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TRANSPORTATION

Nowadays, the world is getting advanced in all aspects of life. Even in technology, food, fashion, or transportation. All of these have function to enable people doing their activities easily. For instance, transportation is a crucial thing and keep growing up until now. Based on the effectiveness of the time, transportations are divided into several categories.  They are: on land, by water and by air.

On land transportation is the most commonly used by people. It is a kind of mobilization from one place to other places as road and trail way track as the media to through by. People can choose a kind of vehicles needed to go to one place regarding to the time spent. For example, bicycle is a good choice to travel for a short distance. It is good to reach the nearest place as going to school which is not so far away from house, the nearest market and the media for jogging. While motorcycle is use for those who have average distance, such as from one regency to another regency. Besides, for long distance travelling, such as from one city to another city. People will choose public transportation like car, bus and train. It is not only more save and efficient, but also it is not spend much money.

There is another kind of transportation. That is water transportation. It is normally by using ferry or ship. Water transportation is a good way to bridge the island. Because it only one way to go to destination place.

The last is air transportation. It is a kind of travelling by using plane, helicopter, jet, rocket and etc. if you want to have travelling and the place that you want to go is very far away. For example from one country to other countries like Indonesia to Alexandria, air transportation is a good solution for us. Even though it spends a lot of money but it does not take much time and it is not a big problem for those who really consider about the time.

Altogether, these three kinds of transportation have their own advantages and disadvantages. People will decide to select one of them according to the distance, time spent, and the budget they have.

written by : Mutia Elviani
Writing II with Mrs. Chamisah M.Ed

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BURJ KHALIFA

2010 is being an unforgetable moment for the people in the United Arab Emirate. Because on january 4, 2010, a huge and incredible skyscraper in the world was officially legitimized by the president of UAE, Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Recently, this bulding became one of the most awesome places to visit in the world, the height and the sophisticated style of this building will be explained in the following paragraphs.

Burj khalifa is located in Dubai, UAE. The name of Burj khalifa comes from Arabic which means the tower of king. It was built to honor its president. Many people from around the world come here to witness it. Its  height is very impressive and draws people to go there. Honestly, I was suprised when I saw the image of this building on the internet. Furthermore, it has 828 meters or 2717 feet. Its height as if  it penetrated through the blue sky. In addition, The architecture of the building is totally different from the other buildings. It is not square, but it is like several charts that arranged from the lowest to the tallest and formed to a huge isosceles triangle. It has 160 floors. This building is not only as the offices but also as hotel, residentials, libraries, mehcanical, Communication & Broadcast, coorporations and many more. The unique things are that the swimming pool is an 78th floor and the mosque is located in 158th floor. It is very amazing to be there. Many tourists spend their holiday in this world’s site destination every day.

Many people sometimes feel phobia of the tallest building. However, it doesn’t need to happen if you are living in Burj khalifa. In addition, this building provides sophisticated things to enable people doing their work. It has the the fastest elevator in the world which travels at 18 m/second. It only needs 5 second from the first floor to the top. The elevator is very comfortable and safe. Furthermore, this elevator is only available in Burj khalifa, Dubai. So, it will make the residents and visitors make better efficient in using their time.

In conclusion, visiting this marvelous building is everyone’s hope. The height of this building and its sophistication are becoming one of the atraction  included in travelers’ lists as a place to spend their holiday.


Written by : Mutia Elviani