QUESTION

1.      In a country where National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) located?

a.       Singapore

b.      Germany

c.       China

d.      Spain

e.       France

2.      Who designed the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA)?

a.       Heinz M. Springmann

b.      Moshe Safdie

c.       Piet Blom

d.      Architect Vlado Milunić 

e.       Paul Andreu

3.      Made of what building National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA)?

a.       Gold and titanium

b.       Titanium and glass

c.       Glass and gold

d.      Silver dan glass

e.       Titanium and silver

4.      How many people can seat in the opera house?

a.       2,416 people

b.      2,017 people

c.       2,100 people

d.      2, 520 people

e.       2, 070 people

5.      What it's silver white Concert Hall?

a.       Venue for mainly large symphonic and international theater performances

b.      Venue for mainly large symphonic and national music performances.

c.       Venue for small symphonic and national theater performances.

d.      Venue for mainly large symphonic and international music performances.

e.       Venue for mainly large symphonic and national theater traditional performances

6.      When construction begins?

a.       Desember 2007

b.      Desember 205

c.       Desember 2001

d.      Desember 2000

e.       Desember 2010

7.      What it's The Concert Hall?

a.       home for visitors

b.      a place to keep musical instruments

c.       home to a small pipe organ

d.      home to a giant pipe organ

e.       a place to stay for visitors

8.      How many people can seat in The Concert Hall?

a.       2, 310 people

b.      3, 102 people

c.       2,017 people

d.      2, 011 people

e.       3, 200 people

8.      When the first concert was held at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA)?

a.      December 2007

b.      December 2001

c.       August 2010

d.      December 2006

e.       August 2007

9.      Who songwriter A Thousand Years?

a.       Christina Perri

b.      David Hodges

c.       Avril lavigne

d.      Avril lavigne and David Hodges

e.       Christina Perri and David Hodges

10.  Who sings the song A Thousand Years?

a.      Christina Perri

b.      Taylor Swift

c.       David Hodges

d.      Adele

e.       Avril Lavigne

11.  Messages that appear in the lyrics of the song is…

a.       If you're hide your feelings, the people we love and admire will know our feelings

b.      Save the feelings of love to someone, it is the best way

c.       Reveal your feelings to your loved ones, it is the best way

d.      If you're hiding your feeling, especially admiration and love, to those we love, will not result anything but the feeling of torture.

e.       Not message for this song

12.  Koala is one of the unique animals that come from?

a.       Rusia

b.      Australia

c.       Austria

d.      Spain

e.       Korea

13.  The name of Koala comes from the aboriginal language which means?

a.      Not drinking

b.      Not eating

c.       Not drinking and not eating

d.      Not sleeping

e.       Not eating and not sleeping

14.  Where koalas can be found?

a.       At along The eastern coast of Australia

b.      At Adelaide

c.       At  Cape York Peninsula

d.      At long the eastern coast of Australia from Adelaide to Cape York Peninsula

e.       At long the eastern coast of Australia from Adelaide to Cape York Peninsula and inside the jungle

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16.  Which included koala traits?

a.       They have thin and soft fur and have small ears

b.      They don't have fur and have ears wide

c.       They have thick and soft fur, have wide ears, and they also have large claws for climbing trees.

d.      They have large claws for prey

e.       They have thick and coarse fur, and have wide ears

17.  How much weight a males koala?

a.       16 kg

b.      14 kg

c.       20 kg

d.      5 kg

e.       10 kg

18.  How long the koala to spend time to sleep?

a.       500 hours

b.      50 hours

c.       1 hours

d.      25 hours

e.       20 hours

19.  What foods are eaten koala if they were in the wild?

a.       Wild animals

b.      looking vegetables

c.       Wild rice

d.      Clover

e.       Eucalyptus leaves

20.  Why koalas are very rarely drink water?

a.      Because they rely on water contained in eucalyptus leaves

b.      Because they've been eating eucalyptus leaves so don't need to drink

c.       Because their lives don't need water

d.      Because in their bodies already are water

e.       Because they rely on water contained in pine leaves

ANIMAL

KOALA

Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is one of the Australia’s unique animals that have pockets (marsupials) like a kangaroo. The name of Koala comes from the aboriginal language which means “not drinking”. It is because Koala is very rarely to drink water. They rely on water contained in eucalyptus leaves. They can be found along the eastern coast of Australia from Adelaide to Cape York Peninsula. They also can be found far inside the jungle. They live in areas which has enough rainfall.

They have a distinctive body shape. They have thick and soft fur and have wide ears. They also have large claws for climbing trees. The body weight is different one another. For example, the males can reach 14 kg, while the females in the northern part weighs only 5 kg.

They spend all  time at the top of the tree. They are quiet animals and do not like a fuss. They spend 20 hours each day by silence and just to sleep. However, during the mating season, they become more active. Even the males can emit a loud sound and can be heard up to a radius of 1 km.

In the wild, they only eat eucalyptus leaves. It contains low protein phenolic and terpene compounds. These compounds can be toxic to other animals. However, they can neutralize those toxins in their heart. They usually eat at night because during the day, they always fall asleep. They generally spend about 500 grams of eucalyptus leaves per day. They will chew it till smooth before swallowing it.

SONG

A Thousand Years 

"Christina Perri"

Lyrics :

Heart beats fast

Colors and promises

How to be brave

How can I love when I'm afraid to fall

But watching you stand alone

All of my doubt, suddenly goes away somehow

One step closer

I have died everyday, waiting for you

Darling, don't be afraid, I have loved you for a thousand years

I'll love you for a thousand more

Time stands still

Beauty in all she is

I will be brave

I will not let anything, take away

What's standing in front of me

Every breath, every hour has come to this

One step closer

I have died everyday, waiting for you

Darling, don't be afraid, I have loved you for a thousand years

I'll love you for a thousand more

And all along I believed, I would find you

Time has brought your heart to me, I have loved you for a thousand years

I'll love you for a thousand more

One step closer

One step closer

I have died everyday, waiting for you

Darling, don't be afraid, I have loved you for a thousand years

I'll love you for a thousand more

And all along I believed, I would find you

Time has brought your heart to me, I have loved you for a thousand years

I'll love you for a thousand more

Song writers: HODGES, DAVID / PERRI, CHRISTINA

Song :  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7e/Christina_Perri_-_A_Thousand_Years.ogg

Source : The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 

Message of The Song for Us

Of course, the song reflects solely the singer's feeling. It doesn't try to persuade the listeners to do the same. However, as critical persons we should learn something from the song. Well, as you may know, on message clearly seen in the lyric is that hiding our feeling, especially admiration and love, to those we love or like much will not result anything but the feeling of tortured. It's much better for us just to tell our feeling to those we adore. It doesn't matter how they would respond. I know if they respond negatively to our opennes, we will badly hurt. But, one thing you should remember, the hurt caused by the opennes of our feeling to someone will last much shorter that the one caused by our decision to hide it form him/her. So, tell me you love me if you really love me.

Amazing Structure in The World

National Centre for the Performing Arts (China)

The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA)  is an arts centre containing an opera house in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The location in 2 W Chang'an Ave, Xicheng, Beijing, China. The Centre, an ellepsoid dome of titanium and glass surrounded by an artificial lake, seats 5,452 people in three halls and is almost 12,000 m² in size. It was designed by French architect Paul Andreu. Construction started in December 2001 and the inaugural concert was held in December 2007.

Architecture 

The exterior of the theater is a titanitum-accented glass dome that is completely surrounded by a man-made lake. It was designed as an iconic feature, something that would be immediately recognizable.

The dome measures 212 meters in east–west direction, 144 meters in north–south direction, and is 46 meters high. The main entrance is at the north side.

The Opera HouseThe magnificent Opera House is mainly used to stage operas, dance dramas, ballets, and large-scale shows. The arc-shaped metal net wall of the auditorium changes the lights and shadows according to different circumstance to bring the audience into the immersed artistic space with the development of plots. The surface of the ballet stage is made of Oregon timber and its triple-layer construction ensures the greatest possible resilience, helping to protect the feet of dancers. The Opera House can seat 2,416 people.

The Concert Hall
Exuding an air of serenity and refinement, the silver white Concert Hall is the venue for mainly large symphonic and national music performances. The audience can enjoy all performances from any angle. The Concert Hall is home to a giant pipe organ, the “Hall Guardian”, which is believed to be the largest of its kind in China with94 stops and an impressive array of 6,500 pipes. The over-100-ton white ceiling of the Concert Hall is specially designed to embody an ideal integration between architectural and acoustic aesthetics. The Concert Hall seats2,017 people.

Location
The location, immediately to the west of Tiananmen Square and the Great Hall of the People, and near the Forbidden City, combined with the theatre's futuristic design, created considerable controversy.Paul Andreu countered that although there is indeed value in ancient traditional Chinese architecture, Beijing must also include modern architecture, as the capital of the country and an international city of great importance. His design, with large open space, water, trees, was specially designed to complement the red walls of ancient buildings and the Great Hall of the People, in order to melt into the surroundings as opposed to standing out against them.