I hope so. Yes.

Having moved to Germany from 3rd country, Indonesia, had me thinking how creative people in Indonesia to keep alive. As a developing country, where government don't have much money (or not clever enough to arrange the money?) to feed its citizen, people have to find his own way to raise money for a plate of food.

Here in Germany, everything is 'under control'. If suddenly the office you work for is bankrupt, no worries, you will still receive money from Arbeitamts. You can raise money without working, just by making baby as much as you want cos government will pay you per head of kids. If you, as a private have loan to several companies or shops, no worries...after 7 years (or 8 years?), your loan will be deleted.

In Indonesia, if your office suddenly have to close down, then you will down on your knees. Even Javanese people said more kids means more luck, but no one will give you kindergeld, you have to feed your own kids by your own. There is no such thing like Arbeitsamt who gonna help you looking for a job or help you when suddenly you lost your job. If you cannot pay your loan, debt-collector will come to ruin your life. Then here we go creative people; working as a parking man (which you will never find it in Germany), as a car-window cleaning guy, selling fried banana in neighborhood, selling coca-cola, sweets and newspaper around the street (sometimes I miss them when I stuck in a long traffic jam in Germany), reading a poem in public bus, singing door to door and still a lot of things men do to raise money for living.

Weeks ago my Hubby was really annoyed, angry and upset watched Frauentausch in TV. This time the first family is a lesbian couple which one of them (or both of them? I forgot) is a working woman. The second family is husband and wive with kids and none of them have a job. Husband only do lazy day the whole day and wive always clean the house the whole day. Husband is damn lazy that he even reluctant to go to job-search agent.

When they're swapping, wive from second family always complained how dirty is the house from lesbian family (which is in fact not that dirty, it's just like normal house). The lesbian tried to defend herself, said that she has a job, she has to work to raise money. Not much time to do super duper extra clean the house. And this wive from the second family, said so confident and proud to the lesbian that she's happy that even she's not working, she can get money from a worker's tax like the lesbian. She told the lesbian to stop working, just fill some document and she will receive money for free also like her, so she can have more time to clean the house.

My husband said how he feel ashamed as well stupid that so far he has to work hard, never be rich, pay high tax just to feed such lazy people like the second family in Frauentausch. Just for record, some medias said that this Frauentausch programm is kinda fake. They are real people doing swapping but behind it they have to follow the scenario and somehow the story is not true but hello! Those kinda lazy people are really exist! Like the family who rent our flat, they said they don't need to work because government give enough money with kindergeld from their 7 kids. And where the money come from? From a worker like me, like my husband, like our neighbor who always has to go at 4.30 morning for work...

Ironically, the next day after watched Frauentausch, we had visit from social institution, asked if we able to pay 3 euro pro month for donation to an old people caring institution. This is a legal institution for old people, always sick, no family and need help. The institution had to ask door to door for donation because the money from government is not enough anymore. All goes to lazy people? 

The game last night was quite hot. Turkey goalkeeper got red card and the coach got yellow card in the last 2 minutes!

It was funny to see the face expression of regular player who had to substitute the goalkeeper. Kinda desperate and calling for God hehe... But good for them, the time was too tight for Czech to make the 3rd goal. Otherwise they have to do penalty kick to get the winner and Turkey will be in trouble without the expert goalkeeper!

I was about shower when Daniel called me yesterday early evening, "Hun come, you have to see this...a tradition for new year."

I brought my towel to the couch and follow him watching TV. Ah its Miss Sophie and her butler, James. I knew it, Dinner for One!

I read it from the book I bought on Christmas, 'Planet Germany' by Cathy Dobson about this cult. Dobson wrote as follow:

"One of the more bizzare rituals is watching 'Dinner for One'. This is a black and white sketch in English which for reason lost, even on the german please, has become a cult hit. It is so popular that every TV station broadcast it at least once on New Years Eve. NDR, the North German regional station puts it on no less than five times over the course of evening. Looking at the Tv guide, we calculated that you could, if you were so inclined, manage to watch the sketch no less than sixteen times over the course of afternoon and evening. And I bet there are Germans out there who do exactly that, year in year out!"

The movie is about Miss Sophie who is hosting a dinner for her 90 years old birthday with her beloved friends which are Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Winterbottom, Sir Toby and Admiral Von Schneider.

The fact is that all those four men are already dead and miss Sophie somehow doesn't realize it. James, the butler makes his way round table, playing each imaginary friend's role and drinking each one's share of wine as he goes. And of course more the drink flow, more James got tipsy. And tipsy James will ruins everything. That's the funny point.

As Dobson wrote in her book, many Germans have adopted the ritual of serving the same drinks that's James served (and drink) to Miss Sophie. They are sherry, white wine, champagne and then port.

I left the show before the movie was over. Read it from the book doesn't attract me to watch the show. But heard Daniel still laughin even he already watched it every years had made me curious. So this afternoon I search on youtube and watch it again. Hehe...ok that's funny...but I don't think I will watch it again and again without feeling dumb hehe...

You can see the video here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=b1v4BYV-YvA
And the complete history of it is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinner_for_one

So today, since exactly two weeks ago, I saw 4 (four) programmes in TV about women did boobs plastic surgery (in different channel, in different ages and cities, but same country). And all of them have same reason; think that they are not good enough in men's eyes.

One girl sat in a garden close to a group of men in the daylight. No alcohol drink involved. And none of the men talk or even looked at her cos they were busy talking about men stuffs. And the naive girl said to the TV that those men don't talk to her cos she has small boobs. OK.

Another girl, has boyfriend already. She's desperate cos when she's walking around with boyfriend, boyfriend always stares at other women boobs. And even boyfriend denied it, said that he doesn't think about boobs while looking at people, that it just a normal stare while people have to face each other on the street...this girl prefer to believe what her own thought said. OK.

One other girl said to the TV that she has small ugly boobs and she want to make her boyfriend happy. And boyfriend always tried to avoid TV camera. Well...

Why so many German girls have low confident about their body? Come on...its 4 shows in 2 weeks! Its possible that there are hundreds out of TV shows!

What will happen if after did boobs surgery, the first girl still doesn't get any man attached? Maybe she will think that men don't like to talk to her cos she has ugly belly...and there she goes...liposuction...

And will what happen if the the boyfriend of the second girl, turns his attention to a brainy smart girl? Is there any doctor can do plastic surgery to upgrade someone's brain as well?

Yeah, ask Nip and Tuck!

Semalam liat acara Frauen Tausch di RTL2. reality show ini adalah adaptation dari Wife Swap-nya ABC tapi versi Jerman. Dulu di Indo suka banget nonton Wife Swap soalnya selain konyol banyak juga yang bisa dipelajari bahwa tidak semua kebiasaan baik di suatu keluarga itu baik juga menurut orang lain dan sebaliknya. Di  sini saya jarang-jarang nonton soalnya kalau nggak tepat terjemahannya (kan saya menterjemahkan sendiri! lolz), feelingnya jadi gak dapat juga dapat hehe...

Semalem ceritanya Anneta (kalau nggak salah ejaan), seorang istri yang berprofesi penyanyi, lumayan glamor, mempunyai happy family  yang modern; tiga anak dan suami yang  16 tahun lebih muda, dan tinggal di apartemen yang modern harus bertukar tempat dengan Usyi (kalau nggak salah ejaan juga), seorang  ibu rumah tangga, yang totally housewife, yang nggak modern dan tinggal di camping house semi caravan yang nggak nyaman banget.

Pertama, tentu saja culture schock bagi si penyanyi, dan pengalaman baru yang mengasyikkan bagi Usyi. Di keluarga barunya, Usyi gembira karena suami Anneta ternyata pinter masak and willing to do housework. Bahkan Usyi sempat terpana ketika si suami menyajikan kopi untuk dirinya. Sementara Anneta harus mengeluarkan air pipis dan tinja dari closet nonpermanen setiap dua hari sekali (di camping house gitu lho). Dan banyak lagi pengalaman baru bagi keduanya tapi  yang paling parah menurut gue adalah bahwa suami Usyi ini so old minded.

Bagi dia, semua urusan rumah tangga adalah urusan istri, dia hanya bekerja di luar cari duit dan di rumah just doing nothing but throw his butt in the chair and calling wife many times for everything he need. Dia bisa memanggil istrinya 5 kali dalam satu menit hany untuk urusan nggak penting, dari mulai "ambilin air" sampai coba "lihat ada apa di jendela".

Salah satu adegan yang nyebelin banget, Anneta dan bapak ini makan pagi bareng. Anneta sudah nyiapin kopi seteko penuh, roti dan segala perlengkapannya, tinggal duduk dan makan. Eh si bapak ini menegur Anneta, bilang bahwa istrinya selalu menuangkan kopi berikut gula ke gelasnya dan mengaduknya sekalian, sehingga si bapak tinggal minum aja. Glek! Belum selesai sampai di situ, si bapak juga meminta Anneta membelah rotinya dan mengoleskan margarine dan selainya sekalian karena lagi-lagi itu kewajiban istri. Kali ini Anneta ogah.

Si bapak marah. Di depan kamera dia bilang; "I hate that she didn't like to do it! Its so easy to do that!"

Walah paak...kalau so easy why the hell you dont do it by yourself??!!

My dad is much older than that guy! Tapi dia nggak gitu-gitu amat. Dia bisa menyendok makanan sendiri ke piringnya, bahkan kadang bantuin nyokap gue masak di dapur. Apalagi laki gue! paling rajin bantuin gue berururusan dengan dapur dan makanan.

Hari gini masih ada ya suami yang minta diladenin kayak majikan sama istrinya sendiri??
Pengen gue timpuk tuh bapak 

Kyle Brovlovski is the smart one.
Everyone makes fun of him because he is Jewish.
At Christmas he plays with his "imaginary" friend
Mr. Hanky the Christmas Poo.








         
Eric Cartman is the "Fat Kid" in the group and the others are constantly making fun of him about his wieght. When Scott Tenorman doops him out of $16.12 Cartman becomes determined to get him back. As Scott shows up to Cartman's party later that week, he discovers that there is more to "Chili con Carne" than he previously thought. Basic rule, don't f*ck with Cartman.





                                       


Kenny McCormick is the unlucky one and dies a different way in almost each episode. He is poor and lives in a run-down shack with his violent and drunken family. He is muffled when he speaks, and we are left only to guess at what he has said. Kenny has been on a good luck streak for the past season and has not been offed once in the new episodes... yet.






Stan Marsh is a normal, average, American, mixed-up kid. When the crazy things happen in South Park he's usually the one who brings a sane voice into the mix. Stan has asthma, a gay dog named "Sparky", and was crazy in love with Wendy Testaburger; he experienced significant trauma after she dumped him.








Big Gay Al runs "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Animal Sanctuary" He teaches the people of South Park how to accept their gay pets and love them even though they are gay. He takes in Stan's dog Sparky when Stan becomes embarrassed that his dog is a pussy, Stan learns that being gay is just super!














Chef Isac Hayes  is the school cafeteria's chef. He is a big influence on the children. He teaches them lessons in life and helps them out. He sings songs about sex to explain to the kids complicated situations. He is a womanizer who firmly believes in the existence of extraterrestrials (visitors). He coaches the school sports teams, and led the hardball team to become World Hardball Champions.

Gua sadar bahwa gue adalah orang yang cepet nangis bila nonton film-film sedih. Seperti kemarin, gue tearing liat sebuah adegan film dimana sang ibu memaki-maki anaknya yang masih kecil karena si anak konon menilep uang kembalian belajna. Beberapa waktu kemudia fakta sebenarnya muncul bahwa rupanya si anak tadi menggunakan uang itu untuk mengganti uang Masao yang hilang.

Iya, film yang gue tonton memang film kartun Crayon Sinchan!!!

Buset! Gue separah itu ya??!!!!

News about Maria Eva and that Parliament member kinda interesting. I think it's the first time media blow up the abortion issue by police investigation. Maybe because the actors are whatever singer with a man which is already married and a Parliament member. Abortion in Indonesia is illegal but somehow so many other actors can hide it from law. Police is trying to find out how and why was the Maria Eva doing abortion.
Yesterday, I saw it on TV, Eva said to media,"In fact I want to keep the baby but Pak Yahya wanted me to do abortion with so many promises. He likes to buy me house, gimme a own company under my name and make a new album for me..."
So abracadabra! The baby must be die!
Hui!
It so easy to buy a soul in this part of earth!

Last night I watched interesting reality show in RTL Channel; Die Super Nanny. It's a woman who kinda goddess for parents who can not handle their rebel kids.

Last night, it was Saskia (or Tasia? I kinda forget) who has 3 kids. Her husband is a truck driver which only at home at weekend. To be honest, her kids are really really really naughty, rebel and always make chaos. Mommy often cried to handle the kids and daddy even said that he loves his kids but if the kids not at home he will be happy hehe...But mommy also lil bit rude to kids. Maybe cos she already out of patience to handle them.

So they called the Super Nanny programme to get the nanny into their house and yeah it work even its hard. Nanny teach parents many things like possessively, playing area, etc so the communication between parents and kids will be balance.

Good reality show. Maybe Indonesian TV channel interested to adapt it.