The Missing Child
28 Apr 2011 Leave a Comment
In the year of 1962, a child called Anti was born. No one knew what her mother thought while she was still in pregnancy term, but Anti was known as a kid who was always missing, and made everyone felt worried. One day, Anti and her family moved into a new house in a new city. And also moved into a different school, but it seemed like she got used to it faster that she thought. After several days she studied in her new school, Anti went to one of her friend’s house. At the age of 6, Anti who was still innocent, didn’t know her home address, and she just went to her friend’s house without thinking. After spending a great time in her friend’s house, she wanted to go home. Didn’t know what to do, she rode a ‘becak’. Because she didn’t know the address of her house, she gave the becak’s owner some directions based on her feeling. “Turn left right here. Oh, it’s wrong, turn right then”, that was what Anti said for hours. When the becak’s owner asked, “What is your home address?”, she kept saying that she didn’t know. In the other place, her mom and all people in her house felt extremely anxious. Her mother couldn’t call her, and so she didn’t know how to find her daughter. She started to go out from the house with her husband, and tried to find her missing daughter by car. After an hour searching, Anti who was still giving direction to the becak’s owner, saw her mother slightly on the other side of the road. She screamed, “That’s my mother, that way, that way!” she said. Her mother who also saw Anti was extremely happy and grateful that she could find her daughter. At first, her parents were about to get angry at her, but seeing that she was fine, they just suddenly lost their anger. And so they happily went home safely.
There was also a time when she became a second grade student. At that time, there were still exist such a ‘morning class’ for elementary student, and an ‘afternoon class’ for junior and senior high school student. Anti who was still a second grader finished her class earlier. Usually, she got picked by her driver after school time. But, there was a day, when her driver was late to pick her up. So she just waited for her driver in front of her school. Suddenly, her senior who was also her neighbor, saw Anti and walked towards her. She asked, “Anti, what are you doing here alone? Just come with me to my class. I’m worried if you stay here alone, it’s dangerous”, an innocent Anti followed her senior to the class. Few minutes later, Anti’s driver arrived at her school and didn’t see Anti. Without thinking and searching, he called Anti’s mother, and said that Anti was missing. Anti’s mother was shocked, confused, and very worried. She cried because she thought that Anti was kidnapped. She quickly called a police and asked them to search her beloved missing daughter. After several hours, they hadn’t found Anti. At school, the class was finally over. Anti was taken home by her senior who was also her neighbor. When she arrived, she saw a lot of people gathered in front of her house. There were police’s car and also some neighbors. She also saw her mom who was speaking with some polices in front of her house. She got off from the car, and her mother who suddenly saw her, ran to her and gave her a hug while crying. Anti who didn’t know anything asked, “Why? Are you ok? Why are there so many people here?” Without answering, her mother took her inside the house. After knowing what exactly happened, Anti felt guilty for her mother and everybody. So after that, she started to be more careful, and stop being a ‘missing child’. 
By: Atika Andianti
SURVEY
12 Apr 2011 Leave a Comment
in Survey
Since our blog’s theme is about natural wonders. So, we made a survey by asking people about what natural wonders which they have seen in their lives. And also how did they feel when they saw it. We asked 29 people for this survey, and here are the results:
Question 1 : Have you ever seen any natural wonders?
□ Yes
□ No
From 29 respondents, all of them (100%) have seen natural wonders.
Question 2 : If yes, when did you see it?
□ Recently
□ A long time ago
From 29 respondents, 17 of them with percentage of 58,6% saw it ‘recently, and 12 of them with percentage of 41,3% saw the natural wonders ‘a long time ago’.
Question 3 : Where did you see it?
□ In Indonesia
□ Outside Indonesia
□ Both
From 29 respondents, 8 of them with percentage of 31,03% saw it in Indonesia, 11 of them with percentage of 37,9% saw it outside of Indonesia, and 9 of them with percentage of 31,03% saw it both in and outside of Indonesia.
Question 4 : What kind of natural wonders have you ever seen?
□ Scenery
□ Others
From 29 respondents, 23 of them with percentage of 79,3% saw a ‘scenery’ natural wonders, such as mountain, desert, etc. And 6 of them with percentage of 20,6% saw other kinds of natural wonders.
Question 5 : How did you react to it?
□ Excited
□ Scared
□ So-so
From 29 respondents, 25 of them 86,2% were excited, none of them were scared, and 4 of them with percentage of 13,7% felt just ‘so-so’ when they saw the natural wonders.
As we can see from the survey above, natural wonders is not known as something quite strange among human beings. Though Indonesia is known for it’s natural wonders we know that there are also natural wonders outside of Indonesia, which we know is true based on the survey that says people has seen natural wonders in Indonesia and also outside of Indonesia. Not all people get to see natural wonders at the same time, that is why some respondents may say that they have seen natural wonders recently while others say to have seen it a long time ago. Earth is filled with all kinds of natural wonders, most people tend to see sceneries rather than other types of natural wonders. The sight of a natural wonder may cause different reactions to people who see it, the most common reaction is excitement. But there are also a few people who say that they are not excited nor scared when they see a natural wonder. People are less likely to feel scared.
The Barringer Meteor Crater
07 Apr 2011 Leave a Comment
Some of the natural wonders are known for their beauty. The Meteor Crater is not one of them. It looks like a big hole in the desert. It was caused by a meteorite hitting the earth thousands of years ago. A meteorite is a rock that crashed into the earth that came from outer space.
The crater is 4,145 feet across, and 570 feet deep and is the largest impact crater in the whole entire world. There are others in Mexico, Antarctica, Australia, and Siberia.
In 1871 the Europeans thought it was a clasped top of a volcano. However, in 1902 Dr. Daniel Barringer proved that the rocks around the hole were NOT volcanic and showed a couple of signs that mean it was crushed by an enormous body going at the speed of 43,125 mph. The explosion would have been about forty times as large as the atomic bomb that destroyed the city Hiroshima in Japan in 1945.
At first no one could understand why the crater itself is known as the Barringer Meteor Crater. Some people thought that the meteorite was buried under the ground. Then after a while scientists discovered that this 77,000 ton rock, almost 80 to 100 feet across, had smashed into pieces when it landed.
The meteor crater lies in Arizona between the towns of Flagstaff and Winslow.
In 1946 a meteorite collector who goes by the name of Harvey H. Nininger analyzed the tiny metallic particles mixed into soil around the crater, along with some little “bombs” of melted rock within it. He decided that both particles were solidified droplets, which must have condensed from the cloud of rock and metal at impact. Then he believed this was proof that the crater was created by an explosion. The plain around the crater was covered with chunks of meteoritic iron- over 30 tons of it, scattered all over an area 8 to 10 miles in diameter.
Meteor Crater is today a popular tourist attraction privately owned by the Barringer family, with an admission fee charged to see the crater. The Meteor Crater Visitor Center on the north rim features interactive exhibits and displays about meteorites and asteroids, space, the solar system and comets. It features the American Astronaut Wall of Fame, and such artifacts on display as an Apollo boilerplate command module (BP-29), a 1,406 pound meteorite found in the area, and meteorite specimens from Meteor Crater that can be touched. Formerly known as the Museum of Astrogeology, the Visitor Center includes a movie theater, a gift shop, and observation areas with views inside the rim of the crater. Guided tours of the rim are offered daily.
The crater continues to be a focus for scientific research.
Source : http://library.thinkquest.org/J002388/naturalwonders.html
The Matterhorn
07 Apr 2011 Leave a Comment
The Matterhorn (German), Monte Cervino (Italian) or Mont Cervin (French), is a mountain in the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy. Its summit is 4,478 metres (14,692 ft) high, making it one of the highest peaks in the Alps. The four steep faces, rising above the surrounding glaciers, face the four compass points. The mountain overlooks the town of Zermatt in the canton of Valais to north-east and Breuil-Cervinia in the Aosta Valley to the south. The Theodul Pass, located at the eastern base of the peak, is the lowest passage between its north and south side.
The Matterhorn was the last great Alpine peak to be climbed and its first ascent marked the end of the golden age of alpinism. It was made in 1865 by a party led by Edward Whymper and ended tragically when four of its members fell to their deaths on the descent. The north face was not climbed until 1931, and is amongst the six great north faces of the Alps. The Matterhorn is one of the deadliest peaks in the Alps: from 1865 – when it was first climbed – to 1995, 500 alpinists died on it.
The Matterhorn has become an iconic emblem of the Swiss Alps and the Alps in general. Since the end of the 19th century, when railways were built, it attracted more and more visitors and climbers. Each summer a large number of mountaineers try to climb the Matterhorn via the north-east Hörnli ridge, the most popular route to the summit.
