Assalamualaikum Warohmatullohi Wabarokatuh Hi, my name is Yulia Margaretna. My friends usually call me Yulia, Etha or YM.

. This paper is my English project from my . f lecturer. Hmm, honestly, its very boring for me. Because I dislike ts writing and Im not a writer. Im sorry Mrs. Zulvia I imagine that I . Zulvia. can tell you about my life like a novel. But, I cant do it. I will try to start writing the story of my life, and I have chosen The Miracle of My Life as my project title. Now, Im 21 years old, I was born and growing up at industry city, Batam on 13 July m old 1991. Thats why my parents give me name as Yulia. Since I was a child, I lived with my parents. I love them so much, so they are. Although, we arent rich, Im happy because we are a happy family. My father is a carpenter and my mother is a housewife. I have 2 brothers and 2 sisters. My old sister has been married and she got a son. Now, she is pregnant, her name is en Novi Puspita Sari and his son name is M. Fahri. I never see my nephew because he had been at ver East Java since he was born. My young sister is in 3rd level junior high school. Her name is Afrida . Intan Sariyanti. My Old brothers name is Christian Sarah Pamungkas, he is in 2nd level Senior brother , High School, and the last is Reza Priyastomo. He is in 1st level Junior High School. When I was child, I lived at Sagulung. I and my old sister have a lot of friends. My parents were a teacher. They taught children how to read a holy book (Al Quran) for moslem. They did it in the evening. Our neighbor was very kind. I remember, there was rich family want y to adobe me as their child. They were the wealthier around down our way. But, absolutely my parents let down easy. If they agree and giving me to them, I think we wont know each other . like this time. Maybe, I am being in foreign now. I have a dream to continue my study in Europe. But I was fated to be at Batam University. . My family moved to Tg Piayu in 1996. Most of place in Tg. Piayu is forest. It was very mily 1996. different with now condition. I have a lot of friends in my new environent. My house was very

near with river. My friends and I often play there. Usually we catch small fishes and shrimps. I like playing in the water and my favorite pets is Fish. My mother has born her 3rd children in 1996. He is a boy. My parents gave him name Christian Sarah Pamungkas. We call him Tian. He is very fat. He moved to East Java since he was 5 years old. Now, he is in 2nd level Senior High School. I heard from my family that he is smart student at his school. He is still fat until now. My young Sister is Intan. She was born in 1998. She is tall and slim. Now, she is 3rd Junior High School. My young brother is Reza. He is in 1st level Junior High School now. He is stolid boy. He isnt smart but he likes to help everyone. My mother is a housewife. She has small business at home. She did it to help financially in my family. My father is a carpenter. He is taking orders from his customer. Sometimes he gets the job from some companies in Mukakuning, Batam Centre, etc. Usually he takes the job and doing it with his colleague. Thats all about my family, and let me going on the next detail story about me When I was 6 years old, my mother taught me reading and writing. She never puts her children into kindergarten. Even though, we can competitive with others. Some of us got satisfactory performance in our school. We got ranking top three in our class. My mother is the best mom in the world. She teaches us patiently. Although, sometimes she is fussy, but I can understand that all her fussiness are for our best. We love her so much I remember first day when I went to school, my mother accompanied me. I was very happy. She did it for 3 days. My sister and I was schooling at the same school. She was a smart girl. She was got ranking in her class. In my view, she is unspoiled girl. As the oldest child in my family, she always learns to us to do anything with our self and never bother our parents. But, as a child I never think about that. Thats why I and my sister often contentious. I was very happy when she moved to east java to continue her school. It means nothing more a rival for me. But in process of time, I feel loneliness. I need her to tell about my problem. I can ask about

my homework. Although I can call her, I feel very different. I regret why I couldnt making the best use of time with her before. I miss her so much. Back to time when I was still at elementary school When I was in 1st level of elementary school I havent shown about my performance in my class. But among the students I implied the good student. Start in 2nd level I showed my performance. I got 2nd ranking in my class. Up and down until I left my school. I also implied an active student. I often represent my school for a championship inter-school. I often designated to be ceremony handler like Paskibra, the five basic principles of the Republic of Indonesia text reader, the constitution year 1945 text reader, vocal group, instructor of gymnastic, etc. But I dont have talent in dance. When I was in 5th level, I have tried to come along selection of traditional dance in my school, and I was failed. But, it didnt make me sad. The unforgettable memories when I was still at school are my friends and I together forming a gang. At that time we were still in 3rd level of elementary school. Firstly, the members are only 3 persons. They are Violeta, Endang and me. We are best students in our class. Violeta is the most excellent of us. Usually we call her Vio. In my view, she is perfect girl. Although we know that nobody is perfect. She is smart girl. She always gets 1st rank in my class. She is beautiful, spick and span, but spoiled girl. Her skin is white. She always stays away from the sunlight. Thats why she always uses jacket. She is good in English. The 2nd member is Endang. She has been become my best friend since we were 5 years old. Our house is very near. Usually we play around our house together with other friends. Like Vio, Endang is also good in English. She is talented in dance. If she is dancing traditional dance her movements is very graceful. I like watching her performance on the stage. But a year later, we had new member. Her name is Kurniawati. She was moved out student from Medan. When I was still at elementary school, I had favorite teachers. They were Ms.Rahayu, Ms. Elita and Mr. Kusarman. Both Ms. Rahayu and Ms. Elita were beautiful. They were also kind teacher. I liked their style when they taught their student. But, I was sad when they were moved out to other location. And the worst news was there will be a teacher to change their

position. He taught 6th level. His name was Mr. Budi. Oh God, I was very worry because some of

my senior said that he was grumpy and fussy. My friends and I call him as Killer Teacher. I called remembered when he taught mathematics classes then he gave us exercise. I couldnt finish exerci that exercise. He pinched me. And some of my friends were hit by him by big wood ruler. Do you know that he is traditional dance teacher in our school? Yapz, thats right. He started teaching in our school when I was at 5th level. Our ceremonial party was very simple. In my mind, that was not like a party. You can was imagine, the party was held in the class. The participant were only the students and some of participants teacher. Usually in ceremonial party, the school will invite all of parents students. But, it was not. The decoration was very simple. The party was not prepared well. We didnt enjoy with the party. After getting the certificate, my mother enrolled me to public school near with our house. My new school was Junior High School 16 Batam. I was the 2nd generation there. Violeta, Endang, and Kurnia also continued at , the same school and same class with me from 1st level till 3rd l level. Our gang name is KRIBO. We chose that name was caused we have 2 kinds of hair style. Kurnia and I had curly hair. Violeta and Endang had straight hair. So, KRIBO i is stand for Kriting and Bonding. :D Beside us there was another gang in our school. It name was CHUBIES (Chuek Abies). -,- Hmmm, the great difference between CHUBIES and KRIBO is if our gang famed cause the member always active in the organization members at school or all activities at school, but inversely CHUBIES famed as their naughtiness. I acknowledged that some of their members were really beautiful, rich and impressive. Even at really this time one of them has been become an artist. At that time, Violeta, Endang and I were members of school organization or we called as OSIS. Violeta was at financial section, Endang V section and i as secretary. At that time the management of OSIS came mostly from students in my class, because my class was taken the shine off from another c class. Some students who active in my class besides us were Engla G, Iskandat, Anton, and Bran. Then, where is Kurnia? Among the G

four of us, Kurnia was the quietest. Kurnia was rarely included in the important activities at school, whereas we have always chosen if there is significant activity both inside and outside in our school. Maybe that's what makes Kurnia felt inferior. But even then we were still compact. Besides us, Kurnia also has a close friend. Her name is Dina. She was sweet, and smart. Normally, if Vio, Endang and I were busy with our activities, Kurnia will be joined with Dina. Dina was not too actively participated in school activities beyond school learning activities. She just wanted to focus on school. Defending champion in my class was Yuliana. Her full name is Yuliana Hermawan Tio. Her name was almost the same name as me. I Hope her intelligence can be transmitted to me. :p Yuliana came from wealthy families. Her house is very big with 2 floors. I and my friends had came to his house for a dance rehearsal in preparation for a farewell party at our school. What I remember about Yuliana is her appearance. She always used thick glasses, up to knee-length socks, shirt buttons were buttoned up to the collar. Her hair was always braided. Yuliana never bought snack in the school cafeteria. She always brought lunch from home, really healthy menu. I think that's what makes her smart. I graduated from secondary school in 2006. Graduation announcement in the event it was an unforgettable experience. It was different with the graduation announcement when I was in elementary school. At that time, the announcement was be postponed for a while. That condition made all students including me uneasy. All of us were quiet waiting for the graduation announcement. A few moments later, one of the teachers put a piece of paper on the bulletin board. Thanks God, how happy I was at that time. Not felt tears running down my cheeks. Because the power of Allah, I could completed my secondary education. Another surprise was apparently my name belongs to the big 3 the highest score in our school. ALLOHUAKBAR. Thanks God for everything you've given to me. My happiness increased when I knew that all my friends were also passed with a satisfactory grade. They were included into the top 10 highest score in the school. But amid our happiness, i also saw some of my friends crying hysterically because they did not pass, even in one of the members of CHUBIES Gang fainted after seeing this reality. One of the unforgettable things on the day of graduation announcement we did scribble the uniforms using spray painting or Pilox and exchanging signatures using markers. It was a

sense of joy that we would take off our blue and white uniforms with the new uniform whitegray. And it's time we plan the next steps for our future. Kurnia would be back to her hometown in Medan to continue his studies there, Violeta selected Senior High School 3 Batam, one of the famous high school in Batam. Most people call it SMUNTI. Endang and I were still together, and we chose to continue in vocational high schools 1 Batam majoring in Information Technology. I signed up there with my father. First day I entered the school gates I saw thousands of new student candidate at the school. It made me very pessimistic. My mind raced to say "Can I compete with thousands of people there?" But finally I tried to be strong. Beginning with written test for Math lesson, English and Indonesian. Still on the same day they continued with psychological tests and tests of color blindness. Last test was interview. After that we were given a few days until the test results were announced. It was the third time I excited waiting for the announcement. And when the results were announced, my father saw the announcement. Because the condition was not possible if I had to see it by myself, amid a crowd of thousands people. From a distance I saw my father smiling, happy to know I passed the test and I was included into the big 3. I really do not believe it. It was really great power of Allah. Thanks God, for all Your miracles that You have given to me. Before starting teaching and learning activities, there was a trend that every new student must attend Student Orientation Period activities or called MOS. The activity lasted for a week. This activity started at 5 o'clock at dawn each day and it end at 3 pm. Every day we were given the task of carrying equipments and strange attribute. It was an impressive and memorable way. some examples of attributes MOS should i wear were shoes with shoelaces made from colorful rope, cone-shaped hat made from carton, plastic tape made from raffia brooch to a scarf using pin, nameplate from the carton, and added a few things that must be taken every day . First day I passed well. I carried all the equipments and attributes. But on the second day, I was having problems. I lost my orientation book and missing one of my ribbon on my scarf. Finally I got a punishment from senior. On that day we were forced to eat raw garlic. Hiyyekzzzz, really made me want to vomit. The most boring thing in that MOS activity was when all the students gathered in the auditorium to listen to the discourse of the teachers as well as

introductions. Hufh, drowsiness began to attack. I think some of the other students there who overslept. :D At that time each team asked to send a representative to show you a free entertainment. Because nobody wanted to go forward, the senior finally chose me, Kemala and 1 person who happens I forget his name (^, ^ v) to come forward and sing a song. Like a Diva with a mediocre sound we began to sing a song entitled My Heart sung by Acha ft Irwansyah. Last day at lunch time, the MOS Committee provided menu Sambal Jengkol and we should eat it. We should be bribe-bribery with friend next to us. So willy-nilly we had to eat it. Lucky, I got good friend who can understand me. So when the senior was not paying attention, he ate all Jengkols. His name was Pupus. On the last Day of this, we came home late than the previous days. On that day it was the selection of the best teams, King and Queen, etc.. At that time some of the names were called to move forward friends, including me. All senior scold us, saying that we were a participant who could not be set, always resisted, and bla bla bla.. I got confuse, because i remembered during the activities I always obeyed all commands from the senior. Cuss out of their mouths, I was helpless, and could only cry. Suddenly we were drenched with water that has been mixed with an assortment of flowers from behind. Apparently that was a surprise. All the people who called and standing in front of were birthday in the month of July. Oh, God. That moment will not be forgotten in my mind. The last session of this activity is closing ceremony. We collected all attributes and burning it. That was tiring day but unforgettable. We came home happily and waiting for a new day tomorrow First day of class division, we were grouped according to the respective departments. Total student in my class was 20 people, consisting of 15 males and 5 females. They are Ami, Anthony, Andrew, Andrean, Bagas, Dino, Endang, Hamim, Halimah, Indra, Nico, Nithi, Lizan, son, Riki, Sayuti, Sumarto, Upar, Niar and me. My toughest rivals in the Grade 1 class, namely Anthony, Nithi and Niar. They were unrivaled brilliance. They graduated from the famous junior high school in Batam. Niar and Ami are super jutek, the difference is, Ami has a shrill voice, Lizan a super cute, super-slow Halimah, and Endang are super cool. At that time, the Major of Information Technology was the best department in the school and was very reliable. Our principal also placed reliance to us to represent the school in a seminar or an important event in the school.

At first, we divided into 2 groups, male and female. We were less along. Buti was not ale sure, this was a coincidence or not, since I was going out with one of our friends the class, our friendsin class to be very compact. His name was Nico. I admitted my boyfriend at the time was very good at influencing other friends But again I say it could be just a coincidence. Our vice class friends. coincidence was Mrs. Nelma Busra. Se became our vice class almost 3 years. She was beautiful woman, but unfortunately until now he has not married. Through his career has been pretty good. He recently completed his master's degree As degree. addition to being responsible for the class, he class taught physics. He loved to give impromptu test, without giving time for students to learn That learn. was one thing that made me a less unlike the way she taught. But basically she was good. I am sure of it. We ever made a surprise on his good birthday. We saw the happiness on her face. My performance started to decline since the second grade, I think the soul of youth where i want to be free and getting a little naughty began to grow. But that bad-naughty me, I bad never did the negative things that could damaged my image. At that time there was a election time, in order to force the flag raisers anniversary of the Republic of Indonesia's independence I was Indonesia elected, I was pretty confident because I believed that since my elementary school had a talent as Paskibra. On that day, we used all-white dress, gloves, hat, and a red tie This was the first tie. time I felt really into army raisers It was very different from the ceremony when I was in raisers. elementary and junior high. The organization that I have followed when at Senior High School T was Youth Organization mosque it was also called REMISHI. When I was on 2nd level, I hunted for companies that would accept us to internship in their company. I remembered my struggle when i wanted to find a company. I've went around ed the industrial area of Batamindo accompanied by Rudi, my childhood playmates. It was too hard. My mother finally asked to her boss expecting he could help to arrange my work, so I work could intern at his boss workplace, PT UNISEM. I was so thankful, the company accepted me, compa

and that made me happy more was caused Anton, Endang and Niar also inter in the same place with me. We were lucky because all IT staffs in UNISEM were very nice to us. They were Mr. e staff Dodi, Mr. Agung, Mr. Junaidi, and much more. Unforgettable person was Mrs. Indayanti, she was the only one woman in that room. We enjoyed there. We have been there for 6 months. So months much knowledge that we got from UNISEM. It was hard to leave the place. I imagined we have t to start learning again, exams, and dealing with teachers. But we were happy because we will rning be re-joined with the other friends. Enjoy and joking our day in high school. E Finally we all start learning activities as usual. This time we have to start more serious due to 3rd level was the determination of our graduation. Our school held some exams like try ld out and we also included the try out outside of school. I and my friends work together so all of us could passed the exam. Our class was believed to be the spearhead for other classes. Three days was passed, and we were looking forward to graduation announcements. And o that day, when on I arrived at school, i saw halimah crying in the arms of Mrs. Nelma. We got issue that she did not pass her exam. We only could be quiet and waiting for quie what would we heard later. I pray to God for my prayed best in the future. And when it was announced, we announced got surprise, apparently we passed 100%. Allohuakbar, some of students bow of gratitude and crying for emotion. And one of the good news that never in my mind was my score for English and Math were very satisfying 10. PERFECT. After that, as before we did scribble uniform satisfying, trends and exchanging signatures and continued with the convoy on the highway. I graduated in 2009, I began to think where the desire to move. Honestly, at that time I did not particularly want to continue my school. In addition due to the financial condition in my family, i also was tired of the learning activities. Finally I decided to work on first. At the decided moment I had 2 choices. Working as operator at PT Schneider or administrator staff at PT Shimano. I have not understood yet, and still confusing which one I should took. If I chose PT Schneider, I certainly welcome to work there because our school had has partnership with the company. But if I chose PT Shimano there was nobody could guarantee I could to work there, himano

even though there was people that help, but it still had to go through the test, competing with ople my friend, Amy. However, in the end I decided to try a test in PT Shimano. My consideration, if I was hired in PT Shimano, at least what I have learned for 3 years in SMK was not in vain. One day, Amy and I got a call for the test. I felt less confident to do that test. When I went home I told Amy that I resigned and didnt expect to work there. It turned out my guess, the company chose me and I could started to work right on my birthday, 13th July. I worked there as Document Controller in ISO Section. For a year I worked under outsourcing, PT Global d Area Batam. After that, PT Shimano toke me as Local Employee, but still be contract. Till now, I still worked at PT Shimano, but I have moved to Human Resource Department, Time Management System Section. I got best friends in PT Shimano, her name is Erija Sitanggang. She is 23 years old but still childish. But she is kind and funny. Although she was came from Medan but her style was like Javanese. :D After working for 2 years, I began to miss with the activity in the school. I started saving for admission toa university in Batam. Finally, I chose Batam University (UNIBA) majoring Information System. And now I am still in 1st Semester.

I think thats all about my life. So many miracles in my life. How kind of God to me. What else could make me not ingratitude towards God?

Hmmmmm. Actually, there are still a lot of story that I havent told you. Due to a limited time and just for your information I did this project in my busy activities. I have to work from 7 am till 5.15 pm continued learning at UNIBA from 7 pm till 10 pm. The bad news was Mrs. Zulvia will move to Jakarta earlier than previous schedule. So, I have to finish this project as soon as possible. The final word is apologize if there are mistakes in my project. Special word for Mrs. Zulvia. Thank you for the knowledge you have given to me and I apologize if there are words that are not pleased during our brief meeting. Goodbye and good luck for you Wassalamualaikum Warohmatullohi Wabarokatuh