When and How Does a Word Become a Weapon?
Word, as always, is simply symbols that we use as a way to communicate our ideas, feelings, information and many others. Those words are a part of our language because everyone agrees that a word has a...
View ArticleLanguage and Power: Finding Inspiration
Immortals Speech “I’m nobody to tell you what to do! I am Theseus, a common man! One of you! I share your blood and I share your fear, but to run now would offer our souls and the souls of … Continue...
View ArticleOpini Iklan Suzuki Ertiga Matic
Setelah diperkenalkan pada tanggal 17 Mei 2013, Suzuki Ertiga Matik telah meningkatkan penjualan lini penjualan Suzuki Ertiga hingga menjadi mobil Multi Purpose Vehicle (MPV) terlaris setelah lini...
View ArticleBahasa dan Komunitas
Budaya maupun bahasa dari suatu bangsa merupakan identitas dari suatu bangsa, begitu juga dengan Indonesia. Seperti yang telah disebutkan dalam sumpah pemuda pada 85 tahun yang lalu, bahasa Indonesia...
View ArticleBali Trip Reflection
My favorite memory of the trip is when we were eco-cycling while cruising in the beautiful nature and culture of Bali. There, I learnt lots of things about the Balinese culture. The Bali trip was...
View ArticleLanguage and Taboo: Talking around Taboos
Examples of Euphemisms: Overweight – fat. Used because the word “fat” is considered as rude while using overweight is a better way in saying that someone is fat. Less interesting – ugly. The word...
View ArticleMarket Failure: Externalities
A drunk biker killed his passengers after he lost control of his bike and crashed to a car driving from the other direction. “Bantul police officer AKP Setyo Hery Purnomo said that their investigation...
View ArticlePatterns in Poetry: Unique and Unusual Perspectives in Szymborska’s Poem
Wislawa Szymborska was a Polish poet who won the 1996 Noble Prize in Literature. Her distinctive mark that can be seen in all of her poems is how she used her unique and unusual perspectives of the...
View ArticleGreek Unemployment
Greek unemployment rate hit record high in May Greece’s unemployment figure has increased 3.8% since May 2012, creating another record of jobless rate of 27.6%. Greece has been in recession for 6...
View ArticleTOK History Sources – Historical Account of the Event of the Sinking Sewol Ferry
The South Korean ferry, Sewol, was sinking and its captain reacted to this situation by ordering the passengers to stay put in their places. This choice were made due to the thought of help from a...
View ArticleSupervisor Evaluation Form
Without even realizing it, school time is almost over. It’s almost time for me to say goodbye to grade 11 and say hello to grade 12. So many things happened in the past. Just like my promotion to Earth...
View Article2014/2015 CAS
Finally, my journey in IB is almost complete. At last, it’s my final year in SWA. As usual, every students are asked to create planning for this year’s CAS activities. Continuing from last year, I’m...
View ArticleCAS: September 2014
AFA As the new year’s meeting started, I could see a couple of different faces, which is great since it shows growth in member quantity. However, judging from last year’s events, I think that AFA has...
View ArticleCAS: October 2014
AFA We successfully built 2 hopscotches on time. On the 7th, we’re going to the orphanage to play hopscotch with the children, which is going to be ridiculous. But it’s okay, since we’re still aligned...
View ArticleCAS: November 2014
AFA Just like what I feared, there’s too many AFA members to make it efficient. However, Min Sun is smart enough to use the time effectively. But, she hasn’t implement her ideas yet. So the past...
View ArticleCAS: December 2014
Earth Club As I feared, being the president of two CAS projects while having to study IB curriculum and the national curriculum has rendered me from being efficient and productive in each of my clubs....
View ArticleCAS: January 2015
Earth Club At the previous post, I’ve already mentioned how big of a failure I am as the president of Earth Club and the only thing that I could do is to appoint the right person for the right position...
View ArticleCAS: February 2015
Earth Club It seems like I made the correct decision putting Jocelyn as the new leader. Earth Club is rising up faster than what I expected. It can be said she’s a lot better than me in being Earth...
View ArticleCAS: March 2015
AFA AFA is trying to find activities where we can create art while also involving the kids at the orphanage. Earlier this month, we interviewed the coordinators of Mekar Lestari orphanage, here’s the...
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