The Golden Star-Fruit Tree

A long time ago , there was a rich old man living in Vietnam. He had two sons. They had very different attitudes. The older brother was very greedy, but the younger brother was very kind. When the old man died, the brothers divided his father’s wealth into two parts. The big brother took almost everything. He gave his younger brother only a small piece of land, with a star-fruit tree in front of it.

Unfortunately, a very big raven often came and ate all the ripe fruits. At first, he was too afraid of the raven, and did not know what to do. But one day he dared to approach the raven. He begged it not to eat the fruits. “If you eat the fruits, I will have nothing to sell to the market, and my family will starve.”

Surprisingly the raven was not angry. He replied, “I need the fruits too. Can I have them and I’ll pay you with gold. Bring a 1-meter long bag, and I’ll bring you to a place full of gold and you can fill the bag full with gold.” The younger brother then told his wife to make a 1-meter long bag. When the bag was done, he climbed on the raven’s back and they flew to a place full of gold. He filled the bag full with gold, and then flew back home on the raven’s back. From then on, the younger brother and his family could live happily in luxury.

On the commemoration of his father’s death, he invited his older brother to come to his house. Thinking that his brother had a poor house, the big brother refused to come. But because his younger brother insisted, he and his wife finally decided to come. When they got to the younger brother’s house, they were surprised to see that he was now very rich.

He asked his younger brother how he had got all his wealth, and the younger brother was happy to tell him the truth. Then, the greedy brother and his wife offered the younger brother to trade all their fortune for the star-fruit tree. The younger brother gladly accepted the offer. Soon the older brother and his family moved to the house with the star-fruit tree.

When the raven came for the star fruits, the older brother made the same plea. As expected, the raven told him to bring a 1-meter long bag. Because he was greedy, he asked his wife to make a much longer bag. When the bag was done, he climbed on the raven’s back and then they flew to the place full of gold. He filled the big bag with gold. He also brought some gold in his pockets. On the way home, the load soon became too heavy for the raven. Unable to hang on, the raven swayed, and the greedy brother fell straight down to the sea with his bag and pockets full of gold. He sank very fast down the sea. The older brother finally died. He died because of his greediness.

Adapted from: www.vietspring.org/legend/caykhe.html

Taken from book "Think Globally Act Locally" 2013 Curriculum book, page 140-141

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THE LEGEND OF TOBA LAKE

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The Legend of Lake Toba

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The Fish’s Oath: Lessons in Promise-Keeping

Folklore from North Sumatra

A Mysterious Catch

Long ago, in a fertile valley, there lived a poor young orphan who survived by farming and fishing in the nearby river. The land provided crops, while the river was rich with fish, ensuring that he never went hungry.

One afternoon, after tending to his fields, he went to the river to fish. However, despite hours of waiting, he caught nothing. Just as he was about to give up, the fishing rod suddenly jerked. He pulled it up and, to his surprise, a dazzling golden fish hung from the hook.

The Mysterious Woman

At home, he placed the golden fish in a container. When he returned, he was shocked to find the fish missing. Instead, several pieces of gold lay where the fish had been. A beautiful woman stood in his house. “I am the fish you caught, and those gold pieces are my scales,” she said.

The Oath That Must Not Be Broken

The young man asked her to marry him. She agreed on one condition: he must never reveal her true origin. They married, prospered, and had a son named Samosir.

The Naughty Son and the Broken Oath

As Samosir grew, he became mischievous. One day, he ate his father’s lunch before delivering it. Angry, his father slapped him and shouted, “You are nothing but a fish’s son!”

Samosir ran to his mother. She wept, realizing the oath had been broken. “Now, I must return to where I belong,” she whispered.

The Great Flood

Thunder roared, rain poured, and the earth trembled. Samosir and his mother vanished, and water gushed forth, flooding the valley. It became Lake Toba, with Samosir Island at its center.

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Legenda Danau Toba | Edisi Indonesia

Dahulu kala, di sebuah lembah subur, hiduplah seorang pemuda yatim piatu miskin. Ia bertani dan memancing untuk hidup. Suatu hari ia menangkap ikan emas yang ternyata berubah menjadi wanita cantik. Mereka menikah dengan syarat asal-usul istrinya tidak boleh dibocorkan. Mereka hidup bahagia dan memiliki anak bernama Samosir. Namun, sang ayah melanggar sumpah dan menyebut anaknya "anak ikan." Ibu Samosir menangis dan berkata ia harus kembali ke asalnya. Tiba-tiba banjir besar menenggelamkan lembah itu, terbentuklah Danau Toba dengan Pulau Samosir di tengahnya.

Source Taken from: https://indonesianfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-legend-of-lake-toba.html

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THE GOLDEN STAR-FRUIT TREE

The Golden Star-Fruit Tree

A long time ago Pada zaman dahulu , there was a rich old man living in Vietnam. He had two sons. They had very different attitudes sikap . The older brother was very greedy serakah , but the younger brother was very kind. When the old man died, the brothers divided membagi his father’s wealth kekayaan into two parts. The big brother took almost everything mengambil hampir semuanya . He gave his younger brother only a small piece of land sebuah lahan yang sedikit , with a star-fruit tree in front of it didepannya . The younger brother did not mind tidak keberatan . From then on he lived there and made his living mencari nafkah only by selling star fruits from the tree.

Unfortunately, a very big raven burung gagak often came and ate all the ripe matang fruits. At first, he was too afraid of the raven, and did not know what to do. But one day he dared to approach mendekati the raven. He begged memohon to it not to eat the fruits. “If you eat the fruits, I will have nothing to sell to the market, and my family will starve kelaparan .”

Surprisingly secara mengejutkan the raven was not angry. He replied, “I need the fruits too. Can I have them and I’ll pay you with gold. Bring a 1-meter long bag, and I’ll bring you to a place full of gold and you can fill mengisi the bag full with gold.” The younger brother then told his wife to make a 1-meter long bag. When the bag was done, he climbed menaiki on the raven’s back and they flew terbang to a place full of gold. He filled the bag full with gold, and then flew back home on the raven’s back. From then on, the younger brother and his family could live happily in luxury kemewahan .

On the commemoration peringatan of his father’s death, he invited his older brother to come to his house. Thinking that his brother had a poor house sebuah rumah yang miskin , the big brother refused menolak to come. But because his younger brother insisted memaksa , he and his wife finally decided memutuskan to come. When they got to the younger brother’s house, they were surprised to see that he was now very rich.

He asked his younger brother how he had got all his wealth kekayaan , and the younger brother was happy to tell him the truth. Then, the greedy brother and his wife offered the younger brother to trade menukar all their fortune kekayaan for the star-fruit tree. The younger brother gladly accepted the offer. Soon the older brother and his family moved to the house with the star-fruit tree. When the raven came for the star fruits, the older brother made the same plea permohonan . As expected, the raven told him to bring a 1-meter long bag.

Because he was greedy serakah , he asked his wife to make a much longer bag. When the bag was done, he climbed on the raven’s back and then they flew to the place full of gold. He filled the big bag with gold. He also brought some gold in his pockets. On the way home, the load barang bawaan soon became too heavy for the raven. Unable to hang on, the raven swayed oleng , and the greedy brother fell straight down to the sea with his bag and pockets full of gold. He sank tenggelam very fast down the sea. The older brother finally died. He died because of his greediness keserakahan .

Adapted from: www.vietspring.org/legend/caykhe.html

Taken from book "Think Globally Act Locally" 2013 Curriculum book, page 140-141

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Pohon Buah Belimbing Emas 

 Dahulu kala, ada seorang lelaki tua kaya raya yang tinggal di Vietnam. Ia memiliki dua anak laki-laki. Mereka punya sikap yang berbeda. Kakak sangat serakah, sedangkan adiknya sangat baik hati. Ketika ayah mereka meninggal, harta dibagi menjadi dua. Kakak mengambil hampir semuanya, hanya memberi adik sebidang tanah kecil dengan pohon belimbing di depannya. Sayangnya, seekor gagak besar sering datang dan memakan semua buah matang. Awalnya adik takut, tapi suatu hari ia berani mendekat dan memohon agar gagak tidak memakan buahnya. Gagak tidak marah, malah berkata akan membayarnya dengan emas jika ia membawa karung sepanjang 1 meter. Adik menuruti, mengisi karung dengan emas, lalu hidup bahagia dalam kemewahan. Saat peringatan kematian ayah mereka, kakak diundang ke rumah adik. Awalnya ia menolak, tapi akhirnya datang dan terkejut melihat adiknya sudah kaya. Ia pun menukar seluruh hartanya dengan pohon belimbing. Namun karena serakah, ia membuat karung yang sangat panjang, mengisi terlalu banyak emas. Burung gagak tak kuat terbang, dan kakak jatuh ke laut bersama emasnya. Ia mati karena keserakahannya.

Adapted from: www.vietspring.org/legend/caykhe.html

Taken from book "Think Globally Act Locally" 2013 Curriculum book, page 140-141

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Kelebihan dan Kekurangan
Les privat bahasa Inggris

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Hi Guys, You are mabro. Minal Aidzin wal Faidzin yah kebetulan Idul Fitri baru saja berlalu. Hari ini kita akan membahas mengenai les privat bahasa Inggris. Apa kelebihan dan kekurangan dari les Privat khususnya Bahasa Inggris.

Let's Get it on !!! :)

Sebagian dari kita pasti sudah tahu apa itu les privat. Beberapa pendidikan non formal atau lembaga belajar biasanya memiliki banyak jenis kegiatan pembelajaran. Contoh; bimbingan belajar ataupun les privat. 

Disaat pembelajaran dengan sistem kelas yang tentu saja berbeda dengan sistem kelas di sekolah formal pada umumnya. dengan sistem seperti ini pembelajaran cenderung bersifat umum. Guru/Tutor pun harus mengetahui setiap siswa di kelas tersebut baik dari sifat maupun gaya belajarnya. Sistem pembelajaran seperti ini biasanya dipilih karena memang lebih murah bila dilihat dari segi biaya dan siswa dapat berinteraksi dengan siswa lainnya yang berlatar belakang dari sekolah yang berbeda.

Sedangkan pembelajaran dengan sistem privat sangatlah berbeda. Kelas privat lebih dipilih oleh siswa atau orang tua yang menginginkan anaknya full mendapat perhatian terhadap mata pelajaran yang mereka rasa masih harus diperbaiki, ditingkatkan atau bahkan siswa memang sudah termasuk baik pada mata pelajaran tersebut dan orang tua menginginkan siswanya betul-betul fokus mengasah bakat yang sudah ada tersebuh. Sistem belajar privat cenderung lebih terfokus, privat (pribadi sesuai dengan namanya), khusus, cenderung mahal, Waktu yang fleksibel dan terutama guru dapat sangat terfokus terhadap siswa tersebut baik dari segi kelemahan ataupun kelebihan yang telah dimiliki oleh siswa tersebut. Seperti kata peribahasa There is money, then there is Quality.

Nah semoga tulisan ini dapat memberikan insight buat kalian ok.

Baiklah ESEpun membuka les privat yah tapi secara offline masih terbatas jarak. Hanya untuk daerah Kota Cimahi dan sekitarnya. Namun bila untuk kelas Privat Online ESE siap melayani Anda dengan harga yang terjangkau namun kualitas terjaga. :)

Silahkan kontak ESE yah di tombol kanan bawah Whatsapp. Thanks :)

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Apa sih Preferences?

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Hiii Guys, Good life Ok. Now ESE akan berbagi sebuah topik yang disebut Preference atau Pilihan. Hidup kita saja banyak sekali pilihian yah, mau milih makan siang pake apa? mau milih baju yang tepat ke undangan pake apa? dan lainnya. So without further due let's dive in.....:)

Preference dalam bahasa Inggris adalah sebuah ungkapan yang menyatakan pilihan atau pendapat akan suatu hal yang lebih disukai seseorang baik itu tentang benda, kegiatan, orang atau yang lainnya. 

Preference itu sendiri dapat diungkapkan melalu beberapa kata, nah disini Rekan ESE harus dapat membedakan penggunaanya yah setelah belajar bersama di Web ESE ini. Preferences dalam bahasa Inggris terbagi menjadi: 

Prefer, 

Like, 

Would rather, 

Would prefer to, 

dan Had better.

1. PREFER

• Prefer + to Infinitive

           Contoh: I prefer to stay in a guest house than in a hotel. (Saya lebih memilih menginap di guest                           house daripada di hotel)

• Prefer + Noun + to + Noun

            Contoh: She prefers golf to billiard. (Saya lebih memilih golf daripada biliar)

• Prefer + V-Ing + to + V-Ing

            Contoh: My brother prefers swimming to running. (Saudara laki-lakiku lebih memilih berenang                           daripada berlari)

2. Like

• Like + Nouns / V-Ing + Better than + Nouns / V-Ing

          Contoh: 

                        I like drawing better than swimming. (Saya suka menggambar daripada berenang)

                        Susi likes Banana better than snake fruit. (Susi suka pisang daripada salak)

  3. Would Rather   

• Would Rather + Bare Infinitive (kata kerja tanpa To.)

           Contoh: She would rather go now. (Dia perempuan lebih memilih pergi sekarang)

• Would Rather + Bare Infinitive + Than + Bare Infinitive (Kata kerja tanpa To.)

            Contoh: He would rather stay at home than go outside. (Dia laki-laki lebih memilih tinggal                                  dirumah daripada pergi keluar)

• Would Rather + Bare Infinitive + Noun + Than + Bare Infinitive + Noun

            Contoh: Adnan would rather eat mango than rice. (Adnan lebih memilih makan mangga                                      daripada makan nasi)

4. Would Prefer to

• Would Prefer + To. Infinitive + Rather Than + Bare Infinitive (kata kerja tanpa To.)

           Contoh: I would prefer to read rather than watch. (Saya lebih memilih untuk membaca daripada                          menonton)

• Would Prefer + To.Infinitive + Noun + Rather Than + Bare Infinitive + Noun

            Contoh: He would prefer to go to school rather than stay at home. (Dia laki-laki lebih memilih                              pergi kesekolah daripada diam di rumah)

5. Had Better

• Had Better + Bare Infinitive (Kata kerja tanpa To.)

           Contoh: They had better study harder. (Mereka lebih baik belajar dengan lebih giat)

• Had Better + Not + Bare Infinitive. (Bentuk Negative)

            Contoh: He had better not to enter the cave. (Dia laki-laki lebih baik tidak masuk ke dalam gua)

OK Guys, cukup sekian mungkin pembahasan tema Preference kali ini. Semoga dapat menambah insight buat kalian. Ciao :)

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Cara menghitung Zakat Fitrah dengan Beras 2024

Cara Menghitung Zakat Fitrah dengan Beras

Source: AI

Zakat Fitrah merupakah salah satu dari Rukun Islam, oleh karena itu hal ini merupakan sebuah kewajiban yang harus dilaksanakan oleh semua umat Muslim pada akhir Bulan Ramadhan.

Zakat fitrah adalah kewajiban bagi setiap Muslim untuk membayar sejumlah beras atau makanan pokok lainnya sebelum hari raya Idul Fitri. Berikut adalah cara menghitung zakat fitrah menggunakan beras:

1. Tentukan Jumlah Jiwa yang Wajib Dizakati
   Hitung jumlah anggota keluarga termasuk diri Anda sendiri yang wajib membayar zakat fitrah. Setiap jiwa Muslim yang memiliki kelebihan harta wajib membayar zakat fitrah.

2. Tentukan Harga Beras per Kilogram
   Cari tahu harga beras per kilogram di daerah Anda. Umumnya digunakan harga beras kualitas sedang atau beras yang memang sering Anda konsumsi.

3. Hitung Besaran Zakat Fitrah
   Besaran zakat fitrah adalah 2,5 kg beras atau setara 3,5 liter beras per jiwa (Sesuai web Baznas per tahun 2024). Jika Anda ingin membayar dalam bentuk uang, kalikan 2,5 kg dengan harga beras per kilogram yang telah Anda sepakati untuk bayarkan.

   Contoh:

   Misalnya, jika ada 4 jiwa dalam keluarga dan harga beras Rp 17.500/kg,

   Maka:

   Zakat Fitrah = 4 Jiwa x 2,5 kg x Rp 17.500 = Rp 175.000 (bila membayar dengan uang)

   Bila Anda membayar Zakat Fitrah dengan Beras, Misalnya jika ada 4 jiwa dalam keluarga Anda, jadi 2,5 kg x 4 jiwa = 10 Kilogram Beras (Dengan kualitas Beras    yang Anda konsumsi sehari-hari)

   Rumus Zakat Fitrah dengan uang= Jumlah Jiwa x 2,5 kg x Harga Beras/kg = Hasilnya adalah total uang yang dibayarkan untuk Zakat Fitrah.

   Rumus Zakat Fitrah dengan Beras= Jumlah Jiwa x 2,5 kg = Hasilnya adalah total beras yang dibayarkan untuk Zakat Fitrah.

   Bayar Zakat Fitrah Sebelum Shalat Idul Fitri

   Zakat fitrah sebaiknya dibayarkan sebelum pelaksanaan shalat Idul Fitri. Namun, jika terlambat membayar, zakat fitrah tetap sah selama dibayarkan sebelum matahari terbenam pada hari raya.

   Dengan mengeluarkan zakat fitrah, kita tidak hanya menunaikan kewajiban, tetapi juga berbagi kebahagiaan dengan sesama Muslim yang kurang mampu.

Bila memang disaat ada pembayarannya yang melebihi jumlah yang wajibnya. itu akan dianggap sodaqoh atau infak.

Source: AI

   Beberapa pandangan Imam Madzhab

   Menurut Madzhab Maliki, Syafi'i dan Hambali, Zakat Fitrah tidak boleh diberikan dalam bentuk uang. Namun, menurut Madzhab Hanafi, Zakat Fitrah boleh dibayar dengan uang yang setara dengan makanan pokok yang kita konsumsi sehari-hari.

   Sekian ESE berikan pemaparan mengenai pembayaran Zakat Fitrah. Semoga bermanfaat. Minal Aidzin Wal Faidzin, Mohon maaf lahir dan bathin. Selamat merayakan Hari Idul Fitri tahun 2024 Miladiyah/ 1445 Hijriyah.

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Istilah Bahasa Inggris di Bulan Ramadan

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 Hi guys,

Happy Fasting Ramadan Mubarrok

Kali ini ESE akan memberikan beberapa istilah dalam bahasa Inggris yang berkaitan dengan bulan suci dan mulia ini.

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