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KangGURU Magazine for August 2004
What is in the August 2004 magazine? 
An August 2004 Welcome Message from KGRE Welcome to this August 2004 edition of the KGRE magazine. On behalf of Ogi, Darmika and Alwi, I hope that you enjoy every page. We have tried hard in this edition to give you a wide variety of topics. As we always say, if you have any comments about magazine content then please feel free to write to us or send a quick email. In this edition we feature people from all walks of life talking about their lives, their work and their interests. Some are students, some are teachers. Some work in development while others work in industry. Find out about students from Indonesia going to Australia and England to continue their studies and careers. Learn about how people are working with development issues such as HIV/AIDS, education, tourism and the environment. All of them have an interesting story to tell and we hope you enjoy reading their stories. And do you know what? You can do it too if you really want to! KGRE regular features continue in this edition including Idioms Inggris, Listeners' Letters, Study Tips and Different Pond Different Fish. These four KGRE segments will also be featured in the radio programs between August and December so be sure to tune into that special radio station somewhere near your home. Caroline has been a regular presenter on KGRE for a few years now and during the period August to October 2004 Caroline will take over the airwaves as I go on an extended trip to Australia. There will be a new sound to KGRE during that period and I wish Caroline all the best with her new venture. While I am in Australia I will still be doing some work for KGRE as I go driving through the Outback. I will be on the look out for Aussie characters, sights and activities for the December 2004 magazine. Wish me luck too, okay! Announcing
the NEW Kang Guru FORUM Page During 2003 the
FORUM Page received over 78,000 visitors! That represents about
26% of the total 'hits' on the KGRE website. It is without a doubt the
most popular page on the website. Some people have suggested improvements
to the FORUM. We have checked things out and we are happy to announce
that in the near future a new style FORUM Page will be available for you
to use. It will include a lot more information plus people using
the FORUM will be able to submit their own Profiles including photographs
for everyone else to see. Keep watching for this new FORUM Page - coming
soon!
Check in the August magazine to see Who is Who in this photograph?
Listeners'
Letters Ketty Husnia Wardany KGRE - Thank you Ketty for your compliments! We wish you all the best for the future as well. Thank you KGRE and AusAID! Ari Listiani KGRE - We are very happy to know that our development works are highly appreciated. Thanks for the letter Ari! From Website ... I G. N. Budi Astawa KGRE - It's great to hear from you. The website is only one of KGRE services for all Indonesians. Now people in Denpasar can also listen to KGRE program from Radio Cassanova Bali FM - 105. Happy Listening!! KGRE & Garuda Indonesia Imah KGRE - Hello to you Imah and to all Garuda aircrews. We are happy to know that more and more people like KGRE. And for your information, Captain KGRE is also a Frequent Flyer of Garuda Indonesia Airways. So that's friends helping friends, isn't it Move Forward KGRE and IALF!! Rudy Umardani KGRE - Thanks for the support Rudy. With the help from AusAID we'll continue to give the best service. And good luck too with your thesis! I Got Pen Pals!! Wika Luh KGRE - Dear Wika, it's great, isn't it, to get penpals? With the new KGRE FORUM there are even more to share with. Check it out! A Great Teacher!! Nanda KGRE - You are a great student too Nanda by sending this letter. Don't forget to keep re-registering for your magazine! What
A Surprise!! Zakiatus Zahra Thanks for the thank you letter Zahra. I hope more and more people will follow your example to enter KGRE competitions on the radio, magazine and website. There are plenty of great prizes to win for sure. There are plenty more interesting
letters in the magazine. There are two expressions that are very common in Australia. They are all to do with laughing and joking. And we all love to do that, don't we? They say that laughter is the best medicine. But hang on - medicine is usually sold in a bottle or as a pill - obat ya? So how can laughter be the best medicine? For example, we can use this when we have a friend who is unhappy or sad or perhaps feeling a little depressed. Getting someone to laugh is one way of helping them to forget their worries and to relax. "I know that things are very difficult for you at the moment. Your best friend has gone away and you are sad about that. Laughter's the best medicine you know, so let's go and see that funny new film at the cinema." When someone says something that you think is silly or not possible then we can simply say you must be joking. In other words, you are saying to them that their idea or suggestion is just silly and even a little ridiculous. The pronunciation is important with the emphasis on must. "My 10 year old son asked me if I could buy him a Honda motorbike. He wanted it so that he could use it to go to school. I just answered you must be joking, You are far too young to have a motorbike and anyway where would I get the money from to buy it?" Now for two idioms using the word walk. They are quite common terms. The first one is walk it. We use this to say that we are going to walk the distance and not go by car or bus, for example. It really isn't that far in fact, so walking is the best way. "It is only a few hundred meters to the shop so don't bother using the motorbike. We can walk it easily. Better for our health too. Come on, let's go." Another version of this idiom is leg it. To leg it is to walk instead of going by car or bus, etc. The second idiom is walk out. This is an interesting one indeed. To walk out on somebody or something is to leave a situation because there is a problem of some sort that perhaps cannot be solved by staying. Hopefully this example will help you. "The manager and the employees could not agree on the problem. They discussed the problem for days and no solutions were found. Eventually the workers walked out. They left the meeting and the factory and they say that they are not returning until the management changes their attitude." laughter is the best
medicine - tertawa itu obat terbaik For more idioms from KGRE - Click Here
Adi Witono Waluyo, a young teacher from IALF Bali, and a good friend of KGRE, has spent the last 6 months in Australia. He is on exchange from IALF and working with schools in northern New South Wales. As a part of his activities, he recently participated in an Indonesian Cultural Night at the Ex-Serviceman's Club in Coffs Harbour. Three local schools, which all offer Indonesian language programs, participated in this event - the largest Indonesian cultural event in regional NSW. The event was organised to show the talents of local school students in Indonesian language and culture and to promote and celebrate Indonesian culture in Australia. The evening gave members of the region's Indonesian community a chance to celebrate the rich and diverse traditions of their homeland, not to mention getting to know other Indonesians from the area. Among the 350 people in attendance were the Indonesian Consul General from Sydney, Mr Hertomo Reksodiputro and Mrs Nia Reksodiputro, the Consul for Public Affairs, Mrs Sofia Sudarman, the Mayor of Coffs Harbour, Councillor Keith Rhoades and Mrs Rhoades, the Federal Member for Cowper, Mr Luke Hartsuyker, and the Mayor of Bellingen Shire. The event started with welcome songs by Year 2 - 4 students of the Casuarina Steiner School, Coffs Harbour. Samantha Brocker of Bishop Druitt College welcomed the audience with a Balinese dance Panyembrama. The Casuarina Year 5 - 7 students performed Angklung orchestra, recorder and Indonesian songs. Bellingen High students presented a fashion parade of regional Indonesian costumes and Macksville High entertained the guests with two Indonesian songs - one was from Maluku and the other was the Poco-Poco dance. Adi W. Waluyo performed a spellbinding dance from Bali, Panji Semirang, as the final performance of the evening. Garuda Airlines provided two return tickets to Bali as prizes given away during the evening. Several other prizes, generously donated by local businesses and individuals, were also given away.
Some comments from the audience:
"It was a wonderful night and very exciting for me as it was the first time I attended a cultural event on the North Coast. I experienced Indonesian culture in the form of songs and dances, I could see what the different school students were learning, and met the Indonesian people living on the North Coast. I hope to participate in the future events and continue the general links between the rural areas in Indonesia and Australia".
"I liked the Indonesian night, it was great, it had beautiful colours, great people, the atmosphere was fantastic, I especially loved the food which was gorgeous, and I loved Macksville High performance, I think it was great and I had a great time doing my fashion parade. I also loved the performance by Adi. I think it was the best of all. Indonesia has a fantastic language and is a fantastic country, and I can't wait to go there!".
"It was a wonderful and amazing night, and I liked the dances, the songs, the food and everything. I hope to have that night again because I saw everybody enjoyed it very much. It is important to know other cultures - especially for me, the ones from Indonesia". In fact they are becoming well known all over Indonesia for their punk rock music. SID spoke with Kevin last May at their headquarters in Kuta. Here's some of the information that Kevin learnt while he chatted with them. Eka began his musical interests in high school. In fact, he started out singing Australian rock music. He soon realised that he liked music groups such as Deep Purple and Metallica. Eka studied English at high school and went on to university, graduating from Udayana majoring in English. Did you know that 75% of the songs written and performed by the group are in English? Well they are, and that means English is pretty important for SID! Eka explained that writing lyrics for their music is easier in English. Bobby creates most of the music and then Eka and Jerinx collaborate on the lyrics. "Ya, for us writing punk music songs in Indonesian is more difficult than in English, because it's difficult to find the words for what we would like to say in Indonesian, but in English it's easier. In English we can have sharp words with large meaning."
I was in a canoe on a side channel
of the East Alligator River in Kakadu, looking for an Aboriginal rock
art site. I had been out the previous day and it had been idyllic. This
day began with drizzle, which progressed into torrential rain. By early
afternoon I had a strong feeling of being watched and suddenly the canoe
seemed flimsy. I had a sense of danger or vulnerability and decided I
wanted to go back. I started paddling down the channel and hadn't got
far when I saw what looked like a stick ahead of me. As I was swept towards
it I saw eyes and realised it was a crocodile! I was almost past it when
there was this great blow on the side of the canoe. I paddled furiously
but it followed, bashing on the canoe. I looked for a place to get out,
but couldn't see one. I felt sheer terror. I saw a tree growing from the
water near the bank and thought maybe I could leap into it. I got ready
to jump and as I did so, the crocodile came up close. I looked straight
into its eyes and it looked straight into mine. It had beautiful golden-flecked
eyes. I remember those vividly. I did the things you're advised to do,
to try to look fearsome: I waved my arms and shouted. It might work with
tigers but it doesn't work with crocodiles. Then I jumped, but it got
me in mid jump. I saw this blur, a flash of teeth and water as it grabbed
me between the legs and took me down for a death roll. I thought: "I'm
not food, I'm a human being; I don't believe this." There was searing
pain but the worst thing was the roll, which seemed to last forever. It
pushes water in your lungs and it felt like my arms and legs were coming
off. When it finished, my head came clear of the water and I coughed the
water out of my lungs and started to howl with pain. Then the crocodile
pushed me into the second death roll. We came up again, and this time
right next to me was a big, solid, branch so I grabbed on to it. I hung
on grimly, thinking I'd sooner let it tear me apart than go through another
death roll. Then, suddenly, I felt the pressure relax and realised the
crocodile had let go. I tried again to jump into the tree. This time it
grabbed me around the leg - the upper left thigh, which was badly damaged.
It took me down for a third death roll. Again I thought I was going to
die. I just thought it was going to take a long time over it, which seemed
worse than having it kill me straight out. But a minute later it let me
go again. I gave up on the tree and tried to throw myself at the mud bank.
After several tries, I got to the top and stood up and couldn't believe
it; I was still alive. It was an incredible rush of elation. Because I
was still in danger, I flopped away, finding my leg was in bad shape.
I had shock right through my body and was feeling pretty sick; I tried
lying down but felt worse, so continued to walk back in the direction
of the ranger's station. I felt just a glimmer of hope that I might survive.
The rain was still torrential and it took me hours to reach the lagoon
between me and the ranger station. At this stage, I started to black out
and had to crawl. But then the rain stopped and it was still, abnormally
still, and so the ranger heard me shouting. Then I had a 13-hour trip
to Darwin hospital. I almost lost the leg in hospital but I recovered
after almost a month in intensive care and another month of skin grafts. It was really a life-changing event for me. Those final experiences have an incredible intensity - that's why they have such a life-changing power. You see things at that point which you wouldn't normally see; it strips away a lot of your illusions about life and death. It was quite a while before I took in the full extent of how it changed my way of looking at the world. It left me with a strong sense of gratitude about being alive, which has faded but never really gone, and a feeling that life is not to be wasted. The experience also changed my overall theoretical outlook and had a big impact on the direction of my work. It forced me to rethink a lot of things - life, death, being human, and being food. Before the crocodile, I wrote about the value of nature, but after the crocodile, I started writing about how we see ourselves as outside nature, about the power of nature and our illusions that we can control it, that we're not embodied beings and are apart from other animals. During the encounter I had a sense that it was all a dream, that it wasn't really happening. But I now think it's ordinary life and consciousness that is the dream. We don't understand ourselves as ecological beings that are part of the food chain - we're still fighting that knowledge. During the attack, it seemed as if I'd entered a parallel universe where I didn't count for anything, I was just a piece of meat. So I've had to develop a different idea of eating and being food, where we must honour our food and the more-than-food that all of us are, including other life forms. I don't believe we do this when we treat other animals as no more than food. It also changed my view of death. I used to be a conventional atheist, thinking that you live your life and the story ends completely with death, that there's nothing at all after that, no immaterial world you go on to without your body. Now I still think there's no other world, but I don't think the story ends with your death. The story passes on to the other life forms you nurture with your death, nurturing those who have nurtured you, in a chain of mutual life-giving. As Pak Mangku says, "HIV/AIDS has become a big threat as an estimated 3000 people in Bali are now living with HIV/AIDS. They need continued treatment, care and support. Unfortunately there is still a perception that HIV/AIDS is not serious and should not be prioritised like malaria or tuberculosis. Indeed, it's a very serious problem and if we don't act now we are facing the potential 'loss of a generation' in the near future. Secondly, there is always the stigma and discrimination which occurs towards people living with HIV/AIDS. This is not right because HIV/AIDS is not contagious by shaking hands, hugging, sharing a cup or even kissing. As long as people do not share needles with others - this is especially for injecting drug users - or have sexual intercourse without condoms, they will be fine. We will continue working together, hand in hand with the entire community and extending all possible approaches to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS."
Burnet Indonesia and HIV Counsellors
For more information on these two HIV AIDS stories - Click Here
Damry is a lecturer at Tadulako University in Palu. Damry was born and raised in Palu although he attended secondary school in South Sulawesi. He is also an alumni of Australia. The first time he went to study in Australia was from 1995 to 1997. The second time, 1998 - 2000, he was an ADS student studying animal nutrition at the University of New England in Armidale, NSW. While studying in Australia, Damry learnt many things especially in his field of expertise - animal science. But he also experienced a different style of university life. His wife and children went to Australia with him under the ADS program. His three children went to school in Armidale. Fida, his eldest daughter attended Armidale City Public School. She had to use English, of course. Damry says that it just took 2 or 3 months for her to participate in all the daily life and activities at school. When Fida came back to Indonesia she had already mastered speaking and writing in English. Fida wrote to KGRE in May 2004 with news about her Australian experiences. "Hallo KGRE. My name is Fida. I would like to tell you about my primary school which was Armidale City Public School(ACPS). It is one of Armidale's well-known primary schools. It has a large playground and lots of sports equipment. ACPS has a choir group and meets every Tuesday at 2 o'clock for one hour. The first day I entered the school I didn't know how to speak English but my father's friend's daughter was in my class so I didn't have too much trouble. There was also another Indonesian student too but she was in year three. Her name was Ika. She introduced me to all her friends who were in her class. After about three months my English was quite good and I entered the choir group with my friends. When I was in year four I tried to learn how to play the violin. My teacher's name was Emma. She was really nice. When I was about to leave ACPS my teacher and my other friends made a surprise for me. They gave me a photo of themselves, a teddy bear and lots more." Amirullah is from Lombok and has recently gone to Australia to take up his Australian Development Scholarship. He was a lecturer in Muhammadiyah University before going to Australia. His area of special interest is teaching curriculum development especially to young teachers who work in junior and senior high schools. With support from ADS, Amirullah will study at Curtin University of Technology in Perth. Amirullah spoke with KGRE prior to his departure and he gave this advice to prospective applicants for the ADS program. "The most important thing for people who are applying for this scholarship is to have a good academic background. They also have to understand how their study in Australia will benefit their local community when they return to Indonesia. It is important to realise that the lessons learnt in Australia can be applied effectively when they return to their workplace and to know what and why you want to study in Australia. Applicants need to have extensive background knowledge about their field of study. Also what the benefits are of this area of study for the future of your institution and also for yourself in the future and whether it will have a direct impact on the development of Indonesia." ausaidproject.htm - check out Amirullah's suggestions for success with ADS 2004australiandevelopmentscholarships.htm - for more KGRE information on ADS 2004
We never show disrespect to anybody but respect each other. This makes us feel part of an unbeatable team. In ACCESS we share thoughts and ideas. We communicate really well. Ideas from all staff members always get good attention from the Team Leader, Julie Klugman. Project management supports all staff with special attention to training needs and working together. We often work in the field with people at the village level. Working with this AusAID project has also made me understand and respect the hard work and loyalty from people in LSMs as they work for their fellow Indonesians. Finally I feel happy working with this project because I get the chance to learn lessons that will help me for the rest of my life. It is where professionalism and loyalty are the basic requirements for projects to be successful. NTA-East Indonesia Aid and its work in NTT Twice a year a small group of Australians ride the rough tracks of Pulau Semau, near Kupang, on the back of motorbikes, visiting village development projects funded by the Nusa Tenggara Association (NTA). In the wet season the work is slowed down by the clinging mud and driving rain; in the dry season by clouds of dust and heat. But the pleasure of meeting the members of the "kelompok" around which each project is based makes the long days and draining schedule well worthwhile. Projects provide roof water tanks, wells, furniture for village schools, school roofs and toilets. They also supply nylon line for seaweed farming, as well as thread and dye for women's weaving groups. Teacher training has also long been an integral part of the NTA's work.
Further information about the NTA and its projects - www.nta.org.au Here is an interesting email from an English teacher far away in Bohorok, Langkat - North Sumatra. I am a teacher of English. I teach at SLPTN 2 Bohorok. It is near Bukit Lawang. It takes 2 hours to reach that place from my boarding house. I have to get up at 4.30am. I enjoy my job and I have a target to give my students good knowledge about English and motivate them to study hard. My mission is to introduce Kang Guru to them because I love my students because they are so nice. Last August I got 20 Kang Guru magazines and I gave some to my students. They were so interested. At first they thought that Kang Guru was just a name of an animal from Australia but after getting them, they knew that Kang Guru is the name of your magazine. I gave one to each class. The class monitor had to take responsibility so they read it in turns. Something surprised me - they didn't mind when I asked them to sit on the floor and on the grass to listen to the English program using a tape recorder. Actually not only the students but also the teachers are interested in the Kang Guru magazine. They always ask me where I get them. I am happy because you are one of my inspirations. Besides that your motto 'Good Neighbours Make Good Friends' is very good. I have proved it. I have an Aussie friend called Graham. He is very kind and generous. He always supports me in my teaching and sends me good books to teach with. Suhermansyah, S.Pd In April 2004 KGRE, with assistance from IALF Bali, produced a Revised Teacher Package. It is bigger and better than before and still the same price! Plans are now underway for a new Teacher Package to be made available in 2005 - for SMP levels. Check out the Revised 2004 Teacher Package on the KGRE website or write to KGRE for more information. Don't forget the FREE Teacher Workshops either - they are terrific and fun. Student Exchanges - how about you? Muh. Hamzah Zaidin is an English teacher at SMU 2 Makassar. He is also Chairman of the English Teachers' Association in Makassar. Since 1998 teachers at two schools, SMU 2 Makassar and Bendigo Senior High School, have been working together to get the exchange program off the ground. Proposals went back and forth and before everyone realised, the exchange program was underway. Before he had email, Hamzah recalls that the correspondence between the schools was all done by ordinary post and that made things slower than today. On the scheme, students pay for their own travel costs, passports and visa, but host families and the school in Bendigo provide everything else. Garuda Indonesia also assists with a 40% discount on the students' airfares. A maximum of 15 students go on each exchange and this year, 2004, there will be two groups going because there is now a second Australian school in the program - Mercedes Catholic Senior High School in Adelaide. Although Australian students have not visited SMU 2 Makassar for a few years, they are expected to be visiting later this year.
Why does Pak Hamzah conduct these exchanges? He says he is very happy doing it because it allows students to experience Australian culture and to further develop their English language skills. Exchanges also give the students a broader view of the world and help them to be more independent, both in their studies and their lives. Pak Hamzah says that teachers in Indonesia should not just sit around waiting for someone else to organise exchange programs like this. Teachers need to do it themselves and he says it really isn't that difficult once you get started. One way to start the process is to open the internet and find out the addresses of Australian high schools. Then begin by sending letters and/or exchange proposals. That's what Hamzah did and now look at what he has developed. Are you interested in an exchange like this? Why not suggest to your teacher to contact Pak Hamzah at SMU 2 Makassar for information on how to organise such an activity?
Salmia and Dolly have had some very interesting experiences in their lives so far. Both girls, for example, had the wonderful opportunity to work at the famous Savoy Hotel in London. The opportunity was organised through direct cooperation between SMK 8 in Makassar and the Savoy Hotel. It has become a regular part of the schools' training program. This innovative program has been running for over four years and each year approximately 10 students go to London. Students are paid full wages and the Savoy Hotel also pays for their airfares and assists them with their accommodation. While at SMK 8, Salmia learnt about all types of food but it was pastries that really interested her. She decided to specialise. She went on to work in the pastry section at the Savoy Hotel. Dolly worked in the staff kitchen learning more about western food, service and presentation.
Different
POND Different FISH - Lain Lubuk Lain Ikan I was surprised when I learnt that it was taboo to
ask questions in your first meeting with Australian people. How can we
be acquainted with someone if we don't ask questions? We Indonesian people
usually ask questions to encourage friendship. That is our way to start
a conversation. In Australia, however, we can't do that. Asking questions
in the first meeting with a stranger means intruding on someone's privacy.
What Australian people do is to make a general comment about something.
Afterwards, we have to wait for the person's response. If there isn't
a response that means there isn't a conversation. To be honest, it is
very funny for me as an Indonesian person! Note: Yes, I agree Rony, it
does seem funny from an Indonesian point of view! To understand why it's
like that though, we have to remember that in Australian culture you show
your respect to others by respecting their space and privacy. First, it's
really important when you approach someone to read their non-verbal language
to make sure that they really want to be approached. Then you have to
work out if they feel like having a conversation. By making general comments
you are giving them the chance to show if they want to talk or not. If
they don't respond much that means they don't feel like talking at the
moment. In Australian culture it is OK if someone just wants to be left
alone sometimes. We see that as normal and healthy. If they do want to
talk, we can ask questions but we're careful with personal questions because
we don't want to intrude on their privacy. So for example if we want to
find out where they live instead of asking, "What's your address?"
we might ask, "Do you live around here?" That way they don't
feel pressured to give a direct answer if they don't want to. In the same
way, instead of asking "What's your name?", we might just introduce
ourselves with a digression, for example, "Oh by the way, I'm Rony".
Then they can either choose to introduce themselves or not One of the noticeable differences between Indonesian and Anglo Australian culture is the way the two see relationships. It's very natural in Indonesia to talk about some people being 'above' or 'higher' than others. People are expected to recognise someone else's higher status or seniority by using a nice tone of voice, by not saying too much and by not opposing or contradicting. This is called 'hormat' which is usually translated into English as 'to show respect' or proper politeness. In Indonesia, people are not equal in face-to-face communication. In contrast, Australian culture follows the principle
of egalitarianism. This means that people are seen to be equal and are
free to communicate and express their ideas with anybody. For example,
a garbage man can talk openly to a prime minister. Similarly, a student
can openly debate with a teacher or a university lecturer. It is hard
for Australians to accept that one person is higher than or above others. A Keen KGRE Presenter in Makassar My full name is Syahrir Badulu. I was born in Majene on 31 December 1968. My senior high school was at SMA 1 Majene and I graduated in 1987 and from IKIP Ujung Pandang in 1991. In 1992 I was accepted at SMK Negeri 1 Makassar. In 1996 I won a scholarship from Dikmenjur (Department of Vocational Education - Jakarta) in conjunction with ADB to undertake a graduate certificate of TESOL at Hawthorn Institute, which is affiliated to the University of Melbourne, Australia. I continued my post-graduate study at La Trobe University in Applied Linguistics, in conjunction with the English department FBS UNM (Universitas Negeri Makassar). Finally I finished my graduate studies in 2004. The first time I listened to KGRE was on RRI Makassar in 1994. Since then I have been keeping in touch with KGRE through radio shows, magazines, cassettes and other souvenirs. I established the Best Forum Club in 1995, then officially linked it to KG Connection Clubs in 2002.
KGRE has recently visited Gorontalo, Jakarta, Tuban and Bandar Lampung. Kevin visits RRI and other KGRE radio broadcasters. He visited Drs. H. Hadjar, Head of RRI Gorontalo in April and then Pak Syaiful Anwar in Bandar Lampung in June. Another reason why KGRE travels is to present Teacher Workshops for English language teachers. In April Kevin went to Gorontalo to work with 150 teachers, organized by Pak Haris and Ibu Trisnawati. Some teachers came all the way from Manado and Palu for the activity. Pak Haris and Ibu Trisnawati found out about KGRE on the internet and decided to invite KGRE to visit. The organising committee in Jakarta in early June did a similar thing. They first met Kevin at the Australian Film Festival in Jakarta in January 2004. Sarjana and Miftahul from Universitas Islam Negeri Jakarta spoke to Kevin about the possibility of KGRE visiting their university. The organising committee at the UIN Jakarta did a great job. The leaders of the organising committee in Bandar Lampung (front cover) were a little more senior. Pak Zakariah and Pak Sutiman, together with their fellow committee members, spent several weeks planning the final details of their June workshop. Kevin first met Pak Zakariah in Bandung in 2001 in a KGRE workshop at TEDC. Ever since then he wanted KGRE to visit Lampung. Pak Apral from RRI was a terrific addition to the committee and we all hope that the cooperation between local teachers and RRI continues. English language programs on RRI Bandar Lampung are important to local teachers and students and KGRE is hoping that all involved, including the students Kevin met, can work together to make RRI Lampung one of the most progressive stations in the KGRE network.
A Day Looking for Kang Guru
One day, Neng’s brother visited her. His name was Kang Guru (Kang is the Sundanese language for ‘Brother’). He would spend a week on holiday with his sister. Actually John didn’t know what his brother-in-law’s name was because at that time John was not at home, he went to town to buy something. John arrived home at night. He was very tired so he didn’t have any spare time to talk with his brother-in-law. As soon as it was light, John usually fed his pets. Neng prepared the breakfast. The children were ready to go to school and Kang Guru (Neng’s brother) went to the river to get some water. The breakfast was ready but Kang Guru hadn’t come yet. So Neng called him, "Kang Guru, hurry up, your breakfast is ready!". "It’s in the cage!" replied John. "Kang Guru!" she called again. "In the cage!" said John. John was getting bored hearing his wife calling Kang Guru all the time. A bit later, John went to see his Kang Guru pets but when he went into their cage it was empty! He was angry and thought that his wife had lost his pets, "Where are my pets?" asked John. "I don’t know!" said Neng. "I know that you’ve lost my pets because I heard you calling Kang Guru before!". "What do you mean? Kang Guru is my brother’s name. I didn’t lose your pets!", Neng explained. "Oh …ya, I’m sorry dear but where are my pets?", John asked again. So Neng and John looked for their Kang Guru pets. When their children had come home from school, John asked one of them, "Kang Fredly, do you know where my pets are?" – "Yes Dad, Kang Kung has hidden them in our neighbour’s house. He did it because he thought that you pay more attention to your pets than to him!" That evening Neng and John picked up Kang Kung from their neighbour’s house and took the pets back. They told Kang Kung that they really loved him and from that day on, they paid more attention to him. The runner-up winners are: 1. Meylani Chandra from Payakumbuh - West Sumatra
The five best entries will all receive a KGRE T-shirt, an Australian drink coaster and a mini boomerang.
There is only one winner for this task. She will also receive a KGRE T-shirt, key-ring, an ACIAR mug and ACIAR calendar.
TASK 3. Dear Arijnto, From Alfin in Palu. The following 10 winners will receive compilation cassette of Best of KGRE 2004, Aussie Songs cassettes, Compilation of English Idioms cassette.
Winner of KGRE April 2004 Magazine COVER Competition Unfortunately, there is no winner for this task but there are 6 runner-up winners. They will all receive a collection of great Aussie souvenirs. They are a notebook, a hat and an Aussie road sign coaster.
List of the first 50 winners of KGRE Website Survey One hundred (100) lucky respondents will win fabulous prizes from KGRE, AusAID and IALF. These prizes are worth in excess of Rp 100.000! We still have many prizes left so fill in the Website Survey before the end of August and you could be a winner too. Prizes : KGRE T-shirt, KGRE keyring, Best of KGRE radio programs 2004, Idioms Compilation cassette and an AusAID pen
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