quotes from Spongebob Squarepants

Penyebab sulitnya memahami bahasa Inggris

pernah gak kalian udah belajar bahasa Inggris dari SD sampe kuliah, ikut les dimana-mana, ikut privat, tapi gak pernah ngerasa bahasa Inggris kalian fasih?

Yang berkecimpung dengan teknologi seperti komputer, gadget, editorial, web, sebenarnya kita banyak menggunakan kata bahasa inggris, apalagi dalam dunia komputer, hampir semuanya bahasa inggris. Misalnya click, copy, paste, edit, file, burning, download, upload... kan hampir semuanya tuh pakai bahasa inggris. Tapi kenapa ya.. kalau dalam berbicara kita kaku, kelu dan tidak bisa?

Setelah diamat-amati dan di pikir-pikir sendiri, ternyata banyak hal yang membuat bahasa inggris tidak nyangkut di hati kita walaupun sudah belajar bertahun-tahun dan kita sudah berusaha untuk menyukai bahasa tersebut. Penyebabnya antara lain sebagai berikut :

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Ya, lingkungan dari orang-orang yang tidak menggunakan bahas inggris, maka kita cenderung tidak mau juga menggunakan bahas inggris padahal kita ingin sekali mengembangkan bahasa inggris kita. Tapi coba lihat di Bali, Parapat atau daerah wisata Indonesia yang sering dikunjungi turis-turis asing, maka mereka banyak yang bisa berbahasa inggris karena mereka ingin menjual barang dagangannya kepada turis tersebut, jadi mereka terbiasa menggunakan bahasa inggris. 
 

Mental
Persoalan mental setiap orang tidak sama. Ada mental berani, mental penakut, mental biasa saja dan sebagainya. Nah, mental berbicara bisa dilatih, dibiasakan, ditingkatkan. Tapi kalau mental di diamkan, maka akan tetap seperti itu. Karena itu mental yang lemah akan berubah menjadi kuat bila dilatih dan di tingkatkan termasuk berbicara bahasa inggris. 

Tidak ada lawan
Ya, tidak ada lawan berbicara bahasa inggris merupakan salah satu tidak berkembangnya bahasa inggris itu sendiri. Misal kita semangat ingin berbahasa inggris, tapi teman lain tidak punya keinginan yang sama dengan kita. Alhasil dengan siapa kita ingin berlatih berbahasa inggris? Tapi, kalau ada lawan berbicara yang mau sama-sama semangat berbahasa inggris, maka komunikasi akan timbal balik satu sama lain yang akhirnya makin sering menggunakan bahasa inggris. tapi masalah gak ada lawan, bisa diakali dengan mencari teman bule atau join di forum-forum asing. bisa juga dengan sering mendengar lagu-lagu Inggris, menonton acara tv berbahasa Inggris, atau membaca koran/majalah berbahasa Inggris. ya walaupun pertamanya masih suka bingung, dibiasain aja kayak gitu. orang-orang bisa karena terbiasa. jadi, biasakanlah mencari hal yang berhubungan dengan bahasa Inggris.

nah.... ini nih yang bikin kita terkadang gak mau memacu kita mempraktekkan bahasa Inggris, yaitu:

Cemoohan
Yang ini yang jadi dilema. Sebenarnya kita ingin mempraktekkan bahasa inggris kita sendiri. Tapi lingkungan tadi memang sudah tidak mendukung di tambah lagi teman-teman mencemooh penggunaan bahasa inggris kita. Padahal kita pun sudah bisa mengukur bahwa kita ingin berbahasa inggris dengan orang yang berpendidikan dan pernah belajar bahasa inggris, lain kalau kita berbicara bahasa inggris dengan orang yang sama sekali belum pernah belajar seperti di kampung-kampung, di pedalaman. Kalau ini yang kita lakukan, ya kita sendiri yang salah alamat.
Nah, karena kita dicemooh, yang katanya "sok pintar", "sok bule lu" atau "halaahh baru belajar, udah pamer". Maka kita jadi down dan malas menggunakan bahasa inggris tersebut. Padahal yang mencemooh biasa juga gak lebih pandai dari yang masih belajar. Iya kan? Tapi kalau kita dicemooh seperti itu kenapa kita harus down, cuekin saja orang mau ngomong apa yang penting tetap semangat untuk terus belajar, jangan urusin orang lain.

gila, yang cemohan diatas kaya gue banget. gue sebenarnya pengen banget bisa ngomong bahasa Inggris atau kadang-kadang nulis bahasa Inggris di twitter. tapi karna waktu itu ngeliat ada orang ngetweet "bad grammar. mending gak usah sok2an bahasa inggris" gue jadi............gimana gitu. ngerasa kesindir. emang gue tau grammar gue masih jelek, tapi kalo gak mau dicoba atau dilatih, gue kapan bisanya? malah terkadang gue suka kesel sendiri sama yang udah jago bahasa Inggris tapi jadi terkesan sombong gitu. ini nih yang kadang bikin gue gak pede, jadi rada males ngelatih bahasa Inggris. tapi pas gue ketemu artikel ini di Kaskus gue jadi sadar, bener juga yaa ngapain ngikutin kata orang? mungkin omongan mereka emang bikin nge down, tapi juga bisa memicu kita untuk bisa lebih baik. biarin orang mau ngomong inggris gue jelek lah, sok-sokan lah, yang penting gue gak ada salahnya kan belajar bahasa Inggris dengan nulis sesuatu di twitter dan blog dengan bahasa Inggris? jadi buat yang heran kenapa belakangan postingan gue pake bahasa Inggris...... itu buat ngelatih dan belajar aja, gak ada maksud apa-apa. yaa kalo grammar gue masih salah, di dunia ini kan gak ada yang sempurna guys. semua orang perlu belajar dari kesalahan, dan gue sedang mempraktekkan itu :) 

Nah, kalau kita sudah tahu penyebab gagalnya berbahasa inggris. Mari kita singkirkan hal-hal tersebut. Let's go to learn english. don't be afraid to speak english salah-salah dikit gak apa-apa. Enjoy aja.. yang penting terus memperbaiki our english. because nobody perfect. semoga membantu! ;D

source article: kaskus, dengan sedikit perubahan

sometimes you have to.....

#SometimesYouHaveTo:

-realize that nobody have a perfect life.

-realize that celebrity's life isn't always perfect.

-fail to get success.
-listen first, even when you really wanna talk.

-make a change to get a better life.

-realize that everything does happen for a reason.

-believe that everythings gonna be alright.

-think before act.
-stay positive in a world full of negative people.
-smile. Keep calm, and pretend everythings okay, even when it's all falling apart. 
-respect yourself before you can respect others.
-walk away without think what everybody will say about it.

-appreciate others.
-be yourself, 100% original, and don't be a copycat

-know that you can't always get what you want. 

-learn from mistake.

-accept reality.

-realize that friends is everything than ur boyfriend.

-wake up from ur dream.

-do the best for the better future. yes I can!

-respect others.

-Hide your food somewhere other than the refrigerator so no one will eat it.

-just stop crying. cause those tears aren't helping anything.

-accept the things that are wrong, and try to make the best of it.

-forget and forgive.

-realize that there is just as much good as there is bad people out there.

-accept that life is really unfair, but still, it's worth living.

-cry if really need.

-try something new to get different results.

-just calm down and stay cool.

-lie. hoho^^
-believe in yourself and chase your dreams.

-listen.

-like a boss^^

-smile on the outside when your dying on the inside to save yourself the pain of explaining.

-look at the good and forget about the bad in order for things to get better.

-hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

-pretend that ur happy even if ur not.

-think positive in bad situations.

-laugh.

-do what you've never done to get what you never had.

Justin Bieber (then and now.)

 halo guys! barusan gue abis liat profil youtubenya kidrauhl a.k.a Justin Bieber. sorry ya kalo gue kesan nya ngomongin dia mulu, kalo gak suka gak usah dibaca aja blog gue gampang kan? :) gue cuma mau share aja, kalo JB juga salah satu inspirasi terbesar gue. jadi tadi gue abis iseng ngeliat (lagi) video dia waktu masih bocah, waktu masih belom terkenal, dan gak tau kenapa waktu liat video dia lagi ngamen pengen nangis (lagi)-_- ini perkembangan dia dari dulu sampe sekarang, so check it out.

THEN (before he was famous)

Justin mulai semuanya dari bawah dan itu semua perlu kerja keras. bahkan dia harus ngamen dulu kalo mau ke disneyland..

When I saw his video 4 years ago, I just think that he upload this video just for fun. and you can see now........his dream come true. unbelievable!

NOW

omg...He has become such a growing artist. I've follow him in every step of his amazing journey. I saw him, when he laid videos on youtube for fun. And look how far he grew up. I got Bieber fever, and I'm really proud of that. I just wanna cry every time I think of his succsess and his fight :'D I'm very appreciate his fight..  

sometimes, when I seeing a photo of him smilling, with his tired eyes, makes me feel kinda sad. when he’s sick, he keeps that smile, just for us. He does all of this just for us. Meet&Greets, interview, a book, a movie, a WORLD tour, being far away from his friends, leave his hometown, just for us. My heat sank, cause all of this ‘just for us’ makes him sick. He still has shows coming, and that means no rest. and again, just for us, fans. He needs rest, but if he cancels the show, we’ll complain, depressed and blah. But he kept going, just for us. you love us too much..

Justin, you're amazing. you never change. you always stay humble. 

you always stay that little boy from Stratford living out his dream. You always taught me to don't give up, dare to chase my dreams, believe in my dreams, follow my dreams, and never say never. You're really inspiring. you're my inspiration :')

"from singing in the streets of Stratford to a WORLD TOUR...sitting here taking it all in. blessed. thank you. NEVER SAY NEVER and #BELIEVE" 

"ignore rumors...dont think im changing. im growing up but my love and connection with u guys isnt ever changing"

 -Justin Bieber.

We Stop Hate

You must see this video. very inspiring!!!! so damn cool! yeaa she is one of my inspirations too :D

Bule nyanyi lagu Indonesia

hahaha tadi gue lagi iseng-iseng aja nyari-nyari yang berhubungan sama Indonesia di Youtube. eh terus ketemu beginian. Keren!
bule aja suka nyanyi lagu Indonesia, berarti kita juga harus lebih bangga dan  menghargai lagu-lagu karya anak Indonesia dong :D

dunno why this is my favorite video haha :D I love his accent british btw^^

The moment I'll never forget.

7-8-9 Mei 2011 adalah hari yang berharga buat kami. hari dimana kita melepas penat dari ujian-ujian yang sudah kita lalui bersama. susah, senang, sedih, perjuangan, telah kita lalui bersama. dan sekarang, inilah saat-saat terakhir yang begitu berharga, dan ketika kita kehilangan masa-masa ini, kami baru menyadari bahwa kalian begitu berharga dan sangat berarti buat kami...

Jogjakarta, 7, 8, 9 Mei 2011.

with nano-nano (91)

with my crazy friends I've ever had

walaupun nanti kita udah pisah, jangan pernah lupain momen ini ya.. :')

momen ini cuma ada sekali seumur hidup. sekali lo nyia-nyiain, lo bakal ngerasain yang namanya penyesalan. mumpung kita masih bisa ketemu, coba deh lebih hargain apa yang lo punya... karena saat lo berpisah dengan mereka, lo baru akan ngerasain yang namanya kehilangan sahabat sejati. :'D
dan lo tau? gue kangen banget sama masa-masa ini. pengen banget rasanya minjem alat doraemon buat balik ke masa-masa ini, tapi.....setelah gue sadari, kenangan itu hanya untuk dikenang, dan lo gak akan pernah bisa balik ke masa itu lagi. jadi, hikmah yang gue bisa ambil dari pengalaman gue ini: jangan pernah menyia-nyiakan apa yang lo sayang dan apa lo punya.

Justin Bieber juga manusia!

Dear haters,
I know he seems too perfect to be human, but he still is.

Calling him gay won't make you straight.

Calling him talentless won't make you talented.

STOP THE HATE,
he doesn't deserve it,
he's just a kid who want to chasing his dream.

she is one of my inspirations..

I found this article on my dashboard Tumblr..
good article. you should read this. :)

You see this lady? Pattie Mallette. She is one of my inspirations. (yeahh she is my inspirations too.) Yes, she is Justin Bieber’s mom, but she’s more than that.

You might not know her past, so I’ll tell you. It’s sad. When she was 5 to about 10 years old, she was sexually abused. Her biological father died when she was 3. Her mom remarried. Her sister died in a car accident when she was 5. When she was 14, she started getting into drugs, stealing things, just being a bad teenager. She left her house when she was 15 because she didn’t get along with her parents. She lived with about 4 boys for a few years and just got into a bunch of trouble like partying, skipping school, and doing drugs. At the age of 17, she decided she couldn’t keep her past bottled up anymore, so she decided to commit suicide. She wanted to find a way to die as fast as she could, so she went to a busy street.. she stepped in front of a truck and it turned down a side street before it could hit her. She ended up in the hospital for commiting suicide 

[I didn’t make this up. You can find her interview on YouTube.]

While she was in the hospital, a youth pastor came by to talk to her about God. 

“You know, you try to kill yourself. You don’t even wanna live anymore. You don’t want your life.. God created you with a plan and a purpose. What do you have to lose by giving God a chance to see what his plan is for you? What he can do for you..” is what the youth pastor said.

She didn’t think God was real, but decided to give him a chance. What did she have to lose? Nothing. She allowed God into her life, and he forgave her of her sins. At the age of about 18, she got pregnant with Justin. She went back to partying and stopped going to church as much. But then, God got her back on track again and she stopped doing those things. God blessed her with this amazing little boy, Justin Bieber. Yes, they were under the poverty line for awhile, but God did have a plan and purpose for her; her son would one day be the biggest superstar on the planet; They would be rich and no longer poor.

So, all I’m trying to say is that God has a plan for your life. Don’t end it just because you think you can’t do this anymore. You can. Give it to God, give all your troubles to God and he will deal with them, I promise. Trust and have faith in God and good things will come your way.

Pattie inspires me to just live life to its fullest and just her story, it means so much to me. It may be “just another story” for you, but for me it’s not. It’s so inspiring and since she’s had such a rough past, it’s amazing how God can just turn that all around.

Maybe you’ve had a bad past, but with God in your life, your future will be better..

yeay! Paramore will come to Indonesia XD

FINALLY!!!!!!!! :D

 

OUR DREAM COME TRUE :')

paramore say 'hi' to Indonesia

I hope I can watch this concert :)