Stevi Grace Blogg

Bambang	:-	Excuse me, my name is Bambang. I don't think we have met before, have we?
Bryan	:-	I'm Bryan. You're quite right. I don't think we have met before. Very happy to meet you.
Bambang	:-	Thank you. Would you please let me know something about you?
Bryan	:-	Thanks. I'm a new-comer here. But my grandparents are quite used to this place. I've been with my parents at Jakarta.
Bambang	:-	Kashmir! When did you come here?
Bryan	:-	Only last week. Now we have vocation. I want to spend my vocation with my grandparents.
Bambang	:-	It's of course very nice. I hope you can tell me more about Jakarta.
Bryan	:-	Certainly. And you can tell me much about this beautiful place.
Bambang	:-	With pleasure. Sorry mother is calling me. Let's meet here at 10. I'll be free then.

The clock radio played/t/ soft music, but it sounded/id/ far away to Howard. At last, he opened/d/ his eyes, rolled/id/  over, and looked/t/ at the clock. He turned/d/ away and started/id/ to go back to sleep when suddenly he realized/t/ that it was already eight o’clock. He was late. He jumped/d/ out of bed, quickly shaved/t/, brushed/d/ his teeth, combed/id/ his hair, and got dressed/d/. He’d wanted/id/ to take a shower, but decided/id/ that there wasn’t enough time. He rushed/d/ down the stairs and into the kitchen. He hated/id/ being late. Hurriedly, he fixed/d/ breakfast-coffee and a toasted/id/ English muffin (no time for his usual fried/d/ egg)-and raced/d/ out the door. He started/id/ his car and had just pulled/d/ out the driveway when the thought popped/id/ into his mind: it was Saturday; he didn’t have to go to work after all. He slowly returned/d/, climbed/t/ the stairs, changed/t/ his clothes, and went back to bed again.

Liz hates/s/ doing the laundry. She realizes/iz/ that four weeks/s/ have passed since her last trip to the Laundromat. There are There are piles/s/ of clothes/s/ in the closets/s/, the sheets/s/and towels/s/ are dirty, she’s/z/ been wearing the same pair of blue jeans/s/ for nine days/s/, and she doesn’t/z/ have any clean socks/s/ or blouses/iz/ left. She thinks/s/ about it while she watches/iz/ one of her favourite TV shows/z/. She wishes/iz/ she didn’t have to do such chores/s/ . Then she opens/s/ a book, turns/s/ the pages/z/ , and tries/s/ to study. The phone rings/s/ : one of Liz’s/iz/ now or never. She can’t go to the party unless she washes/iz/ one of her new dresses/iz/. She stuffs/s/ all her clothes/s/ into two laundry bags/s/. She strips/s/ the bed and pulls/z/ the pillowchases/iz/ off the pillows/z/. She goes/z/ through the apartment, picking up everything in sight. Finally, she grabs/z/ some coat hangers/s/, two boxes/iz of detergent, and her keys/iz/, and closes/iz the door behind her. She hopes/s/ she won’t be too late. She arrives/s/ at the Laundromat, carries/z/ in all her belongings/s/, and searches/iz/ for some empty machines/s/. But they’re all either in use or out of order. She sighs/s/, picks/s/ up everything, and drives/z/ to the local video store to rent a couple of movies/z/.