Nature

Nature

          Nature consists of biotic and abiotic components. Biotic components consist of living things such as animals, plants, humans, and others. While abiotic components consist of inanimate objects. All of those components are interconnected so that there is a reciprocal relationship between both of them. This reciprocal relationship is not always profitable for both. It is only profitable for one party and harmful for the other. All of this reciprocal relationship is called symbiosis.

          One of symbiosis examples in life is between Rafflesia Arnoldi with its host plant, this  is called parasitism symbiosis, which is only profitable for one of the parties and harmful for the other. This symbiosis is a natural thing. Another example  is between human and nature. Nature provides human needs such as residence and food, while humans maintain and provide CO2 for nature. This is called mutualism symbiosis which is profitable for both parties. However, humans and nature are not always mutually beneficial. If humans act arbitrarily, nature will wrath. Finally, humans and nature will harm each other.

          Humans often do arbitrarily without taking care of the nature. Cutting down trees for settlements and polluting water, air, and land. However I have been wondering why we as humans do not think about the negative impacts of all they did. I believe, we will receive kindness as a result of all our good deeds. On the other hand, bad actions will result in punishment. The punishment comes in the form of disasters such as  flood, landslides, and forest fires. Nature begins to show his anger if you treat it unfairly.

1. Humans throw garbage into the river

causing flood

2. Illegal logging without reforestation

causing landslide

          There is a time when nature provides all the needs of humans, but there are times also when nature is wrath because of what humans did. When it is angry, it will slowly cause destruction to the earth, damages as a result of natural disasters, and extinction of the creatures that live on earth including humans. Not all humans are evil to the nature. Of course there are people who care to the environment and we have to be that kind of people. As people who care about the environment, there are so many things we can do. Reforestation after cuting down trees and selective cutting down will prevent flood and landslide. We can also do 3Rs (Recycle, Reuse, Reduce) to lower the high amount of litter on earth, use bicycle or walk to reduce air pollution and many  others.

            As creatures who live on earth, we must always keep and maintain the nature so later it can still be used by our children and grandchildren.

My Holiday

                                                                           My Holiday

          My Holiday was very nice. Although I just stayed in Bandung and did not go out of town, it was still fun. Why did I say so ? Because approaching new year, my father came home. I always miss my father so much since he works in Riau. My father rarely comes home. He returns home about once every three months. It makes our family members rarely get together.

          On 30th December 2016 my father came. He brought a lot of gift that my sister and I liked. The gift was food such as Riau's bika ambon, some sweets, and pempek. As they  looked tasty, my family and I ate up pempek and Riau's bika ambon in the morning, just before the new year's day. After having breakfast with rice, some eggs and the food from my father, we went around the city by car and of course we did not forget to bring the sweets for our snack. All of the food given by my father was very delicious. Actually, one of the things that makes me happy when my father comes is when he brings the gift of food. If I do not buy snacks from the supermarket, I will quietly eat the food from my father. It always happens when my father comes home. I think, I am a snack monster.

       
          My family and I spent the new year's eve at Hasan Saputra street.  It is in Turangga, an area in South of Bandung. That address is where my relatives live. We left the house at 9 P.M., and arrived there 10 P.M. Our house is quite far. In there, we cooked a lot of dishes, such as beef goulash, soup, tempe, tahu, and the food that Iike the most : satay. We kept cooking and finished at 11.30 P.M. It was so long, wasn't it ? It was because we grilled the satay by ourselves. We waited for the new year before we ate all of the food.

         The 2017 new year finally arrived. My family and I were so excited at that moment. We talked while eating all of the food that we made. The new day, the new month, and the new year, each one was so amazing because it was  a holiday for all of us so we could spend our time with our family or with the people we love. I hope I could enjoy this moment again next year with my family.

         Besides spending my holiday with my family, I also spent my time doing TST. It is my high school (SMAN 3) theatre practice. Practice like this is a routine but this was different from the usual. This was prepared for the theater performance with a student theme in Nagabonar event and I was one of the players in this performance. We all practiced every day the whole week just before we came back to school.

          Actually doing this every day was tiring. However, I could do this because my friends and I encouraged each other. Besides my encouraging friends, there was also a coach who helped us to do our best for the show. It made our performance very good.

          That was all about my last holiday. Like I said, I did not go anywhere but it was really fun. Spending my holiday with my family and practicing T'ST were more  than fun for me. I hope my next holiday will be full of happiness like this one.