I am getting FREE (as in free beer) flights from Air Asia from now till December 2010 thanks to a Twitter contest I joined a couple of months back. I can’t remember my slogan but it was something along the lines of “Sweden – coz I want to stay at the Ice Hotel and it’s out of the way and not commercialized” to a question about where the next route should be.
It took all of 30 seconds for me to draft that and now, just like the mother who gave birth on the plane, I’m getting UNLIMITED free flights (sorry, let me gloat can?) for a whole fucking year!
It gives me half a mind to take 2010 off so I can travel around.
However, what holds me back is the fact that I still have to pay airport tax and accommodation but it’s still a sweet prize right?
Now all that’s left for me to do is plan carefully where I want to go next year so I can live my dreams and travel to as many countries as I can.
I’m planning to be like Jack (of Lost) and just fly somewhere every weekend e.g. Macau just to eat Portuguese Tarts and then fly back on Sunday.
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Best prize ever.
Since this post has no photos I embed the official Heineken Festive Shout Out! video here and check out Aza’s blog – Random Ramblings of a different Kind. 😉
Dude…Awesome Christmas gift….i can imagine hating you for this!!! Anyhoo…can you get tickets as gift for anyone???
wahlao! lucky you man! i wish i get free flights too!
Jason David: Yeah, it’s nice eh? I haven’t gotten in touch with them yet, apparently I can fly anytime I want, just make bookings and they’ll make it happen. I’ll try to use it for CNY. 🙂
Nope, the T&C is that the unlimited free flights is only for me. No guests allowed and non-transferable. 🙂
vunfung: Yeah it is a pretty sweet gift eh? I joined the Twitter contest when I was having a break in my previous company, took all of 30 seconds. Hehe!
“Hi, this is Huai Pin from Sig Siew dok kom” – OMG! so f**king cute! Bro! congrats on the free flights prize, really envy u!
dude! you’re so lucky. congrats!!!
congratulations, you can go wherever you wanna go
FML I linked the wrong URL. Now it’s right! =D
Miss Coki: Haha! Yeah, tell me about it. T_T
I have problems with enunciating my words. 🙂
Thanks! However, annual leave is limited so yeah it requires A LOT of planning.
One of my second plan (after CNY) is to join my bros from Sibu for a Vietname trip.
headsteadi: Thanks! Yeah, I rememeber talking to my neighbour and telling her I’m going to write something totally ridiculous about a new route so I did it in 30 sec and got an email several months after saying I was one of the two winners. Yay! 🙂
BLue: Yeah, annual leave permitting. If not I’ll just fly wherever during the fucking weekend. Kinda nice to just drop by China, eat real Chinese food and take the next flight back right? 🙂
LUCKY you!!!
Ya you should go more places considering you only been to very few places in the past.
u lucky dude!!! *green-eyed*
eh, can u lug me along? i will work harder to fit into ur luggage!
Afra Yuri: Hmm…kinda, sorta, coz I have a full time job (really full time) so it’s hard for me to maximize this prize. T_T
Charlene: Yup, time for me to visit a lot of other countries, kick ass, and take names. 🙂
annant: Haha! I’m just worried you’ll freeze to death in the baggage compartment at 30,000 ft up in the air. 😉
hahahha no shit. thats an awesome prize! enjoy enjoy!
“Sweden – coz I want to stay at the Ice Hotel and it’s out of the way and not commercialized”
Sweden is among the richest countries in the world, and definately very commercialized. I don’t quite understand that statement.. (?)
You’re so lucky!!!!!! I join also but didn’t win 🙁
Wow! What a big prize! Gotta plan ur whole-year vacations d xD
lady luck brought a lots of luck to ur life nowadaes…
try each country a day so u can slp in the plane…since its free just do a country hop…lol
Dude, come to US….you may be lucky enough to ride with the Oakland Raiders. ( AA landed in Oakland last month)
pinky: Yeah it’s a fucking cool prize yeah? See ya when you come back Pinky! 🙂
Negerkung: It could have been Iceland or Antartica. I remember it was something ridiculous. 🙂
It was so long ago I can’t even remember the exact slogan I used.
chefmel: It’s okay! *pat pat*
Next time k? 🙂
Eh, this means I can FLY down and visit you during weekends. Haha! Be my tour guide!
Tony Wan: Yeah man, and it’s SO hard to do. So many places, so little time. 🙁
ah nel: Lady Luck is feeling guilty about making me crash my car so many times and forcing me to donate to Uncle Lim’s fund. 😉
Yeah, I’m thinking I should invest in a SLEEPING BAG so I can just fly around, sleep at airports and do weekends. 🙂
e: Yeah, I hope so too! That’s not going to be a weekend trip though and it’s still not on the routes, maybe next year! 🙂
DUDE! How awesome is that! i really envy you and i guess this once again shows that good things come to those who deserve!
what a coincidence to get such a price when you where just reminescenting about your family trips back in he days!
realy, congratulations from germany (come by for a real german beer, now that you can^^,k?)!
All the best, Lev
dont forget your berries.
btw, i’ve recently moved.
speak soon
whoa, nice one dude!
That is simply worth gloating for!!
Congratulationssss
WHOA…1 fucking YEAR… geng…
Excellent! Well done man 🙂 My recommendation – got to Laos 🙂
Plan to travel on all the long weekends and stuff like that. Book now so you can’t change your mind later.
If I have not mistaken, I think you mentioned Greenland or something like that.
I am not surprised that you won cause it was a really rare suggestion which seldom people would think of. Congrats!!!
congratz leh…haha cool prize…hope you enjoy your trip next year!!!
Lev: Cheers mate! I’ll drop by Germany if that route comes by next year. Will be looking forward to it! 🙂
cynthia: Temptation! 🙁
No berries talk. 😉
Eh sorry ya a lot of work lately, can’t answer MSN coz busy.
steph: Thanks guru! It’s coz of http://absolutely-fuzzy.com 2001 that I started blogging. 🙂
hitomi: Ya, one of the best prizes I won this year. 🙂
seonpcs: It’s gonna be an interesting 2010 that’s for sure. 🙂
julian: Thanks bro, I’ll keep that in mind. This weekend I’ll plan all my vacations for 2010. 🙂
Ruby: Oh ya! I think it was something like that. OMG! You have awesome memory. I feel like a goldfish. T_T
Cheers! 🙂
oh my, maybe i haven’t been here in a long while… you’ve put on some weight 🙂
acidtripping: Heh! It’s not SOME weight. It’s A LOT of weight. My kg has been increasing since my meth and heroin days. 🙂
congrats bro,,,good one
Dan: Cheers bro! Yeah, I must admit, this is one of the best prizes I’ve ever had. 🙂
awesom-est gift ever! @.@ congrats!
Congrats bro. So nice.
Awesome well done HB!
Seems Fu Ching Yee also won a similar prize.
http://blog.airasia.com/
Come to Brisbane!
“Sweden – coz I want to stay at the Ice Hotel and it’s out of the way and not commercialized”
Sweden is one of the richest countries in the world. It’s definately commercialiced. What did you mean?
i am so so so jealous! lucky~~~ !!! use every opportunity you can to get away 🙂 take a trip to shanghai or sth and take the 30min fast train to my city (suzhou)… i could show off my cooking skillz and we could hit up some sweet sweet bars 😛
r u sure? did u read the t&c clearly anot? *sour grapes*
You mentioned before about ur credit card bills. Better save money and dont travel when u are broke. Better start saving. 🙂
Yay dude! Looks like we can expect more travelogues from your blog. Let’s see, Nepal, Vietnam…Sweden… anywhere else? How about North Korea? 😉 Home of da legendary man himself, Kim Jong-Il.
HB, don’t do it man, this will ruin your life. Can you imagine jet setting everyday to some exclusive location and party all day all night with beautiful women day in day out. Your testicles won’t be able to handle it.
I am so envious of you. he he he
Congratulations!!!! A great win, indeed!
WHOLE freakin year?!!! argh … i can imagine endless gloating throughout the Free Tickets campaign of 2010!!!
wow.thats huge prize!
congrats but travelling makes you wanting to be on high on alco and m****, is it worth for them to give it to you?
Ryan: Yeah, it’s the best! 🙂
Simon Seow: Cheers! 🙂
Limo: Yup, there are two winners in the contest! 🙂
Negerkung: I think I said Iceland or something else, can’t really remember. 🙂
tamstar: Hey, sounds like a plan! Damn that would be fun! Wait lemme find a long weekend. 🙂
kampungboycitygal: Haha! Yeah, I read the T&C. Airport tax still applies. 🙂
Christine: I know. T_T
There’s another huge credit card bill coming up. T_T
Cheers: They don’t fly to North Korea. Haha! I can probably get in overland though. Quite an adventure eh? 🙂
rocket: Haha! I doubt that would happen, I’ll probably just backpack or something coz I still have to pay for my accomodations. Stay at the cheapest place and eat like the locals!
WinnieKepala: Yup! I’m loving this. 🙂
J2Kfm: Haha! More travel posts under “Travel” that’s for sure. 🙂
titan: Yup, indeed! 🙂
ky: Eh, is this your real name too? Don’t pretend to know me, I’ve stopped using meth for years.
WTF? You lucky bloat! Does it say somewhere in the prize that you can bring someone along with ya? *wink wink*
wow you’re so lucky! make sure you get to travel at least half of the world 🙂
congrats! One year of unlimited free flights. That’s a dream prize!! It’s like winning a magical carpet.. Get to travel wherever you want! Plan wisely and travel as much as possible. Huehuehue..
Oiz! Dat blog sudah outdatedla. I’m on Twitter now 🙂
Cheryl: Haha! Unfortunately not. 🙁
I can only bring myself, it’s valid for the winner only.
jg: I’ll try to. 🙂
annna: Yeah, I’m loving the prize too! I shall plan accordingly. 🙂
Aza: Bring it back to life then. 😉
so jealoussss!
KY: Yeah, it’s going to be fun! 🙂
Come to UK… you can stay at mine…
James: Heh! Thanks for the offer, I will when they have that route. 🙂
I do not think this will happen, also, Anonymous’s Twitter handle said it was nothing to do with them