English Freshmen Initiation Nights 2009, UNY

The story that I am going to tell in this post is about the 2009 initiation nights of English freshmen on which I became one of the committee (read: Pemandu). It was held in Kaliurang for three days two nights.

Santi, my partner, and I got Trent as a group of freshmen to handle. It consisted of, if I’m not mistaken, 12 new students (4 boys and 8 girls). They were funny, cute, and gokil!!! We were really united under Trent! Santi and I also were known as the “craziest” partner of Pemandu, since the others Pemandu(s) were divided based on their interest in speaking (talkative with silent). However, Santi and I are both so talkative!

Shortly telling the story, there was many games and competitions held during the event: komunikata, mindahin bola, nyari sendal, debat, poetry reading, karikatur, story telling, and group performance.

The biggest competition, in my opinion, was the group performance. It was performed by two groups for each performance. Trent got Mersey as the partner. The Mersey new students were also gokil and crazy!! We had to perform a comedy-romantic drama, 15 minutes in length.

At the very first time, they intended to use their comedy-romantic drama that they got when they were in high school. Pemandu(s) supported it. However, it was in bahasa Indonesia so that we needed to translate it first. Bad luck for me, they united their voices to point me as the translator! What the f**k :p I actually did not want o accept it at all. You know that translating is not a piece-of-cake matter. Moreover, it contains some jokes! That would be harder though. However, they begged me like a dog! hurghhhhhhhh… Reluctantly, I accepted it! I brought the Indonesian script home, and we dealt to meet again the day after that day to discuss who would play which characters.

Jeng Jeng Jeng.. They day after that day, we met! However, I brought a sad news: I lost the script! Worse was that I hadn’t read it at all. I contacted them, and you know what??? They said that it was the only one script! They did not have the copy, either in hard or soft copy! Damn! I then tried to look for it everywhere; nothing I found!

The question would be: Who to blame? Was it me? Okay I admitted that I was wrong of losing it, but if they had not forced me to translate it, the script would have not lost! The conclusion is “never force someone to do what they do not want to do; however, If you agree to do something, then do it wholeheartedly!” Thus, we dealt not to blame anyone hehehehehe..

After that time, it was like a damn frustrating time! We had not had any idea of the performance, but the show must go on! Fortunately for us, it was Wisnu, one of the freshmen who “saved” us. (huh,, I hate to admit that!) He is in fact really good at writing. However, he is also crazy. Thus, to make the script, normal people might take one day, but Wisnu (I also helped by the way) took 3 days… Even the process of the making was colored by many ridiculous stuffs done by him! I won’t tell it here as what I wanted to tell is the script itself.

A relieved picture of the team right after the performance

After asking for Wisnu’s permission, here it is, the script:

“Joko – ndo Kondo”

Director:
Wisnu Romo Aipomo; Translaters + Typists: Rosma Kaliurang, Eka Djarwo-Wanna-Be, Endang Criwit-nan-Jelita :p

Scene 1 : Somewhere in Europe, one day (in your life????),in the afternoon…….

Papi Jule: ”Ealah newspaper koq kuwalik kabeh ngene iki pie to…..??? po yo my eyes sik not beres, Astaghfirullah…..I forget nek bule people.” (Suddenly…..snap…snap…snap….!!!!MJ is coming…..)

Mami Jule: “ papi…papi….papi…(sok sensational)..papi..,I win a lotre ki lho papi..!!!! I win a trip to Jogjakarta for 2 tickets!!!! ciiihhhuuuuyyyyy…..ahahayeeee!!!”

PJ : “wait a minute to mami….,calm your mind down ndisik to mi….nek talk ki mbok yo with mouth.. don’t use forehead to mam..”how-how…what happened mam???

MJ : “like this lho papi my honey..mami joined the arisan mother-mother gitu…the prize is ticket for trip to lovely beautiful Jogjakarta for 2 people,,like that papi…”

PJ : “oalah,,,trap-trip-trap-trip, talking bae picnic kaya kielah, biyunge ki jan….bule wanna be what yak??? (with banyumas logat )

(Hidden-hidden Jule hears talking-talking her enyak babe, jule pun join her parents by becoming sensational also)

Jule :” What?? we are going to Jogjakarta???? haouw wonderpoul….!!!mami..mami..mami..,are you sure mam we will go in a trip to Jogja??? when we are go to Jogja mam??? What day?? what time?? and kudu bring what mam??? bring koper??? blanket?? float??? nyot-nyot, my dog? (ekspresi sok bawel ,sok panic, sok idih..)”

MJ : “eeeeeeeeeeeee…….don’t be happy at first nduk….!!!who said that we will bring you???? this ticket tu only for 2 people……….So ya automatically, mami and papi you ini will go to second hunnymun….romantic-romantic an in jogja geto loh…..make A new sister for you….”

Jule : ihhhhh mami, why u said like that? you’re not fun aaahh… Mommy, the ticket is for me! Come on Mom, I never visit and see papi’s homeland! Papi-papi Papi-papi Papi-papi,,, mbok the ticket to Jogja for me ya?? Please,,, ask mami.. papi handsome deh??? (flirting to papi) Mami-mami Mami-mami Mami-mami,,,, mami beautiful banget sih??? So sexy….. gimme the ticket!

MJ : No way!!!!! Enggak!! No means no! (wes sepuh tapi ngueyele puol)

Jule : aaarghhh!!! Mami is mean… mean…. Jahaaaattt.. (pulling papi’s hair and kickin papi,,, and goin on angry in Andromeda –zzz zz zzzttzz- language)

PJ : (acting like in sinetron2,, lebay!) stoop it! sudah ! sudah ! hentikan !! you are like an owl missing the moon alias bagai pungguk merindukan bulan! Mami juga cannot be example.. tidak bisa dicontoh! We are already smell soil alias bau tanah! It is Jule’s time to know the world. Moreover, papi cannot go abroad. I have meeting schedule with my business partners gitu loch mam.. (sok businessman huekzzz) so give the ticket to Jule, next time we go to wahaiii,, eh Hawaiiiii ding ….

Jule : hurray… ahahayee.. (Mami and Papi leave the room, but Mami keeps on ngomel-ing) Eh… I must tell Romomo about this!!! Call him ah..( Tuut…tuut…) haloh??

Momo : what’s up, Hani?? (maksute Honey, tp sounds medhok >> o yoh; emerging at the corner of the stage)

Jule : haa?? Kok Hani sih? This is Jule, Momo-chan! :s (lha aku yo ra reti ngapa dadi momo-chan, Le,, sik gawe rak kowe tho?? :s)

Momo : eh iyes,, what happened Jule?

Jule : momo just come here, hurry!!! I wanna tell you something! Pokoknya very very important! Urgent!!

Momo : what’s the matter hah?? It seems that you want to tell me something important (gubrak! Gudag gludug krompyeng.. meongggggg)

(anggenipun Momo kaliyan Jule telpon2an niku sambil walking ackwards,, thus finally they crash)

Jule : Arghhh (surprised) momomomo… I have a good news. We’re gonna go to picnic.

Momo : (from dignity turns completely to bencong) what??? Really, darling, dadar guling? When? Where? Why? What? Who? How?

Scene2: Somewhere in Jogja (Shinta’s food stall)

(Shinta is in her food stall , there are gaple-ing people around her, many children are wira-wiri, but Shinta feels so alone as Rama hasn’t ngapel-ed her yet)

Shinta : (complaining) aduh, where is my Rama? I’m missing him so much (sings: aku lali judule, lirike: Aku ingin bertemu membelai wajahnya, kan ku pasang hiasan… kerispatih >> dapet inspirasi dari radionya mba2 seni rupa)

Rama : (heroically cuih cuih, Rama comes followed by Cupita Cupito yg ga punya sayap, tapi di belakangnya ada tulisan: ceritanya sayap, becoming over romantic) hi babe, did u miss me?? (Shinta is blushing, jaim) it’s ok babe, ra popo (uduk Popo ketua EDSA lho!!??), I missed you so much.. Hmmm, tapi Babe, kamu kok gini2 aja sih? Emang ga bisa berubah? Dari dulu kok cuantik bangetzzzzzzzzz…………………… (Gombal,, rayuan mendadak dangdut,, lha yen rayuan maut ki ndak memakan korban jiwa???!!)

Shinta : (blushing) ah Rama, you can deh…

Rama : eh iya, Saturday night nich, walking2 hang out yuk?? Cari tempat asik at the corner gitu???

Shinta : boleh3x (ala upil-ipil, leaving the food stall with Rama, hand in hand, “mouth to mouth” –Wisnu mupeng tenanan sumpah!!! Ditambah2i dewe og piye!! Jiaannnn- and bannerman brings tulisan: ceritane wes adoh!)

(During Rama’s and Shinta’s conversation, mute Cupita and Cupito actively do many activities: chasing each other, spreading their wings, menaburkan kertas sekali2 -biar ga bikin kotor dan hemat kertas, jadi tidak menyumbang global warming- ^^ Shinta’s mbok emerges from behind the scene, and ngomel2 as she sees that Shinta does not keep the stall,, leaves it empty,, mala akeh gapple-ing people)

Mbok : bocah ora education babar blas! Dipasrahi warung malah ditinggal lungo …. (improve it urself ya mbok??) tak
golekane…. (she leaves the stall to look for Shinta,,,,, mubeng2, banner man: ceritane wes mlaku adoh!)

(At the stage corner while si Mbok is walking, Shinta and Rama is making romance…)

Rama : Babe, if we get married, how many children do you wanna make?

Shinta : ah Rama,,, kok ask question like that? Shinta kan jadi ashamed! (melet2 or tutup muka pake kaki)

Rama : jiah… what is so wrong with that? Kita kan pacaran,,, I love you deh… (njawil janggutnya Shinta -emange Shinta thiwul??-)

Shinta : (still blushing) hihih,, I love you too Rama,, I love you more than I love my cat… hihihi.. (si Mbok emerges in a sudden and straight to the point scolds Shinta)

Mbok : ee tobil, wong legan golek momongan, oing oing.. (lucu nan :p) woalah… anakku…. Why did you leave the food stall, nduk???? Sik jogo sapa? Yen unu maling priwe??? (tarik mang… muring2 terus… :D)

Shinta : ah simbok kayak never experienced to be youngster! Pacaran nuh!!!!

Mbok : What? Apa? Opo? Piye? (Bahasa Andromeda, gesture marah2 buuuukkk,, Shinta juga nyaut pake Andromeda language dengan gesture orang yg lagi kena marah!!! Rama dicuekin, dan akhirnya speak up)

Scene 3: Somewhere in Jogja (Beautiful Park)

(Koi mil gaya echoing, Romomo and Jule, together with cupita cupito, dancing an Indian romantic dance for some seconds,, hand-in-hand, foot-to-foot??? Ngguya ngguyu,, kemayu lah pokoke)

Jule : (interestedly saying) wew.. Jogja is so beautiful, isn’t it? (Improve by urself ya buukk)

Romeo : (sembari gadis-gadis cantik jelita seperti saia >> sik nulis sopo jal iki ?? lewat di taman, Romeo melihat ke arah mereka and says) hooh.. (when he is mupeng, luckily, Jule gets him and becomes angry,,,,, without any basa-basi, they are cek-cok-ing in Andromeda language and gesture)

Jule : Momo!!! Kamu itu kucing goreng ???, mata keranjang, hidung belang….. (going on in Andromeda … Momo juga ngikut,,, akhirnya Momo leaves Jule alone hiks hiks… cupita and cupito pun sadly leave her alone,
Shinta is so annoyed)

(In the middle of Jule’s bad feeling,,,, she cries alone ,, and heroically (AGAIN?? juhhhh juh juh) Rama passes the park and sees crying Jule ,,, and he drops by)

Rama : Mba,, Mba,, excuse me,, lagi ngapa? Kok dewean he? Unu upu?

Jule : Pardon, I don’t know what u sayin.. :s

Rama : oh jebul mbak tu bule tho?

Jule : iyes, iyes (sok imut)

Rama : what u doin, mba, in here?

Jule : don’t u see I’m cryin? (over jutek)

Rama : ohhh.. crying tho? Butuh tissue? I’ll do anything to get the tissue for u, just for u.. (flirting))

Jule : (impressed) how nice u are.. (trying to shake his hand) I’m Jule..

Rama : I’m Rama Aipama.. (oh buruung,, nyanyikanlah…katakan padanya, aku rindu .. wkwkwk) as u are sad, Im ready to be the one for u to share with… let’s take a walk…

Scene 4: Shinta’s food stall

(After leaving Jule, Momo wanders somewhere and finally gets the Shinta’s stall.. )

Momo :(from a-far-enough-distance) wow, what a beautiful girl!! (Cipita and Cipito come in, Momo makes approach to Shinta’s stall)

Shinta : mangga, Sir.. ngersakke what?

Momo : (over British) I want some drink,, a sweet one..

Shinta : a minute,Sir! (pretending ngaduk gelas) Here it is, Sir. Nyoh, mangga, Sir.

Momo : (mimic >> saruu >> apane????? Cah ra nggenah, ra mutu, ratau maem,, Loch???!!! slurppppp) wew, it’s so sweet,, but still not as sweet as you.. (flirting, thing-thing bukan permen thing-thing bukan biscuit)

Shinta : (blushing) ahhh, Sir bisa ajah (finally,,, both of them saling flirting dan pegang2an… -pegang upu jal???-)

(During Shinta’s and Momo’s flirting time, Rama and Jule appear in the stage and stop in distance from the stall, Jule sees Momo flirts Shinta, gets angry, while Rama is confused)

Jule : what???? So this is who you are! You stab me in the back! (murmuring)

(The terbengek-bengek teams appear suddenly ,,,, Jule is shocked,,, Manda and Pandala interviewed her)

Manda : jadi benarr ini target kita, Mba jul?

Jule : iya, Mba. (improve ya, dek. Pretends as if u are a real client of terbengek-bengek, dramatize the sadness)

Pandala : (sok2an calming down) Mba, tenang dulu. Jangan emosi atau panic. Kita kan juga belum tahu mereka ngapain, dia siapa, asalnya dari mana, orangtuanya siapa, makanan kesukaannya apa, punya sodara berapa.. (gubrak) Sabar, Mba, sabar.. (ntar dipotong ama becoming-emotional-Jule)

Jule : (emosi sambil langsung jalan) halah uda deh mas, kita langsung kesana aja.. (sampai di warung) elo??? (slapping Momo, Shinta gets shocked)

Momo : (sambil nyingkirin kamera kayak yang biasa di tipi2!!) aduh apa2an sih nih??? (beralih ke Jule) tunggu Jule,, ini tidak seperti yang terlihat.. aku masih sayang kamu..

Jule : talk to my hand!! Gue udah ga butuh eloh! Gue udah punya beloved Rama! (sambil gandeng Rama)

(Jule and Momo tetep ribut pake bahasa Andromeda)

Rama : shinta! Apa2an ini?? Dasar wanita tidak tahu diuntung. (improve yo, le… ^^)

Shinta : pulangkan saja aku pada ibukmu atau ayahmu… namun semua tinggal cerita hati yg luka (nyanyi2 ra jelas dengan sedihnya)

Rama : (nyanyi… sik reff-e lali, cen sik dadi Rama ki ra jelas… )

(Rama and Shinta tetep ribut pake bahasa Andromeda; Panda dan Mandala menutup acara niruin gaya presenternya termehek-mehek ituuuu..)

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Wehehehe,, that was the script. We practiced fourtimes for that drama, the process was colored by the “cinta lokasi” that was dilemma for the director but  none of them was successful. However, like I said before, the show must go on..

The last night, we performed the drama! Unexpectedly, it was damn amazing and unspeakably awesome! They were really gokil! I was really proud of them! Even I got stomachache as I laughed out loudly due to their being damn funny in performing that comedy romantic drama! I love you full guys!!

Even, the last day of the event, when there was an announcement of games and competition winners, we got several winning categories: best performance yayayayay!!!, komunikata games, and the most gokil group!!! (to tell the truth, there was a group which could not accept the fact that Trent won it hahahahah)

Wew,, I’ve been typing this long… However, that wast he end of this post. Thanks again for reading. Suggestions are always welcomed! ^^