'He" Is Beautiful

Last Monday we are asked by our lecture in creative writing class to rewrite the text written by our classmate, Listiyaningsih since she composed a lot of unnecessary thing which is not appropriately used for writing a feature writing text. here is my own. 

                

                Since our creative writing lecturer went to Bali, he sent his friend, Mbak Abmi to lecture us. She has ever come to the class with the ‘Bag it’ Movie review. Surprisingly, she now came with the woman with grey cardigan, long hair and a piercing in her nose. As she came in, everyone started whispering. There is an unusual thing in her beautiful appearance. Is she really a woman?

                As the woman started introducing herself, we know that her name is Sonya and we called her ‘Mbak Sonya’. And to our surprise, she is a transgender or often called in Indonesia as ‘Waria’ (not a real woman). He comes from Klaten but Yogyakarta has been a home since her vocational study.  

                As a transgender, doesn’t mean she doesn’t have any job, achievement,  and activity at all. She explores herself as an activist in PKBI (Perkumpulan Keluarga Berencana Indonesia) , bridal make-up, and beauty consultant.

                Talking about her identity as a transgender, it could be seen since her childhood. Her parents , especially mother even let her playing more often with the female friends, not with the male ones. She was also very pleased enough to play dolls and have some make-up instead of having football. Moreover, she became more and more comfortable to wear female stuffs and clothes. This makes the contradiction among friends and family, but she kept winning her passion to be a woman.

                Being a transgender, Mbak Sonya has ever been to several places such as Solo, Bandung, Bali, and Jakarta in proving her identity. Still, Yogyakarta couldn’t positively lose its sweet homey as the most pleasant place she has ever visited as she said ‘ Jogja is the pleasant place for me and the atmosphere here is different from others”. She got so many meaningful values, lessons, and life knowledge as she came to be a volunteer for the earthquake victims. She also dedicated herself to help people, especially the other transgender to against HIV Aids. 

Kim Yee Seul's Painting- Life Is Experience

Kim Yee Seul , the Korean student studying English Literature has been very happy with her Acrylic painting. She found her own passion since she was 4 years old when she won the painting competition. From that moment, she chose to keep painting and she was happy for that. Combining the cheerful and happy senses with whatever she has experienced, she created gorgeous Acrylic painting. The regular lines, balance colors and supportive details are all involved in her painting. 






Experiencing something which is precious can be taken to her own painting world. "I like to paint thing I want to keep remember that I have experienced that, since it is sweet and really meaningful for me", she said. This can be seen from one of her paintings , she put luxurious models of yacht since she was very pleased to be in Port Stephen when she visited Australia. 

Sonya's Childhood - Does It Affects Her Life ?

"I still remember when I was a kid , I cried because I got a hit by the ball when I was playing with several friends, and they are boys. Knowing this, my mother asked me not to play with them but the girls ones. So I then enjoying to gather and play with the girls, and I found that I'm part of them", said woman, who is actually biologically man but made up herself as a woman named Sonya.

Born as a man was might be mistaken or what according to Sonya since she likes to dress and do whatever women have and do since from she was a little girl. playing with girls friends, collecting barbie dolls, having some cute girls stuffs and enjoying herself to dress her self and make up herself like a girl has to be. 

Born in a family whose parents got divorced, Sonya kid was affected by the lack of fathers figure because she was taken care by her mother. this might perhaps psychologically set her mind set and behavior so that she likes to be woman. 

Even when she was forbidden not to behave and like any girls stuff by her mother but still, she couldn't stop that way. She grew up as a woman and found her hobby to decorate and dress the doll up prettily until she wanted to be a designer. she likes to cook and enjoying herself so much. 

trying to achieve her goal, no matter how hard her mother's block is she tried very hard to get her goals. She secretly joined the designing classes and other stuff like a social activity. Having a great attention to people havig same destiny and nature as she is, as a transgender , she now gathers in transgender community and also cares to HIV Aids . She is involved in a community called PKBI ( Perkumpulan Keluarga Berencana Indonesia ). She has done many activities concerning to HIVAid' s prevention and helps many people. no matter what people think about herself, she keep persistent to do what she can do and to create whatever beneficial things for her career and her life. 

They Are Everywhere, Plastics –Bag it Review

They Are Everywhere, Plastics –Bag it Review

Dewi Sagita (10/296703/SA/15132)

            “The story begins with a single plastic bag...” The statement opens and sucks the reader in to the idea of the movie ‘plastic’. Bag it , a movie by Suzan Berreza featured with Ted Berrier first makes the sign of big question mark in my brain – what is this plastic movie for? How could be this movie made?

            After moving further, this movie makes me aware that everything around us is made of plastic. Great. Even this disposable thing is kind of important for us in running our daily activity. We shop in the market and we are given a plastic bag to put our stuffs, our drink is exactly in the bottle, out eating utensils or even food packaging. What should we do with that if that has to be connected with the environment?

            Environmental issues being involved in this movie makes me pretty worry to notice the living surrounded, and I think you feel the same. Disposable thing, this plastic is produced in such a huge quantities and they are being thrown everyday by people. After throwing it, It goes away but actually it doesn’t goes away. It sticks around for the very long time since this is again, disposable thing. Even, the problem increases when the plastic is taken to the sea. How do the animals survive with that polluted water?

            I’ve just said that because the movie says that. Plastic bag which is made by polyethylene is considered would be bad for the living and environment. It is proved by the dead birds, turtles, and whales whose stomachs are full of plastics. Hundred thousands marine animals die each year. Isn’t that awful?

            The harm of plastic doesn’t stop here. For whoever parents caring the babies must notice what kind of toys or baby stiffs made of plastic that contains phthalates. Bag it provides information about the harm of phthalates to the growth of babies since it affects the hormone within the body to create any disorders and constructed of their reproductive system, gender, and intelligence.

This couldn’t be as good as the documenter film would be if there is no good evidence in it. bag it delivers the way plastics harm to be introduced and known by people around the world by involving the important figures such as scientist, marine research foundation, national geographic explorer, author, professor of environmental medicine , etc.

            Even though this is a documentary film which is scientifically factual, the way it is presented by Ted Berrier is pretty fun to watch since he puts light humor in every scene he does. Therefore, this movie will not be that boring and confusing for providing many scientific, chemicals, and environmental talks and terms to watch.

            After watching this is there any question come out of your mind? If you ask me, yes I do.  So what should we do? What do we do with the plastic? Or with the environmental we live? We may take examples from some countries like China, India, Australia, South Africa, French, and Brazil has banned plastics. We might try from the very simple thing to bring our plastic bag for shopping, our bottle for drink, and not to use many plastic products if we don’t need that , try to recycle and not to litter them everywhere especially the sea might be at least helpful to do. It might be not easy as we think but we can learn from this movie to try to ‘Bag it’!

DOA - Chairil Anwar

We are from Power Puff Girl group ( Dewi Sagita, Dia Rakhma, Annisa Firdhasavitri, Uswatun Chasannah) and this is our work towards the Creative Writing assignment - to put some photos representing the poem. We took the poem entitled Doa- by Chairil anwar

A Special Taste after Your Cough and Sneeze

What do you think after hearing the word ‘Chicken’ for your meal? Delicious ? Easily found ? or is that boring to eat that ? Get prepare with something I’ve got from ‘Lesehan Teh Nining’s special menu’ .         

What I mean by Lesehan is an eatery commonly known as street vendor, usually offering affordable price yet satisfied to eat. Located near my dorm in Karangmalang, Yogyakarta, I often visit lesehan teh Nining. Everyday, across Lembah Fitness UGM ( Universitas Gadjah Mada Fitness Centre) starts from 4 p.m a tent has been set up a long with the small table without chair, that’s why this is called ‘Lesehan’. Visitors sit on the floor which has been covered by carpet. Around couples of minutes more, the crowded comes until night around 10 p.m.  Teteh’s food lovers were enjoying the meals, including me.

            Here I’m gonna talk about what I’ve written first ‘Chicken’. Last Tuesday, at 5 p.m, I visited that street vendor and being welcomed by the owner rolling also as a chef, Teteh (the way sundanesse people call the older sister or woman, becuase she coriginally comes from West Java). She was smiling at me when I said  “ Biasa teh, Ayam Terong Saus Tiram (Chicken and eggplant that are eaten with oyster sauce ) “. After she began cook, I knew so well what would be about to come. ‘Cough’ or ‘sneeze’. Perhaps you are wonder why I had coughed and sneeze when this food was being cooked. This was the secret, I thought, that makes the food delicious.

            As all the spices (garlic, chili, and onion) that has been mashed were put into oil, the aroma of that spices filled the atmosphere around that Lesehan and made me and the other visitors cough and sneeze. What was this? It was hard to explain but the aroma of that food being cooked and stimulated us to get a cough or sneeze was called ‘Segrak’( sundanesse) . anyway, you can feel that when you come here. Moreover, i didn’t just sit as I used to be while waiting for my order, but I saw Teteh cooked Ayam Terong Saus Tiram. After the spices cooked well, she poured a bit water to the kettle and then put chicken meat to be mixed up well. Few minutes later, she put the eggplant and then poured oyster sauce (saus tiram) and cook the food until it was done well and ready to be served.

            Here it was. The food, ayam terong saus Tiram was ready to eat. The portion, along with the rice, was enough for one person and it was served on the plastic plate, unfortunately. The taste of the broth was really good; it tasted a bit salty, sweet and spicy (depends on how you order how spicy the food will be). The meat of the chicken was mixed well with the spices and sauce; I could see from the mushy textures of the meat which was nice to eat and it tasted pretty good. The eggplant one was also nice; it was smooth, mushy, and mixed well with the oyster sauce. So far I ate the food, it made me satisfied to have the same order when I come here the other day.

            Besides the food I’ve just eaten, Lesehan teteh Nining offered other various food. There were many kind of penyetan (usually chicken, fish, tempe, tahu, etc which are fried), pecel (rice or vegetable along with the peanut broth /sauce), and any roasted food. The visitors came more and more crowded up to night because of the taste of the food. A friend of mine, Dia had special menu to order : terong saus tiram and fried Nila. “I don’t know why I order the same thing every time I come here. It just tastes great. The crunchy of the fried Nila makes me want to eat the whole meat except the fish bound, hehee” she said while enjoying the food.

            By spending IDR  12.000,00, you can have Ayam terong Saus Tiram completed with the welcoming bonus ‘cough and sneeze’ ceremony. This might a bit expensive for the street vendor food, nut according to the taste and the service, that price worthed enough for the food. The satisfaction was served for us,  dearest customers. 

Died For His Dedication - Feature Writing

Sleman, Yogyakarta - "I am still in Mbah Maridjan's house. There are many guests here. Mbah Maridjan said he would have Ashar praying first", Wawan said to his friend from Yogyakarta's today newspaper, on the phone, few hours before the eruption occurred. 

Yuniawan Nugroho, often called Wawan, appeared in the victim list of mount Merapi eruption, on October, 26th 2010. Work as a journalist, he was dedicated to do his job for documenting the updated information about mount Merapi. 

For making it good, he directly went to theKinahrejo, Umbulharjo, Cangkringan village, Sleman, Yogyakarta, in which Mbah Maridjan lives. Unfortunatelly, he got trapped there, when the eruption of mount Merapi was occurring. 

This 32 years old man might not be died if he didn't come back to Mbah Maridjan's house, soon after the warning sirine heard, for picking him up to go down to the more safe are. "He is a caring and loveable person. Helping other people is not the unusual thing to do , for he also contributed in the program of charity and welfare for improvised  person", Yudi, his work partner, also work as a journalist explained to us. 

Yet, what I want to say is that even though someone possessing intention, to help others, but still God who does creates decision. Wawan was killed, there, when the Pyroclastic flow was approaching the land - the current location where he was in Mbah Maridjan's house. That huge clouds of ash stoppedr, his life and his career as a journalist. 

Being found died, Wawan along with Mbah Maridjan and the rest 8 ones were evacuated soon after the location was nearly safe because of the great eruption of Mount Merapi. Yes, the eruption  which didn't need much time not only to cover the whole nearest village in Kaliurang including Canfkringan, which is considered as the worst area being destroyed, but also the people surrounded grief and mourning of this tearful thing.