My Technology Project

Reflection on places you have been.

        Bandung is the place I really changed; Bandung is in Indonesia in the java island. Near with Jakarta the capital of Indonesia. Bandung is a nice place, the weather is really good, not hot and not cold, but warm. In Bandung a lot of factory outlets. And it kinds of outlets, there is, selling various kinds of shoes, There also selling clothes - fashionable clothes, and much more. There are nearby areas called Lembang. That was a nice place. There is a place of exciting games such as flying fox, and others. And also we can find a place for get some strawberry juice and we can pick the strawberries.
In Bandung, there lots of strawberry and blueberry. The strawberry is very sweet. I love strawberry. If I go to the Bandung, I always go to picking the strawberry with my sister and my brother.
I pleased with the natural atmosphere of the mountains are still beautiful and natural, So i visited the Queen of Mount Tangkuban Perahu Crater. That was a very good place.
In this place, a lot of tourists enjoying the beautiful nature and fresh air. Many people sell unique souvenirs such as bracelets made of stone, There is also a pen made of bamboo, and many more.
There is also a very interesting place in Bandung, the name is Ciater. Ciater near with the Queen of Mount Tangkuban Perahu Crater. In Ciater we can see tea gardens and tea-making factory as well. Climate here is also cool as in the Queen of Mount Tangkuban Perahu Crater. Ciater hot springs contain bulerang which they say can cure many diseases like rheumatism, paralysis, and skin diseases.
And also in Bandung we can find many kinds of delicious food, such timbel rice. This food is very good, you can like if you try. And then in Bandung we can found the food name gado - gado, this food taste good, and this good for vegetarian. Because in this food lots of vegetables.
So that's why this place is really memorable. I never tired to visit Bandung, because there are a lot of good memories there. I and my family always went to Bandung when summer vacation, because we can enjoy the beautiful scenery, and feel the warmth of Ciater hot spring and also the very delicious food.

3Top Book

- Harry potter - J.K Rowling


          Harry's on summer break after completing his first year at the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, and his aunt, uncle, and cousin are as mean as ever, trying at every turn to keep him from fulfilling his destiny as a wizard. Their efforts to prevent his return to Hogwarts are aided by an unknown force: a mysterious elf that shows up and warns Harry that he must never return to the school. Before departing, the elf performs a bit of mischievous magic that is blamed on Harry. As a result, Harry not only gets a stern warning from Hogwarts for using magic in the "real" world; he is also locked away by his aunt and uncle in a tiny closet beneath the stairs.
Harry is eventually rescued by his classmates and friends, the redheaded Weasleys, but getting back to Hogwarts still proves to be a challenge. When he finally does get there, his troubles quickly multiply. Someone has opened the door to the Chamber of Secrets, releasing a deadly monster with the power to kill. Several classmates turn up petrified, and in addition to trying to puzzle out who the culprit is, Harry finds himself a prime suspect. The truth lies down the end of a trail marked by a magical diary with invisible ink, a ghost who hides inside a toilet, a flying car, a pompous new teacher with a talent for hyperbole, and some ghastly giant spiders. When one of Harry's friends is imprisoned and another is turned to stone, Harry is forced to once again confront his archenemy, the Dark Wizard Voldemort, who has a whole new bag of nasty tricks up his sleeve.
What I think about this book:
           I decided to tackle the second installment of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, and was very pleased with the read.
I found this book to have a pretty excellent plot line, and I certainly thought the climax was very good. I had seen the movie before, so I had an idea how it would work out, but I was still very pleased with it. It's easy to follow, and I found it to be a rather quick read.
I can't say that it is my favorite in the series, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. I find that Rowling can be bit methodical about it and I am beginning to "expect" some twist that will ultimately resolve the conflict for each book.
Her strength is in the character developments and their stories for sure, and I find that I learn more about them as the books go on. I am also impressed that she brings in characters early on and then uses them in later books. I am certain that "Tom Riddle" will come back in some form, and that I will learn more about him. See, I know that Rowling won't leave certain things alone. She will eventually answer my questions, but I just have to wait. Her pull is suspense, and she has managed to get me hooked because she is withholding information.
There are some details that I am getting hung up on. See, I assumed that Hogwarts was a fairly small school, contending on the basis that Harry's class has approx. 40 characters in it. I thought that maybe the school would have around 280-300 students. Rowling has stated though, that she envisioned that the school could have up to 600 students and that Harry's class is small. The problem I have is not with this number, but that it is not expressed in the books. I am a little disappointed in that Rowling has all this "extra" information that she is giving us but hasn't mentioned it in the books. I feel that I should be entitled as a reasder to my own interpretation of what is there in the text. I may even go as far to state that if it isn't in any of the books, then it shouldn't be "explained". The very fact that it is not there deems that it is open to interpretation.

- Three Cups of Tea (Young Reader's Edition) by Greg Mortenson


          On the afternoon of September 2, 1993, Greg Mortenson realized that he had failed in his attempt to climb K2, the world's second-highest mountain. But disappointment was the least of his problems. Emaciated, exhausted, thoroughly disoriented, and suffering from edema, his grip on life was loosening. He was taken in and nursed back to health by the impoverished populace of a remote Pakistani village. Grateful, he promised to return someday to build them a school. Three Cups of Tea is the story of that promise and the story of how one man changed the world, one school at a time.
What I think about this book:

           Greg Mortenson quotes Mother Teresa and lives by her devotion to help others, "What we are trying to do may be a drop in the ocean, but the ocean would be less because of the missing drop". Providing an education to kids and more importantly girls, in Afghanistan and Pakistan is Greg's way to enhance peace and provide people with a reason to live over die.
I thought the story was great. I have true admiration for a man that cherishes education and others as much as he does. It is an inspiring story of how everyone can help and the importance you play in a stranger's life.
I understand this was the Young Reader's Edition, but I felt there was more to the story. It was a great go getter, you can do anything motivational story. However, in that there are trials and tribulations you must tend too. More on his hardships would be a bit more realistic for the story. Let the young reader's realize that even the best dreams may be difficult to attain, but with perseverance and dedication you can get there. Show more of his perseverance and what he had to overcome.

- Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time by Rob Sheffield.

          What Is love? Great minds have been grappling with this question throughout the ages, and in the modern era, they have come up with many different answers. According to Western philosopher Pat Benatar, love is a battlefield. Her paisan Frank Sinatra would add the corollary that love is a tender trap. Love hurts. Love stinks. Love bites, love bleeds, love is the drug. The troubadours of our times agree: They want to know what love is, and they want you to show them. But the answer is simple: Love is a mix tape.
In the 1990s, when "alternative" was suddenly mainstream, bands like Pearl Jam and Pavement, Nirvana and R.E.M.—bands that a year before would have been too weird for MTV- were MTV. It was the decade of Kurt Cobain and Shania Twain and Taylor Dayne, a time that ended all too soon. The boundaries of American culture were exploding, and music was leading the way. It was also when a shy music geek named Rob Sheffield met a hell-raising Appalachian punk-rock girl named Renée, who was way too cool for him but fell in love with him anyway. He was tall. She was short. He was shy. She was a social butterfly. She was the only one who laughed at his jokes when they were so bad, and they were always bad. They had nothing in common except that they both loved music. Music brought them together and kept them together. And it was music that would help Rob through a sudden, unfathomable loss.
What I think about this book:
             I loved this book. If you know me well, you know I am obsessed with music and the old mix-tape was the medium that introduced me to most of the stuff that I love.
This isn't really a spoiler as the book cover makes no effort to hide that Rob Sheffield will become a widow over the course of this memoir. Rob tells us about a girl named Renee and all of the wonderful idiosyncratic things about her and how music and mix-tapes were the glue that held them together, until her untimely passing and yet the music and the memories strengthen Rob through the ache that losing Renee brings.
I got the book on CD hoping that some actual music would be included. In this I was disappointed, but it was interesting to listen to the author (a writer for Rolling Stone magazine) tell this story of his. I didn't particularly enjoy hearing it from an untrained speaker, but i suppose it made it more real. The only other problem with listening vs. reading is that this book has a lot of foul language and while I'm good at passing over it with my eyes, my ears aren't as selective.
Anyway, Rob basically confirms that I'm not the only person in the universe that feels the way I do about music and mix-tapes-cds (or that feels as strongly about music from the 90s)and ultimately I enjoyed this for that reason. His was a sweet, brief story and I appreciate that he shares it with us.

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- www.facebook.com
- www.wikipedia.com
- www.YouTube.com
- www.pixton.com
- www.dictionary.com
- www.goodreads.com
- www.4shared.com
- www.piano.com