I LOVE this lyric

"Hall Of Fame"

 (feat. Will.I.Am)

Yeah, you can be the greatest
You can be the best
You can be the King Kong banging on your chest

You could beat the world
You could beat the war
You could talk to God, go banging on his door

You can throw your hands up
You can beat the clock (yeah)
You can move a mountain
You can break rocks
You can be a master
Don't wait for luck
Dedicate yourself and you gon' find yourself

Standing in the hall of fame (yeah)
And the world's gonna know your name (yeah)
'Cause you burn with the brightest flame (yeah)
And the world's gonna know your name (yeah)
And you'll be on the walls of the hall of fame

You can go the distance
You can run the mile
You can walk straight through hell with a smile

You could be the hero
You could get the gold
Breaking all the records they thought never could be broke

Yeah, do it for your people
Do it for your pride
How you ever gonna know if you never even try?

Do it for your country
Do it for your name
'Cause there's gonna be a day...

When you're standing in the hall of fame (yeah)
And the world's gonna know your name (yeah)
'Cause you burn with the brightest flame (yeah)
And the world's gonna know your name (yeah)
And you'll be on the walls of the hall of fame

Be a champion, be a champion, be a champion, be a champion
On the walls of the hall of fame

Be students
Be teachers
Be politicians
Be preachers
(Yeah)

Be believers
Be leaders
Be astronauts
Be champions
Be truth seekers

Be students
Be teachers
Be politicians
Be preachers

Be believers
Be leaders
Be astronauts
Be champions

Standing in the hall of fame (yeah, yeah, yeah)
And the world's gonna know your name (yeah, yeah, yeah)
'Cause you burn with the brightest flame (yeah, yeah, yeah)
And the world's gonna know your name (yeah, yeah, yeah)
And you'll be on the walls of the hall of fame

(You can be a champion)
You could be the greatest
(You can be a champion)
You can be the best
(You can be a champion)
You can be the King Kong banging on your chest

(You can be a champion)
You could beat the world
(You can be a champion)
You could beat the war
(You can be a champion)
You could talk to God, go banging on his door

(You can be a champion)
You can throw your hands up
(You can be a champion)
You can beat the clock(yeah)
(You can be a champion)
You can move a mountain
(You can be a champion)
You can break rocks

(You can be a champion)
You can be a master
(You can be a champion)
Don't wait for luck
(You can be a champion)
Dedicate yourself and you gonna find yourself
(You can be a champion)

Standing in the hall of fame

PHRASAL VERBS (TWO-WORD AND THREE-WORD VERBS)

Phrasal verbs are especially common in informal English. Following is a list of common phrasal verbs and their usual meanings. This list containts only those phrasal verbs used in the exercises in the text. The phrasal verbs marked with an asterisk (*) are nonseparable.

A

ask out                                                 ask someone to go on a date

ask around                                          ask many people the same question

add up to                                             equal

B

*back up                                              (1) reverse; (2) support

*blow up                                             explode

blow up                                               add air

*break down                                     (1) stop functioning (vehicle, machine); (2) get upset

break down                                        divide into smaller parts

*break in                                             force entry to a building

*break into                                        enter forcibly

bring in                                                                wear something a few times so that it doesn’t look/feel new

*break in                                             interrupt

*break up                                           end a relationship

*break out                                          escape

*break out in                                     develop a skin condition

bring down                                         (1) make unhappy; (2) raise a child

bring up                                               (1) start talking about a subject; (2) vomit

bring about, bring on                     cause

bring up                                               (1) rear children; (2) mention or introduce a topic

C

call back                                               return a telephone call

call in                                                    ask to come to an official place for a spesific purpose

call off                                                  cancel

*call on                                                                (1) ask to speak in class; (2) visit

call up                                                   call on the telephone

*catch up (with)                               reach the same position or level

*check in                                             register at a hotel

*check into                                        investigate

check out                                            (1) take a book from the library; (2) investigate

*check out (of)                                 leave a hotel

cheer up                                              make (someone) feel happier

clean up                                               make clean and orderly

*come across                                    meet by chance

cross out                                              draw a line through

cut out                                                  stop an annoying activity

D

do over                                                                do again

*drop by, drop in (on)                   visit informally

drop off                                               leave something/someone at aplace

*drop out (of)                                   stop going to school, to a class, to a club, etc.

F

figure out                                            find the answer by reasoning

fill out                                                  write the completions of a questionnaire or official form

find out                                                discover information

G

*get along (with)                             exist satisfactorily

get back from                                    (1) return from a place; (2) receive again

*get in, get into                                               (1) enter a car; (2) arrive

*get off                                                                leave an airplane, a bus, a train, a subway, a bicycle

*get on                                                                enter an airplane, a bus, a train, a subway, a bicycle

*get out of                                         (1) leave a car; (2) avoid work or unpleasant activity

*get over                                            recover from an illness

*get through                                     finish

*get up                                                                arise from bed, a chair

give back                                             return an item to someone

give up                                                 stop trying

*go over                                              review or check carefully

*grow up (in)                                    become an adult

H

hand down                                         give something used to someone else

hand in                                                 submit

hand out                                              to distribute to a group of people

hand over                                           give (usually unwillingly)

*hang in                                                              stay positive (informal)

*hang on                                             wait a short time (informal)

*hang out                                           spend time relaxing (informal)

*hang up                                             end a phone cell

hold back                                            hide an emotion

*hold on                                              wait a short time

*hold onto                                         hold firmly using your hands or arms

hold up                                                                rob

K

*keep on doing                                                continue doing

keep out(of)                                      not enter

*keep up (with)                                               stay at the same position or level

kick out (of)                                       force (someone) to leave

L

let down                                              fail to support or help; dissapoint

let in                                                     allow to enter

*log in (or on)                                   sign in ( to a website, a database, etc)

*log out (or off)                                               sign out (to a website, database, etc)

*look after                                         take care of

*look down on                                 think less of; consider inferior

*look for                                             try to find

*look forward to                              be excited about the future

*look into                                           investigate

*look out                                            be carefully; vigilant; and take notice

*look out for                                     be especially vigilant for

look over                                             check; examine

look up                                                 search and find information in a reference book or database

*look up to                                         have a lot of respect for

M

make up                                              (1) invent; (2) do past work; (3) forgive each other

*make up                                            (1) invent; (2) lie about something

mix up                                                  confuse two or more things

N

name after, name for                    give a baby the name of someone else

P

*pass away                                         die

pass out                                               (1) distribute; (2) loss conciousness

pay back                                              return owed money

*pay for                                               be punished for doing something bad

pick out                                                select

pick up                                                 (1) go to get someone (e.g., in a car); (2) take in one’s hand

point out                                             call attention to

put away                                             remove to a proper place

put back                                               return to original place

put down                                            (1) insult; (2) make someone feel stupid

put off                                                  postpone

put out                                                 extinguish

put together                                      assemble

*put up with                                      tolerate

put on                                                   put clothing/accessories on your body

R

*run into, *run accross                 meet by chance

*run out (of)                                      finish a supply of something

*run over                                            drive a vehicle over a person or thing

*run over/through                          (1) rehearse; (2) review

*run away                                           (1) leave unexpectedly; (2) escape

*run out                                              have none left

S

send back                                            return (usually by mail)

set up                                                   (1) trick; (2) trap

*shop around                                    compares price

*show up                                            appear, come

shut off                                                                stop a machine, light, faucet

*show off                                           act extra special for people watching (usually boastfully)

*sleep over                                        stay somewhere for the night (informal)

sort out                                                organize; resolve a problem

*stick to                                               continue doing something, limit yourself to one particular thing

switch off                                            stop the energy flow; turn off

switch on                                            start the energy flow; turn on

                               

Tips Mengerjakan Skripsi

1.     Pastikan tempat Anda mengerjakan skripsi bersih dari debu dan kotoran. Tempat yang bersih membuat Anda merasa nyaman dan pikiran menjadi lebih jernih.

2.     Jangan mengerjakan di tempat yang ramai alias berisik. Pilihlah tempat yang tenang dan sejuk seperti kamar atau perpustakaan.

3.     Hindari mengerjakan skripsi bersama teman Anda yang suka mengobrol atau curhat. Sebab waktu Anda akan tersita mendengarkan obrolan dan curhatnya yang berarti membuat waktu Anda dalam menyelesaikan skripsi. Hindari juga teman yang suka menguap dan mengantuk karena percaya atau tidak, ketika melihat ia mengantuk Anda pun akan ikut mengantuk.

4.     Pastikan sebelum mengerjakan skripsi perut Anda bebas dari rasa lapar. Makanlah makanan yang tidak membuat perut bergejolak seperti pedas, asem. Hindari juga makanan mengandung garam atau MSG karena akan membuat Anda merasa haus sepanjang hari plus merepotkan Anda karena harus mondar-mandir ke toilet.

5.     Sambil mengerjakan skripsi, dengarkanlah lagu-lagu sedih. Percaya atau tidak, kenangan buruk seperti putus cinta dapat memberikan energi berlebih ketika Anda mengerjakan skripsi dibandingkan saat Anda jatuh cinta. Sebab patah hati membuat Anda ingin terus sibuk untuk melupakan kesedihan sedangkan jatuh cinta hanya akan membuat Anda terbuai dengan sang kekasih yang mengakibatkan skripsi Anda terlantar.

6.     Buatlah kerangka pemikiran setiap bab yang berisi apa saja yang ingin Anda tulis. Untuk bagian teori, masukkan saja semua teori yang terlintas dalam pikiran Anda dalam kerangka. Jangan lewatkan satu teori pun. Kemudian mulai lah pilah-pilah teori mana yang cocok dan tidak. Beri alasan mengapa Anda memilih teori itu dan beri alasan mengapa Anda mengeleminasinya.

7.     Seburuk apapun susunan kata Anda, tulis saja dulu dalam skripsi Anda. Pelan-pelan pembimbing Anda akan membantu Anda untuk merangkai kalimat yang sederhana namun indah dan tepat sasaran. Jika Anda merasa kesulitan dalam membuat kalimat, satu-satunya cara untuk dapat membuatnya mengalir adalah dengan banyak-banyak membaca buku.

8.     Jangan pernah berpikir bahwa pembimbing Anda tidak tahu apa-apa atau Anda lebih tahu banyak dari pembimbing Anda. Percayalah, ia jauh lebih berpengalaman dan berilmu dari Anda. Jika Anda merasa ia tidak tahu apa-apa dan terkesan mendiamkan Anda, itu tandanya ia sedang mengajari Anda untuk berpikir mandiri dan kritis. Ia ingin Anda mampu memecahkan permasalahan sendiri sebagai bekal setelah Anda lulus nanti dan menghadapi dunia luar yang lebih rumit. Setelah sidang skripsi, Anda kan mengerti sikap diam sang pembimbing dan akan berterima kasih padanya.

9.     Sesekali, tinggalkan skripsi Anda sementara. Pergilah bersenang-senang dengan teman-teman. Nonton film, main di Timezon, karaoke, pijat, pergi ke salon adalah beberap kegiatan yang dapat meringankan stres Anda.

10. Jangan larut sendirian dalam kegalauan skripsi Anda karena hal itu hanya membuat Anda semakin depresi. Berkumpul lah dengan teman-teman Anda yang juga sedang berjuang mengerjakan skripsi. Minta mereka membaca tulisan Anda dan mengomentarinya. Sebab terkadang kita tidak dapat melihat kelemahan skripsi sendiri sedangkan orang lain mampu melihatnya. Lakukan juga hal tersebut ke teman Anda, baca tulisannya dan berikan masukan padanya.

11. Jika Anda tinggal di tempat kos, sering-sering lah mengirimkan sms atau menelepon orangtua Anda. Minta doa restunya dan senangkan hatinya karena mendengar suara Anda. Doa orangtua untuk anaknya mendapat tempat khusus yang secepat kilat akan naik ke langit dan didengarkan Tuhan. Jika Anda tidak tinggal di kos dan tinggal di rumah bersama orangtua, sering-seringlah membuatkan minuman untuk mereka seperti jus, the, atau kopi. Ceritakan juga perkembangan skripsi Anda karena jauh dalam lubuk hati mereka juga turut galau memikirkan skripsi Anda.

12. Rutinlah berolahraga agar tubuh Anda terasa segar dan fit. Aktivitas mengerjakan skripsi yang hanya duduk sepanjang hari membuat tubuh Anda letih dan butuh peregangan. Lakukan peregangan ringan selama 5-10 menit ketika Anda baru bangun tidur. Jalan kaki, jogging, dan bersepeda adalah beberapa olahraga yang membuat Anda bugar kembali.

13. Selama mengerjakan skripsi, banyak-banyaklah bersedekah kepada fakir miskin. Hal itu akan membuat hati Anda terasa tentram dan lapang. Dan percayalah, Tuhan akan membalas kebaikan Anda berlipat ganda. Salah satunya dengan memudahkan Anda dalam mengerjakan skripsi serta diberikan kelancaran dalam berpikir.

14. Banyak-banyaklah berdoa dan beribadah kepada Tuhan. Sebab Ia lah yang Maha Memiliki Ilmu dan memohonlah agar diberi kemudahan dalam menerima ilmu dariNya.

15. Selalu berpikir dan berperasaan positif. Jika Anda percaya Anda bisa, maka Anda PASTI bisa! Percayalah pada diri Anda karena Anda adalah pribadi pilihan calon pemimpin bangsa. Jika saya bisa, mengapa Anda tidak? Semangat dan semoga sukses!!

Jakarta, 28 April 2011

Ranny Rastati

Alumni Sastra Jepang UI 2004

Mahasiswa Magister Ilmu Komunikasi UI 2009

sumber : http://www.anakui.com/2011/04/29/tips-mengerjakan-skripsi/

The five of my dream places in Japan

1.       Flower Paradise at Hitachi Seaside Park

            Hitachi Seaside Park, located in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, next to the Ajigaura Beach, is a flower park and a popular tourist destination. The park covers an area of ​​3.5 hectares and the flowers are amazing all year round. Each season you will find a different variety of flower blossoming over the "Miharashi No Oka", a hill commanding a panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean. The park is particularly famous for blue nemophilas. Nemophilas are annual flowers with transparent blue petals. During spring, more than 4.5 million blue nemophilas bloom all over the park. The blooming period is called “Nemophilia Harmony” and attracts many visitors.

Aside from nemophilas, the park has about a million daffodils blooming amidst the pine trees, about 170 varieties of tulips and many other flowers. Filled with woods, gardens, a mini amusement area and cycling courses sprinkled throughout the park, Hitachi Seaside Park is a must-see for anyone venturing to Japan.

2.        Purple Wisteria

           The genus Wisteria is a woody climbing plant of the family Fabaceae. These species are called. Some of them are grown as ornamentals for their clusters of spring flowers and their thick foliage. Depending on the species and cultivars, the flowers are purple, blue or white. The length of inflorescences varies from 10 cm to one meter for Wisteria floribunda var. ‘Macrobotrys’. Some cultivars are fragrant and among them, there are cultivars such as ‘Rosea’ or ‘Jacko’. They are native to the United States, China and Japan. The seeds are poisonous. The best known species is the Wisteria sinensis, glycine in China, widely naturalized in Western Europe. There is also another common species: Wisteria floribunda or glycine Floramor.

3.       Mount Fuji

Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan at 12,388 feet (3,776 meters). The volcano’s exceptionally symmetrical cone is a well-known symbol of Japan and it is frequently depicted in art and photographs, as well as visited by sightseers and climbers. t is one of Japan’s “Three Holy Mountains” along with Mount Tate and Mount Haku. The volcano is currently classified as active with a low risk of eruption. The last recorded eruption was in 1708.

           A popular destination, an estimated 200,000 people climb Mount Fuji every year, 30% of whom are foreigners. The ascent can take anywhere between three and eight hours while the descent can take from two to five hours. The most-popular period for to hike up the mountain is from July to August, while climbing from October to May is strongly discouraged because of the severe cold weather.

4.       Tokyo Tower        

  

This is one of the best-known towers in the world. Made of prefabricated steel, Tokyo Tower is called light because it weighs only 4,000 metric tons. At a height of 1,092 feet (333 meters), it is the world’s tallest self-supporting steel tower. Since its opening in 1958, it has become well known to visitors around the world, not only as one of Tokyo’s popular sightseeing attractions, but also as the symbol of Tokyo as an international city. All of Tokyo’s nine television and four FM radio stations are transmitted throughout the entire metropolitan area from Tokyo Tower.

          Various gauges and instruments mounted on top of the tower monitor the condition of the air above Tokyo and the traffic conditions in the streets below. The lights of Tokyo Tower, suspending it beautifully in the night sky, are made up of 164 flood lights installed on the various parts of the tower.

5.        Tokyo National Museum (Tokyo Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan)

           The National Museum is not only the largest and oldest museum in Japan, but it also boasts the largest collection of Japanese art in the world. This is where you go to see antiques from Japan's past -- old kimono, samurai armor, priceless swords, lacquerware, metalwork, pottery, scrolls, screens, ukiyo-e(woodblock prints), calligraphy, ceramics, archaeological finds, and more. Items are shown on a rotating basis with about 3,000 on display at any one time -- so no matter how many times you visit the museum, you'll always see something new. There are also frequent special exhibitions. Schedule at least 2 hours to do the museum justice.

The museum comprises five buildings. The Japanese Gallery (Honkan), straight ahead as you enter the main gate, is the most important one, devoted to Japanese art. Here you'll view Japanese ceramics; Buddhist sculptures dating from about A.D. 538 to 1192; samurai armor, helmets, and decorative sword mountings; swords, which throughout Japanese history were considered to embody spirits all their own; textiles and kimono; lacquerware; ceramics; and paintings, calligraphy, ukiyo-e, and scrolls. Be sure to check out the museum shop in the basement; it sells reproductions from the museum's collections as well as traditional crafts by contemporary artists.

The Asian Gallery (Toyokan) houses art and archaeological artifacts from everywhere in Asia outside Japan. There are Buddhas from China and Gandhara, stone reliefs from Cambodia, embroidered wall hangings and cloth from India, Iranian and Turkish carpets, Thai and Vietnamese ceramics, and more. Chinese art -- including jade, paintings, calligraphy, and ceramics -- makes up the largest part of the collection, illustrating China's tremendous influence on Japanese art, architecture, and religion. You'll also find Egyptian relics, including a mummy dating from around 751 to 656 B.C. and wooden objects from around 2000 B.C. Note: The Toyokan is closed for renovation until 2012. Until its reopening, selections from the collection are on display at the Hyokeikan, built on the museum grounds in 1909 to commemorate the marriage of Emperor Taisho.

The Heiseikan Gallery is where you'll find archaeological relics of ancient Japan, including pottery and Haniwa clay burial figurines of the Jomon Period (10,000 B.C.-1000 B.C.) and ornamental, keyhole-shaped tombs from the Yayoi Period (400 B.C.-A.D. 200). The Gallery of Horyuji Treasures (Horyuji Homotsukan) displays priceless Buddhist treasures from the Horyuji Temple in Nara, founded by Prince Shotoku in A.D. 607. Although the building's stark modernity (designed by Taniguchi Yoshio, who also designed the expansion of the New York Museum of Modern Art) seems odd for an exhibition of antiquities, the gallery's low lighting and simple architecture lend dramatic effect to the museum's priceless collection of bronze Buddhist statues, ceremonial Gigaku masks used in ritual dances, lacquerware, and paintings.

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