Indonesia, My Beloved Country

Hey fellas! My name is Aurellia Tanica Indrawan and I’m a ninth grader. Tunas Bangsa Christian School (TBCS) is my school and Indonesia is my country. I’m being asked by my English teacher to write a descriptive writing which contains of minimum 600 words. It is really many, isn’t it? Although it is many, I will try my utmost to do it! Because I love my country, so I decided to write about it. Hope you enjoy reading this! J

INDONESIA. Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world with 18,108 islands (based on 2003 satellite imaging data), stretching across the equator for more than 5,000 km. Indonesia’s islands are wonderful. They have fabulous sceneries. Indonesia is a beautiful country that is located in Southeast Asia. Indonesia’s location is really strategic which is in the equator. Long time ago, Indonesia’s location is being used by visitors as a trade route. Red and white is Indonesia’s flag that represents the country of Indonesia. Red represents courage and white represents holiness. As you know, that ¾ of Indonesia is surrounded by water. Because of that, Indonesia is called ‘Maritime Country’.

Indonesia has many unique cultures. The examples are batik and wayang. UNESCO designated batik and wayang as the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Javanese traditional batik is from Jogjakarta and Surakarta. There are many types of batik in Indonesia. There are many kinds of wayang too. The most popular kind of wayang is Wayang Golek. Wayang Golek is a puppet made from wooden doll which is especially famous in the land of Pasundan.

Beside its good sides, Indonesia also has its bad sides. Two of them that I want to discuss here are corruption and pollution. Most of Indonesian people love to do corruption. They do that because they are really greedy. Greedy of what?? Of course greedy of money! They want to be richer than before. The surprising thing is those people are the people who work for Indonesia in the government sector. It is really horrible, isn’t it? Beside corruption, Indonesian people also love to break the rules that have been stated by the government such as not littering the environment. There are still many people who love to litter their environment. Actually they know that they should throw it into the trash bin or trash can, but they still break it because government did not give them strict consequences like what other countries do.

In order to make Indonesia be a better country, citizens there must obey the rules. They must stop corruption and other things that adverse Indonesia. Indonesia also must choose a Godly leader that can lead our country. My suggestion is Jokowi and Ahok be the president and the vice president of Indonesia because as you know that they are really responsible. They do their task extra miles. In my opinion, if we have them as our president and vice president, Indonesia will be really better than now. There will be no poverty anymore. Poor people will enjoy their lives although not as good as ours, but I know that they will get a better living and of course better future too.

I really proud to live in an amazing country, Indonesia! Why?? Because Indonesia is so rich especially in arts, cultures, natural and human resources. How about you? Do you proud on where you live right now? Sorry for some grammatical errors that I have made and sorry because maybe this essay is kind of boring because I have no idea. Anyway, thank you for reading! Hope you are blessed! :D

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