My country is the best country in the world. The people are the best human beings in the world, the smartest. Crime rates are so low we love to to take a walk on the street, even at midnight, in dark alleys. Nobody would try to rob you, let alone kill you. Plus, we got the best, most honest police officials in the world. We've never heard of corruption. Our government officials are the best managers and the best workers. We never experience natural disaster. We never experience national disaster such as bloody ethnic clash because a small group of people decide to play a little game of politics. We are all devout Muslims. We don't have sex. Sex is bad. We don't kiss. Kiss is bad. We ban bikinis because bikini is the source human degradation. In short, living in my country means living the most peaceful life you can possibly have on Earth.That's why you got to understand why suddenly our nation is shaken when one woman decides to be a contestant of Miss Universe. It's a beauty pageant, by the way. Her English is bad. And she wears bikinis! Oh my God! And she's supposed to represent our country, our people, our morality! There is no one who hasn't received an SMS saying that how bad Nadine's English. Everybody has downloaded the video which showed Nadine answering an interview with her bad English. Everybody has showed everybody else the video. After living a peaceful life for too long without hatred, we are glad finally we got a common enemy. Her name is Nadine.We finally have somebody to mock at. There is an article on a newspaper today that Nadine may face a jail sentence when she's back. Ok. It's not for her English, but for her wearing bikinis. And you know, bikinis are bad. They can make men begin to rape women, women begin to rape women, men begin to rape men. Worse, they can cause a national disaster. Oh, my mistake. They already did.The truth is, we are glad because Nadine makes us forget about our own stupidities. If we are lucky, we can blame Nadine for disrupting our peace, for smearing our high culture. Plus, Nadine won't strike back by paying a group of people to attack your home, your TV station. Forget those violent religious groups, those powerful mob bosses. Let's not talk bad about them. Let's talk bad about Nadine.I say, Nadine is a hero. Kartini of modern times, if you may. Another former winner of Putri Indonesia (some sort of Miss Indonesia) doesn't even dare to make comments on Nadine (presumably supporting her) because she is afraid that her fellow members of the Council of People's Representatives would be mad at her. And she's supposed to represent the people's voice. Her English is bad. So what? It's not our language. We still understand what she means. Everyday, I hear politicians talking in Indonesian and I don't understand what they say. Nadine should win Miss Universe. If for nothing else, for being a rebel. And that, is not plain, that is not conservative. Now I have another ambition in life, to become a member of the jury of Miss Universe. To make somebody like Nadine win.
 | Go Nadine! Let us see more pics of her in bikinis and we promise we'll forget all about that interview video. |
 | *hugh Joko Anwar*
aku suka dgn postingan di atas.
kadang aku sedih juga deh ngeliat perlakuan orang2 bangsa kita ini dalam mengkritik atau bla..blaa [yang intinya kurang bisa menghargai] usaha orang laen [dalam hal ini = NADINE] dalam berjuang bawa nama bangsa [yang notabene uda terpuruk di sana sini]. coba liat deh gimana Trans TV nayangin ancurnya bahasa Inggris Nadine sampe 2 kali diulang dan ditunjuk2in kesalahannya. so what?? emang ada gading yang tak retak? at least menghargai lah sedikit kalo dia udah berusaha, yang honestly speaking bukan hal yang mudah untuk kita2. mungkin dalam beberapa tahun kedepan, kita belum tentu punya calon miss universe dari Indonesia yang kayak Nadine [at least dari segi fisik]. musti menghargai dong. buat dia di sono juga ini bukan sesuatu yang mudah. musti ngadepin semuanya sendirian. kadang kita presentasi depan temen2 sendiri aja udah shaking, apalagi dia didepan semua mata dunia? ditambah lagi ngedengerin caci maki orang2 bangsa dia sendiri yang ga ada supportnya, dan FPI!!!!
oh iya bung Joko Anwar....
aku numpang nge-link postingan anda ini di situsku ya :) |
 | Nadine's a good example of a girl with a great self esteem. The first thing we should respect, she is brave enough to still took the challenge. The challenge to take risks, the risks of being a scapegoat for the lack of morality in her own country... The challenge to break the barrier of shallow points of view on Indonesian women, but also the risk to be unwelcome from her own gender... And most of all, the challenge to speak in English eventhough she may not sure if she's good at it. So, Nadine's only mistake is not hiring an English translator. But cheers to Nadine's high self esteem. May God will not let her repeat that stupid mistake. |
| I think I've criticized Nadine and Yayasan Putri Indonesia enough with my post here, but then again I wasn't focusing much on her bad english, but more of how she answered those oh-so-difficult-and-unpredictable pageant questions. And of course a translator woulda helped in covering up her faults, because the words of the translator would be the EDITED version for the answers and not a direct translation. The whole thing is a contest. A campaign. They simply didn't do their homework, perhaps focusing too much on whether this year's Miss Universe pageant will create as much controversy as last year's. I have suspicion that the people in YPI have intended to put Nadine up in bikinis waaaay back then during last year's Putri Indonesia contest. And from that point on, they've been too busy on how they can fend off critics and forget to prep Nadine. But of course, that's just a theory. |
 | mas... postingannya aku post di jurnalku juga nih, bagus. Di link ke sini (opss... ngelink nya gak permisi hi hi hi...)
Salam kenal ya |
 | jokoanwar wrote on Jul 23, '06, edited on Jul 23, '06 |
 | huahhhhhhhh..... nadine cihui..
gak papa deh agak lemot dikit.... :) :)
Go.. Nadine Go!!! |
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The problem for me was not the bad English nor whether I think that it is
appropriate for a girl representing a country that is majority Muslim
wearing a bikini. I think that the English was a fair indication of the
quality of the English taught in 6 years of high school. The problem for
me were the clique answers (Mother Teresa, working with poor children in
her spare time and how Indonesians are welcoming and friendly (tell that
to the bombing victims). The answers that she gave are the type of answers
that people use to mock a pageant of this type. She sounded really stupid.
I'm sure the answers were scripted and someone needs to get fired for such
an appalling script. What a farce!
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 | cerita lagi dunk..
kayak Ugliest smile ntu..
;) |
 | Tulisan loe ini udah kemana2 jok, gue kesini gara2 tergiring pula. Pas baca hmm.. seperti kenal ini gayanya, eh taunya kangmas joko anwar ;)
Tinggal dimana sih jok, negeri loe mantep banget ya.. hihi |
 | I just wonder.. whether this is sarcasm only? Well I hope yes.
I mean....doh! come on!
the kids who on Olympiade of Physics in Singapore are my Heroes. In the midst of the EUPHORIA about beauty, morality, hypocrisy, bikinis, so called half naked contest, suddenly we realize that there is another world still spinning. Which we hardly ever turn our head to. Which no matter what the pros and cons about these issues, they still go on....
And uhm....talkin' about the rebel? well, ....Lol.... Inul is my HEROINE!!! GO INUL GO!!!!! (with my friends and my own self as the witness....I never mock Inul)
Quotation of today "of course I will support German team..., I was bornt there"...
Nadine, Putri Indonesia 2005 during A1 Race in Sentul Circuit Jakarta. |
| Oh right, that makes perfect. We have "dumb blonde" like Nadine in world stage pageant. But we also have "science rocket geek" winning the Physics Olympic like that four fellas... I guess, the world right now arent seeing us "that" stupid... |
 | hehehe.. hero bidang apa, mas?
apakah : bidang berani (malu) karena ga takut salah, mingkem karena benar? :D
lam kenal. |
| ok ..
daku td sudah merampok sebagian tulisan disini
mulai dari bapak yg tinggal di rusun..
the geek itu.. wah, seandainya ramalan tentang hari kiamat bisa menjadikan dunia sedamai itu..
oke bapak joko, setelah bosan lalu mati bosan dengan interview di Espresso antv..APA SIH ITU ? Kok gue gak nemu intisarinya ??!?
daku membaca lagi tulisanmu...
tau gak, ugliest smile itu selalu ada di tas gue, dan gue rekam di tape recorder, serasa itu bakal jadi 'sandiwara radio'...
dan dua kisah berikutnya bakal menempati posisi yang sama..
cerita lu bikin gue berkaca, entahlah..tulisan yang real dan mencengangkan..bagaimana mulut gue berucap ' masturbation' jerk off tanpa tedeng aling-aling dan berucap "i felt in love everyday, maybe even twice...but being me its very.." seperti gue aja gitu..
oke bapak joko, daku sudah kecanduan sama cerita2 lu..sekarang tanggung jawab ! bener kata teman lu di blog ugliest..harusnya lu berani masukin tlisan lu ke penerbit...atau lewat jalur bawah tanah..
satu lagi, meskipun pake bahasa inggris, gue mudeng..dan itu satu lagi lesson buat gue..
bapak joko thank you very much..
* nginget Paul mode on*
"Lucky for Paul he had taken her picture !!!"
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 | jmave wrote on Jul 24, '06 membaca tulisan joko bikin ketawa sekaligus miris :( |
 | besar harapan saya tulisan-tulisan joko anwar, apa pun formatnya, turut menjadi tonggak jurnalisme internet indonesia yang menyegarkan, sebuah era yang menjadi peraduan nyaman bagi kata hati dan pikiran, setelah keduanya saling mengedipkan mata sampai akhirnya bercumbu rayu dengan aduhai, meninggalkan jejak-jejak pertautan yang tak membuat sebah siapa pun yang menoleh ke arahnya ...
maju terus anak mamak! |
 | On Nadine's broken English; Sadly, it is an accurate representation of what is happening with the majority of people in Indonesia. Most of us are quite convinced we can speak it well, but very few of us actually can.
On the excessive mockeries that followed after the interview : Another cardinal sin that can partly be blamed on the old-school way of teaching that many of us had to endure during our school years. Teachers ridiculed our mistakes and made us clam up as a result. They didn't see mistakes as the only way to grow. Rather than appreciating Nadine's attempt to use the official language to convey her message ( Which I think what they jury must have done), we all laughed at her with no sense of pity and guilt.
*Haryo Koconegoro*---penting gak sih nama gue lengkap gini?:-) |
 | b3ll3 wrote on Aug 14, '06 Lovelly miss Nadine..
maybe she's nervous..
she's germany people..
maybe she's tired..
she's from jakarta..
maybe she's always smiling..
she's crying for the slip bahasa enggris..
Lovelly miss Nadine, honestly proud of you so..
pardon my enggris..
=)
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 | bozie wrote on Aug 24, '06
It's easy to make Nadine a target -- she's prettier than most of us (are we all green with envy yet), she's Indo (we're really green now people) but, like most of us, her English is not word perfect. So take aim everybody. Of course, we forget that English is not her first or second language, but third after German and Indonesian. Just read a few print ads (even the ones by big, big companies) or listen to pronunciation to figure out that our English is not so hot compared to, say, Singaporeans or (heaven forbid) Malaysians (but they had kinder colonists goes the argument). In fact, from menues to ads to magazines, there is a whole lot of bad English out there in Jakarta waiting for correction. But, Joko, you missed Angelina Sondakh -- she of the I'll campur my bahasa dengan a few strategically chosen kata -- telling an infotainment show that they should have been more careful in screening Nadine....Ooooh, and Nurul Arifin sniffing that ternyata perempuan dengan penampilan Melayu lebih dihargai oleh orang sana. Well, darlings, who said we are a nation which loves to kick people when they are down?
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 | Love this posting, actually all of them. Really witty.... boleh mampir sering2 kesini ya. TFS |
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cerita lagi dunk..