"Vacation to London"

Mr. Richard’s family was on vacation. They are Mr. and Mrs. Richard with two sons. They went
to London. They saw their travel agent and booked their tickets. They went to the British
Embassy to get visas to enter Britain. They had booked fourteen days tour. This includes travel
and accommodation. They also included tours around London

They boarded a large Boeing flight. The flight was nearly fourteen hours. On the plane the cabin
crews were very friendly. They gave them news paper and magazine to read. They gave them
food and drink. There was a film for their entertainment. They had a very pleasant flight. They
slept part of the way.

On arrival at Heathrow Airport, they had to go to Customs and Immigration. The officers were
pleasant. They checked the document carefully but their manners were very polite. Mr. Richard
and his family collected their bags and went to London Welcome Desk. They arranged the
transfer to a hotel.

The hotel was a well-known four-star hotel. The room had perfect view of the park. The room
had its own bathroom and toilet. Instead of keys for the room, they inserted a key-card to open
the door. On the third floor, there was a restaurant serving Asian and European food. They had
variety of food.
The two week in London went by fast. At the end of the 14-day, they were quite tired but they
felt very happy.

RA Kartini

Every April 21, people in Indonesia commemorate the Kartini day. It is a beautiful day for the woman because we
celebrate the birth of great lady, RA. Kartini. Everyone knows who kartini is. She is our national heroine and a
great lady with the bright idea.

Kartini was born in 1879, April 21 in Mayong Jepara. Her father was RMAA. Sosroningrat, Wedana (assistant of
head of regency) in Mayong. Her mother, MA Ngasirah was a girl from Teluk Awur village in Jepara. As the
daughter of a noble family, she felt luck because she got more than the ordinary people got. She got better
education than other children. She did anything she wants although it was forbidden.

She passed her childhood with her brother and sister. Because she was very energetic, her father called her
"trinil" Then her father was chosen as Bupati (the head of regency) in Jepara. She and her family then moved from
Mayong to Jepara. In the same year, Kartini's second sister RA Kardinah was born. The environment in
Jepara gave her big chance to develop her idea. She could study at the Dutch owned school where only children
from noble family could study here.

Few years after finishing her study, RA. Kartini was willing to continue her study in higher level. But the custom
of that day forbid a woman to go to school. A tradition of that time, a teenage girl should be secluded and
limited her activity. So was Kartini. She was secluded inside the house and forbidden to go out until a man
propose her. The rule could restrict her body but not her mind. During her "pingitan" time, she spent her time by
reading book which she got from her relatives.

Although she was not able to continue her study to higher level, she was smart had a bright idea. She got the
knowledge from the books she read. To express her idea, she established a school for local people on the
backyard of Jepara city hall. In November 12,1903, she married Adipati Djoyodiningrat, the head of Rembang
regency. According to Javanese tradition Kartini had to follow her husband. Then she moved to Rembang.

In September 13, 1904 she gave a birth to her son. His name was Singgih. But after giving birth to a son, her
condition was getting worse and she finally passed away on September 17, 1904 on her 25 years old.

Now Kartini has gone. But her spirit and dream will always be in our heart. Nowadays Indonesian women
progress is influenced by Kartini's spirit stated on collection of letter "Habis gelap terbitlah terang" from the
dusk to the dawn.

Bomb in Bali

The bomb, in the resort of Kuta, destroyed the Sari Club and a crowded nightspot. Many people have fallen
victims to this blast. Many of them were foreign tourists, especially from Australia. They were burner beyond
recognition. Some tourist who were at the scene of the blast said there were two explosions around the
nightclub. One bomb had exploded outside Paddy’s Bar before a Bar bomb hit the Sari Club which was located
some meters away.

Hundred were injured in the explosion and about 220 Australians remain unaccounted for. The U.K. Foreign
Secretary, Jack Straw, said that 33 Britons were among those killed in the Bali attack. The Australian Primer
Minister, John Howard, called its borders, saying it had been a problem for a long time.

Lists of missing people have been posted in Bali and official said that it could take days to identity all the
victims, some of whom were trapped in the Sari Club by a wall of flames. A notice board at the hospital in Bali
includes a section called “Unknown Identity” and detailed list on victims such as : “Young girl in intensive care,
11-14 years old, face burned, income, Causation,” or “Girl in intensive care, about 5 years old, 130 cm, fair skin,
Caucasian with reddish brown hair. She has a purplish belly button ring.”

Many embassies, including the British and the American, are advising their people to cancel spending their
planned holidays in Indonesia, and all U.S. citizens in the country have been told to leave including diplomats
and non-essential government staff.
Visiting Bali"
There were so many places to see in Bali that my friend decided to join the tours to see as much as possible. My
friend stayed in Kuta on arrival. He spent the first three days swimming and surfing on Kuta beach. He visited
some tour agents and selected two tours. The first one was to Singaraja, the second was to Ubud.

On the day of the tour, he was ready. My friend and his group drove on through mountains. Singaraja is a city of
about 90 thousands people. It is a busy but quiet town. The street are lined with trees and there are many old
Dutch houses. Then they returned very late in the evening to Kuta.

The second tour to Ubud was a very different tour. It was not to see the scenery but to see the art and the craft
of the island. The first stop was at Batubulan, a center of stone sculpture. There my friend watched young boys
were carving away at big blocks of stone. The next stop was Celuk, a center for silversmiths and goldensmiths.
After that he stopped a little while for lunch at Sukawati and on to mass. Mass is a tourist center

My friend ten-day-stay ended very quickly beside his two tour, all his day was spent on the beach. He went
sailing or surfboarding every day. He was quiet satisfied.

My Horrible Experience
Let me remind you my experience during an earthquake last week. When the earthquake happened, I was on my
car. I was driving home from my vocation to Bali.
Suddenly my car lunched to one side, to the left. I thought I got flat tire. I did not know that it was an
earthquake. I knew it was an earthquake when I saw some telephone and electricity poles falling down to the
ground, like matchsticks.
Then I saw a lot of rocks tumbling across the road. I was trapped by the rock. Even I could not move my car at
all. There were rocks everywhere. There was nothing I could do but left the car and walked along way to my
house, in the town.
When I reached my town, I was so surprised that there was almost nothing left. The earthquake made a lot of
damage to my town. Although nothing was left, I thanked God that nobody was seriously injured.

Analyzing the Text

Generic Structure Analysis
Orientation; introducing the participant, using first person point of view, I was on the car las week.
Events; describing a series of event which happened. The car lunched to one side. Telephone and electricity
poles was falling down, etc.
Re-orientation; stating the writer's personal note. Thanking God because nobody was seriously injured.
Language Feature Analysis
Using personal participant; I
Using chronological connectives; then, and, suddenly
Using linking verb; was, were
Using action verb; moved, left, walked, made, etc
Using simple past tense pattern; earthquake happened, I was on the car, my car lunched on one side, etc

Definition of Recount
Recount is a text which retells events or experiences in the past. Its purpose is either to inform or to entertain
the audience. There is no complication among the participants and that differentiates from narrative

Generic Structure of Recount

1. Orientation: Introducing the participants, place and time
2. Events: Describing series of event that happened in the past
3. Reorientation: It is optional. Stating personal comment of the writer to the story

Language Feature of Recount

• Introducing personal participant; I, my group, etc
• Using chronological connection; then, first, etc
• Using linking verb; was, were, saw, heard, etc
• Using action verb; look, go, change, etc
• Using simple past tense