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Name: Salma Sahrul Ramadan

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Day 1 Friday Date: 24 February 2023 Time: 09:20-09:35
First Person	Maudy Ayunda
His/Her Biography	Maudy Ayunda (born Ayunda Faza Maudya; December 19, 1994), is an Indonesian singer-songwriter, actress, and activist for education and youth-related interests. Maudy Ayunda was born to parents Didit Jasmedi R. Irawan and Mauren Jasmedi (born 1968). She has a younger sister named Amanda Khairunissa. She married Jesse Jiseok Choi, a Korean-American businessman, in May 2022. Maudy Ayunda was a runner-up in a speech competition at her school. She speaks English, Javanese, Indonesian, Mandarin, and Spanish. After graduating from the British School Jakarta, Ayunda enrolled at St Hilda's College in University of Oxford to study Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) and graduated in 2016. Maudy has decided to join Stanford for her master's degree instead of Harvard, because the former offers a joint degree of MBA and Education, which is a combination of her passions. Maudy starred in several films in her career. Not only entering into the world of acting. Maudy Ayunda also released a song that she sang herself and filled the soundtrack in several movies. In 2020, Maudy was named to Forbes' "30 Under 30 Asia" list in the entertainment and sports category. And in March 2022, she was appointed as a spokesperson for the G20 summit in Indonesia. Maudy Ayunda is involved in social, political and economic issues in Indonesia, especially those impacting the lives of young people. In 2015, she accompanied the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, during his visit to Jakarta. Maudy is involved in the campaign against modern slavery, which includes forced labor, marriage and dangerous labor. In March 2017, she was appointed a spokesperson against modern slavery at the Vice-Presidential Palace in Jakarta. Through her work, she tries to acquaint her audience with the realities of modern slavery, and uses social media platforms to promote that message.
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Sources	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maudy_Ayunda
The Amount of Words on Text	624
What Makes You Interested in This Person	I am interested in her because she is not only successful in the entertainment world but also in education. In education that makes me interested and inspired to continue to be enthusiastic in achieving my dreams.
Comment After Reading	She is not only beautiful but also smart, she inspires many people especially among young people including me. and that makes me inspired to reach my dreams.
New Vocabularies Found	Slavery, forced labor, acquaint

 

Day 1 Friday Date: 24 February 2023 Time: 12:35-13:05
Second Person	B.J. Habibie
His/Her Biography	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ir. H. Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, (June 25, 1936 - September 11, 2019) was the third President of the Republic of Indonesia. Previously, B.J. Habibie served as the 7th Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia, replacing Try Sutrisno. B. J. Habibie succeeded Soeharto who resigned from the presidency on May 21, 1998. Before entering politics, Habibie was widely recognized as a professor and scientist in international aviation technology and the only Indonesian president to date with a technocrat background. Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie (B. J. Habibie) is the fourth of eight children of Alwi Abdul Jalil Habibie and R.A. Tuti Marini Puspowardojo. His father, who worked as an agricultural expert, came from Gorontalo ethnicity, while his mother came from Javanese ethnicity. B.J. Habibie married Hasri Ainun Besari on May 12, 1962 at Rangga Malela, Bandung. Habibie and Ainun's marriage ceremony was held in Javanese customs and culture, while the wedding reception was held the next day with Gorontalo customs and culture at the Preanger Hotel. From their marriage, Habibie and Ainun had two sons, Ilham Akbar Habibie and Thareq Kemal Habibie. Their acquaintance began as teenagers, when both were still in junior high school and continued when they attended Dago Christian High School in Bandung, West Java. Their communication was finally cut off after Habibie continued his studies and worked in West Germany, while Ainun remained in Indonesia and studied at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia. In his education, Habibie studied mechanical engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Indonesia Bandung (now Bandung Institute of Technology) in 1954. In 1955-1965, Habibie continued his study of aeronautical engineering, specializing in aircraft construction, at RWTH Aachen, West Germany. He received a diploma of engineer degree in 1960 and a doctorate of engineer degree in 1965 with summa cum laude honors. Habibie passed away at Gatot Subroto Army Hospital on September 11, 2019 at 18.05 WIB due to heart failure. Previously, Habibie had been undergoing intensive care since September 1, 2019. He was then buried next to his wife, Hasri Ainun Besari, at the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery, slot 120 on September 12, 2019 at 14.00 WIB. The funeral ceremony was attended by President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo as the inspector of the ceremony. B. J. Habibie was the first Indonesian president to be buried in the Heroes Cemetery in the capital Jakarta, while presidents Sukarno and Abdurrahman Wahid were buried in East Java while president Suharto was buried in Karanganyar, Central Java.
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Sources	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._J._Habibie
The Amount of Words on Text	957
What Makes You Interested in This Person	I was interested to him because of his persistence in his education. And in his romance, I was touched because he was loyal to his wife until he died and he was buried next to his wife's grave.
Comment After Reading	He's a very smart man and a genius, which makes people inspired or motivated in his field of education. And in his love story, he is very touching.
New Vocabularies Found	Descent, reacquainted, abbreviated

 

Day 2 Saturday Date: 25 February 2023 Time: 07:33-08:15
Third Person	Gigi Hadid
His/Her Biography	Jelena Noura Hadid (born April 23, 1995), better known professionally as Gigi Hadid is an American model. In November 2014, Hadid made her debut on Models.com's Top 50 Models list. Gigi hadid has 2 younger siblings namely Bella Hadid & Anwar Hadid. Gigi Hadid was born and raised in Los Angeles and is the daughter of real estate developer Mohamed Hadid and former model Yolanda Hadid. Her mother is Dutch, and her father is Palestinian. She graduated from Malibu High School in 2013 where she was captain of the volleyball team and a competitive equestrian. After finishing High School, Hadid moved to New York City to focus on her studies and modeling career. She studied criminal psychology at The New School beginning in the fall of 2013, but put her studies on hold to focus on her modeling career. Gigi Hadid's modeling career began when she was two years old, after being discovered by Paul Marciano, of the Guess clothing line. She started modeling with Baby Guess and stopped because she wanted to focus on school.Then Gigi Hadid returned to modeling, in 2011. After moving to New York City, Gigi Hadid was signed by IMG Models in 2013, Gigi Hadid made her New York Fashion Week debut in February 2014 modeling in the Desigual show. Gigi Hadid has been featured on many magazine covers such as Vogue (USA, Paris, Italy, UK, Japan, Spain, Australia, Brazil, Netherlands, Germany, China), Schön! magazine,[36] Numéro, Allure, W and Teen Vogue as well as WSJ, Elle Canada, Dazed and Harper's Bazaar (USA, Malaysia). After dating singers Cody Simpson and Joe Jonas, Hadid was first reported to be seeing former One Direction boy bander Zayn Malik in November 2015. Malik later recounted their November meeting at a New York City Victoria’s Secret party, saying he was the one who approached the model and asked her out to The Bowery Hotel’s restaurant Gemma for their first date. The couple, who had attended several high-profile events together, including the Met Gala, and London Fashion Week, confirmed news of their breakup via Twitter on March 13, 2018, but were reunited that summer. In April 2020, it was reported that Malik and Hadid were expecting their first child together. They welcomed daughter Khai in September.
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Sources	https://www.biography.com/celebrities/gigi-hadid
The Amount of Words on Text	1240
What Makes You Interested in This Person	Because she is a beautiful, intelligent woman, classy, confident, and cool. And I also like the styles in her photos, even when she's doing the runway, she looks elegant.
Comment After Reading	Besides being beautiful, she's also cool and talented. I like that.
New Vocabularies Found	Striking, gigs, suffocated, paternal

 

Day 2 Saturday Date: 25 February 2023 Time: 10:25-10:45
Fourth Person	Niki Zefanya
His/Her Biography	Niki Zefanya is a vocalist, songwriter, and a music producer from Indonesia. Along with all this, she also is a Youtuber and a media face. The singer has also been featured in the Vogue Singapore, she shared her tips about make and beauty rituals. Niki has signed a contract with 88 rising and is currently residing in the United States. The vocalist suddenly became a trending name on Social media after successfully performing at Coachella 2022. Niki became the first Indonesian artist to perform at the 2022 Coachella Valley Music and Art Festival. Read more about the Coachella famed artist in the article that follows below. Get equipped with all the information regarding Niki Zefanya's personal and professional life. Niki Zefanya was suddenly all over the internet after the announcement of her performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2022. Zefanya became the first Indonesian female to appear at the Coachella. Niki performed Andra and the Backbone's song Perfect Rings at the Coachella music festival held in Indio, California, United States. The Indonesian netizens are praising Niki and are very proud of her. They are praising Niki for daring to bring songs in Indonesian. Zefanya has succeeded in proving her achievements at the international level and also made her country proud. Niki Zefanya, real name Nicole Zefanya turned 24 in January 2022. The artist was born on 24 January in the year 1999. Originally, the singer hails from Jakarta, Indonesia. According to her date of birth, Niki belongs to the Aquarius Zodiac sign or sun sign. At such a young age of 23, the vocalist has made herself quite a big fandom through her hard work. The Coachella starred a singer hailing from Jakarta who holds an Indonesian nationality. She belongs to Asian Ethnicity. Zefanya is a by heart Christian follower, she believes in Jesus. AS of the present, there is no data available regarding the singer's family background. Her mother's father's names are yet not known in the public domain. But as per some sources, Zefanya inspiration to choose music as her career was her mother. Her mother introduced her to music, gospel, and R&B music. She let her listen to Destiny's Child, an American girl group, and Aaliyah, a singer from America. Niki has posted some pictures with her parents on her social media handle but never shared their names or occupation. According to sources, Niki lost her mother in 2019 but the cause of her demise is unknown. Talking about siblings, she never disclosed anything about siblings so it is hard to tell whether she is a single child or has siblings. Nicole did her schooling in her hometown. She went to Pelita Harapan School in Indonesia. Later in 2017, Zefanya moved to Nashville and studied Music at Lipscomb University. She holds a bachelor's degree in music. Niki was famous since her school days through her YouTube Channel. As of 2022, the vocalist is currently dating the love of her life, Jacob Ray. Jacob is also a musician. Niki has many shared with Jacob on her Instagram handle. Scrolling through their Instagram pages, we got to know the couple are dating for the past 2 years. The duo is not yet engaged. Zefanya kickstarted her music career at an early age. Before moving to Nashville for higher education, Niki has released two songs "Polaroid Boy" in 2016 and "Anaheim" in 2017. Niki self- taught herself to play guitar at the age of Nine and 13 she began writing music. She released "See U Never" and "I Like U" as an artist under the 88rising label. 88rising is an American mass media company. She signed a contract with the company. She released the song "Vintage" on 2 May 2018 as the first single for her EP titled Zephyr. On 23 May 2018, Zefanya released her debut EP Zephyr. She has been the part of the opening act of some of the most famous names in the music industry like Taylor Swift, Rich Brian, and Halsey. in 2021 Niki dropped the song "every summertime". The song was featured in the Album, Shang-Chi and The Legend of Ten Rings.
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Sources	https://wikibiography.in/niki-zefanya-wiki-bio/
The Amount of Words on Text	807
What Makes You Interested in This Person	I was interested to her because of her songs. I like her songs that are good.
Comment After Reading	Not only is she beautiful, she's also talented. it's cool that she was able to perform on the coachella stage.
New Vocabularies Found	Equipped, hailing, demise

 

Day 3 Monday Date: 27 February 2023 Time: 15:00-15:15
Fifth Person	Reza Rahadian
His/Her Biography	Reza Rahadian Matulessy (born March 5, 1987) is an actor, model, advertisement star, singer and Chairman of the Indonesian Film Festival (FFI) for the period 2021 to 2023. He is the eldest of two children, from the couple Rahim who is of Iranian descent and Pratiwi Widantini Matulessy who comes from Ambon. He has one younger brother named David Jonathan Timothee Matulessy. Reza started his career in entertainment by becoming a model. He won Favorite Top Guest for Aneka Yess! magazine in 2004. He started his acting career through a soap opera titled Inikah Rasanya in the same year. When playing in the movie Brokenhearts in 2012, he got the role of someone who suffered from anorexia nervosa, and had to lose ten kilograms of weight to prepare for the role. At the end of 2012, she was cast as the former President of Indonesia, B. J. Habibie in a biopic directed by Faozan Rizal entitled Habibie & Ainun, which tells the story of the life and romance between the former president and his wife, Hasri Ainun Besari, played by Bunga Citra Lestari. The film earned Reza an award in the Best Male Lead Actor category at the 2013 Indonesian Film Festival. In 2016, he played in the movie My Stupid Boss, which was an artistic and commercial success. The film earned Reza the title of Best Male Lead for the third time at the 2016 Indonesian Film Festival.
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Sources	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_Rahadian
The Amount of Words on Text	498
What Makes You Interested in This Person	because I like him when he acts in the movies he's in.
Comment After Reading	Besides being handsome he is also talented in acting, he can act with various characters well and that's cool.
New Vocabularies Found	Ranging, instead, dozen, prominence

 

Day 3 Monday Date: 27 February 2023 Time: 16:07-16:15
Sixth Person	Louis Partridge
His/Her Biography	Louis Patrick James Partridge is a British Actor, born on June 3, 2003. Partridge is best known for playing the role of Tewkesbury in the 2020 film “Enola Holmes.” However, his movie career dates back to 2014. He is a talented actor and a fine model who has worked with multiple brands. Partridge had an average childhood. His interest in performing arts was piqued early, and he started acting at 13. Partridge played minor roles before getting his big break in “Enola Holmes.” Having just started high school, Partridge got cast as Alf in the comedy T.V series “Boomers” (2014). It was a minor role, and he appeared in one episode. The same year, he was cast as the lead in “Beneath Water.” Partridge is a fashion and runway model. In January 2022, he walked the runway for Prada in Milan. As a fast-rising star actor, Partridge has proportionate fame and success.
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Sources	https://nationaltoday.com/birthday/louis-partridge/
The Amount of Words on Text	329
What Makes You Interested in This Person	I like him because when I watched his movie called Enola Holmes he acted well and cool. he is also very handsome. and when I knew that he was born in 2003 the same as me, so I was interested in him.
Comment After Reading	Not only is he handsome, he's also good at acting. I like that.
New Vocabularies Found	Asides, piqued

 

Day 4 Tuesday Date: 28 February 2023 Time: 17:53-18:50
Seventh Person	Jenna Ortega
His/Her Biography	Jenna Marie Ortega (born September 27, 2002) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress, receiving recognition for her role as young Jane in The CW comedy-drama series Jane the Virgin (2014–2019). Her breakthrough role came in portraying Harley Diaz in the Disney Channel series Stuck in the Middle (2016–2018), for which she won an Imagen Award. She played Ellie Alves in the second season of the thriller series You in 2019 and starred in the family film Yes Day (2021), both for Netflix. Ortega received critical praise for her performance in the teen drama film The Fallout (2021), and went on to star in the 2022 horror films Scream and X. She starred as Wednesday Addams in the Netflix horror comedy series Wednesday (2022), for which she received nominations at the Golden Globe Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards. Jenna Marie Ortega was born on September 27, 2002, in Coachella Valley, California, the fourth of six children. Her father is of Mexican descent and her mother is of Mexican and Puerto Rican ancestry. Due to her career, Ortega has not "really lived a normal lifestyle" and has expressed regret at missing the traditional high school experience and teenage milestones such as prom and graduation. Ortega had become interested in acting from the age of six. Two years later, after her mother posted a video of Ortega doing a dramatic monologue on Facebook, Ortega got an agent and started getting auditions. She soon made her acting debut in 2012 with a guest appearance for Rob, in the episode "Baby Bug." she made her film debut with a minor role in the superhero movie Iron Man 3 as the vice president's daughter. In the Netflix comedy horror series Wednesday (2022), Ortega played the titular role of Wednesday Addams, which she called a "new chapter" in her career. To prepare, she underwent "the most physical transformation I've ever done; I cut my hair, and it's black, and mannerism-wise, speaking cadence-wise, expression-wise". She later called production of season one "the most overwhelming job" she had ever had and spoke about being in a constant state of confusion and stress over the direction of the series and character. Ortega's performance in the series was widely praised, receiving nominations for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy and for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series.
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Sources	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenna_Ortega
The Amount of Words on Text	2223
What Makes You Interested in This Person	because when I saw her acting in the movie Wednesday, she looked cool.
Comment After Reading	She looked great when she played the character wednesday in the movie wednesday. she was very deep into her role.
New Vocabularies Found	Descent, recurring, coverage, widely, apparel, diverse, versatile

 

Day 4 Tuesday Date: 28 February 2023 Time: 19:50-19:55
Eighth Person	Iqbaal Ramadhan
His/Her Biography	Iqbaal Dhiafakhri Ramadhan (born 28 December 1999) is an Indonesian actor and singer. He is best known as an ex-member of the Indonesian boy band CJR, and for his leading role in Dilan 1990 (2018). In 2018, he won the Variety Asian Star: Up Next award at the International Film Festival & Awards Macao for his role in that drama. Iqbaal was born on 28 December 1998[6] and is the son of Herry Hernawan and his wife Rike Dhamayanti. Fildza Hasnamudia is his elder sister. He made his public debut as Trapani in the musical drama Laskar Pelangi (2010–2011). There he met with Coboy Junior producer Patrick Effendy. He also played a role in the movie 5 Elang as Rusdi Badruddin in 2011, and had a single titled "Thank You". Iqbaal later became a founding member of boy band Coboy Junior, which was officially formed on July 23, 2011. In his career with Kiki, Aldi, and Bastian in Coboy Junior, he starred in the drama series Only You. In June 2013, Iqbaal and Coboy Junior released their debut film, entitled Coboy Junior The Movie. On February 23, 2014, after the resignation of Coboy Junior member Bastian, Management decided to change the name of the band, which then only consisted of three people, to CJR. In addition to activities in CJR, he also made a single devoted to his fans, SoniQ. In 2018, he played Dilan in the teenage drama film Dilan 1990, adapted from Pidi Baiq's best-selling novel Dilanku 1990. On May 25, 2018, it was announced that he would play Minke, a native who is able to enroll in an exclusive school for the Dutch, in Bumi Manusia, a film based on the Pramoedya Ananta Toer's novel of the same name. Iqbaal graduated from Armand Hammer United World College of the American West, New Mexico, after attending on a United World Colleges (UWC) scholarship as the only representative from Indonesia in his year. He is now studying as a communication science major at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. As of 2018, Iqbaal was appointed as brand ambassador of digital education platform Ruangguru.
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Sources	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iqbaal_Ramadhan
The Amount of Words on Text	426
What Makes You Interested in This Person	I was interested to him because when he was in the band coboy junior I liked his songs. and when he acted he looked cool and good.
Comment After Reading	He is smart and handsome. besides being successful in movies and music he is also successful in his education. that's cool.
New Vocabularies Found	Appointed, enroll