Will it be Possible to Live Forever?

All creatures and human kind will surely die. All Human kind and living things in this world will die someday. How do you explain death in terms of science? Even if it is not because of accident or something else, every human will grow old and our body will stop working.  Even if our face and body still look young, our organs and cell will be damaged eventually. If we explain it in religious perspective, the answer is simple. We can’t deny god’s decision. We will be called by our god and we can’t reject it. In other words, we cannot prevent death if god says so. 

We will get our immortality in 20 years. Scientist Ray Kurzweil claims human could become immortal in 20 years time through nanotechnology and an increased understanding of how the body works. We save our memories and put it inside a machine and it will let us live forever. In other words, we save our life to a computer and put it inside a robot then we can live forever as a cyborg. How about errors? Even the most perfect and expensive computer could get a virus or error and the break because of it. So even if we become a cyborg, will we become break and die too?

Immortality in Religious perspective is possible. Yes, in religious perspective we will have our eternal life. How is it possible? What I meant here is not physical immortality. Of course, in many religions human and all living things will die because we have to come back to our creator, our god. But we will live forever in after life. Most religion believes in after life and we will live forever there. So even if we died in this world, our body got rotten and stop working, our soul will go to after life and live forever there.

People will get sick of immortality if they got it. Why do people need immortality anyway? Many people just want to die before they have to.  They commit a suicide and kill themselves because they get tired of this world. Then why people want immortality if someday they will become tired of it? If you could live forever, you will get cored eventually. You could get insane for some reason, because you will see the same world all over again. You will continue to live when people you love, family, friends and many other people die. You will continue your life stress and lonely. So why do we need immortality? And if all people could live forever, have you ever imagine how the world would be? Human will continue causing chaos everywhere and this world will go insane!

To conclude, I would and surely say that immortality in this world is not possible. We can't fight god's power. Even with all this technologies, we will still die if our god calls us. We must always believe in our religion and worship our god. We should always keep holding on to our beliefs. So when god calls for us, we will be happy in after life on the other side. And I absolutely sure humans cannot live forever.

That's all. Thank you

Indonesia's Colorful Cultures

Indonesia has many things and culture for us to learn. But sadly, many people don’t know about it. So, the aim for this report is to tell you about Indonesian’s Cultures and things that are popular in Indonesia. Do you know that Indonesia has many interesting and colorful cultures? This report will tell you what are interesting in Indonesia.

Indonesia has many kinds of foods! Each region has it own specialty foods. For example, “Pempek” is a food from Palembang, and “Gado-Gado” is from Jakarta. I ask a couple of my friends in our class, most of them love “Sate Padang”. You can see from its name, Sate Padang is come from Padang. It’s not an ordinary satay, it’s a satay made from cow or goat offal boiled in spicy broth then grilled. Its main characteristic is a yellow sauce made from rice flour mixed with spicy offal broth, turmeric, ginger, garlic, coriander, galangal root, cumin, curry powder and salt. I personally love “Gado-Gado”! It’s a vegetable dish with peanut sauce dressing. It usually contain bean sprouts, long beans, tofu, tempe, potatoes, egg and many other’s green vegetable, you could improvise your own gado-gado! And there are still many foods you can try in Indonesia. All of them are very yummy! 

Cultures in Indonesia are so interesting to learn and see! One of the popular in Indonesia is “Tari Saman”. Saman is also known as dance of thousand hands because of its fast movement. Its origin is from the Aceh. This dance is done by a group in one line and dancers perform while kneeling. This dance is also popular across the world too! Batik is one of Indonesian’s worlds famous too! Batik is a cloth that traditionally uses a manual wax resist dyeing technique. Batik has worldwide popularity! Now, not only is batik used as a material for clothing, its uses also including furnishing fabrics, heavy canvas wall hangings, tablecloths and household accessories. Batik techniques are also used by famous artists to create batik paintings.

Well, soccer is a sport that is popular in Indonesia right now. Many people are still wake up late because they want to watch soccer match. But, do you know? Maybe townspeople watch and play soccer, but what about rural people? Indonesia has many traditional sports too! And it’s interesting and fun to play or just watch. One that’s very popular is “Karapan Sapi”. It’s a race with buffalo! The Maduranese people of the island of Madura, East Java, Indonesia, race their strongest and fastest buffalo in races hold regularly a few times a year, typically in August, September and October. 

 So, what have you learned from this report? Indonesia has many interesting and colorful cultures! But many people, including Indonesian themselves, don’t know about that! That’s too bad, right? Why don’t we begin to maintain and preserve it? That way our colorful cultures can be well known across the world~!

By: Khansa Nadhifa Mazaya XE/25