Biography : Shawn Mendes

Shawn Peter Raul Mendes (born August 8, 1998) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Mendes was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Karen, a real estate agent, and Manuel Mendes, a businessman, selling bar and restaurant supplies in Toronto. His father is Portuguese (from the Algarve), while his mother is English. Mendes was raised in Pickering, Ontario, where he attended Pine Ridge Secondary School.

He first started posting cover videos on the social video app Vine in 2013 and picked up millions of followers in a matter of months, becoming well known for his six-second snippets of renditions of many popular songs. Andrew Gertler discovered Shawn online in January 2014, bringing him to Island Records where he eventually signed and released his first single "Life of the Party" in June 2014. He is the youngest artist to compose his own debut album in the top 25 with a debut song on the Billboard Hot 100, debuting at number 24 for the week ending July 12, 2014 at 15 years of age.

Prior to his signing, Shawn toured as a member of the MagCon Tour (meet and greet convention) alongside other young artists and social media sensations including Nash Grier, Aaron Carpenter, Cameron Dallas, Matthew Espinosa, Taylor Caniff, Carter Reynolds, Sam Wilkinson, Dillan Rupp, Brent Rivera, Shawn Mendes, Hayes Grier, Jacob Whitesides, Jack Johnson, Jack Gilinsky, Chris Collins and Mahogany Lox (their DJ).Shawn also was on a nationwide tour with Austin Mahone and released his debut major label EP in July, with a debut album due out later in 2014.He won the Teen Choice award in 2014 for Webstar in Music.

In late 2015, Mendes and Camila Cabello from Fifth Harmony released their collaborative single "I Know What You Did Last Summer". The song was included on Mendes' Handwritten Revisited reissue. He appeared on The CW's The 100 third season premiere on January 21, 2016. He later announced his second world tour as a headliner, which will visit North America and Europe, starting in March 2016. Mendes signed with modeling agency Wilhelmina Models in early 2016. Mendes was listed among Time's The 25 Most Influential Teens in 2014 and 2015. He also made his first appearance on a Forbes list with their annual "30 Under 30", for 2016.

Mendes released "Treat You Better", the lead single from his second studio album Illuminate, in June 2016. The single reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 145,000 equivalent album units, including 121,000 in pure album .

Descriptive Text : Maimun Palace

Maimun Palace

Maimun Palace is a tourist destination in North Sumatra which has historical and cultural values.Located at Jalan Brigjen Katamso,Aur,Medan, this palace is iconic to Medan.

The building stands on an area of 2,772 square meters and is the heritage of the Deli Sultanate. It was designed by an Italian architect and built in 1888 under the rule of Sultan Makmun Al Rasyid Perkasa, the Sultan of Deli.

The palace has stunning architecture. It combines Islamic, Dutch and Malay architectures, with a dominant color of yellow, typical of Malay. This two-storey building is divided into three parts,namely, the main building, left and right wing parts. It is supported by 82 octagonal stone pillars and 42 wooden pillars.

The first floor displays antiques such as old furniture and ornaments, while the second floor us used as residence of sultanate families. There are 13 rooms on the second floor, 7 of which are in the main building, 3 rooms in the left wing part and 3 other rooms in the right wing part.

Questions.

1. What is the purpose of the text?

A. To relate Deli Sultanate.

B. To entertain readers.

C. To describe Maimun Palace

D. To describe a palace architecture

E. To relate a person's trip to Medan

2. The palace architecture combines..

A.Islamic, Turkish and Malay

B. Malay,Dutch and Indonesia

C. Islamic, Malay and Dutch

D. Malay, Dutch and Turkish

E. Malay, Islamic and  Dutch

3. " It combines Islamic, Dutch and Malay architectures,..." ( Paragraph 3)

'It' refers to...

A. Malay architecture

B. the Deli Sultanate

C. The main building

D. The residence

E. Maimun Palace

4. What is the dominant color of the palace ?

A. Red

B. Yellow

C. Green

D. Blue

E. Brown

5. From the text we know that..

A. Maimun Palace is the heritage of the Deli Sultanate

B. Maimun Palace was designed by the Sultan of Deli

C. Maimun Palace covers an area of 2,727m^2

D. Maimun Palace is a three-storey building with two main parts

E. The visitors can see antiques on the second floor of the palace.

Storytelling Time!

Hello! back to me again Raishaa! now im gonna tell you about my storytelling time with my friends, Nanette, Denis and Azhra. Okay soo let's get start!

In the first session, Nanette was told us a story about " The Little Red Riding Hood" and moral value that i got was " don't ever talk with strangers" i guess that's a good point. because nowadays, soo many criminals that caused by talk with strangers.

In the second session, me, raishaa was told a story about " The Legend Of Maribaya" here's a point of the story.

Once upon a time, lived Eyang Raksa Dinata who had 5 children. He was poor, so he was worried about his only daughter, Maribaya. In order to make maribaya happy, he meditated in Tangkuban Perahu for 7 days and 7 nights. Until one night, he heard a mystical voices, and he got 2 coopers with wide rim filled with water. He was told to bring the cooper to the west and east side of forest. After he heard that command, he went home to complete the task. After 2 until 3 days, in the place that he poured the water from the cooper, a hot spring mineral water was coming out of the ground. The water was believed as a magical water that could cured all of diseases. Since that moment, many people came to that places for heal all diseases and have recreation. He got a lot of money from that, so he could make his children, including Maribaya happy. To remember his late only daughter, Eyang Raksa Dinata named that place Maribaya.

I think the moral value in " The Legend of Maribaya" is " If you really love someone, you will never stop fighting to make it work"

In the third session, Azhra was told us a story about " A Rabbit and A Turtle "and moral value that i got was " never underestimate people" and " don't judge people by its cover"

In the fourth session, Denis was told us a story about " The foolish Donkey " and the moral value that i got was " don't be a lazy person"

That's all from me , thank you very much, and see you !!


ps: if you wanrt to watch my storytelling in 9th grade here's the link

https://youtu.be/_YUUivw7txE

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Cultural Tour Announcement

hello everyone!! back to me again,raishaa. so now im gonna tell you that i've been uploading my video to youtube!! and in that video i announced about the cultural tour that will held in sman 3 Bandung. but that was a joke,hahaha. i made that video just because of this project to get the score from my english teacher:))

so this is the script

Hello,my name is raishaa, and today i would like to announce about cultural tour that held by SMAN 3 Bandung for 3'2019 students. And our destination is Lombok.

We will going to lombok at december 31st 2016, and arrive safely in Bandung at January 4th 2017. We will have a flight at Husen Sastranegara Airport at 4.45 am, and arrive there at 6.30 am.

For further information,please contact me,Raishaa on 082137950715 or line me on aychaannn

that's all for the announcement,thank you
wassalamualaikum,wr.wb

here's the link of my video

don't forget to watch it,thanks!