Be Smart Teacher

Hallllooooo!!! 
Sorry for long absent :)

I have new profession, actually. I am a teacher now, an English teacher. I teach private senior high school in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia. Because of this new profession, I still try to adapt with the rhythm of the work, the other administration jobs that must be done by teachers, etc. 
Last 2 weeks, were the hectic time for teachers. We have try out for the National final Exam for the 12th grade. The midterm test for the 10th and 11th grade. A few days later after the test we have to present the mid term report to parents and students... :) Fiuhhhh...

At the first time, it was quite stressing. In fact, teacher jobs are not only teaching. It is kind of 20-hour job per day. Beside teaching, we have to prepare the materials, we have to study again, we have to do the administrative jobs: fill in the score, analyze it, fill it into the student's progress report book, give feedback, etc. We also have to make the daily test/quizzes and correct them. Through that experience, now I become more and more respect to all of my teachers and parents, who are teachers too.
Because of the stressing jobs, that is why since last semester, I learned and tried to make my job easier.

To find the material sources:

• active look and ask for material archives to other teachers and school archives.
• Go to book store, hunting for workbooks and other related books.
• Browsing

To make the study and the teacher's work efficient and effective:

• After teaching hour, do the administrative jobs little by little. So there won't be too many jobs.
• If there are several homeworks or quiz, do the correction and the discussion with the students. So there won't be piles of papers to be corrected.
• Try to dig the students knowledge and ability by asking questions or ask them to open the book as the answers.
• During the session, sometimes you need to chill down a bit. Give extra time for students to be relaxed. For examples, using games during study, and play music when the students do exercises.

Like I had mentioned in the title, "Be Smart Teacher", actually being a teacher no need high score for IQ. At least the teacher know how to make the students active in class, to find and to be creative using their guidebooks and workbooks.

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Tips to Keep the Smell of Your Perfume Last Longer

For me, perfume is important. It gives good smell to my surrounding, It also as an interpretation of someone’s character (that is what perfume master said :)). It is increasing my confidence, even without perfume, I am a confident woman. Perfume is very important for me because it is very expensive. That is why; I have to keep the fragrance last longer, because gradually the scent will reduce. It just like wasting my money for nothing, if the perfume became scentless, right?

 

According to Fragrance Foundation, global organization which focusing on perfume industry, the best way to keep perfume is put it in a cupboard/drawer with room temperature, and better keep it inside its box. 

These are some reasons why perfume can be scentless or changing colors and some tips on how to keep perfume: 

1. Perfume has sensitive contents to heat, cold, drastic changing temperature, direct  sun light , and humidity. So it will not good if you keep or put your perfume in car, on the table, in the refrigerator, or in the bathroom. In the car or on the table, it may expose directly to the sunlight and the heat. In the refrigerator, it is too cold and caused temperature fluctuation when you take it out and put it back into the refrigerator.  Only cologne which is suitable to keep in the refrigerator. In the bathroom, sometime we take a bath using hot water, the steam from the water can cause oxidation and color changing to the perfume.
2. The better to keep perfume is inside the cupboard or drawer. Don’t forget to put the perfume inside its original box first, to prevent it from direct sun light.
3. Perfume in dark/blur color bottle stays longer than perfume in light-color/transparent bottle. Because the dark color bottle prevents it from direct sun light.
4. I know perfume bigger bottle means you do not have buy perfume frequently and seems saving more money. However, it is better to buy perfume in smaller bottle, because if we buy bigger bottle, and we unappropriate in keeping it, it will reduce the content and the smell.

Those are some tips on keeping perfume, so it smells good longer. Hopefully it’s useful for you all. Have nice try :)

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HOW TO INCREASE PAGE RANK ON BLOG

The way to increase Page Rank and  blog traffic speed is only for those who want higher Page Rank and higher blog traffic speed instantly on their blogs. Here is the way to increase Page Rank and traffic blog speed instantly by spreading links using Multi Level Marketing (MLM). I know you must be wandered. MLM??? It sounds weird, but its really works. You don’t believe it yet? Just try this tips “How to Increase Page Rank on Blog” in other words SEO Technique.

This time I like to show you how to use the advantage of multiply and the speed of this spreading in the format of FREE BACKLINK. It’s quite easy actually. All you have to do is put these links in your blogs or post it in your articles. You may COPY-PASTE all directly from this article to your blog.

1. Tips & Solutions Yolah
2. Diary Melda
3. Cheat Ninja Saga
4. Free Download Game
5. Cara Membuat Blog
6. Bisnis Investasi Terbaik
7. Bisnis Internet
8. Artikel Gratis
9. Intuisiblog
10. SEOjaguars
11. Iklan baris
12. Ki Dukun
13. Blogobusiness
14. Rosandika
15. Brojomusti
16. Zona Tutorial Blog
17. Zona Review Blog
18. Zona Tutorial Bisnis
19. Ilmu
20. Sang Pengawas
21. Gendhogo Al-Ikhlas
22. Gema Hati
23. Blogger Indonesia

This is how it works: first, you put your blog link with the rest of the anchor text (just the same order which shown above. One thing you must remember is that DO NOT LOOSES THOSE BLOG LINKS); then you erase the list no. 23, then the other links grade come up + 1. For example, Link “Tips & Solutions Yolah” now is no. 1, so it becomes no.2, link “Diary Melda” now is no.2, then it becomes no. 3, and do the same thing to the rest of the links. After that, put your own blog link at the no.1 position (right on top).
If each link able to get 5 other blogs to do same thing, then the number of backlink that you will get is:

When your blog position is on no. 1, the number of backlink is 1.
Position no. 2, the number of backlink = 5
Position no. 3, the number of backlink = 25
Position no. 4, the number of backlink = 125
Position no. 5, the number of backlink = 625
Position no. 6, the number of backlink = 3.125
Position no. 7, the number of backlink = 15.625
Position no. 8, the number of backlink = 78.125
Position no. 9, the number of backlink = 390.625
Position no. 10, the number of backlink = 1.953.125
etc

If your link is already on the 10th position, and all using the keyword (anchor text) that you want, from the SEO side, you already get 1,935,125 backlink and the effect is extraordinary, if your web visitors, or your down-line, such as in MLM, clicking the link, automatically your blog will get extra traffic.

So, please, you may copy paste this article “HOW TO INCREASE PAGE RANK ON BLOG” and erase the 23rd position, after that put your link blog/website on the 1st position. Remember, you must start from the 1st position to get maximum result.

Have a nice try :)

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Tips to Make Your Baby Sleep Well at Night

   

I’ve read a magazine (I forget the name of the magazine; it is about ‘mommy & kids’ magazine). It is said that during sleeping time, the baby's brain cells are developed and grown, especially at the golden years (1 – 3 years old). So that is why, deep sleep is good for baby’s brain growth. 

However, there is one thing as a big problem for mommies (especially me, actually), because my baby already learn to play, by himself or with his friends, sometimes he refuse to go to sleep. He wants to play :). That is why; I have to find some ways to make my baby sleep with enough time and sleep well at night.

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How to Recognize Bad Fever & Tips to Overcome It

Dear bloggers and friends, sorry for the last few weeks, I haven’t up load any new articles. It is caused my baby boy got bad fever for several days, and he had to be treated at the hospital for 6 days :(

It is very common in Indonesia, during the Pancaroba Season, many people get ill. Pancaroba Season is a season in between the changing seasons (Indonesia has two seasons: Dry and Rainy Seasons). Usually on February – April is Pancaroba Season from Dry to Rainy Season, and on October – December is Pancaroba Season from Rainy to Dry Season. And my baby is one of those people who got ill.

Through this experience, I would like to share about how to recognize bad fever, and then some tips how to overcome it. I call it bad fever, because sometimes, when my son got fever, he still ate & drank milk as usual and also still played with his friends & toys. But this bad fever caused the opposite conditions to my baby.

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TIPS HOW TO MAKE OLD CLOTHES LOOK LIKE NEW

I like colorful clothes. I have blouses, shirts, short pants, skirts in green, red, yellow, brown, black, white, etc. But one thing that made me up set with colorful clothes, after a while the color turns fade, or for t-shirt sometimes it becomes stretching. For example, my favorite green short turns to brownish, my favorite white t-shirt turns to a bit yellow, and my red tank top turns to be a bit oranges.

I don’t know the cause, whether the wrong way of washing, or because of the detergent, or because of the material itself, or etc. After that, I made a ‘kind of’ conclusion (because I am not sure whether it is valid or not, because this is based from my own experience from the way I washed and the detergent that I used). From that ‘kind of’ conclusion, I conclude some tips how to make old clothes looks new (Hopefully these experiences work for you)

1.    Do not use “cheap” detergent.
I know it is cheaper for monthly cost, if we bought cheap detergent; but in other hand, the cost for buying clothes is higher (causal law). It is better to use qualified detergent for washing your clothes.

2.    Separate the laundry
I am sure our mother always reminded us to separate the laundry; the white one with the color clothes. It is better to separate those laundries into several parts, such as:
•    White clothes
•    Bright color clothes (such as red, pink, yellow, blue, green, purple, etc… like the color of rainbow actually :) )
•    Dark color clothes (such as black, gray, dark blue, dark green, etc.)
•    Soft clothes (such as lingerie, silk clothes, bikini, etc)
•    Heavy laundry (such as thick jacket, blanket, bed cover, towel, etc)
•    Oily or very dirty laundry (such as stove napkin, towel doormat, etc)

3.    Do not wash it too often
If you just wear a blouse only just for 2 – 3 hours, you may just hang it and get it windy (not if that blouse got dirty with food stain, blood, or mud, etc), because by washing too often affected the quality of the material and the color of the clothes.

4.    Try not using washing machine and drying machine
From my experiences, some of my t-shirt became stretched after washed in washing machine. So it is better for you to hand-wash stretch-materials clothes, such as t-shirt, sport clothes, cardigans, etc. Beside stretched, the color turned fade too. I know that it is easy and safe energy if you washing with machine, but… I’m not able to wear my favorite clothes for long time.

Do I have to buy more than 1 clothe for the clothes that I like?? I don’t think so. May be just by applying these tips, help you safe your favorite clothes :)

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TIPS COOKING & FEEDING FOR YOUR BABY

First time being a Mommy, made me always look for information about nursery and taking care of a baby; I search through books, internet, my mother and mother-in-law, and from my friends’ experiences.
So, when my baby is about ready to eat other food than breast milk (around 6 months old), I also look for information on how to choose the right menu for my baby, the variation menu, and how to prepare and serve it.

I bought a book, entitled “Variasi Makanan Sehat Bayi” (Healthy Baby’s Meal Variations), written by Wied Harry Apriadji. Since it is written in Indonesian, I tried to translate it into English.

 

 

the cover & the pages are no longer smooth, too often read by mommy  & played by my son :)

my son tore the cover, because he wanted to read it too :)

In that book, instead of writing some baby’s food menus, Apriadji also wrote about some tips to prepare and serve baby’s food, and also the best way to choose baby’s food based on baby’s age and eating skills. But here, I only want to give general tips on how to prepare, serve and feed baby’s food.

1. Get used to wash your hand first, using hand soap, before you preparing the ingredients and the cooking utensils.
2. Prepare the ingredients which suitable for baby’s age and eating skill. For example: for 6 – 7 months old baby, it is better to be feed with liquid fruit juice; for 8 – 9 months old, it is better to be feed with smooth vegetable puree or smooth porridge, etc.
3. It is better for you to have separate baby’s cooking utensils with your regular cooking utensils. For example: small pan, small frying pan, small and bigger sieve, grater, knife, blender, etc. It is because when you cooked spicy food, the rest of the spicy taste in your cooking utensils would not affect the baby’s food.
4. Because the quantity of baby’s food only in small portion, it is better to have mini blender (special for baby) or hand blender. Usually it is sold at baby shops. But, if it is hard to get it, you can use the grinder of new-regular blender set only for blending your baby’s food.
5. Wash the ingredients before it is cooked. Wash it with flowing water, so the germs will wash away.
6. For meat, wash & cut it into the portion needed, then pack it in sealed container, after that put it in the freezer. Do not melt and chop it again. Because by melting it, it makes the bacteria grows.
7. For fruits juice or puree, it is better not adding any sugar. Let the baby learn the original flavor of fruits. It also helps to develop sensitivity the sense of taste. Besides, sugar will burden the work or baby’s pancreas and liver also will make your baby addicted to sweet.
8. Do not blow baby’s food when it is hot. Just let it cool down first before feed it to your baby. Because by blowing the food will transfer the germs from your mouth to the food then to the baby. Remind this also to your baby sitter, so she will be aware.
9. The last, although not the least, serve the baby food using cutleries special for baby, such as bowl, spoon, and glass. Sterilized those in boiled water before using them.

Well, those are some tips which I am able to summarize so far from the book.
Happy cooking and feeding for your baby, because cooking for your baby is challenging and fun :)

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Tips Choosing Fresh Fish

At first, I was bad in choosing good-fresh fish with the bad one. They are look the same to me, as fish :). But then, one day I went to the market with my mother-in-law, we were going to buy fish. (Just for information, at that time I was pregnant, people said it is good for pregnant woman to eat fish, because fish contain Omega 3 and Omega 6, which are good for baby’s brain.)

At the market, I saw one small tuna. I like tuna. So I picked it up, and said to my in-law, “Ma, aku mau ini, sepertinya enak.” (“Ma, I want this fish, it looks yummy.”). Then my mother in law said, “Iihh, ini sudah tidak bagus. Yang ini saja, lebih segar.” (“No, not that one. It’s no longer good. This one is better & fresh.” She picked another fish, looked like tuna, but we called it kembung fish (sort of mackerel). (Well, I like kembung fish as well, so no problem for me if she changed the fish :) ). Then I asked her, how to figure out the good & fresh condition of a fish?

Then she told me this tips on how to choose fresh fish:
1.    Just see the gills. If the gills brightly red, it means that the fish is good. (While the tuna I’d chosen, the gills already a bit dark-pale-red and slimy too.)
2.    The eyes should be plumed and clear.
3.    The flesh should be springy and densely.
4.    The scales are bright and tight.
5.    The skin is not slimy.
6.    The smells not too fishy

Well at least those are the basic ways to choose fresh fish. I am still using those tips, when I bought fish for my family and my baby son. If it is too difficult to remember or to check all of those tips, usually I only checked the gills, eyes, and the body.

Well for all of you, enjoying in choosing nice fresh fish. Especially for mommy will-be :).

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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2012

Dear all,

Yolah Store and family throughTips Melda wishing you all :

          

 A Happy Christmas & Prosperous New Year 2012.

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Tips for Beauty Hair with Aloe Vera

I am sure you all know Aloe Vera (Indonesian named Lidah Buaya, literary means Crocodile tongue). This plant also famous with its multipurpose use, for beauty and health.

Here, I want to share simple steps of using Aloe Vera to have beautiful hair. It is based on my experience when I was in my Senior High School. 

When I was 5 - 15 years old, my hair is limp, red, and thin per strand, which are not include the type of beautiful hair for Asian girl. Beautiful hair according to Asian girl is thick, black and shiny.

In my 16 years old, or during my Senior High, I stayed in dormitory, which is surrounded by big and fertile Aloe Vera's garden. And also the students had free time twice a week, on Thursday and Sunday. That was the time when I started using Aloe Vera for my hair treatment. Usually, I used my free times for hair & beauty care :). Because this is about hair care, let's focus on it.

Here is the way I applied the method:

1. I cut 1 big piece of Aloe Vera, and wash it. Then I cut it crosswise into several pieces, around 5 cm each, and divided each pieces into two wide parts.

2. Then, I chopped the jelly part until it was juicy.

3. After that, apply and rub the jelly part on to your scalp and made light massage on your scalp. It felt cool when it touched the scalp. Especially during the dry season, when your head and hair felt limp, oily, and hot, massage using Aloe Vera gel gives a sensational and cooling down feeling. Just like finding an oasis in the desert :).

4. When rubbing and massaging all over the scalp and hair with Aloe Vera gel was finished, I wrapped my head with a small towel, and kept it for about half or one hour, while I had feet or face treatment :p.

5. After that, I just wash my hair clean. 

The result is not directly visible. But after one semester I went home for a Semester holiday, my family said that my hair is thicker per strand, and also black and shiny. Although not fluffy, because the type of my hair is straight and oily, so it is hard to get fluffy hair.

That's all the tips to get thicker strand and shinny-healthy hair. Do you want to start planting Aloe Vera? As I wrote above, it is multipurpose plant. :)

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Tips How To Reduce Burn Flavor In the Mouth?

      

I love hot & spicy food, with a lot of chilies. Sometime, it rises my appetite. So, when I felt I have no appetite to eat, I will make or buy hot and spicy food. Because I am Indonesian, I really love sambal, especially sambal terasi (shrimp paste sambal), and eat it with salty fish and hot rice... hmmmm, very-very yummy. 

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Keep your Vegetable fresh in the refrigerator

Because I am a working mother, I am quite busy in the morning to prepare the cooking ingredients. Sometimes, I forgot that I have water spinach or other vegetables in my refrigerator until its dried :) then I have to throw them away :( .
After that, I felt sorry, because I know there are many people hungry out there. It is hard for them to get food, but I waste mine away...

That is why, I try to find some ways so the vegetable and other food which I storage in the refrigerator won't be wasted away.

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Simple Steps To Look Pretty Everyday

For working women, sometimes they do not have enough time to have make-up. Especially if they are also mothers. They need to prepare breakfast for the family, preparing their children to go to school, bathing the baby, etc…etc…etc… (Such a very crowded morning). Even though, they have lots of things to do in the early day, it does not mean that they can’t look pretty during the day. There are some simple ways to be beautiful and stylish.

Here are the tips:

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Tips to Pack and Prepare for Your Child-birth

The baby’s birth is the time which eagerly waiting to all new mothers, especially for the first child. They feel anxious but also happy at the same time. Usually, when the time to give birth comes, new mommy might feel a little bit panic, so they forgot everything that might be needed in giving birth at the hospital or clinic. They usually only focusing on the process of giving birth (but based on my experience, I even couldn’t focus at all :).
Just to make sure that you will not forget anything you need for giving birth, it is better for you to prepare few weeks or months before. Here are some lists and tips, which might be useful for new mommy in preparing things that might be needed during the delivery process.

It is better for new mothers to be, to pack from the 28th of pregnancy, or around 6.5 months. Even though we are not except it, but there is possibility that the baby born prematurely. If you already prepared, it makes you not to worry of forgetting what you might need.

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Shopping List for Your Newborn Baby

Shopping for your newborn baby is an exciting and fun time. But sometimes we hog wild, and bought too much stuffs. One thing that you should remember that newborn baby grows very fast. If you buy too much for newborn baby, you will notice that your baby does not have a chance to wear gorgeous clothes that you bought for him/her. Some of the times, your friends and relatives also give clothes or newborn baby’s needs as a gift. Generally, newborn baby spends their time wearing comfortable cotton clothes.

Here are some shopping lists, as guidance for new mommy when they shopping for their newborn baby’s needs or at least a list of baby’s needs for the first 0 – 3 months old.  

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The Best Ways to Run A Business

Many people want to be great entrepreneurs, but they have difficulties in starting a business.

Below, there are some ways to run a business:

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Tips for Cleaning Your Window or Mirror

First, prepare all the materials: dishwasher soap, sponge, old newspaper, clean cloth, and water. When everything is prepared, let us start cleaning up.

If the dust on you window glass or mirror is too thick, try to remove the dust with feather broom after that splas the mirror and window with water. Then, pour half cup of water and mix with one teaspoon of dishwasher soap (in Indonesia, for example Sunlight or Mama Lemon). After that rub the mirror or window with soap liquid, use sponge to rub, and rub it in circle movement. Do not rinse it, just directly clean the soap on the glass with the newspaper. The old newspaper also dry the glass. After that, for finishing, clean it with clean cloth.

Applying this method is much more effective and cleaner than using mirror cleanser liquid and wiper.

Now, your window is clean and shinny 

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Tips for Cleaning Crust in Teapot or Glass

To clean crusty glass, first pour half glass hot boiled water and then pour one tea spoon of citric acid. If you do not have citric acid, you can use two limes juice. Stir it, and leave it for one or two hours. After that wash the glass.

If you want to clean up crusty teapot, first pour water around half of the teapot, and add one table spoon of citric acid or three limes juice. After that boil the teapot until it boiled. Then wait until it cold. After that was the teapot. If the crust is too thick, you can repeat the process.

Have a nice try. 

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Tips for Cleaning Leather shoes

For preparation, you will need leather cleaner, clean cloth, shoes brush.

First of all, clean your shoes with clean cloth, to clean the dust. After that apply the leather cleaner with shoes brush. Brush smoothly in circle way on all surface. After that clean it again with clean cloth, backward and forward way.

After you clean it, put it in cloth bag, then keep it in the cupboard or shelves. It is better that you clean your shoes right after you use it.

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How to Maintain Leather Stuffs?

For some people, they like leather stuffs, such as bags, shoes, wallets, jackets, etc. It is because leathers are cool and luxurious. But some people do not know how to maintain leather, so sometimes their leathers become dry and cracking, even mold.

So, how is leather maintenance? First thing you must know is that leather is made from living things skin. That is why leather stuffs need to be moisture (like skin), so it won’t dry and cracking. You can use leather polish, which commonly sell at the supermarket.

Here are the processes to clean leathers. First, clean the leather from dust using clean cloth. After that, use leather polish, rubbed smoothly using sponge or brush. Besides moisture your leather stuffs, leather polish also makes your stuffs clean and shiny.

When you already clean it, you also have to pay attention on the way how you keep it. The better way to keep leather stuffs is to put it in a cloth bag. Why cloth bag? Because, cloth bag allows air circulation, so your stuffs keep fresh and minimize the fungus growth.

It is important that you clean your leather stuffs after you use them.

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