We Got Free Seats from AirAsia

Nov 13th, 2008 by papabear

Yesterday AirAsia launched the Free Seats - No Fuel Surcharge promotion and we decided to grab the offer. We are not really a fan of AirAsia due to some of its ridiculous policies such as, express boarding fee and low baggage weight allowed but when they made such an offer, we would have to grab it since we know that when AirAsia is on sale, it will be really on sale!

We managed to get free seats for the whole family, including Papa Bear’s mom for round trip travels from Kuala Lumpur to Jakarta and from Jakarta to Surabaya. It is a dream come true for Mama Diah who has always wanted to bring her mother in law to her place in Jakarta and her hometown in Surabaya, Indonesia…

So, how much does it cost to get tickets for 4 people for a total of four trips? It is less than RM 800.00! That is approximately IDR 2.4 million or USD 230.00. A really awesome deal even though we have to wait until end of September 2009 for our trip. At least we have already planned for our next year’s annual family vacation.

The last we checked, there are still many seats available to all destinations!

Gado gado is better than gaduh gaduh

The case where a karate referee from Indonesia was beaten by some Malaysian police has been creating lots of ugly and undesirable news especially from Indonesia. Media of both countries have also contributed in fueling these negative actions up to the point where my Mother in law, who is in Jakarta at the moment fears that the same is happening over here. She fears for the safety of my Honeybunch.

There have been lots of anti-Malaysia news in Indonesia and I was over at Detik.com and I could easily find many such articles. So may stories are popping up there like mushrooms after the rain. It looks like this is something too big to let it be just water under the bridge for now. Even the apology form the Malaysian Prime Minister is not enough to cool things down.

Many people, somehow with their own agendas, may be, have contributed in blowing things out of proportion. There are even some personal blogs out there, which I would not mention here, have used the issues between Indonesia and Malaysia to make themselves more popular then ever.

I was reading the Star on the news "Envoy: Stop stereotyping Indonesian workers" and I believe there are some valid points that Malaysia need to take serious actions.

“They feel that when it comes to Indonesians committing a crime in Malaysia, justice has been swift but when it comes to Malaysians abusing their Indonesian worker, no action is taken,” Zainal Abidin told Malaysian media covering Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s three-day working visit to South Sulawesi yesterday.

It is something that I would agree with the Indonesians where it looks like Malaysians are practicing double standards. Hope that the Malaysian government would do something about that before things really get worse.

I also read this part of the news: Zainal Abidin urged Malaysians to erase from their vocabulary the term “Indon” used to refer to the Indonesians.

This part is really not the whole truth as not only some Malaysians do that but also some Indonesians do use that word themselves.

I hope that this whole thing would settle down soon since we are going into the month of Ramadhan soon and later after that we would be celebrating Aidil Fitri. That would be the time to forgive each other but we should not wait for that. My Honeybunch and I feel that this whole issues would not make anything or anybody better but both side would have many more things to lose rather than gain.

"Daripada gaduh gaduh, lebih baik makan gado gado..."

Anyway, it feels good to be writing again...

Malay Hari Merdeka

30 Agustus 2006,

kita berdua di undang mantan temen kantornya papa bear makan malem di Marche, the curve, mutiara damansara shopping complex... rasanya sih karna dia gak bisa dateng pas kita nikahan kemaren... qeqeqe... (*mau aja dikerjain beruang.. ):D O iya Azmir juga diundang... tempatnya deket sama ikea... buat liat petanya... klik disni... MAP perjalanan kesana gak seerapa macet.. mungkin karna beruang ngambil jalur yg gak biasa kali ya... padahal malam ini kan perayaan hari kemerdekaan nya malaysia dimana hampir smua orang pengen keluar jalan2 liat kembang api... jadi kemungkinan macetnya besar banget... macet dikit aja pas mau masuk ke areal parkiran.. gara2 beruang gak pernah main kemari dia sempet panik karna gak ngerti harus lewat mana klo mau ke the curvenya... sambil terus telp2-an sama razak terakhirnya malah razak yg nyamperin kita di depan cineleisure.. habis macet plus bingung jadi lah dia ikutan muter2 ke bawah buat cari parkir... dapet parkir lgs deh makan di Marche... ternyata disini sistemnya klo mau pesen makan kita dapet stampel untuk kartu yg di bagi waktu kita masuk tadi... dan kartu itu gak boleh hilang... klo gak didenda.. bayar sekitar 500rb-an mahal kan... gitu deh... udah kenyang so azmir baru join... pas marche udah gak tutup pesenan jadi lah dia cmn kebagian makan yg udah kita pesen tadi.. cian deh looo... keluar dr marche jam 11 lumayan masih 1 jam lagi berdiri nunggu jam 12 buat liat kembang api... sambil nunggu kita dengerin band yg manggung di belakang ikea... lumayan jg music nya.. cmn gak tahan berdirinya... eheheh sebenernya ini malam pertama buat kita berdua hangout malem lg sejak kawin... dan gw akhirnya dpt kesempatan pake sepatu2 cantik gw lagih yg baru dibawain papa dari dumai minggu kemaren... rasanya seneng banget... tp sepatu ini jg yg bikin gw pegel dan ketiduran dimobil otw pulang saking capek nya... beruang jg pegel banget tuhh pas pulang keluar parkirnya nguantri pisaaannn... pengelaman liat kembang api yg tak terlupakan... ini jg pertama kali buat gw liat sendiri kembang api yg beraneka ragam bentuk dan warna juga gede banget... seneng deh... makasih ya pap...

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