A Leader of Student Council

Okay, let me introduce myself on the beginning. My name is Nindya Resti Ramadhani Putri, my friends usually call me Resti. I was born in Bandung, 25^th December 1998. I'm a student of SMAN 3 Bandung. I'm a part of a student council in my school, and I'm a 2^nd candidate to be a leader of a student council in my school.

What is a student council? A student council is a representative structure for students only, through which they can become involved in the affairs of the school, working in partnership with school management, staff and parents for the benefit of the school and its students. Here is the logo of student council.

Student council has its own structure organization and has a leader, absolutely. I'm the one of three candidates who are choosen by our friends to be a leader of a student council. Every candidates have their own vision to be a leader of student council and mission to reach their vision. To be a good leader is not that easy. A good leader should be the one who support others, should be the one who lead the way, and a good leader should have a vision and mission. So right now, let me explain my vision and mission. My vision is so simple actually. As we know, the motto of our school is “Knowledge is Power but Character is More”. But now, in my point of view, the character of many students in my school is not as good as it was. For example, me, as a student, realize that now we will do everything to reach a good score. I mean, EVERYTHING. It seems like we don't care whether it's good or not, but the most important is A GOOD SCORE. Agree? Ironically, it's so contrast with our motto which is knowledge is power but character is more. So, my vision is to bringing out again our motto to all of the students. A simple vision but it's hard enough to be realized. There is a mission that must be completed to achieve my vision. My mission is : a character education. I think, teachers should give us a character education so that the students can apply that on their daily life. Then again, teachers should be more disciplining students so that the responsibilty will be grown and the good character either. I hope with my election as a leader of student council, all of the students can have a good character and the motto of our school can be realized again soon.

Okay, my explanation about my vision and mission is completed. So right now, I'm begging all of your support to choose me as a leader of student council in the next election period. Thank you!

The Best Moment of My Holiday

Holiday. Who doesn't love holiday? No one. Of course, everybody loves holiday and so do I! So in this post, I will tell you the story about my holiday.

My holiday started from 21^st December 2013 until 5^th January 2014. A long enough holiday, wasn't it? To be honest, my last holiday was kinda boring because I didn't go travelling to another countries like my previous holidays, but I enjoyed my holiday so much. Although I didn't go to another countries to spend my holiday, I spent my holiday with my dearest friends and my family. For example is like, I went to the cinema and watched some movies with my friends and I also went to Lembang to had a quality time with my family.

Anyway, I had the best moment in my holiday. That best moment happened on 25^th December 2013 which was my 15^th birthday!!! For the very first time in my life, I got a surprise birthday party from my dearest friends. I never expected that I would get a surprise birthday party like that because my birthday is always on holiday so that I have never met my friends on my birthday, I know it's kinda sad.... Okay, so here is the story about my birthday. It was 24^th December 2013, I was in video call with my special one... HEHE. We had a video call until the clock showed 00:00 and the date changed to 25^th December 2013 which was my 15^th birthday. On our video call, he wrote “HBD” in the piece of paper and he showed that paper to me, hahahahahaha it was kinda cute somehow, then he sent me a very long wishes text. He was the first person who said “Happy Birthday” to me. The special beginning of the birthday, with the special one:)

In the morning, I woke up and got my phone with a lot of birthday wishes texts from my friends. When I checked my phone, I found the text which said that I must go to school at about 12:30 pm to attend the meeting of student council, and I'm like “meeting on the christmas? Seriously?”. Then I asked to my friend whether it's true or not, and they said yes. Then I went to school and when I arrived at school..... I DIDN'T FIND ANY OF MY FRIENDS THERE. I called my dearest friend and he said that he didn't go to school because her mom didn't allow him to go. I was so upset, sad, disappointed, and I'm like “today is my birthday but he doesn't come here to meet me?”. Then I called all of my friends and they said that they still on their way to school. I waited long enough, ALONE in the school, I was sooooooo upset in that time. Suddenly my phone rang and it was my friend called me. She said that she has already arrived in Taman Lalu Lintas, and she wanted me to go to that place and met her. So I walked to Taman Lalu Lintas but I didn't find her there, it made me very upset actually. Then I decided to go back to school. When I walked back to school, suddenly my friends and my dearest friend came along with a birthday cake and sang Happy Birthday song. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA I'M VERY SURPRISED. I never expected it would be like this. My dearest person that said he wouldn't come was actually stand there in front of me with a birthday cake and the gift on his hand. I'm tricked. They successfully tricked me. All of the meeting was a bullshit, it was just a part of their plan... SUUUCCKKKS, but I was soooooo happy!

I blew the candle on my birthday cake. Took a photo with my friends, and suddenly..... my friends threw me with some eggs and spilled me with some water... SUCKS FOR THE SECOND TIME. OhmyGod it was so disgusting!!! Lucky me, I brought clothes so I changed my clothes which was so disgusting!! After all the surprise birthday party, we went to eat at one of the fast-food restaurant. After that, I went back to my home and my dearest friend was accompany me. OhmyGod, what a day, what a birthday, happiness overload!

And here is a picture about my best moment in my holiday. Anyway, it was my homemade birthday cake that made by my mom. Cuteness overload, right? 

 Happy 15^th!

Then that was my story about the best moment of my holiday. So how about yours?

Geyser

Definition of Geyser     

     A geyser is a spring characterized by intermittent discharge of water ejected turbulently and accompanied by a vapour phase (steam). The formation of geysers is due to particular hydrogeological conditions, which exist in only a few places on Earth, so they are a fairly rare phenomenon. Generally all geyser field sites are located near active volcanic areas, and the geyser effect is due to the proximity of magma. Generally, surface water works its way down to an average depth of around 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) where it contacts hot rocks. The resultant boiling of the pressurized water results in the geyser effect of hot water and steam spraying out of the geyser's surface vent (a hydrothermal explosion).

Beehive Geyser

Form of Geyser

     Geysers are temporary geological features. Geysers are generally associated with volcanic areas. As the water boils, the resulting pressure forces a superheated column of steam and water to the surface through the geyser's internal plumbing. The formation of geysers specifically requires the combination of three geologic conditions that are usually found in volcanic terrain.

1. Intense Heat : The heat needed for geyser formation comes from magma that needs to be near the surface of the earth. The fact that geysers need heat much higher than normally found near the earth's surface is the reason they are associated with volcanoes or volcanic areas. The pressures encountered at the areas where the water is heated makes the boiling point of the water much higher than at normal atmospheric pressures.
2. Water : The water that is ejected from a geyser must travel underground through deep, pressurized fissures in the Earth's crust.
3. Plumbing System : In order for the heated water to form a geyser, a plumbing system is required. This includes a reservoir to hold the water while it is being heated. Geysers are generally aligned along faults.The plumbing system is made up of a system of fractures, fissures, porous spaces and sometimes cavities. Constrictions in the system are essential to the building up of pressure before an eruption.

Eruption of Geyser

     Geyser activity, like all hot spring activity, is caused by surface water gradually seeping down through the ground until it meets rock heated by magma. The geothermally heated water then rises back toward the surface by convection through porous and fractured rocks. Geysers differ from non-eruptive hot springs in their subterranean structure; many consist of a small vent at the surface connected to one or more narrow tubes that lead to underground reservoirs of water and pressure tight rock.

1. Steam rises from heated water

2. Pulses of water swell upward

3. Surface is broken

4. Ejected water spouts upward and
 falls back down into the pipe

Type of Geyser

     There are two types of geysers: fountain geysers which erupt from pools of water, typically in a series of intense, even violent, bursts; and cone geysers which erupt from cones or mounds of siliceous sinter (also known as geyserite), usually in steady jets that last anywhere from a few seconds to several minutes. Old Faithful, perhaps the best-known geyser at Yellowstone National Park, is an example of a cone geyser. Grand Geyser, the tallest predictable geyser on earth, (although Geysir in Iceland is taller, it is not predictable), also at Yellowstone National Park, is an example of a fountain geyser.

Fountain Geyser (erupting from the pool)

Cone Geyser
(Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone National Park)

Gerunds and Infinitives

Gerunds

1. Jessica dislikes working in front of a computer all day
2. The models practiced walking with a book balanced on their heads
3. Reading is a great way to relax
4. The child denied stealing the piece of candy
5. I enjoy writing a novel
6. The best thing for your health is not smoking
7. He enjoys swimming 
8. She suggested going to a movie with her boyfriend
9. Mary keeps talking about her problems
10. Learning is very important to increase our knowledge

Infinitives

1. I hope to graduate from college next June
2. Mandy has promised to take care of our dog while we are on vacation
3. Ronald offered to help us paint the house
4. Sandra decided to study economics in London
5. She waited to see what would happen next
6. Susan pretended to be a student in order to get student discount
7. She refused to admit that she had made a mistake
8. We fully intend to pay you for all the work you have done for this company
9. You seem to be a little distracted
10. The most important thing is not to give up

If Conditional

1. I will be happy if I can be invisible for a while
    I would be happy if I could be invisible for a while
    I would have been happy if I could had been invisible for a while

2. I will be happy if my life is such a fairytale
    I would be happy if my life were such a fairytale
    I would have been happy if my life had been such a fairytale

3. I will be happy if I can turn back the time
    I would be happy if I could turn back the time
    I would have been happy if I could had turned back the time

4. I will be so lucky if I can go around the world
    I would be so lucky if I could go around the world
    I would have been happy if I could had gone around the world

5. If I have a billion rupiah, I will save it for my future life
    If I had a billion rupiah, I would save it for my future life
    If I had had a billion rupiah, I would have saved it for my future life

6. If I have a lot of money, I will be travelling all the time
    If I had a lot of money, I would be travelling all the time
    If I had had a lot of money, I would have been travelling all the time

7. I will give some of my money to the people in need if I have a billion rupiah
    I would give some of my money to the people in need if I had a billion rupiah
    I would have given some of my money to the people in need if I had had a billion rupiah

8. I will be happy if I can fly
    I would be happy if I could fly
    I would have been happy if I could have flown

9. If I am allowed to go to your party, I will go
    If I were allowed to go to your party, I would go
    If I had been allowed to go to your party, I would have gone

10. If I have a billion rupiah, I will buy all the things that I want
      If I had a billion rupiah, I would buy all the things that I want
      If I had had billion rupiah, I would have bought all the things that I want

Analytical Exposition

     Hello readers! In this post, I want to tell you my opinions about going to school by riding a bicycle. I will explain the advantages and disadvantages about going to school by a bicycle in my point of view.

     Due to the new government policy that said we should go to school by riding a bicycle. This policy is being socialized in 2013. Everything has its own good and bad, positives and negatives, advantages and disadvantages. So right now I will explain it all.

     The first is the advantages of going to school by riding a bicycle.

1. Make our environment cleaner

    Bicycle is the only vehicle which is caused no pollution. Bicycle doesn't need a fuel which produce CO and making the air pollution. Therefore, riding a bicycle to school can reduce the air pollution and make our environment cleaner.

2. You will be healthier

    Riding a bicycle is one kind of a sport. It's good for your health and sure, it will make your body healthier.

3. Minimize the traffic jam

    Do you see how is the condition of the road in the morning? When everybody is going out from their house going to anywhere and making the traffic jam every single day? When the parents use their car or motorcycle to deliver their children to school? If the students go to school by riding a bicycle, we can minimize the traffic jam. Have you ever wondered if all of the students are going to school by a bicycle? The traffic jam in the morning will be minimized.

      The second is the disadvantages of going to school by riding a bicycle.

1. It can make you tired

     Riding a bicycle to school can be tiring. Bicycle has no automatic machine, we should pedal the bicycle if we want it works. It will be okay if the distance between your school and your home is not too far away, you will not be really tired. But how if your house is so far away from your school? Doesn't it feel very tired to riding a bicycle to school? If you feel tired, then you might be feel sleepy during the day of school and you can't study well.

2. It's a little bit risky and unsafe

    Riding a bicycle to school is not safe. Remembering that there is no special line or space for a bicycle in the road while in fact, the road in Indonesia especially Bandung is very crowded, especially in the morning. The chance that the bicycle will be hit buy the other vehicles like motorcycle, car, or even bus is higher than if we use the other vehicle. 

3. It's easy to be stolen

    Bicycle is so easy to be stolen, especially if there are no extra safety such as padlock or something. Remembering that the level of criminality in our city and country is a little bit high.

4. It's depend on the weather

     What if the weather is bad? What if it's rainy all day long? You can't go to school, right? I know that you can use the rainy coat to school, but it's very complicated to riding a bicycle with a rainy coat. So riding a bicycle depends on the weather.

5. Bicycle is expensive

    Nowadays, the price of the bicycle and the motorcycle is quietly the same. In my opinion, motorcycle is more efficient than the bicycle. The motorcycle is safer, it's not too complicated if we use the rainy coat while riding the motorcycle, and riding a motorcycle will not drain a lot of energies. I know that the motorcycle is producing CO and making the air pollution. But I think motorcycle is better.

     From all above, we can see that in my point of view, riding bicycle to school has more disadvantages than the advantages. So, I rather go to school by a motorcycle or the other vehicle. I think public transportation is good. Because, I live so far away from my school. I can't imagine if I go to school by a bicycle, I will be really really really tired. Then again, to be honest, I can't ride a bicycle.... So, nope. I will not go to school by riding a bicycle. But that's just my opinion. How about yours?

If Clause

I will be happy if I......

  1. Can do anything I want
  2. Can buy anything I want
  3. Can turn back the time
  4. Can be in someone else's body and be his/her soul for a while! That will be very amazing
  5. Can be invisible for a while
  6. Can read someone else's mind
  7. Can fly, absolutely!
  8. Can go around the world with all of my dearest friends
  9. Can live in a fairytale for a moment
  10. Can make the people whom I love happy

If I have a billion rupiah, I will.......

  1. Be shopping everyday!
  2. Buy the things which are limited edition and of course, expensive.
  3. Save it for my future life
  4. Buy my own house with a luxurious things inside
  5. Buy a luxurious car
  6. Help children in poor villages to go to school and study so they can be a success person
  7. Travel around the world, go to every beautiful places in this world
  8. Give some of my money to the people in need
  9. Buy a grand piano
  10. Last but not least, if I have a billion rupiah, I will be rich. Right?