Sunday, December 18, 2022

£550,000 worth of gift cards

gue kerja part-time di salah satu retail companies terbesar di UK. today was super mindblowing. a couple, i'd say umur 50 tengah atau akhir/early 60, dateng-dateng minta maaf ke gue.


"we are going to buy 110 gift cards, and please put £50 on each."


gokil.


in total, mereka bayar 550,000 poundsterling.


550,000. lima ratus lima puluh ribu. waktu gue ganti kurs ke IDR, gue ngitung 0-nya sambil mangap cuy. 10 milyar. 10 milyar worth of gift cards buat christmas, karena mereka pemilik bisnis garasi (garage) yang udah ada lima cabang, dan gift cards itu akan dibagikan ke seluruh karyawannya. GI. LA.


dan yang bikin lebih wow lagi tuh penampilan mereka berdua... YAUDAH AJA. NO BRAND NAME WOY. kartu juga bukan black card atau apa. jaket mereka atau handbag si ibu, or even handphone si bapak tuh????? the handphone tuh iphone with a center button! jam tangan gak keliatan sih tadi karena ketutupan jaket, but honestly ga ada perhiasan yg mentereng juga????


cuy lo paham gak sih £550,000 itu lo bisa beli rumah di UK sini; luas, ada garden, probably 4 kamar tidur. seriously 10 milyar dalam satu transaksi. di indonesia lo bisa beli berapa rumah ituh???


jujur gue tadi terpesona dan sirik dan termotivasi. do you guys understand HOW MASSIVE that was? £550,000 in this fucking economy???? STANDING OVATION!!!!


semoga kita pun diberi rezeki halal berlimpah, kemudian memiliki hati yang berlimpah pula untuk sharing.




Thursday, December 15, 2022

on being a massive fan

ada satu k-pop boy group yang gue ngefans banget. literally a massive fan, in my opinion. dalam artian; gue beli album. kalo itu album ada 3 versi, gue beli 3-3nya. gue ke singapur buat nonton konser mereka di sebuah music festival di tahun 2019. gue beli online ticket pass waktu pandemi 2020. gue streaming youtube buat naikin MV views. gue punya light stick mereka. gue streaming di spotify sampe mereka tuh jadi either my most played atau artist of the year sejak 2019, 2020, 2021, dan 2022.


namanya ONF.


bagus. banget. music is music, to be honest. dan suara main vocalnya gila kayak madu. smooth.


anyway, here's a story. di bulan agustus 2019, salah satu membernya ada yang cabut. literally 2 minggu sebelum comeback dengan album baru, dia cabut. no explanation. cuma "x dan company memutuskan untuk berpisah jalan secara baik-baik" and let me tell you when that news broke, gue bolos kerja. ga sanggup cuy. he was one of the MOST popular members. i was so so so stunned, that gue ga bisa enjoy itu album baru yang akhirnya tetep dirilis sesuai jadwal. ga bisa sama sekali. pait cuy. and then the pandemic happened kan tuh. so i needed dari august 2019 ke august 2020 buat beneran enjoy their next album.


and their next and their next and their next, semua albumnya excellent.


kayak, kalo gue dengerin itu album agustus 2019, paitnya masih ada sampe sekarang. it's like i can never appreciate it enough. like. the main song buat comeback-nya tuh KEREN, tapi ya gimana. the associated unfortunate memory yang ada tuh terlalu pait BAHAHHAHAHA.



nggak ada conclusion dari cerita ini. gue cuma harus nulis this feeling dan mengabadikannya. they're my number one, right now. i don't listen to k-pop if not from their company HAHAHA. i love them all.








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