Anyone interested in winning a Nokia N82?

Hi guys,

In the midst of all the election posts, I thought I’d just ask if anyone out there wanted to win a Nokia N82.

Nokia Malaysia (full disclosure: my client) is now calling for public entries to join in on the Nokia Nseries Wireless Adventure 2: Discover the Soul of the Night. All you have to do is sign up and if you’re one of the eight lucky people selected to run the race on April 5th, you’ll win an N82 to keep. The winner of the race will also get to go to Hong Kong. All you have to do is go here or www.nseries.com/soulofthenight

Okay, that’s the winning stuff part. I’d also like to share a bit of the whole concept of Discover the Soul of the Night – it’s not just a race, but it’s an online platform where we’re trying to encourage people to go online and post photos of interesting locations, events and activities or just things they’ve seen at night.

Of course, if you’re curious and also want to discover stuff that happens at night, you can also do just that by checking out what other members have posted. Better still, if you use a Nokia Nseries device, you can download an application that’ll let you post stuff up immediately.

Sleeping like a Chipster chip? Here’s how…

Have you ever wondered what it feels like to be a potato chip? To have your skin rub against metallic-plastic foil wrapper? Well, I think I might have just found out.

It all began with the challenge from NuffNang Malaysia to member bloggers to post the 1) picture with the most Chipster packs in it 2) Quirkiest post 3) Best pajamas ever.

I realised I could probably not afford to buy enough Chipster packs to challenge anyone in that category, or be quirky enough to win the Wii…. so…. last category left – make the best darn pajamas there is.

After spying what the competition had to offer, it made natural sense to do what they didn’t do (see, there’s a strategy to this) and do it better. So, I spied and I spied and then… *aha* “Potato Chips have to sleep too, don’t they?”

So I went to the store and bought ablout 16 Chipster Large packs. Couldn’t find one single flavour, so had to go mix and match.

Went home and started doing:

First step was to cut out all the Chipster packs VERY CAREFULLY and keep the foil wrapper intact. Then, once all the foils had been cut:

You have to dump all the Chipsters into TupperWares. Wife and I actually tried to makan the Chipsters on the spot, and failed. You can’t imagine the amount of Chipsters 16 packets hold. Lydia says: “I think can keep till next Chinese New Year.” On to the next step:

Each Chipster foil had to be scrubbed clean. Otherwise, it’ll be super oily and definitely not something you’d want to soak your skin in. *Health Tip* I read somewhere that too much direct contact with salt is bad for your skin. Once it’s clean, you can move on to:

Putting the pieces together: this step requires a plan. Which I did. In my head. Serious! Anyway, this step by step is starting to put me to sleep so I guess I’ll jump right to the end. Ta- Da!

Some glam pics of myself posing:

Front – Who’s the REAL Chipster man now?

Back – I am too sexy, too sexy for my…

The Sleep Test

After spending the night in Chipster Wrappers, like a potato chip, this test subject can confirm that Chipsters-made pajamas are indeed snug and warm, best for climates. I guess that’s how those potato chips are kept so crispy!

Last, but not least:

My wife, Lydia, would like to thank Chipster for organising this contest as she now has 16 bags to go through. She has one request, though, as her eyes light up when I mention the NuffNang Chipster Pajama Party (“Will there be lot’s of Chipster to eat?”) – can she tag along for the party? Here’s her pic, on my blog:

Please say yes!

Guess who’s gonna win RM 5,000 for blogging?

Actually… I dunno. But it sure ain’t gonna be me.

Darn, the T&C that says:

Entry is open to all residents in Malaysia. However, permanent, contract and/or temporary employees of [insert company name] (including its subsidiaries and related affiliates) and representatives and/or agents and agencies of [insert company name] are ineligible to enter.

Happy, one of the my clients, just announced a blogging contest called “Happy Moments” with a grand prize of RM 5,000 for the best post and / or video of a (you guessed it) happy moment.

All the said soon-to-be-lucky-winner/blogger has to do is think of a unique, interesting, serendipitous happy moment; all those times you just felt cheesily happy and couldn’t explain why, and write a post about it. Better still, if you have a mobile phone that can take a decent video, do a video about it (think America’s funniest home videos.)


Attach this image to the post to prove that you indeed are the owner of the blog. (It may not be up yet)

Then get your friends and family to vote (mine’s for sale. Contact me to negotiate price). Top ten most voted progresses to the shortlist where the truly best three will be selected by Happy as the winners and walk away with RM 5,000, RM 2,000 or RM 1,000 (two prizes of each, one for each category).

Sound’s simple? Just surf over here or www.happy.com.my for more details.

Yup, that’s it. Just a bit sore that I can’t win the prize. And I had a darn good story to tell too. Oh well, maybe next time.