How many times have you filled up a lucky draw coupon? I’m sure, more than ten or some even hundreds! But have you ever read the Terms and Conditions stated on the form? (Usually printed in extra fine print that many of us chose to ignore.) I’m one of those victims who believed in winning that grand prize of a car, a million dollar or a free shopping spree. But never once won anything from a lucky draw coupon kind of draw.

Have you ever received calls from an unknown number congratulating and announcing that you’ve won yourself a free package or a free gift from a lucky draw you’d participated a year ago? YES! Freaking ONE WHOLE YEAR ago! How would I remember?

So if you’re one of those thousands of people whom got such calls… Welcome to the club!

I’d received many many many of such calls. And no matter if its genuine or not, I will turn them down. I don’t need a free makeover, I don’t need a free spa trial, and I don’t need a free access pass to your gym. I will never need a time share travel package and nope, I’m not keen to attend a talk so that I’ll get a chance to win some cash. All these are the common gimmicks tele-marketers used to con the innocence.

After thinking about what happened, and listing down ways of how these people actually got hold of our contacts, I derived that they would most probably have bought a whole list of contacts from companies whom has so kindly fine printed that all details filled in the lucky draw form is open to their partners, affiliated companies blah-blah-blah… (which most of us don’t notice as we don’t read).

To prevent from such calls in a year’s time, I’ve decided to stop filling up lucky draw coupons. No matter how great the prizes are, I know I wouldn’t be that lucky. So why get myself expose to such calls?

So the next time before you fill up the lucky draw coupon for that million dollar draw, do spend the short few seconds looking through the Terms and conditions carefully. But then again, not everyone is so honest as to state their motives in the coupons.

The last time I went clubbing was in July last year, but I don’t classify that as clubbing as I didn’t get to do what clubbers should do, that’s to dance! I’d been quite a clubber 10 years ago. Every Wednesday at Zouk for their infamous Mambo night and you’ll probably find me at one of the clubs along the then packed and happening Mohammad Sultan Road on Fridays or Saturdays.

As my clubbing kakis get older, together with me, they changed. They no longer club like they did years ago. Now they go club to sit, drink and chill. I miss those days when we go for our girls night out clubbing and dancing till the club close. They’ve tamed down. But I’ve not. Everytime I hear retro music blasting, my legs would be itching to move. Itching to club. My mantra for clubbing is to dance, have fun, enjoy the night and sweat myself crazy.

After trying hard to find new clubbing kakis, I think I finally found my match! Thanks to the constant reminder of going clubbing from Polarbear and HisFoodBlog in the Yebber shoutbox, we finally decided to head down for our first clubbing experience together at dblO. I had always thought I’d been to dblO but only last night I discovered I’d been wrong! The place I went before was Obar and not dblO. Silly me! I’ve to say, I love the settings more at dblO than Obar. I’ll write more about dblO later at Yebber. :P

I’ve to say, I truely enjoyed myself last night. I was dancing so furiously that my legs could have gave way and I would have fell flat on my face. But good thing this didn’t happen. Its been too long since I remember clubbing like that. I was the dancing queen last night. (Self declared dancing queen of cos! Hahaha!)

Thanks guys for the great dancing queen night! Let’s go again! When I get my Citibank clear card! HAHAHA!

There’s this funny habit of mine which I need to kick off. That is I think too much! I spent too much of my waking hours thinking, and I spent too little of my waking hours acting on the things I thought of.

I need to find more time to transform my thoughts into physical actions. I need to find a way (thinking again!) to do this. But instead of doing it, I again wasted too much time thinking.

Every night I try hard to force myself to sleep. But every night, my mind will think of too many things and I find it hard for me to sleep. And because my body is too tired to react to the things I think, I do not bother to write the thoughts down. And very often, these thoughts I have before I sleep, even thou many are very useful ideas, usually they’re gone to waste as I trashed them while I am deep in my sleep. Like that how ah? Every good idea I have, I forget. Can’t let this carry on!

So I started buying cute little notebooks to help me remember things. Everytime i see one cute or nice notebook, I would buy and tell myself to use it wisely. The more I shop, I more I buy. And now I’ve a stack of notebooks piling up in my room and at my office desk. But still… all my thoughts aren’t noted down yet! Like that cannot lah!

Claudia! Start doing things and stop thinking! (But don’t stop thinking completely of course!)

I remember the very first prank I got online on April’s Fool was by KoB, one of the forums I frequent about 5 years ago. They did it so perfectly that many got fooled. After which, the owner of the forum played another one a year later with a big bling on her finger.

I once played a prank too announcing to everyone that I’ll be getting married on 29 Feb in one of the none leap year. Everyone started congratulating me and asking if they could help me do this and that. I had my share of fun then.

Today, many bloggers and even google pulled out something from the hat and caused everyone to get excited. It’s fun and interesting to see everyone getting pranked and fooled on April 1st.

Although i didn’t manage to spread any laughter to anyone this year on April 1st, I was lucky enough not to get fooled by any too.

So from now, I hereby declare… Claudia is no longer going to be taking photos of any events. She’s going to donate her D40 to a lucky reader who’s reading this right now.

Happy April’s Fool to one and all!

Using the 20% discount for purchase at Harris Suntec yesterday, I bought myself 3 Seth Godin‘s books – Purple Cow, Free Prize Inside! and Meatball Sundae. I started reading the slimmest among the three, which is Free Prize Inside. I got glued to the book the moment I started reading. I read while I was in the train, I read while I was walking pass the crazy office people under the Raffles station linkway, and I read while walking away from Geek Terminal. I even read the book in bed before I force myself to sleep.

Why was I so intensely glued to this book? Cos I see myself in his words. I could recall doing the things he mentioned in his book. I see myself having the same thoughts and ideas that I long to implement but could not get down to. I see myself trying to work my way through using his tactics and suggestions.

I’m a slow reader and it always take me too long to finish a book. (If I ever did finish it) And I’d surprise myself at the speed I’m reading through my first Seth Godin’s books.

I’m sure going to pass this book to my team at work too. It’s sure a good and easy to read book. Have you read it too?

After Free Prize Inside, it’ll be Purple Cow next.

He’s not been feeling well since after his school’s X-country on Friday. After popping panadol and a quick nap, he felt better and came to help me out at the Yebber‘s anniversary. After a whole night of videographing the event and eating all the yummy fried food, helping to set-up, helping to pack and running errands quietly for me, he got sick!

Saturday he felt feverish and popped panadol again and rested. But by Sunday, his temperature hit close to 39degree! Poor abang! After resting the whole of today, the fever still didn’t subside. He went back to the clinic and was told he got Tonsil Virus Infection. He totally lost his voice and was given MC till Wednesday. I feel so guilty now. He fell sick after helping me. And I couldn’t be there with him and to give him a big hug cos I can’t fall sick. Not in this critical period.

I hope he’ll get well soon. Miss you lots!

While waiting for hair to dry, and going through checklist one more time… I blog surf and saw this on Wishbone’s blog. It sure distresses me a little. Come smile with me…

And I needed more smiles as I’m really very stressed… so I went to youtube-d myself…

Stressssssssssssss