16 March 2008

Adit on "Ayat-Ayat 'Cinta'"

Well, somehow I haven't caught the Ayat-Ayat Cinta ("Verses of Love") fever yet. The whole nation went crazy over the novel and the movie; (fortunately?) I got left behind. This is another version of it, Ayat-Ayat Cinta Laura. I promised this on the previous post, and it also serves as a perfect disguise for my delaying more serious posts. Actually, I'd like to write something about either the E.O. Green School shooting (a hate-crime targetting an openly-gay student) or money-extorting bimbels (school tutorial services). In the mean time, you can enjoy these uniquely-pronounced "Cinta Laura"isms

"Udah ujan, becek, gak ada ojek...." : the trademark line, see previous post for the video

"Mommy, what is kendala?" : honey, you have more than enough of them now

"Ichu bechul"

"Bahasa Indonesia saya buruk sekali, jadi Cinta will be going to Australia to improve Bahasa Indonesia Cinta" : maybe I should go to Oz too, to prepare for UN Bahasa Indonesia (final exam)

"Kamu nggak cocok pake logat English karena kamu dari kecil tinggal di Indonesia" kepada Samuel, artis berwajah Indo tapi lahir dan besar di Indonesia : it's me that's stupid enough to use it

"Aku pengen ke America atau ke England kalau udah masuk ke university. Kalau di England pengen ke Oxford, kalau di America pengen ke Harvard atau Yale atau Princeton" : right after I brush up my Bahasa Indonesia in Australia

"Banyak orang-orang yang ikut dunia entertainment langsung drop out of school, itu menurut aku that's really really stupid. Soalnya mereka nggak pikirin long term" : and some of them doesn't really know what's in the short term.

"Aku gak suka dengan istilah boyfriend.. Aku lebih suka disebut teman dekat.. Teman buat punching, running, lari lari kecil..." : someone please give her a punching bag and a dog

"Not all beautiful people bisa menjadi famous" : but silly people do get famous

"Cinta mengucapkan selamat puasa semuanya. Rock on!"

"Makanan favorit Cinta tuh, cuna syusyi (baca : tuna sushi)"

"Cinta mengajar di sekolah untuk anak-anak ini karena pendidikan di Indonesia masih kurang dibandingkan dengan di German. Indonesia kan negara miskin, banyak orang-orangnya masih bodoh, tidak sekolah" : some people even have to go abroad to study Bahasa Indonesia

"Waktu Cinta study tour ke India dari sekolah di sana negaranya lebih kotor, banyak orang-orang miskin, rumah-rumah jelek di pinggir jalan. Orang-orang tidur di stasiun kereta, iuuugghhh..."

"Dari kecil papa sudah punya banyak mobil waktu di German kita punya 5 mobil tapi karena garagenya tidak cukup jadi papa menjual mobil-mobil itu tinggal 2. Tapi aku paling suka yang Audi A4..." : having a daughter like this, he wouldn't risk anything by keeping more cars than needed. "Mas, how do I go to Monas?"

"Aku ga tau bahasa Indonesianya gimana, tapi klo bahasa Inggrisnya, 'it's one day a worth u for achieving something'. Kita biasanya dapat award klo kita udah achieve sesuatu." : if you've achieved something, somebody will make you a video clip of your famous line

"Pokoknya klo kita udah achieve something kita dihargai dengan itu, ashceteve awards..."

"Makanan Lebaran favorit aku itu Mashed Potato and Cheese!" : yeah, the whole country is crazy for mashed potato for Lebaran

"Lagunya Mulan yang Makhluk Tuhan yang Paling Sexy itu satu-satunya lagu Bahasa Indonesia yang ada di handphone aku." : Mulan can consider this an insult

"Saya jarang makan makanan diwarung gitu karena banyak ehmm...toxic." and also be careful of toxic mashed potatoes during lebaran.

Enjoy...
Source: circulating quotes by Cinta Laura. I do not claim that all of this are real but most of them are well-known.

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