Narrative Paragraph

Between Love and Motorcycle Accident

         

            What is mistake that will never you do in the future? Mistakes will be an experience for being recognition of our action later in the future. In the future, an experience will be an important thing and make us better to prepare our life. In my own experience, I have many mistakes that I will never do in the future again, but the special experience that I want to tell you is about my experience when I forced myself for riding my motorcycle in sleepy condition. At that time, in my free campus schedule I had a chance for returning hometown in Gianyar Regency, but I was a bit confused by my tired condition after I had stayed up for making my homework. In my confusion, I called my parents. They told me for taking rest for a while, and then returning to hometown. By hearing that advice, I decided to return hometown. When I had arrived recently in my hometown, my girlfriend that was from Denpasar called me and said that she missed me. She demanded me for meeting her in her boarding house. This invitation made me confused again because I was still in tired condition after coming back from Buleleng Regency. In my confusion, I felt that I also missed her. By thinking of her, I got spirit to force myself for meeting her. Actually, at that time my parents advised me not to go anywhere for a while because they knew that I was still tired. Even though they were true that I was still in tired condition, I did not really pay attention of that advice, and I just said that I was okay to them because I wanted to meet my girlfriend. At that time, I decided to force myself for riding my bike to go to my girlfriend’s boarding house. After I had chatted and together with my girlfriend until 11.30 p.m., I decided to return home. In the journey of returning home, I felt so tired. I had taken rest three times along the journey. Around 15 kilometers left of returning home journey, I felt so exhausted. At that time, I thought that I slept on my bike because I did not feel any control of riding the bike. Unfortunately, I got an accident. I bump a big tree on the left road. I flung away on the footway, and my bike was broken. I had got many injuries on my left foot which especially on my knee and nail of my thumb. I felt like I could not see anything because I got perturbation on my left feet thumb nerve that was caused by the nail which was detached of dragging road. There were some people who helped me, and carried me up to my home. In my home, my family was busy in medicating me. When I was being medicated by them, I thought something in my mind. Firstly, I felt so guilty to my family because I disturbed and made them busy in their sleeping time. Secondly, I recognized my wrong in ignoring my parents’ advice. Thirdly, I thought that this injury would disturb and decelerated every activity that would I do. Fourthly, I made a promise in myself to control my desire to meet my girlfriend, and then I would not force myself for riding the bike in sleepy and tired condition. In addition, I also would always try listening and doing my parents’ advice. Therefore, this wrong gives me a good experience in order to prepare a better future for myself.                                 

My Strengths and Weaknesses (Concern to Strengths)

My Personalities

             “Do not know someone’s name means do not pity with her or him”, so that I would like to tell you about my name firstly. My friends usually call me Viktor. I am a student of English Education Department in Ganesha University of Education. Now, I am nineteen years old. Gianyar is the place that I was born. I come from a humble family in Sukawati District, Gianyar Regency, Bali. Talking about my personalities, in my friends’ opinion, I am a kind person. In my opinion, that is true because of my personalities which are hard worker, friendly, and wise.

            Firstly, hard worker is regarded as my personality. In my opinion, it is appropriate with me. This is because of my effort to do something as best as I can, for instance when I get an assignment, I always try to check it twice after I finish it; first by me and second by my friend. It is because in order to minimize mistakes, for instance the mistakes in using tense, spelling, choosing subject-verb agreement, etc. In addition, I also try to never give up when I face some problems, for instance when I get a complicated assignment, the focus of my thinking is not on a difficult or complicated assignment, but I focus on the solution about how to finish the assignment. Furthermore, I also try not to complain in doing something, for instance when I have a lot of homework. I try not to just speak a lot, but I try to do and finish them one by one as soon as possible. I should develop it in my personality because I think it will support me to be a success person in the future.

            Secondly, my friends also tell that I am a friendly person. I think that is true. It is because they always see me smiling them when we meet. This personality is advised from my priest. He told that if we try to keep our smile; we are able to keep our health. It is because a smile is able to influence the brain nerve for thinking a positive thing. In addition, I always try to give a greeting to everyone who I knew when we meet, for instance when my friends and I meet at the hall all the campus. I usually say “hi brother or hi my cute sister, what’s up”. Even though it is just a kind of small talk, it has a good meaning in maintaining a good friendship or to be familiar with them. Moreover, I also try to be easy in praising. It is because I want to make my friend smile. My priest told that if we are able to make someone smile, it is a kind of “yadnya” (Hinduism word which means a merit). For instance, I usually praise someone like these; you are so smart, you have a nice…, you have done a good job, etc. I believe that by always trying to keep smile, give a greeting, and be easy in praising are good ways to be a friendly person.

            Finally, most of my friends also tell that I am a wise person. In my opinion, I agree with it. This is because I always try not to just consider my importance, but I also try to consider the other ones’ importance, for instance when my friends and I get a problem in doing group work which most of us cannot make it together in a same place because of some reasons. I respect with their reason, but the group work should also be finished. Then, I try to give a suggestion to divide the task of group work for each members of group. After it is finished, it is collected by one member and checked together by each member of group by using a social media Facebook”. Furthermore, I also try to filter any information or issue that I got from someone. It is because I do not want to be lain by someone, for instance when my friend gossips someone, I just hear it, but I do not believe it directly. I need proof to show the truth. Moreover I also try to be grateful with what I had. It is because I want to feel a harmonious feeling in my soul. This is taught by my priest, he told that when we want to have a harmonious feeling, we should try to be grateful or happy with what we had. I think, by always trying to consider the other ones’ importance, filter any information or issue that we got, and be grateful with what we had are good  implementations for being a wise person.  

            In my opinion, hard worker, friendly, and wise are true told as the strengths of my personality. Hard worker is a personality that I should develop because I think it will support me to be a success person in the future. In addition, friendly is also told as my strength because I always try to keep smile, give a greeting, and be easy in praising. Moreover, my friends tell that a wise person is my personality because I try not to just consider my importance, but I also try to consider the other ones’ importance, try to filter any information or issue that I got, and try to be grateful with what I had. Would you like to have these kinds of personality later on? Let us try to mold and develop these strengths in our personality. 

Cause and Effect Paragraph (Concern to Causes)

Living in University Makes Lifestyle Better

            Do you feel that you get a better lifestyle when you live in university? I have felt it when I live in university. There are some reasons of it that I feel making my lifestyle better, for instance staying away from family, joining an UKM organization, and getting lecturers’ motivation in order to focus on my future. First, staying away from family is one of the causes because it supports me to be more independent in doing everything by myself. Second, joining an UKM organization also influences me to be more responsible in maintaining a good relationship with other people. It is for in an organization, we will meet and socialize with different kinds of people, and there is a chance to learn about how to respect the differences of each other. Furthermore, getting motivation from lecturers in order to focus on my future is one of significant causes that make my lifestyle getting better. It is because the lecturers’ motivation can open up my mind for looking what I want to be and do in the future. Those are some causes that make my lifestyle getting better when I live in university.        

Comparison and Contrast Paragraph (Concern to Contrast Part)

Live in Senior High School and University

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          Someone might feel that live in senior high school is same as living in university, but it is different with what I have thought in my mind. It is for I feel that there are many differences in life between both of them, for instance are the kinds of homework, independence, and school schedule time. I would like to tell you more about those. When I was in senior high school, the homework was still easy that can be finished about one hour or two hours before it was submitted. In addition, talking about the independence, I was still too depended on my family. It was because when I wanted to get or buy something, I can get it just by asking a help to my sister or my parents. Moreover, the school schedule in senior high school was still consistent, and there were no making up class schedule arrangement to recoup the missing class. On the contrary, when I live in university, they are very different. Firstly, the assignment is hard enough and I need much time to finish it even I have to stay up late. Furthermore, the independent of mine becomes better. It is for I live far away from my family, so that I should do everything by myself. In addition, talking about the schedule, it is not consistent enough. It is because there is a common to make up school schedule for recouping the missing class based on lecturers’ and students’ agreement. Those are some differences in my interpretation between live in senior high school and in university.                     

Cause and Effect Essay (Concern to Cause Part)

The Causes of Teenagers in Staying Up Late

            Have you ever stayed up late? Have you realized some reasons that usually make you stay up late? Talking about the reasons why, everyone has his or her own reasons about it. The reasons are usually based on their habits, age, necessary, etc. Especially talk about the reason “age”, teenagers usually stay up late because of some causes. There are some basic causes of it, for instance it is usually because of playing games, making a phone call, and watching movie.

            Firstly, playing games are stated as one cause of teenagers in making them for staying up late. Why so? It is due to an addicted feeling that wants to continue for playing it more and more. The addicted feeling might was emerged because of an awesome animation graphics of the games. The more awesome graphics created in the game, the more the players will feel that the games are like a reality. So that, when the games are like reality, the players will be more interest in playing the games. The over interesting of the players in playing it might addict them not to take a rest in the standard schedule.

            Secondly, there is another cause that might make the teenagers staying up late. It is making a phone call. The teenagers might make phone call with their family who stays far away from them. In addition, they might also make a phone call with their girlfriend or their boyfriend. In this case, the more common circumstance of making a phone call with that influence teenagers for staying up late is their girlfriend or their boyfriend. It is due to a desire of a couple teenagers in love that is still too impassioned. They might just follow their love desire to have a chat in a long phone call rather than think to their health later on. Thus, when teenagers cannot control their desire of love, they will just make a talk in a long phone call without thinking of the time.

            Thirdly, watching movie is also conveyed as a reason of teenagers in staying up late. It is because the teenagers usually interest with some special movies which are like in “box office movie” that show after midnight. These special movies are usually the newest or most update movies that have been produced. These newest or most update movies make the teenagers being attracted to be able to watch it as soon as possible. In their attracted feeling, it might also influence them not to think and remember about their obligations, for instance doing their homework and housework. In addition, in their curiosity for watching and knowing this most update movie, they might also do not consider their time to take a rest. Thus, when the teenagers watch these updated movies, that are shown too night, can influence them for staying up late.         

            All in all, the reasons of the teenagers which influence them to stay up late, for instance playing games. The over interesting feeling of animation graphics of the games can addict them to play it more and more without thinking of their standard period for taking a rest. In addition, there is another cause that usually makes the teenagers staying up late, that is making a phone call. When they feel very amused by having a lot of chat in phone call, they will pass much of their time that actually should be managed for their sleeping time. Moreover, watching movie is also one factor that is conveyed as a reason of teenagers in making them to stay up late. It is because they watch the special movies that are usually shown on midnight or even in the early morning. Do you agree that these kinds of activity are bad reasons for staying up even for children or teenagers or adult? So, let us try not to these kinds of bad habit for the causes of not to sleep in standard period. 

Comparison and Contrast Essay

The Devolution of Adolescence Becomes Adulthood

            Have you gotten turning point in devolution of your adolescence becomes adulthood? In this period, there is much turning point that might be gotten in your life. The turning point that I have gotten in my life especially happened when I was in third grade of my senior high school. At that time, I joined a meditation course. There were a similarity and differences of my personality that I felt after I joined it. In the differences of my personality, I thought that I became more wise and responsible than before, and then friendly is one similarity that did not change in my personality yet.

            Firstly, I felt that I became wise after I joined meditation course. Before I joined it, I felt that I was a person who did not really consider with other people. It meant that I did not have a consciousness about how to respect with others. At that time, I just did everything which just considered my importance, and I did not really care with others’ importance; on the contrary when I have joined a meditation course I could feel that I was changed. I was able to respect with others. In addition, when I did everything, I always tried not to just consider myself, but I also tried to consider the others’ importance. Thus, becoming a wise person gave good benefit of devaluation of my personality.

            Secondly, I thought that my responsibility was increased in the age of my third degree in senior high school. Before I was in this age, I felt that I did not have any good responsibility in doing everything. I just wanted to postpone every task that I should do. “A task can be finished in one hour before being submitted”, that bad principle was always thought in my mind at that time; in contrast when I was in the age of my third degree in senior high school, I thought that I had better responsibility. It was due to an advice that was given by my priest in my meditation course. He told me like this “If you do not use your time effectively, it means you make your life useless”. Therefore, I thought that my responsibility was enhanced when I joined a meditation course.

            Thirdly, friendly is one similarity of my personality that was similar both when I have joined the course of meditation and when I did not join it any. I thought like that because I felt that I have already had that personality since I was in kinder garden. My parents always told me to make many friends, learn about how to be familiar, and learn about how to maintain a good relationship with others. In addition, my family and I also have tried to implement the advice of how to maintain a good relationship each others, for instance when one members of my family did wrong, other members always apologized as soon as possible, and asked him or her to make a promise in order not to do it again. So, to be a friendly person was a principle that I have had in my life since I was as a kid.

            In conclusion, there are similarities and differences of my personality between devolution before joining a course of meditation and after having joined it. Wise is one personality that I felt from it. In this case, I have been taught about not just to consider myself, but also tries to consider the other one’s importance. In addition, I also felt that my responsibility is increased when I have learned about meditation. “If you do not use your time effectively, it means you make your life useless”, it is a useful advice that I got from my priest who wants me to be responsible in doing every task that I had. Moreover, there is also one similarity that I have felt as same as the personality that I have had both when I do not have learned about meditation and when I have joined it. It is about how to be a friendly person. I have already taught about it by my parents since I was in kinder garden.                

Narrative Essay

My Police Dream

            Have you gotten an experience of joining a national selection or national test? When did you get it? Talking about these kinds of question, I have a nice experience that I want to share with you. It is about my experience when I joined a national police test in 2013. At that time, I decided to join it because I wanted to follow my uncle occupation as a police. I was inspired by him because I liked that he had a nice charisma and authority in his occupation as a police. Besides that, I also viewed that his salary as a police was good enough, in which he got five million rupiahs per month. In addition, he also got some additional subsidies, like life insurance, family subsidy, health subsidy, food subsidy, etc. Thus, from viewing the life of my beloved uncle as a police that was good enough, I was interested to join the national police selection 2013.

            The first action that I did for joining the national police selection, mainly I asked a permit for my parents to permit me for joining the police selection. At that time, my parents were very supporting me to join the police test. It was because they knew that I was very interested about it. In addition, they also viewed that I was appropriate to become a police because they realized that I had an ideal body posture to become a police. Furthermore, they also supported me to join the police test because they knew that I had an experience as PASKIBRAKA of Gianyar Regency; PASKIBRAKA was a kind of group that got military training for fluttering Indonesian flag in national ceremony of Indonesian freedom. Moreover, they also supported me to join the police test because they knew that I loved doing sport. Thus, asking a permit to my parents was very important to me for giving a support in joining the police national test.

            In giving a nice feedback to my parents who supported me so much, I tried to prepare myself as best as I could for being ready to face the police national selection. The first preparation that I did, mainly preparing the psycho-test and academic test. In these preparing, I bought such books that contained psycho and academic test of police test. Fortunately, I could buy it in the book shop in Denpasar Regency. I learned it every day, once in the early morning, and once before going to sleep. The second preparation that I did mainly, prepared physical test. For the preparation of physical test, I practiced to run around the side of the football yard in seven times in time allotment of twelve minutes; continued by practicing push-up around forty five in one minute, continued by practicing to pull up in twelve times in one minute, and continued by practicing to run zigzag around seven times in one minute. I always practiced these kinds of physical test every day; once in the morning and once in the evening. In addition, I also did another practice of physical test, mainly practiced swimming around twenty five meters. At that time, it was actually my first time to experience practicing swimming. I practiced it in a swimming course in Klungkung Regency; and fortunately in that first training I could swim around twenty meters. However, that ability should be increased for reaching the standard target of swimming that was around twenty five meters. Therefore, there were some preparation that I did for facing the national police test, mainly the preparation of psycho test, academic test, and physical test.

            The day of the real police test was coming. The first test that I joined, mainly joining a test of checking the document completeness of police test registration. I went to POLRES (unit police of regency) in Gianyar for joining this test; and fortunately I passed this test. The second test that I joined, mainly joining a test of checking health in POLDA Bali (unit police of province) in Depasar; and fortunately I also passed this test. The third and fourth test that I joined, mainly joining the psycho test and the academic test. Due to I had learned the book of psycho and academic test of police test, I could answer the question quickly enough; and fortunately I also had passed both of those tests. The final test that was joined mainly the physical test. This test was one of strained test for me because I should try to prove my hard work of my physical practice. Fortunately, in this test I passed on running around of the side football yard in seven times in time allotment of twelve minutes, passed on doing push-up in standard of forty five in one minute, passed on doing pull-up in standard of twelve times in one minute, and passed on running zigzag in standard of seven times in one minute. However, unfortunately, I did not pass in the last test, that was, swimming test. I just could swim in twenty meters, in which I could not reach the standard target of swimming in twenty five meters. Due to I did not pass in this test, it made me fallen in my police test. I regretted my wrong that I did not prepare myself to practice swimming intensively and seriously in a long day before joining the police test. Thus, in my real police test, I was happy because I had passed some tests, but unfortunately I could not pass on my swimming test that gave the effect which I could not pass all stages of my police test.

            In conclusion, I was interested to join the national police selection 2013 because I want to follow my uncle’s occupation as the police; in which in his occupation, I viewed that he had a life that was good enough. I continued to make my dream real for being a police by asking a permit to my parents in order to give me supporting for joining the police national test. Fortunately, they were very enthusiastic to support me joining the national police test. For giving a nice feedback to my parents who supported me so much; I did some preparation as best as I could for facing the police test. I did some preparations, mainly the preparation of psycho test, academic test, and physical test. In my real police test, I was happy because I had passed some tests. However, unfortunately in last result I could not pass my police test because I could pass my swimming test that gave me the effect of being fallen in my police test so.