Name  : Muhammad Yusrizal

NPM   : 24110840

1.      A Short Journey

YesterdayI went to Yogyakarta by train. It was a pleasant trip. I was traveling for my own enjoyment. I woke up early. I went to the train station at 8.30. The sun was shining brightly at first. By the time I arrived at Yogyakarta. There is my hometown. My brother picked me up and we went to my parent’s house by his car. I really missed my parents a lot. I stayed all day. We talked for a long time. At 5.00 I returned to the city. I had to finish my duty. The day passed pleasantly and eventfully. Next month, I am going there again.

2.      Tennis

Tennis is a very old and interesting game. Originally, it was a royal game. Today, it is a game for everybody. It is very popular. Tennis is a game for the young and old. Players, however, must be active and god physical condition.

3.      Krakatoa Mountain

Krakatoa is a volcano on an Indonesia Island, exploded in 1883. The noise that accompanied the explosion was tremendous. People who lived 3,520 kilometers away heard it. The thousand whom resulting tidal waved killed lived on the neighboring island of Java. People still speak of the day when the explosion occurred. The ocean covered the place where the volcano had been. Only scientist can explain the reason why this disaster happened.

4.      The whales

The whale is the largest animal that has ever lived. Some species grow to a length of over 30 meters and weigh up to 90 metric tons. It could never have grown to so large a size if it had remained a land mammal. Million years ago whales lived on land and walked on four legs. Before recorded history, however the went into the sea. It was really return to the sea. For hundreds of years people have killed some whale species for their blubber or whalebone. In recent years it has become evident that the great sperm whale is especially in danger of becoming extinct. Unless we stop killing them, the species will soon disappear. Before the end of twentieth century, some believe we will have destroyed this interesting and valuable animal.

5.      Paris

Paris is the capital city of France. One of the most beautiful and famous cities in the world. Paris is called the city of lights. It also an international fashion center. Paris is also famous for its World Center of Education. There are many other famous places in Paris, such as the famous museum the Louvre as well as Cathedral of Notre Dame. However, the most famous landmark in this city must be the Eiffel Tower. Paris is named after a group of people called Parisii. They built a small village on an island in the middle of the Seine River about two thousand years ago. This island called the He De La Cite.

6.      Cars should be banner in the city

Cars should be banned in the city. As we all know, cars create population and causes a lot of road deaths and other accident. Firstly, cars, as we all know, contribute to most of the population in the world. Cars emit deadly gas that causes illnesses such as bronchitis, lung cancer and triggers of asthma. Some of these illnesses are so bad that people can die from them. Secondly, the city is very busy. Pedestrians wander everywhere and cars commonly hit pedestrians in the city, which causes them to die. Cars today are our roads biggest killers. Thirdly, cars are noisy. If you live in the city, you may find it hard to sleep at night or concentrate on your homework, and especially talk to someone. In conclusion, cars should be banned in the city for the reasons listed.

7.      Kangaroo

A kangaroo is an animal found only in Australia, although it has a smaller relative called a wallaby, which lives on the Australian Island of Tasmania and also in New Guinea. Kangaroos eat grass and plants. They have short front legs, but very long and very short back legs and a tall. These are used for sitting up and for jumping. Kangaroo have been known to make forward jumps of over eight meters high. They can also run at speeds over 45 kilometers per hour. The largest kangaroos are the Great Grey Kangaroo and the Red kangaroo. Kangaroo has marsupials. This means that the female kangaroo has an external pouch on the front of her body. A baby kangaroo is very tiny when it is born, and it crawls at once into this pouch where it spends it first five month of life.

8.      Indonesian Idol Music Show

Indonesian Idol a commercial TV program which is broadcasted by RCTI, one of private TV stations in Indonesia is a combination of a reality show and talent show. Indonesian Idol is the Indonesia version of American Idol. I personally think that the winner of the talent show is not guaranteed to be of good quality because the score comes from the audiences and supporters SMS. People sometimes do not consider the jury’s comment on the contestants. They would prefer focusing on the contestants’ physical appearance. After the contest is over, only a few of the winners get a chance to be professional stars. Why is it so? Because they don’t have great skills to be professional stars. It’s time for the committee to consider the winners not only from their popularity, but also their quality.

9.      Tsunami

The term “tsunami” comes from the Japanese which means harbor (tsu) and wave (nami). A tsunami is a series of waves generated when water in a lake or the sea is rapidly displaced on a massive scale. A tsunami can be generated when the sea floor abruptly deforms and vertically displaces the overlying water. Such large vertical movements of the earth’s crust can occur at plate boundaries. Seduction of earthquakes is particularly effective in generating tsunamis, and occurs where denser oceanic plates slip under continental plates. Tsunami always brings great damage. Most of the damage is cause by the huge mass of water behind the initial wave front, as the height of the sea keeps rising fast and floods powerfully into the coastal area.

1.  The white crocodile in Maluku.

Have you been gone to the Tolire Lake in Ternate, Maluku? Do you know, the lake is not only beautiful but also saved a lot of mystery. One of which is if we throw anything into the lake the object will never be on the surface of the lake water and also there is a white crocodile in the lake. Strange and curious isn’t it? Before explaining the story of legend, I will explain the location of the incident, Tolire Lake. Maluku is famous for its natural beauty. One of which is Tolire Lake. This lake is located 10 kilometers from downtown Ternate. It has a lot of beauty and mystery. Tolire Lake the foot of mount Gomalama.The highest mountain in northern Maluku.Tolire Lake consists of two lakes were large lakes and small lakes. Distance between both 200 meters. Strangely, large Tolire Lake looks like frying large pan because surrounded by high cliffs of the mountain Gomalama. Long time ago in that location was a village. Villagers lived well and had family relationship, so that residents knew each other.

One day, the incident unfathomable, a father impregnates his daughter. Then residents knew the incident and suprised. Residents had condemned the father and the daughter expelled from her village. Because they felt embarrassed father and daughter  left the village. When they went from village, strange things happened. Because some people said, when father and daugther went from village, village suddenly splited due to the devastating earthquake. Ruler’s wrath and punish the father and daughter along with the village into two lakes. A large lake called large Tolire which describes the father and a small lake called small Tolire which describes the daughter. Both of them still there till now. According to local residents was immeasurable depth of the Tolire Lake and they said, the villagers turned into a white crocodile that protects both the lake until now. Residents believe the lake was inhabited by hundreds of white crocodile measuring 10 feet which often reveals itself. That’s why visitors were prohibited to swimming and fishing in the Tolire Lake. Anyone who disturb the lake it will be the prey by the white crocodiles. This lake also has oddities. If we throw objects into the lake, any hard object will never touch surface of the lake. Example stone, as retained stones thrown by the force of gravity but according to residents, white crocodile that holds stones were not to touch the surface of the lake.

This is the story of legend, believe or not this is real but cannot be explained logically. And my opinion, this lake formed because phreatic eruption that ever happened while the white crocodile, indeed there. This Crocodiles classified into types of Albino Alligators, that live in the continental U.S. although the population was slightly.