Ubud elegance, the Best City of Asia

Ubud elegance, the Best City of Asia

Ubud, in the tourist area of Gianyar regency, Bali, received an award as the best city of Asia on the basis of a magazine reader survey-based tourism in the United States, Conde Nast Traveler, the beginning of January. The area was judged the best of the hospitality community, the atmosphere or the atmosphere, the culture or the site, as well as accommodation, restaurants, and places shopping.

Ubud is selected as the best city of Asia with a score of 82.5, beating Bangkok, Hong Kong, Chiang Mai, and Kyoto.

Anything or anywhere in Ubud and surrounding areas that might be kind of an icon worthy of the best tour of Asia that? Is not the atmosphere or the atmosphere in the center of Ubud, which is about Puri Ubud, no different from Kuta, for example, which began stuffy and colored jams each day?

"We are grateful and excited Ubud selected as the best city of Asia with a score of 82.5, beating Bangkok, Hong Kong, Chiang Mai, and Kyoto. However, it also carries heavy consequences to organize the existing conditions, such as the chaos that happens everywhere, "said Gianyar Regent Tjokorda Oka Sukawati Ardhana Artha or Cok Ace at Puri Ubud, Saturday (30/1/2010), when receiving award.

Cok Ace, besides speaking as a family of Puri Ubud, he also Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Hotels and Restaurants (PHRI) Bali and on behalf of Ubud Hotels Association.

According to Cok Ace, it urgently needs to be addressed, especially clutter traffic flow, parking in urban areas, markets, organization and security of coastal and river basin Tukad Pakerisan.

Therefore, the mere suggestion, take a full day for the patient-lice-like atmosphere to enjoy Ubud. Try to "dismantle" street, place, and the atmosphere in the back of Puri Ubud. That's where the uniqueness and distinctive tourism areas is presented.

Location of the relatively near Ubud from Denpasar, about 25 miles, offers a choice place to stay. Through Road by Pass Ngurah Rai and by Pass Ida Bagus Mantra, from Kuta takes only one hour.

By staying in the area of southern Bali, the tourist will enjoy the beach, next to the still strong rural atmosphere fields.

If your wallet thick, you can enjoy the variety of luxury hotels on the outskirts of Ayung River. Hotels and villas in the area are serving a variety of spectacular rice terraces and cliffs times.

Another option, cottages and cabin tour around Puri Ubud. There you can mingle with the community. The tourist lodge owner is also complete even with mebanten service or prepares a variety of equipment offerings and religious ceremonies.

Haven

There are some lovely havens to be visited on the "back" Ubud. One of them is Tegallalang. If you're a fan of bikes, why not try using a bike. Problem rental, do not worry. This is Bali! By bike, the whole atmosphere around will be easy to get caught.

Make sure all the way down Tegallalang, a village located 5 kilometers north of Ubud. The village is a village of wooden crafts which coupled with panoramic terasering fields. Unfortunately, that beautiful stretch of scenery at some point the house was covered with rows of shops or craft shops. Go into the village streets, one of the scrawny villages. The view presented, the atmosphere had caught the eye craters.

Exiting from Tegallalang, point the way to Pakudui, Sebatu. Known as the village Pakudui producing wooden statues, specially shaped Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK). That's where the authenticity of making the sculptures will be enjoyed GWK directly. Sculptures costing tens of thousands to hundreds of millions of rupiah in the village. Satisfied with various handicrafts, prepare yourself to get the spiritual atmosphere of Bali, just 400 meters to the east Pakudui. That's where Pura Gunung Kawi, Sebatu, is located.

Serene and peaceful feeling was immediate once we were in front of the temple. For those of you who came there as a traveler, be sure to first pay the entrance fee USD 7000 (for adult) and USD 3,000 (the children). Entrance fee is already included for rent parchment (jarit cloth) to wear whilst in the temple area.

Www.babadbali.com site notes, there are three named Gunung Kawi temple in Bali. Incidentally all in Gianyar Regency. Besides the Sebatu, there appears Pura Gunung Kawi and Bitra Siring.

If the time is right in the middle of the day, some food stalls and restaurants in Ubud was waiting. If you are a tourist who can eat all kinds of food, pork roll shop next to Mrs. Oka complex Puri Ubud worth a visit.

For halal food is very diverse. Bengil the famous duck or Warung Makan Nasi Bu Mix Kadewatan Mangku in Kadewatan not be abandoned. If we find a formal impression on Ducks Bengil, more relaxed atmosphere presented at Warung Bu Mangku. Understandably, the table on the terrace lesehan held Balinese house compound it.

English Teaching Method

Teaching method is a method that is used in teaching learning process. It is eone of important factors to improve the quality of teaching learning process in education, both formal and informal education. Why is it so important factor in educatin ? because of it will influence the result of teaching learning process. It will be able to increase or decrease the competence of the teacher and student.

We can understand the effectiveness and efficiency of teaching learning process in education by teaching method. The effectiveness and efficiency of teaching methos is important too. It will give impact to get success in teaching learning process, especially to learn foreign language. So it is a good way to make a selection how to choose a correct teaching method in education.

The are many teaching method of foreign language teaching. They are The Grammar Translation Method, The Direct Method, The audio Lingual Method, Community Language Learning and Suggestion Al of teaching method of foreign language teaching above has difference in the goal, the role and the characteristic. Those method describe about difference of principal and technique. It is caused by difference background and time. It is no easy to choose and to apply a correct teaching method. A correct teaching method has some criteria. One of them is principal and technique. So we have to know comprising both principal and technique in teaching. Because of it involve some aspect. They are the teacher and the student, teaching and learning process and the target language. The will give impact in education.

All of teaching method above is about foreign language teaching, but they have positive and negative effect for the teacher and students. Because among The Grammar Translation Method, The direct Method, The Audio Language Method, Community Language Learning and suggestion are made in difference background and goal.

In TOEFL 2, we learning and try to understand kind of teaching method of language foreign teaching. Among tat teaching method above, we thing that Suggestion is suitable teaching method in teaching learning process. Why is it?

Learning bring with them to the learning situation. It is one way to eliminate the fear. We know that students feel if they do not be able to perform. They feel that their abilities are limited. The fear will limited students’ capability and success in learning. So this method tries to reduce the students’ fear in the class.

The characteristics of teaching learning are comfortable classroom, easy chair, soft lightning, soft music, posters and picture. The facilities will support students’ activities in the class it will decrease secure situation so the teaching learning process well. The role of teacher is the authority in the class, but they are as a partnership. Students are as active responder (they don’t fell the fear).

If suggestion is compared with others teaching method :

It is a new method than others method (GMT, DM, ALM). So it contains new ideas and more modern.

It is one of method that to make a balance between intellectual and psychology. We know that secure of psychology is important in education. Student go to school not only to get knowledge, but they need secure of psychology. it will increase student’ mental power and self-confidence to reduce the fear and to make students ready to get knowledge.

It is effective and efficiency method. This class is just for 15-16 students. The teacher is able to understand the development of students one by one. So teaching learning process more effective.

The situation of class is more comfortable. It is sported by complete facilities (easy chair, soft music, picture and posters). The student fell more relax in teaching learning process. It will raise their spirit to study.


Finally, we know that leaching method of foreign language teaching is impotant in educatin. We must understand the goal the characteristic each teaching method because it will influence the result to teaching learning process in education.

Learning Indonesia by Folkteles

Indonesia Folktales is the effort of an Indonesian academic and children’s literature expert, Murti Bunanta. It introduces her country to the worl, as well as to her fellow countrymen, in the field she know best, folklore.

Murti has written 31 picture-books, and compile a collection of 29 folktales. The book is part of the World Folklore Series. It reminds that the country has a wonderful diversity of cultures. An award-winning writer, Murti retells the tales delightfully in her aim to preserve the age-old oral tradition.

Murti collected the stories in Indonesia Folktales from many sources, aside from friends and her childhood memories.

In the preface, she points our that 13 of the 29 stories collected through oral sources and 16 were taken from written material. According to the author, at least 12 folktales in the anthology have never been published before, not even in Indonesia.

Apart from the expected themes, Murti also includes a theme unusual to the genre : the independent woman. These tales about strong women are about living one’s own dreams. Often a happy ending is not always is store for such women. Still, it is inspiring to know that women’s struggle is acknowledged in these folktales. Three such stories are include in the anthology, and all are from Sumatra.

Anpther theme is local legends, such as The Legend of Lake Toba from North Sumatra, The Legends of a Swamp (Rawa Bening) from Central Java and The Lagend of Banyuwangi from East Java.

Indonesian Folktales is divided into three chapters : A general introduction to Indonesia, Food, Game , Craft and The Tales. The folktales are each illustrated by well-known cartoonist G.M. Sudharta. The book also incorporates photographs from various institutions, as well as from family and friends.

In the and, Indonesian Folktales is worth reading-and keeping-for those who want to broaden their knowledge on traditional Indonesian Culture. It is hope that this kind of literature will reach a wide readership.