Sangkuriang

Long time ago in West Java, lived a beautiful girl named Dayang Sumbi. She was also smart and clever. Her beauty and intelligence made a prince from the heavenly kingdom of Kahyangan desire her as his wife. The prince asked permission from his father to marry Dayang Sumbi. People from Kahyangan could never live side by side with humans, but his father approved on one condition, when they had a child, the prince would transform into a dog. The prince accepted the condition.
They get married and lived happily in the woods until Dayang Sumbi gave birth to a baby boy. The prince then changed into a dog named Tumang. Their son is named Sangkuriang. He was very smart and handsome like his father. Everyday, he hunted animals and looked for fruits to eat. One day, when he was hunting, Sangkuriang accidentally killed Tumang. His arrow missed the deer he was targeting and hit Tumang instead. He went home and tells her mother about the dog. “What?” Dayang Sumbi was appalled. Driven by sadness and anger, she grabbed a weaving tool and hit Sangkuriang’s head with it. Dayang Sumbi was so sad; she didn’t pay any attention to Sangkuriang and started to cry.
Sangkuriang feel sad and also confused. How can his mother love a dog more than him? Sangkuriang then decided to go away from their home and went on a journey. In the morning, Dayang Sumbi finally stopped crying. She started to feel better, so she went to find Sangkuriang. But her son was no where to be found. She looked everywhere but still couldn’t find him. Finally, she went home with nothing. She was exhausted. She fell asleep, and in her dream, she meets her husband. “Dayang Sumbi, don’t be sad. Go look for my body in the woods and get the heart. Soak it with water, and use the water to bathe, and you will look young forever,” said the prince in her dream. After bathing with the water used to soak the dog’s heart, Dayang Sumbi looked more beautiful and even younger.
And time passed by. Sangkuriang on his journey stopped at a village and met and fell in love with a beautiful girl.He didn’t realize that the village was his homeland and the beautiful girl was his own mother, Dayang Sumbi. Their love grew naturally and he asked the girl to marry him. One day, Sangkuriang was going on a hunt. He asked Dayang Sumbi to fix the turban on his head. Dayang Sumbi was startled when she saw a scar on his head at the same place where she, years ago, hit Sangkuriang on the head.
After the young man left, Dayang Sumbi prayed for guidance. After praying, she became convinced that the young man was indeed her missing son. She realized that she had to do something to prevent Sangkuriang from marrying her. But she did not wish to disappoint him by cancelling the wedding. So, although she agreed to marry Sangkuriang, she would do so only on the condition that he provides her with a lake and built a beautiful boat, all in one night.
Sangkuriang accepted this condition without a doubt. He had spent his youth studying magical arts. After the sun went down, Sangkuriang went to the hill. Then he called a group of genie to build a dam around Citarum River. Then, he commands the genies to cut down trees and build a boat. A few moments before dawn, Sangkuriang and his genie servants almost finished the boat.
Dayang Sumbi, who had been spying on him, realised that Sangkuriang would fulfill the condition she had set. Dayang Sumbi immediately woke all the women in the village and asked them to wave a long red scarf. All the women in the village were waving red scarf, making it look as if dawn was breaking. Deceived by false dawn, the cock crowed and farmers rose for the new day.
Sangkuriang’s genie servants immediately dropped their work and ran for cover from the sun, which they feared. Sangkuriang grew furious. With all his anger, he kicked the unfinished boat. The boat flew and landed on a valley. The boat then became a mountain, called Mount Tangkuban Perahu (Tangkuban means upturned or upside down, and Perahu means boat). With his power, he destroyed the dam. The water drained from the lake becoming a wide plain and nowadays became a city called Bandung

Biografi Taylor Swift

Taylor Alison Swift lahir di Pennsylvania 21 tahun silam. Ia adalah anak dari pasangan Andrea dan Scott Swift. Darah seninya mengalir dari neneknya yang seorang penyanyi opera. Taylor Swift juga mengidolakan penyanyi Shania Twain dan menjadikannya panutan dalam bernyanyi.
Taylor Swift gemar bernyanyi sejak kecil. Pada usia 3 tahun ia pernah bernyanyi di hadapan sekumpulan wisatawan ketika bertamasya dengan kedua orang tuanya. Ia menyanyikan soundtrack film Lion King. Taylor terus mengasah bakat tarik suaranya secara otodidak dan berhasil memenangkan sejumlah kontes menyanyi di kotanya. Pada usia 11 tahun, ia rajin mengirimkan rekaman suaranya ke label-label musik lokal di kota Nashville.
Taylor Swift juga seorang penulis lagu yang handal. Sebagai inspirasi menulis, Taylor mengaku kerap menuangkan berbagai macam tema mulai dari masalah pribadi yang dialaminya hingga hal-hal menarik lainnya. Bagi Taylor, menulis dan menciptakan lagu merupakan sarananya untuk menghilangkan stres. Taylor adalah korban bullying semasa bersekolah, jadi menulis lirik merupakan strateginya untuk menuangkan semua kekesalan dan kesedihan yang ada di kepalanya kala itu.
Keluarganya mendukung penuh keinginan Taylor Swift untuk berkarir di dunia seni suara. Pada tahun 2005, mereka pindah dan menetap di Nashville. Pada saat itu juga Taylor Swift berhasil memukau sejumlah label lokal dengan lagu-lagunya.
Akhirnya pada tahun 2006, Taylor Swift mendapat kesempatan untuk unjuk penampilan di kancah musik setelah merilis single berjudul “Tim McGraw”. Single tersebut cukup sukses mengangkat namanya kala itu. Tak berapa lama, album pertamanya bertajuk Taylor Swift beredar. Album ini dapat terjual hingga 61.000 kopi pada minggu pertamanya. Tak berapa lama setelahnya, album ini menjadi juara di tangga lagu Billboard Top Country. Lagu-lagu dalam album ini ditulis sendiri seluruhnya olehnya.
Pada tahun 2007, Taylor Swift kembali merilis album bertajuk Sounds Of The Season, namun album tersebut tak berhasil di pasaran. Namun bukan Taylor Swift bila menyerah begitu saja. Pada musim panas tahun 2008, ia kembali merilis album Fearless, yang sukses besar. Album ini terjual sebanyak 330 ribu keping dalam minggu kedua setelah dirilis. Album tersebut berhasil membuatnya meraih penghargaan di ajang Grammy diantaranya untuk kategori Album of the Year dan Best Country Album.
Kesuksesan di dunia musik membuka jalan bagi Taylor Swift untuk merambah dunia akting. Tercatat beberapa judul film pernah dibintanginya, antara lain Valentine dan Hannah Montana : The Movie.
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Taylor mengaku sangat kaget dan kecewa dengan perlakuan tersebut, namun ia menerimanya dengan hati terbuka. Beberapa lama kemudian, Kanye West secara langsung mendatangi Taylor Swift untuk meminta maaf atas kelakuannya.
Di luar musik, Taylor Swift adalah pribadi yang lembut dan bersahaja. ia pernah menjalin cinta dengan beberapa selebriti, di antaranya Joe Jonas dan Taylor Lautner. Hubungannya dengan Joe Jonas berakhir ‘tragis’ saat Joe memutuskannya via telepon. Taylor mengabadikan kejadian tersebut lewat sebuah lagu berjudul ‘Forever and Always’ yang menjadi salah satu lagu dalam album ‘Fearless‘.
Kini gadis pirang ini sedang sibuk melakukan tur untuk mempromosikan album terbarunya bertajuk Speak Now yang dirilis pada bulan Oktober lalu, dengan hits single “Mine”.

 
• Birthrate – December,13 1989


• Taylor Swift has been singing all her life and her motivation is her grandmother who was a professional opera singer.
• She began locally performing around her town at the age of 10 and at the age of 11 she sang the national anthem before a Philphadelphia 76ers game
• When she turned 12 she had picked up a guitar and began practicing for hours each day until her fingers began to bleed
• While performing at a showcase at Nashville's Bluebird Café, Swift caught the eye of music industry veteran Scott Borchetta. He had plans to create a new label and decided Swift was one of the first acts he wanted to sign. Still a high school student fascinated by love (which she uses as her muse), she released her debut single, "Tim McGraw," in August 2006

cat named Indi (who hates everyone in my family except for me) and two Dobermans
Favorite Color- white
Food- cheesecake
Holiday- Christmas
Hobby- driving fast
Place- anyplace around a creek
Season – summer
Things to do- write songs
Things to write about- LOVE
Guitars- Taylors Guitar
Artists- Tim McGraw and Miranda Lambert
Song- Can’t tell me nothing by Tim McGraw
Quality in other people- Honesty and sarcasm
Movie- Love actually
Memory- Living on a farm
Zodiac sign- Virgo
First single- Tim McGraw
TV Show: Law & Order, SVU, CSI & Grey's Anatomy
Straight A Honor Roll student

Birthrate – December,13 1989 • Taylor Swift has been singing all her life and her motivation is her grandmother who was a professional opera singer. • Taylor Swift began locally performing around her town at the age of 10 and at the age of 11 she sang the national anthem before a Philphadelphia 76ers game • When Taylor Swift turned 12 she had picked up a guitar and began practicing for hours each day until her fingers began to bleed • While performing at a showcase at Nashville's Bluebird Cafe, Taylor Swift caught the eye of music industry veteran Scott Borchetta. 3/22/2011 Taylor Swift Birmingham Taylor Swift Concert Tickets Find Taylor Swift Birmingham Tickets Here Find your Birmingham Taylor Swift Tickets here! Fuel your entertainment buy choosing from our HOT selection of tickets! You can choose Taylor Swift Tickets that are up close to the stage and you can also find tickets in other parts of the theater. Some tickets may be General Admission or marked GA. HighOctaneTickets is a website that allows you to choose from a large selection of Event Tickets that are being sold by Ticket Brokers. This selection of Tickets in constantly changing so keep checking back if you don’t find ...

It looks like country music folks have flocked to LA this past weekend. Keith Urban was spotted out and about in Santa Monica while Kellie Pickler and her hubby had lunch at The Ivy in Hollywood. Keith Urban will attend The Oscars aka the Academy Awards this Sunday night with wife Nicole Kidman who is up for Best Actress for her role in Rabbit Hole . Nicole recently opened up to the Australian version of 60 Minutes about live and love and Faith…the couples newest daughter. You can see the interview here. Visit JustJared.com for more pictures. Got some country music gossip and don’t ... Read

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Taylor Swift, wearing a cute red dress with a black and white striped top with three quarter length sleeves, arrives at the LAX airport in Los Angeles, CA, USA on February 22, 2011.  Taylor had the number "13" written on her hand, and she explained that "I paint this on my hand before every show because 13 is my luck number, for a lot of reasons" and added "I was born on the 13th. I turned 13 on Friday the 13th. My first album went gold in 13 weeks.

Circa 2003

Country's Determined Darling

At 13, Taylor Swift, who began writing songs at age 5, signs with RCA Records. A year later, she gets out of the contract because she doesn't want to sing other writer's songs. Around that time, she becomes the youngest songwriter to sign a publishing deal with Sony – but doesn't want her songs sung by other artists. "She has a real inner vision, a real inner directedness," says Scott Borchetta, who eventually urges Swift to write and sing under a recording contract with his indie label, Big Machine Records.

2006

Swift's "Tim McGraw"

Swift's breakout single, "Tim McGraw," which she began writing in her freshman math class, hits country radio airwaves. The song is about hoping her love thinks of her when he hears Tim McGraw's music. It peaks at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. While performing her hit at the Academy of Country Music Awards in 2007, Swift finally meets McGraw when she walks into the audience to serenade McGraw and his wife, Faith Hill (right).

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