présenter bonjour je m'appelle Ires. j'ai 24 ans. je suis étudiante. j'étudie le Psychologie. Je suis Indonésienne mais j'habite a Ecosse et je viens de Edimbourg. Mon anniversaire c'est le 23 Octobre 1990. enchanté

question My friend said that his job was bad. I wanna ask him what makes his job bad and I ended up ask him what does make the job bad. Is it right?

use wrong words Today I spoke with my flatmates about my retainer. I told her that my retainer came off and I need to go to the dentist. I told her I am gonna ask the dentist whether she can "pick my retainer out" she looked confuse I guess because of that. What I meant was "take out" instead of "pick out". I was aware that I chose the wrong phrase but couldn't find any suitable worlds. It's quite pissed me off when I didn't know the right words or phrases. Anyhow, that time, I wasn't ready to speak in English mode thats why I hesitated. I was also a little bit nervous since the other party speaks English fluently like a native. I have tendency to feel a little bit nervous and shame to speak English in front of native people or those whose speech similar to native, however if I face others who the ability of speaking is the same as me, I don't feel that way.

I could've; I would've; I should've Sometimes, I hear from my friend or lecturer sayy I could've said, or I would've something. What exactly is the meaning of that phrases?

I have caught a cold The only thing that I don't like about autumn is someone could easily catch a cold or even flu, including me. I have come down with cold and I feel terrible. Although I am not really poorly but my nose is bunged up, I cannot breath normally through it, and I feel ache. I don't suffer from sore throat and cough though. I guess I need a rest and I hope the cold will go away and I wish to get over it soon.

How do you usually do when having languange exchange?

Hi, I actually still confuse about languange exchange. How do you usually do that? Do you prepare the topic then you present it to your partner? Or do you just ask about anything to them? Or do you do natural conversation?

 

 

Today's story I had so much fun today. In the morning, I had tandem languange with a friend from England. We swapped our language. He taught me English and I taught him Indonesia. It was our second meeting actually. However, I was not still sure about what should I do in the languange exchange like that. I was thinking should I just ask him anything or wait for him to teach me something. Fortunately, there was my Indonesia friend who also accompanied me. So instead of two people studying, we were doing it in a group of three. After having a tandem, I went to the library, National Library of Scotland. That's my favourite library in the city. All of the books that I need for my assignment are available there. It does not matter for me about the strict rules that the library has. I cannot borrow and bring the books outside basically. Another rule is like I cannot wear a jacket, bring a pen and a bag to access the reading room. As long as I can stay there and study in a quiet place then it's fine. At 8 PM, I finished reading in the library besides the opening hours of the library end at 8.30 PM. No matter what, I need to leave the room before 8.30. I went to the Lidl after that to buy some groceries and I went home. Here I am now lying on the bed facing the laptop and continuing study. (I try to write is as if I speak, I avoid to revise it a lot)

Thinking in English... I have joined an English course since I was junior high school student up until now but still I speak with a lot of hesitation and this is sometimes embarrased me. At that time, I felt that I was not born being a gifted in language and I felt like a loser, complaining everyday why I can't speak English fluently. Recently, I realise that to speak well is not wheter I was born as a talent person or not, it is about to think in english whenever I want to speak and not translating the sentences. Translating can waste the time and the more I translate , the more hesitation happens.

Kaliurang Countryside Actually there are so many country side in Indonesia, but I want to describe about Kaliurang country side. It is one of country side located in Yogyakarta. It is in highland area on the southern slopes of Mount Merapi. Because its location, the climate in Kaliurang is quite wet with cool temperature. Sometimes it can be cold. Kaliurang is a resort town and popular as weekend destination for some visitors like me. It has beautiful scenery as we can see Mount Merapi clearly from the hostel where visitor stay in. Most people lived around Kaliurang are farmer. They grow salak, a kind of fruit, and cocoa. Some of them works as trader in traditional market and others work in office I love to go Kaliurang because it is a peaceful place. Sometimes I go there just for short break and relaxing my mind.