TONGUE TWISTERS

Mau tau ga caranya ngelemesin lidah kita-kita yang kaku kalo lagi ngomong bahasa English ? Katanya sih pake tongue twisters gitu dech. Ga percaya ? Cobain aja ndiri ! Mudah-mudahan aja pronunciation kamu-kamu jadi pada mendekati native speaker. Biar ga bad speech gitu lho. Soalnya kalo bad speech ntar jadi ada misunderstanding or miscommunication. Mo ngomong beach .. eh... yang keluar malah bitch. Berabe kan ?! Cobain ya ... diulang ga cuma sekali tapi berkali-kali. Ga usah takut kalo lidah kamu-kamu jadi kusut. Ni dia tongue twisternya criiiing :

1. She sells sea shells on the sea shore,
but the sea shells that she sells on the sea shore are not the real ones.

2. If you understand, say "understand".
If you don't understand, say "don't understand".
But if you understand and say "don't understand"
How do I understand that you understand ? Understand !

3. How many cookies could a good cook cook
if a good cook could cook cookies ?
A good cook could cook as much cookies
as a good cook who could cook cookies

4. What to do to die today
At a quarter or two to two.
A terrible difficult thing to say
But a harder thing still to do.
The dragon will come at the beat of the drum
With a rat-a-tat-tat a-tat-tat a-tat-to
At a quarter or two to two today,
At a quarter or two to two.

5. Betty bought some butter,but the butter Betty bought was bitter,
so Betty bought some better butter,
and the better butter Betty bought was better than the bitter butter Betty bought before!

Emang sich, selaen pronunciation, kamu-kamu juga harus perhatiin length, intonation dan stressnya juga. Soalnya itu semua bisa bikin arti jadi beda. Beda lho vowelnya bahasa Indonesia dengan bahasa English. Di bahasa English ada i panjang [i:] dan ada i pendek [i]. Jadi vowelnya itu ada yang panjang dan yang pendek, ga cuma a,i,u,e,o aja. Kalo ga salah ada 12 vowel dech. Banyak ya... Consonantnya juga beda lho. Unik banget ya.. Bahasa itu emang unique kok. Bersyukur kita-kita, karena cuma manusia yang punya bahasa. Bahasa itu manusiawi. Slamat mencoba ya ...

Beatless song 4 u, Mom

LAGU SUMBANG TUK MU, IBU

Dukaku … lukaku
adalah milikku
Pekat … lekat
tiada tempat kumengadu

Ingin rasanya kumengadu
pada bintang di gelap malam …
pada bulan yang kehilangan sinarnya …
atau
pada desir angin di dedaunan bambu
sia-sia

Ibu,
aku bagai perahu hilang arah
ta’ tahu yang dituju
ketengah samudra ku dibawa angin
ketengah
semakin ketengah
jauuuh ketengah
ta’ ku mampu melawan angin

Ingin aku berlabuh
di pelabuhan hatiku
Tapi mana bisa, Ibu
karena hatiku kini sudah jadi batu

Aku seperti sebongkah batu
diam, dingin, dan beku
tapi aku juga seperti seonggok kayu lapuk
rapuh
Aku hilang bentuk, Ibu.

A Day in Hell

One day a guy dies and finds himself in hell. As he is wallowing in despair he has his first meeting with a demon...


Demon : Why so glum chum ?
Guy : What do you think ? I'm in hell.
Demon : Hell's not so bad. We actually have a lot of fun down here... you a drinkin' man ?
Guy : Sure, I love to drink. Love the drinks.
Demon : Well you're gonna love Mondays then. On Mondays that's all we do id drink. Whiskey,
tequila, Guiness, wine coolers, diet tab, and fresca ... . we drink till we throw up and
then we drink some more !
Guy : Gee that sounds great.

Demon : You're a smoker ?
Guy : You better believe it ! Love the smoking.
Demon : Alright ! You're gonna love Tuesday. We get the finest cigars from all over the world
and smoke till our lungs out. If you get cancer - no biggie - you're already dead
remember ?
Guy : Wow...that's ... awesome !

Demon : I bet you like to gamble.
Guy : Why.. yes as a matter of fact I do. Love the gambling.
Demon : Cause Wednesday you can gamble all you want. Craps, Blackjack, Roulette, Poker,
Slots, whatever... If you go bankrupt ... well you're already dead anyhow.

Demon : You into drugs ?
Guy : Are you kidding ? Love drugs ! You don't mean ...
Demon : That's right ! Thursday is drug day. Help yourself to a great big bowl of crack or smack
Smoke a doobie the size of a submarine. You can do all the drugs you want and if you
overdose ...that's right ... you're already dead. Who cares ! O.D !!!
Guy : Yowza ! I never realize Hell was such a swingin' place !!

Demon : You're a gay ?
Guy : Uh no.

Demon : Oooh (grimaces) you're really gonna hate Fridays.

(rewrite by peppy)

"God is very shy. He won't come to you unless He knows that you want Him. Don't let every single time pass through without remembering His name. So keep Him in your mind and heart"