Form Junkie to Pro
A destructive obsession can be turned into a success. In his second year of high school, Bisri started online gaming. Soon it started to mess up his life. He skipped meals, showers, and toilet breaks. He did not sleep much, was late for school and argued with his family. When his classmates graduated and he failed, Bisri was shocked. He came home and deleted all the games on his computer. For a week he had the symptoms of a drug addict withdrawal : stomachache, headache and extreme sweating. It was hard but he held on. He finished school a year later, was accepted in a game designing school and got a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. Now, he creates games that can only be played once a week for an hour. He keeps campaigning againts game addiction. Playing games is fine as long as it does not control your life.
Unsung Heroes
One day in the early 1940’s, several injured guerilla fighters came to poor farmer named Dodit. Despite his limitations, Dodit did all he could to help fighters. He tended their wounds and gave them a place to sleep in his humble hut, hiding them from the Dutch troops. A few days later, another bunch of soldiers who were seriously injured appeared at the door. In spite of their great fear of being discovered by the Dutch, Dodit and his wife also gave them shelter, food, and all the care they needed. Finally, when all the fighters were back on their feet, they left the kind couple with renewed strength and spirit.
Classified of Paintings
Based on the media used, paintings can be classfied into three types : oil, pastel and acrylic. The first oil paintings, using drying oil. Oil paint has become the main medium to create artworks. Raden Saleh and Basuki Abdullah, famous Indonesian painters, used oil point. The second type is pastel paintings, using a painting medium in the form of sticks. Each stick consists of a powdered pigment and a binder. The same pigments are used to produce all colored art media, including oil paint. Because the surface of a pastel painting is fragile and easily gets dirty, it needs to be protected, such as by using a glass frame. Indonesian painters Sholihin, Kusnadi, and Soenarto use a pastel. The third type be made thinner with water, but becomes water resistant when dry. The finished acrylic painting can resemble a watercolor or an oil painting. One Indonesian painter who use acrylic is Maruto.
Are They Different?
Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) TV and Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) TV have similirities as well as differences. Both CRT and LCD TV’s function mainly as a medium for visual entertainment, and are affordable for most households. However their differences are quite clear. First, the CRT is bulky and heavy but LCD is slim and slight. Second CRT screen resolution is excellent, with high energy consumption, while LCD screen resolution is poor, with relatively low energu consumption. Third CRT radiation can harm viewers who watch TV too long, whereas LCD TV releases a low mount of radiation will not harm viwers.
Flash Flood
A flash flood, localized flooding, usually happens on a sloping ground along a small creek over a relatively short time. Torrential rain, as well as melting ice and snow, high up on a hill or in a mountainous area, charges down and can change a 15 to 30 cm deep creek into a 1.5 m deep raging river in one or two hours. The roaring water will reach well above a creek’s banks. A flash flood recedes as rapidly as it accours. However the damage to the sorrounding areas can be devastating because extremely fast moving water is very powerful. It sweeps awaly people, animals, and objects such as houses and vehicles in seconds.
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