The Slang Word

What is the definition of 'SLANG WORD',many of native English speaker use it, we often heard that they said strange word and gesture and it was difficult to understand. Actually, Slang is the use of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's dialect or language (Wikipedia.org) So Slang word is an informal expression and use in informal situation like friendship.
I have some Slang words as example, such as :
1. Benjamin mean money
2. Bunny mean rabbit
3. Elephant in the room mean ignore an obvious problem

Slang is sometimes regional, in that it is used only in a particular territory (see for example California slang), but slang terms often are particular to a certain subculture, such as music. Nevertheless, slang expressions can spread outside their original areas to become commonly used, like "cool" and "jive." While some words eventually lose their status as slang (the word "mob", for example, began as a slang shortening of Latin mobile vulgus[2]), others continue to be considered as such by most speakers. When slang spreads beyond the group or subculture that originally uses it, its original users often replace it with other, less-recognized terms to maintain group identity. One use of slang is to circumvent social taboos, as mainstream language tends to shy away from evoking certain realities. For this reason, slang vocabularies are particularly rich in certain domains, such as violence, crime, drugs, and sex. Alternatively, slang can grow out of mere familiarity with the things described. Among Californian wine connoisseurs, for example, Cabernet Sauvignon is often known as "Cab Sav," Chardonnay as "Chard" and so on;[3] this means that naming the different wines expends less superfluous effort.

Even within a single language community, slang tends to vary widely across social, ethnic, economic, and geographic strata. Slang may fall into disuse over time; sometimes, however, it grows more and more common until it becomes the dominant way of saying something, at which time it usually comes to be regarded as mainstream, acceptable language (e.g. the Spanish word caballo), although in the case of taboo words there may be no expression that is considered mainstream or acceptable. Numerous slang terms pass into informal mainstream speech, and sometimes into formal speech, though this may involve a change in meaning or usage.

Slang very often involves the creation of novel meanings for existing words. It is common for such novel meanings to diverge significantly from the standard meaning. Thus, "cool" and "hot" can both mean "very good," "impressive," or "good-looking".

Slang terms are often known only within a clique or ingroup. For example, Leet ("Leetspeak" or "1337") originally was popular only among certain Internet subcultures, such as crackers (malicious "hackers") and online video-gamers. During the 1990s, and into the early 21st century, however, Leet became increasingly more commonplace on the Internet, and it has spread outside Internet-based communication and into spoken languages.[4] Other types of slang include SMS language used on mobile phones, and "chatspeak," (e.g., "LOL," an acronym meaning "laughing out loud" or "laugh out loud" or ROTFL, roll on the floor laughing), which is widely used in instant messaging on the Internet.(From Wikipedia)

Wellhead has miraculously appeared in Kintamani

Bangli (BaliPost,18 Februari 2009)

Wellhead has miraculously appeared in the hilly of Kintamani. Exactly in the middle of forest region between Suter Village and Abang Batu Village. Although that forest region was not a thick forest. That Wellhead was founded for the first time on February 09th, 2009 in coincidence with Full Moon Day by one of people around the village , Ni Jero Kembar while he was grassing for her buffalo.

At the beginning the ground was seen wet and after they walked over/stepped over the ground, the ground was loosed. After they dug the ground, a miracle wellhead ppeared. After discovering a miracle wellhead, there was many people came to see from close where miracle wellhead appeared.

Head of Suter Village,I Wayan Nyepeg, on Tuesday February 17,2009 said that it was a miracle found a wellhead in the hilly place, it is ussually the wellhead found in the low land not in the high land. After discovering that wellhead official of Suter Village will be conduct ceremony to commemorate this incident agree with their custom and tradition.

Regarding the posibilities to distribute the water from this wellhead to several villages he said that His official will wait about few months and it was possible to distribute the water that involving three villages.

The same things was said by I Nyoman Basma one of member of representative of DPRD Bangli after the founding of this wellhead. Many of people around the village used this water as a holly water. In addition, People in the village has waited water for long time, the appearance of this wellhead became a God wishes to them.

My future in My Hand

There is undeniable that all i have done is part of my future life. For my better future life i must prepare it from now. There is nothing will be accomplish if we don't plan it carefully. I have dreamed my life as simple as moving my leg to step from one place to another place.
When I was a boy, I was dreamed to be involved in Medical Associate. I imagined that become Doctor that has main job to serve people with giving touch from heart was something more than interesting. To serve people heal from sadness, disease, and heart feeling and give my shoulder to cry on will be a such unforgettable moments in life. I through my life with dynamic changing, found many interesting things, mourning, grievance, sadness that all mixed into one. All things that i have found is a kind of positive value to keep my life go smoothly to my future.
But all i have arranged in my mind when i was a boy was just a pure and true wish.
Then i realize that as a part of people I must involve and engage social intercourse, from there i got many inputs that enhanced my thoughts and maturity. I think no one can deny and avoid from social intercourse that can lead them in gradual changing.

In my way from a boy to a husband there was so many things accompanied my life with positive values. I try to see things from positive value after certain consideration.
In my thoughts all positive things in mind will results positive things in life. And in life try to analyze things you have judged negative values to be positive values and that will add your essence of life.

I have been working for....years ( Reflection from the past)

Dear All,
When I was in Senior High School there were many hopes in my mind there were also many dreams. For me hope and dream is a first steps of many action that i must go through and accomplish in my life. There were many stories i couldn't forget that always filled in my daily life. Sad and Happy, Mourning and Joy was mixed into one, but in those situations there were always true friends accompanied me. I passed my school with not disappointed result, i passed with average mark. Then i continued my study to one of my dream University, ITB and i chose field of Electrical Engineering.

Why I took this field?
Truly, this field was not my dream when i was in early Senior High School, my dream was become a Doctor. I just realized it when i was studying in ITB. I felt my heart was crying.
But soon after i graduated from ITB, i realized that wrong decision when i chose my field was not a big deal. I tried to learn that my field have many excellence points for my life, just positive thought. I begun find a pleasure of learning related to electrical engineering.
I didn't want to regret what i have done. I want my life goes on. Then with enough confident, i tried applying for job. There were many company i applied for. From long of searching and finally i was accepted in IBM as a contract employee and i assigned as i Series sys operator for BRI data center operation. Time was quickly passed, I have been working here for almost 5 years. I feel that my job experience is enough for me to search from within what will my future become and i must choose and decide.

Thanks for hearing me so long
kind regards,

Pengerupukan Day Without 'Ogoh-ogoh'

Dear friends,
On 10 Februari 2009, Bali Post reported that agreement meet from each of all Head Traditional Villages Denpasar on meeting about not conducting 'Ogoh-ogoh' festival on next preceding day of Nyepi Day 2009. Those agreements continued as issued Letter of Statement from regent of Denpasar as he agreed about the result of agreement from Head of Villages.
I Nyoman Suarjana said that as Balinesse Hinduism he couldn't understand the way of Head of villages and regent of Denpasar took the decision. Security Problem as mayor problem in conducting 'Ogoh-ogoh' festival and also in coincidence with next general election and Panca Bali Krama Ceremony in Basakih. They might think that Ogoh-ogoh festival could bother those activities.
The decision could deliver many protest from many part of people in Bali.
Low trust of government police institution become issued because they must keep peacefulness at any activities that conducted by people, they unable keep peacefulness during the event like Ogoh-ogoh festival.
Other issued ogoh-ogoh festival judge as activities that could make dirty of Panca Bali Krama Ceremony that will conducted in Basakih.

Most of prominent people in Denpasar sad about the decision because they couldn't see a positive correlation between ogoh-ogoh festival and Panca Bali Krama Ceremony.
We have known that people during ogoh-ogoh festival from year to year could control their temper and could express their art in building artistic ogoh-ogoh. We've also known that there was no any brutal and dispute during the festival. So why the decided to prohibit the festival?

They should negotiate with most of all other side in community before took the agreement, those include the police, balinesse traditional security, and also with prominent people that have skill to control their people.

What about you friends, What do you thing about the prohibition of Ogoh-ogoh festival? r you agree?

Kind regards,
ardan