Old Dormitory (Novel)

Old Dormitory This is the first night Leta occupy his rented room that measures just 4 x 5m. The boarding house is included in the category of the old house. Seen from the shape of the building and the gates are used. It looks like this is the Dutch era dormitory building. The price offered is not too expensive. Number of rooms for rent approximately 100 rooms. In every room of the tenants were given iron bed facility that is covered with cotton mattress, wooden cabinets of medium size, and a dressing table with carved teak leaves on all sides. Aleta room window facing towards the rear of the house. Several large trees are clearly visible when the window is opened. Aleta had heard that the building is haunted. However Aleta does not matter because since childhood Aleta've liked everything that smells of horror, be it books, movies, or stories - real stories that refer to the unseen world. Although up until now had never seen Aleta astral beings who are often depicted faceless scary but he believes they do exist. The first night passes smoothly, even he had not dreamed, perhaps because he was too tired to clean up the room so he slept with lelapnya. Morning - Early morning Aleta go to college. At the outer gate he met the lady of the old building owner Ramses. "Good morning, ma'am?" "Hi Aleta, good morning. What about last night? Did you sleep well? " "Yes ma'am, very soundly, mosquitoes did not manage to wake me. I left college, there was a test today. Excuse me, ma'am. " Mrs Ramses flashed a smile as she nodded. The woman seems strange. He was wearing a long black and hooded, almost his entire body is covered clothes. Not only his face. But he always looked Aleta stepped quickly, The distance between the campus and boarding is not too far away. Simply take public transport 5 minutes he had reached the campus. Campus atmosphere is quite crowded. Several classmates seemed preoccupied with a notebook in their hands, whispering something to her lips as if to memorize the exam material. Aleta sat in the back row. His body was still tired from yesterday. "Let Hey, why there? Here deket me. "Tukas Jani who sat two rows in front of Aleta. "Here wrote Jan, fear of getting caught later when I'm sleepy." Leta replied as he pulled out of her bag stationery. Jani budge, instead he moved closer to the position of Aleta. "Excuse me lef, yesterday I could not help you. Mom is still sick. " "It's okay darling. I can solve alone. It is typical I moved - moved rooming alone. " "What about the atmosphere? Owner boarding? Friends - roommate? " "The owner's name is Mrs. Ramses boarding. Friends - roommate? Hemmm I have not met. When I left this morning boarding a very quiet atmosphere. Either they are all still asleep or I wake slower than them. " "Good morning children - children, whether you are ready to test today?" A somewhat raspy voice belongs to the class Mr.Devon surprising. Including Aleta and Jani. "I'll go through the story again, the Beast has come." Tukas Jani. Aleta just smiled. He understands how Jani is so hated Mr.Devon until finally Mr.Devon be rewarded as The Monster, ___________________________________________________ Aleta six o'clock on the way back to the boarding house. He wanted to get up in his room, he feels his resume is far from enough. Up in the front of the boarding gate - Aleta indirect entered, he looked at the architecture of the house more thoroughly. It may seem austere, if observed from the outside. Plus the atmosphere is also very quiet. "Ah other occupants might not come home." He thought. Aleta opened the gate slowly. While the paint was already peeling off the gate but still looks very solid. Aleta walked through the front garden boarding. There are a swing that seems to have rusted. Two garden lights look very dusty is not turned on, because it is still afternoon. Aleta running but his views can not get out of the park. "Brakk .." "Oh .. sorry ma'am." "It's Aleta." Aleta crashing right in front of the lady of Ramses the stairs to her room. A few seconds later looked into the face of Ramses Mrs Aleta and proceed down the steps toward the room. Up in the room, Aleta heart beating very fast. He could see the faces of the incident when Mrs Ramses. The face was so cold even though the lady of Ramses down. Aleta lay down in the cotton mattress. Unconsciously, she fell asleep. A few hours later ... ".. Leta Leta." A voice is so smooth in his wake Aleta. Aleta eye opening. A beautiful girl with golden curls with noni typical Dutch dress already in front of him. It seems they age. Aleta silent. He believes that this girl is not human. "Do not be afraid, I'm the next room occupant. You're new, right? First you forget to close your door. Sorry if I'm sassy trespassing. I just wanted to get acquainted. " Aleta watched her very carefully. Her feet flat on the floor, his skin pale white instead of white. Looks like he is human. "Hi, yes, it's okay. What is your name? "Said Aleta bland tone because he was still shocked. "I Salia." He answered simply. After the incident both appear to look very familiar. Each Aleta home from campus, Salia always accompany Aleta in her room. They talk - talk. Salia really understand the history. Especially when Indonesia was the Dutch era. Until year Salia was memorized by heart. Naturally, Salia Dutch descent. His father was a Dutchman who worked in Indonesia, his mother's native tribes. His face was practically perfect. Beautiful inside and out. A few weeks passed, Aleta began to feel there was something strange in the boarding house. he felt as though - would only him, Mrs. Ramses, and Salia who live there. Because he always found boarding in a state of quiet. There was no noise of typical female boarding. Until one night when he and Salia amid cool to enjoy green tea in room Aleta. "Sal, what you know with other residents?" "Huh? Oh I know but rarely interact with them. Why Leta? " "Not what, just wonder, since the beginning I just came meihatmu and Ramses mistress." "You have to get used to the quiet conditions. Like me. " Aleta silent, he still curious why this seems boarding extremely quiet. He intends to study off tomorrow when he will visit the other occupants of the room to get acquainted. ________________________________________________ Awaited day arrived, Aleta knocking every door. But just as she reached the third door, the lady of Ramses approached arrived - arrived. "What Aleta?" "Emmh,, it,,, er uh I want to get acquainted with their mistress." Replied Aleta stumbling. "They're all in the holiday period. Some are coming home, there are some who go stay outside the city. " "Oh so, how long the mistress?" "It's been two months. Do you feel lonely? " "Not really, it's just that I feel strange with a quiet environment." "Just not used to it. Long - too long you will enjoy how beautiful silence. " Aleta nodded. He walked back into the room. Ramses mistress face far from friendly. So stiff. Aleta in the room began to open some books collection - average begenre horror. Until finally there is a book that he did not recognize. He was very familiar with the cover. A large hand gripping a small human body. "Whose book is this? I thought I had never bought it. " Aleta began to open the pages. Aleta enjoy each sentence. He kept reading, until in the middle of the page there is a spell. The write spells out how we can feel how to enjoy life in the darkness like a ghost - a ghost roaming. The point is that the spell can make us feel how to be unseen creature. There is written that the reader should spell sincere. Should not hold a grudge and regret. Aleta became interested in the spell, and he wanted to try it. Aleta sat in meditation. He was emptying his heart and mind. Aleta then began to read the spell. I separated from the earth, let me drift with the bodies of the missing Space - the silent space between my place so dark and evil winds Do not let the layman's eyes catch my reflection Just the same thing that was able to be my friend I'm lost without a trace with my scent without regards Back me not to Him but to those who asked I loose my breath and napsuku to struggle in the dark Slowly the exact count she read with the heart - the heart. Until at last sentence. Aleta began to feel the weight of his head. His vision began to blur. Until then, "jlebb" he fell asleep. ________________________________________________ Aleta was surprised, he was lying on the bed. He remembers very well that he was sitting on the floor with a foreign book containing spells. Aleta down from his bed. He tried to find - find the existence of the book. But the discovery was nevertheless the thing. Aleta moved out of the room. Trying to find Salia. His brain directly lead to her as long as it can be in and out of her room just Salia. But the tiny hand just want to open the door he stopped. Aleta just remembered that during this Salia never tell where his room. What might he have to knock all 49 rooms are there? Retractable door handles, steps out of the room he was so shocked. The building is no longer lonely. Many girls - girls dressed alike Salia seem cool to talk in front of the room talking, some are cool to read a book. They all faced indo. Aleta looked downstairs. In the garden he could see some of the cool girls play swing, even though it was dark, but their faces still visible through the aid of garden lights are already turned on. "Maybe they're back from vacation. I just ask them where Salia room. "He thought. Aleta begin to address one of the girls, she looks more beautiful than Salia. Flicks her eyelashes, eye color green, slightly speckled skin, red lips flushed, her hair is curly allowed to decompose, tiny flowers pinned clamps on the top right of the head. "Hi, I Aleta. Should meet? " "Hi, my name Viena. You seem confused? " "Ah, yes, I'm looking for someone." "Who? May I know? " "Salia." "Salia? Salia Van Wirgh? He is in room 66. " After saying thank you, Aleta immediately left Vienna and some friends. He tried to find the room in question. Arriving there Aleta see a wooden door numbered 66. "This is it!" Aleta knocked. There was no answer at all. Many - times when you tap still no answer. Aleta also ventured to open the door of the room itself and then close it again, very careful - careful to make no noise at all. The room lights are very dim. And there are different from this room, a bulkhead His bed is limited, and it is not owned by Aleta his room. So when came into the room, people will see a small table and two wooden chairs first. A small rectangular table seems filled with photos - photos Salia. All photographs are black and white. Salia posing wide - wide. Some are alone, some are with her parents. A rusty vault similar to that existing in his room appear open. Aleta feet walked over to the closet. His eyes want to see the contents inside. He saw a young girl Dutch-style clothes hanging there. But the color is very shabby, even browning. Aleta tried to touch her. He was surprised, it's like clothes - clothes last decades already unfit for use. So fragile. In some parts already perforated, probably eaten by rats. At the bottom of the closet already a lot of termites. "How could Salia let her closet like this?" Thought Aleta. Aleta heart berdegub toned but her legs kept wanting to walk leads to the bulkhead behind the bed. He believes Salia was sleeping there. Aleta running slowly. "Sa .. Salia????????" Aleta almost fainted. He saw a body lying like a frail grandmother with a crucifix around his neck. Golden hair was bleached. Originally Aleta not sure that it Salia, but when he saw a birthmark on the back of the hand in the bed that he was convinced that it was Salia. Plus Salia pretty face completely - completely biased in the face. "What is her mother? Or grandmother? Oh my God what is this? "Aleta hope this is all just a dream. But he did not want to end this, he still enjoys the game his heart. This feeling that he never found the time she read a book - a book that horror did not adrenaline. Aleta people who lay hands stroking it. he felt the body was so cold. He stroked the cheek that just wrapped in wrinkled skin. Unexpectedly the woman's eyes open. Aleta could not say - word. His mouth was silent. The woman woke up. Sounds like the joint was flexing muscles heard clearly. She opened her mouth. Wizened lips clearly visible peeling. Rows of blackened teeth. But she still looks beautiful. "Aleta?" "Sa .. Salia? Are you Salia? " "Who brought you here?" "Someone told me that this room." "Who? Is Ramses mistress? " "No! Not him. But a girl. If no one remembers his name Viena. " Salia down. He felt like crying. Aleta sorry for him. "Aleta, I'm sorry. You should not get here. You must have seen them instead? "They? They who? " "The girl - the girl in this building." "Yeah, but wait! You have to answer the first question. Are you Salia? Why are you so different than you were yesterday? " "I see the look hundreds of years ago. When I was still beautiful. As I have not menetahui that this building will membelengguku. " "What do you mean?" Salia began, "Decades ago I and some of my colleagues who incidentally Dutch descent simultaneously incorporated into the dorm. The hostel owner is Mr. Ramses. He is known for having black magic. He had a spell where the spell can make people feel sick and die without letting that person spirits roaming without any time restrictions. Awalanya all seems normal. But after a year has passed, one by one the girls disappear. Until the last friend Lucia. Before disappearing, he had time to write a letter to me. He tells about who Mr. and Mrs. actual Ramses. Then he gave me this cross necklace. It turns out Mr. Ramses knows Lucia letter given to me. So with his black magic, he locked me here. Until the end .... " Salia hanging sentence. There is a grain tears out of her eyes. "Sal, continue your story. Maybe I can help. " "I did not last long in this room. they did not feed me. I also have asthma. Until at 6 months I breathed my last. " Aleta keep his position of Salia. He did not think now he really - really met a ghost. There is little fear overwhelm her. He was half shudder. He scared arrived - arrived Salia strangled him to death. "You need not fear Leta, we are the same. It's just that I die with the bodies while you're not. " "What do you mean?" "None of the men could see a lot of people here, but they've been the same - the same die with the chanting. If you've met Viena, the same as you'd like him and others. Ramses I and mistress dead because of the providence of God, but still we can not calm because our bodies were never found. " Aleta shaking. His body was flooded with sweat. He could not believe that he is dead. "Liar!! You want to lie to me Sal. I've thought of you as a friend, but could you lie to me! " "Why do not you come out the room. It's eight in the morning. Have you enjoy your sun. " Aleta ran out of the room. Salia leaving in his room. "Arrghhh!! Sakitt!! " Aleta screaming, she was in pain, his body burned. He came back into the room Salia. "I believe? You'll never again be able to enjoy breakfast, lunch and your afternoon. You can just enjoy your evening. Do not you realize that I always accompany you in times of night? Are you not aware of the lady of Ramses always wearing clothes that cover his body? This is our destiny." Aleta sobbing. he was sorry to read that spell. he felt stupid. He did not think that now he is a ghost. "Is there any other way Salia?" "No, never there. You, me, also they will be boarders old forever. Welcome to Aleta. Welcome to our dorm ." http://fiksi.kompasiana.com/novel/2012/09/10/novel-horor-singkat-asrama-tua-492286.html

Direct and Indirect

DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH

Direct and Indirect Speech, Which we are also familiar with another term that is Reported Speech. Direct Speect is a sentence spoken directly by the speaker and if the sentence is written will be quoted. While Indirect Speech is a phrase that we report to others indirectly and without any commas
Example:
Reporting verb: Tono says,
Reported words ”I’m very good at English”
Tense yang harus kita perhatikan dalam pola ini yaitu:
Direct Speech:
Simple Present Tense
Present Continuous Tense
Present Perfect Tense
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Simple Past Tense
Simple Future Tense
Future Continouos Tense
Conditional
Indirect Speech:
Simple Past Tense
Past Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Tense
Past Future Tense/Conditional
Past Future Continuous Tense (Conditional Continuous)
Conditional
If the reported speech related to general truths or facts that have become habits, or the simple present indefinite present in reported speech are not converted into the corresponding past tense, but remain exactly as they are,
Example:

He said, “The sun rises in the east” → He said that the sun rises in the east.
PERUBAHAN ADVERB OF TIME (KETERANGAN WAKTU) YANG PERLU DIPERHATIKAN:
Direct  :                                               Indirect :
Now                                        →        Then
Today                                      →        That day
Tonight                                    →        That night
This week                                →        That week
Yesterday                                →        The day before
The day before yesterday       →        Two days before
Last night                                →        The night before
Last week/year                        →        The previous week/year
A year ago                               →        A year before/The previous year
Three years ago                       →        Three years before
Tomorrow                               →        The next day/The following day
The day after tomorrow          →        In two day’s time/The following day
Next week/year                       →        The following week/year
On Sunday                              →        On Sunday
Here                                        →        There
This book                                →        The book
This                                         →        That
These                                       →        Those
Over there                               →        Over there
*etc.
PERUBAHAN-PERUBAHAN AUXILIARIES (KATA BANTU) YANG HARUS DIPERHATIKAN:
Can      →        Could
May     →        Might
Might  →        Might
Must    →        Would have to (kegiatan yang akan datang)/had to (keharusan yang biasa)
*etc.
Example:
The man said, “I must mend the wall next week”
The man said that he would have to mend the wall the following week.
Pria itu mengatakan bahwa dia harus memperbaiki dinding minggu berikutnya.
The girl said, ” I must wash my hands before eating”
The girl said that she had to wash her hands before eating.
Gadis itu berkata bahwa dia harus mencuci tangannya sebelum makan.
*etc.
Direct and Indirect Speech there are 3 kinds:
1. Statement (Statement) that use "that"

He said, “we will go to Singapore tomorrow”
He said that they would go to Singapore the next day.
Bob said, ” I’m a university student”
Bob said that he was a university student.

2. Command (Command) adding the word "to" as a liaison with the reported sentence report. "Not to" the negative command.

He told me, “wait for me !”
He told me to wait for him.
She told me, “don’t cheat anymore !”
She told me not to cheat anymore.

3. Question (FAQ) if the sentence of the type "yes or no question", then the form of a report using if or Whether.
Ina asked me, “Do you really love me?”
Ina asked me if/whether I really loved her.
Mixed type:
Example:
Anton asked me, “what’s happening to you ? You look so pale”
Anton asked me what was happening to me as I looked so pale.
Catatan: Past Tense kadang-kadang tidak berubah dalam percakapan.

EXAMPLE DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH :

1.      D : She says to her friend, “ I have been reading “

I : She says to her friend that he has been reading

2.      D : He will say, “ The girl wasn’t ugly “

I : He will tell them that the girl wasn’t ugly

3.      D : Reza said, “ I’m very sleepy “

I : Reza said that he was very sleepy

4.      D : He has told you, “ I am writing “

I : He has told you that he is writing

5.      D : Mother said to her son, “ study hard “

I : Mothe advised her son to study hard

6.      D : My friend said to me, “ I don’t like football “

I : My friend said to me that he didn’t like football

7.      D : She said, “ I didn’t go to campus

I : She said that she hadn’t gone to campus this morning

8.      D : Rikza says, “ I have seen that movies “

I : Rikza says that she has seen that movies

9.      D : Mother asked her, “ Don’t go there alone “

I : Mother asked her not to go there alone

10.  D : Father asked robi, “ Don’t smoke too much “

I : Father asked robi not to smoke too much

Referensi:

Jack, Saharuddin Hasan. 2003. The Easiest Way of Comprehending English Grammar. Jakarta : Batavia Press
Djauhari, Imam D. 1996. Mastery on English Grammar. Surabaya : Indah Surabaya
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