My Easy Tips to Get Better English Pronunciation

         I got so many questions about how do I learn my English pronunciation. That is why I made this post and want to share with others.

         The biggest thing that people will notice about our English is our pronunciation. Pronunciation is related to what the first people hear when we are speaking English. It is like a first impression of our English ability. No matter how bad the grammar we use, or how limited the vocabulary we have, as long as we have a good pronunciation, we will sound very good in English. Vice versa, when we are speaking English using incredible grammar and amazing vocabularies but we don’t pronounce the words correctly, those incredible grammar and amazing vocabularies will not help us. People may get difficulties to understand what we say and also if our pronunciation is poor, they will think about us as people who speak bad English.

Review of Wardah Sunscreen Gel

        Do you know that your skin must be protected from damaging rays from the sun? I did not realize about the importance of sunscreen or sunblock till some months ago. As a beginner, I don’t have many references of sunblock or sunscreen to choose. I decided to find out information and recommendation about it from some make up forums and blogs. Then, Wardah Sunscreen Gel became my first choice to be my first sunscreen product for my face. How does it work on me? Let’s check it out!

Review of Super Cheap Eyebrow Pencils (Viva, Koshize, Purbasari)

            Hello girls, in this post I’m gonna share my review on some cheap eyebrow products in my make up case. Most of my make up products are super cheap and easy to find. The eyebrow pencils I am gonna review are local products, and can be used for those who want to learn using make up for the first time (like me). Oh ya, my review is based on my personal experience using those products.

My Soundcloud Account

Aaaah, I have just made an account on Soundcloud. Some of you may say it is too late for making an account on Soundcloud today. But there is a proverb we often hear, better to late than never, right? So, here I am. Telling all over the world that I've just joined Soundcloud and uploaded some of my old collections of cover versions I made about 3 years ago. Yes, 3 years ago. I have not made a new one yet. Hopefully, I can make my new covers as soon as possible. For those who are interested in listening to my terrifying voice, you can go to my Soundcloud channel here https://soundcloud.com/sunshineisme. You can also download it if you like. Thanks so much and enjoy it!

Love,

Balqis

Feeling the Fear of Public Speaking? Let Us Join Senang Bicara Community!

            Glossophobia, or the fear of speaking in public, is one of the most common fears. The phobia stems from a fear of being embarrassed and judged, according to an article by Forbes magazine. I used to experience this kind of feeling in the old times often. Yet now, I can reduce what people say as the fear of speaking in public. As day goes by, my confidence level is increase. I started to love speaking in public. Unfortunately, for many people, public speaking can be terrifying experience, like I ever felt. Of course this can’t be happened all the times since public speaking is important in many aspects of our lives. Do you want to know what I am doing for reducing my fear of public speaking? I do many, but the most contributing recently is, joining public speaking community. I am going to tell you about a community which has been one of my favorite ways to overcome the number one of fears in America (according to Wall Street Magazine). I joined this community in the early of 2013. The community’s name is Senang Bicara.

Saving Conversation By Not Interrupting

            4 months, 12 days ago at 2 pm, I was sitting in one of my favorite places, a cafe library, listened to someone in front of me who was talking about himself, and successfully ruined my day. It should be a date, but it seems like I was attending seminar with speaker talking, all the times, and I’m a participant who has to listen to him, all the times. That was the first thing which ruined my feeling on that day, but unfortunately that was not the last. The most annoying thing during my date was, he interrupted me many times! I realize that communication is the art of speaking and listening. I was trying to be a good listener for him, but unfortunately he wasn’t. It is all about, interrupting. 

News Presenter Cast at Indonesia Broadcasting Expo (IBX) 2013

                Ini salah satu pengalaman yang paling menyenangkan di awal-awal 2013 ini. Bagaimana tidak, setelah bertahun lamanya bermimpi ingin merasakan menjadi penyiar berita di depan kamera, akhirnya hal itu terwujud pada tanggal 20 April 2013 lalu. Berawal dari Broadcast Message BBM salah seorang teman seperjuangan saat rekrutmen di Net Mediatama (NET TV), gue tahu bahwa akan ada event Indonesia Broadcasting Expo di Balai Kartini, Jakarta pada tanggal 18-20 April 2013. Dari informasi yang gue terima sehari sebelum hari H itu, gue bertekad untuk kembali lebih awal ke Jakarta dari waktu yang sudah gue rencanakan sebelumnya. Gue berangkat tanggal 19 April, naik bus, dan seperti biasa, sendirian. 

WISUDA

                Rasanya sudah lama sekali ya gak cerita tentang kehidupan pribadi di sini. Padahal sebetulnya ada banyak hal yang ingin gue bagi. Di bulan-bulan awal tahun 2013 ini ada beberapa hal mengesankan dan membanggakan terjadi. Salah satunya adalah, wisuda! Wisuda pada tanggal 14 April 2013. Ada banyak kejutan ternyata.