Tuck Everlasting – Natalie Babbitt

What if you could live forever?

Now, I want to give you a review of a book titled Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt. There may be some who have read this book and some have not been read this book.

This book tells the story of a family, Tuck Family, who accidentally drank water from magic spring that can make them live forever without being old. Is it a blessing or a curse? As a result, they live alone away from the settlement and they also keep the secret tightly. They closed the spring in order that no one had anything like them.

Until one day a girl named Winnie Foster, a daughter who has a magical forest where it had spring, met with the Tuck Family, Jesse Tuck, who has a secret. They met in a magical spring. When Winnie wanted to drink from that spring, Jesse forbid her. Then, Winnie was taken by the Tuck Family to their house to explain about their secret, which was to live forever without being old at all.

At first, Winnie did not believe the story. But she discovered new things that she could not have from her family in Tuck Family. Without realizing it, she was happy to live with the Tuck Family. Until finally, she had to part with Jesse and Tuck Family.

In the end, Winnie had to choose whether she wanted to live forever and be able to continue her life with Jesse whom she liked or had a normal life and died? It is very difficult decision for Winnie. Until the end she chose her own path.

A spring that can make life forever and never old? For those of you is this a blessing or a curse? Which one do you choose? Live forever and can not die or live a normal life and death at any time? In the end, it depends on ourselves.

This book is very fascinating, written in simple language which is easily understood and can be read by all ages. This book teaches us that living forever is not a blessing. Due to the Tuck family, it was a curse that they could not eliminate.

For me, this book gives a lot of messages. All choices have good and bad sides. So we should be wise in our choices. As did Winnie, in the end she has her own choice.

Thank you.. Have a nice reading.. J

KOPHI PANAS 1: For Better Health

Now, I want to tell you about my previous activities. Regarding the social projects of the organization that I follow. Yes, I am a member of KOPHI. In division of research and development. Previously, KOPHI is a youth organization engaged in the environment. KOPHI can be a platform for young people who want to be part of the solution to the problem of climate change so that they can move to carry out a collective and sustained action for the creation of a sustainable environment.

So, a few weeks ago, at March 28, 2015 ago, KOPHI held an event called KOPHI PANAS (KOPHI Peduli Anak dengan Edukasi dan Sanitasi) the first in 2015. This activity is very interesting. Because in this activity we taught the importance of protecting the environment and sanitation hygiene which starts from yourself.

KOPHI PANAS 1 held in slum area in Karang Pola which collaborated with TIS.

In this activity, we taught children (re: in elementary school) about the importance of saving water, maintaining nails cleanliness by cutting regularly, properly hand washing, and brushing teeth correctly. And we taught children how to recycle plastic bottles becoming a pencil box. In order to becoming more valuable.

This event run quite smoothly. Although children were not so orderly. Because they were so enthusiastic in participating in this activity.

Here were some of the results of the documentation.

It was when we taught them how to cut nails properly. If they couldn't do it properly, we would cut their nails.

It was when we taught them how to make pencil boxes from bottles. Look at that! How enthusiastic they were! 

And... This was the result!! Look! How cute their pencil boxes are. They were so creative in designing their own pencil boxes.

Actually I was kind of sad when we saw the sanitary conditions around the slum area. The ground was not directly the soil, but a pile of garbage that has been solidified. So, you couldn't imagine how it would be going when heavy rains flushed the area. Of course it would be flooding. But, the flood which came to be accompanied by mud and debris.

Despite that, children who were in the slum area remained enthusiastic to learn and followed our activities through ending.

That was activity of KOPHI Panas 1. Hopefully, what we taught them will remain attached and practice every day. So it would be useful.

Thank You.. J

Things in My Bag

Now it's time I unpack any kind of things in my bag. These were my important things.. Jreng .... Jreeeeeng ..

The first and most important is the agenda.. Yup .. Agenda is the most important thing (even more important than the purse). Why do I always carry diary? Cause agenda is a reminder to my schedule and the notification of the plans in the following day. So the agenda is a must be taken everyday.

Next...

Items that must be taken is the purse .. Yup .. without the purse, what can I do????? The contents of the purse is important. Not because of the money (But still. Money important ;p). Because there are so many cards in my purse. They’re my identity card, college student card, atm, commuter line, e-money, there are many more. Most inopportune time ever was I left my purse behind. Luckily I was going to campus from my dorm. So after I took the classes I went straight back to my dorm.

And next..

Books. Books also an important thing that I must bring.So whenever I get bored I read a book. Sometimes waiting for the train or waiting people .. So .. I prefer reading book to doing nothing. The genre is free depending on my mood. It can be comic, romance novels, mystery novels, or etc. But there criteria that must be taken. The criteria are not to be thick or heavy and it isn't too big to put i a bag. Because I like to put in a bag whenever I finished or done reading (at that moment). So, I prefer to bring a book that is not too heavy.

The next important thing is....

Earphones !!!!!!!! Without earphones, it will be a long boring journey. In addition, the earphones also have other functions, to keep the phone safe. So if there is a pickpocket they will be easily caught. Because how the music suddenly stopped ??? !!!!! Fortunately until now I've have not and should not have happening.

Next!!!!!!

Hand-sanitize. This stuff will always be in the bag. Because it was never unpack as well. This is really useful if you have to eat greasy foods. Another function of the hand-sanitize is making scented hand. So if you pass the smell place, you just use hand-sanitize and cover your nose with your hands. So, you will smell fragrant from your hands..  :-D

The last but not least...

Umbrella. Lately after I were no longer in Depok, I often bring an umbrella. In the past, when I still lived in dorm I rarely brought an umbrella. But now I move back to Bekasi, I must bring an umbrella. However, sometimes I still forget to bring an umbrella. Especially if the previous day was rain, I’ll seldom to put it back in my bag.

Hmm. I think it that’s all my stuffs that I always carry. Actually there are many more items carried as well. Such as handkerchief, tissue, charger. But the stuffs are tentative depending whether I remember or not. Because I often forget to brought that things.

Yup.. That's it for this post... :-D

Enjoy your day !!!