My Two Brothers are Dismantled by The World

Every person is a new door to different world (Six Degrees of Separation), a brief quotation I unintentionally found in magazine two months ago really enlightens me that having differences is very pervasive. It is the omnipresent power of nature that assembles every person is different from the others; although they are real family, there are still differences between each in family. The power of nature persuades me that the world between my two brothers is definitely acceptable as well. Once you see my two brothers, you may argue that they are not exactly siblings, yet they are. It is in common that beauty is in the eye of beholder, yet it is not only about the taste and preference. My two brothers are really different in every way; you would distinguish more differences rather than similarities. Moreover, you might conclude that each of them owns their own worlds without a line connecting their worlds. My first brother and my second brother greatly live in disparity as both of them have their own special characteristics, and these three comparisons would reflect that the world of dissimilarity between my two brothers is truly exist and makes each of them poles apart.

To begin with, the most distinguishable difference is their appearance. My first brother, Akrim, is fat, plump, broad-shouldered boy; otherwise we can say that he is big. Surprisingly, he is much taller than my father whose height is merely reaching Akrim’s ears since Akrim’s height is approximately 180 cm. Thus, he is the biggest and the tallest person among my family as well. He has ginger and wavy hair and he always tousles his hair as he does not really like neat appearance. He has never had his hair be combed; he likes to wear t-shirt everywhere he goes and indeed jeans. I once asked the reason he likes to live in messiness and he answered me briefly that he feels uncomfortable being neat. Unlike Akrim, my second brother who is called Haidi is the smallest and thinnest person in my family; however, he is not the shortest. He is in averaged-tall for boys aged 15. He has black and thick hair; moreover, he is kind of person who will not have a hair out which means he really likes to have neat appearance. I rarely find him wears t-shirt as he always wears shirt even when he wants to go playing with his friends. When you see Akrim and Haidi stands in line, you will notice at a glance how different they are. Hence, appearance is the first difference that they show to you.

The second thing that makes them really live in disparity is their personal traits. Akrim has worse personal traits as he is such a foul-tempered person. His temper is easily flared when he notices a thing does not suit him and he always punches his brothers or sisters when one of us unintentionally annoys him. Suppose you get his punches, you will never forget the pain for the world as his arms are perfectly made up for perfect punches, strong and big. That is the reason why I always avoid arguing with him. Not only bad tempered, he is also kind of person who has less patience. He panics easily when he could not find something he looks for and the worst things are he often turns the place upside down and yells loudly. In contrast, Haidi is much calmer than Akrim. He never shows his anger off; he prefers to be quiet when he starts to get mad. He can deal with patience and he always does everything carefully, unlike Akrim. He speaks softly and his speech is also well-controlled. Therefore, Akrim uses his heart less than Haidi does.

The last dissimilarity you can notice between my two brothers is the way they use their brain or the way they learn, one man’s food is another’s poison. Akrim could deal with numbers standing on his head. Solving physics and math problems is like falling off a log for him even he does not know the formula; he uses his logic to create the formula and solve the problems. He has passion for numbers and computer programming. However, there is a weakness frightening him, it is his inability memorize written theories. Red marks always appear in his school report for English, Biology, and History as well. Different from Akrim, Haidi has his main power in memorizing; consequently, his English, Biology, and History are almost in perfect score. He thinks nothing of memorizing the brain cells; he needs only few minutes to memorize them all. He is the master of memorizing lesson, yet he is the worst of counting numbers, everything about numbers. In conclusion, Akrim deals with his logic more while Haidi deals with his memory.

Briefly, the existence of the world between them can be noticed easily. Their different appearance is the first thing you can spot at a glance and their second difference, their personal traits describes how they are really trapped in disparity. In addition, the dissimilarity between the way they learn becomes additional difference completing the former comparisons as well. Blood is always thicker than water, which is the reason why I still love my two brothers though they are not same at all. I convince myself that there must be sweet silver lining beneath their differences since their special characteristics make them more special for me. Furthermore, every person is unique. Though each of them has different worlds and no line linking their worlds, I still completely love them and having such brothers is kind of a pride.

Luh Eka Yulianthi

Libraries to Go at State University of Malang

Library is a place that is important to search for some references. In State University of Malang, many libraries have been built. Those building can assist the students to raise their knowledge. In each faculty in this university, we may find some libraries which are built to help the students getting some information. Two of them are the main library and the faculty of letters’ library. We can find them in our campus and also visit there whenever we want. Nevertheless, we must also recognize that there are some differences between the main library and the faculty of letters’ library.

First of all, the main library provides complete facilities. It is because facilities are the main aspects to attract the students to come there. The main library gives lots of hotspot areas, thus we can browse the information freely. However, we actually need a wider spot in the main library to access the internet. Unlike the main library, the faculty letters’ library provides the limited network and also the limited place to access the hot spot. The students also have to ask the assistant when they borrow or return some books from library. There are a few computers to search for some sources in catalog. Different from the faculty of letters’ library, the main library has some online computers that can help the student to borrow or return some books. They can do those themselves without asking to the assistant and also standing in line for a long time. Then, the main library has large reading room while the faculty of letters’ library has small reading room which is divided by four rooms. Hence, the main library is more comfortable than the faculty of letters’ library.

Second, like the main library, the faculty of letters’ library should provide more references. It can provide more various books, not only literary works but also other subjects. So, the student will be interested in coming there. They are able to read the book, exercise their homework, and also discuss with their friends. By adding many interesting books, providing more great novels written by the famous authors and also expanding the room for reading room, perhaps the students will be more interested to come. Thus all students from other department could visit there also. In brief, the faculty of letters’ library is expected to assist the students to add their knowledge easily.

In addition, different from the faculty of letters’ library, in main library, we know that some books are too old to be used. Many of them are worn out. Sometimes, when we read some, there are several missing pages each book. It influences the student to get the information, so they will be difficult to search for the information. Therefore the main library’s assistant should replace with the new ones and that are suitable with the demand of the modern age.

In conclusion, it is clear that the main library and the faculty of letters’ library are different. We can look at from the hotspot areas till the quality of book. The main library is more complete than the faculty of letters’ library. That is because the main library provides many facilities that can help the student to improve their knowledge, but it does not mean that the faculty of letters’ library is the worst. The main library must also replace some books that are worn out, so the students will feel comfortable to go there.

Alvin Nouval

Between OZ and UK

Living in the southern part of the world makes Australian looks differently from their neighbor nations. If we compare them to the native of the land, Aborigine, or other people who live on the land among them; we may guess that perhaps their grandfather and their grand grandfather were not natively born on the earth of Australia. Actually, Australian came from the northern land of Europe, England. That’s why there are so many indicators to consider Australian as Englishman’s brother. Their ancestry connection can be proofed by the origin of their race, their language, and their way of thinking. Although they are comparable in some ways, Australian and Englishman can be differed into their accents and their behaviour.

Australian and Englishman are alike because of some reasons. As example, based on history written, around 400 years ago, the Englishman Isles were in a condition of continuous war. Not only different regions of Britain were fighting each other, but also the entire of the region was continually being invaded by mainland armies. As a result, in 1788, the Scottish, Irish, Welsh and English troublemakers along with soldiers were exported to the southern part of the world, where they laid a new state of Australia there few years later. Thus, why Australians nowadays looks like Englishman are because they once became United Kingdom natives. In addition, that is why Australian could speak English in their daily life as well as Englishman does because of their history. They can pronounce every single letter as fluent as Englishman does. So, similarly to Englishman, Australian uses English as their mother tongue. Therefore, because of the language and race similarity, Australian also pictures how Englishman people thinking. Like Englishman who are very secular and realistic, Australian constructed that way too. Both Australian and Englishman judge everything from logical aspect rather than divine aspect. Compared to their history, their language usage, and their mindset, Australian is Englishman.

However, meters matter in differences. As two nations who are living with distance trait, they distinct each other. For example, Australian speaks English differently contrasted to the way Englishman speaks even though they have a language in common. Australian English has been heavily influenced by American English. Consequently, Australians often use the American spelling for words such as 'organization’. Australian uses "the couple is happy," rather than Englishman "the couple are happy." Furthermore, another example that can distinguish Australian from Englishman is their contrast behaviour. Unlike Australian who is rather straight-forward and simple, Englishman is calm and likes to have a roundabout expression to say in their conversation. Besides, in contrast to Australian who is fighting with the wildlife of the desert, Englishman who lives under the grey sky of England is considered as more cultured and polite. In conclusion, explained from statements above, distance trait makes them different in some ways.

Although the two nations different in some aspects, they share more than one similarities. For instance, based on the passages above, we could comprehend that Australian is Englishman because of their similarities in the way of history, their language usage, and their mindset. On the other hand, they also distinguish each other based on their way to speak English and their behaviour. In conclusion, Australian and Englishman: different, yet alike.

Ardhi Eka Fadilah

Nuclear Fusion vs Nuclear Fission

Nuclear energy should be a consideration for the future with the rapidly depleting supply of fossil fuels. This type of energy can be created through nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. Nuclear fission is the splitting of a heavy atom into two or more parts, releasing huge amounts of energy. The release of energy can be controlled and captured for generating electricity. Nuclear fusion involves bombarding hydrogen atoms together to form helium. Although both of them are types of nuclear, there are some outstanding differences between nuclear fusion and nuclear fission.

Cost and availability of fuel is a considerable factor when dealing with nuclear power. Fission requires an element that can be easily split in a particle accelerator, such as uranium or plutonium. Fusion, on the other hand, uses isotopes of hydrogen atoms, specifically deuterium and tritium that can be obtained from ordinary water. Uranium ores occur naturally in many parts of the world but must go through a costly purification process before used as fuel. The unprocessed ore contains approximately 99.3% uranium-238, a non-fissionable isotope of uranium, and only about 0.7% of U-235 required for fission. One hydrogen atom out of 6700 appears as deuterium, a naturally occurring isotope of hydrogen with an extra neutron, and can easily be separated from the rest. Uranium-235 is a non-renewable resource that will eventually run out, much like the fossil fuels. The abundance of deuterium and lithium provide a virtually unlimited supply of fuel for nuclear fusion. Therefore, nuclear fusion seems to be the better choice.

Second, the potential amount of energy produced by fusion can greatly outweigh the fission. Originally, there are some disadvantages to fusion. The time and money required to develop technology needed to initiate, contain, and sustain a profitable fusion reaction is costly, but the development is still in its early stages and will continue to advance through the next century. Fission creates a chain reaction which must be slowed through use of a moderator to avoid core meltdown, while fusion can only be accomplished at temperatures similar to the centre of stars, about 100 million degrees Celsius. The components used in fusion exist in the form of plasma where atoms are divided into electrons and nuclei. No solid material known to man can withstand temperatures necessary for nuclear fusion, but several methods of containment are being researched, magnetic confinement and inertial confinement. Until recently, all fusion devices developed have used much more energy than produced, but the latest designs have been able to generate an equal amount of energy to that required to sustain the reaction. Finally, fusion of a given mass of deuterium will be able to create over four times the energy produced through fission of an equal mass of uranium. It is just a matter of time and development before useful amounts of electricity can be produced through fusion.

Finally, the biggest concern people have about nuclear power is the production of radioactive waste among other hazards. First, the radioactive waste produced by fission remains highly radioactive for thousands of years. Fusion produces only low levels of short lived radiation, decaying almost completely within 100 years. Secondly, neither fission nor fusion reactors produce the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming and acid rain. Finally, a malfunction of the moderator in nuclear fission reactors almost assures a core meltdown. Fusion reactions, however, are so extremely difficult to sustain that if anything were to go wrong, the reaction would invariably stop. After examining the potential of such technologies as fusion it becomes the obvious choice over fission.

In conclusion, nuclear fusion has much more potential for long term use than the current fission reactors, even though in the short term it may cost a little more to develop. The small price to pay for development of fusion technology seems trivial in comparison to the price of the planet.

Ivana Okta Riyani

Food for Thought

Food is very important for us since human body depends on it to stay healthy. That is why we have to be selective in choosing the kind of fare to be consumed. People are accustomed with fast food and home-cooked meal, and both of them are tasty. However, they have several differences in nutrition or health aspect, variety and price.
The first aspect is the fact that the nutrition inside fast food and home-cooked meal is extremely different. Fast food is good in taste so that a lot of people like it. However, most fast food is not good for people’s health. The quality of the ingredients that are used to make it is not good, and it means that it is lack of nutrition that is needed by our body. It causes many potential risks to the body. Most of the fast food contain a large number of fat, and it can cause cholesterol problems. On the contrary, home-cooked meal is healthier than fast food. It uses ingredients which are good in nutrition and it can make our body stay in a healthy condition.
The second phase that differentiate them is that the home-cooked meal are more various than fast food which is lack of variety. As we know, we can only eat monotone kind of fast food such as fried chicken, pizza, hamburger or any kind of instant noodles. Unlike fast food, home-cooked meal is rich in kinds. We are able to mix the ingredients or add something that we want and also create a lot of new menus so that we will not get bored to eat it.
The third aspect is we can save money if we consume home-cooked meal. Fast food is more expensive since it helps people a lot to save their time. It is instant and very easy to get. People do not have to waste their time and energy to cook. In contrast to fast food, home-cooked meal is cheaper. By cooking and eating it, we will not waste our money and we can save it for another daily needs.
In conclusion, fast food and home-cooked meal are extremely different in health aspect or nutrition, variety, and price. Fast food might be better for people who are busy to save their time, yet it will give negative effect to the body if we consume it too much and too often. On the other hand home-cooked meal is very good in health aspect, variety and price. Due to those considerations, I believe that consuming home-cooked meal will give good result to our health. If we want to live in a good and healthy way it will be better to choose the home-cooked meal as our daily fare.

Comparison and Contrasr Essay

Dear Students,

Please publish your comparison and contrast essay. I do expect that by next Thursday (November 26th 2009) everyone will have posted his/her essay.

Write down your name on the title so that it will be easy for me to check who has submitted his/her work and who has not.

Happy blogging!
Anik Nunuk Wulyani

Ivana Okta Riyani

Indonesia and Its Beautiful Sights

Every country in this world must have had some beautiful sights to see. They might be the beach, lake, palace or any other enchanting places to see. They become something to be proud of, everybody likes to talked about them.
Every tourist must have been interested to these places because of their beauty, and I am really sure that they become the most wanted places to be visited by many tourists. So does in my beloved country, Indonesia, there are also some beautiful sights you will ever see.
First of all, let us go to Jogjakarta, it is located in the south of Central Java. Jogjakarta which is usually called Jogja has a lot of glorious places as the tourist destinations. We have Parangtritis Beach for instance, it is a very lovely beach with beautiful view. Its white sand and the running wave will not make the visitors easily forget its beauty. We can ride a horse along the shore and enjoy the lovely panorama there. I am sure that it will be the one of the must be visited place in Jogja.
Still in Jogja, yet we move to the temples. It is used to be one of the seven wonders in the world. Yup, it is Borobudur Temple. It is the biggest Buddha temple in this world and it is very gorgeous. The temple is very wide and high, after walking on the entire temple we will feel very tired yet very happy. We can know about the history from the relief on the temple walls. There is a myth, if we could touch the bellybutton of one of the Buddha statues, our will is going to be true. People believe in this myth, so they are always trying to touch it when they visit Borobudur. Besides, we still have Prambanan Temple, a Hindu temple, it is the biggest Hindu temple in Indonesia. It consists of one thousands statues, and a very great story stands behind it. The story of Lara Jonggrang and Bandung Bondowoso. It is a very well known story in Indonesia. Actually, Jogja still has many great tourist destinations such as Keraton, Malioboro and some Museums. You must be disappointed if you do not include these places as your destinations when you visit Jogja.
Secondly let us move to the paradise island in Indonesia, Bali. Tourists all over the world must have known about this place. The lovely island with so many beautiful beaches. Let begin with Kuta, it is a very famous beach in Bali. Many tourists make this beach as a must be visited beach when they visit Bali. The view, the breeze, the sand, the wave and everything there make everyone wants to stay for a long time and come back there whenever they visit Bali again. Next is Sanur, we will get the best sunrise view there. It is very great, everyone will not forget the beauty of the view there. After Sanur we have Tanah Lot, it is obvious that this beach is also gorgeous. It has a cave which is kept by a white snake.
The other destination, yet still in Bali is Bedugul. A beautiful lake with some Balinese temples or Pura. We can do some water sports there while enjoying the lovely scenery. Anyway, there are still many great destinations in Bali, for example Sangeh the monkey’s kingdom, Sukowati the traditional market in Bali, Tampaksiring etc. Tourists must visit all of them when they go to Bali.
They are just some of the examples of lovely places in my country. Indonesia still has many of gorgeous places to be visited. And I am very proud of them. I love my country since it has some of the most beautiful sights you will ever see and you must visit all of them.