Where Did You Spend Your Holidays?

Yudi : [sigh] Why did holidays end so fast? I was even really enjoying my holidays. I need more holidays. One more week should be enough. Tia : Yeah, I know how you feel, Yudi. School should have not started out this early. Now we have to get back to our day-to-day routine. I dont even have my passion of studying after all this short holidays. : Ha ha ha. Come on, Guys! I know it must be really hard for us to leave our beautiful holidays behind. But we all know that ready or not holidays have to be over. : [Sigh] Alright, but I really wish that we can have more days left before school. So, where did you spend your holidays, Yudi? : You want to hear the story of my holidays? Alright, I spent my holidays at my mothers hometown in Padang. : Wow, did you visit to any interesting places there? : Of course! I went to some nice places there with my family, and the best places I visited were Sianok Canyon, Japanese Cave, and Singkarak Lake. Have you ever heard the names of those places? : Um. Nope. : I watched Sianok Canyon once on TV, it seemed to be a great canyon. : Youre right! Sianok Canyon was really great and extremely high. The view from up above the canyon was tremendous. Its really beautiful. I wish I could go there with my wife in the future, hee hee hee. Singkarak lake was also beautiful. While I visited the lake, we met and played with many monkeys that lived around the forest near the lake. : What about the Japanese Cave? It sounds cool. : The Japanese Cave was located near the Sianok Canyon. Just like its name, this cave was an historical legacy of Japanese people that was used as a defense base during World War II. Um. And you, where did you spend your holidays, Tia? : I went to my fathers hometown in Jogjakarta. There I visited many interesting places, and one of them was Malioboro Street. Malioboro Street was one of my favorite spot in Jogjakarta. I bought things with low price there as long as you are good at haggling over the prices. I went to Magelang as well. I visited Borobudur, it was an awesome trip. So, where did you spend your holidays, Ayu? : Actually, I didnt go to any cool places out of the town like you all did. My parents were too busy working on our bakery shop. : Awwh thats too bad. I hope you didnt feel sad for that.

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Yudi : Its okay, Tia. We still have next semester holidays, right? Maybe your parents would have time for you on the next holidays. Ayu : Its alright, Guys. I didnt feel disappointed at all for that. I was even really happy I could help my parents to work on our bakery shop. Plus, on the next holidays, they promised me that we could go to Bali.

Yudi : Whoa, thats cool! Tia : Im glad to hear that!

Glossaries Percakapan Bahasa Inggris tentang Liburan

Holidays Start out Day-to-day Routine Passion (to be) Over Hometown Interesting places Sianok Canyon Japanese Cave Singkarak Lake Extremely high View Tremendous Forest It sounds cool (to be) located Historical legacy Defense base World War II Spot As long as Haggle over the prices As well Trip Out of the town Bakery shop Disappointed At all Glad to hear that : Hari liburan : Memulai : Hari ke hari, (dilakukan setiap hari) : Rutinitas : Hasrat, keinginan : Berakhir : Kampung halaman : Tempat menarik : Ngarai Sianok : Gua Jepang : Danau Singkarak : Sangat tinggi : Pemandangan : Luar biasa, dahsyat : Hutan : Itu kedengarannya hebat : Berlokasi, bertempat : Warisan sejarah : Tempat/pangkalan pertahanan : Perang Dunia II : Tempat : Selama, asalkan : Menawar harga : Juga : Perjalanan : Di luar kota : Toko roti : Kecewa : Sama sekali : Senang mendengarnya