TAMAN KOTA

Kabayan :"why build city parks in jakarta?"

Dul : "Because city parks clean the air, tree foliage works as a natural air filter of particulate matter such as dust, micro sized metals and pollutants such as ozone, nitrogen oxides, ammonia and sulfur dioxides. City parks take in carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. Combined with the cooling effect of trees, these processes can have a significant impact on reducing smog and overall air pollution.

Den bagus:"city parks improve water quality. A healthy urban forest can have a strong indluence on our region's water quality. Tree canopies and root systems slows and reduce  storm water run off, flooding and erosion. City parks also help filter water run off reducing potential sources of water pollution into  our  rivers and storm drains."

Dul : " city parks save energy. City parks cool the air naturally in two ways: through water evaporating from the leaves and direct shades
Homes shaded by trees need less energy for cooling which means lower monthly utility bills in summer and a reduced need for utilities to increase power generation to meet peak load demand."

Den bagus :" city parks raise real estate value, shaded neighborhoods and well-lanscaped yards have a positive economic influence on real estate values, timeliness of house sales and neighborhood desirability. Studies report that landscaping speeds the sale of home by four to six weeks.

CERITA DUL

Dul:"I had two neighbours, the gardener and the tile maker. After a time I went to the gardener. I noticed how he was and how all things went with him. The gardener said,"All things are prospering with me, and I have only one wish, that there may be a heavy fall of rain, in order that the plants may be well watered."

Not long after, I went to the tile maker. I also noticed of how he fared. The tile maker said, "I want for nothing, and have only one wish, that the sunny weather may countinue, and the sun shines hot and bright, so that the bricks might be dried."

KABAYAN BERCERITA

Kabayan : "There was a farmer in a village. He was very ambitious. He wanted to make more and more money. When it was rainy, he called out to God, "if it were sunny, I would sow some rice." The next day, it became sunny, and the farmer sowed some rice.

After that, he called out to god, "if it were rainy, it would be useful for my rice." The following day, it rained.

The farmer called out to God, if you give more rain, my rice would grow more."  The following day, it rained again.

Then in summer time, he harvested his rice and collected it in heap. The farmer called out to God. "If you had given more rain, my rice harvest would have been bigger ."

He asked God, "why didn't you give me more rain and more rice?"

Then, God made heavy rain, and all of the farmer's rice floated away with water.