English Assignment Novel - Amelia Herlambang

Title                       : Aku Terlahir 500gr dan Buta

Publisher             : PT Elex Media Komputindo

Kelompok Gramedia, Jakarta

Publication          : 2006

Pages                    : 181

ISBN                      : 979-20-9080-0

This book told us about Miyuki’s struggle in facing her life. Miyuki Inoue was born premature, she only stayed for 20 weeks in her mother’s womb. Because of that she came into this world in comma and weighted only 500 grams. She was so small, her head was in the same size as an egg. The doctors said that she will only live for 2 or 3 days. Her mother, Michiyo Inoue, proudly said ‘No, My daughter will not die!!’. She was then diagnosed as having lack of blood calcium, high concentrate of Bilirubin in blood, anemia, rachitic, pneumonia, Cerebrum enlargement, Bronchitis deficiency and ROP. Her mother came everyday to the hospital to tend her. When she was 5 months old, doctor told her mother that she is blind.

She has a mother that sometimes annoyed her. She was forced to work harder than anyone else because she was not like other people, she is blind and too small for girls at her age. Sometimes, she hated her mother so much, she even called her evil…but everything that her mother did was for her best interest. Michiyo wanted Miyuki to be a strong girl and she won’t let Miyuki feeling sorry for herself because of her disability. Miyuki Inoue had to live without a father figure. His father had to go "before him". Due to an accident while going out of town. Although blind mother Miyuki did not raise the "mushy". Miyuki taught to be independent and able to do things like a normal person.

This book teaches that the limitation is not an obstacle to be able to live independently and achievement. Also how the limitations need more effort than a normal person can weeks to master a thing. With this book we also can become more empathetic towards people who have limitations.
In Miyuki Inoue limitations also aspires to be a very noble beneficial to others, in order to help others. An attitude which is not necessarily owned by people who do not have limitations, even has many advantages.

All excess properties and the achievements of Miyuki could not be separated from the role of the mother who taught her so hard to be independent and to continue to strive to perform like a normal person. The hardness of the mother is a sign that a very deep affection for her daughter. Having a daughter who is blind does not make ashamed or discouraged, but try to give meaning to her daughter's life, so that limitations do not restrict her from a normal life activities

"I may not be able to do a lot of things because of the blind. However, I believe can do a lot of things because I'm trying."

Source : http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1644324.Aku_Terlahir_500gr_dan_Buta

English assignment-my last holiday (athaya M)

My Last Holiday

From March 29^th we had a day off because it was Easter and until April 4^th, the 12 grade students were having their tests so the 10 and 11 graders had had our holiday. I spent my holiday in Bogor, hanging out with my old mates at my old school. It was awesome that they haven’t forgot about me at all, well of course. I met my soulmate too. She was the person I’d missed the most. Whenever I came there, to my old school, they would ran to me, hugged me, and yelling or cheering or both of them. Well I wasn’t really coming to the old school (the middle school). If I did then how could I meet my friends. So my school has three buildings, well more of course but this three buildings is where we study. There are the African Building which is for the elementary students, the Asian Building for the highschool students and the American Building for the middle school students. I never get bored to visit my old school.

Meantime, on March 30^th to 31^st I went to Cirebon with my Dad, Mom, my little brother; Ilham and Kiky. We had a really pleasant trip if I may say, but it was really hot there and a little bit boring because we almost spent our time by searching for interesting foods from Cirebon but we visited a few interesting places too like Keraton, etc. We stayed in a quite amazing hotel because the foods for the breakfasts were so delightful. Every breakfast I ate three omelets, my mom was always busy with the breads and Ilham too, Kiki was always busy with his ipad, and Dad was almost always busy with his phone because the purpose of leaving Bogor and came here was that my Dad had some kind of Mercedes Benz Club Event.

Foods that I remember and the most delicious are the Nasi Jamblang, Es Cendol, etc. We can find a very few rice, ampela, tofu or tahu, squid, etc. in Nasi Jamblang. If we want to buy them you have to queue to take any foods like those things, you can choose, just like in Ampera for example. What was bothering me is that the rice was packed so small in a leave. Well we can ask for more to the waiter or the seller and the sauce (the Indonesian called it sambal) was so good.

We came back home (to Bogor) with our car just like when we went (to Cirebon). On the April 4^th we had a dinner in David’s Seafood Restaurant. We used to come there so often that now everything was so odd for me because it had been a really long time since I moved to Bandung. At 9 pm my Mom, me, my Dad, and our loyal driver; Pak Azis; left Bogor and arrived in Bandung at 1 am. The journey made me feel so tired so after I changed my suits to pajamas, I hit the bed. My Dad and Pak Azis straightly left me and Mom after a few chats with Mom and tidying all the bags. It was always a painful moment for me when it comes to those things, saying goodbye, leaving my brothers and father in Bogor, make my Mom misses her sons in Bogor and Dad too. Well I can’t help it, I have to stay here and wait until I’m ready to be left alone with my mysterious maids and wait until Mom could find a proper driver for me and so that was my holiday.

Athaya Miraghassani x IPA 9/ iv