Monday, August 15, 2005

English Headlines

One thing that I like about English newspaper is their'creativity' with the headlines. Especially with football headlines. With Manchester United new signings, Ji-Sung Park,Edwin Van Der Sar, and last season purchase, Dong Fangzhou, and Gerard Pique, some members of the redcafe.net, predicted some hillarious headlines that involves these players.

Note:
Bellend and Dong is an English slank for male genitalia.
Ding is an English slank for shoot
Upton Park is West Ham home stadium

Example:
When Ji-SungPark skins West Ham - Park Stroll At Upton!

When Ruud van Nistelrooy delivers his first Hattrick - Ruud Awakening!

When Dong Fangzhou makes his debut - Massive Dong!

When Pique gives an impressive performance - Gerard reaches Pique Form!

When Van der Sar turns in a blinder - United Sar-vives!

If Ji-Sung Park has been playing well then is dropped - Park Benched

If Gary Neville scoring the winning goal in the champions league final - Its the Neville ending story

If Fergie says Phil Neville should play for England instead of Gary to avoid injuries to the older brother - Better the Neville you sold than the Neville you don't

If Dong Fangzhou scores a winner away at Man City - Ding Dong at the Bell End

Monday, August 01, 2005

English vs Bahasa

I wrote this blog in English cause I feel I could express myself better in English. Perhaps it's stem mostly from the fact that when I try to express myself in Bahasa Indonesia, it usually sucks. And it's easier to write in English. That's the truth. English lets you get away with things you wouldn't said in Bahasa Indonesia.

I can give you an example. Let's take a quote from a Bryan Adams song. "Everything I do, I'd do it for you". compare it to the Bahasa version("Semua yang kulakukan, kulakukan untukmu"), it just doesn't have the same 'gravitas' as the English one. Try to say those line in front of a girl, then tell me which one has the best result.

I'm not saying my command in English is so good that I converse in English all the time. Far from it. I still talks in Bahasa Indonesia. It's just when I had to write it, whether posting on this blog, or perhaps postings on forums, I'm more comfortable using English.

That's why I always admire people who have the way with words in Bahasa Indonesia, cause I find difficult writing cool and concise lines in that.

Indonesian poet, writers, songwriters, hats off to you *bow*