rojak is rosak?

hari tu aku tengok Melodi. ada this one artist, Awi Rafael yang aku pun tak berapa nak perasan sangat lah dia tu siapa (sorry I don't really follow local entertainment, no offence). dalam segmen tu timbul isu dia punya lagu "Pulanglah" ada bahasa rojak. macam biasalah wartawan tu pulun soalan-soalan panas membabitkan kerojakan bahasa yang dia pakai tu. aku pun peliklah. I Googled him and listened to the song. yeah, quite nice, catchy and fun. to put it simply, I liked it. dalam lagu tu, the only part where the bahasa rojak wujud was in the chorus, and there were only bit parts of English used (the song was in Malay). only the words "runaway", "everyday", and "monday" - "thursday" were used. I mean, is this thing bad? really? seriously? because I recall a few years back, the song "Alhamdulillah" by Too Phat was re-recorded in full Malay because 'they' didn't want a rojak song. in Awi Rafael's case, in a similar vein, "Pulanglah" was re-recorded in full Malay, so as to not raise controversy. padahal lagu tu dia punya rojak tu dah minimal gila babeng dah. a few words je pun, tapi kena record balik? gila!

what actually is the problem with bahasa rojak in songs? I mean, songs are pieces of art as well, and the artists have rights to create their own art according to their own liking, their own creativity. every piece of art is unique to its artist. so why kecoh-kecoh nak suruh artis-artis ikut kau nak apa? bukan kau sorang nak dengar lagu dia, entah-entah kau tak dengar pun lagu dia.

I've heard many international songs yang guna bahasa rojak. they don't seem to have any problems at all. kadang-kadang penggunaan bahasa asing sikit-sikit, if not banyak, can make the song catchier and nicer to hear. kadang-kadang nak bagi rhyme lirik. semua tu nak bagi lagu jadi sedap, lantaklah kan penulis lirik tu nak macam mana kan? tak suka tak payah dengar, because there will be people who will like them.

seriously, I don't see the relevance in this issue. kalau dia nak kata jaga bahasa ibunda lah, apa lah, they can do it elsewhere. kalau semua benda pun nak politically correct, payah lah. kata demokrasi. mana orang tak kata bangsa Melayu ni lemak sangat. semua nak dengar cakap dia je. scholarship semua dia, duit rakyat semua dia, tanah semua dia, apa pun semua dia, ni bahasa pun semua nak dia. hah aku sebagai seorang bumiputera, konfem terkedu kalau ada orang cakap dekat aku macam tu. malu. kan?

#mimpianehlagi

"kyou wa, watashi wa oshiemasu"

"hai! ohayogozaimasu, sensei!"

"de wa, hajime yo!"

*poof*

(terjaga)

damn aku dah ajar budak dekat Jepun sana. apasal lah aku terjaga. I wanted to hear myself talk fluent Japanese. arghhh. where's that Sociology book. lemme read that.

damn.

late, but better than never

there we are,

on mountain tops,

across seas,

in space,

in God's heaven.

never forget,

without passion,

without knowledge,

without pain,

never can a foot be set there.

they pass the flames we need,

the grit we desire,

the food we hunger,

deep, thorough, sincere, willfully.

Happy Teacher's Day

:)

salah satu idola dan inspirasi

(lantaklah, bising apa)

Thor Hero Jawa

Thor dikatakan berketurunan Jawa, dibesarkan di Asgard

Stan Lee mengakui yang beliau mengambil nama Thor ni atas root Jawanya. beliau kagum dan asyik dengan nama seorang receptionist di sebuah hotel di Jakarta semasa lawatan beliau ke sana. nama pemuda itu 

Thoroan

Lee menanyakan asal usul nama tersebut tetapi pemuda itu tak tahu menahu. lalu Lee memaklumkan kepada pemuda itu yang Thoroan ni derive daripada mitologi Norse, dan mengeluarkan nama Thor, God of Thunder. tetapi pemuda tersebut melenting! he said that it was impossible that his name is from a Norse God. his father, he said, was never educated, neither was his mother.

So Lee asked again, "from what ethnicity are you, young man?" pemuda itu dengan bangganya menjawab, "I'm Javanese!" terus Stan Lee membuat spekulasi yang orang Jawa ni hebat sebab boleh mempengaruhi nama Tuhan mitologi Morse. Lee menanyakan lagi, apakah contoh lain nama orang Jawa. the young man said these

Siti Lokinah (adiknya)

Kamar Odin (bapanya)

Siti Rogaeah (maknya)

satu lagi persoalan dalam minda Stan Lee ketika itu. apakah nama gelaran masing-masing dalam keluarga ni? beliau menanya lagi kepada pemuda itu. pemuda itu menjawab

Loki

Odin

Gaea

Stan Lee terkedu. he asked a few times to totallly confirm the young man's story. he insisted for Lee to meet his family, but Lee declined. instead, Lee said that "when Thor is a success, you and your family will receive 10% royalty!" the young man was speechless. he asked timidly, "royalty itu apa pak? jadi darah di-raja ke?" Stan Lee hanya tergelak.

****

Thoroan bersama keluarganya Kamar Odin, Siti Lokinah dan Siti Rogaeah sekarang tinggal di sebuah banglo haram jadah besar di Beverly Hills yang bernama 

Asgard


*update! Siti Lokinah dikatakan telah lari rumah sebab digambarkan menjadi anak derhaka oleh Stan Lee

#mimpianeh

AS sudah berakhir. results sudah keluar. wow, I passed with flying colours of shit. only 8 points. but wow, I need not repeat any subjects! and wow, aku tak payah sambung A2! rupanya dalam kolej, aku punya point paling tinggi! semua cikgu sang praises for me, I was a genius, I was brilliant, I was a prodigy. hahaha me.

I received word that Auckland University had confirmed my place there. I was the only one who could fly in my whole batch. I was a genius, I was brilliant, I was a prodigy. aku dah sampai Auckland, aku dah buat degree pada umur 20 tahun. perasaan yang membuak-buak memenuhi dada aku yang bidang.

pap! Jidin kejut.

"Abu, asar..bangun bangun."

babi Jidin.



p/s hashtag tu bukti aku masih merindui twitter =__="