‘Secondhand Serenade Yogyakarta Live in Concert’

‘Secondhand Serenade Live in Concert’

Saturday, May 5th 2012

Sportorium UMY Jogja

My tears run down like razorblades and no, I'm not the one to blame: it's you or is it me?

And all the words we never say come out and now we are all ashamed. And there is no sense

In playing games, when you've done all you can do.

But now it's over, it's over. Why is it over? We had the chance to make it. Now it's over,

It's over. It can't be over. I wish that I could take it back, but it's over.

I lose myself in all these fights; I lose my sense of wrong and right. I cry, I cry. I'm

Shaking from the pain that's in my head. I just want to crawl into my bed and throw away

The life I'd led. But I won't let it die. But I won't let it die.

But it's over, it's over. Why is it over? We had the chance to make it. Now it's over,

It's over. It can't be over. I wish that I could take it back.

I'm falling apart, I'm falling apart.

Don't say this wont last forever.

You're breaking my heart, you're breaking my heart.

Don't tell me that we will never be together.

We could be over

And over, we could be forever.

It's not over. It's not over, it's never over, unless you let it take you, it's not over,

It's not over, it's not over, unless you let it break you. It's not over.

-Its Not Over-

Secondhand Serenade

Untitled

Illusion of happiness
   
     Lot of stars blink in the sky
     Often I hide behind the wall
     Vacillation stucks in my mind
     Easy I know it all

Yes you made it
Obscurely I feel that
Urge to be yours

@diazputria

Australia Slang

• Crook: sakit. Contoh: I can’t go to school, I feel a bit crook.
• Quack: dokter. Contoh: I have to go to the quack since I feel a bit crook.
• Wagging school: bolos sekolah. Contoh: Boredom is one of many reasons why children keep wagging school.
• Squizz: melihat. Contoh: Come here, take a squizz at this picture!
• Tucker: makanan. Contoh: I’m hungry, let’s go get some tucker.
• Whinge: mengeluh. Contoh: Many people can’t stop whinging about the increasing of
• fuel prices.
• True blue: orang yang jujur, loyal, dapat dipercaya. Contoh: You can always count on Jim, he is a true blue.
• Up oneself: punya opini yang tinggi terhadap diri sendiri, narsis. Contoh: I don’t like her, she is so up herself

source : http://englishtips4u.posterous.com/ausslang-australian-slang-4

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The Path

 

Taken from @EnglishTips4u

People VS Person

Kita bisa menggunakan 'people' jika ingin menggeneralisasikan sekelompok orang (jamak)
Contoh (1) : "Most people are having opinion as me."
Contoh (2) : "People in the south are much more friendly than those in the north."


Lalu pernah dengar mengenai 'peoples'? 'Peoples' digunakan jika kita membicarakan orang-orang dengan ras/dari negara tertentu.
Contoh (3) : "The native peoples of Siberia."
Contoh (4) : "The many and varied peoples of West Africa."


'Person' adalah bentuk tunggal yang digunakan jika kita hanya mengacu kepada satu orang tertentu.
Contoh (5) : "She's a very pleasant person."


Kemudian bagaimana dengan 'persons'? 'Persons' banyak digunakan dalam konteks hukum atau formal.
Contoh (6) : "This vehicle is authorized to carry twenty persons."
Contoh (7) : "This information should not be disclosed to any unauthorized persons.

Taken from @EnglishTips4U

Meeting At Night -- Parting At Morning

Author: Robert Browning

MEETING AT NIGHT

The gray sea and the long black land;

And the yellow half-moon large and low;

And the startled little waves that leap

In fiery ringlets from their sleep,

As I gain the cove with pushing prow, 

And quench its speed i' the slushy sand.

Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach;

Three fields to cross till a farm appears;

A tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratch

And blue spurt of a lighted match, 

And a voice less loud, through its joys and fears,

Than the two hearts beating each to each!

PARTING AT MORNING

Round the cape of a sudden came the sea,

And the sun looked over the mountain's rim;

And straight was a path of gold for him,

And the need of a world of men for me.

NOTE

These poems were published originally simply as "Night" and "Morning." The second of these love lyrics is somewhat difficult to interpret. If the man is speaking, the "him" in line 3 must refer to the sun. In any case, after the isolation with the woman he loved as described in the first poem, there comes with the morning a sense of the world of action to which the man must return. The two poems are fully discussed in _Poet-Lore_, Volume VII, April, May, June-July. The poems are noteworthy for the fusion of human emotion and natural scenery and for the startlingly specific phrasing of the first quatrain.

Salah Tulis atau ......

Foto-foto dibawah ini aku ambil dari twitpic account belajar bahasa inggris online, dan hasil googling.

Yuk kita belajar bareng biar kesalahan-kesalahan penulisan seperti ini ngga terjadi lagi, at least untuk tulisan kita sendiri dan orang-orang sekitar kita. Jangan terlalu ngandalin (g*oogl*e) translator,  >,<

1.

Dimana letak kesalahannya?

1) Gardent yang seharusnya ditulis Garden, dan

2) Garace yang seharusnya ditulis, hmm apa ya maksudnya? Garage mungkin.

2.

Seharusnya ditulis 'DON'T ENTER' atau 'NO ENTRY'

3.

Itu Pemerintah Kabupaten mana ya?

Mungkin bisa ditulis 'Stay Away from Drugs', hmm kepanjangan yak, ga cukup tempatnya.

4.

Kalo ini mungkin yang nulis ga teliti. 'Aviliable' harusnya 'Available'. Beda tipis sih.

5.

Iseng-iseng cobain translate di google translate, oom google bener loh 'No day without learning'. Jadi aku ga tau ini salah siapa, sekolahnya siapa, guru bahasa inggris di sekolah itu siapa. Duh...Semoga adek-adek di sekolah itu tau mana yang benar dan mana yang salah, ngga niru kesalahan di papan sekolah mereka, aamiin.

6.

Antar Buku Ketempatmu, 'delivery order' aja. -_-

7.

Contraction itu kontraksi, perut ibu hamil yang mm gitu deh *belom pernah ngerasain*.

Mungkin ini maksudnya 'Under Construction'.

8.

Nah iniiii, spanduk di arena Sea Games 2011. *tepok jidat*

Kalo menurutku sih, yang bener 'Have a pleasant pray'

Segitu dulu aja, pengalaman emang guru yang te-o-pe, belajar dari kesalahan bikin kita lebih baik kedepannya. Baik itu kesalahan sendiri maupun kesalahan orang lain.

Thx u. -Sekian-

SLANG

• Geek: seseorang yang sangat menyukai sesuatu.Contoh: John is such a football geek.

• Crash and burn: 1) gagal total. Contoh: 1) The book told the story how his company has crashed and burned.

• Crash and burn: 2) berusaha menarik lawan jenis. Contoh: 2) You definitely crashed and burned with her.

• Damn straight: ungkapan kegembiraan, dukungan. Contoh: -I have some new strategies for the final match. -Damn straight!

• Screw up: membuat kesalahan. Contoh: I will fire you if you screw up once again.

• Shot: kesempatan untuk berusaha/mencoba. Contoh: I will give them one more shot to play.

• Flip out: kehilangan kendali. Contoh: Jason flipped out when he knew that his car had been gone.

• Rosy: penuh harapan, optimis. Contoh: Things are looking rosy when the economy is improving.

• Tag along: mengikuti ke mana-mana, terkadang tidak diinginkan. Contoh: She tagged along after her husband wherever he went.

• Line up: membuat rencana, persiapan. Contoh: The coach wants to line them up for some new strategies.

• Go belly up: gagal, bangkrut. Contoh: Bass’ company went belly up in a week after the crisis.

• Scoop: kabar, berita. Contoh: You need to give your parents the scoop about your sister.

• True colors: karakter diri yang sebenarnya. Contoh: You were about to show your true colors when I was starting to like you.

• Back for good: Kembali dalam waktu yang lama (permanen)

From @EnglishTips4U

Let's Learn English - IDIOMS

• Make it snappy. Arti: cepat-cepat. "Make it snappy! We don't have much time."

• Out of touch. Arti: tidak lagi berhubungan. "I never meet her again now. She's out of touch."

• Pain in the ass. Arti: org yg menjengkelkan. "He's such a pain in the ass, no one likes him."

• Go to pieces. Arti: hati jd remuk redam. "Did you know? I went to pieces when you left."

• Like crazy = like mad. Arti: mati-matian. "I miss you like crazy."

• Hit the hay = hit the sack. Arti: pergi tidur. "It's already late. Let's hit the sack."

• Put out. Arti: memadamkan/mematikan. "The rain has put out the fire."

• Let's start! every now and again = every now and then = every once in a while. Arti: sekali-kali. "I swim every once in a while.

• Smash hit. Arti: berhasil sekali. "The new Brad Pitt's movie is a smash hit."

• Get set. Arti: bersiap-siap. "Are you ready? Get set... Go!"

from @EnglishTips4U

English, skill or knowledge?

Masih banyak yang beranggapan bahwa untuk belajar Bahasa Inggris cepat harus menguasai rule of the gamenya dulu atau yang biasa disebut Grammar. Akhirnya Bahasa Inggris diperlakukan sebagai knowledge, bukan skill yang merupakan hakikat sifat Bahasa Inggris itu sendiri. Padahal Grammar itu sendiri sangatlah relative.

Seperti pada sebuah kalimat -last night, I SEE a ghost- Kalimat itu mungkin dianggap salah secara grammar elementary, tapi pada Grammar tingkat tinggi dikatakan kita boleh menceritakan sesuatu yang terjadi di masa lalu dengan menggunakan VERB1 dengan tujuan untuk mendramatisir.

Belum lagi aliran2 Grammar yang satu dengan lainnya tidak sepaham. Seperti aliran Descriptive Grammar dengan TG Grammar contohnya. Lalu mengapa kita masih terfokus pada Grammar yang sebenarnya BUKAN tujuan orang belajar Bahasa Inggris.
Bahasa adalah skill atau ketrampilan, masuk dalam ranah verbal motoric (gerak), Artinya untuk menguasai bahasa yang diperlukan bukanlah menghapal melainkan gerak, praktek langsung, sampai otomatis tanpa berpikir, seperti hal nya orang naik sepeda, tidak ada rumusnya agar tidak jatuh, orang berenang tidak ada rumusnya agar tetap mengapung. Begitu pula bahasa. Simak salah satu syair lagu the beatles …
-But she DON’T care- why not → -But she DOESN'T care- ?
Salah satu alternative mengajar bahasa khususnya di SD seharusnya jangan menyajikan Grammar secara eksplisit, seperti di sebuah kursus bahasa Inggris online ini dengan sistim Full Conversation Tanpa Grammar. disitu nampak sekali bagaimana akselerasi orang yang belajar Bahasa Inggris langsung praktek tanpa melalui Grammar secara eksplisit.

Saat ini banyak anak SD yang merasa Bahasa Inggris itu menjenuhkan, karena yang mereka dapati adalah kaidah2 rumus Grammar yang sangat eksplisit, akhirnya belajar Bahasa Inggris seperti belajar Matematika. Dampaknya, kesan pertama yang buruk tentu saja menyebabkan ketok palu mereka bahwa Bahasa Inggris itu susah, membosankan.
So ??