My Reflection

            My writing I class will end soon after I do the final exam. I have got a lot of knowledge about writing from my lecturer. We learned how to write a fashion like a fashion blogger and made a postcard for my friend. Describing our favorite fashion and posted it on our blog. The last, we learned about narrative text. We learned how to write it and learned its composition. As our final tasks, our lecturer told us to made a narrative and journal. Mr. Taloko prepared ten topics and we should decide one of them. It should be posted on our blog the day before writing I final test.

            I always think that witing is a boring thing to do, because I really do not know what should I write. But from now, I will try to write more often so that, I can improve myself on writing skill.

        

Let Me Free

                It happened for past seven years ago, when I still wore my junior high uniform and still acted like an elementary child. Dressed in a nerd way, a skirt was under knees, and a uniform was put in a skirt. I did all my tasks and submitted on time. I wrote what my teacher said in a small blue notebook, like a diary, in case I would forget. Preparing lessons for tomorrow then put books inside my bags every night. I went to one of a private school in a big city with a nun as a headmaster. She is such a kind person with a bright personality.

            I was not a smart and diligent student, just an average student, but I was an easy going girl. I could talk to everyone in my school. My parents knows all my friends and my best friends. There was a difference between two type of my friends. I just talked with friends in a school and my best friends stayed overnight talk a random story. I was happy as I am but it was changed because of something happened that night.

            My mom always asks me to sleep early, so that I can wake up early in the next day. I obeyed her order and studied again in the morning. One night, I should finish my homework and it made me stay until late. It was about a half past eleven when I decided to sleep. I was awakened. A nightmare. Someone tried to catch me and I was afraid. I decided to sleep again. When I was sleep, actually I was not sure I was really sleep or not.

            Something upon my body. It pushed me. I could not move my body. I do not know what is it. I could not open my eyes widely but i could see a situation in my room. I could see my mom slept beside me. I need my mom to wake me up, but I could not make my hands of feet move, instead screamed. It feels like my soul would leave my body. The more I tried to rebel it, the more it against me. This time I tried to budge. I let it did what it would happen to me. Unexpectedly, it gone. I could open my eyes and reach my mom’s hand and woke her up. I told my mom what had happened to me. She asked me to pray before I sleep again. I did it and woke in the morning. It did not happen once or twice. It often happened. It always made me afraid went to sleep. I was afraid it would come again and wondered I could not awake again in the morning.was a terrible one, seemed like I could not handle it anymore.

            “Mmphhh...”  I could hear my voice. Trying to scream but I could not. I gave up on it. It gone. I prayed Hail Mary and I fell asleep.

            “Mmphhh...” It came again. This one was stronger than the first one. It seemed like it would pull my soul from my body.

            I was very eerie.

            I could not move my lips. At least I tried to make a noisy because I knew I could not reach my mom. It failed. I prayed. I mentioned God’s name, but it did not work. I was really tired of this. I gave up on it again, I let it won over me. It gone.

            I woke my mom up and told what had happened to me. She held my hand and asked me to pray and went sleep after that. It was not the end. A nightmare. Something long without legs and big. It was scaly and brown. It came out from my mouth but it was really hard to make it out from my mouth, because it moved really slow and made my throat became sore.

            I woke up once again. Sit upon my bed and started to pray to God. I asked to blessed me, protected me, and never left me. I told Him that I was really afraid and need Him.

             

A Postcard from Gangnam

Dear Tina,

Hi Tina! How are you? I'm having a great time now. I'm in Gangnam with my two sisters. Do you know where Gangnam is? Gangnam is in South Korea. It is a fashion center and there are so many modern buildings. They are very interesting! People who visit here have a great fashion style. Yesterday, my older sister visited a store selling cosmetics. A shopkeeper offered her to try some cosmetics. The shopkeeper put a make up on her face and she looked gorgeous! Now, I'm having my hair cut. I'm going to have short hair. Next Monday, I will show you my short hair when we meet!

Your friend,
Pipit

Simple, yet Comfortable

Hi! I’m Pipit. I am a student in Widya Mandala Catholic University. I’m going to tell you about my favorite fashion.

I often wear jeans and a shirt or T-shirt when I go to campus. I really like them, because they are so comfortable. For girls, wearing jeans is more popular than wearing skirts in my campus.

Besides jeans, I often wear trousers. I prefer a dark color than a bright color, because I can wear them with any color of my T-shirt or blouse. For example, I wear black trousers and wear them with my red blouse. It’s so simple, yet comfortable. Sometimes, I wear my baseball jacket and wear a plain T-shirt or blouse before wearing it. In my opinion, I look more fashionable when wearing it.

In my daily routine, I often wear flat shoes, or running shoes. I like wearing them because they don’t hurt my feet and I can move freely. Sometimes, I wear my gold bracelet or a bracelet with dark color. I rarely wear watch, because I don’t really like wearing it. I like wearing a long sling bag. I can keep my cell phone and purse in it. I think it’s cute and fashionable.

 

This picture shows my favorite fashion style. It’s simple and casual. She wears plain T-shirt and wears it with a baseball jacket. She looks gorgeous with it. The black trousers look very comfortable because they suit with her legs. She looks cooler with glasses.

That’s all my opinion about favorite fashion. I hope my opinion is useful for you. You can leave your opinion and comment, guys!

About Myself

My name full name is Gregoria Dian Puspitasari, but my family and friends call me Pipit. I'm Indonesian and I'm from Surabaya. I was born in Surabaya, 21st of September 1996. Now, I'm 19 years old and I'm going to turn into 20 this September. I am the youngest in my family. I have one elder brother. His name is Fransiskus Xaverius Pratama Adi. He is very patient even I always make a joke around him, he can not angry. I live with my mom and my father. My brother is living in seminary. My mom is Chornelia Maria Magdalena Emi sumintarsih and my father is Casimirus Sumaryana. They are my super parents in the world. They two work work to encourage our life. Eventhough they are really busy with their work, we still can spend our time together in the evening. Just talk and share what we have done that day. If we have a problem, we will discuss and solve it together. That's what I like from my family, supporting each other.

Now, I go to Widya Mandala Catholic University. I take English Department as my major. I'm in the second semester now. At first my mom was the only person who gave me a suggestion to take this major, then I followed her suggestion. Now, I really enjoy this major. I never regret take this major. I hope what I have learned from this major will useful in my future.

I have some close friends from senior high school. They are Mega, Vani, Cikita, and Erwin. We still keep in touch these days. In this university, I have some close friends too. They are Osa, Ammy, Gaby, and Tina. We always spend our time together. Talk about everything and joke around. After class, we will eat at the canteen and waiting for the next class. If the schecule of the next class is very long, we will go the fourth floor, just to relax there, because the wind blows faster at the higher floor. Sometimes we sleep there too. I really enjoy being with them.

This is me

My family and I don't really like watching TV. We rarely watching TV when we have spare time. When I turn on the TV, I'm looking for cartoon. During the holiday, I will turn my TV on to watch Barbie, larva, or other cartoon. I really hate soap opera. I like eating Batagor Bandung, so do my mom, my father, and my brother. Once a month, we buy that food. I also like nasi pecel. Every Saturday morning, my mom buys me nasi pecel. I can't stand smelling durian. It makes me dizzy.

Listening to music is my favorite. I like listening to pop, rock, and jazz music. When I was in senior high school, I like listening to Kpop (Korean pop). Now, I prefer to listen western song than Korean song, even I still listening to Kpop. I don't have a specific favorite singers or bands, but recently I like to listening 5 seconds of summer, Shawn Mendes, and Ed Sheeran's music. I like reading novel too actually, but sometimes depends on my mood. If I am in a good mood, I can finish one novel in 5 or 6 days. Actually I don't like watching horror movies, but sometimes I really want to watch it. The result is, I can not sleep at night, so that I prefer to watch action movie or fantasy adventure movies.

My Journal

 

                I still remember the first meeting of writing class last January. Every class gathered in auditorium and the lecturers explained what should we do in writing class this semester. Mr. Taloko told us to create a blog and post our assignment on it. I thought it would be boring because I do not know how to use blog, but I was wrong. It is very interesting. We can read our friends’ assignment and then give them feedback or give response based on their post.

                During learning process in the class, I got important lesson. For instance, we described our friend who sat in front of us or animals appearance, stative verbs, prepositions, talk about our hometown, and so on. My lecturer explained it very clearly, so that I can understand it very well. He gave us many varied example to make us more understand. Sometimes, he told us to come in front of the class to read our answer or wrote it on the white board. He will discuss it and give us a revision and advice. 

Around two weeks ago, Mr. Taloko told us what should we do before the midterm test. He said that that we should make an autobiography and a journal. For an autobiography, it should be written in 2000 words. Actually, I was really shocked, because 2000 words in a week was really short time. After telling us about the tasks, Mr. Taloko said that he would discuss it again with other lecturers. In the following week, Mr. Taloko still did not tell us about the result of their discussion. Of course, I did not do the tasks before he told us the result, but I was worried if the result still written in 2000 words. The next meeting, Mr. Taloko told us about the autobiography should not be written in 2000 words, but at least 250 words. It was a relief. And, we were only asked to post one journal, actually this journal^^

            

My Best Friend, My Family

    
         To me, one of my best friends is Mega. We are schoolmate since we were on kindergarten. She is over eighteen years old this year. She is taller than me and she has black curly hair. She always ties her hair because she didn’t have any confidence of her curly hair. She is a cheerful person and very easy going person. She can easily adapt with new situation. For instance, she can be the first person who will talk to other even they never meet before. She has so many topics to talk, so we will never get bored. She is very interested in broadcasting since she was in junior high school.

This is Mega and I when we had graduation event in senior high school

           Her family is close to my family. When I was junior high school, I often stayed in her house because my parents went out of city. It makes us closer day by day. We always shared our story, like our family, schools, and so many things. We keep our secrets and nobody know, just two of us. We can understand each other even though we don’t tell what we feel inside, just like I know what she feel. Like any other friendships, we ever misunderstand each other but so far it is not a big deal.

          We spend almost our time with laugh and gossiping. If there is a problem, we just take it easy and sometimes forget it. Last 2 years, I saw her for the first time cry so hard. Her father passed away. When I came to her house, I run to her and she directly cried on my shoulder. Really, I can hold my tears anymore when I know she was very weak at that time. I tried to cheer her up, but all I do just cried with her.

          So, that’s a little story about my best friend. We rarely meet now but we still keep in touch. We go to the same university, but we take different majors.