Nice To Know You

Never knew that working in advertising could be this exhausting, hectic and crazy. Or.. can i say, such a pain in the ass. haha... So we often work overtimes, all night at the office. When normal people go to sleep, we're still.. yes.. try to focus with our work, and be friends (i mean, best friends!) with the computer. No wonder if some people said that advertising has no times, or on the day when i first joined to this local agency, the art director was like: "Rindi, welcome to hell" or "welcome to the jungle". Sigh! Well, well, well.. pleased to meet you, love.

A Big Fat Fan Letter

I found this letter hiding in my drawer. It’s a fan letter for one of my favorite Aussie band, The Vines (which I didn’t get to send it. I don’t know why, though). I remember wrote this when I was 18 and still in college. Maaaan, that was like 4 years ago! So, check this out:

PS: this is for Craig, Patrick, Hamish & Ryan only..

THE VINES RAWK!!!

Hey guys, how is it goin'? This is Rindi, 18 year old girl from Jakarta, Indonesia (please don't say "UuRgh" when i say Indonesia. I'm cool though.. Hehe). By the way, i've been a fan of your band since i listened to Highly Evolved. I thought that it was the most rockin' album!! All the songs, from Highly Evolved to 1969, God!!! I just love it!! I love how the guitar sounds, the drums, everything!! You rock!! And congrats for the Winning Days album. I couldn't resist to buy the album, bcoz i just got curious when i first saw the video, Ride. I was like "whoa.. The Vines are back." The video was really great, too.. So, am i right that in your new album, you guys are a bit mature? Bcoz i think that the music are get sharpen like TV Pro, Evil Town and Amnesia (i heard from it's distortion.. hehe) By the way, when will you guys have the Asian Tour? Because you have lots of fans are waiting for you guys here in Indonesia. And, because I never see you on a live performance beside on TV hehe.. Ow, last thing!! Craig,are you a student of art or somethin'? because i like your artwork on Highly Evolved. What about the 2nd album? Was that your artwork too? Oh, well.. whoever artwork it is, i love it!! Too bad, I can't draw.. x] Ok guys, that's all. Thank you very much for reading my words. Hope to see you soon and i wish i could hang out and talk with you guys :)

.RockisBack.

words by Rindi, 2004

After we read it, maybe it sounded silly yet corny. How i was so desperately obsessed by them. Ha... But it actually made me realize that I really do enjoy writing. Whether it’s about my experience or a simple writing such as fan letter. Once, I’ve wrote about The Strokes (lost it!), and another fan letter for Josh Hartnett (he didn’t reply it), but that won’t stop me to write, write, and write. Writing is simply to show how I feel about something. It’s about my thoughts, opinion, and feedback from what I’ve seen, heard, smell, touched, or even tasted. And maybe from now I will pursue my career as a writer. Music, fashion, and entertainment writer to be exact. So let’s start writing on another empty paper. Magazines, here I come.. :)

Finally.... What?

So i just made myself a blog. But uhh.. where was i when blogs became a phenomenon back then? Right, on Friendster and MySpace. Being hypnotized with all the coolness and narcissism i got there. teenagers. haha.. I do realize when i wrote something, it never finished or maybe i didn't have the time to post it somewhere. Then i thought.. it is ok to have some unfinished writings. There is a media called Blog. I can put anything there, write anything, even my unfinished writings. Post a couple of photos there, and voila! My life will become.. well.. a little interesting. And for the past two and a half months now i've been having this responsibility as a jr. copywriter in a local advertising agency. So why don't i exercise my skill by writing some simple things in my blog first? Surely it is to improve my vocabulary too. Cliche, i know.. well.. my blog will be full of some stupid lame stories, the pursue of my career, the journey to reach my goal. It'll be fun i hope. So let's start here.....