On Job-Training Assignments

ON JOB ASSIGNMENTS
I. Sentence forms

1.   We are amazed by the sparkling colourful fireworks on the New Year celebration.

2.   Valentine day is a special day to show our love.

3.   He is rich and generous as well, so that why people like him very much.

4.   In case of the safety, we must observe and control the reactor frequently and regularly.

5.   Beckham has good talent in shooting the ball into the goal.

6.   Good farm must have good irrigation.

7.   Please don’t be naughty! Keep studying seriously as the final examination is      coming soon!

8.   How to avoid sudden attack of sharks, do you have any suggestion?

9.   The seal is not too sticky to protect the device from mal-adjustment.

10. Don’t be ashamed to ask for apologize!

II.    Writing

KEBO IWA (an allegory)
By I B Putu Satwika 

Kebo Iwa, that is the name, sometimes it means nothing, sometimes it means something. Let’s take turn the last view. Kebo, buffalo, the shape is big and the power is strong. Physically, it sounds great. It seems powerful. It owns strength and size, but it is just a ‘magic-made’ of the Creator, Almighty God. Who knows! The world must have its own balance so that life must go on, keep on its progression, winning and losing, recycled and renewed. Once they might have done a mistake. Once they might have faced a problem, for no matter, whether they are small or big, whether they are weak or strong. One would fight against another, mental struggles against physical. One could beat another, one might punch the other. Regardless, everything has both its own weaknesses and strengths, mentally or physically. On one side of strength, there must be weaknesses. On the other hand, the story teaches us not to be arrogant. It advices us not feel worried of our physical appearance. God gives us brain. We make use of it. The story educates us to find solution to any problems of which faces us. However difficult they are, we have to try to solve them. We know that ingenuity can defeat the performance or appearance. There is one thing we do not neglect that we think of first before we take our own final decision. Finally, it suggests us to begin to study more seriously to obtain our wisdom. By having knowledge, optimistically we can conquer the world of challenges.

III. Translation

Goa Raja Temple (a review)

Pura Goa Raja was a meeting place (pesamuhan) Sang Hyang Naga Tiga. They are the three manifestations of God which is called "Sang Naga Ananta Boga", "Sang Hyang Naga Basuki", and Sang Hyang Naga Taksaka " each of which has its own place in the Besakih temple complex.

“They met at Goa Gajah Temple to plan and keep Bali” he said that his statement based on written source of Hindu literature and told orally in traditional community.

In the “Kusuma Dewa” literature was stated the existence of Batara, Almighty God of the universe, that is Mahameru (Agung) Mountain, the highest mountain of Bali which its top can reach the sky, the bottom digs down seven earth layers (Sapta Petala).

“This place is the location of a meeting of the gods to create good (ayu) and evil (ala) in this universe of Bali Island.  Therefore, if Pura Besakih is properly maintained, Bali will be safe, serene, peaceful, and prosperous,” said Mangku Pande Made Sastra.

In the past, Balinese ancestors realize the reality of the universe as the grace that we should be grateful for giving kindness, safety, and welfare of mankind.

Until now, the people of Bali do not stop to realize a sense of devotion and praise and thank the Almighty God through a religious ceremony at the Temple of Besakih and on the slopes of Mount Agung, in the hope that the Island of God communities have always found salvation.

In 111 of çaka calendar year (189 Christian year), Rsi Markandya planted "pancadhatu" in Besakih temple complex in case providing education that is valuable and important to local communities.

“It is a mistake if we ignore the Temple of Besakih, including the temples of Goa Raja, since it becomes the center of charity, safety, and welfare of the universe of Bali,” said I Wayan Surpha, the former of General Secretary of the Central Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia (PHDI), supreme council Hindu people.

The total renovation of Pura Goa Raja had been done in 2002 which had been carried out the third restoration immediately after the explosion of Mount Agung in 1917, and the big explosion was followed in 1963.

History

Pura Besakih is historically expressed by the inscription of Purana and other papyrus scripts which explain it as the palace of Godess who glorified by the people of Bali, which has religious significances to the Hindu followers.

This temple has a special role and function, such as it becomes the temple of “Rhwa Bhineda” (goodness and evil), “Sad Kahyangan” (6 main temples), “Padma Bhuana” (the universal shrine), and it becomes the central of all religious ceremonial activities.

The attention to the Besakih temple began in the reign of King Sri Udayana Warmadewa (1007 AD), until the government of Kings of Sri Lankan descent Kepakisan (1444-1454 AD).

The great attention of the King continued until the Dutch colonial era in Indonesia, in embodied by conducting a massive refurbishment of some sacred building around the area of the temple which was damaged by natural disaster.

After the independence of Indonesia, the government conducted a large scale of renovations to every sacred building, and also held a set of religious ceremony.

Since 1967, the provincial government of Bali hands over responsibility for the supervision and maintenance of Pura Besakih to Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia (PHDI), the Supreme Council of Hindu people which was then authorized to “Prawartaka” of Besakih Temple.

Nevertheless, in reality, the provincial of government of Bali along with eight districts and city government, and in addition to an active responsibility of the community  worked together to do restoration of damaged buildings and support the implementation of religious ceremonies.

IV. The allegory of the cave

1.  Underground cave means places where there is lack of knowledge. The mouth of the cave indicates the border between stupidity and intelligence. The prisoners symbolize the people who are trapped by their uncivilized state. The people who are not accustomed by truth, the people who gain a little knowledge. The shadow is only false truth next to reality.

2. Their lack of knowledge put them there, in darkness of the cave, in the phantasm of life, far beyond the knowledge, far from the ultimate truth.
3. People sometimes love to enjoy their original state so that they do not want to leave it even if only for a short pseudo-satisfaction. There are so many temptations of life around us.
4. Last of all, it is better to discover our own truth. It is the right to choose, the right to decide our own future. We come to freedom.

      Explanation:

Let us stay away of the cave. Let us leave the darkness. Come to the enlightenment! Come to civilization! Knowledge and experience is the partner in our life to fight against darkness. We want our life to become valuable so that we can spend our life enjoyable. The way to gain knowledge is by learning as much as possible. The proverb says “experience is the best teacher”. Learning more means gaining new experiences. The more we are learning, the more experiences we get. Experiences tell us what to do and what not to do. Sometimes in the process of learning, we face some problems and difficulties. It is fair, that is usual. Life is like competitions. We must find the solution. We will get satisfaction after winning them. It is not easy; we must work hard to win the life. There are so many temptations of life around us. We must avoid them. There could be many persuasions attracting us. We must neglect them. Finally we must come to the target of life. We must reach the goal. That is satisfaction.