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Do you watch sports programme?

Have you ever watched NBA Games on Jak TV or “One Stop Football on Sunday” on Trans7 ?

If you have, then I assume you are quite familiar with this face:

Can’t recall seeing her on those programmes? Maybe it’s because you saw her on “Insert” (INFORMASI SEPUTAR SELEBRITI…ahuhuhuhu) in which she’s also one of the presenter.

Weird isn’t it? Terry Putri hosts infotainment on weekdays, and then on weekend she hosts sports…

I know, these days famous athletes are just like celebrities with fans around the globe. Some of them also hang out regularly with celebrities, or even have one (or two,,maybe three!) celebrity bf/gf/spouse… I think that’s the only thing that connects sports with the glamorous life of celebrity.

When someone with vague background about sports hosts a sport programme, it’s better if he/she has sufficient knowledge on the game, the team, and the players. Even if he/she still can’t cover that, he would have the commentators to help. I think, a good spontaneous attitude, combined with good humour is enough to be a decent sports host/presenter.

But I just can’t see Terry Putri has the minimum requirement. No good humour, lacking in spontaneous attitude, very minimum knowledge about the game (maybe she only had a glimpse about it from the script she read prior to and during the live broadcast), and not even an attractive face! I wonder why those producers still use her… To add with all those insufficiencies, she hosts the programme with a “very typical infotainment habit” : CELETUKAN-CELETUKAN GA PENTING!! *can’t find how to say it in English*. At times, she would abruptly cut the commentator while the man is still speaking!

Here’s one example atau yah kira2 bgini lah:

Komentator(K)          : “Dalam pertemuan pertama, Yao Ming lebih dominan ya.. Dan waktu itu juga dia membawa Houston Rockets menang dari Milwaukee Bucks, jadi dibandingkan Yi Jianlian…”

Terry Putri(TP)          : “Kesimpulannya Yao Ming masih lebih hebat ya Bung, dibandingkan Yi Jianlian.. Walaupun kalo ketenarannya di China mereka sama-sama populer..”

K         : “Oh ya.. Tapi Yi kan masih baru di NBA sementara Yao kan su..”

TP       : “Owkey Bung..”(!?!?!?!?) 

Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against her. I also appreciate the growing number of women hosting sports programme on Indonesian TVs. Deasy Novianti (also an infotainment host!) still has a very good humour. Fiantika (yet another infotainment host…) has, at least, a very cute face (ups!). Donna Agnesia (I’m not sure, but I think she also had been the host of an infotainment) is a better sports presenter than her husband, Darius. And of course, Tamara Geraldine, a “veteran” sports presenter especially in basketball.

Please, just be more selective! Terry Putri should stay on infotainment. I won’t even care if she’s also doing pretty bad there… 

Fans With No Proud

I’m a fan of Spanish football club, Real Madrid. I would proudly declare that. I even join the Madridista Indonesia, a mailing list and (maybe) an official Real Madrid fans club here in Indonesia.

I WAS fans of Manchester United too… up until they won the legendary  treble on 1999. I was very proud and feel somewhat attached to the Red Devisl. So attached, I even pray to God when they were still one nail behind Bayern Munchen up until the 90^th minute of that year’s Champions League Final (how stupid!). But, voila, miracle happened; they scored two goals in the last three minutes of the game.

Pasti doanya makbul karena bukan Cuma gw fans yang berdoa saat itu.. hahaha *Bahasa mode off*

I still have the MU original jersey, and some vcd about them too… I was a devoted fan that time…

I have been fans of Aspac, an Indonesian Basketball club since the days of Suko Daryono and Triadyana Adiloka, about eight years ago. I would be happy to say that too. I regularly watch their game whenever they play in Senayan. I even join the “Aspac Fans” group on Friendster. Hahaha of course, it is of no use whatsoever.

Lastly, I am a Persija fan. But I do not know if I could be proud with that. I won’t speak loudly about that too…

Jakarta is my hometown, enough reason to support Persija. On the field, this is a consistent team which achieved respectable positions every year, playing lovely football, and even won the league on 2001.

But off the field, it’s different. The Persija fans club, “Jakmania” or “The Jak” have an odd reputation. Famous because of their creativity and also because they’re one of the pioneer of organised fans club in Indonesia; yet notorious for some riots they made when Persija lost in Jakarta or when they travel to support Persija to some adjacent cities like Bogor and Tangerang.

Just last week, one of the Jakmania died on another post-match riot in Jakarta. The news reported that the man died because some Persipura fans beat him to death when they met on their trip home, near Senayan. It’s ironic, because Persija and Persipura did not play against each other that day! They both lost to PSMS and Sriwijaya. Maybe it’s about a long feud dating back from one or two years a go, because Persija haven’t been able to beat Persipura in their last three meeting in Jakarta. The third meeting, on Copa Indonesia last December, ended up 3-2 for Persipura; and as you might guess, there were riot after that match.

Hmm… Can I be a Persija fan without being associated to “The Jak” !?