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There are some facts about the bad things that Malaysians have done us, the people of Indonesia. Even though Indonesia and Malaysia are neighboring countries, and also believed were originated from the same root, but Malaysia has been the most annoying neighbor all this time. I have compiled all of the sins into 5 biggest sins of Malaysians. The first sin is trespassing Indonesian territories. Malaysia has been many times violating Indonesian territory, especially Indonesian waters. Malaysia has...
Hamlet (1996) is a film adapted from William Shakespeare’s play with the same title. Hamlet is produced by David Barron, a British film producer who also produced Harry Potter, and directed by Kenneth Branagh, an actor and film director from Northern Ireland. The story is about Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, who comes home for his father’s death and his mother’s wedding. He commits revenge to his uncle, the new king, whom he believes as the murderer of his father after meeting the ghost of his dead...
Untuk memanfaatkan hari libur terakhir sebelum masuk kerja, saya memutuskan untuk berkunjung ke Gunung Tangkuban Perahu bersama Rosalinda Ayamor--nama panggilan yang saya berikan untuk si mbak yang kerja di rumah. Kami berangkat dari rumah pukul 12 lebih sedikit dengan motor saya, si Paria. Entah pukul berapa kami sampai di sana karena saya tidak memakai...
--diterjemahkan dari cerita pendek "The Monkey's Paw" karya W. W. Jacobs “Berhati-hatilah dengan apa yang kau minta, kau mungkin akan mendapatkannya.” – Anonim Bagian I Meskipun malam itu dingin dan basah, namun di dalam ruang tamu kecil di Vila Laburnam, tirainya terbuka dan perapian menyala terang. Seorang ayah dan anak laki-lakinya sedang bermain catur; sang ayah yang memiliki pemikiran bahwa permainan catur itu menyangkut peluang-peluang radikal, menempatkan bidak rajanya tepat pada posisi...
Minggu lalu saya ke Bali dalam rangka kegiatan kampus. Walaupun bukan benar-benar liburan, tapi saya senang bisa ke Bali lagi setelah 9 tahun! Waktu itu ke Bali tahun 2002. Itu pun sebagai acara perpisahan SMU. Sama saja sebenarnya dengan yang kemarin, kegiatan formal yang dibungkus dalam format liburan. Tempat-tempat yang dikunjungi juga sama seperti...
WHY HAVE YOU STAYED BEHIND?
Raymond Cook
Every Sunday morning just past 9am, I'd arrive at the Longbranch Cemetery to mow the grounds. This morning though I would discover would be very different. For near a headstone which showed a child's face, I stopped to take a break. After a few moments, I crawled over to the headstone to rub off some of the moss and mold, to read the words. Her name was Martha, and she died on May 17, 1900 of small pox, a deadly disease back then. I didn't stay there...
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The Story of an Hour has short paragraphs. Each paragraph only contains not more than five sentences. The longest paragraph is paragraph eleven which has five sentences: When she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips. She said it over and over under her breath: “free, free, free!” The vacant stare and the look of terror that had followed it went from her eyes. They stayed keen and bright. Her pulses beat fast, and the coursing blood...
A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.
W. H. Auden
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