TOUR TO BALI WITH MY FRIENDS

            In 2011, me and my friends tours to Bali by bus. That was the most enjoyable vacation for us, because we went together to get rid of fatigue after finishing exams at school. Our trip to Bali is less than 60 hours. It was a very tiring vacation, but also very fun. On the bus, we were telling stories, laughing, playing cards, singing, take pictures, and we also watch some movie. After we arriving at Hotel Inna Bali, we straight go to the bed. Because less than 60 hours we felt miss the soft mattress.

            At the first morning we went to the Tanjung Benoa Watersport. There are some water sports like banana boat, jetski, parasailing, scuba diving, flying fish, snorkeling, glassbottom, and then we can visit to the Turtle Island. We crossed the sea to Turtle Island by boat, at the bottom of the boat there is glass so that we can see the fish. After we arriving at Turtle Island, we saw the turtle. They are so cute and then I take the picture with the turtle. After that, we had dinner on the shores of Jimbaran. We were served seafood. Our dinner feels beautiful, because accompanied with live music, candles, and the sound of waves.

            The next morning we went to see Barong dance and lunch at Kintamani. Then we went to the Kuta Beach. Many foreign tourists who come to the Kuta Beach for sunbathing. At afternoon, visitors can enjoy a beautiful view of the sunset. Kuta beach is referred to as “The Sunset Beach”. Kuta beach is also known a pretty good waves for surfing, especially for surfers who are just learning. After that we went to Jogger for shopping and then visit Garuda Wisnu Kencana to watch Kecak dance.

            At the last morning in Bali, we went to the Tanah Lot. There we are not too long, because we will proceed directly to Yogyakarta. In Yogyakarta, we visit to Borobudur Temple. After that we were shopping at Malioboro. And then we went home to Jakarta. That was the most enjoyable vacation for me and my friends, because many stories from the vacation. 

at Tanah Lot

on the boat

at The Turtle Island

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

It's important to distinguish between countable and uncountable nouns in English because their usage is different in regards to both determiners and verbs.

Countable nouns

Countable nouns are for things we can count using numbers. They have a singular and a plural form. The singular form can use the determiner "a" or "an". If you want to ask about the quantity of a countable noun, you ask "How many?" combined with the plural countable noun.

Singular	Plural
one dog	two dogs
one horse	two horses
one man	two men
one idea	two ideas
one shop	two shops

Examples

·                     He has five cars.

·                     I own a car.

·                     How many cars do you have?

Uncountable nouns

Uncountable nouns are for the things that we cannot count with numbers. They may be the names for abstract ideas or qualities or for physical objects that are too small or too amorphous to be counted (liquids, powders, gases, etc.). Uncountable nouns are used with a singular verb. They usually do not have a plural form.

Examples

·                     tea

·                     sugar

·                     water

·                     air

·                     rice

·                     knowledge

·                     beauty

·                     anger

·                     fear

·                     love

·                     money

·                     research

·                     safety

·                     evidence

We cannot use a/an with these nouns. To express a quantity of an uncountable noun, use a word or expression like some, a lot of, much, a bit of, a great deal of , or else use an exact measurement like a cup of, a bag of, 1kg of, 1L of, a handful of, a pinch of, an hour of, a day of. If you want to ask about the quantity of an uncountable noun, you ask "How much?"

Examples

·                     There has been a lot of research into the causes of this disease.

·                     He gave me a great deal of advice before my interview.

·                     Can you give me some information about uncountable nouns?

·                     He did not have much sugar left.

·                     Measure 1 cup of water, 300g of flour, and 1 teaspoon of salt.

·                     How much rice do you want?

Tricky spots

Some nouns are countable in other languages but uncountable in English. They must follow the rules for uncountable nouns. The most common ones are:
accommodation, advice, baggage, behavior, bread, furniture, information, luggage, news, progress, traffic, travel, trouble, weather, work

Examples

·                     I would like to give you some advice.

·                     How much bread should I bring?

·                     I didn't make much progress today.

·                     This looks like a lot of trouble to me.

·                     We did an hour of work yesterday.

Be careful with the noun hair which is normally uncountable in English, so it is not used in the plural. It can be countable only when referring to individual hairs.

Examples

·                     She has long blond hair.

·                     The child's hair was curly.

·                     I washed my hair yesterday.

·                     My father is getting a few grey hairs now. (refers to individual hairs)

·                     I found a hair in my soup! (refers to a single strand of hair)

sumber :

http://nuraida03.blogspot.com/2015/04/countable-and-uncountable-nouns.html

SUBJECT, VERB, COMPLEMENT AND MODIFIER

A. SUBJECT

Definition: The subject of a sentence is the noun, pronoun or noun phrase that precedes, and governs the main verb. The subject is the part of the sentence that performs an action or which is associated with the action.

*For example:
- He is a funny guy..
            => "He" is the subject of the sentence, controlling the verb and the complement.

- Mita plays the volleyball
            =>The subject "Mita" performs the action of  "playing the volleyball“.
- The police arranged the traffic
            =>The subject the police performs the action of arranging the traffic.

To determine the subject of a sentence, first isolate the verb, and then make a question by placing "who?" or "what?" before it. Having identified the Subject, we can see that the remainder of the sentence tells us what the Subject does or did. We refer to this string as the "predicate" of the sentence.

*For example:
- Who plays the volleyball?
            => "Mita" ( = Subject)
            => "plays the volleyball" ( = predicate) tells us what Mita does.
- Who arranged the traffic?
            => "The police" (= Subject)
            => "arranged the traffic" ( = predicate) tell us what the police did.

Subjects can either be "simple", "compound" or "complex"
Simple Subject
            Composed of a single pronoun, noun or noun phrase.

Complex Subject
A complex subject consists of a noun phrase and any words, phrases, or clauses that modify it.

*For example:
- The man who had followed us inside walked over to the telephone.
            => central noun: man
            => complex subject: the man who had followed us inside
- The superior performance of La Traviata pleased the wealthy audience.
            => central noun: performance
            => complex subject: the superior performance of La Traviata

Compound Subject
A compound subject consists of two or more noun phrases (and their modifiers if any) joined together with a coordinating conjunction.

*For example:
- The man and the woman walked over to the telephone.
            => The compound subject here is the whole phrase, "the man and the woman."
- Neither the superior performance of La Traviata nor the excellent wine at intermission pleased the wealthy audience.
            => Again, the whole phrase, "neither the superior performance of La Traviata nor the excellent wine at intermission," is the subject. The phrase answers the question, "What pleased the wealthy audience?"

B. VERBS

Definition: Verbs are a class of words used to show the performance of an action (do, throw, run), existence (be), possession (have), or state (know, love) of a subject. To put it simply a verb shows what something or someone does.

*For example:
-  Junawan reads a book.

            =>Here, the verb reads certainly denotes an action which Junawan performs - the action of reading a book.
- They buy some books to learn English verbs.

            =>In this example, the action word is "to buy". It tells us that the subject "they", that is the person who performs the action of the verb is "buying some books".

The verb tense shows the time of the action or state. Aspect shows whether the action or state is completed or not. Voice is used to show relationships between the action and the people affected by it. Mood shows the attitude of the speaker about the verb, whether it is a declaration or an order. Verbs can be affected by person and number to show agreement with the subject.

Most statements in speech and writing have a main verb. These verbs are expressed in "tenses" which place everything in a point in time.

Verbs are conjugated (inflected) to reflect how they are used. There are two general areas in which conjugation occurs; for person and for tense.

Conjugation for tense
Conjugation for tense is carried out on all verbs. All conjugations start with the infinitive form of the verb.
The infinitive is simply the to form of the verb For example, to begin.
The present participle form (the -ing form), is formed by adding ing to the bare infinitive. For example, to begin - beginning.
There are two other forms that the verb can take, depending on the tense type and time, the simple past form and the past participle.

The form of the verb or its tense can tell when events take place.
For example, the verb kiss:

Present Simple: kiss/kisses
Past Simple: kissed
Future Simple: will kiss
Present Perfect: has/have kissed
Past Perfect: had kissed
Future Perfect: will have kissed
Present Continuous (Progressive): is/am/are kissing
Past Continuous (Progressive): was kissing
Future Continuous (Progressive): will be kissing
Present Perfect Continuous (Progressive): has/have been kissing
Past Perfect Continuous (Progressive): had been kissing
Future Perfect Continuous (Progressive): will have been kissing

Conjugation for person
Conjugation for person occurs when the verb changes form, depending on whether it is governed by a first, second, or third person subject. This gives three conjugations for any verb depending on who is acting as the subject of the verb. For example: we have I begin, you begin , and he begins. Note that only the third conjunction really shows a difference.

In English, we distinguish between regular and irregular verbs. Regular verbs are those ones which form their past simple and past participle just by adding "-ed" to the base of the verb. The rest are irregular.

Examples:
* Dracula bites his victims on the neck.
* In early October, Giselle will plant twenty tulip bulbs.
* She travels to work by train.
* We walked five miles to a garage.

C. COMPLEMENT

  
A complement is the part of a Sentence that comes after the Verb and is needed to make the sentence complete. The following are the most important types of complement used in English:

a.  SUBJECT COMPLEMENT
     Eg: He's a surveyor. (The Subject is completed by the complement to the verb. This is a Copula Verb).
b.  OBJECT COMPLEMENT
     Eg: She sent him the fax. (The sentence is completed by telling us what she sent to him.)
c.   ADJECTIVAL COMPLEMENT
      Eg: They'll be happy. (The sentence is completed by the Adjective; this could be extended further, they'll be happy to see us, etc..)
d.  PREPOSITIONAL COMPLEMENT
     Eg: They talked about what needed doing. (The sentence is completed by the Phrase linked to the verb by the Preposition.) 

D. MODIFIER

Ttells the time, place or manner of the action. Very often it's a prepositional phrase. Prepotional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun.
Note :
A modifier of time usually comes last if more than one modifier is present. 

Example of prepositional phrases :
In the morning, at university, on the table
A modifier can also be an adverb or an adverbial phrase :
Last night, hurriedly, next year, outdoors, yesterday

Example : John bought a book at the bookstore
(modifier place)
Jill was swimming in the pool yesterday
(modifier of place)(modifier of time)
 Note :
The modifier normally follows the complement, but not always. However, the modifier, especially when it's a prepositional phrase, usually can't separate the verb and the complement.

Example : She drove the car on the street
(verb) (complement) 

 EXAMPLE :

1.   George     is cooking         dinner                tonight

     Subject   Verb Phrase   Complement     Modifier of Time

2.   Henry and Marcia   have visited       the president

            Subject                    Verb Phrase       Complement    

3.   We           can eat            lunch            in this restaurant            today

    Subject      Verb         Complement     Modifier of Place    Modifier of Time

4.   Pat           should have bought     gasoline                yesterday

    Subject          Verb Phrase          Complement       Modifier of Time

5.   Tress          grow

    Subject      Verb

6.   It              was raining     at seven o’clock this morning

    Subject    Verb Phrase            Modifier of Time

7.  She            opened      a checking account         at the bank                last week

    Subject        Verb            Complement         Modifier of Place     Modifier of Time

8.   Harry          is washing         dishes                right now

    Subject     Verb Phrase    Complement    Modifier of Time

9.   She            opened        her book

     Subject        Verb       Complement

10.  Paul, William and Mary   were watching       television        a few minutes ago

                  Subject                 Verb Phrase         Complement     Modifier of Time

http://nuraida03.blogspot.com/2015/04/subject-verb-complement-and-modifier.html

JALAN CINTA DI ANTARA PERBEDAAN

Ku pejamkan mata

Terputar kembali saat bersamamu

Saat tak ada tegur sapa antara kita

Yang ku tau hanya namamu

Di malam pertemuan

Semua duduk dalam lingkaran

Kita saling berhadapan

Tingkahmu tampak tak karuan

Kau curi pandang padaku

Lalu tersipu malu

Wajahmu memerah

Tak lama terlihat gelisah

Saat mereka menghampiriku

Semua tertawa dan berbincang

Hanya kau yang membisu

Kau tampak tegang

Pertemuan selanjutnya

Es yang membeku telah mencair

Mencair dan mengalir

Kau berhasil ciptakan tawa

Semakin dekat denganku

Kau luangkan waktu untukku

Kau tunjukan perhatianmu

Kau hilangkan kesedihanku

Tak peduli dengan perbedaan

Berulang kali kau ungkapkan cinta

Tak mudah aku menerima perbedaan

Seringkali ku buat kau dilema

Ku kira kau lelah dan menyerah

Namun kau tak kenal menyerah

“Perbedaan” tak membuatmu gelisah

Hanya “Cinta” yang membuatmu gelisah

Cukup lama kau taklukan hatiku

Tak bosan kau yakinkan aku

Kau buktikan ucapan mereka

Cinta datang kapan saja, pada siapa saja

Tak sanggup ku bohongi diri

Ku jalani cinta terlarang ini

Ada rasa bersalah di hati

Ku hanya coba jalani

Tiap detik ku merasa bersalah

Dalam doa ku pinta perlindungan Allah

Dalam doa ku mohon ampunan-Nya

Ku telah langgar larangan-Nya

Tak seharusnya ku pilih kau

Lelaki yang tak dapat mengimamiku

Ketika bersujud ku seorang diri

Ketika shaum ku seorang diri

Ku coba meninggalkanmu

Namun, tanpamu hampa terasa di hati

Kau pun begitu

Dan memohon agar ku kembali

Apalah dayaku

Tak dapat ku bohongi hati

Ku kembali bersamamu

Menjalani cinta di antara perbedaan ini

Saat kau kembali dapatkanku

Tak tertahan godaan para wanita

Beribu kali kau dustakan aku

Berulang kali kau khianati cinta

Beribu kali maaf kau ucapkan

Beribu kali kau berjanji

Janji yang beribu kali kau ingkari

Tapi dengan mudah ku maafkan

Entah apa yang mendasariku

Kesabaran atau kebodohan?

Membiarkan kau terus menyakitiku

Ternyata sebuah kebodohan

Ku tak dapat mengakhiri

Karena kau tak ingin ku mengakhiri

Kau terus mempertahankan

Dan ku hanya dapat bertahan

Putih abu-abu telah usai

Cita-citamu berhasil kau capai

Sang “Abdi Negara”

Kau rela jauh dari keluarga

Jarak pun memisahkan kita

Menguji cinta dan kesetiaan kita

Tujuh bulan menahan rindu

Rindu yang terhalang pulau

Kau beri masalah padaku

Kau selalu mengujiku

Agar ku lebih dewasa

Agar ku lebih setia

Saat kau kembali ke pelukanku

Tampak gagah dengan baret cokelatmu

Kau umbar janji manismu

Kau janjikan cincin di jari manisku

Kau berniat mengikuti ajaranku

Kau yakin disaat semua mustahil bagiku

Saat kau akan belajar

Kulihat semangatmu memudar

Kuragu dan bertanya padamu

Yakinkah kau dengan keputusanmu?

Keputusan yang menyangkut akhiratmu

Kuyakin ibumu pun tak setuju

Kuterus bertanya padamu

Kau mau lanjutkan ini semua?

Mulutmu berkata mau

Dan ku tau mulut dan hatimu berbeda

Kepadanya kau mengakui

Kau tak ingin mengikuti

Kau ingin aku yang mengikuti

Namun aku tak ingin mengikuti

Keraguan semakin nyata

Tapi ku tak berani mengakhiri

Ku hanya jalani ini semua

Menunggu kau yang mengakhiri

Lagi lagi kau buat kesalahan

Kau lakukan pengkhianatan

Cintaku padamu menghilang

Lelah melihatmu berbohong

Perjalanan panjang cinta kita

Dalam sekejap hancur karena dia

Tak ada lagi cinta kita

Yang ada hanya cinta kau dan dia

Saat kau memutuskan

Kau rela aku membencimu

Tapi aku tak akan membencimu

Karena ku tak sejahat kalian

Ingin hati membencimu

Tapi ku tak mampu

Kau pernah ada di hatiku

Pernah penting dalam hidupku

Jujur aku bahagia

Melihat kau temukan seorang wanita

Wanita yang akan bersanding denganmu

Bersanding denganmu dihadapan pendeta

Terima kasih ingin ku ucapkan

Atas semua yang kau berikan

Semua tangis dan tawa

Yang  membuat ku lebih dewasa

Kini hanya satu yang ku pinta

Jangan ada kebencian di antara kita

Jangan ada permusuhan

Yang ku mau hanya persahabatan