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Recount Text :My Grandpa’s Funeral in Toraja

Last month my family and I went to Toraja to attend Grandpa’s funeral. It was my first time to go to such
a ceremony. We gathered there with our kin in the ceremony.

Overall, the ceremony was quite elaborate. It took about a week. Several days before the ceremony was
done, grandpa’s body was kept in a series of houses arranged in a circular row around an open field called
tongkonan. His corpse was dressed in a fi ne wearing.

The funeral was performed in two phases. First, we

slaughtered the pigs and buffaloes, and then moved the corpse to face north. In this ceremony we wore
black clothes. After that, the corpse was placed in a sandal wood coffin. Then, it was brought out of the
house and placed on an open platform beneath the granary. Meanwhile, my uncle, my brother, and I
prepared the wooden puppet and a funeral tower called lakian. The next phase of the ceremony was held
in this place. The coffin is borne from the house and placed in the lakian. During the day, there were also
buffalo matches. They were great matches. In the night, we were feasting, chanting, and dancing.

On the last day, the grandpa’s coffin were lowered from the funeral tower and brought up to the mountain
side family graveyard. It was followed by great shouting and excitement from the relatives and the guests.
Finally, we installed the wooden puppet on a high balcony where other puppets representing the members
of a whole family were already there. The funeral ceremonies made my family and me tired. However, we
were grateful because it ran smoothly.

2 .Recount Text : My Holiday Was Fantastic

Last summer I got a fantastic holiday. I visited some great places.
I went to an airport and was going to fly to Cleveland. I was spending there two days. I liked to see some
Cleveland Cavaliers basketball matches.
Then I went to Hollywood. Hollywood is a famous district in Los Angeles, California, United States. It had
become world-famous as the center of the film industry. Four major film companies – Paramount,
Warner Bros., RKO and Columbia – had studios in Hollywood. I did not want to leave but I had to.
After that, I went to New York city. I visited the Statue of Liberty. I went from the bottom of Manhattan to
the top of the crown. That was very amazing.
The places made me feel at home but I have to go home. Next time I would return to them.

3 .Recount Text :My Horrible Experience

Let me remind you my experience during an earthquake last week. When the earthquake happened, I was on my car.
I was driving home from my vocation to Bali. Suddenly my car lunched to one side, to the left. I thought I got flat
tire. I did not know that it was an earthquake. I knew it was an earthquake when I saw some telephone and
electricity poles falling down to the ground, like matchsticks.

Then I saw a lot of rocks tumbling across the road.

I was trapped by the rock. Even I could not move my car at all. There were rocks everywhere. There was
nothing I could do but left the car and walked along way to my house, in the town.

When I reached my town, I was so surprised that there was almost nothing left. The earthquake made a lot of
damage to my town. Although nothing was left, I thanked God that nobody was seriously injured.
4 .Recount Text :My Horror Experience

I stayed a night at Sakhuwa of Gati VDC because a landslide near Baseri had blocked the road, The next
morning, I hopped onto the bus with registration number Ba 2 Kha 4013 that was on the way to Barhabise
from Tatopani.

I took a seat by the doorside and remember that there were around 35 passengers, including me. The
driver started the bus. A kilometer into the journey, I noticed a ditch on the road.

The driver tried to avert the ditch. Before I could know what was going on, the bus started hurtling
towards the Bhotekoshi.

I had given up hope of surviving, but found a ventilator glass broken. I came out of the shattered glass and
plunged into the Bhotekoshi.

The river carried me for about 35 kilometers and left me on the shallow surface. I passed out after that.
The rescuers took me to a hospital when I regained consciousness.

I heard later that all except four passengers had survived. I have sustained injuries on the face, hands and
other body parts. Nonetheless, I feel that surviving was my destiny.
5 .Recount Text :Vacation to London
Mr. Richard’s family was on vacation. They are Mr. and Mrs. Richard with two sons. They went to
London. They saw their travel agent and booked their tickets. They went to the British Embassy to get
visas to enter Britain. They had booked fourteen days tour. This includes travel and accommodation. They
also included tours around London. They boarded a large Boeing flight. The flight was nearly fourteen
hours.

On the plane the cabin crews were very friendly. They gave them news paper and magazine to read. They
gave them food and drink. There was a film for their entertainment. They had a very pleasant flight. They
slept part of the way.

On arrival at Heathrow Airport, they had to go to Customs and Immigration. The officers were pleasant.
They checked the document carefully but their manners were very polite. Mr. Richard and his family
collected their bags and went to London Welcome Desk. They arranged the transfer to a hotel.

The hotel was a well-known four-star hotel. The room had perfect view of the park. The room had its own
bathroom and toilet. Instead of keys for the room, they inserted a key-card to open the door. On the third
floor, there was a restaurant serving Asian and European food. They had variety of food.

The two week in London went by fast. At the end of the 14-day, they were quite tired but they felt very
happy.
6 .Recount Text :Visiting Bali

There were so many places to see in Bali that my friend decided to join the tours to see as much as possible. My
friend stayed in Kuta on arrival. He spent the first three days swimming and surfing on Kuta beach. He visited some
tour agents and selected two tours. The first one was to Singaraja, the second was to Ubud. On the day of the tour,
he was ready.

My friend and his group drove on through mountains. Singaraja is a city of about 90 thousands people. It is a busy
but quiet town. The street are lined with trees and there are many old Dutch houses. Then they returned very late in
the evening to Kuta.

The second tour to Ubud was a very different tour. It was not to see the scenery but to see the art and the craft of the
island. The first stop was at Batubulan, a center of stone sculpture. There my friend watched young boys were
carving away at big blocks of stone. The next stop was Celuk, a cente for silversmiths and goldensmiths. After that
he stopped a little while for lunch at Sukawati and on to mass. Mass is a tourist center My friend ten-day-stay ended
very quickly beside his two tour, all his day was spent on the beach. He went sailing or surfboarding every day. He
was quiet satisfied.
7 .Recount Text :Camping

Last weekend, my friends and I went camping. We reached the camping ground after we walked for about
one and a half hour from the parking lot. We built the camp next to a small river. It was getting darker and
colder, so we built a fire camp.

The next day, we spent our time observing plantation and insects while the girls were preparing meals. In
the afternoon we went to the river and caught some fish for supper. At night, we held a fire camp night.
We sang, danced, read poetry, played magic tricks, and even some of us performed a standing comedy.

On Monday, we packed our bags and got ready to go home.

8 .Recount Text : Meeting a star
On Saturday morning at 9:30, I was walking down Sunda Street, looking for a record store. A man
stopped me and asked me the way to the Hyatt Hotel. I wasn't sure exactly where it was, but I walked with
him to the end of Sunda Street. He was very friendly, and his face looked so familiar. Then I remembered
where the Hyatt was and told him how to get there. He thanked me and tried to give me something. I
thought it was money. I said 'no' at first, but he really wanted me to have it, so I took it.

I found the record store and listened to a few records. D' Masive had a new record that was number two in
the top twenty. I decided to buy it. I looked in my bag for my wallet and found a piece of paper the man
gave me. It was a photo. I was so surprised! He was a singer in D' Masive!

9 .Recount Text :R.A. Kartini

Every april 21 people in indonesia commemorate the kartini day. It is beautiful day for the woman
because we celebrate the birth of great lady R.A. Kartini. Everyone knows who kartini is. she is our
national heroine and a great lady with the bright idea.
Kartini was born in 1879 april 21 in mayong jepara. Her father was Rama Sosroningrat Wedana (assistant
of head of regency) in mayong. her mother, Ma Ngasirah was a girl from Teluk Awur village in Jepara as
the daughter of a noble family, she felt luck because she got more than the ordinary people got. She got
better education than other children in november 12 1903 she married adipati djoyodiningrat, the head of
rembang regency. According to javanese tradition Kartini had to follow her husband. then she moved to
rembang.

In september 13 1904 she gave a birth to her son. his name was singgih. but after giving birth to a son, her
condition was getting worse and she finally passed away on september 17 1904 on her 25 years old.

Now kartini has gone. but her spirit and dream will always be in our heart. nowadays indonesian women
progress is influenced by kartini's spirit stated on collection of letter habis gelap terbitlah terang from the
dusk to the dawn.
10 . Recount Text :My Propose Day

I woke up at about five o'clock yesterday. It wasn't a regular day, because I was about to propose a girl.
After praying and taking a bath, I had my early breakfast. At about nine o'clock I was in my office but my
soul wasn't there. I was thinking about the lines that I had to say to her. At one o'clock, I had my lunch but
I wasn't enjoying it either. So, I practiced the lines to almost all girls I met at my lunch. Yes, I was a little
bit crazy. Finally, it was three o'clock. I remembered all my lines. I wrapped my works and got ready to
pick her up and of course proposed her.
I met her at four o'clock, took a little walk and went to a movie. At seven, we had a romantic dinner. I
thought it was the perfect time to ask her to be my wife. Then I said the lines that I practiced the whole
afternoon. She smiled. I reached my pocket to get a ring and put it around her finger. Then she said "Yes."
After driven her home I went back to my house.