Contentious Contests

People who know me well enough would readily agree that I'm really a sweh buangz (unlucky) at times. Just a couple of hours ago, I manage to set a mini-record in my short mahjong playing history for not winning a game in more than two "winds".

Thus, participating in contests of sorts nowadays and have become more of a calculated art than a mere "lucky draw".

And it is working so far.

It all started out with an innocuous attempt to URBAN, a weekly pull-out from Straits Times. Because URBAN was dishing out a bonanza of prizes that week, I rationalized that my chances of winning would be pretty darn high.

And uncannily, I was soon "richer" with $20 Esprit Voucher.
After my student exchange programme in New Zealand, my interest in wines was more than piqued. So after submitting in to Sunday Times a cringe-worthy entry raving about Hungarian Tokaji wines(of which I've never even tasted before)...

Tada!

Oremus Tokaji Aszu, 3 Puttonyos, 2000

Of course, other than trying out contests on Straits Times, radio was another viable route.

Anyone who tried entering draws and such in popular radio stations would know it can be really frustrating and mostly a waste of time. So it would certainly not be too surprising to get my first CD prize from Symphony 92.4 .

The Best of The 3 Tenors by
Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Jose Carerras

Okay fine. I'm don't really listen to tenors belting out in unbridled vibrato but hey, it was free! Just a call into the radio hotline, and the female dj (can't remember who) hurried me to give my personal details.

If only other girls would show the same passion to me. :p

But since I hardly listen to Symphony, my biggest source of prizes have to be from LUSH 99.5 .

It had given me free access and free flow of drinks to countless parties. But thanks to people pangseh-ing me, I only enjoyed attended two events.

Café del Mar * Singapore

Loof, A Rooftop Bar at Odeon Towers

It's so freaking simple to win prizes, I feel almost guilty winning those email contests.

$100 Fat Face Shopping Voucher

My latest addition to my prize collection was on Thursday. Another quick email to LUSH and one more CD mailed to my house.

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