Books Are The Windows to The Knowledge Part II

I am back to write about books reference as my promise to share what books that I think nice to read. This post today related to previous post about books too. Here is the Part II about books;

Children Books

• Picture  and Coloring Books ; I include these kind of books because I have many nieces and nephews and few kids that I take care at home. So my family and I, used to buy them these books and read them story about what inside the books for 2 kids who still can not be able to read at the moments. Mostly, we bought them fairy tale books about beauty & Kindness such as Cinderella, Snow White, Princess etc even more with fairy tale-legendary folks story from our own country Indonesia such as Red Onion & White Onion ( entitle in Indonesia ; Bawang Merah & Bawang Putih - red ), Golden Apple Snail ( Keong Mas - the title in Indonesian ) those books for girls specially but often I read these books for the boys too.  At the other hand they can learn how to coloring it, to grow their sense of art also and the the good thing message from the books are about the kindness and how to be sportive in doing things in many ways.

Books of Cinderella, Red & White Onion, Golden Apple Snail

• Story Books for Kids; Although above already mentioned and included in story books, but in this part, I emphasized the story books only for children. In this type of books often found lots of words, at mentioned above: inside the books are mostly with simple words and emphasized in coloring. Mostly, I accustomed the children with the folks legendary story from my country. Such as; 

• Malin Kundang: the story is about the kid who rebels against his own parents specially to his mother whom already deliver him as a success person. But once he has everything, he didn't admit the existence of his own parents and the mother was disappointed to his manner and then she condemned Malin Kundang to become a rock. The rock resembles a person. This story comes from West Sumatera, Indonesia. Below the pictures of book cover and the rock.

The Book Cover of Malin Kundang

The Rock which Resembles a person refer to Malin Kundang Legendary

• Sangkuriang; this folk comes from West Java, Indonesia. This Sundanese folk-legendary story was talking about the history of  Tangkuban Perahu, the lake of Bandung, Buranggang mountain, and Tunggul cliff and the city of Bandung. This folklore has written references which had been found  from ' Manik Poet ' ( Poet = Pujangga in Indonesian language, we called it ' Pujangga Manik ' ) manuscript that he wrote down in a palm leaf. From here, the experts could be able to determine that Sundanese people has been living in highland of West Java, Bandung, Tangkuban Perahu since thousand years before century and was talking about Hindu and Buddha development its religion in some parts in Indonesia.

The folk was telling about a beautiful princess which named Dayang Sumbi, who married a dog which named Tumang. tumang was a tangible reincarnation of god in actual shape was a dog. From the marriage of Sumbi and Tumang, they have 1 child whose named Sangkuriang. Anyway, Sangkuriang did not know that Tumang was his daddy. 

Oneday, Sangkuriang went for hunt a boar and did not get any result in the hunt. Sangkuriang put on blame to Tumang that Tumang incompetent to arrest the boar. So, Sangkuriang killed Tumang ( his daddy ) and took Tumang's heart for the dinner at home. Dayang Sumbi was so pissed off, once she knew that the dinner food was Tumang. Sumbi knocked on Sangkuriang's head and injured and also ask Sangkuriang to go out from house. So, Sangkuriang left and went around the world. 

After following years, Sumbi had bless from Gods that she would be young and beautiful forever. She would never get old. 

One day, Sangkuriang got back to its own home land which already changed a lot. Sumbi met with Sangkuriang. It was telling in the folk that they both were not acknowledge that they were family, mother and son. Sumbi did not know about this at first. And they both fell in love and planned to get married together. Until one time, Sumbi found out the scar in Sangkuriang's head which was exactly the scar of her son. But, Sangkuriang denied it and still insist Sumbi to marry with. 

Sumbi later on, made a plan to thwart the marriage to Sangkuriang. Sumbi asked Sangkuriang to make a big ship on a lake by stemming Citarum river in just 1 night. Because Sangkuriang was a descendant of god ( the blood of Tumang ), he was able to execute the demand of  Sumbi. 

Sumbi was afraid if sangkuriang could be able to do this. She prayed to god ( Sang Hyang Tunggal -red ), she asked how to avoid Sangkuriang's effort in making Sumbi's demands. The god gave her sign that she would throw her own white woven material which called ' irisan boreh rarang ' , so then the dawn would come sooner.

The works of Sangkuriang which were almost done became failed because the dawn had came. The deal was over. he was so mad and kick the ship and it changed becoming Tangkuban Perahu, and the stemming river was dried the water and change into the city of  Bandung. He ran and tried to catch Sumbi which she was running away to Putri mountain and suddenly changed herself becoming  a ' jaksi ' flower in purpose that Sangkuriang would not recognize her. ( jaksi flower is narcissus flower, a type of daffodil ).

Below here are the pictures : 

The Book Image of  Sangkuriang
Picture taken from : http://sangkuriang.com

It's the Picture of Tangkuban Perahu
Picture taken from: http://giovanny-king.blogspot.com

A picture of  Narcissus Flower

Will be continue in next post. I don't want you read this article with too much words though.

Happy Monday guys !!!

All About Universe Arounds Me: Books Are the Windows to the Knowledge of the Univ...

All About Universe Arounds Me: Books Are the Windows to the Knowledge of the Univ...: "Dear World, I love books !!! All people are agree that books are the windows to the knowledge of the universe. I have habit to read books,..."

Books Are the Windows to the Knowledge of the Universe

Dear World,

I love books !!! All people are agree that books are the windows to the knowledge of the universe. I have habit to read books, any kind of books. From comics, autobiography, biography, buildings, food culinaries, marketing books, self motivator books, novels even to simple things is advertisements in newspapers. It is already in my blood.

Onetime I had a schoking comment from an Italian guy in aeroplane, we were at same row seat. He was surprised that I read a book ! It was a book about Egypt the one that I love and it was a present from Marina Lazarevich when we were working together in Dubai before. this Italian guy's name is Carlos. He told me he was surprised since all time he travels around the places, very fews he saw an Asian would read in aeroplane specially Indonesian. He also staying here in Jakarta, a WHO boss.

Now he is also one of my good friend in Jakarta, everytime I need to read book, I just come over to his place and put my ass in his big library in his house. He is collecting so many books. And he understand so much that Ican't afford for buying books but he dislike to kill my interest in readings. He cares of me so much, he let me read anytime I want and borrow his books home.He said I need to think big, beyond of everything. Across the universe's limit. He advice me not to put limit of my interests of doing things. Explore the things, don't be afraid of anything, he told me that helps always on the way to those people who really want to explore the knowledge.

He gives me also an Atlas. The very rare collection for me to have. He told me to see the world from the atlas first then later one day, i will really travel around the globe since I told him that I would love to travel around the world in 80 days, and we laughed since it was a book before and thy made it as movie.

I love books is making me love to write too. I write poetries, books, articles etc. I like to write everything in my own way to share my thoughts, my dreams and my passion about things. I did this since I was teenager, My literature teacher sent my short stories to some magazine, my poetries to newspaper under her name. She got the credit title, I got the money even onetime I was a winner of a teens newspaper reader competition. I was happy because the owner of big media group himself who shake my hands and said : ' Wow, you do a reader and remember those in my newpapers '.

It is nice to share of what we feel and what we think. Last time I made 2 books that I intended to send to publisher, I write my journey when was in Dubai as an abroad worker's feels in my thoughts. The good times and the bad times with the love involved in it. I also made a book about the love nature in ourselves. Unfortunately my laptop was in big crash, so I lost all my scripts. Now, I am starting again writing my 3rd book about the phenomena of love whereas happening amongst the girls in all over the world with the sickness in it. It based on true story that I inspired from anyone that share they feeling with me.

It still on-going tho'. Still work-on in chapter 3. I did asking to some people to review my on-going book. They said they love it, and they can even feel what I write in it even it is just in chapter 3. I ask the point of views of Dave McLean himself about my on-going book since he is a writer, a musician and Physocologist in Franch and he is famous even he change his name as author while he write the books. He told me and encouraged me all the time that I really do have talent in writing. Many times I sent him my poetry, also he loves that. He told me even once he read my on-going book that I will not really need editor so much to edit my future book, he told me that I do have thoughts in genuine in writing and making it at right paths. It is not up-side down for a begginer as myself, he said. I have problem only in writing it since it is in English, I have to make rich the vocabularies and making them sounds nice to read and easy to understand for everyone who later will read my book.

I really do happy once he told me that. I eager to finish writing my book. Right now, I am joining to authonomy community from this Harper Collins Publisher. They look for talented writer from around the globe. Until now, I haven't sent any of my articles or my written yet due my busy of making these drafts for my future website. Oh yes, even for my websites I do write myself all the contents with many references I have in my thoughts.

I have also support from my network in Netherlands, his name is Nick. He is a consultant speciality in media in there. He promise to me that when I need him to make the cover and editting just ask his help. Yaayyyy, look I am surrounded by nice people.

Sometimes also I help wikipedia making articles or else. Wikipedia for Indonesia, since Indonesia wikipedia still need people who eager to donate the thoughts articles which are related with type of knowledges. Or sometimes, I just write in wikipedia international for anything I have in Indonesia and share it to the world into English language. So everybody will know the knowledge and the information transferring will be done with small hands to type and my small brain to write.

Thank you world, thank you everyone. Now I even thank to this technology from google, microsoft etc, I can read everything in here without buying books anymore which is expensive for me to buy.

Later in my next post, I will make reference of books that I ever read which I think it is so good to read.

The dictionaries which Helps me Improving My English

This is a Roget's Thesaurus, which inside this dictionary we can get the synonims or antonyms English words> This is so easy to use, for reading or write. I love this so much, I do use this Roget's for over 15 years now. I am not an English who is speak and fluently in English, but I love to improve myself everytime. And It helps so much. This Roget's simply made this to reference the words in which term we can use the word we look-up and emphasize it in correct pattern.

Use this guys, This is so good. I am highly recommend this Roget's.

This is the 2nd options for me to improve my English language. I use this for over 10 years now, since I was in university ( even I don't have any diploma because I can't afford it. LOL ). But, this dictionary so good. All in there, all words we need, from simple words to the bussiness economic scheme even for hard words in medical scientific terms. I learn lots from this Webster's. The problem is, we can not bring them anywhere. Too big for me if I bring them anywhere. LOL...

And that one is English - Indonesian's dictionary. I use this one too for improving my language. Sometimes there are problems right if we look-up English - English dictionary. And there is also explanation how to use Indonesian language forms. I also suggest this dictionary to expatriate or travelers who visit to Indonesia or would stay here for any reason you have behind, you can use this dictionary. This is so good.

But now is easy for me, there is google translate. I can be able translate everything, every language in this globe. LOL.. Even sometimes not perfect, but this is sooooooooooooo gooooooooooooodddddddd !!!! Google I understand that you do evolution everytime, generating your new words. I understand this, still I realize I couldn't make that kind of miracle of what you do. Love you Google.com