short piano course. On the way to Batununggal, it was a great jam in the freeway accompanied with heavy rain. We stayed there for about 45 minutes until the road runs smoothly. When we just hit the road of Batununggal, something unexpected happened. The car shuts down itself. We were so surprised of what just happened and my aunt immidiately start the car again but it didn't worked. So we searched for help while my aunt is still inside the car trying to start the car. I was so stressful thinking of how i'm gonna' get to the course within 30 minutes. So we searched and searched for help until we got the number of a mechanic. Unfortunately, the mechanic wasn't able to come and fix our car. So we just asked by phone and fix it by ourselves. Fortunately, we were able to fix the car by our own hands. And then we went the the course within 2 minutes left. Thankfully i'm not late for the course. My auntie tries to find another labefection caused by the car while i do my course. It was a tiring day. gg.

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