EDU PASSION 2018!

It's late already to upload this because the event ended long ago, but it's better late than never, right?

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Enid Blyton, at the Heart of Every Childhood

Enid Blyton or Enid Mary Blyton was an english children’s book writer. She was born in Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, South London on 11 August 1897. She was the first child of Thomas Carey Blyton and Theresa Mary Hamilton.


Enid started school when she was ten years old, and became a popular student in school. With Mirabel Davies and Mary Attenborough, Enid made a magazine called "Dab", where Mirabel made a poems, Mary made the illustrations, and Enid made short stories.

Enid Mary Blyton. Source

Since childhood, Enid really likes to read. She liked Lewis Carroll’s "Alice In Wonderland", Louisa Alcott’s "Little Women", George Macdonald’s "The Princess and the Goblin", and R.N. Ballantyne’s "The Coral Island".

But, after Enid’s parents divorced, the condition is obviously made Enid feel devastated. That’s why she often writes, "his father did not pay attention to his family", "his father went away", "his father died", and other similar phrases in her stories.

Then Enid and her siblings were brought to Elm Road 14 in Beckenham, Kent. Overwhelmed with sadness, Enid begins to write and sent a number of her poems and stories mass media. Unfortunately it was always rejected. Nevertheless, at the age of fourteen, Enid won a poetry writing contest. At that time she received praise from Arthur Mee, a writer who encouraged her to continue writing.

When she get a chance to enroll in the Guildhall School of Music, Enid denied. Although it was her father's dream, Enid felt the writing path was her way of life.

Enid's relationship with her mother was not as good as Enid's relationship with her father. Instead, Enid found the ideal mother figure in Mabel Attenborough, the aunt of her schoolmate. Aunt Mabel encourages Enid to continue writing stories and poetry.

Still confused to continue her schooling, Enid is advised to take a vacation to the Hunt family farm in Suffolk and meet Ida Hunt who invites her to involved in teaching children. It was Ida who suggested Enid to go to the teacher's school. Finally, in September 1916, Enid was educated as a kindergarten teacher at Ipswich High School.

Althought, Enid had to stop writing fiction that she liked. But she never stopped to write poetry In fact, her poem titled “Have You” was published in Nash's Magazine in 1917. She was even more active writing.

Enid's poem titled "Have You". Source

After graduating in 1918, Enid became a child's private teacher. She is very liked, especially her fairy tale. Seeing the reaction of the students to the story and tale, Enid ventured to submit her work to the magazine. "Teachers` World" became a place to accommodate the works of Enid, even the editor of the magazine raised Enid to become a permanent writer with her own column named From My Window.

Since the book of poetry collection, "Child Whisper", distributed in 1922, Enid's career as a writer is growing. Subsequent books followed, every book was published by J. Saville & Newnes.

While in the publication of J. Saville & Newnes, Enid met Major Hugh Alexander Pollock, and fell in love. They finally married on 28 August 1924, and lived in Elfin Cottage, di Shortlands Road, Beckenham, Kent.

Enid's first husband, Hugh Alexander Pollock. Source

After her first child, Gillian, was born, Enid who still kept her obsession to write adult novels, began writing "The Caravan Goes On". However, her work was denied by publishers so she returned in writing children's stories.

Enid success make it inadequate that she often got drunk, and damaged her relationship with her husband. In 1942, Pollock divorced Enid with a record still allowed to meet their two daughters. Then Enid married Kenneth Darrell Waters, a surgeon, a year after the divorce.

Enid and her husband, Kenneth Darrel Waters. Source

In 1942 also, the famous series "Famous Five" began to be written. She writes the story of Julian, Dick, George, Ann, and a dog named Timmy every year. She wrote 21 titles in this series.

All titles of Famous Five series. Source

Enid's productivity is still ongoing. She also wrote "Secret Seven", "The Adventurer series", "The Mystery series" and "The Barney Mystery Books". And when World War II took place, she took care of printing every work. Even then she wrote ten thousand words per day.

Enid Blyton's series (Secret Seven, Adventure Series, and Mystery Series)

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In 1945, she stopped filling the column in "Teachers' World". Then published "Little Noddy Goes to Toyland" which later became a famous series. Then in 1952, she published "Enid Blyton Magazine".

Her succes doesn’t mean she was not criticized. Between 1950 and 1960, her works are considered to emphasize the role of gender in a rigid and displays the values of middle-class casual. Her works were considered uneducated and withdrawn from public libraries, and even banned in schools. Some of hes writings are also mentioned not written by herself.

After "Enid Blyton Magazine" stopped publishing in late 1959, Enid's concentration to write began to disappear. Then her husband died in 1967. She herself followed on 28 November 1968 after writing about seven hundred books, spread all over the world.

Information source : http://pelitaku.sabda.org/enid_blyton

Sambal, a Super Spicy Condiment

Identification

Famous as one of the best tropical countries, Indonesia provides tons of uniqueness and excitement. Its nature, culture, and art always bring millions of tourist each year. However, this time we are going to talk about one thing, Indonesia’s cuisine, in particular Sambal.
Sambal or sambel is infamous among tourist as the food of hell for its undeniable ability to make the consumer produces tears and sweat when eating. Sambal is a loan word from Javanese origin. Produced using chili as its main ingredient, sambal is indeed taste extremely spicy.

General description

Sambal is made by grinding ‘cabai’ or chili, along with several complements such as onion, bell pepper,  tomato, ‘terasi’, sugar, and salt. The ingredients are grinded using traditional tool made usually from wood. The texture is smooth with a vibrant color of green and red, depending on which chili you use. Sometimes its also colored dark brown. There's also other variations of sambal from Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, and Sri Lanka.

Infamous among tourists for its spiciness, many tourists avoid it. However, some of them are challenged and try to eat it. Those who dare to try usually will get stomach ache or turn very red and sweaty in the face. Though super spicy, locals eat it in almost daily basis as their main meal. There are some dishes that use sambal as its ingredient, especially in Padang. In Padang, any dishes that start with Balado is a sambal-mixed dishes.

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Red Fox

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The red fox is the largest of the true foxes and one of the most widely distributed members of the order Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to North Africa, North America and Eurasia. Its range has increased alongside human expansion, having been introduced to Australia, where it is considered harmful to native mammals and bird populations. Due to its presence in Australia, it is included among the list of the "world's 100 worst invasive species". The red fox can be found in most of the United States and Canada, except for the far north in Canada and Alaska and much of the western U.S. and Hawaii. The red fox is found throughout New Hampshire. The red fox is also found in Europe and Asia and it has been introduced to Australia.

Among the true foxes, the red fox represents a more progressive form in the direction of carnivory. Apart from its large size, the red fox is distinguished from other fox species by its ability to adapt quickly to new environments. Despite its name, the species often produces individuals with other colourings, including albinos and melanists.

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Red foxes are usually together in pairs or small groups consisting of families, such as a mated pair and their young, or a male with several females having kinship ties. The young of the mated pair remain with their parents to assist in caring for new kits. The species primarily feeds on small rodents, though it may also target rabbits, game birds, reptiles, invertebrates and young ungulates. Fruit and vegetable matter is also eaten sometimes. Although the red fox tends to kill smaller predators, including other fox species, it is vulnerable to attack from larger predators, such as wolves, coyotes, golden jackals and medium- and large-sized felines.

The word "fox" comes from Old English, which derived from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz. Compare with West Frisian foks, Dutch vos, and German Fuchs. This, in turn, derives from Proto-Indo-European *puḱ- 'thick-haired; tail'. Compare to the Hindi pū̃ch 'tail', Tocharian B päkā 'tail; chowrie', and Lithuanian paustìs 'fur'. The bushy tail also forms the basis for the fox's Welsh name, llwynog, literally 'bushy', from llwyn 'bush'. Likewise, Portuguese: raposa from rabo 'tail', Lithuanian uodẽgis from uodegà 'tail', and Ojibwa waagosh from waa, which refers to the up and down "bounce" or flickering of an animal or its tail.

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The red fox has an elongated body and relatively short limbs. The tail, which is longer than half the body length, is fluffy and reaches the ground when in a standing position. Their pupils are oval and vertically oriented. Nictitating membranes are present, but move only when the eyes are closed. The forepaws have five digits, while the hind feet have only four and lack dewclaws. They are very agile, being capable of jumping over 2-metre-high (6 ft 7 in) fences, and swim well. Vixens normally have four pairs of teats, though vixens with seven, nine, or ten teats are not uncommon. The testes of males are smaller than those of Arctic foxes. Their skulls are fairly narrow and elongated, with small braincases. Their canine teeth are relatively long. Sexual dimorphism of the skull is more pronounced than in corsac foxes, with female red foxes tending to have smaller skulls than males, with wider nasal regions and hard palates, as well as having larger canines. Their skulls are distinguished from those of dogs by their narrower muzzles, less crowded premolars, more slender canine teeth, and concave rather than convex profiles.

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Except for breeding females, the fox doesn't usually use a den. Sometimes it will sleep in the open, wrapping its bushy tail around its nose to stay warm. When it does use a den, it will usually find an abandoned rabbit or marmot den instead of making its own den. Red foxes either establish stable home ranges within particular areas or are itinerant with no fixed abode. They use their urine to mark their territories. Red foxes live in family groups sharing a joint territory. In favourable habitats and/or areas with low hunting pressure, subordinate foxes may be present in a range. Subordinate foxes may number one or two, sometimes up to eight in one territory. These subordinates could be formerly dominant animals, but are mostly young from the previous year, who act as helpers in rearing the breeding vixen's kits. Alternatively, their presence has been explained as being in response to temporary surpluses of food unrelated to assisting reproductive success. Non-breeding vixens will guard, play, groom, provision and retrieve kits, an example of kin selection. Red foxes may leave their families once they reach adulthood if the chances of winning a territory of their own are high. If not, they will stay with their parents, at the cost of postponing their own reproduction.

The red fox is mostly nocturnal, although it will sometimes venture out in the day. The red fox, unlike other mammals, hears low-frequency sounds very well. It can hear small animals digging underground and will frequently dig in the dirt or snow to catch prey. The fox stalks its prey, much like a cat. It gets as close as it can and then pounces and chases its prey.


Classification

Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Chordata
Class : Mammalia
Order : Carnivora
Family : Canidae
Genus : Vulpes
Species : Vulpes vulpes


Life Cycle

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The red fox mates from January through March. The female will make one or more dens right after mating. A little less than two months after mating, the female gives birth to a litter of between one and ten kits. The male brings the female food while she is caring for the kits.
The kits start playing outside the den when they are about a month old. The mother begins feeding her kits regurgitated food, but eventually she will bring them live prey to "play" with and eat. Playing with live prey helps the young kits develop the skills they will need for hunting. The kits  leave their mother when they are about seven months old.

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QUESTIONS
1. How does a fox mother train her kits to develop hunting skills?
2. The fox doesn't usually use a den. When it does use a den, it will usually use ....
3. The fox's pack consist of ....
4. Present across ... fox's range has increased alongside human expansion.
5. What animal does fox primarily hunt?

About Me

Hello! My name is Aufa Putri Hammantyo and people often call me Aufa, and some people that knew me from Facebook and Wattpad call me Akiko! You can call me anything you like, i'm cool with anything.

I lived in Bandung, specifically in Cilengkrang. I was born in Bandung and grew up in Jatinangor, and moved to Bandung at age of 12 because of private reason. I like reading, drawing, cooking, singing, and last but not least, writing! I've known as a fanfiction writer at Wattpad.

I like Japan culture and history. I also like Indonesian culture, especially the traditional dances and traditional ceremony. It's wonderful in my opinion. Oh, and also, i like to learn new languages! Right now i can speak in 4 languages--Indonesia, English, Sundanese, and Japanese--and i'm learning German now in highschool.

Now, my personality. I may looked shy, but it just a start. I will suddenly change to a whole different person when i feel comfortable with my surrounding. It may surprise you, when i start to talk A LOT. I mean it. Why i've been like that, only god and time knows. I don't understand it myself. Maybe because i was bullied back at elementary school. Well, let's set that aside and move on. So, i'm a person who really like challenge. I'll join every competition and event as long i'm interested. Being a participant is a really big challenge, especialy if my rival is way better than me. I'm the type of person that laugh a lot. RIP my sense of humor. So, sometimes i'll laugh at something that not so funny. RIP my sense of humor (2).

I hate people that join something but doesn't take it serious. It just, disturbing. I also hate someone that bad talk someone at their back. Just, go to hell.

Last, i'll explain about the description of my blog. "Aufa's Rommelhok" is indeed isn't familier. It's because the word Rommelhok is not an English word, but a Dutch word. Rommelhok more or less equal to Garbagedump in English. I got the inspiration of using the word Rommelhok from a tumblr blog. Well then, welcome to this rommelhok. I mean, well, this blog is mostly about myself so, it just like a garbagedump of my thoughts. 

In the end, nice to meet you!