Mari Membaca

            I want to go back to the time when my mother and I were always together. Before my brother and sister were born, I was the only one more than five years. Because of that, my mother was the most memorable friend in my childhood. My mother used to take me along her everywhere she went. Going to our family’s houses and neighborhood, to the market, to the river, or to our farm.             The most unforgettable moment in my childhood was when my mother got an extremely hard illness. For many days, my mother was only on the bed. She was not able to get up, cook, or do another household. I felt so sad because she could not play with me. I was taken care by my father. I often cried. That was not because I did not like my father, but I missed the kindness of my mother. When her healing was successful, I felt very blissful. My favorite part was going to the farm along with my mother. I liked he...

      This is my first time writing in English. I absolutely feel frustrated because of my grammar. It is not easy when I must speak or write in English. In the other hand, I fully understand when I read articles or journals. My pronunciation is so bad that often makes people confusing. Occasionally, what I mean is different of the listener understanding. Shortly, English is my achilles heel.       In this writing, I want to tell you about my experiences with English. I knew English for the first time when I was a student of the fifth grade in the elementary school. In the time, I bought a book which had materials of many subjects. One of those was English. Although it was only a few of English, I was delightful. Because I did not know what the rules of English, I spelled all of words with the same way when I read Indonesian.       I did not have English teacher in my elementary school, because I lived in countryside. When I was a studen...