Jumat, 30 Maret 2012

Uang, Teori dan Prakteknya di Indonesiaku









Uang merupakan alat pembayaran umum yang sudah dipakai di Negriku Indonesia mulai dari dulu hingga sekarang. Secara prateknya, semua pasti sudah menggunakannya. Dari usia muda hingga usia lanjut yang sudah lupa ingatan pun, pasti sangat menyukai uang. Bagaimana dengan anda? Saya? Teman di sebelah anda? Boss anda? atau bahkan pacar anda? Jawabannya pasti sama. Semua cinta uang.

Secara teori, menurut D.H Robertson dalam bukunya Money, uang adalah sesuatu yang dapat diterima dalam pembayaran untuk mendapatkan pembayaran. Arti dalam teori hampir menyamai dengan prakteknya. Tapi tahukah anda apa yang berbeda? Tanya siapa? Siapa yang tahu?

Indonesia dengan populasinya yang padat semakin membuat kondisi ekonomi yang rumit. Tidak hanya pemerintah yang merasakan, semua lapisan masyarakat pun ikut merasakannya. Bagaimana membuat regulasi, kebijakan, sampai implementasinya. Semua sangat rumit.
Baru-baru ini kondisi yang sangat mengguncang dan membuat resah kondisi masyarakat adalah kenaikan BBM. Lihat demo besar-besaran sebagai tindakan agresif dari masyarakat yang tidak menginginkan kenaikan tetapi dari segi pemerintahan dan lembaga wajib melakukan itu. Lalu apa yang harus diperbuat?
Presiden SBY mulai kembali buka suara soal polemik kenaikan harga BBM subsidi yang terjadi saat ini. SBY menyatakan kenaikan harga BBM harus dilakukan agar perekonomian Indonesia tetap kuat dan anggaran sehat "Kata Pak SBY dalam DetikFinance". Statement yang dikeluarkan ini kalau dipikir-pikir memang harus dilakukan, tapi permasalahannya bagaimana supaya semua orang bisa menerimanya.

Masyarakat Indonesia sangat menyukai barang/sesuatu hal apapun yang disubsidi. Seperti BBM. Contoh yang pertama : Orang yang memiliki mobil CRV saat mengisi bensin, tidak mengisi Pertamax tapi Premium. Bensin bersubsidi digunakan tidak perduli dengan tujuan subsidinya.Contoh yang kedua : Semua orang Indonesia saat ini menggunakan Handphone bermerk Blackberry. Mulai dari karyawan biasa yang bekerja SPG/SPB sampai sekelas Manajer, rata-rata menggunakan smartphone tersebut. Hal ini membuktikan bahwa pendapatan orang Indonesia sebagian digunakan untuk barang-barang sekunder yang sudah dijadikan barang primer. Contoh ketiga : Pengemis di jalanan. Orang Indonesia pada umumnya malas bekerja, lebih menyukai meminta daripada memberi. Ini terbukti dengan pengemis serta fakir miskin yang ada dijalanan. Orang muda, sehat, dan tidak cacat tetapi meminta-minta di jalanan, angkutan umum, dan rumah penduduk. Mereka sanggup bekerja, masih mempunyai tenaga tapi tak mau menggunakannya. "Padahal ada pepatah lebih baik tangan diatas, daripada tangan dibawah". Masih banyak contoh-contoh lain yang ada di negeriku Indonesia. Ayo kita bangkit bersama benahi sistem moneter di negeri ini mulai dari sendiri. Dan ingat prinsipnya Uang bukan segalanya, tapi dengan uang anda bisa melakukan segalanya". Sejahterakan diri anda, dengan gali potensi anda semaksimal mungkin. Bangkitlah INDONESIAku..


















Selasa, 24 Mei 2011

structure and written expression


PART A

1. Question : In addition to the more traditional simple oven many__________ either by circulating heated air around the food or by heating the moisture contained in the food with microwaves, and a few do both.

Answer : C. Modern oven function

2. Question : ________ many communication companies are now able to offer radio and television broadcasts over the internet.

Answer : D. With the introduction of advanced technology.

3. Question : From the beginning of the twentieth century to the present, technology ________ people are beginning to imagine there are no limits to what we can achieve.

Answer : C. has progressed to the point that.

4. Question : A trap ______ disguise is what has come to be called a Trojan Horse, from the ancient story of the gift ot the wooden horse from the Greeks.

Answer : D. offered as a gift in

5. Question : Telecomuting is a new form of work ______ to work, such as fathers with children, the chance to work while remaining at home.

Answer : A. affording those previously unable.

6. Question : It is the lack of gravity on the moon that makes ______ lepas of 30 feet or more

Answer : A. possible

7. Question : It is believed that the modern bird ______ the pterodactyls that existed millions of years ago

Answer : B. evolved from

8. Question : Although ______ a successful film, none of her other works have to date been adapted to the film format.

Answer : D. Amy Tan’s best known novel, The Joy Luck Club, made.

9. Question : The advent of the personal computer and easy access to information via the internet has allowed many more enterpreuners _________ than ever before.

Answer : C. opening bussinesses home-based

10. Question : ________ “orca” means whale, the orca is actually a member of the dolphin family, the delphinds.

Answer : C. While

11. Qusetion : Many modern critcs of American literature have called Mark Twain, born Samuel Clemens, _________.

Answer : C. America’s greatest writer

12. Question : its area of defense, afort should be built on an elevation and with some sort of natural feature of the landscape to obstruct direct access to the fort.

Answer : A. To better protect

13. Question : An iron smelting forge _________ ore into usable metals.

Answer : A. melts.

14. Question : The one in charge of a meeting _______ toward the end of the meeting.

Answer : D. generally tables important topics.

15. Question : Sufficient gravitational force is ______ atmosphere; otherwise will drift off into space.

Answer : D. necessary to retain a planet’s.

PART B

Direction : Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be grammatically correct.

16. Question : Because of the enormous pull gravitational of the Moon, the shape of the Earth

A B

actually changes as the largest oceans are “pulled” toward the Moon.

C D

Answer : A. gravitation

17. Question : Only with the advent of refrigerator were most Americans able to begin to

A B C

consume fresh meat.

D

Answer : A. refrigerators

18. Question : The smaller of all nine planets in the solar system is Pluto.

A B C D

Answer : A. smallest

19. Question : The funcion of a biologist is both to describe organisms in minute detail also to

A B C

understand why they behave as they do.

D

Answer : C. also to and

20. Question : According to all findings to date, the known universe consists almost entirely of

A B C

the hydrogen.

Answer : D. hydrogen

21. Question : Because of their flexibility, reeds and straw are able to endure harsh winds that

A B

other more brittle materials like brick and concrete would not be able to

C

withstanding

D

Answer : D. withstand

22. Question : Before hay can be processed and sold, it is typically bundled into boxlike bales so

A B C

that it can be more easily transport

D

Answer : D. transport transported

23. Question : Most of the birds living in desert regions inhabits the fringers of the desert.

A B C D

Answer : B. inhabits

24. Question : Areas of rocks may shifts up or down on each side of a fault

A B C D

Answer : B. shift

25. Question : From the 1850s until after the turn of the century, many of America’s super-rich

A

families made Newport his favorite summer resort.

B C D

Answer : D. his their

26. Question : Of Jane Austeen’s six great novels, the first four were published anonymous

A B C

during her lifetime

D

Answer : B. were was

27. Question : Clarence Birdseye is best know for developing a process for freezing food in small

A B C D

packages.

Answer : B. known

28. Question : It was as a direct result of the widespread implementation electricity that the US

A B C

had a source of light other than gas lights.

D

Answer : C. implementing

29. Question : The Smithsonian Istitution in Washington D.C is home to the largest collecting of

A B

Native American artifacts in the United States, most of which remain uncatalogued

C D

and hidden from public view.

Answer : B. collection

30. Question : In the modern era, face-to-face communication is becoming near as uncommon as

A B C

hand-written letters.

D

Answer : B. nearer

31. Question : The leaves of most coniferous species are slender and length

A B C D

Answer : D. length long

32. Question : Like an airplane, a helicopter have to control sticks instead of one.

A B C D

Answer : C. have has

33. Question : Much bright young stras lie along the spiral arms of the Milky Way Galaxy.

A B C D

Answer : A. much many

34. Question : Hippocrates believed that health depended on the balanced of the four fluids of the

A B C D

body : blood,phlegm,bile,and black bile.

Answer : C. balance

35. Question : Because mistletoe berries are poisonous, everyone with Christmas decorations

A

containing mistletoe need to be aware of the potential danger.

B C D

Answer : C. needs

36. Question : The earliest known artworks were done by cavemen which used a mixture of clay,

A B C

chalk and burned

D

Answer : C. which who

37. Question : The Earth’s crust is composed of fifteen Plates which float on the partially molten

A B C

layer below they.

D

Answer : D. they them

38. Question : The cabinet consist of secretaries of departments, who report to the president, give

A B

him advice, and helping him make decisions.

C D

Answer : C.help

39. Question : Operas can be broadly classfied as either comedies or they are tragedies.

A B C D

Answer : C. without they are.

40. Question : During the annualy salmon migration from the sea to fresh water, Alaska’s

A B

McNeil River becomes a gathering place for brown bears waiting eagerly to catch

C D

their fill.

Answer : A. annual