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Apr
08
Everything will be Fine

Tear, please don’t drop
No, please, not even one drop
Because people who love you will worry

It’s OK for tearing unless there is a guarantee for continuing
What matters is that usually tearing is followed by stop of action

O friend, I know you are so strong
I do believe, other friends do believe in you, too
Let’s face it together
And thank you for being a good person for everyone

O friend, I know it’s hard but we have to face it
O friend, you are anyone’s exemplary person

Let’s make history because you will make it
Though we do not help you, we secretly support you
We believe that you can make it yourself, friend

Show us we are not wrong of our perception upon you

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Mar
25
Ungkapan dalam Bahasa Inggris (1)

Seringkali dalam teks bacaan bahasa inggris kita temukan ungkapan-ungkapan yang maknanya tidak bisa diterjemahkan secara literal. Ungkapan-ungkapan tersebut lebih akrab disebut sebagai idiom. Idiom merupakan sekumpulan kata-kata yang arti/maknanya tidak dapat ditebak dari kata yang ada di dalamnya. Dengan kata lain, kita harus memandang idiom sebagai sebuah kesatuan (1 ungkapan). Contoh idiom dalam bahasa Indonesia: membanting tulang = kerja keras.

Selain idiom, terkadang kita juga sering kesulitan dalam mengartikan pepatah yang ada dalam bahasa Inggris karena budaya kita berbeda sehingga pemaknaan untuk tiap katanya juga berbeda :) Berikut saya coba sajikan beberapa ungkapan dalam bahasa Inggris yang mungkin biasa dijumpai beserta maknanya :)

  •  First come, first served bisa diartikan siapa cepat, dia dapat karena arti sebenarnya adalah orang akan dilayani/mendapat sesuatu berdasarkan urutan kedatangannya
  • Dog and bone = telepon
  • Dogs bark, but the caravans move on = anjing menggonggong kafilah berlalu artinya orang-orang boleh saja berkomentar/meributkan sesuatu, namun hal itu tidak mengubah situasi (sesuatu tersebut) continue reading…..
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Mar
17
E-Fest UNAIR 2012: Be The Best, Be The First, Be The Champion

English Festival is an annual event held by English Department Students’ Association (EDSA) of Airlangga University. English Festival (E-Fest) holds competition in which English, spoken English in particular, is the main skill required. In 2012, it will be conducted on 07 – 08 April 2012 at the Faculty of Humanities, Airlangga University. The event will consist of three contests:

  • English Debate Contest (EDC) for Senior High School (SMA) is regional scale English debate contest. The participants are from any senior high schools in East Java.
  • Speech Contest for Junior High School (SMP) in Surabaya.
  • Story Telling for Elementary School (SD) in Surabaya.

The Technical Meeting (TM) will be held at Faculty of Humanities, Airlangga University.

  • English Debate Contest (EDC) at Thursday, 05 April 2012
  • Speech Contest at Thursday, 05 April 2012
  • Story Telling at Thursday, 03 April 2012

Registration

  1. Contestant must fill in the Registration Form.
  2. Contestant must enclose two recent photos (3X4) of him/her and copy of his/her student’s card with the Registration Form.
  3. Each requirement for enrollment must be submitted before the day of competition (by Technical Meeting day).
  4. Registration Fee are: continue reading…..
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Mar
08
Revisiting the Library

It’s been a long time for me not visiting library in my campus. Yap, it was because of hundreds of things I got to do last semester. Anyway, a couple days ago I finally visited the library again. And I was quite surprised due to some transformation in there. Starting from the entrance gate to some spots in the library. They do change!!! And the change is going to the positive way!!! :D

Sofa is available to, let’s say, swap the wooden-chair on the second floor. There is also big flat screen in a particular room. And some wall has been recoloured. :D :D

However,  there was a sort of poster hung on the wall, on the stair when you are going from the 1st floor to the 2nd floor, that caught my eyes. The poster is in yellow main colour. It contains an appeal to Indonesian to preserve the standard variation of Bahasa Indonesia. It has been commonly known by Indonesian that nowadays there is so-called alay-writing-style in Bahasa Indonesia. What is being problematic of this continue reading…..

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