Nyai ti kali

Liburan selalu diisi dengan berkumpul di rumah nenek di Bogor. Seperti liburan biasanya, kami semua (keluarga besarku mulai dari uwak, bibi, mamang) melakukan hal di luar rutinitas kami. Mulai dari bedah empang, nyari ciput, sampai mandi di kali.

Hari ini waktu menujukkan sudah pukul 16.00, matahari sudah sedikit meredup cahayanya. Bapak saya sebagai leader buat ponakannya untuk bedah empang. Semua bocah pada turun ke empang buat ngambilin ikan. Kotor semua, badan penuh lumpur. Tidak mungkin untuk membersihkannya satu per satu di kamar mandi yang berukuran kecil dan para bocah cukup banyak. Diputuskan untuk mandi kali aja. Tapi waktu sudah menunjukkan pukul 17.00 yang sebentar lagi masuk waktu magrib.

Awalnya nenek saya sudah melarang, tapi bapak saya keras kepala. Yasudah kami semua bergegas ke kali. Sampai disana tidak ada hal yang ganjil.

Bapak saya mandi dekat batu. Dan di batu itu banyak sekali sampah yang menyangkut. Dengan niat baik bapak saya MEMUNGUTI SAMPAH SAMPAH YANG TERSANGKUT DIBATU. waktu semakin sore ibu saya menyusuli saya menyuruh saya bapak dan adik saya untuk pulang. Saat itu hanya keluarga saya saja yang tersisa di kali itu, selebihnya sudah pulang. Begitu saya melihat bibi saya bergegas pulang, bulu kuduk saya merinding, merasakan hal yang aneh begitu melihat kali sepi. Dan bapak saya pun merasakannya.

Ketika pulang, mata bapak saya TERTUJU PADA BATU YANG IA BERSIHKAN TADI. Tapi itu semua kita anggap berlalu aja.

Begitu sampai di rumah, saya kakak dan adik saya muter muter menikmati udara sore.

Sesampainya di rumah nenek saya kembali, saya mendapatkan kabar kalau bibi saya KESURUPAN. Badan menggeliat seperti kerasukan arwah ular, tapi setelah di tanyakan ternyata dia arwah dari kali. Dia korban pemerkosaan pacarnya yang mayatnya tersangkut di BATU yang bapak saya bersihkan tadi.

Pucet langsung bapak saya. "pantes aja tadi pas mungutin sampah kaya liat ada kaen cewe, pas aa tarik koq kaya ada yang narik dari dalem di pikir arus gtw semakin aa kenceng yang di dlm juga makin kenceng nariknya, trus pas mau plg aa ngerasa janggal sama batu itu, ywdh sepanjang plg aa dzikir aja sambil gendong lana" ujar bapak saya dengan muka pucat.

Begitu bibi saya sadar, dia pun mengunggkapkan apa yang dia liat "td pas bilasan tuti sekelewatan ngeliat ada cwe di belakang aa trus tuti liat dia masuk ke tuti" Semenjak kejadian itu, belum ada lagi yang pergi ke kali buat mandi.

Dua hari berlalu. Tiba-tiba ada kejadian aneh lagi.

Malam itu tiba-tiba ada yang mengetuk pintu rumah aki saya (orang yang mengeluarkan arwah tadi dalam tubuh bibi saya). Setelah di buka sama anaknya aki saya tidak ada orang. Tapi tiba-tiba anaknya aki saya yang membuka pintu tadi mengeluarkan darah dari hidungnya tanpa sebab. Setelah itu, anak itu mengeluarkan gelagat tidak beres. Sidik punya sidik ternyata ini ulah arwah tadi. Arwah tadi langsung masuk ke tubuh anak tadi. Aki saya buru-buru mendoakan agar itu arwah keluar dari tubuh anak itu. Sebelum di keluarkan, arwah itu memarahi aki saya, tidak suka di ledek sama sepupu saya. Jadi ketika itu arwah merasuki bibi saya, sepupu saya bukannya ikut mendoakan tapi malah meledek arwah itu. Marah lah arwah itu dan balik lagi menyamperi aki saya. Aki saya langsung meminta maaf. Maaf di terima pergilah arwah tadi entah kemana.

GRAMMAR TOEFL TEST

TENSES

1. Simple present tense

This tense is usually not use to indicate present time. However, it is used to indicate present time (now) with the following stative verbs; know, understand, have, believe, hate, need, hear love, appear, see, see, like seem, smell, want, taste, wish, sound, and own. Simple present tense is also used to indicate a regular or habitual action.

Examples :

·                     She loves her parents every time

·                     I get holiday every sunday

2. Present Progressive (continuous)

Subject  +  {am; is;  are}  +  [verb + ing]

The  present progressive is used to indicate present time (now) with all but the stative verbs listed previously. It is also used to indicate future time.

Examples :

·                     I am writing a letter now

·                     We are working hard for this time

3. Simple Past Tense

The simple past is used for a completed action that happened at one specific time in the past.

Examples :

·                     She advised her friend when they went togethet last day

·                     I eat rice because I felt hungry

4. Past Progressive (continuous)

Use of Past Progressive

a.. puts emphasis on the course of an action in the past

    Example: He was playing football.

b. two actions happening at the same time (in the past)

    Example: While she was preparing dinner, he was washing the dishes.

c. action going on at a certain time in the past

    Example: When I was having breakfast, the phone suddenly rang

5. Present Perfect

Subject  +  [has/have]  +  [verb in past participle] …

We use the Present Perfect to say that an action happened at an unspecified time before now. The exact time is not important. You CANNOT use the Present Perfect with specific time expressions such as: yesterday, one year ago, last week, when I was a child, when I lived in Japan, at that moment, that day, one day, etc. We CAN use the Present Perfect with unspecific expressions such as: ever, never, once, many times, several times, before, so far, already, yet, etc.

Examples :

·                     I have seen that movie twenty times.

·                     We have already written our reports

·                     Maria hasn’t called her parents yet

6. Present Perfect Progressive (continuous)

Subject  +  [has/have]  +  been  +  [verb+ing]

Use of Present Perfect Progressive

a. puts emphasis on the duration or course of an action (not the result)

    Example: She has been writing for two hours.

b. action that recently stopped or is still going on

    Example: I have been living here since 2001.

c. finished action that influenced the present

    Example: I have been working all afternoon.

7. Past Perfect

Subject  +  had  +  [verb in past participle]…

           

Examples :

·                     You had studied English before you moved to New York.

·                     John went home after he had gone to the store

8. Past Perfect Progressive (continuous)

Subject  + had  + been  +  [verb+ing]…

Examples :

Nate had been working at the university forforty-five years before he retired

The Example of Grammar in Toefl Question

Contoh Soal TOEFL dan Pembahasannya

1. This university’s program ______________those of Harvard.

(A) Come second after

(B) Are second only to

(C) Are first except for

(D) Are in second place from

Answer : (B) Are Second only to

Grammar : present progressive tense

2. With the passing of time and the encroachment of people, the habitat of gorillas ______ to decrease.

(A) Continuing

(B) Which continue

(C) Continues

(D) That it has continued

Answer : (C) continues

Grammar : simple present tense

3. Despite being basically arboreal in nature, koalas ________ to inhabit a specific territory and range of some 30 square miles.

(A) Knowing

(B) Which know

(C) Are knowing

(D) Are known

Answer : (D) are known

Grammar : simple past tense

ref : 

 http://jefryandica.blogspot.com/2012/04/soal-toefl-dan-pembahasannya.html

 http://anisamaulina.blogspot.com/2013/05/grammar-on-toefl-test.html

tips to answer for listening toefl

TOEFL® iBT Listening Tips Your Gateway for TOEFL ® iBT Success TOEFL® iBT Listening section is delivered immediately after the Reading section. The Listening section of TOEFL iBT measures your ability to understand spoken English in academic settings. In TOEFL® iBT the listening is done for 3 major purposes: 1. Listening for basic comprehension. 2. Listening for pragmatic understanding. 3. To connect and combine ideas presented in multiple information sources. Each part of the Listening section (2 or 3 parts) consists of 1 long conversation and two lectures. The test takers hear each lecture or conversation only once. Lectures and conversations are 3-5 minutes long. During the listening the time is not running. The allotted time of 10 minutes for each part is only for answering the questions. Preparation Strategies Listen to spoken English from multiple sources as much as possible. Listen to English spoken movies and English spoken TV channels, listen to the radio and as many other listening sources as you may find. It would be better if your passages are academic or close to what is in TOEFL® iBT. The more you practice listening, the better listener you will become. Listen for the main idea. It is usually found at the beginning of the listening passages, while the details are dispersed throughout the lecture. The main idea will give you understanding of what the conversation/lecture is about. Then you may listen for details. Learn to find how the ideas are presented in the listening passage. Some of the main relations between ideas include cause/effect, compare/contrast, and steps in a process. Learn to listen for signal words that indicate different part of the passage - introduction, major steps, examples, conclusions, etc. Build your vocabulary. While listening, try to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words from context. It is very important since there is a big chance to come across words you don't know at the real test. Then, you should guess their meaning. Write down every word you don't know and include it in your wordlist. Try to memorize it and use it in your speaking and writing. Flashcards could be a great way to improve your vocabulary. Listen to conversations or lectures with variety of accents. In TOEFL® iBT Listening section there is a variety of accents and pronunciations. For this reason, you should practice listening to a people with different accents and pronunciation patterns. Practice note-taking. Note-taking is allowed during all sections of TOEFL® iBT. Effective note-taking may highly improve your performance. It is almost impossible to memorize all clues and details provided in the Listening section. Moreover, you can hear the passages ONLY ONCE. Therefore, to answer the questions you have to rely on what you remember from the passage and your notes. See also our Effective Note-Taking Strategies 3 Your Gateway for TOEFL iBT Success Summarize in writing what you have heard, using your notes. Thus, you will learn to find the purpose and main idea of the listening, and also the most important details. You will also learn to take and use notes. It also helps in improving your writing skills. Familiarize yourself with the type of questions in TOEFL iBT. Make sure that during the preparation you learn what answers are required by the different types of question. Some questions may ask you to provide two answers, others to click in a chart box. If you are familiar with the question types, you may save important time. At the exam strategies Forget about the Reading section. Now it is time to fully concentrate on the Listening section. The clock is ticking only when you are answering the questions and not when you are listening to the passages. So, when you listen, forget about the clock. Prepare for note-taking. Before the section starts, write down the words 'main idea', 'major points', and 'important details'. Under which word you will place your notes from the listening passage. Do not be distracted by the speaker's accent, speaking style and delivery. Focus on the content and flow of information the speaker(s) deliver. Listen to find clues that will help you understand what the speaker's purpose, attitude and degree of certainty is. Listen for words that show relationship between ideas. Pay attention to the visual materials. Some of the visual materials in the Listening section bring important information. Blackboards show important words or phrases that are discussed during the lecture. Illustrations and graphics support the information presented in the lecture. They are available only when the lecturer refers to them. Answering is different. In the Listening section you may not return to the previous questions to correct your answers. Nevertheless, you have to confirm twice that you want to move to the next question. First, when you provide your answer you have to press the NEXT button. After pressing the NEXT button you may alter you answer. To move to the next question you have to press OK button. Sometimes test takers forget this and lose important time. Please, set your mind that you have to press two buttons. Take a guess. There is no penalty for an incorrect answer in TOEFL® iBT. It doesn't bring any points. If you see you are running out of time, just take a guess and mark answers for all remaining questions. There is 25 % chances to guess the right answer. Use i-Courses scored TOEFL iBT listening materials to practice, monitor your progress, and receive creative feedback with guidelines on how to improve your weaknesses and strengthen your strong sides. http://i-courses.org/listening-tips

Kawah Putih

 Senin, 25 Februari 2013

Hang out untuk kesekian kalinya. Pantai udah dua kali. Sekarang giliran gunung yang kami kunjungi.

Para angker yang gag ada kerjaan ngerencanain maen (lagi). Iseng iseng asbun nyebut kawah putih, jadi beneran kesana.

Di tentuin di pilih hari kerja biar gag macet, kita jalan pagi. Seperti biasa ngumpul di Bogor, tapi saying budaya ngaret susah lepas. Janjian jam 7, baru ngumpul jam 8.. begitu personil lengkap kita langsung cusss..

Arfan yang bawa mobil, cz teguh ngantuk. Tapi teguh yang mandu jalan. Hafis rahel mega tengah, w zaki belakang. Kita pake avanza mobil sejuta umat.

Baru masuk tol, udah mampir di rest area. Hafis w rahel pipis. Begitu naek mobil lagi, posisi berubah. Depan tetep, tengah jadi hafis w mega. Belakang jadi rahel zaki. Langsung cuuuz bandung.

Keluar tol Kopo..

Karena gag tau, kita sotoi ngambil kiri (aturannya kanan). Begitu buka GPS, ternyata kawah putih ada di belakang arah jalan kita. Wahhh salah jalan ini mah… nanya pengendara motor, bener kita salah jalan.. nyari puteran, tapi gag ada. Sekalinya ada, arah baliknya macet. Ywdh mau di apain lagi. Begitu di lampu merah, terjadilah hal konyol. Ada seorang cewe yang lagi ngaca di spion motornya. Kita yang di mobil ngeliatin sambil keketawaan. Konyolnya arfan, arfan neken tombol jendela sampai kebuka setengah. Paniklah hafis, dan tu cewe pun tersipu malu.. hahahhahaha

Lanjut jalan ke kawah putih. Liat GPS, masih jauh banged. Tancap gas lah si arfan. Tiba tiba hp mega bunyi. Begitu di buka, sms dari bokapnya. Yang isinya, ‘klo mau ke kawah putih, keluar tol kopo, ambil kanan’… telaaatt om, kita udah ke kiri deluan.. tereak yg di mobil.. hahaha

Ketemu jalan segitiga. Mega yang mimpin arah. Ambil kiri, trus kanan.. begitu engeuh, ini mah muter muter atuh meg, kata arfan… oh iyaa map salah aturannya kiri .. hahahaha

Sampai di gerbang..

Bayar tiket..

Sampai di tkp..

Sebelum ke kawah, kita pada ‘nyetor’ dulu.. wuuuhh dingin sangat airnya.. hahahaha

Selese nyetor, kita langsung ke tkp..

Foto foto deh..

Hubungan Akuntansi dengan Toefl

English is important in everyday life - the day because they now have many schools to apply the teaching in English. Not only at school, at the Hospital that now there are beginning to apply to speak English, so if there is someone who comes from outside of Indonesia to the hospital can communicate with both the doctors and nurses. TOEFL stands for Test of English as a foreign language. Toefl is helpful in any field, in the field of environment, society, accounting, and more. Toefl is a test of spoken English. Toefl widely used learning for higher education, as well as test toefl much in use as a condition of acceptance of candidates for admission into the company. In the field of accounting, toefl little effect on the business of clients who use English

Toefl test a lot of advantages, namely to test your ability to read, listen, speak and write English. You will be asked to read and then answer the questions on them. You will also be asked to listen to a lecture which is a college-level courses, followed by more questions. Some tasks will require a verbal answer, and you will be asked to write two parts. Lectures, reading passages, and questions are all designed to reflect the types of tasks you will be asked to perform at the college level. Toefl English language proficiency assessment of the benefits received by more than 6,000 institutions. You might think that all this is in America or England, but they are spread all over the world in 110 countries. Nearly every university in the English-speaking countries like the United States a large, UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, the use TOEFL scores to determine whether or not non-English languages ​​can be accepted in their programs, received a scholarship, or enter graduate school. Another benefit of the TOEFL test of English proficiency on the other hand is the fact that there are more than 4,000 test centers you can use. If you must travel, you will save time and money because the tests can be completed in one day. Finally, this test gives you bias your UK size. Anonymous test scores, and no interviews are included as part of the process. If you know English well, you'll score well, plain and simple. TOEFL is the best measure of your ability to succeed in college courses in the UK. As many know, toefl useful for any field.

Foreign Language or TOEFL evaluates the ability of an individual to use and understand English in an academic atmosphere. It was developed to overcome the problem of English language proficiency to ensure that non-native speakers who wish to study at American universities. It has become an admission requirement for non-native English speakers in many English-speaking colleges and universities. In addition, institutions such as government agencies, licensing agencies, businesses, or scholarship programs may require this test. TOEFL scores are valid for two years and then will no longer be officially reported since the candidate's language skills could have changed significantly since the date of the test. Colleges and universities usually consider only recent TOEFL score.

TOEFL test is also used as a material consideration of English language proficiency of prospective students applying to universities in other countries, including universities in Europe and Australia. In general, the TOEFL test is more oriented to American English, and little different from the types of IELTS tests are oriented to British English. Not like IELTS, TOEFL test is generally not have an individual interview. This test typically takes about three hours and is organized in four sections, namely: * Listening comprehension, grammatical structure and * written expression, comprehension * Reading, and Writing *. This test is 3 hours long and all tests can be taken on the same day. Students can take the test as many times as they want. However, colleges and universities usually consider only the latest score. a. Listening (30-40 minutes) Listen to part consists of three parts. The first one contains 30 questions about short conversations. The second part has 8 questions about longer conversations. The last part asks 12 questions about lectures or talks. b. Structure and Written Expression (25 minutes) Structure and Written Expression section has 15 exercises complete sentences correctly and 25 exercises misidentification. c. Reading Comprehension (55 minutes) Reading Comprehension section has 50 questions about the reading. d. Writing (30 minutes) Writing section is one of the essay with 250-300 words in average. 2. TOEFL Test TOEFL goal has two general goals: the Academic and General as described below: a. Academic tests are used for educational, research or academic purposes related to activities in foreign countries, or in Indonesia. To pass, usually the minimum value is 550. whereas for S1 is 500. b. Commonly used for general working purposes, promotion or job assignment. Many companies that install standard English TOEFL employees to see the value - it. Generally, a minimum TOEFL score 500 for a standard campaign. So from that described above indicate that the TOEFL test is very important to us both for the accounting department and to the public because it will be used to apply for jobs and other activities related to English.

TOEFL singkatan dari Test Bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa asing. Toefl sangat membantu dalam bidang apapun, dalam bidang lingkungan, masyarakat, akuntansi, dan banyak lagi. Toefl adalah tes bahasa Inggris yang diucapkan. Toefl banyak digunakan pembelajaran untuk pendidikan tinggi, serta uji toefl banyak di gunakan sebagai syarat penerimaan calon untuk masuk ke perusahaan. Dalam bidang akuntansi, pengaruh toefl sedikit pada bisnis klien yang menggunakan bahasa Inggris.

http://giancitra.blogspot.com/2012/06/hubungan-akuntansi-dengan-toefl.html

MEMPERINGATI MAULID NABI

      

       1)      Sebagai Rasa Cinta

Q.S Al- Azab : 56

“Sesungguhnya Allah dan malaikatnya bersholawat untuk nabi, hai orang orang yang beriman bersholawatlah kamu untuk nabi dan ucapkan salam penghormatan kepadanya”.

Dengan ayat tersebut diatas adalah telah menujukkan Dalil atas wajibnya mencintai dan memuliakan Rasulullah SAW bahkan, dalam hadist nabi yang di riwayatkan dari kitab Sohi muslim jilid III halaman 183

“tidaklah beriman seseorang diantara kalian sehingga aku lebih dicintai (diutamakan) dari dirinya sendiri, hartanya dan keluarganya serta semua manusia.

Untuk itu, merayakan peringatan maulid nabi SAW adalah salah satu bukti mengutamakan dan memuliakan seseorang manusia yang telah di beri keutamaan oleh Allah SWT.

Q.S Kahfi : 110

“ katakanlah sesungguhnya aku ini hanya seorang manusia seperti kamu yang di wahyukan kepada ku, bahwa sesungguhnya Tuhan kamu itu adalah Tuhan yang Esa. Barang siapa yang mengharap perjumpaan dengan Tuhannya maka hendaklah ia mengerjakan amal soleh dan janganlah mempersekutukan seorang pun dalam beribadah kepada Tuhannya.”

      2)      Sebagai Rasa Syukur

Jika seorang mengenang nikmat Allah dan perjuangan Rasulullah sehingga kita dapat memeluk agama islam yang merupakan anugerah Allah yang sangat besar sehingga kita mengenang terhadap perintahnya dan larangannya, apakah ada nikmat Allah yang lebih besar dari pribada kebesaran dan keagungan Rasulullah, bersyukur itu wajib hukumnya baik bersyukur kepada Allah atau bersyukur terhadap sesamanya (ucapan terima kasih).

Q.S Ibrahim : 7

“ Dan ingatlah jika tatkala Tuhan mu memaklumkan, sesungguhnya jika kamu bersyukur pasti kami akan menambah nikmat kepadamu dan jika kamu mengingkari nikmatku, maka sesungguhnya azab ku sangat pedih “

Jadi memperingati Maulid adalah  merupakan sebagai rasa syukur kepada Allah dan Rasul-Nya.

      3)      Tujuan Memperingati Maulid Nabi

a. Untuk meningkatkan keimanan dan ketaqwaan kepada Allah

b.Mendorong (mengajak) umat beramal soleh

c.Mencontoh tauladan dalam kehidupan Rasulullah

d.Mengenang kembali secara perjuangan Rasulullah

e.Menjalin dan mempererat hubungan silaturahmi

f.Memberikan penyegaran dengan menghadirkan mubalik yang di datangkan dari tempat yang jauh.

g.Sebagai upaya mengajak umat untuk memakmurkan masjid/mushollah

h.Untuk mengingatkan kepada umat agar membekali diri dengan memperbanyak amal kebaikan.

Dengan demikian peringatan Maulid bukanlah sebagai bid’ah (keliru) melainkan sunah hasanah sebagaimana hadist nabi berikut ini.

“ Barangsiapa yang mengadakan sunah (perbuatan baik) maka ia akan mendapatkan pahalanya dan pahala dari siapa pun yang mengerjakannya dan begitu pula sebaliknya (sunan AL-Kubro juz 6 halaman 121 Sharah kitab Tafsir yasin).

Adapun orang yang memperingati Maulid dengan cara membaca berjanji, Maulid Habsyi, Maulid Diba’ atau melantunkan jenis jenis shalawat adalah merupakan cara cara (teknis) dalam tujuan yang sangat jelas adalah untuk memuliakan dan mengagungkan Rasulullah yang merupakan ungkapan kecintaan kepadanya.