Re-Calling: Piggy Bank

You do remember about the AirAsia promo I told you about earlier right?

Well...

I got those freakin' cheap airplane tickets to Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok woohoo!! It means that by the early of 2013, if we made it on doomsday, I'll be flying to Malaysia and Thailand yaaayy!!

The image of Malaysia is from here, Thailand's from here

So do you remember back then, well, if you've been my loyal reader since 2010, in which I'm kinda sure I've lost some of my old readers already because by 2011 I happened to stop posting things due to some personal issues and--whoa, whoa easy, Vick! You're out of control...

Okay let's start over.

You remember back then, on 2011 when I planned to go to Bali with my friends, and I promised myself that I would save my money for the whole semester just to make sure I'm living in welfare on that trip? Okay if you forget, or yet if you don't know, just click here...

So yes, that's why I'm here. To state another oath to myself, to save my money for the rest of the year, and make things easy on my trip abroad! And here it is,

"I, Rifky Ramadhan Amin, will officially announce that on this fourth-to-fifth term of my college, I will rarely spend my money for flash-term pleasure things such as watching movies, eating out and buying things prodigally."

-Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok Trip Oath-

Soooo psyched!! Never done this before! And you know what, when I find out about these tickets, I got panicked and started to hunt them aggressively until by the time I had the tickets purchased, I just realized that...

I didn't ask anybody else to go with me.

And now the promo has finished and I'm still on my own.

This is so fvckin' awesome!! I'll be going abroad, ALONE!!

But ssshh, please don't tell my parents, cause if they know,

I may ruin my finest trip ever

Local Taste Never Lie

So there is this girl.

This famous, famous girl.

Well no longer a girl, actually.

She turned to be a fair, dainty lady.

She's a star of L'Oreal ads here in Indonesia. Back then, when her line was "No More Bad Hair Day", I was mesmerized, indeed, but I have no plan at all to get her worshiped.

Now she came with her new ad, still with L'Oreal.

Several years after the old ad but still, gorgeous.

Damn.

Burgundy themed ambient.

Flawless model-like gesture.

Long, wavy, fluttering hair.

Lips like licorice.

Fancy dress.

Five chicness, one whole package.

I'm into you, Dian Sastrowardoyo

Let's Get Blogly Bound

Udah *ngitung dulu* tiga taunan gue punya blog. Tapi sepanjang itu, isinya begini-begini aja. Selama SMA ngomongin kegetiran hidup menuntut ilmu dan perjuangan masuk UI. 2010 isinya cuma seneng-seneng pasca lulus-lulusan sama foya-foya jadi maba. 2011 pait--lewatin ajadah.

Nah 2012 ini, gue pengen icip-icip sesuatu yang baru. Kalo kalian peratiin, makin hari gue makin banyak posting. Makin bawel. Bahkan jumlah postingan gue sampe Mei ini udah ngelebihin keseluruhan jumlah postingan gue taun 2011. Bagus apa jelek tuh?

Buat gue sih ya bagus lah. Toh gue jadi makin luwes nulis, traffic naik pesat, silent readers makin banyak, cespleng dah pokoknya. Tapi nih ya, gue masih ngerasa kurang. Sampe akhirnya ada orang yang -sumpah gue lupa siapa- ngerekomendasiin gue gabung Bloggers' Shout Out!

Jadi intinya, organisasi ini punya campaign namanya Blogger Campaign Project. Nah tiap bulannya bakal diangkat satu tema sosial tertentu yang mesti dibikin tulisannya sama seluruh anggota BSO dan dipublish dalam waktu bersamaan. Lucu ya? Gemesh :3

Nah berubung gue anak iklan, ikut-ikutan beginian kan bisa sekalian ngasah kemampuan gue masarin sesuatu. Masarin ide. Ide tuh ya, buat gue, udah lebih mahal daripada baju-baju Topman. Lebih berharga daripada sepatu-sepatu Zara. Kalo gue bisa dapet ide, terus gue jual, mungkin Topman ama Zara udah turun level setara warung buat gue hohoho *evil smirk*

So um, nothing to lose, I thought.

In fact, I'll feel like being forced to write.

In a positive way, of course

P.S. : Jangan cuma nontonin doang, mending gabung disini hayuk-hayuk jangan malu-malu.

Farewell Your Majesty

I'm not the biggest fan of this club.
I don't even know that much about it.
About the history, lineups, strategies...

Also about the coach.
That Kenneth Dalglish coach.

You may considered to be failed.
You may not be succeeded giving achievements.

But still, thank you.
Thanks for igniting some hope.
Thanks for convincing me that I picked the right club to cheer upon.

Thanks, King Kenny

P.S. : I read from somewhere, something saying that Pep Guardiola will be the one replacing the manager spot on Liverpool. That will be cool I guess, and I'm kinda excited.

image source: here

Dear Airlines, Sincerely Passenger

Lately, started from two days ago when a friend of mine told me that AirAsia offered promo for the period of January to May 2013, I began regularly visiting the web and checked for some flights I may be interested to fill my fourth-to-fifth semester off.

And I started to feel dizzy. Man these schedules. I can't decide which flight to take cause I really, really want to go to Bangkok but fly there from Jakarta will cost quiet much. So I checked the flights from KL to Bangkok which indeed, were much cheaper than Jkt-Bkk. But if I take this one, I'll have to pay more for my flight from Jakarta to KL and plus, more for my hotel rooms too.

It's sooooo depressing yet I really want to experience this!

Then somehow I remembered to a story told by one of my lecturers about someone who hated Adidas so much that he shared his thoughts on his blog. Then out of nowhere Adidas knew about that and started sending all their products to this someone until he finally flipped and turned to like Adidas, and shared his best experience online.

That happy ending story inspired me to write this:

"Dear AirAsia, 

I hate you and your schedule! I really have no interest to take your flight from Jakarta by January 30th and from KL by February 10th, including your hot seat and nasi lemak. Not to mention your other flight from KL by February 3rd and from Bangkok by February 7th. I don't ever want to take that and your other hot seats plus your finest chicken curry, ever!

Please consider my letter."

Okay, okay I'm just kidding.
But still, deep inside, I'm hoping.
Will I ever get free flights after this?