Review: The Flying Train

The Flying Train was one of the good story for children. The way author wrote the story could make children use their imagination which is very useful for their brain. The story was bright and full with happiness, as we know children always love with happy thing, so the story did.

The Flying Train was a story of  adventure children by train. The children were Timmy, Nelly with their friends; Teddy, Dolly, Puppy, and Kitty. Timmy already asleep when the strange sound woke him up. Timmy and his friends looked at the window and suddenly surprised when the flying train shouted to them that the flying train will take them to the sky.

Timmy and his friend jumped to the flying train. It went flying through the air and flew away from Timmy's bedroom. Timmy and his friends started their adventure when the flying train flew high above over the birds and over the clouds.

In the sky, Timmy and his friends surprised when they saw the colourful fairyland, the glittering star, and also the moon. They were happy. But, suddenly the rain come with storm. Nelly sneezing. Timmy asked the flying train to stop, but it more flew away until they can saw the planets in the galaxy. There was no more rain, just wonderful galaxy. The flying train went faster until Timmy and his friends amazed by the sun. It was big and also bright.

When Timmy looked at the sun, he remembered that they would late for school. Timmy and Nelly shouted to the flying train, but they still did not know what to do. Timmy told to them that they should jumped. They were screaming aloud. Timmy also screaming. After that, Timmy heard his mother's voice asked him to woke up. At the moment Timmy was laughing when he remembered that was just a dream.

The way author write the story could make us, the reader also feel the same way. The Flying Train was interesting story. It was full with adventure, joy and happiness.

 The Flying Train was very good story for the bedtime!

Review : The Giant Mushroom

The Giant Mushroom was an interesting story. The author could bring us to the story's world and we as the reader could know the feel how the story talked about. The cover and the images were good enough to explained about the story. The children would like it so much when they read this "Giant Mushroom".

The story of Giant Mushroom talked about a bunny, named Skippy, wanted to looking for the food for his brother. There was no food and his brother felt so hungry. Skippy went out to find the food. He asked to his friends but his friends did not have any extra food for his brother. Skippy was so sad. Suddenly there was a bud that fallen to the ground. Skippy thought to planted it.

The sun, the rain, and earth felt sorry for Skippy. They all together helped Skippy to grew the but. And one time, the bid grew very fast became a giant mushroom. Skippy felt so happy and he back to home to picked his brother up. His brother felt so happy, too. At least, he also  asked his friends ate the mushroom.

Finally, they all are happily with the giant mushroom.

Review: Boy Who Sees the Things in a Different Way

Boy who see things in the different way was an interesting story. The author could bring us to the story's world and we as the reader could know the feel how the story talked about. The cover and the images were good enough to explained about the story.

Just like the title, the story was talker about the boy who could see !any things with different way. That was good because it could make children thought the same way too. It was very useful for their brain.

For me, the story gave us, a readers, to saw a thing not just by the one way buy also in different way. Because not always the bad was bad, but also it had the good side too. It could make us be positive person and always thought with the positive way.

Just simple like that. Overall, that was good story, especially for children.

Review : Cry-Baby Moon

Cry-baby moon was an interesting story. The author could bring us to the story's world and we as the reader could know the feel how the story talked about. By the cover we could see the big yellow moon surrounded by bright colours. The image in the story also good with beautiful arts and colourful colours. That was very suit for children who loved with colourful bright colours.

The Cry-baby moon was a story of the moon who could not see her face in the seas. She was crying and felt so sad. By the time, she met with Cloud who was passing by. She asked why the Cry-baby moon crying so loud. Then, the Cry-baby moon told the Clouds that she could not see her face in the sea. The Cloud suggested Baby-moon should be bright yellow. The Cry-baby changed herself from white to tue bright yellow. Then, the Cry-baby moon floated the sky and looked down to the sea, yet she could not see her face. She was crying again.

The Cry-baby moon wanted to see her face in the sea. She was still crying aloud. The Rain, Thunder and Light who were passing by and gave the Cry-baby moon suggestions, but still she could not see her face in the sea. She was so sad. One day, the Rainbow passing by and gave her a suggestion that the Cry-baby moon should asked the spirit of the sea. It was because the sea was rough and the Cry-baby moon could not see her face in the sea. After she asked to the spirit of the sea, she could see her face. For the first time she could see her reflection in the sea. Her reflection was beautiful bright yellow, big and round and also dazzling with smile. She was very happy.

The Cry-baby moon was sad yet also beautiful story. The story gave us, the readers, a message that we should had strong heart and not cry easily. Just because we could not pass the sea (problems), did not means we should gave up in that way. If we believe in ourself, we could see our bright future and beautiful life later.

For me, that was very beautiful story. Wish you all could read it too, especially for children. That was good for you, dear!

Review : Ciconia Ciconia

Ciconia Ciconia was an interesting story. The author could bring us to the story's world and we as the reader could know the feel how the story talked about.

Ciconia Ciconia was a story of a white stork that lived happy in his homeland. He felt joy, calm and quiet in that place. The place was Croatia and he built his nest on high place (a chimey). The place was just a small village surrounded by sunfolwers. He loved his homeland very much. But, one day his homeland was destroyed by a war. Suddenly the white stork lost his beautiful homeland. He felt so sad and flew away to find a new place.

After long day and night the white stork saw a city with a skyscraper. He sat on one of the skyscrapers. He felt so tired and wanted to sleep. Suddenly a noise woke him up. There was a big bird metal (airplane). When he knew that he could not sleep in that place, the white stork flew again but there was no quiet place. The night and the day in the city was very noise and very crowded. The white stork did not wanted that place. He missed his old quiet homeland.

The white stork flew again wished he would find a new place but he couldn't. On his way he found a place that called "Internet Cafe". There was many children, one of them opened a picture that showed a picture a white stork who lived in Cigoc Ciconia.

 The white stork felt happy and flew again to that place. In that place there was a flock of stork. He met his new friends. The place was very calm and quite. There was no war and he felt happy.

The story taught us that a war was not good for life. We as human would lost our happiness and the important thing was our homeland. There was no the best place except our homeland. Because in our homeland we could find a joy not like a city which was full of noise.

That was very good story for children. With this story they would know that a war just took us to a world of sadness and loneliness. Just happiness could make us felt warm and home.

Review : Bahuki

Buhuki was an interesting story. The author could bring us to the story's world and we as the reader could know how the feel how the story talked about

Buhuki was a monkey who very love with her family. He very close with her mother and mother, when he was child he always clung to his mother's belly and his father shoulder. Buhuki was very kind and always being friendly with Chutty, a little boy who lived nearby. When Buhuki and his grandfather ate Kajupuhulan, he always give to the Chutty too.

One day, Buhuki did not want to ate Kajupuhan anymore. At the time. he looked at the Peri Waraka and ate it by himself. Buhuki did not know that crows also wanted the same food, and then they are started chased after him. Buhuki was scared. He run to the Chutty's house and hide into the head of cotton wool. Buhuki did not realize that his body already covered by cotton wool. The people thought that he was a ghost and run from Buhuki.

Buhuki was confused. He did not understand what was going on. He back to his home, but his all family also run from him. Buhuki called her mother and suddenly her mother stopped run. She laughed at Buhuki when cotton wool stuck all over his body. Finally her mother knew that was just misunderstood. That was Buhuki, not a ghost.

The story was funny, yet very interesting too. The children would like to read it before go to bed.

Review: The Blue Sky

The Blue Sky was very good book story. I just read it and I love the book already. As the title, the cover of the book was bright blue with the clouds and there was also a little girl who pray with her hands, yet actually it was a blue bird. Just by the cover I could feel how the story was—beautiful and full of the blue.

            The Blue Sky was story of a little girl who lost her mother. At the same time, she felt lost the love too. She always lonely and built her own world, in a tall skyscraper which is became a high tower. In that high tower, she always faced to the window that showed her the clouds on the blue sky. On her own world, the clouds always became her imagination, such as snail, mouse, elephant, rabbit, turtle blue bird and black bird. By the time, that animals which created by clouds were ‘her memory of her mother’.

            From that line, as a reader, I could take a red thread that the little girl felt so sorrow with her life. The sadness of the little girl’s life could easily understood when she explained one by one of the clouds on the sky. With one thought, she had a wish that the clouds on the blue sky could take her to her mother, who always she love the  most. And finally she could meet her mother somewhere in the clouds.

            That was a sad story yet beautiful too. I could feel how the author wanted to share her deep feeling to everyone who read it, about the lonely little girl who love her mother yet must to lost her mother.

The images of the book were lovely with the beautiful words to explained about it. The author could make the reader aware that the little girl who lost her mother always had a soft feeling yet tough heart. Everybody could not understand how the little girl feel because it was more sorrow than anything.

That was very beautiful story.

Overall, I really love it!

Essay: Jewelry Box

Some small box is just too good to throw away. There are maybe many small boxes in your house that doesn’t use anymore. Some people will throw it away, but that is so wrong habit because the small box can be good thing that can use again. You can decorate the small box with pieces of felt and make a very special box to keep your jewelry in.

People always have many imaginations to make a new thing and jewelry box is made by them. Eventhough, some people maybe hate to try make a new thing, because they think that was so difficult. That was wrong. Exactly, jewelry box is easy to make.

How to Make a Jewelry Box

The Materials:

·         A box

·         Color Papers

·         Scissor

·         Glue

The Steps:

First, make color paper templates by cover up around the top, long, and short sides of the box. Cut them out. If there are no color papers, you can use other white papers and you can paint the papers with good painting, you also can pour your imagination color in there. The important thing in this first step is you be able to make sure that the color paper will cover up the all of the box sides.

Second, take another color papers and cut them. Make them be a good thing, such as beautiful flowers or something like sign of love images. If you have any idea you can cut the papers be stars, moon, clown, tress, or anything in your mind. You have to use your imagination in this second step. They are will be accessories for the top or side of the box.

Third, put the glue in the side of the box. Make sure that the glue has putting in good sides. It is very important to the color paper later. 

Next,Stick the color papers to the top and all the sides of the box. Wait for few minutes until the glue can dry on the sides of the box. It is easy to stick the color papers in all the sides of the box, but you be able to make sure that the glue has stick in the good sides.

Finally,Glue the flowers to the top and sides of the box and Jewelry Box already to use. You can put all your accessoriess, such as necklace, earrings or others, into the your new Jewelry Box. 

Holiday in Suburb

Holiday in the Suburb

            When I was senior high school, my friends and I went to suburb. We went to the suburb by motorcycle. It had taken two hours from city, because the place that my friend and I visited was so far away from city. We did not mind it, because we knew that the place my friend and I visited was so beautiful and so green. It had been planned by us since first semester was started, so all the stuff such as, food, drink had been bought by us too. We spend our holiday in the suburb.

            The place was beautiful. We visited the river as soon as we arrived there. We were happy, because the place was same as we expected before. My friend and I touched the river and then screamed. The water was so cold, but we liked it. There were many big stones around the river, and one of the big stone had been sat by my friend when she went into the river. She said to me to sit next her, but I ignored her because I wanted to play in the river.

            The air was so fresh. I swore that the air was so fresher than the air from city. The city was full of pollution; it was so different from suburb that was full of fresh air. My friend said that tree in suburb made the air fresher. I agreed with her statement because there were many trees around the river. That was so natural view.

            Many photo had been taken by my friend and I. We enjoyed our time in the suburb. That was freshing. If we had other free times, we would went there again. I said “yes” because I had falling in love with that place.

Orang Kayo Hitam

Once upon a time, there was a king in Jambi Palace. He was a third child from Akhmad Salim and Puteri Selaro Pinang Masak. He refused to send some glory to Mataram (Majapahit) once a year. He said, “Jambi is a palace. Mataram is a palace. Both of them is same, so why should us give our rich to them?” Orang Kayo Hitam’s statement can assure every people. There was nothing glory that send to Mataram anymore. King of Mataram was very angry. A fortune-teller of Mataram Palace said that Orang Kayo Hitam could be killed with a sword.

            Orang Kayo Hitam heard about it but he didn’t mind of that news. He looking for sword maker in Mataram. After looking for around Mataram, he found a sword maker that didn’t know about him. Orang Kayo Hitam killed him and then King of Mataram didn’t want to continue what that he wanted.

            Orang Kayo Hitam greeted warmly by Mataram Palace. He was looked awesome with puncture bun on his head. Uncomplete sword used between his puncture bun on his head. And that would be in place at the waist as a marker shoots of Jambi Government.  At the first time Orang Kayo Hitam choosed as a vice-palace in Pemalang, but he refused it. He said that he choses Jambi and he wanted back to there.  “My father is old, whether it lives, whether it die, I have left my country too long.”

            When he returned to Jambi, Orang Kayo Hitam brings his wife, Putri Ratu Mataram and his son, Raden Jaya which then holds the Temenggung Mangku Negoro. In the course of that sword Siginjei completed as heirloom sword is already  which is already completed with Charles manikam quality.

            After arriving back in Jambi not long from that time Orang Kayo Hitam to wants to learn and interest in the hair strands twisted butts float. Orang Kayo Hitam have been searching various news sources celebrated figures then he went to Air Hitam Pauh  to see menemui Temenggung Merah Mato. At the residence of the Temenggu, he was given a betel tread containing betel nut of iron. The exam is not a problem because the dish in chewing betel as usual. After the test of dexterity and magic takes place in the courtyard. Nearly three-day test took place with a balanced, nothing else to lose or win, while the pounding hearts of the Orang Kayo Hitam to  Temenggu’s daughter be stronger to confess openly.

            Temenggu’s daughter reply the Orang Kayo Hitam’s love and after the talk Temenggu allowed Orang Kayo Hitam to marry his daughter. As tradition hendak diisi lembagonyo hendak di tuang, sudah buruk dimemakai, sudah habis dimakan, sudah besesap berjerami sudah bepadam bepekuburan, bertitian teras betanggo batu, jalan berambah yang di turut, baju bejahit yang di pakai, sudah gayur pinang sudah seko kelapo sederakah, so Orang Kayo Hitam must provides emas selesung besak seruas buluh talang dan selengan baju serta kepala tungau segantang ulang aling dengan 40 orang dara putri untuk pengiring.

            Finally Orang Kayo Hitam married Temenggu’s daughter, Putri Mayang Mengurai at Air Hitam Pauh. That was happened seven days. After that the group Orang Kayo Hitam milir Batang Hari dan Batang Tembesi follow the message his father-in-law to accompany a pair of ducks.

            Then, after it a few times milir ashore in some places, then near Pandan Island went ashore, muput (mandi tanah) there and disappear. Temenggung Merah Mato appropriate message and Grandma Indrijati's where you build the country on a chosen land. When cutting shrubs terkapak bedil besi, nebas to two terkapak large gong. Secondly it became heirlooms because after that to let Temenggung Mereh Mato’s brother is Temenggung Temantan busy looking for his elder brother who disappeared and after counting the lines of fortune, it is believed the iron guns (cannons) is the incarnation of the Temenggung Mereh Mato as knew as "Sijimat " and big gong Temenggung wife incarnation called " Gong Sitimang ".

            Upon returning from Air Hitam, preach about guns and gongs, Orang Kayo Hitam rifle and gong back to the place to find and continue the work to clear land in a place chosen duck that called "Tanah Pilih" who later as the location of the palace of King Jambi. After the Tanah Pilih Palace undermined by colonial Dutch in the Sultanate of Sultan Taha Saifuddin made in the Dutch military barracks and now the Masjid Agung Al-Falah, the grand mosque known as the Mosque thousand poles.

            From Air Hitam, participated in the group's sister Princess Mayang Parse named Raden Kuning Megat Dialam and other entourage of them settled in the Tanah Pilih which then increasingly crowded. Shortly thereafter, his youthful spirit surge to go wander into the sea area which, according to the story of the sailors, there are many islands there. Raden Kuning Megat Dialam will approved by the Orang Kayo Pingai and Orang Kayo Hitam.

            For the sake of the stability of his departure is done safely and refuse alms prayer custody at the same time giving the title of  Orang Kayo Singodirajo to Raden Kuning Megat Dialam. Orang Kayo Hitam handed his Kapal Harimau Jantan to Orang Kayo Singodirajo meet the desires seek his fortune in the islands of the sea. When removing the sails, Orang Kayo Hitam told "dimana juga tetapnya Adinda, maka segeralah Adinda datang kepada Kakanda di Tanah Pilih".

The first island that had been landed by Orang Kayo Singodirajo, in that place meets  people who claimed to be from Kuala Reteh Indragiri, even adayang of Palembang and other areas gathered to make a living along the coast of the island. They all call themselves as a (group) Mentang and Baruq nation. Not far from there looked Pualu Singkep and another island which has a three-pronged mountain peaks called Pulau Daik, and there is an island called Pulau Pandan other. The islands unpopulated island. After considerate-weigh the Orang Kayo Singodirajo agree with Mentang nation and to make the country Pulau Baruq Daik. That determination of their togetherness. People in the cluster of  Pualu Bangka in taken him along to enliven Daik. The Pualu Daik Sungi are traced from the estuary towards Uluan. Upon arriving at a site unchanged and their tributaries is considered suitable LLU made in the settlements. The river had been named by Orang Kayo Singodirajo, and the river anme is Linggah River, and the villaged called Kampung Linggah Daik. From day to day the village more crowded with immigrants, they are all obedient and submissive so that the agreement of all the population of Orang Kayo Singodirajo in the lift as Raja Penguasa Pulau Lingga dan Singkep.

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A story from Jambi