Times Square, NY

Times Square is the most popular tourist attraction in the world with approximately 330 thousand visitors every day, over a million every New Year’s Eve and fifty million a year. Sometimes called ‘The Crossroads of the World’ and ‘The Center of the Universe’, it begins where 7th Avenue meets Broadway and extends from West 42nd Street to West 47th Street, and is best known for the electric billboards called ‘spectaculars’ that blanket the surrounding buildings. Times Square is known for its lights, its crowds, and… its stores. In general, the stores are known to carry a wider assortment of products in order to accommodate all the traffic, and of course compete with the many other stores in the immediate area. Some of the stores offer more than just shopping alone. Therefore, this is a place that will highlight the many things to do and see in Times Square. 

The First is Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, the world famous wax figure attraction has over 200 wax figures of famous musicians, A-list stars, sports legends, world leaders and more. Second is ‘The Ball’ is a 12 feet diameter sphere and covered with Waterford Crystal triangles. It is capable of creating more than 16 million colors and billions of patterns, and has been the ball since 2007. The third is The advertising billboards that surround Times Square are called ‘spectaculars’ and comprise some of the most expensive outdoor advertising space on the planet. The fourth is the most famous pedestrian plaza transformed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Times Square into a pedestrian plaza in 2009, in order to ease traffic congestion and cut down on pedestrian accidents. The trial was so successful that Times Square became a permanent pedestrian plaza in 2015.

Many first-timers in Times Square tend to stay on Broadway only; PLEASE don’t make this mistake! Saunter up 6th and 7th Avenues for more “pop culture” landmarks, such as the Late Night Theater, Rockefeller Center, and the entrance to Central Park. You don’t have to live in NYC to know where the good deals are. “People watching” is one of the most interesting, ever-changing, and free experiences New York has to offer and the visitors can thank The Times Square Alliance for keeping tourists in the know about specials, discounts, and events going on in Times Square, which are updated daily, so you’ll never miss a beat. Head to the Alliance’s site for specials and discounts on a wide range of events from happy hours, to lunch specials and other awesome activities. Now that you are armed with sample places for enjoying one of the busiest sections of the beautiful “City That Never Sleeps,” get out there and enjoy this famous neighborhood!

Short Story

Katy James Memory

I am a woman who live in the busiest city in the world. My name is Katy James; my red carrot hair, blue eyes and white skin make my friend call me “Ginger”. I work as a nurse in one of the biggest hospital in Manhattan. My noble job making my behavior should full of care and love with each other, but one day I turn into my dark side and make people turn their judgment?

One day in the Harriman State Park…

I went with my friends Tommy. It was getting darker and as we drove deeper in the woods, ambience got still and foggy. There wasn’t any chores of pretty birds or sound of water breaking into a water fall, just purring of the scooter. I stopped somewhere “what’s here?” he asked.

I turned the ignition off and got out and said, “There’s something I want to ask you”

“What is this Katy?” she asked getting out.

“Why did you tell Laura that I talked rubbish about her to you, why did you lie? You used me!”

“Laura? Who is she? What the hell are you talking about?”

“Now you want to pretend like you don’t know her”

“No! I don’t! damn you freak I am getting out of here!” he went fast to his scooter and Laura came running from behind me and hit his head with a rock in her right hand, she hit him real hard. He didn’t scream or fought back, he turned around to look at her and had a paused expression of a dog thrown off rooftop. He fell down as if his batteries had dried out. She twisted to look at me, her eyes were red, there was blood on her face but it wasn’t hers, she was breathing heavy and fast. She horrified my guts.

She ran to attack me, I grabbed her by forearms and kicked her stomach and pushed her away. She fell down, I dodged the rock which she threw being prone and kicked her again but the pretty face which knocked her out.

I tried to wake Tommy’s up, he was bleeding in my hands. I felt his nerve on my fingers and it was still beating. I called cops from his phone and put it back in his bag before trying to cover his head with my handkerchief… just then my head started hurting, I felt like it was going to explode and to contain it I pressed my temples. I heard a deafening shrill and I popped.

I woke up on a hospital bed, there was an old man coughing pretty bad on a bed beside mine, the tube-light on the wall across was too bright in my eyes. That room stunk of faces and blood. I tried to look at things and make out what they were, everything blurred and a white form walked past to the old man and gave him a tablet. I sat up, rubbed my eyes and looked at a watch on the wall, it was 3:03 am, and roughly nine hours had past. The nurse asked me if I wanted anything, I didn’t tell her that I wanted to get out, and then she left. In addition, I realize my job in the hospitals in Manhattan.

There was no one else but us in that ward, I disoriented; I still had my own clothes on. My head didn’t ache, it felt as normal as waking up in middle of a night to get ice-cream from refrigerator. I opened the white door and went outside. The hospital was crowded, I couldn’t make out which hospital I was in but it looked familiar. A lot of hospitals look similar from inside, white walls, same white dress code, posters and TV on walls showing animations about health and life.

I started walking left then people recognized me, as I am a murder. people stares make me sick and I want to run out of hospital, but then I woke up with a loud of noise because of my apartment in Manhattan was near with the railways station. When it is the first morning train passing by, the wall was shook like an earthquake and the sound of honking machinist also makes her heart thrill. It make the railways being her alarm clock. Nevertheless, I never care with that. I always start the morning with a silly smile as I opened the window and take a deep breath. I realized that there was something odd about her at that time, I remember about last night it just a dream. Then, I calm myself by making my favorite cup of Italian coffee and get ready to go to work.

Hoe to Write a 'Literature Review'

The step that you have to do in writing a Literature Review is knowing about "what is your discussion about". here is an example about Hospitality Languages in General use:

1.      Blue G. M., & Harun M. (2003). Hospitality Language as a Professional Skill

a.       Purpose

T  Hospitality Language to communicate between hosts and guests from different linguistic background in Hospitality language.

T  Interviews with hotel staff reveal that some hospitality skills could be developed through in-service training.

b.      Result

T  Argues that particular patterns of language are associated with host-guest interaction.

T  Corresponding to the different stages of the arrival–departure hospitality cycle may be termed ‘hospitality language.

T  The concluding section recommends that communication skills be given more serious attention by human resources managers, researchers and educators in the field of hospitality management.

c.       Theoretical Foundation

T  Kasavana. (1993). the ‘Guest Cycle’ in Hospitality language as a professional skill, p. 424

T  Brown, P., & Levinson, S. (1987). Politeness: some universals in language usage. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

T  Blanton, D. (1981). Tourism training in developing countries: The social and cultural dimension. Annals of Tourism Research, 8, 116–133.

T  Jones, P., & Lockwood, A. (1989). The management of hotel operations: an innovative approach to the study of hotel management. London: Cassell.

2.      Shieh W. (2012). Hotel Employees’ Perception on Their Workplace English Use: An Example From Taiwan

a.       Purpose

T  To Know the HEPA (Hotel English Performance Assessment) framework, a 40-item questionnaire was developed to probe employees’ communicative performance at workplace.

T  As the demand for hospitality personnel trained to deliver high-quality guest service in English continues to grow, such proficiency cannot be promoted without first analyzing carefully what the needs for workplace

b.      Result

T  The results aid an understanding concerning the gaps between hotel English needs and employees’ self-assessed performance.

T  The results aid an understanding concern to contribute to help to draw up the criteria needed to strengthen employees’ language proficiency

T  The results aid an understanding concern to improve quality service in the international hotels. 

c.       Theoretical Foundation

T  Blue, G. M., & Harun, M. (2003). Hospitality language as a professional skill. English for Specific Purpose, 22, 73-91.

T  Harun, M. (1998). English at the hotel counter: A discourse analysis of hospitality language (M.A. dissertation, University of Southampton)

T  Wang, L. L. (2001). Professional competencies required for food and beverage employees working front of the house in international tourist hotels (Doctoral dissertation, National Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan).

T  Douglas, D. (2000). Assessing languages for specific purposes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

3.      Sirikhan S., & Prapphal K. (2011). Assessing Pragmatic Ability of Thai Hotel Management and Tourism Students in the Context of Hotel Front Office Department

a.       Purpose

T  Effective and appropriate communication in the hotel business needs more than linguistic knowledge.

T  Assess students’ pragmatic ability in the context of the hotel Front Office department

T  Study whether the levels of English proficiency have a significant effect on pragmatic ability, and investigate similarities and differences of linguistic forms related to pragmatic ability produced by the students with different levels of English proficiency

T  Study the errors that interfere with the students’ pragmatic knowledge. The subjects were 90 fourth-year Thai university students related to hospitality services

b.      Result

T  The findings revealed that the FOP-Test could distinguish the students’ pragmatic ability into high, average, and low levels;

T  there was a significant effect as a result of the levels of English proficiency on pragmatic ability; and the linguistic features that differentiated the students’ pragmatic abilities, in all groups, were the use of politeness markers and address forms;

T  Students produced pragmatic failures, in both pragma linguistics and sociolinguistics. These errors were perceived as ineffectiveness and inappropriateness in hotel staff and guest communication.

c.       Theoretical Foundation

T  Blue, G.M., & Harun, M (2003). Hospitality Language as a Professional Skill. English for Specific Purposes 22: 73-91.

T  Diethelm Travel’s Thailand Tourism Review. Diethelm Travel’s Tourism RoundTable: Bringing the Experts Together. Available from: http://www.bangkokpost.com/tourismreview2006/21.html [January 11,2008]

T  Ruiz Garrido, M., & Iborra, S. (2006). Why Call It Business English If We Mean English for Tourism? Some Reflections. ESP SIG Newsletter. December: 9-12.

Shopping di jalan cihampelas

Saya akan memberi ulasan tempat belanja yang farmiliar dengan kawasan STBA di jalan cihampelas.
Di jalan cihampelas terkenal dengan jeansnya yang melegenda, ada banyak toko yang menjual celana jeans jadi, ada pula yang menjual kainnya lali dijahitkan menjadi celana sesuai dengan keinginan. Selain celana jeans disana terdapat berbagai model celana masa kini seperti celana culoth, chino, jogger, ataupun jegging.

Jeans Cihampelas

Tidak mungkin juga kita hanya berbelanja celana, disana terdapat banyak pilihan baju mulai dari kaos, kemeja, dress hingga baju untuk boneka barbie pun terdapat di kios kios pinggir jalan yang dinajakan dengan harga yang lumayan miring.

Selain berbelanja, di jalan cihampelas pun terdapat banyak sekali restoran, cafe dan toko toko oleh oleh, jadi kita tidak akan kebingungan jika kita lapar. Ada pula cihampelas walk yang menyediakan berbagai kebutuhan lain seperti tas, dompet, aksesoris dan yang lainnya. Selain itu kita dapat menonton film di 21 cihampelas walk.
So, jika shopping di jalan cihampelas, yoor shopping will be awesome karena semua ada di 1 jalan.

OOTD Mahasisa STBA Yapari ABA Bandung

STBA atau Sekolah Tinggi Bahasa Asing Bandung ini adalah sekolah tinggi yang jurusan jurusannya semua adalah bahasa asing, ada bahasa inggris, prancis, jepang dan jerman. Setiap mahasiswa memiliki gaya sendiri untuk pergi ke kampus. Setelah saya melakukan research di kampus maupun instagram saya menemukan fakta sebagai berikut:
 Seperti mahasiswa bahasa jepang, mereka selalu menggunakan outfit kaos kaos yang berbau anime, pin bergambar anime, dan make up yang kejepang jepangan. Jika mahasiswa bahasa jepang seperti itu, berbeda dengan mahasiswa bahasa inggris yang hiasanya mengenakan outfit yang swag, seperti menggunakan angkle boots, leather jacket dan plain tshirt. Nah biasanya mahasiswa bahasa prancis dan jerman memiliki style outfit yang sama, memakai kemeja kotak kotak dipadukan dengan celana jeans dan sport shoes seperti nike atau adidas.

Mahasiswa bahasa inggris

Rata rata mahasiswa stba memiliki style yang rare dan gaya rambut yang sebagian orang banyak diwarnai. Its a very unique campus but i love it to be here. Itulah ootd yang saya lihat di area kampus STBA saat ini!

Thank you for read this.

Beauty Tips: How to straighten your hair in the right way!

Do you ever had a question why your hair was very ridiculous and broken after straightening your hair?

When it comes to beauty, there are few things more covetable than long, sleek, shiny, straight hair. You know the look—the one that beguiled audiences at shows like Ralph Lauren and Chloé this past season? It's the kind of style that somehow manages to look chic with everything from a great dress to a lazy Sunday outfit. (That's how it differs from the more formal—and now, more passé—princess curls.)

But, according to some of our friends in the hair world, there are concerns about at-home straightening. After all, you're clamping your precious, pretty hair with an iron that's at the temperature required to bake a whole pizza! To help you upgrade your game, we asked them exactly what we're doing wrong... and how to fix it. Read on to see how you score.

1. You're not starting in the shower. 

2. The blowdryer is in the wrong direction. 

3. Sizzle is the enemy.

4. You're not using a thermal protectant. 

5. You cranked up the temperature.

6. You're not sectioning. 

7. You're repeating yourself. 

8. Your finish is damaging. 

9. Your iron is a dinosaur. 

10. You're only straightening long hair. 

You have to know this tips!

Before you using the straightener, use a heat protection spray that you can buy in supermarket or saloon grocery.Then,  don't ever use an iron for straighten your hair, IT WILL BROKE YOUR HAIR! Use a good product of straightener, there are a lot of straightener product in the market, but you have to buy it with a marmer flatter because the heat will be stable

That is the tips, hope useful for you fashion people!

How to get a Beautiful Silver Blonde hair

Using a silver shampoo and bleaching powder to get an amazing silver blond hair. It's the unlikely hair trend of the year, but recently it's been everywhere. Silver hair hues are taking over social media, with bloggers and celebrities alike giving grey a go. Hair stylists are noticing a rise in requests for this modern hair phenomena, and with some of the amazing looks we've spotted, we're really not suprised.
Celebrity Hair stylist and British Hairdresser of the Year Nominee Jamie Stevens agrees that grey hair is the way to go this season: "Grey is the new blonde!! We can't wait to see this hot trend hitting the catwalks and high streets this season. Model Soo Joo Park is one of my favourites when it comes to the revival of grey tones. If you are looking for a change and want to experiment with different shades or tones then this is the perfect look for you. This experimental colour has minimal commitment and will wash out of the hair gradually during a period of two to four weeks depending on the depth of grey reflects.

Here is the step to get it:

1st step is bleach your hair until get a golden white

Then use the silver shampoo from the root of your hair

Wait 30minutes and then wash it

Here you go!

Silver blonde hair like Ariana Grande

CELEBS WHO HAVE BEEN ROCKING THE LOOK : Jade Thirlwall has recently gone over to the grey side, showing off her new look on Instagram. GLAMOUR spoke to Jade's hair colourist, Headmasters' Siobhan Jones who told us:

"In order to go grey you have to pre-lighten the hair to a clean white blonde and then tone with a personalised grey mix tone. Jade best suits having more of a natural root as she has brown eyes and a warmer skin complexion so I ensured the best suitability by placing the grey tones throughout the mid lengths and ends of the hair."

How to look fashionable in Campus

Style, or at least a sense of personal style, develops slowly. You have to play the long game, butuni is the perfect place to start working on it. No longer will you be dragged around the underwear department of M&S by your mother and no more shall you wear horrible shirts because “ooh, that looks nice”, you are completely free to make your own decisions and spend all of your student loan in the first three weeks of term!

The time spent at university and (more specifically) on campus is a fantastic proving ground for your own experimentation and helps provide an excellent source of inspiration. With so many young people grouped together it becomes a huge melting pot of styles, trends and ideas that you can learn from, if you’re willing to put in the work.

Beginning the process whilst studying gives you time to experiment, push your boundaries and find what’s right for YOU. Standing out from the crowd, not because you’re the idiot that wears a onesie every day but because you’re the one that is consistently well dressed at every lecture, every seminar and every workshop is a brilliant achievement and will set you in good stead for the years to follow.

Here i want to post about how to look gorgeous in campus even using an old outfit!
First step is you have to combine your outfit color with the bag and shoes. the combination not just with the same color all the time. you can choose the monochrome one like navy, maroon or grey, or the brighter one like hot pink or yellow.

this is the monochrome look for go to campus:





this is the bright look for going to campus:



You can use this tips and look gorgeous in campus and get some boyfriend maybe. haha

Asia's Next Top Model Cycle 4 Review

AsNTM Cycle 4 Judges

I want to review about a reality show about modeling in asia, Asia's Next Top Model Cycle 4. i got a spoiler about it before the release date but i dont want to trust it. haha.. So, a thing that i love about the spoiler is Indonesian participant get into the Finale Runway.

Alright, now i want to talk about from the beginning episode until aired now.

Episode 1

The first episode is catwalk challenge, but the catwalk is diagonal, so they have to be careful.

Episode 2

The second episode was doing a photoshoot inspired by Harper Bazaar Magazine 1963 when the models take a photo inside a "BIG" ball.

Episode 3, Make Over

And this is the photos from episode 3 until 9:

Episode 3

Episode 4, Subaru Brand Ambassador

Episode 5, Maybeline New York

Episode 6, Zalora

Episode 7, Close Up

Episode 8, Subaru Video Music

Episode 9, Neutrogena

And from the updated episode (Episode 10) the girls doing photoshoot for Harper's Bazaar Magazine Singapore, and this is the amazing photoshoot, captured by Yu Tsai:

Patricia, Indonesia

Sang In, South Korea

by now, there are still runing for the final in 1st of June. stay tune in Starworld