Lucid Dream

Lucid dream is a dream which you can control. You can do whatever and get whoever you want in it. If you are aware that you’re dreaming, just know that you can actually control it. The things in that dream would be so vivid and real to you.

You can feel anything you touch in that dream as if you’re in a real life except that the life you have in it is up to you. You can even get the vision of your family member you’ve lost or your idol, talk to them, or do everything you want with them although they’re not real if you’ve become an advanced lucid dreamer. 

Newbies are usually not able to do it because they usually only stay in this kind of dream for a couple of seconds or minutes.

It is also usually a long term dreaming memory you’ll have. You’ll remember every detail thing you see, hear, or touch in that dream for a very long time even for the rest of your life. It would be an amazing unforgettable dreaming memory ever unlike the other usual dreams.

The positive or negative things can appear in this kind of dream depending on what you think of when you’re experiencing it.

The thing is, people aren’t usually aware when they are dreaming but when they are, they usually end up being scared and negative things suddenly appear in it then it becomes their worst nightmare ever.

Lucid dream can be induced by doing it on purpose so that we can be aware of it. There are so many ways to do it. It can be done by using a weird instrumental music that you can find by yourself on youtube, or by following some steps.

The steps need a lot of times and practices for most newbies because it includes having a sleep paralysis which is scary to most people. They actually don’t need to be scared of it because there are some medical explanations about it although some people think it happens because of the supernatural beings.

The sleep paralysis itself can be triggered when we are tired and just follow the next step to get into the lucid dream. However, when we are not tired, we can also induce the sleep paralysis in order to get into the lucid dream.

The steps that you need to do to get the lucid dream without any music is:

1. You need to lie down on your bed and close your eyes but try not to fall asleep

2. Stay still until you get into the sleep paralysis phrase

3. Keep being calm in the sleep paralysis phase even when you hear or see scary things around you

4. Enjoy your lucid dream 

When I first heard about this, I actually didn’t believe it because it sounded like something that would never be possible to happen especially when I was so afraid of sleep paralysis until I got the sleep paralysis myself and tried to follow the next step because I used to have a sleep paralysis all the time and I did it.

I could get into the lucid dream and flew away from a hotel room I was in, but it wasn’t my first time experiencing it because when I first experienced it I had no idea what it was and thought I was dead but then I woke up and didn’t want to go back to sleep because I hadn’t read an article about it at the time.

Then, after being successful on trying it, I decided to do it on purpose and actually experienced it for a couple of times although I didn’t always succeed when I was trying to get in it. Time passed and I was kind of afraid of doing it again because I was afraid of the sleep paralysis phase, being used to it and not wanting to face the reality again so I stopped trying and just try to do it when I accidentally have a sleep paralysis although I still don’t always succeed to pass the sleep paralysis phase and end up waking up.

The amount of the underage social media users is rising according to OFCOM

Most of the children aged 11 and 12 these days already have at least one social media account.

An organization called NSPCC asked the government to decrease the amount of the underage social media users. 

They also get some news from the social media and 68% of them know how to differ the fake and the real ones according to the media watchdog.

Based on the statistics done by OFCOM’S CHILDREN AND PARENTS MEDIA USE AND ATTITUES, there are 46% of the kids aged 11, 51% of the kids aged 12, and 28% of the kids aged 10 now have a social media account.

 

Their parents concern was too low about them having a social media like a Snapchat or an Instagram – with around 8 in 10 of those parents don’t know that their children have it.

More than 4 of them said they wouldn’t let their child use it until they were old enough to.

According to NSPCC, Social networks don’t care about the underage social media users who sign up for their sites.

It’s been so long that the social medias like Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat fail to prevent the underage social media users from signing up for their sites which needs to be taken care of by the government.

A facebook spokeswoman who has an instagram account said that when they knew there were the underage users lying about their age, they banned their accounts and use cookies so that they wouldn’t be able to sign up for their site again.

Source:

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42153694

Pembelajar Bahasa Inggris Berbantuan Komputer

Pembelajar Bahasa Inggris Berbantuan Komputer

Once upon a time, there was a strange duck carrying orphanage lamb babies to be delivered to a group of the grown up lambs. Most of the grown up lambs were happy for getting a child but one of them wasn’t because she didn’t get any. She felt sad, but when the duck checked his package again, it turned out that there was still one baby left except that it wasn’t a lamb. It was a lion baby named lambert. The duck didn’t realize it until Lambert was rolled out of the carrying cloth and his face was seen by the duck. The duck knew that there must have been a mistake so he checked his note again and he was right. So, he decided to get Lambert back into the carrying cloth to set him free to the jungle, but when he wanted to do that, Lambert went missing. The duck then looked for him and found out that he was adopted by one of the lamb with no lamb baby. The lamb felt like she was his mother because he chose her to be so she protected him when he was going to be taken by the duck again.

The duck went away and let the lamb keep the baby. She took care of him with love. As Lambert was growing up, he was bullied by his friends because he was nothing like them. He was kind but he grew up to be a coward because of being bullied for his difference. One day, his mother was going to be eaten by a wolf and asked Lambert for a help. She kept shouting his name because she knew he could save her, but lambert was afraid because the wolf was scary. However, when his mother was pushed to the end of a cliff his fear went away. He didn’t think of that anymore because all he could think of was saving his mother who had loved him since he was a baby. He then came closer to the wolf and pushed him to the cliff and successfully saved his mother. His friends couldn’t believe it but they were so proud of him and decided to accept him to be their friends.

1. What did the strange duck carry?

2. Whom did the strange duck deliver the lamb babies to?

3. Did all of the lambs get the lamb babies?

4. Who is the name of the lion baby?

5. Why did one of the grown up lambs protect Lambert from being taken by the duck?

6. Why did the duck want to get Lambert back into the carrying cloth?

7. Did Lambert go missing when the duck wanted to get him back into the carrying cloth?

8. Did the duck let the lamb keep the lion baby?

9. Why was Lambert bullied by his friends?

10. How did Lambert save his mother?

ANALISA BAHASA BUDAYA

SLT

Prosesi tedak siten dimulai di pagi hari dengan serangkaian makanan tradisional untuk selamatan. Makanan tradisional tersebut berupa jadah/tetel tujuh warna.

Makanan ini terbuat dari beras ketan yang dicampur dengan parutan kelapa muda dan ditumbuk hingga bercampur menjadi satu dan bisa diiris.

TLT 

The process of tedak siten begins in the morning with a series of traditional foods for salvation

Traditional foods are 'jadah' / 'tetel' seven colors.

This food is made from glutinous rice mixed with grated young coconut and pounded until mixed together and can be sliced.

Analysis:

                In my opinion, the culture words tedak sinten and jadah or tetel which are translated into the exact same words in the target language text are correct because they are using a borrowing technique, but it is better to be translated with an explanation so that people can understand them better. For instance, the words tedak sinten would be better translated into ‘a java ceremony held to celebrate the first steps of a child’ and ‘jadah or tetel‘ should be translated into a cake made from sticky rice mixed with young coconut.

SOURCE:

https://id.theasianparent.com/tedak-siten-ritual-turun-tanah/2/