Important Tips (A Must-Read-Content)

1. Put dryer sheets on the back of a fan while it's blowing. They'll stick to the back and your room will smell amazing.
2. Putting your phone in airplane mode will stop ads while playing games.
3. When searching plane tickets online, delete your cookies. Prices go up if you visit a site multiple times.
4. If you think somebody is giving you a fake number, read it back to them incorrectly. See if they correct you.
5. Call your phone/internet/cable/utility providers every few months to ensure that you are getting the best possible deals.
6. If YouTube is forcing you to sign in, delete everything after the last / until you get to v= and then change v= to v/
7. In windows search "size:gigantic" and it will display all files on your computer >128mb. Use this to clean up space on your hard drive.
8. To avoid a collision with someone walking the opposite way, immediately pick a side and stare towards it.
9. Got an old cellphone? Keep it charged in your car. All cell phones are required by Federal law to be able to connect to 911.
10. Got a sunburn? Going to use aloe? Throw that aloe in the fridge first.
11. Put toothpaste on a pimple and it will disappear over night.
12. Replace the "en" in a Wikipedia link with "simple" to strip away the complex and mostly irrelevant information on the page.
13. If you chew gum when you study a subject and then chew the same flavor when you the take the test it can help you remember.
14. Shoes get soaked in a storm? Put them in front of your refrigerator and they'll be bone dry in a few hours.
15. If you wake up before your alarm clock, don't go back to sleep. You'll feel much more rested and awake for the rest of the day.
16.  If you have an itch, don't scratch it, just apply pressure instead. This reduces blood flow and will stop the itching.
17. One of the best ways to win an argument is to continue asking questions. This will force the other person to see the holes in their...
18.  Lick your wrist and smell it. This is what your breath smells like to others
19. If you have trouble remembering a word, clench your fist, it actually increases brain activity and improves memory.
20.  Studying or working in your room? Keep your shoes on. Your mind associate having your shoes on with being busy. 

20 Amazing Facts

1. 97% of people do not know that Osama Bin Laden was a 'CIA' agent in the 1980s.
2.  Only 2% of the world's population has green eyes.
3. A mentally ill man shot himself in the head in a suicide attempt. The bullet cured his disorder and he become a straight-A college student.
4. Your thumb is the same length as your nose.
5. When a person dies, they have 7 minutes of brain activity left. It's the mind playing back the persons memories in a dream sequence.
6. The Hunger Games has 3 books. 23 people die each year in the games. There are 12 districts. The movie was released on 3-23-12.
7. All the air in potato chip bags we complain about is actually Nitrogen and preserves crispiness and provides cushion during shipping.
8.  A cricket can't hear its own chirping.
9.  Great Britain has invaded approximately 90% of the world's countries.
10. In Nova Scotia, Canada. it’s against the law to water the grass while it’s raining outside.
11. People born in 1996-1999 have lived in three decades, two centuries, and two millenniums and they are not even 18 yet!
12.  Everything you say to Siri is sent to Apple, analyzed and stored.
13. The average salary of a player on the New York Yankees is $6,186,321, the highest in MLB.
14. 7 seconds is the amount of time you have to make a powerful first impression when meeting someone new.
15. People who chase after rare birds are called twitchers.
16. Olympus Mons on Mars is the tallest mountain in the solar system at 14 miles - nearly three times taller than Mount Everest.
17.  Bluebirds cannot see the color blue.
18. Your body uses 200 muscles to take a single step.
19. Being sarcastic on a regular basis can add up to 3 yrs to your life. Sarcasm is extremely healthy for the mind.
20. Apples are actually more effective than caffeine at helping you stay awake. 

Mengapa Pelajaran Matematika Menjemukan?

Bila ditanya mengenai pelajaran yang satu itu, jawabannya pasti “membosankan” “memusingkan” dan hal-hal lain yang menunjukkan ketidaksukaan. Hitung-hitungan yang rumit membuat siswa malas berpikir. Mayoritas siswa lebih menyukai aktivitas latihan otak kanan yang mengutamakan inovasi dan kreativitas yang memang menyenangkan dan mudah dipahami. Namun, tergantung dua faktor utama pula. Guru yang mengajar Matematika lebih baik bersikap dinamis dan seru. Faktor murid pula, bila ia tekun dan rajin, Matematika akan terasa mudah, sebaliknya bila ia malas akan semakin ketinggalan pelajaran. Dari sisi pandang yang positif bila tidak ada Matematika, penghitungan benda sehari-hari akan lebih rumit karena tidak mempunyai basis. Jadi kesimpulannya, berterima kasihkah kalian akan Matematika? Atau tetap pada pendapatmu sebelumnya?

Hobi

Hobi adalah salah satu kegiatan rekreasi untuk menenangkan pikiran di waktu luang. Tujuan hobi adalah memenuhi hasrat dan mendapatkan kesenangan. Kata hobi merupakan kata serapan dari Bahasa Inggris yaitu “hobby”. Terdapat berbagai macam jenis hobi seperti mengumpulan sesuatu, membuat, memperbaiki, bermain dan pendidikan dewasa. Terdapat hobi positif, seperti melakukan kegiatan kemanusiaan. Namun ada juga hobi buruk yang telah melekat, yaitu merokok pada mayoritas laki-laki dewasa. Jadi, kawan, pintar-pintarlah memilih aktivitas yang berguna.



Contoh hobi negatif yaitu merokok.



Contoh hobi positif yaitu melakukan kegiatan kemanusiaan.

The Environment

As we all know creature in the world, especially human beings depend on environment . Creature and its environment form a unity, can't be separated and they influence each other .The Activity of Human being influence the environment ; and the contrary, the condition of environment influence human’s life .

Perhaps you have ever read notice like this.“ KEEP CLEAN ! DON’T THROW AWAY GARBAGE ANY WHERE ! ” . Or maybe you have ever seen notice on the bank of a river : “NO  LITTERING  HERE” .

I think, the notices are right . Because if we throw away garbage into the river, it can cause flood . In the same case, over cutting forest also cause flood and landslide .

Illegal logging at the forest causes flood and landslide . That is why we must also realize and to be aware that forest and plants are very important for our life too . Forest and plants give us oxygen. We can say that forest is the lungs of the world .

 

 

 

Angklung SMP Negeri 49 Jakarta

Tradisi Kaki Lotus di China

Footbinding atau pengikatan kaki adalah suatu tradisi yang dijalankan oleh wanita-wanita Cina pada zaman dulu dengan cara mengikat erat kaki seorang wanita hingga berukuran 3 inci atau kurang lebih 7 cm.

Dalam bahasa Cina, pengikatan kaki disebut Chanzu, tetapi karena bentuknya yang menyerupai bunga lotus yang belum mekar, masyarakat Cina lebih mengenalnya dengan sebutan Jinlian yang berarti Bunga Lotus Emas. Konon, tradisi lotus bermula 1000 tahun yang lalu pada saat seorang kaisar dinasti Tang jatuh cinta pada penari yang menggunakan sepatu berukuran kecil.Berita tersebut beredar dan memuat masyarakat luas terobsesi untuk menirupenari tersebut. Sejak itu, kalangan menengah keatas menganggap kaki mungilsebagai lambang kecantikan jasmaniah. Kalangan kelas bawah juga melakukantradisi ini, karena dianggap mampu menaikkan kelas sosial mereka di masyarakatdan berharap seorang pria kaya raya akan menikahi mereka.

Seorang wanita yang akan menjalani proses pengikatan kaki atau footbinding biasanya berusia antara 5-7 tahun.

Proses ini dilakukan sebelum lengkungan pada kaki mempunyai kesempatan untuk berkembang sebagaimana mestinya.
Meskipun proses ini bisa dilakukan lebih awal pada usia 2 tahun, ataupun dilakukan pada usia 12 atau 13 tahun, tetapi usia yang ideal untuk menjalankan tradisi ini adalah pada saat mereka berusia 6 tahun, karena pada saat itu sebagian besar tulang kaki masih merupakan tulang rawan, sehingga dapat lebih mudah dibentuk.

 

 

Ciri-ciri utama dari kaki sempurna menurut masyarakat Cina pada masyarakat tradisional Cina antarta lain:

1. Panjang kaki tidak boleh lebih dari 3 inci
2. Jarak kelengkungan antara tumit dan telapak kaki harus sedalam 2-3 inci.
3. Telapak kaki harus tampak seperti perpanjangan kaki dan bukan tampak sebagai penopang tubuh.

Bisa dibayangkan berapa lama waktu yang dibutuhkan untuk mementuk kaki yang dianggap sempurna dan bagaimana penderitaan yang harus mereka alami ketika menjalani proses pengikatan kaki tersebut