Idioms

chill somebody to the bone/marrow

to make someone feel very frightened 

The sound of scraping at the window chilled me to the bone.

feet of clay

if you say that someone you admire has feet of clay, you mean they have hidden faults

 Some of the greatest geniuses in history had feet of clay.

square your shoulders

to show determination and a lack of fear 

When the judge asked her if she was guilty or not guilty, she squared her shoulders, looked the judge in the eye, and said, “Not guilty.”

more (to something) than meets the eye

Fig. [there are] hidden values or facts regarding something. There is more to that problem than meets the eye. What makes you think that there is more than meets the eye?

Pull the other leg/one (it's got bells on)!

something that you say in order to tell someone that you do not believe what they have just said Helen, going rock climbing? Pull the other one - she can't even climb a ladder without feeling sick!

somebody's eyes are out on stalks  (informal) also somebody's eyes are popping out of their head (informal)

if someone's eyes are out on stalks, they are looking at someone or something in a way that shows that they think that person or thing is extremely surprising or attractive

Usage notes: In funny drawings, people and animals are often drawn with their eyes coming out of their head to show that they are very surprised.

You should have seen Pete when Bec turned up in her short skirt. His eyes were out on stalks.

make no bones about something

to say clearly what you think or feel about something He made no bones about how bad he thought the food was.

have your finger on the pulse

to be familiar with the most recent developments Whoever designed the new model obviously had their finger on the pulse - it's precisely the sort of computer everyone's been waiting for.

keep one's nose clean

Fig. to keep out of trouble, especially trouble with the law. I'm trying to keep my nose clean by staying away from those rough guys. John, if you don't learn how to keep your nose clean, you're going to end up in jail.

Out of the mouths of babes (oft times come gems).

Prov. Children occasionally say remarkable or insightful things. Mr. and Mrs. Doyle were quietly bickering in the kitchen when their seven-year-old daughter came in and said, "You guys should get counseling." After a surprised pause, Mrs. Doyle remarked, "out of the mouths of babes." Child: Don't eat so much candy, Mommy. Candy is bad for your teeth. Mother: out of the mouths of babes oft times come gems.

Book Review

Book Review

Tittle      : Luka Cinta Andrea

Auhor      : Suzanne O’malley

Short Background of author     :

O’Malley is a producer and consultant of NBC and MSNBC, and as an article writer in New York Times Book Review, Esquire, etc. She graduate from University of Texas in Austin. Now, she live in New York city and Heenan.

Book dedicated to    :

Barbara Ida Haag and Mary Catherine Heenan

This book Is about   :

This is the real story that was happened on 2001 in USA. This story is come from a family in Houston. It is Yates family. Rusty Yates is an emplayee of NASA in Shuttle Vehicle Engineering. Andrea Yates is a nurse in an hospital, in Texas. They got married on April 17th 1993. They have 5 children, Noah was born on 1994, John was born on 1995, Paul was born 1997, Luke was born n 1999, and Mary was born on 2000.The story was begin when Andrea start to got depression. Her live are consist of a lot of problem and she cannot solve it by her self. So, on 1999 She got overdosis of Trazodone. One month later, she tried to kill her self. Finally, an June 20th 2001 at 10.00 o’clock in the morning, Andrea Yates killed all of her children when nobody in her house, except Andrea and her children. When Rusty Yates knew about it, He was angry to her. He cannot do anything because he was late. Now, Andrea live in jail in Texas for all one’s life.

By: me_cand wiehga 

Story

Think or Nothing

This story was about ‘Smart’ and ‘Strong’. ‘Strong’ had muscular body. He could hold up to 100 kg stone with only one of his hand. He went straightly to solve his problems. The second was ‘Smart’. He was a really simple and long thinking person to solve his problems.

Once upon a time, at a day in ‘Supergeje’ town, there were noisy voices. Crowded people concerned at an unusual event happened on ‘Najonx’ street. Many elephants were on the personal cars of ’Supergeje’ town society.

‘Strong’ went directly went to this problem. He tried to climb the car and hold up the elephant. He tried hardly but the elephant was hyperactive. He was always kicked by the elephant, he got difficulties. He tried and tried again but he still could not hold up the elephant.

‘Smart’ only kept silent, he looked like thinking deeply about this problem. He tried to solve the code of this difficulty. How to make the elephants got away from the cars.

He prepared for the strategy. Aha… Suddenly he got an idea after long time of thinking. He knew that elephants really loved peanuts and were scared with mice.

While ‘Strong’ tried hard to hold up the elephant, ‘Smart’ prepared for peanuts which he bought from little store beside the street. He got mice from animal shop and escaped the mice through the elephants. Quickly, the elephants run frighteningly but ‘Smart’ also prepared the peanuts. The elephants could be under control and got away from the cars. The secret code had proved very successfully! The code for solving problem caused by elephants. It was not about strong, it was about smart.

‘Smart’ was not strong in muscle but he always thought before doing. It made him strong without his physical ability. He was strong because of good strategy for solving the problems.

Browsing or Listening

Nowadays we live in modern era and use technology in every activities everyday. As students we prefer to use Internet for browsing better than read the book or listen our teacher explanations. Some students say that teacher is less important because of increasing of Internet in education. They think browsing some information by Internet is more efficient and they can explore more knowledge as much as possible. That way is good because we don’t need long time to get many information from many sources over the world.

There are many searching engineer provided in Internet like Google, Wiki etc. But some of their information aren’t valid and we have to be careful to select the correct ones. Sometimes we face some different opinion about a topic which we are looking for due to different site of website or source of information. It is why teachers have an important role to compare and discuss the best answer for your question.

That isn’t true that Teacher is less important than Internet using in education because without teacher explanation we are able to get wrong information from Internet. We have to know the educational information from Internet only as the reverences to explore and compare our teachers explanation and the development of knowledge on the world. So it is important to listen your teacher in the classroom and you may discuss or share your new information about a topic from browsing Internet to add and also your friends.

QUOTATIONS

The first step to getting the things you want out of life is DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT!

(Ben Stein)

Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures
and go on to the next challenge. It's OK. If you're not failing, you're not growing.

(H. Stanley Judd )

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. (Bart Forbes )

The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings.

(Dave Weinberg )

The sense of humor is the oil of life's engine. Without it, the machinery creaks and groans. No lot is so hard, no aspect of things is so grim, but it relaxes before a hearty laugh.
(George S. Merriam)

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.
(Oscar Wilde)

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
(Albert Einstein)

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is bliss, taste it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.
(Mother Teresa)

"Life is not having and getting, but being and becoming."

( Mathew Arnold )

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.”

( Tom Bodett quotes)

Book Review : Primal Leadership

Daniel Goleman , Richard E. Boyatzis , Annie McKee

"The fundamental task of leaders... is to prime good feeling in those they lead. That occurs when a leader creates resonance a reservoir of positivity that unleashes the best in people. At its root, then, the primal job of leadership is emotional." So argue Goleman (Emotional Intelligence) and EI (emotional intelligence) experts Boyatzis and McKee. They use the word "primal" not only in its original sense, but also to stress that making employees feel good (i.e., inspired and empowered) is the job a leader should do first. To prove that the need to lead and to respond to leadership is innate, the authors cite numerous biological studies of how people learn and react to situations (e.g., an executive's use of innate self-awareness helps her to be open to criticism). And to demonstrate the importance of emotion to leadership, they note countless examples of different types of leaders in similar situations, and point out that the ones who get their employees emotionally engaged accomplish far more. Perhaps most intriguing is the brief appendix, where the authors compare the importance of IQ and EI in determining a leader's effectiveness. Their conclusion that EI is more important isn't surprising, but their reasoning is. Since one has to be fairly smart to be a senior manager, IQ among top managers doesn't vary widely. However, EI does. Thus, the authors argue, those managers with higher EI will be more successful.

News

Is This The New Earth?

KOMPAS.com

Thursday, September 30^th 2010 | 14:57 WIB

 

       The chances that future generations will one day colonize the stars have just got higher. Astronomers tonight announced the discovery of the most Earth-like planet ever found - a rocky world three times the size of our own world, orbiting a star 20 light years away..
        The planet lies in the star's 'Goldilocks zone' - the region in space where conditions are neither too hot nor too cold for liquid water to form oceans, lakes and rivers.
        The planet also appears to have an atmosphere, gravity like our own and could well be capable of life.
        The discovery comes three years after astronomers found a similar, slightly less habitable planet around the same star.

        It takes just 37 days to orbit its sun which means its seasons last for just a few days. This planet doesn't have days and nights. Wherever you are on this planet, the sun is in the same position all the time. You have very stable zones where the ecosystem stays the same temperature... basically forever.

        This planet has not been given a proper name. It is so far away, spaceships traveling close to the speed of light would take 20 years to make the journey. If a rocket was one day able to travel at a tenth of the speed of light, it would take 200 years to make the journey.

Detikhot.com

Thursday, September 30^th, 2010 14:19 WIB

Falling Down When Pregnant, Mariah Carey Uses Wheelchair

 

A singer, Mariah Carey who is pregnant of the fifth month, looks using wheelchair when arriving in Los Angeles International Airport, US, on Tuesday (28/9/10).

When having a show in Singapore on Sunday (26/9/10), actually she should use special shoes for pregnant ladies. Because she didn’t have it, so she just used her high heels shoes.

She fell in sitting position on the stage. Fortunately, some of her background dancers immediately help her to stand up.