I do like this song very much. Maroon 5 as the one of biggest band was made this song is very beautiful. They show their capabilities in this song. Adam as the vocalist sang this song as well. I think Maroon 5 lovers have same opinion that Adam has a unique voice or he has different characteristic of voice with other vocalists. Their collaboration of music that depends on their position in this group was very nice. This song is a song in their album “About Jane”.

This song tells about the complicated relationship. The girl is not going as well in their relationship whereas the man has more feeling about love. It is explained by

“She said good bye to many times before”

“Her heart is breaking in front of me”

“And I have no choice cause I won’t say good bye anymore”

It is so deep for me. But, it does not mean I have the same situation of relationship with the song, honestly. Today, I learn more the tutorial of acoustic version, a lot and I did. I hope one day I can sing this song with my beloved guitar in front of my friends.

Bentor is a kind of transportation in Gorontalo. This transportation makes this province different with another. Bentor is the evolution of Becak. We know Becak is the transportation that combines of bicycle and cart. But Bentor is created by motor cycle and cart (the combination), that is why it called Bentor or Becak Motor. Now, there is a community of Bentor driver, “Ikata Pengemudi Bentor” or most Gorontalo people say “IPB”. They are spread almost in all traffic line. Usually, the community (IPB) is organizing the members for each traffic line. The cost is depend of distance of the place that passenger will go to. Usually, I pay Rp. 4000,- to go to Campus from my home in Asparaga. I would like to suggest you that you should make a deal with the driver before the journey. Because, sometimes I heard some information from my friends that they paid more to the driver than another day even though the distance is not far as they think before. And they realized that they did not make a deal before about that.

Introduction

Every single people in the world have interesting view of fashion. It because fashion can influences our lifestyle. Flat cap is one of fashion hat product. There are many people in every country wear flat cap in their activities. However, most of them do not know about the history of flat cap itself. Furthermore, this essay will explain you the development of flat cap.

History

Flat cap begun at 14th Century in Northern England which people was likely call “cap”. In 1571, Act of British Parliament compulsory all men and boys over age of 6 except for noblemen and person of degree to wear flat cap on Sunday and holidays. The purpose of regulation was to encourage domestic wool and general trade. Men or boys who did not obey the regulation were fined ¾ pence per day. Flat caps were almost popular in 19th century among working class men in Britain and Ireland. In addition, the upper class worn the flat caps made by high quality cloth. Mather (2001) said, "A flat cap is assumed in folk mythology to represent working class, but it also denotes upper class affecting casualness. So it is surely classless, and there lies its strength.” Even though the Act was abolished in 1597, men continued worn the cap. Then, flat cap became a fashionable worn man in 1920s.

How does it become popular?

We can see people in many countries wear flat cap. Do you know how it becomes popular? Seemingly, flat cap became popular by European immigrants settled in United States thus, flat caps became one of the United States fashion. Hollywood actors also promote this cap, such as Brad Pitt, Samuel Jackson, Will Smith, Justin Timberlake and Ashton Kutcher. It can be a challenge for US designers, because they have to understand the fashion lover needs especially for flat cap. That is why, flat cap become trend centre.

Flat cap in Indonesia

How about flat cap in Indonesia? They called it “topi pelukis” or “topi seniman”. It is because there are too many artists and painters worn flat cap in their daily activities. They are Didy Petet and Dedy Mizwar as Indonesian senior and popular actors, Butet as an Indonesian famous artist and comedian. There is Andrea Hirata from writer community that usually wear flat cap in his activities. If we are visiting Yogyakarta and walking at Malioboro Street, we can see most of all street painters wear flat cap.

Flat cap and me

As the flat cap lover, I always wear flat cap when I hangout on weekend. I feel more confident because I can show myself honestly to my friends and another people with my style. Another reason I do love wear flat cap is because I will look like western people or artist or musician.

Conclusion

In conclusion, flat cap is one of fashion product that changes the images of working class to the popular and universal fashion hat. Flat cap become a popular fashion hat in all society level. All people can wear this cap in their daily activities to support their lifestyle. This is one of occurrence transmitted culture that happens and we can see the new variant of flat cap in the future appropriate the development of fashion.

References:

Jack. 2012. Flat Cap History. Retrieved November 01, 2012 from

http://www.flatcapjack.com/wp/legacy/flat-cap-history/

Mather. 2011. Flat cap. Retrieved November 01, 2012 from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_cap, listed Mather, Geoffrey. "Capped for England" BBC Radio 4, 2001

Online Magazine, Ayup. 2000. If the Flat Cap Fits… Retrieved November 02,

2012 from http://ayup.co.uk/shuttup/shuttup0-4.html

Graham. 2008. Flat Caps are Coming Back. (Retrieved November 02, 2012 from

http://anabaptist.lifewithchrist.org/permalink/39537.html

Sebuah fenomena alam yang lazim terjadi dimana saja. Tak jarang menjadi hal yang sering diielu-elukan sebagian orang seperti petani. Namun bagi sebagian lain malah menjadi hal yang tidak diinginkan seperti para pembuah gerabah.

Senjaku yang ditemani hujan. Kilas pengalaman yang terkenang kembali. Setiap tetes yang kian mengukirnya menjadi lebih nyata dimataku. Kadang mengundang senyuman kecil mengingat jilbab hijau yang dikenakan wanita itu terasa sesuai dengan dirnya. Lirikan yang mengundang tanya. Terus mengigil dalam duduknya. Kudekati dengan keterbatasan diri ini. “Wa kaifa khalluk?” tanyaku. Hanya tundukan teduh mata yang memberikan isyarat sebuah sakit yang teramat sebagai jawaban. Raga yang cukup kuat tuk menunggu masa 20 menit atas sesuatu yang dapat menyelamatkan hidupnya, walaupun hal itu sebenarnya tidak cukup bagi dirinya. Lama kutatapi, tiba-tiba, “Sukron” yang terucap dari bibirnya yang sedikit terlihat kepayahan menunjukkan sebuah senyuman. Tak pernah terlupa oleh ku, sebuah sungai kecil yang terukir pada wajahnya saat kan pergi ke sebuah tempat yang dia pun tidak begitu yakin kan menetap lama di sana. Ku balas dengan lambaian tangan. Ya, perpisahan yang lebih dari yang kuharapkan. Kesan yang begitu tidak biasa menyapaku saat itu dalam senjaku. Keadaanmu yang baik selalu menjadi harapku walaupun kita sama-sama tidak mengetahui "hal itu".

Dan hujan pun berhenti seiring kenangan yang tersimpan di dalamnya. Terkadang begitu banyak persepsi yang muncul atas “Hujan”. Sangat relatif, tapi ku yakin semua orang kan mendapat sebuah kesan dengan kehadiran “Pelangi”. Thanks a lot rain, you will make me much better from this time.

Embun yang masih enggan melepaskan hangatnya pelukan dedaunan seolah dipaksa berpisah oleh mentari yang dengan malunya memperlihatkan diri pada wajah Serambi Madinah. Hiruk pikuk mulai terlihat dengan hikmatnya bangunan pasar Central Gorontalo yang tak pernah mengeluh dengan segala aktivitas dagang, jasa dan sebagainya. Bau tak sedap yang bercampur baur seolah sudah terpatri pada setiap hidung masyarakat Hulondalangi bahwa inilah “Pasar Kita”.

Terlihat sorang anak kecil umuran sekolah dasar modar-mandir dengan menawarkan jasa membawa barang dagangan. Kurus dan kulit sawo matang yang bersesuaian dengan tinggi badan, seolah tak ada bandingannya dengan para rival seprofesi. Dengan penuh optimis mengatakan “Angkat barang..., angkat barang” pada setiap orang yang dalam pandangannya dapat mengapresiasikan jasa yang ditawarkannya tersebut. Sembari memperlihatkan kedua lesung pipi yang mungkin menurutnya hal itu adalah sesuatu yang tidak ada pada saingan-saingan seprofesinya.

Sampai pada seorang ibu berpenampilan fashionable yang menaruh kepercayaan barang dagangan padanya. Ikan, sayur, rempah-rempah, serta tidak ketinggalan dengan beberapa buah-buahan terbungkus rapi dalam tas kresek yang ditentenginya. Semangat yang tinggi terlihat dengan anggukkan kepalanya yang seolah itu adalah sebuah misi yang harus diselesaikan dengan baik. Peraturannya pun menurut saya hanya satu yakni, setia terhadap pelanggan. Maksudnya, kemanapun pelanggan tersebut berjalan maka dia mesti mengikutinya. Terkadang terjadi “Extra load”, yakni dimana pelanggan menambah daftar belanjaan yang kemudian ahli profesi tersebut mesti mendapat imbasnya. Ya, ini adalah salah satu konsekwensi dari pekerjaan tersebut. Dan hal itu terjadi pada anak kecil terebut. Extra load-nya terlihat begitu membuatnya kewalahan dengan cucuran peluhnya. Bagaimana tidak, itu tambahan seikat kardus telur dan sebuah tas kresek yang berisikan tepung dengan kemasan 1 kg 3 buah. Tak lama berselang, tiba-tiba senyumannya melebar saat memasuki area parkir dan lesung pipinya lebih mencolok ketika tangannya menerima sejumlah uang dari ibu berjilbab ala modern itu. Dia pun berlari-lari kecil dengan sesekali melompat pada beberapa interfal langkah yang pendek sebagai bentuk celebrasi “Mission Complete”.

Melihat perjuangannya, saya pun mengartikan bahwa salah satu kunci hidup adalah rasa optimis. “Optimism is one of the key of live” (Miftah: 2013)