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Jakarta (Cubing Method)

This is a kind of writing that we had to make today.  Shane just wanted to introduce us how to write a topic by using cubing method.  So, here is the result of mine.  I tried to describe the topic in a letter for my friend.  Let's read! Dear Wahyu,            Hi, how are you? Hopefully you are well.  Let me tell you about everything I have felt since the first time I came to Jakarta 2 months ago.           Perhaps everybody will say that I am a fool being not comfortable live in Jakarta.  But that is true.  I have to fight here.  You wanna know why? First, it's hard to find fresh air to breath to breath out of the building.  All that come to my lungs is just smoke of cars, buses, motorcycles, and bajai.  Second, I have to prepare coins everywhere I go because there will be many unlucky people who show their suffered faces and hope money from my pocket.  Then? Okay...I give some to them.  Third, I cannot see many trees and flowers which grow by themselves, or birds flying at

Child Labour

          Child Labour has become an important issue nowadays.  Many developing countries still use child labour in sweatshops; for instance Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Vietnam.  Although several deloped countries have issued the ban for child labour, it seems that the child labour itself gives not only disadvantages but also advantages for their society and their country.           Child labour has several advantages.  Firstly, it can improve the quality of children's life generally which means they can earn money to buy food for themselves.  Secondly, children who work to earn money can support their family's life automatically.  They help their parents to fulfill their basic needs, such as food, house, and basec education.  Thirdly, child labour also increases the economic growth of their country because they work at sweatshops which generally produce certain products in a big number to export to other countries.           In contrary, disadvantages are also caused by child l