ELECTRIC BLUE OCEAN

Hello, readers!

This time, our English teacher asked us to search and post about natural phenomenon. You need to know, there are millions of amazing natural phenomenon around us. Well, while I was searching I found out about this one and immediately fell in love in the first sight *haha* Sooo... let’s check it out!

Have you ever seen the scenery above?

Well, I’m sure most of you haven’t seen that because I don’t think it has happened in Indonesia before. It had happened in San Diego, Maldives, and some other beaches though. This phenomenon often called Electric Neon Blue Ocean or blue tide because of its glowing effect and it’s neon blue color.

This phenomenon is caused by natural chemical reaction called bioluminescence, which occurs when a micro-organism in the water is disturbed by oxygen. Although a rare sight on a shoreline, the phenomenon is more commonly seen at sea in the wake of ships that stir up the oxygen in the sea, which causes the bioluminescent bacteria to glow.

The glowing is caused by a massive red tide, or algae bloom, of bioluminescent phytoplankton called Lingulodinium polyedrum. The microorganisms emit light in response to stress, such as when a wave crashes into the shore, a surfboard slashes through the surf, or a kayaker's paddle splashes the water. The result is a wickedly cool glowing ocean.

In a Los Angeles Times story, Scripps Institution of Oceanography professor Peter J. Franks said of the phytoplankton: 

“When jostled, each organism will give off a flash of blue light created by a chemical reaction within the cell. When billions and billions of cells are jostled — say, by a breaking wave — you get a seriously spectacular flash of light.”

Is it toxic for humans? Lingulodinium polyedrum has been related to production of Yessotoxins (YTXs), a group of structurally related polyether toxins, which can accumulate in shellfish and can produce symptoms similar to those produced by Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) toxins. Though mildly toxic, the event is not harmful to humans, but a morning surf or swim is not nearly as refreshing as it can be without the plankton bloom. But at night, the glow of the waves is almost otherworldly. And of course, people are venturing out trying to ride the blue waves.

So, that’s one among millions amazing phenomenon that’s happening in our nature. Hope this post could widen your horizon! Thank’s for reading!

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Sources:

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/what-is-causing-the-waves-in-california-to-glow

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingulodinium_polyedrum

http://strangesounds.org/2014/01/mysterious-natural-phenomenon-stressed-plankton-colors-ocean-with-eerie-neon-blue-glowing-light.html

http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/post/electrifying-blue-waves-luring-awe-struck-crowds-to-san-diego-beaches/

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GERUND AND TO INFINITIVE

GERUND

1.       She doesn’t care about cleaning her apartment.

2.       They avoid speaking to her since that incident.

3.       We practice singing and dancing for the next audition.

4.       He finished eating 3 servings of hotpot.

5.       Elsa enjoyed chatting with her new neighbour.

6.       The couple planned on having their first anniversary in Spain.

7.       Miss Tyler suggested taking the dog for a walk.

8.       She considered bringing the prototype for the presentation.

9.       Mr Joon quit drinking because of her wife.

10.   Wendy insisted on buying this huge cupboard.

TO INFINITIVE

1.       The man offered to bring the lady’s suitcase.

2.       I wish to see her in the musical.

3.       He remembered to lock the door this time.

4.       She begged her parents to forgive her.

5.       The girl choose to ignore her sister’s nagging.

6.       Vee failed to keep her body stay still.

7.       They begin to record the performers’ action.

8.       Penny loves to sing this old song.

9.       He promised to take his sister the next day.

10.   The teachers failed to hold their laughter.

HOLIDAY REPORT

Hello, readers! :)

                Our teacher asked us to tell about what we did on our semester break, so in this post I will do a short report about my recent holiday. So, last December I went to Jogjakarta with my sister and my father to visit my grandparents. We went on 23 December 2013 by train. Well, actually it was kind of usual for me and my family to travel by train because we often did that. But, that day, our trip to the station was a desperate moment.

Haha, you know why?

Our ticket was for 7pm but we hadn’t even left our house on 6.30 pm. We ran in rush to get a taxi but 5 minutes had passed and we didn’t even saw one. Aaaannnddd the road was in a traffic jam. What a day  -____-

Like.. seriously.. That.  Was. So. Hopeless.  I nearly cried, no joke. But then our rescuer came! A random taxi passed by and we quickly got in. And miraculously we arrived at the station on-time. You know.. this is what I call Miracle in December. :p

We arrived on 24 December 2013, the Christmas Eve. So, we went to the church at the evening and celebrate Christmas with our family. It was a heartwarming night and we had so much joy.

Well, you may think that going to another city means going to play to some tourism spot. But in my holiday this time, it was more like 2-weeks-of-lazing-at-home maybe? Because really, we didn’t get to go for touring. Just staying at home and gathered with our family. Yeah, I should admit that it was a little bit dissapointing. But you know, it was warming and enjoyable moments when you gathered with your big family. You got to meet your family that you rarely meet and you could share fun moments with them. It was sooo nice :)

On 28 December 2013 we held a mass to commemorate my grandma who passed away one year ago. Me and my cousins did the decoration for the room.

We held the mass  in the evening. In the end of the mass, my aunt played a video about my grandma. It was so touching. I really really miss her.

This is a photo of my big family after the mass.

So, another highlight for my holiday was.. GAMTEK (Hmm, i guess this was all 32015’s highlight-of-the-holiday too, right?) It was so frustrating for a person like me who has only like 0.0001% of art sense in me. I totally had no idea what to make and how to do it. Each passing days, i only kept on hoping for some kind of.. inspiration? (which likely didn’t come as fast as i hoped) So eventhough we had 2 weeks to finish the project but in fact i just started to do it 5 days before the holiday ended. But, thanks to the power-of-deadline the project had finished. *mentally screamed ‘HORRAY’ in joy :D*

Other than those things that i’ve told you above, the other things that i did were only sleeping.. eating.. camping on my laptop.. sleeping.. and.. eating again. It’s okay though.. haha.. at least it has decreased my rate of stress, right?

Well, that was my holiday which i enjoyed a lot! Thanks for reading! ;)

IF CLAUSE

       a. She’ll be mad if you don’t text her.

b. She would be mad if you didn’t text her.

c. She would have been mad if you had not texted her.

2.    a. We’ll go on January if you insist.

b. We would go on January if you insisted.

c. We would have gone on January if you had insisted.

3.    a. Clair will be on the play if she passes the final audition.

b. Clair would be on the play if she passed the final audition.

c. Clair would have been on the play if she had passed the final audition.

4.    a. His mom will scold you if she finds out this mess.

b. His mom would scold you if she found out this mess.

c. His mom would have scold you if she had found out this mess.

5.    a. Karl will be very angry if you touch his kitten.

b. Karl would be very angry if you touched his kitten.

c. Karl would have been very angry if you had touched his kitten.

6.    a. If I get ‘A’ for this biology class, my father will buy me the smartphone.

b. If I got ‘A’ for this biology class, my father would buy me the smartphone.

c. If I had  got ‘A’ for this biology class, my father would have bought me the smartphone.

7.    a. If she comes here with his annoying boyfriend, mom will be very upset.

b. If she came here with his annoying boyfriend, mom would be very upset.

c. If she had come here with his annoying boyfriend, mom would have been very upset.

8.    a. If Lynn eats this kind of food, she’ll have digestive disease immediately.

b. If Lynn ate this kind of food, she would have digestive disease immediately.

c. If Lynn had eaten this kind of food, she would have had digestive disease immediately.

9.    a. If my parents allow me, I’ll go to the concert.

b. If my parent allowed me, I would go the concert.

c. If my parent had allowed me, I would have gone to the concert.

10. a. If Tiffany doesn’t pass the exam, the school will cancel her scholarship.

b. If Tiffany didn’t pass the exam, the school would cancel her scholarship.

c. If Tiffany hadn’t pass the exam, the school would have canceled her scholarship.