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I’m in love with this song… In fact, I’ve loved Project Pop’s songs ever since they were still called Padhyangan Project, at the time when their songs were mainly spoofs of popular songs.

Anyway, those who don’t understand the language may think that the song is just another romantic ballad. Even I thought so too, until I really listened to the lyrics and realised how ridiculous the song is!

Here are the lyrics and the translation. I personally think the pseudo-Spanish part of the song is a real masterpiece!

Jika kugenggam tanganmu
When I hold your hand
Dan kubiarkan kau peluk
And I let you hug
Hati kita bersatu
Our hearts unite

Jika kubelai punggungmu
When I stroke your back
Eh berdiri bulu romaku
Eh giving me goosebumps
Dan kita pun terharu
And we are touched

Berjalan di kiri
Walking on the left
Mengusap pipimu
Stroking your cheek
Sambil meniup ponimu
While blowing your fringe
Fu fu fu
(blowing sound effect)

Kutersipu malu
I become red-faced, shy
Malu deh tersipu aku
Shy, red-faced I become
Merona wajahku
My face becomes red
Tersipuku malu
Red-faced I become, shy

[chorus]
Cinta bagai teka-teki
Love is like a puzzle
Muncul dalam banyak sandi
Comes with many signs
Cobalah artikan
Try to interpret
Dengan sepenuh hati
With all (your) heart

Bisa saja sampai mati
It’s possible that until we die
Kita masih t’rus mencari
We’re still looking
Menemukan arti
Trying to find the meaning
Cinta adalah misteri
Love is a mystery

[pseudo-Spanish]
Ma quando quo pre qu rasoy (?)
Ma quando quo pre qu rasoy (?)
Qiseretere ti amo (?)
Qiseretere ti amo (?)
Etu Español-e ngaco
(sounds like “Itu Español-e ngaco”)
That Español is inconherent

Español-e quatro
Español-e quatro
Artinya konyol dan katro
Means ridiculous and katro
(katro ~= backward, like a villager)
Ma quando que bolu etu
(sounds like “Makan deh kue bolu itu”)
Eat that cake
Artinya gak tau
Don’t know what it means

[chorus]

Tak mungkin ku hidup tanpa dirimu
Impossible for me to live without you
Mendekatlah padaku
Come closer to me
Kita kan s’lalu bersama
We’ll always be together

[chorus]

Argh, this game called Bridge Building Game is damn addictive… This game appeals especially to engineers, in particular civil and mechanical engineers.

In the game, you’re supposed to build bridges to connect the two riverbanks. Some of the introductory levels are pretty straightforward, and you can just build a simple truss bridge.

But harder levels limits your budget and you have to think out of the box in order to get the train safely from one side of the bridge to the other. The harder levels even require the train to go from one side to the other, and then the other direction as well, requiring you to give a careful thought on the symmetry of the bridge structure.

As you can see, the beams are colour-marked. Red means that the beam is in compression, while blue means it’s in tension. Give the beam too much compression/tension, and it breaks, potentially bringing the entire bridge down with it. The challenge is to get a structurally-sound bridge while staying within a tight budget.

In fact I think it’s more addictive than Facebook’s Battlestations game.