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Opinion Essay - Corona Vaccination

             The Coronavirus has been spreading for almost a year in this world. There are more and more people infected and suffer from it. Some people even died because of the virus. There are several things and behaviours that are often recommended to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, such as social distancing, wearing mask, stay at home, often wash our hand with soap and water. But, that behaviours only, doesn’t very help us to reduce the number of people that infected by that virus. To prevent more people from becoming infected and suffering from the virus, we need vaccine.               For me, I think vaccine is necessary because vaccine can build herd immunity. With herd immunity, we are less likely to be infected with the virus. Although it can not guarantee us 100% that we will never be infected by that virus, but it’s better than not. Even if we still infected by the virus after we have been vaccinated, our disease will not be as worse as if we are not vaccinated. It’s
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Descriptive Text - Memorable Place

         I want to tell you about a place that my family and I ever went to six or seven years ago. This place is a Buddhist Temple in Medan, North Sumatra, called Vihara Mahavira Graha Medan Maha Karuna Buddhist Center or usually called Maha Karuna Buddhist Center. This is the largest Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia, but because this temple isn't open for public, there aren't people who will know about this place. You won't find it when you search for the largest buddhist temple on the internet unless you search for its name.

         It was almost closing time when we arrived and because that temple isn't open for public, the security guards didn't let us in. But when one of them went to ask the monks, they allowed us to enter the temple. One of the security guards became our guide. Of course we didn't go around the whole temple as it was very spacious and the security guard escorted us straight to the large hall which the monk said was rarely opened, but luckily at that moment, the hall was opened so the monk let us in. Because I visited that temple six or seven years ago, I don't really remember the details of that temple, and maybe they did some change to the place, so, forgive me if I only describe what I saw on my way to that large hall and if they aren't very similar to the current state of that temple.

         First, the large gate is a typical gate in ancient China with four pillars, two on the left and two on the right. After we passed the large gate, we can see a wide field. We went straight to a corridor or terrace where the grey wall on the left and right are tall and decorated with reliefs along the wall. There are many pillars on the edge of the corridor or terrace. The floor is also grey. The roof is a triangular-shaped roof that is typical of ancient China without a ceiling and is supported by wood decorated with ornaments. Between the roof and the wall there is some distance to allow the wind to pass. There is also a place without walls where we can see a large field which has a very large and tall Buddha statue at the end of the field.

        The rarely opened hall which I mentioned earlier is very large. If I remember correctly, the walls were painted blue with red painted pillars stuck to the walls. That hall has some large windows but the windows weren't open at that time. The lamps were also not turned on, so it was a bit dim. That temple is very peaceful and cool, you will feel calm to be there.

 

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