Cultural Orientation English Department of IKIP PGRI Semarang 2009 at Yogyakarta (2)

2nd Place: Affandi Museum

Introduction of Affandi Museum

Affandi Museum is laying at Jl. Laksda Adi Sucipto 167, Yogyakarta. This street has a famous name called Solo street because it connects two big cities (that is Yogyakarta and Solo). The museum which is placed at the west of the Gajah Wong river has its wide area for about 3500 are. This area consist of the museum itself and the building used to Affandi's house. The unusual land surface gave an inspiration to Affandi to build unique building on it. The result is, an unique integrated environment planned by him self

First Gallery

The first gallery was finished in 1962 and used for showing room of his works in an exhibition aula . This gallery officially opened in 1974 by Prof. Ida Bagus Mantra who is the General Culture Director in that year. The gallery has a unique shape. Unlike the others museum, this gallery is very simple but has a high taste of arts. Plus, the legendary Affandi's paintings inside this building.

First Gallery

Second Gallery

In 1987, Presiden Soeharto gave a donation to build the second gallery which has 351,5 are. In June 9, 1988, this gallery was officially opened by the Ministry of Culture and Education in that year, Prof. Dr. Fuad Hassan. The architecture of this gallery has a little difference with the first gallery. Finally, this architecture type is non-formally starting to be the standard architecture for this museum. The second gallery consist of Affandi's art works and other famous artists.

Second Gallery

Third Gallery

The third gallery was built by the Affandi's Foundation and finished in 1999. This gallery then officially opened by Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X in May 2000. This gallery was built to fulfill the Affandi's last wishes who wants enough place to store his artworks and whole paintings collections. The architecture use the initial 

unique architecture -- a banana leaf shaped roof.

Third Gallery

Affandi's House

As the part of the museum, Affandi's house has a roof shaped like banana leaf. The house which made from woods has two floors. The upper is a Affandi's personal room. As an addition, the down floor is use for refreshing and also has a garage. It is very comfort to enjoy a relax time in the down floor. A relax atmosphere with high artistic environment around you.

Affandi's House

To be continued...

 Salam ^^

Example of Procedure Text

How to Make Meatball

Social function: To describe how to make meatball through a sequence of steps.

Generic structure: 1. Goal.

         2. Materials/equipment.

         3. Steps.

Goal: How to make meatball.

Materials:

• 1 kilogram of very fine minced meat (preferably beef)
• 2 eggs
• 300 grams of tapioca-flour
• 4-8 cloves of garlic
• 1 red onion
• 1 teaspoon of white pepper
• 2 teaspoons of salt

Steps:

1.      First of all,mix garlic, red onion, salt, and white pepper in a mortar or mixer.

2.      Second, mix the spice-mixture with the eggs, the tapioca-flour and the minced meat.

3.      After that, add milk and wisk them well.

4.      After that, add a cup of water into the mixture.

5.      Then, use your fingers to smoothen the mixture and keep on working until the mixture soft and smooth.

6.      Then, boil some water in a rather large pot, at least about 2 liters.

7.      Next, start rolling the mixture into small balls.

8.      Finally, put the meatballs into the boiling water. When they float up to the surface of the boiling water, it means  the meatballs are ready to be served.

Linguistic Features:

a)      Focus on generalized  human agents.

b)      Use of simple tense :

When they float up to the surface the meatballs are ready to be served.

c)      Use imperative verb :

-          Mix                        -Wisk

-          Add                       -Turn

-          Heat                      -Put

-          Boil

-          Start

d)     Use mainly of temporal conjunction or sequence :

-          First of all 

-          After that

-          Next

-          Then

-          Next step

-          Finally

e)      Use mainly of material process :

-          Mix                        -Wisk

-          Add                       -Turn

-          Heat                      -Put

-          Boil

-          Start

Salam ^^

Cultural Orientation English Department of IKIP PGRI Semarang 2009 at Yogyakarta

1st Place: Table Manner at Grand Quality Hotel, Yogyakarta

Table manner is a good way of eating that is good and right, in accordance with the provisions and the prevailing international norm. There are some pictures about table manner that I've got in Grand Quality Hotel, such as the foods, table setting, menus, and the way of eating.

List of Menus

 Table Setting for Lunch

 Appetizer

Chicken Salad

Beef Goulash Soup

Pan Fried Snapper

Dessert

To be continued...

Coming soon: Affandi Museum, Sendratari Ramayana, Keraton Yogyakarta, and Malioboro.

Bismillah...
Semoga blog ini nantinya bisa bermanfaat bagi semuanya...
Salam ^^