hey guys and girls,

im from sydney and i really need to practice my indonesian, for my HSC (higher school certificate), for my major exams.

talk in indo or english if you want...

anyway, what's up?

if you wanna learn bahasa indonesia, why not talking in bahasa? Practice makes perfect!

Hi Putri Tini,

Nama saya Abu. Saya bekerja sebagai tukang becak di Yogyakarta dari pagi2 sampai jam 6 malam. Dari jam 7 malam saya bekerja di warnet (warung internet).

Gambar siapa di avatar Anda? Kalau itu gambar Putri Tini Saya, Abu Tukang Becak, mau "volunteer" sebagai guru bahasa Indonesia Anda. Nggak usah bayar.


Salam,

Abu, Tukang Becak

PS Before I get accused of hanging around the internet to pick up young girls again let me make it clear. I'm only playing around in the above post.

Welcome Putri Tini. Kamu orang putih ya?

lol! gue ketawa sampai sakit perut! 2

Mbbak Furansuzuki,

Kalo sakit perut colbalah minum jamu jawa saya. Sangat efektiv, cuman satu gelas langusng sembuh.

I'm trying to show a bit of gotong royong spirit. You never know how far that might go in fullfilling every anak Indo's long life dream of finding a bule.



^Ibu Dewi.


Credit: Nicola Hall and Deanne Whitfield


Salam,

Abu Tukang Becak dari Yogya

haha kalian lucu banget!

Abu aku bukan 'orang putih', lihat photonya!!! lol setengah tok, piye sih
Bapakku dari yogya dan ibuku bule- jadinya aku anak kopi susu hehe
Dari mana di yogya??

furansizuka, aku coba bahasa indoku, tapi malu banget....
Udah Kaku sih

Hi Mbbak Putri Tini,

You have a bright future as a kopi susu. You are destined to be a bintang film, bintang sinetron or a penyanyi regardless of how mediocre your natural talent might be.

Five more years from now internet chat boards will be lit up by your fans, most likely to be moderated or led by Ibu Furansuzuki.

And in turn, 20 or 25 years from now anak Ibu Furansizuki will be another up-and-coming bintang as bapaknya will be orang putih dari Kroasia.


Salam,

Tukang Becak

Lol. Im a french horn player, is there a career in that in indo? haha

why do they choose half castes for the indo film and music industryanyways...
i mean by watching indo movies i've sorta adapted to indo people as looking like me. Need more pure indos i think!

So tukang becak where you from? If your from Yogya, we have many great things to talk about - i love Yogya sooo much.

Bahasa Inggris Anda kok lancar banget? belajar di mana?

Hi Mbbak Putri Tini,

Malam2 Aku tidur di becakku di sepanjang jalan Kaliurang. Alamat tetap nggak ada. Biasanya tukang becak nggak ada alamat tetap.

Apa itu french horn? You don't need to show any flair for musical instruments or any natural singing voice. They are just a bonus. All you need is good look, which in Indonesia usually comes from orang "kopi susu" like Mbbak Putri Tini.

Bahasa Inggrisku sudah lancar? Ohh terima kasih banyak, Mbbak. Aku belajar Bahasa Inggris dari Internet, terutama dari website ini asiafinest.com. Kadang2 ada kesempatan pratise pakai Bahasa Inggris dengan orang turis.


Salam,

Abu Tukang Becak

haha are you really from yogya? hmm.... lol

i used to live in kaliurang and pakem for 5 years, was the bomb. luar biasa indahnya! (new vocab-hehe)

French horn termasuk alat music 'brass' dan main di dalam orkes. suaranya seperti trombone dan trumpet, but even better. awesome instrument i say.

belajar di internet? yeh riiiight... cmon where are you really from? how much u charge for a becak ride from malioboro to UGM? :P

Mbbak Putri Tini,

Ya benar, aku belajar bahasa Inggris dari internet. My English seems good because you don't hear my accent.

Dari UGM sampai Jalan Malioboro...hmmm buat orang Bule seperti Mbbak Putri Tini Rp 50,000 tapi buat orang Indo cuman Rp 10,000 karena biasanya orang Indo nggak begitu gemuk.

Mbbak Putri Tini pernah bersekolah di Indonesia ya? Di mana?


Salam,

Abu Tuakng Becak

Ya ampun your bloody hillarious.

Oh im not that fat plus im not completely bule, i say Rp 25000 is fair, half of bule charge! lol

I went to lempuyangan Wangi I, you know??

I still don't believe you learning off the internet. convince me HA

Hi Mbbak Putri Tini,

The school you went to is probably one of those exclusive expat/rich kid schools. It's out of my reach. They are aimed at people who are expected to go on further to complete S1, S2 or S3. Aku cuman lulusan SMA.

Bapak Londoh might be able to vouch for the fact that I learned English from the Internet. Just last month he went to Yogyakarta and took a picture of me hard at work.

Lihatlah foto di bawah, what more convincing evidence do you need?

HAha mmmm riiiight

Is that your pic on the bottom?im seriously laughing so hard right now. ah not making fun at you, just everything from tukang becak to english extrodinare to not finishing high school. 2 ah your a awesome guy

SD Lempuyangan Wangi I is near Tukangan and yeh malioboro, YOU should know your a becak cycler, lol

Is that your pic on the bottom?

Hi Mas ATB,

For using this photo I have to charge you € 125 as being the owner of the copyrights, you can use it for 1 year, after that it will be cheaper. I will ask my driver to drop the invoice in your beca when you are sleeping again in Jl. Kaliurang. He will wake you up for Ttg, but you don't have to be afraid, his voice is a bit load and he looks big but is actually a nice guy from Haranggaol near Toba Lake. Please pay within 8 days otherwise I have to charge administation costs and interest.

But I will trust on your kind cooperation and understanding in this matter.

NB I accept Indonesian Rupiah at a small surcharge.

Kind regards

Bung Lon

HAHA what can i say

Hi Mbbak Putri Tini,

I never said I was an Eglish extrodiaire because I don't know what the word extrodinaire means. And you can laugh at my English as much as you want since it's not my natural language.

SD Lempuyangan Wangi I is not in my area of expertise. I find most of my business along Jalan Kaliuran route.

And no Mas Ganteng di sig Aku itu bukan Aku. I found it while doing some private studies over the internet. But the foto of the handsome man pushing becak is truly mine.

Mbbak Putri Tini jangan lupa orang kecil seperti tukang becak ya kalo jadi bintang terkenal di Indonesia.


Salam,

Tukang Becak

Bapak Londoh,

Please try to enforce copy rights law in Indonesia. Even with the legal skills of Hotman Paris Hutapea (nice name btw) Bapak will have troubles winning.

However, this matter will not go that far. I will push becak 7 days a week to pay for the rights to use MY OWN foto for one year.

And I'll just have to push becak for another 2 years to buy myself my own personal Digicam.


Salam,

Abu Tukang Becak

heh mas Abu.. Kok nggak kerja, sekarang lagi jam 3 sore... piye sih pak? apa nggak kerja pada hari ini? hehe

maaf ya, aku nggak ketawain. haha dan kalau aku menjadi bintang film di indo saya akan ceritakan kepada media tentang pak abu the becakman. Hehehe

Hi Mas ATB,

I don't need a Hotman because I am quite cool myself. Your own photo ? You are lucky I don't send you a bill for spoiling my photo, I was busy making a nice photo of the sepada motor on Jl. Marlborough, which is quite unique in this world and just when I clicked there was you pushing that 8 meters piece of bamboo, breaching all the traffic rules. You were lucky there was no police as it was tanggal muda if I remember well.

BTW You can make a fortune when you put a digicam in the roof of your beca, Everybody can see how a tukan beca sees his muatan and listen to all the stories he hears.

Salam

Bung Lon

Hi Mbbak Putri Tini,

Hari Sabtu & Minggu aku kerja di warnet. Sekarang lagi chatting dari warnet.

Oh with your credentials ie kopi susu you are already guaranteed success. Bintang film, sinetrong, penyanyi is every's hapa's guaranteed future.


Salam,

Tukang Becak

Kalau kalian lagi belajar ngomong bhs indo, boleh saya ikut juga? Bhs indo saya jauh dari fasih dan mesti sering di praktek supaya bisa ngomong lancar.

Saya juga heran Bpk Abu bisa bhs ingris lancar walaupun cuman tukang becak. Saya rasa si Mbak Putri heran kayak saya, makanya dia ketawa. Bukan ketawa bhs ingris kamu, tapi agak terkejut sama success kamu (dgn bhs ingris) walaupun nggak belajar intensiv.

Kalau benar kamu cuman dapat pengalam ttg bhs ingris cuman lewat internet, saya masi ada harapan buat perbaiki bhs indo saya lewat internet juga. Saya salut kamu Bpk Abu.

Ada satu pertanyaan buat Bpk Abu. Cuman anak kopi susu yg mudah jadi selebritis di Indo tanpa punya talent luar biasa?

Hello fellow Sydneysider. Good luck with your HSC this year. My friend did Indo last year. He dumbed down his Indo ability so he could do beginners and breeze through it. I hope you're not doing the background speaker level as I heard that one's pretty hard.

heya JAG, thanks! I'm doing the indonesian continuers course through open high school. It's all goood, i love indo.

Hi Mas JAG,

The answer to the above question is simple. In the entertainment industry in Indonesia talent is judged by good looks. And a kopi susu is the epetome of good looks, hence natural talents.

Sample Fotos

I hope you don't mind me using Bahasa Inggris sometimes because I, too, want to continue to improve my English language skills. I meet you half way and you meet me half way. Kamu pakai bahasa Indo & Aku pakai bahasa Inggris.

That way we are maximising our gotong royong spirit.:genius:


Salam,

Tukang Becak dari Yogyakarta

PS: Ada pertanyaan buat Mbbak Putri Tini, apa itu "open high school"? Is it the same as a normal high school? High School itu SMA ya?

Pantesan kebanyakan artis yg di sample foto itu blasteran. Tapi kenapa gitu ya? Karena wajahnya beda banget dari orang umum, menjadinya spesial?

Hey Putri, what's Indonesian Continuers? Is that like for people who studied Indonesian in year 9-10 or is that the new name for Background Speakers?

Indo cont isn't backgrounds, it just follows indo beginners. Indoku kaku sih... im not that great haha, good fun though. Open high schools just distance education, but im only doing it for one subject (indo) while i go to school.

Kartini is pretty

thanks

Armand is an awesome and top guy

Disoriented tukang jamu lady from Jogyakarta, maybe wasn't able to find way back to home.

Kartini is soooo smart,funny and pretty. She's got it all lol.
But really she is. She teaches me how to talk indonesian a bit so nice of her!

well look whos mr.charming hehe

Everyone can state the facts

Hi Mbbak Kartini,

Kenapa kamu harus belajar bahasa Indonesia begitu ie "distance education"? Kenapa nggak belajar di sokolah biasa?


Salam,

Tukang Becak

Mas Abu,

Harus belajar bahasa Indonesia lewat distance ed karena hanya ada 30 orang di kelasku (kelas12) dan 150 di dalam seluruh sekolah. Jadinya sekolahku terlalu kecil untuk mempunyai gurunya sendiri untuk bahasa Indo, kan cuma aku yang belajar sih.

How was work? what are your routes? im going to yogya at the end of the year

KArtini

Hi I'm new member from little city in west java, Cirebon

Im joint here, bcoz lovely pic on putri tini avatar..

Mbbak Kartini,

Your name is very beautiful. When I was at SD I remember learning about Ibu Kartini.

I don't remember much about her but I think she did a lot in trying to promote universal education seluruh Indonesia. And she was beautiful.

Sekolah Mbbak Kartini kecil bangat ya, cuman 150 orang? Must be in the country. That would make you anak kampung.

Work? Hmmm hujan terus hari ini. Nggak ada kesempatan cari uang jadi nggak ada makanan malam ini. Oh kalau kamu ke Yogya akhir tahun ini pay me a visit di sepanjang Jl Kaliurang dekat Pos Polisi UGM.


Salam,

Abu Tukang Becak dari DIY

mmmm im not indo.

but today my indo friend said to me `gue mou nangis` wtf did he say to me?!

He said "I want to cry".

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHA

edit: i feel sorry for him now , lol still funny 2 2

hehe thanks Mas ABu, my mbah putri named me, she was from kendal (near semarang). Yeh in SD i learnt about Ibu kita.. kartini. Yeh she promoted and brought on education for girls, throughout indo.

sekolahku do tenggah kota haha overlooking the beautiful sydney harbour and botanic gardens. I go to a selective music school so the numbers are limited up to 30 students a year get in.

Oh nggak kerja ya. Terus kalau nggak ada duit nggak makan!? ya ampun thats terrible. what abotu your family?
HAHa aku ingat pos polisi UGM dan JL kaliurang. wow its all coming back to me now, wish i was back there. Yogya's the best place to be!

KArtini

selamat datang. dari Cirebon ya? I've been there, a nice place. I dont want any flattery it sorta freaks me out lol

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Not right now, most current Indonesia film are pure Indonesian. The latest Miss universe 2005 from Indonesia are melayu girl from Belitung, South Sumatra.

yes, as I said before in other thread that it's balance between mix and not. In fact, the most favorite actress in indonesia right now is pure indonesian girl, Dian Sastro. She's also one of the most inspiring woman of the year and also top of mind young celebs 2004. Marcella Zalianty, another pure indo also on the top list and many more.

Mbbak Furansuzuki,

That is a very misleading comment. There are only one of two pure Indonesian actors/actresses and they are not the most popular ones at the moment. And you said there are many more? Please mention them if they are not some mediocre no-names.



Mas Nusantara do you understand what the word "most" means? Indonesian films and sinetrons are full of anak kopi susu, Mas. It'd be more correct to say that they represent the majority in the entertainment industry.

Though I can understand why they are preferred. You wouldn't pick a tukang becak or a tukang ojek to be in any films would you? 2




Salam,

Tukang Becak

ITs true SOooo many kopi susu kids and stars out there in the industry. Even though im a half caste i still believe that pure indos should be chosen to represent their own country and to become well known for being entirely indo

Kartini is a great person and so helpful! How can I pay you back cewek cantik?

Wow, so lucky that you can see the harbour views every day at school. No wonder in a selective school, because of your french horn playing skills. You must be very talented.

Halo Mbak Tini.....,
Senang berkenalan dengan Anda (resmi banget...).
Apa kabar....?

Ayo dong bicara bahasa Indonesia...!
Katanya mau belajar memperlancar bahasa Indonesia.

Mau bicara bahasa Indonesia yang baik dan benar sesuai EYD (Ejaan yang Disempurnakan) atau bahasa sehari-hari...?

Ayo dong pakai bahasa Indonesia....! Salah juga tidak apa-apa. Saya juga sering salah....! tapi nggak pernah malu.... (malu-maluin malah)
Atau mau belajar bicara bahasa lain...?
Jawa...? Sunda..? Betawi...? Batak...? Gaul...?
Please...,