Printed edition--April/May 2010

II/4/April-May 2010

WELCOME :  note

Dear readers,

Nice to greet you again in the fourth printed edition of WELCOME ENGLISH, the English simple tabloid of  SMPK Kolese Santo Yusup 1, Malang. 

                        With our motto  You may make mistakes to be perfect, we invite you to criticize the language aspects of our WELCOME ENGLISH  tabloid, making any correction to be learned together. Well……..teaching and learning are such inseparable things. We also learn things from anyone, anything,  anywhere—so why do not you become one of our sources of learning?

Of course, we are also waiting for your piece of writing to make our tabloid more colorful and interesting. Please feel free to send it to WELCOME ENGLISH. Your piece of writing should be in English, remember, PERFECT English is NOT a must. WELCOME ENGLISH is very special, You may make mistakes to be perfect – the more mistakes we make, the more lessons we get J ..LOL

So,……..Welcome, English! Get fun English! Obtain great English! In WELCOME ENGLISH

WELCOME : inspirational moment       

 

Life is full of tests…..

It is not only about sitting at your desk and doing your tests—fulfilling the blanks and answering questions, but it is also about…

How we deal with life and the problems in it as well as  with people around

How if we have to stand in front of the public and share our ideas

How we persuade people to agree with our opinion

How  we forgive and ask for forgiveness

Even…how we stay strong, do not die of a broken heart …J

WELCOME : ideas n tips       

~~THE TESTS~~

By: Yeremia Aryo 8B

Dear readers,

Now we are talking about ‘Life is Full of Tests’. What is in your mind hearing the word “test”?  Most of us tend to think that all  tests are difficult.. No wonder, many of them  give up as they are facing  a (difficult) test. But, have you ever thought that all  tests can be solved because God will never give us a test that we can’t  find the way out.

For a simple example, when someone isn’t good at mathematic and try to do ‘Sudoku’ (mathematic game), he might think that the ‘Sudoku’ is very difficult. “Sudoku” is a game which has been designed to be solved in such a way. He is not able to solve the problem in ‘Sudoku’ because he gives up easily, he does not let his mind free to get the answer, he has cut off  his own way to find out the answer.  But if he does the contratry, if he takes time to work with that “numerical crossword” puzzle patiently, I am sure he will be able to fulfill the blank boxes in that ‘Sudoku’.

Here some tips I give to you when you find a hard test:

1.       Never say give up and always try it over and over again

2.       Always be optimistic and never be the contrary

3.       Ask your friend to help you solve the problem

4.       If none of them (your friends) have got any ideas or willingness to help you out, then come to your parents  or teacher who—I believe—are always ready to give a hand for any problems we are dealing with.

5.       The best way: Pray to God. Ask God for some help, because God will help us dealing with all matters in our life.

WELCOME : fun n good times

Fun and full of inspirational moments on the 21^st April 2010 when we were celebrating the birth of R.,A. Kartini. Her life was full of tests, yesssss…….because she had to break the culture and rules just to let women in her era get opportunity  to go to school and study, get better education, to make a quality life…

And …nowadays…..how we keep her spirits, how men are able to have fun too and feel her spirits as well?.....Let’s check it out.. J

 

WELCOME : story                          

Life Is Full Of Tests

 Theodora S. 7A-34

Oh, no! I woke up late this morning. In a hurry, I prepared myself for school. I took a bath, and….damn! The water didn’t run at all. Malang had no water for two days. My mom asked some water from my neighbor and we had to carry it by ourselves! I went to school without taking a bath, just washed my face.

At school I did the math test. The test was difficult. I wasn’t sure if I could get good mark. Then the Geography teacher distributed the last week test. I almost cried because I didn’t pass the grade.

I was glad when the school bell rang. I went to parking area to pick up my bicycle. My heart beat because I couldn’t find my cycle. I looked around school, ran here and there to find it. At last, I saw it leaned against the big school gate. The standard stick was broken, the paint was cracked on several spots. I got very upset. How can people in a school which has a “Go Green” motto treat one of its students who support green environment in such bad manner? (wondering…who had done that to me…)

Today was a bad day for me. I realized that life is not easy. It is full of tests and problems. I have to be strong and fight hard for the living. So, don’t give up, keep struggling.

WELCOME : Inspirational Quotes

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed

Failure is blindness to the strategic element in events; success is readiness for instant action when the opportune moment arrives

Prepare yourself for the exam

The 9th grade students.......please...
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THE POWER OF LOVE--printed edition February 2010

 

II/3/February 2010

WELCOME :  note

Dear readers,

Nice to greet you again in the third printed edition of WELCOME ENGLISH, the English simple tabloid of  SMPK Kolese Santo Yusup 1, Malang. 

                With our motto  You may make mistakes to be perfect, we invite you to criticize the language aspects of our WELCOME ENGLISH  tabloid, making any correction to be learned together. Well……..teaching and learning are such inseparable things. We also learn things from anyone, anything,  anywhere—so why do not you become one of our sources of learning?

Of course, we are also waiting for your piece of writing to make our tabloid more colorful and interesting. Please feel free to send it to WELCOME ENGLISH. Your piece of writing should be in English, remember, PERFECT English is NOT a must. WELCOME ENGLISH is very special, You may make mistakes to be perfect – the more mistakes we make, the more lessons we get J ..LOL

So,……..Welcome, English! Get fun English! Obtain great English! In WELCOME ENGLISH

WELCOME : Poem            Your  Love   (Gladys n Michelle 9B)

Your love

That’s the reason I live

Without you what would life be…

Surely I won’t be successful in passing through

All the challenges of life

For better, for worse

We…. Hand in hand….passed it  all together

Without you                                                                                

I’ll never be here….and live on earth….

WELCOME : INSPIRATION of the POWER OF LOVE (Jessica A. 9c)

        resPect                               =                         P

        cOmfort                             =                         o

           Wise                                 =                             w

  happinEss                                    =                             e

 laughteR                                    =                                 r                                                                                                                           

    passiOn                                      =                                 o

      comFort                                =                                 f

            Loyalty                              =                             L

          cOntentment                    =                             o

    positiVe  thinking                     =                         v

            Excitement                     =                         e

WELCOME : ideas & tips

~~TRUE LOVE~~

          Most people don’t understand the meaning of TRUE LOVE. TRUE LOVE is one hundred percent dedication and commitment of the couple. It’s so difficult to get the true meaning of love, because love requires loyalty, trust, effort, security, dependability, emotions, dreams, and aspirations.

         I think TRUE LOVE is about loving one another for all the good and the bad of each partner, so it wouldn’t be easy to break up because of disagreement. And what you must remember is: love is not about physical beauty, social background, or sensuality! If you want to seek your true love, you must be ready to feel the pain of rejection from the one you love, and ready to sacrifice in order to maintain the relationship with your partner. These are the basic concepts of love that you should remember:

1. One love, one life.
2. Love takes time to grow and ripen                                                       
3. Respect your partner’s background
4. Understand the commitment between you and your partner
5. Be fair to each other                                                                          
6. Difficulties that you have are actually to strengthen your love.    

There are a few tips for you. I hope these tips can help you improve or maintain the relationship between your partner and you.

1. Be strong to take the consequences of love; don’t blame your partner because of this.
2. Be loveable ( the willingness to adjust yourself in order to make someone feel comfortable with you )
3. Be trustworthy.
4. Be ready to learn new things about life and love.        
5. Be ready to face the unexpected conditions
6. Don’t be too possessive!
7. Try to avoid misunderstandings.

                                                                                                                                                                                           

So it’s not as easy as we think, is it? Don’t give up, keep trying, guys!!!!

Condensed by 9c-XXXII(Ken) from “hello magazine no. 278 February ‘09”

WELCOME : story                            A LOVE OF A MOTHER    (Rachel 9C)

Once upon a time, a little girl named Alice invited her classmates to play at her house. When her friend arrived at her home, all her family were not at home. She took them all to her room, so they can play there. “I’m hungry, is there anything I can eat?” said one of her friends after playing for awhile, “Yes, I’m hungry too!” said the other friend as well. “ Okay, I’ll bring some food from the kitchen,” said Alice while opening the door. When Alice was searching for food in the kitchen, she found a biscuit box that looked  expensive. “Wow, look at this! This is an expensive one! I guess mom bought this for us in case we get hungry. Oh, how kind she is!” she said happily while taking the biscuit to her friend. “Wow, isn’t that expensive?” said her friend. “Yeah! Is it okay if we eat it?” asked the other. “ Of course it is okay! After all, my mother bought it for us!” said Alice confidently. After they ate all the biscuits and played, they went home.

At noon, all her families already came home. Alice wanted to thank her mother for the biscuit. She went to the kitchen. But, she saw her mother was searching for something. “Is there something wrong, Mom?”  Alice asked. “Ah, Alice, did you see a box of biscuit here? I was about to give it to our new neighbor, but now it’s missing.”  When Alice heard that, she felt like a thunder attacked her. She already ate them all… “I’m afraid I don’t know about any biscuits, I will go study then” said Alice lying to her mother and went upstairs.

“What should I do? I don’t have money to replace it!” she said to herslef. Then she saw her sister’s piggy bank. She took it and broke it. It had much money in it. “This should be enough to buy the same biscuits, Sis, don’t worry, I’ll make up for it later. I should buy the biscuits tomorrow.” said Alice while grabbing  the money tightly.

The next day….. “Mom, I’m going to school, bye!” said Alice. But, she didn’t go to school. Yes, surely she went  to the bakery where her mother bought the biscuits. When she arrived at the bakery she ordered the same biscuit box and paid it with her sister’s saving. When she took the biscuit, her mother came. “Alice! What are you doing at here?! You’re supposed to be at school now! And why did you buy that biscuit?” her mother’s questioning her.  “Oh, Mom I…I am …”. “Whose money you used to buy  the biscuits?” Her mother got absolutely angry. “Okay, you’re coming home with me!”. Alice cried.

Then they arrived at home. “Explain yourself!” said her mother. “I… I thought that biscuit was for us…so… I ate them. Then, I… wanted to replace it… but I didn’t have any money… so…” Alice was talking while crying. “So you stole your sister’s saving, right? Your sister said it to me yesterday.” Her mother gazed at her. “Huaaaaa! I’m sorry! I won’t do that again!” Alice kept crying. “Hah… Idiot! If you had just said sorry to what you’d done , I wouldn’t have got this mad…”said her mother, but then gave her a hug. A hug of a nice and wise mother, full of forgiveness. “It was painful, right? When you do something wrong and lie, you will need to make another lie to hide it.” . “Hua, I’m sorry! I won’t do that again!” said Alice, begged for forgiveness. “That’s my daughter! It’s okay… mother has already forgiven you.” said her mother, then smiling to Alice, with a gain…..a lovely hug around Alice’s head.

After that, Alice had to apologize and made up for her sister’s money. She promised to herself not to lie anymore, to anyone…

WELCOME : Inspirational Quotes

IF YOU SPEND YOUR WHOLE LIFE WAITING FOR THE STORM,

YOU’LL NEVER ENJOY THE SUNSHINE

YOU ARE ONLY YOUNG ONCE, BUT,

YOU CAN BE IMMATURE FOR A LIFETIME

Up Next: April 2010, “Life Is Full of Tests” -- Send your contributions, not later than the 30th of March 2010

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