Being Friendly to Our Environment

I think that we need to care to our environment so our earth can always be clean. We have to care about our environment so the earth will not be polluted. Friendship to nature to me means that it is important for us the living things. We also need plants to make our environment clean. If we care to our environment we have to throw thrash in the right place for example not throwing thrash in the river. We should try planting plant so our environment can be clean and don’t cut to many trees. (Dika/grade 5)

Overnight Camp at Santa Monica, Ciawi, Bogor

On Thursday, 15 January 2009, grade 6 and grade 5 went for an overnight camp at Santa Monica, Bogor. We went there with Bu Dwi, Bu Dani, Pak Yohan, Pak Lukman and Pak Hari. It was a long trip there, it taking us 2 hours to reach the place.

When we got there, the people there gave us tea to make us warm because it was raining. After that we went to our room. I shared a room with Jessica, Yuri and Dinda. We had fun before the activities started.

We started the activities after that. We also got grouped. We walked to a small place to divide the teams and did fun small acitivities. We danced and did fun things, I had lots of fun! We were told to count numbers. I got number 2, Kak Alvin told us that group 2 was chicken. We each got blindfolds and been told to cover our eyes. I covered my eyes and waited for the instruction. Kak Alvin told us to make the animal’s sound we got and listen to the others. I did chicken sounds, I was a little embarassed but did it for fun. The first team member I found was Yuri, then we found the others too.

After a few minutes, we opened our blindfolds. I saw my team. My team was Kenneth, Keyzar, Yuri, Gianti, Isvan, Ryan, Abi, Maldini, Andrew K and Barron. We called our group “Chicken Peace”. Jessica’s team was named “Jackets” and Beverly’s team was named “Da Moos”

Then we got our blindfolds on again and Maldini led us through some ways. I was scared because I couldn’t see where I was going and we went up, down, left and right. When we took our blindfolds off we were surprised how far we went.

We did lots of fun activities. Then we had lunch and other activities. We had free time before the Night Safari. I played in my room with the other girls. We had fun!

At the evening, we had a meal before the Night Safari.

On the night safari, Beverly’s team went first then mine and then Jessica’s. We were not allowed to use flashlights because it might attract animals at night. So each team was given a torch to use along the way. Since Kenneth’s our leader, he went on at the front carrying the torch. But on the way, the fire died. On the night safari, I held on to Keyzar’s and Andrew K’s hand. I was a little scared. But we made it through.

After the night safari, we gathered at a place for each team to perform something. My team went on first. We performed a funny magic show. I was happy performing it with my team. After that Da Moos went next. They performed a drama and then the whole team sang “Main Hati”. Dinda played the guitar while the others sang. After that the Jackets performed. They edited a song that is called “Laskar Pelangi” and they edited it into “Laskar Jaket” They were really good, all teams were good.

Then we had a camp fire. Sammy and Carolina lit up the fire. We held hands and sang a quite weird song, and also did the dance. I was next to Della and David. After the camp fire we went to bed.

The next day, we got up early and excercised for about an hour. After that we had breakfast and got ready, but we still hadn’t taken a bath yet. We went tracking. We walked up a mountain. The walk took us 1 and a half hours. It was raining so we got a little wet. After the tracking, we went to a free space for a team challenge. Before this we also played the flying fox, monkey bridge and raffling. We needed to climb a bamboo ladder to play the flying fox. Raffling is going down a small cliff with a rope.

Then we did the team challenge. The team challenge was we needed to get the ball out of the pipe that has holes in them. We all got wet. But the Jackets won. Even though we didn’t win I enjoyed playing it. The last game wasn’t a team challenge but we all joined in to play this game. The game was to bring a candle with fire on it to another torch to light it up. It took us a lot of tries. It was raining and we got attacked by water balloons. We needed to go back and forth. When we reached the torch, the fire went out so we needed to get back to the start. Finally, we finished the game and we ended our day there. We took a bath and had lunch. After that, we went back to school. This overnight camp was really fun and grade 5 and 6 got along better than before! (Samantha/grade 6)

Fujiflm

General information

Fujifilm is from Japan. It’s the world’s largest imaging and photographing company in the world. Fujifilm sell a lot of stuff like: printers, cameras, video cassettes, frames in different kind of styles, scanners and other stuff. Fujifilm also help photograph people for any certain uses like school, KTP, license, passports, etc. Other than that, Fujifilm print photos from USB, cameras, hand phones, etc.

Fujifilm in Indonesia
Fujifilm is from Japan, but it doesn’t mean Fujifilm is only in Japan. Fujifilm companies have been spread all around the world including Indonesia. In Indonesia, the company that owns the fujifilm brand is PT Modern Photo Industry (MPI) which is located in Jl. Raya Bekasi, Km 25, and Jakarta, Indonesia. PT Modern Photo Industry (MPI) was found by Mr. Otje Honoris in 1971. He too was the founder of Fujifilm in Indonesia.

Mr. Otje Honoris is from Singapore and was born in a very modest family. He always dreamed to be a photographer, he accepted unpaid jobs. Mr. Otje moved to Makassar and then married a woman. There, he was successful and at last he owns the fujifilm in Indonesia.

When Fujifilm build its company here, it must have a purpose. Fujifilm’s purpose is because Indonesia has a very large population and a lot of people needed cameras, video cassettes, printers, scanners and other Fujifilm’s product. They also have to have pictures of themselves for licenses, school, KTP, etc. So Fujifilm would have a lot of money when a lot of people take pictures in their studios and buy their products.

by Emily (grade 6)

Source: www.google.com

INTERESTING EVENT by Emily grd.6

The most interesting event that I like is when Mama told Anna and Max where Papa was leaving and why. This event happened when they were having breakfast at the dining room.

It all happened when Anna looked into her dad’s room and saw that her dad wasn’t there. Heimpy saw him and told her that perhaps Anna’s mom would tell her soon. Then, Mama came out with her dressing gown. After that, Anna and Max sat on the chairs at the dining table with Mama and they spoke about this. Anna and Max were curious to know more.

Mama also told them that they would be leaving too if Hitler won the election. Why? Because, Anna’s family was a Jew, and it would be dangerous for them to stay there, also Anna’s father said that if Hitler won the election, they wouldn’t be able to express their thoughts anymore since Hitler and the Nazis didn’t like people disagreeing with them. So Anna asked, “ Why did dad have to leave first”, Mama explained that Anna’s dad got a telephone call from somebody who told him his passport was going to be taken away, so before it happened, he quickly escaped to Prague. Knowing that, Anna was excited that they were going to move to Prague because it means starting a new life.

I like this event because it explains everything completely. Before, we might have curious questions; this scene answers 80 % of it. That is why, I like this scene, it’s very interesting and it’s written in detail.

This event happened at the dining room, at the dining table. The characters are Heimpy, Anna, Max and Anna’s mother.

Kelas 6 Karya Wisata ke Mekarsari

Pada tanggal 19 September 2008, aku dan teman-teman sekelasku berkaryawisata ke
Mekarsari. Luas Mekarsari adalah 242 hektar dan di Mekarsari terdapat hampir semua spesies tanaman di Indonesia.

Pertama sewaktu kami sampai di Mekarsari, kami melihat berbagai macam buah. Buah-buah itu antara lain: buah Simalaka yang sering digunakan untuk meghilangkan debar-debar jantung yang berlebihan, buah Pala yang digunakan untukbumbu masakan, buah Alkesa yang banyak sekali mengandung protein, buah Bisbol yang mempunyai banyak protein lemak, dan buah Colanitida (buah Cola) yang digunakan untuk minuman Coca-Cola.

Lalu kami membawa tas dan kertas catatan dan naik bus dan melihat buah melon. Melon memerlukan suhu 3 derajat Celsius di atas suhu lingkungan di luar, maka disimpan di rumah kaca agar mendapat suhu yang lebih panas. Kami harus menunggu 3 bulan sampai melon sudah siap dipanen. Tanda-tanda melon yang sudah siap dipanen adalah dedaunannya sudah mulai berwarna kuning. Ada beberapa tipe melon, Golden Langkawi yang warnanya kuning, keras dan manis, Glamoure, yang warnanya kuning, lembut dan manis, dan honey glow yang warnanya kuning, lembek dan manis. Lalu kita pergi melihat 10 pohon yang paling hebat.

Tanaman-tanaman itu antara lain: pohon Sirsak karena pohon sirsak mempunyai zat yang bernama Anonaseus Asetogenin yang bisa menyeang sel kanker tanpa melukai sel sehat tubuh; pohon apel, tidak seperti pohon sirsak, tidak bisa dikonsumsi tetapi bisa untuk bahan permen karet; sukun yang digunakan untuk camilan, nangka yang beratnya 45 kg, digunakan untuk bubur dan batang pohonnya sekuat kayu jati.

Kemudian kami pergi ke kebun pohon salak. Di sana kami belajar bagaimana mengembangbiakkan salak dan bagaimana cara membuang durinya. Asa dua tipe pohon salak, si jantan dan si betina. Hanya si betina yang berbuah, yang jantan hanya berbunga tapi tidak berbuah. Untuk mengembangbiakkan salak, pertama kami ambil stek serbuk sari dari si jantan, lalu serbukkan ke bakal buah betina. Cara membuang duri di buahnya, kikislah satu salak dengan salak yang lain, maka durinya akan terbuang. Ada beberapa jenis salak, ada Salak Mawar, Salak Madu, Salak Pondoh, Salak Gula Pasir, Salak Bali, dan Salak Padang.

Setelah itu kami melihat presentasi tentang perkembangbiakkan tumbuhan. Ada dua tipe, yaitu secara vegetatif dan generatif. Ada dua macam pengembangbiakkan vegetatif, yaitu vegetatif alami dan vegetatif buatan. Pengembangbiakan secara vegetatif buatan ada beberapa cara, yaitu cangkok, sambung pucuk, enten, stek, dan merunduk

Setelah presentasi kami makan siang dan pulang sekolah.

(Haris: kelas 6)

Kelas 5 berkunjung ke Taman Mini Indonesia Indah

Pada tanggal 22 September 2008, Kelas 5 berkaryawisata ke TMII. Kami pergi keliling TMII melihat rumah-rumah adat dari seluruh Indonesia. Ada yang dari Sumatera, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Jawa, dan Irian Jaya/Papua. Ada banyak sekali rumah adat di TMII.

Suku Papua sangat unik. Ada banyak nama-nama desa di Irian Jaya/Papua. Salah satu desa bernama Dani. Di situ, rumah adat laki-laki diberi nama Onai dan rumah adat wanita diberi nama Uma. Selain itu ada juga rumah dapur yang diberi nama Humila dan Perternakan babi yang diberi nama Wamaila. Nama rumah pertemuan laki-laki adalah Rum Karu Wari. Rumah ini mempunyai 2-3 lantai. hanya ditemukan di Desa Sarmi, Jayapura. Rum Seram adalah rumah yang digunakan untuk tempat upacara. Rumah ini mempunyai 2 lantai.

Alat-alat musik di Irian Jaya/Papua mempunyai nama-nama yang berbeda-beda. Tifa adalah alat musik yang di mainkan seperti gendang. Tifa terbuat dari kulit biawak dan kayu yang diukir dan diberi motif. Gongto adalah alat musik yang di mainkan seperti biola dan terbuat dari bambu. Selain Tifa dan Gongto, ada juga alat musik yang bernama Fu yang terbuat dari kerang dan ditiup untuk mengeluarkan suara.

Tarian adat dari Irian Jaya/Papua ada yang bernama Tari Perang. Tarian ini digunakan sebelum perang untuk kemenangan. Tari Cendrawasih mempunyai penari-penari yang akan mengelilingi ruanga seperti burung cendrawasih. Tari Pemujaan adalah tarian yang digunakan untuk memuja roh-roh.

Di Irian Jaya/Papua, ada banyak jenis-jenis pakaian. Rumbe-Rumbe/Awer terbuat dari daun buah sagu dan dipakai wanita. Koteka dan Holim adalah pakaian yang terbuat dari buah labu air dan dipakai pria sebagai penutup tubuh.

Semua pria di Irian Jaya/Papua semua memakai asesoris-asesoris yang digunakan sebelum perang seperti cat muka berwarna merah, putih, hitam, dan mereka memakai taring babi di hidung mereka. Taring babi ini juga dipakai untuk membuktikan kejantanan seorang lelaki.

Agama di Irian Jaya/Papua adalah:

· 90% Kristen

· 7% Islam

· 3% Hindu, Buddha, Animisme

Upacara adat di Irian Jaya/Papua adalah:

· Anak laki-laki yang berumur 2 bulan diberi gelang kaki dan tangan

· Anak laki-laki yang berumur 6 tahun akan dipakai taring babi di hidung mereka

· Anak laki-laki yang berumur 13-14 tahun akan dirobek kulit belakangnya untuk membuktikan kejantanan mereka

· Raja dan kepala-kepala desa yang meninggal akan diawetkan dan dijadikan mummie

Ini adalah adat Irian Jaya/Papua yang sangat tradisional dan unik. (Heidi)

A Poem of Friendship

Friends all care

Friends all love

They help each other

Every time

In times of burden

In times of cheer

A friend is there

To bring us love

Sometimes we fight

Sometimes we are one

But all that matters

Is that we’re friends

Nathan (grd.5)