The Night Road

The night road actually was a usual road like everywhere place. But it was a little bit scary when the night came.

It was Tuesday night when I went home and passed the night road. I fastened my step to get away from that road. I was
alone at that time. Not long after that, I heard some voices that made me scared very much. My steps became running
with full of screaming to myself.

I was very scared to pass that road in the night again. I wouldn’t come alone next time.

The Legend of Surabaya

A long time ago, there were two animals, Sura and Baya. Sura was the name of a shark and Baya was a crocodile.
They lived in a sea.

Once Sura and Baya were looking for some food. Suddenly, Baya saw a goat “Yummy, this is my lunch,” said Baya.
“No way! This is my lunch. You are greedy” said Sura. Then they fought for the goat. After several hours, they were
very tired.

Feeling tired of fighting, they lived in the different places. Sura lived in the water and Baya lived in the land. The
border was the beach, so they would never fight again.

One day, Sura went to the land and looked for some food in the river. He was very hungry and there was not much
food in the sea. Baya was very angry when he knew that Sura broke the promise. They fought again.

They both hit each other. Sura bit Baya’s tail. Baya did the same thing to Sura. He bit very hard until Sura finally
gave up and went back to the sea. Baya was happy.

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.
 Muhammad Hatta

Muhammad Hatta, well known as Bung Hatta, is an Indonesian nationalist leader and vice-president. He was
born in Bukittinggi, Sumatra in 1902. He spent his life studying in the Netherlands. In 1932, he obtained a
doctorate in economics in 1932.

Returning to Indonesia, he became active in the Indonesian nationalist movement. Because of his activity, he
was arrested by the Dutch in 1934 and was imprisoned on the island of Bandanaira.When the Dutch
surrendered to Japanese, he was released by the Japanese colonial in 1942.

In 1945, after the proclamation of Indonesia's Independence, Hatta became vice-president under Sukarno of
the Indonesia Republic. By 1948 Hatta was the prime minister of the struggling government. As vice-president,
he disagreed more and more with President Sukarno's policies, and he resigned in 1956. After Sukarno's fall
in 1966, Hatta served the new government in various advisory oles in economic and financial matters.

In 1980, he died as one of the national heroes. He had devoted his life for the national interest, not only in
struggling period, but also in the developing era.

PATTIMURA
Thomas Matulessy (8 June 1783 – 16 December 1817), also known as Kapitan Pattimura or simply Pattimura, was
an Ambonese soldier and National Hero of Indonesia.

Born on the island of Saparua, Pattimura joined the British army after they took the Maluku islands from the Dutch
colonials. When the islands were returned to the Dutch in 1816, he was dismissed. Concerned that the Dutch would
implement programs that limited his people, Pattimura led an armed rebellion that captured Fort Duurstede on 16
May 1817. Killing the inhabitants of the fortress and fighting off Dutch reinforcements, on 29 May he was declared
the leader of the Maluku people. After being betrayed by the King of Booi Pati Akoon, he was captured by Dutch
forces on 11 November and hanged the next month.

Pattimura has become a symbol of both Maluku and Indonesian independence, praised by President Sukarno and
declared a national hero by President Suharto. He has several namesakes both in the capital of Maluku, Ambon,
and in the rest of the Indonesian archipelago.

KI HADJAR DEWANTARA

Raden Mas Soewardi Soerjaningrat was born in Yogyakarta, on May 2nd, 1889. He was also known as Ki
Hadjar Dewantara. He lived in colonial era. Ki Hadjar Dewantara could get better education because he came from
royal family. He was the first minister of national education of the Republic of Indonesia. He died in Yogyakarta, on
April 26th, 1959. He was the founder of Taman Siswa School. He was honoured to be Indonesian National Hero.
His date of birth was commemorated as National Education Day.
Ki Hadjar Dewantara was famous with proverb for education. They are Ing ngarso sung tulodo, ing madyo
mangun karso, tut wuri handayani. Ing ngarso sung tulodo means (for those) in front become an example, (for
those) in the middle raise the spirit, and (for those) behind give encouragement. Nowadays, part of this proverb,
Tut Wuri Handayani is used as the motto of Indonesian Ministry of Education. It was meant to describe an ideal
teacher, after transmitting knowledge to their students, the teacher would stand behind their students and give them
encouragements.