HK Disneyland Lucky Draw~!!

Don't think this sounds too unfamiliar to you guys if you all have been keeping tabs on kennysia's blog.

Some China woman called me on my mobile 2-3 weeks ago, when i went to play badminton with sy and sh. That china woman told that she's calling from Hong Kong Disneyland, and she asked whether i'm free for their annual dinner or not. Thinking that this call might be another one of those insurance or MLM companies, i simply gave her a lame excuse to reject her. Then after that she told me for a global promotional event, they are giving away a trip to HK Disneyland for 2 to lucky participants in Singapore, Malaysia, and other Chinese populated countries. And yeah, I'm one of the lucky ones~

WOW!!

I gave her my name and add... (in chinese, but the strange thing is they didn't ask me how to write my add in Chinese*. Hmmm...seems like they know how to write my add in Chinese, when i don't even know!) They told me that within 1 week i'll be able to receive it.

(*There's this small part... I told my name in Chinese.. and she laughed and told her colleague in the background that she couldn't continue. I was so offended kay!! So another colleague took over, also with China-accent. Strange... i thought, why hk disney people hv no hk accent at all?? or they cutting cost? But for such a big corporation, don't need to bah... Was a little strange, but i let it pass..)

Shiok!!

Then i asked her, how they got my number... She told me they got it through one of their 200+ sponsors, either from travel agencies or some other lucky draws.

And additionally, they also told me that, as i would not be able to attend the annual dinner or watever shit 晚会, I also would not be able to be present during their grand lucky draw. They gave me a lucky draw no. B168749, and told me to watch the Phoenix Channel (I think, cos i can't really remember what she told me.. She spoke so bloody quick in fluent mandarin..) on Sunday 7pm, and take note of the right hand corner in case my no. would flash and i would win the draw~!!

Since i couldn't remember what channel she said, and i'm also never lucky in such draws so i don't bother watching. Meanwhile i waited... for the tickets to be sent to my place... 1 week later and still no news.

Soon after i totally forgot about the call...




Then last week, coincidentally it was a badminton day with sy again.. I received another call from this HK Disneyland company again...

She first asked me, why i haven't attended the annual dinner... I told her i'm not free.
Then she asked, have i watched the donno-what channel.. I told her no, cos i din catch the channel the other time. She repeated the Channel name again, she said it's a channel which all Chinese people will watch globally... (Wa...she sounds as if all chinese people would suscribe to SCV sia...)
She later told me that it's a pity cos actually i've won the ThirD PRIZE in their annual Lucky Draw!! She verified my lucky draw number B168749, and told me that i've won a Benz CAr~!!! Woohooo~!!!

Happily i gave her my address (in English this time, cos i don't trust them to be able to send correctly to my place if they wrote in mandarin... I mean in singapore, who sends letters in mandarin address??)

She gave me many specific details, like when i receive my cheque i have to bank in that cheque and immediately inform them. She even gave me a hongkong number.. 00852-66312482 to call her if there are any enquiries or doubts. Name is Wang Shu Tian. She kept assuring me that I'm really a very lucky person cos not everyone can win such a huge prize. Probably cos i didn't sound too excited all these while cos i'm busy crossing the road with sy..She checked and re-checked my address quite a few times, told me again and again that once i get the cheque i have to report to her cos she can't afford to take responsibility if the cheque is misplaced. She ended the call, telling me that she'll then inform the lawyer to go ahead with the procedure and reminded me to give her a treat when i attend the press conference in hk.

She sounded so genuine that i half-believed her... And if i really win, I would win a huge sum of money man~~

The next day, I went online to check up the HK Disneyland.. Cos the more i think about it, the more suspicious it is.. I search with all kinds of keywords: HK disneyland, lucky draw, annual dinner... But I didn't manage to find it. Perhaps they don't want to publicize it yet before the draw? Still, the nagging thought... I finally google-ed in HK disneyland lucky draw scam and you know what... There are at least 3 accounts of such cases~~!! All similar to my case!!! Damn... tMDs, WTH!!!!!!! How dare they use names like HK Disneyland and phoenix tv lor!!

Apparently Kennysia, got cheated too last year... His account of it was super funny. Now that i recall, i think sy or kl also only mention this to me only recently~!!! So qiao lor... You guys can have a good laugh here.

References:
http://www.hktourismboard.com/seasia/images/misrep.pdf
http://hk.dbs.com/en/consumer/automatedbankingservices/internet/ecb_alert/

and Story accounts:
http://eway-mylife.blogspot.com/2007/10/hong-kong-lucky-draw-fraud.html
http://alvinx.multiply.com/links/item/9
http://www.singaporebikes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=151843
http://ericyeow.net/blog/9
http://joshuatj.blogs.friendster.com/i_am/2008/02/hongkong_lucky_.html
http://from-this-moment.blogspot.com/2007/11/hong-kong-lucky-draw-scam.html
http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/be-careful-of-lucky-draw-scam-from-china
http://talkback.stomp.com.sg/forums/archive/index.php/t-23642.html
http://forums.keeptouch.net/showthread.php?p=1930552




And reading all their accounts, i realised that i'm only in Step 2 of these scammers' plot. There is a step 3 and the most crucial step... To ask for a 5% insurance money before they could transmit my prize to me... Which usually is about $2-3k... Stupid A**-h***s!!

I've a good mind to do the same the next time they call me man... Hai me so happy for 1 day for nothing!! Damn! Hai me think so much of wat to do with the money when i've gotten it. WTH! Hai me almost buy my last 4 numbers of my hp no. cos i tink it's a lucky no. In fact, i think this is one of their plots as well... putting your last 4 digits of your hp no. as your lucky draw number. DAmN TMD!!! Cheat my feelings maan!! =(

Which reminds me... how did they get my number in the first place?? I only got my number like 3 months ago, and i didn't give away my new number to many strangers in these 3 months... I came up with a few possibilities...

1) They found my number in the YahooAuctions, Jobstreet, JobsDB..
2) They got my number through lucky draw forms (which i remember only the KBox luckydraw)
3) The companies which I applied jobs to sold my number to these scammer companies... Or the 'job companies' are the scammers in the first place. Besides govt jobs (which i have no doubts at all that they won't leak any confidential info to outsiders), i applied to 2-3 jobs under jobstreet.com which now i think it looks kinda dubious.
4) I seldom give away my number to any surveys, esp what looks like insurance or MLM surveys. The only one i can remember is the bank survey during careerfair asking us to be insurance agents.
5) The travel agency (when i went to Genting) sold my number to them.

But i believe the most likely ones are point 1) or 3). Cos i realised that most people who kena are in their 20s to 30s... most of them are most probably jobseekers, so through resumes or application forms, they get our numbers... WTH...

Or if it's point 2) and 5), they went through the list and filter out the target group... which sounds less plausible.. But it still could happen.

I hope these bloody scammers would get to enjoy their free meal behind the bars soon~

Meanwhile let's spread the word around so these Cheena moneysuckers won't get their way!!

Good News!!

Hey GuyS, just wanna share the good news!
i got the NLB job!!
And the pay is higher than i expected...
haha~!!








And i tink today must be a good day for employment or something...
Another friend finally got a job he wanted too~!!

Badminton + Shopping at JP

Played badminton in the morning with sy and sh...
Then went to jp to eat... At Crystal Jade.
And i had a whole 'long' of xiaolongbaos to myself~~!! Hahaa!!

Then we moved on to shop~!!
HAha.. gSS sales!! How can we possibly miss it??

My best buy of the day: A super super comfy white formal covered shoe with some heel. For only $20 bucks!!! For the same comfi-ness, i think it would have worth at least about $70 bucks elsewhere~ hAha! Shiok man...

Plus L'oreal products are all 20% off!! Haha... lucky i didn't buy at Watson's the few times i'm tempted to when i passed by. Still not cheap though... But in any case, I'm starting to love John Little man.. Haha...

That's why i always say, departmental stores are simply the best!! :D

In fact a few wks ago, i bought a long... ermm, i dunno what you called that, a jacket or cardigan or just an outer layer of clothing?? (made of thin material kind) haha.. yar for only 16 bucks.. usual price $29.90~ Wooo~~ Shiok! At this BHG dept store, which i think is formerly Seiyu. I don't mind what name they use, as long as have great discounts can le.. Muahaha~~

Anyway back to today, we really did some serious shopping and we were all satisfied with our gss buys at jp. Haha~ In fact, we actually shopped till their shutters dropped sia... LolS~

But it's quite tiring though, cos we were on our feet most of the day. Just came back not long ago and my feet are still sore and tired... Better get some rest. Haha..

Ciao~

No end to tests and exams...

wah.. i still thought I've seen the end of tests and exams already...

No, before job interview still must go for tests!!

Faints..

My first job reply!!! :D

Omg omg omg...!!!

I finally got my first job reply!!!

Wah.. sent my application like 3 wks ago~ Thought confirm no hope liao...

Then now i saw this email~!!!






I got shortlisted for interview at NLB!!! Hahaha!!

and it's in my junkmail lar!!

Lucky i went to check~!!



So happie maaannn...
Whether can get the job anot, i'm still happy~
Cos it means that all hope's not lost for me! :DDD

Food for thought...

Sometimes it takes one to step out of one's current situation to see the big picture and what's really going on.

Yeah, i admit i was very narrow in my scope in terms of goals, observation and whatever else in the past, and still am right now.

But thinking things through and pondering on what i want to achieve out of my career, and my life, and also what is it that is meaningful to me in my life has sorta make me clearer. Okay, though not a lot, but still, a bit is better than nothing rite? Haha..

I suddenly also understand truly that having goals in life really give life a very meaningful purpose. And i also finally get what it means by a person with goals will be more successful than a person without. Because a person with no direction has no clear motivation to succeed either. Hmmm...

I also finally understood why my sec sch friend pf suddenly shot up to become the top scholar of my swiss, when we 2 were almost on par during sec 1 & 2. She had long term goals.. she told me she aspires to be a zoologist or a marine biologist when we were sec 1!! (That time i only think of results, that's the furthest man.)

In any case, I am really thankful for having friends around me who make me realise that, especially ahgong (who alr kan tou hong cheng long ago and taught me to see the big picture of things, tho it takes quite awhile la huh. =X). HAha! I must also thank NUS education which put me through rigorous readings of journals that i actually find non-fiction books readable for the first time (Cos i've alr gone through the worst!). And i also thank myself for choosing psychology as a major (lolx..), and being in FASS (ok, mayb tt's not much of a choice, heh.). Cos i never regretted taking it and it allows me to discover my interest in social science~

Because my first choice is actually biz, and I used to like numbers and enjoy doing accounts. Even during primary school, when the teacher asked, i told her i want to be a business woman. lol... (Cos back then i alr know i don't like being a conventional teacher, lawyer or doctor.) And still thought i'm going to be that until i entered m1 and uni, and after taking the marketing module i'm totally convinced that the business world is simply not for me. I definitely can't handle the strong competition and high levels of office politics in biz world. And for accounts and finance, suddenly they all seem boring to me. Though it is still fun and satisfying to solve maths problems and balancing accounts, i don't think i want to spend my whole life just dealing with numbers.

Am happy i finally have some direction to what i want. But how many people in this world get to do what they like as a career? Plus it's kinda little late for me to receive higher training for it since i've graduated. But then again, late is better than never rite? heh..

Wish me luck in job search!! :D

CiaoS~

PS: Hey people, can update your blogs? I'm so bored of reading the same thing lar.. haha...

My old "About Me"

```Simple things make me hapPIE, little things make me lauGh, some things can make me aNgry, the rest can make me sAd...``` ```Though I never ever seemed to be, but little little thoughts and gestures can touch me easily to the heart...``` ```Hurting anyone is never my intention, though many a times words and actions may seem to imply so… But having a natural cursed mouth is not something which I have control over too...``` ```That’s all I know about myself, the rest is for you to find out... if you ever have the patience to. Ha~```

3 weeks later after my exams...

... and man, i'm still slacking.. Argghhh...

I'm super restless sia.. Maybe cos i'm quite broke now also le, wan enjoy life also no money to enjoy anymore liao. I mean, what form of entertainment (that's fun) is free in Singapore? If you don't have the $$, there's simply almost nothing you can do here. Once you step out of the house, you must alr pay for the transport to go anywhere else in S'pore. Eating, Bowling, Movie, Coffee, Boardgames... Which of these don't require monies?? Never mind out of the house, even watching TV at home you also must pay for the TV subscription, electricity blah blah... Faints!

Anyway... cos i'm super restless, i decided to update my long not-updated blog.. And also update my blog a little so that at least in future i know what i've done during my graduation vacation. Lol...

Starting from last last last week (oops, heh.. din noe it's so long ago liaoz)...

13th May, Tues
Afternoon: Met up with yt and jj to discuss about genting trip. Because we wanna go before the sch hols (peak), so have to go and leave before 23rd. At Plaza Sing, went to the travel agency to find out more about the price. End up booking with them. Lol...

Cos the package is simply too good to resist~ For S$138, in total we got 2 First World rooms for 2 nights, 2-way coach trips, and 2 complimentary breakfasts each!!!

Evening: Met up with ws and wei for this GE talk with Adam Khoo, this young entrepreneur who became a miillionaire at 26. True enough, his talk is really inspirational, almost made me wanna sit for the test and join GE. Almost. But i think that this job will most probably be under my retirement plans.. hah.. I wan do other stuffs now.

14th May, Wed
The first Ethelonter 5 briefing. Met up with the rest of my group counselors as well as the rest of the others, know much more about the camp and also got the schedule for dry runs. I was kinda intimidated by the super high enthusiasm of the rest of the counselors sia. I really hope i'll get used to it sia.

15th May, Thurs
Went to this Shiseido talk by this pretty lady whom i think looks a little like Hebe. Overall, i think her talk was okay, though not real interesting but not boring either. But i guess the others don't think so. My AKC who sat next to me whispered, "Kill me please~" and even the two other Shiseido's representatives (i seriously don't know what is the purpose of their prescence, maybe just to accompany the speaker?) were playing around with their handphones while the speaker is talking. Hmmm... but nvm, i'm only there for the free samples~ (Which only turns out to be a facial wash and some oil blotters, when i thought got perfume or cosmetics.=s)

16th May, Friday
Went with yt and jq for kbox~ tried out lots of new english songs.. They have lots of updated and new ones with authentic MTVs!! Was quite surprised sia~~ Haa.. Then later we went back to NUS to book our gowns...

The graduates~~

...and i think i shouldn't have register so soon on impulse. In the end i mixed up my degree category and have to pay an extra $6 for the admin change. Damn. And the school didn't really specify the difference between Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Soc. Science. WTH, one is with honours, the other without. Meaning for social sciences in FASS with honours you get Bachelor of Soc. Sci., without, you get Bachelor of Arts. How on earth would we know that??!!

17th May, Saturday
rest at home.

18th May, Sunday - Flying Above Singapore
Was thinking that my grandma never had a chance to fly on a plane due to her leg problems, so thought that Singapore Flyer would be a good alternative for her to experience being at high altitudes and enjoying the view above~ haha.. So our whole family went, and due to my grandma's condition, we got a whole capsule for ourselves~!!! HA!

Whole capsule to ourselves~

At the beginning

At the Top of the Wheel~

2nd view from the bottom of the wheel

2nd view from the Top~

The 'Durian'

The End~~

Okay think i better go sleep now, will update the rest next time~ =)

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You tend to pursue many different activities simultaneously. When misfortune does happen, it doesn't actually dishearten you all that much.
You are a direct and forthright person. You like to get to the core of the issue right away, with few signs of hesitation.
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