Crochet or Knitting This kind of activity is not just a hobby for me, but it is a kind of getaway activity when I need to think deeply, or need a stretching out after my daily business. At first it was not a self-initiated process, I was urged by my mother when I was just in elementary school to keep my hands busy with handicrafts, one of it was crocheting and knitting. Of course she asked us to help her doing some doilies and other crafts like cross-stitching and so on. I remembered that one day a German has ever trained me to do a simple knitting craft, her remark impressed me even until now, that according to her opinion, Asian people are fast in learning to do handicraft. I have left this activity since I entered high school and went to take my degree out of town. Later, when I married, my late mother-in-law taught me some other new crochet stitches. At first, I wanted to motivate her to keep using her skills since she stopped it after she suffered of a stroke, but by ...
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Moon Over Manifest, by Clare Vanderpool
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This story is telling about a girl named Abilene Tucker who felt abandoned by her father. Her father has put her on a train, sending her off to live with an old friend for the summer while he works a railroad job. Armed only with a few possessions and her list of universals, Abilene jumps off the train in Manifest, Kansas, aiming to learn about the boy her father once was.
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The Scarlet Letter . Nathaniel Hawthorne. U.S.A: Perma-Bound Classics, 1988. 277 pp. It is an interesting classic. The letter A provoke a discussion that will never have an end about the nature of human, how they deal with it and what is it if encountered with the will of God. The scarlet letter is embroidered on Hester Prynne's dress. Who knows who is responsible for the letter that causes her and her daughter to live alienated with the community. The answer is revealed after seven years of fear, alienation and question.
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Puing-Puing Hati Menuju Matahari Oleh: M.E. Lase Hiruk pikuk di halte bus bandara Soekarno-Hatta sudah mulai berkurang seiring dengan semakin larutnya malam. Taxi sudah banyak yang lewat menawarkan jasanya. Saya belum berniat beranjak dari tempat duduk di sudut yang berangsur-angsur jadi cozy itu. Pikiran saya masih menerawang mencari sebuah penguatan agar saya tidak pergi ke loket dan membeli tiket kembali ke negara yang baru saja saya tinggalkan. Sebenarnya saya sudah sangat rindu momen ini. Ada matahari yang saya nantikan di negeri ini. Enam tahun di negeri Paman Sam dalam rangka kuliah sungguh tidak pernah membuatku lupa akan suasana di negeri sendiri. Tidak setertib di luar negeri, tetapi ada sesuatu yang tidak saya rasakan ketika berada jauh dari sini. Di atas semuanya, jangan tanya masalah kemacetan, pah , Itu hal yang tidak akan pernah saya rindukan. Makanannya, itu yang saya selalu rindukan. Apalagi masakan ibu saya. Mengingat ibu, saya kembali menggelengkan kepala da...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond . Elizabeth George Spear. New York: Yearling, April 1987. 249 pp. Katherine Tyler, who left Barbados to stay with her relatives in New England, realizes that her dream was not to live in the stern Puritan community. All she understood about life, that her late grandfather had taught her back in the isles, was a wonderful world with books, flowers, and servants. Now, in this new land, she had to adapt and found new friends who share the same longing that she had. However, because of her befriending the old woman known as the Witch of Blackbird Pond, she was accused of witchcraft. Who could guess that the love she is waiting for is all the way on a ship that had brought her to this land of her mother's sister? This book has got a Newberry Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Literature for Children. It tells about love, belief and friendship. Taking place in the setting of the 1600s in a Puritan community, this story is really a distinguish...
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Maniac Magee . Jerry Spinelli. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1990. 184 pp. Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his friends. Moving from one place to another, he experiences that living as an orphan he could not run all the time from the tumult in his heart. He even could change a racially divided small town. For the timebeing, "Maniac Magee" realized that he longs for something called home. It's a story full of humanity wrapped with humor and enthusiasm. Lessons that today's teenagers should learn about life. Written by Jerry Spinelli, the Newberry Award-Winning Author, this book has tied the reader to read up to the end and continue with the author's other works.
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Celengan Denting koin-koin dalam brankas kasir bagaikan musik di telingaku. Aku harus merayakan hari ini, kataku dalam hati. Bukan karena pekerjaan pertamaku dengan ijazah yang kuperoleh setelah kuliah empat tahun, melainkan karena hari ini aku dapat menjalankan rencanaku. Bayangkan saja, dalam waktu 2 minggu, aku telah mempelajari situasi dan mendapatkan hasil. I’m smart, aren’t I? No, I’m very smart . Tidak ada yang tahu kecuali aku, dan celenganku. Tuhan? Ah, yang begini urusan kecil. Celengan ini sudah menemaniku sejak aku merantau untuk kuliah. Namun, karena kehidupan mahasiswa tidak memungkinkan bagiku untuk menabung, maka celengan pemberian kakekku ini masih sekedar pajangan di atas meja belajarku. Celengan ini tidak begitu istimewa dalam penampilannya. Hanya saja karena ini buah karya kakek, aku tetap menyimpannya sebagai kenangan akan dia ...
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Across Five Aprils . Irene Hunt. New York: Berkley Jam Books, January 2002. 212 pp. This book is another touching historical fiction. A nine-year-old boy, Jethro Creighton, has experienced the hardship of pioneer life. Most of his time, he helps his parents on the field in southern Illinois. The Civil War that broke in 1861 made him be a man too soon his age. His three brothers and one cousin should assign and that left him, his sister, Jenny, his sister-in-law, Nancy's family, mother and father. His parents had suffered much since the death of their other daughter Mary. Now, their son are also taken from them to serve the country. One of their son betrayed and assigned for the enemy of the Union soldier, that really broke the heart of the family. For four years, Jeth learned from his experience to overcome the war happening not only out there but also in his heart. His crave for knowledge and love for his family, made him able to pass the hard times. Even the President, Abraha...