Azmin's Awesome Adventure Part 1!

It was a dream come true to win 2 FREE all-expense paid tickets to UK to watch ORSON, a rising force in the entertainment industry, at the madness of V Festival, England’s amazing music festivals. Well, not really a dream, cause I never really dreamt about it. I did fantasize though. A fair bit. Umm... won't go that route...

You see, I was lucky enough to be the eighth caller through on that fateful Thursday! At the time, I was driving back from Port Dickson, heading back to my office. I was part of the organizing committee (read: labour) and had just transported a load of hampers/prizes from office to PD and was making a 2nd trip. Tuning in to Fly FM, Shel, the active Fly FM DJ sounded the cue to call to participate in ORSON’S AWESOME ADVENTURE to win an Orson CD AND… the chance to win the all-expense paid tickets. As luck would have it, I got through! The question was: “What would you do if you found out there was ‘No Tomorrow’? My answer was simple: “I’d pack my bags immediately, pick a direction, and start walking. And walking. And walking. And see where I end up at the end of the day.” Shel replied, "Let me see, from PD if you went North, only SUNGAI BULOH lah!!!" I laughed,"Hey, that's good enough!"

Still, it was good enough to win the CD that day, and I went in the running for the trip prize which would be announced the next day. Friday came, and I was pretty busy, cause 100+ staff were coming in from all over Malaysia for the Staff Weekend, and I had a ton of stuff to do. At 4pm+ , as the staff began to arrive, I got a call from Fly Fm. It wasn't THE CALL, but rather a call to check if I was eligible for the Grand Prize, e.g. had a valid passport, Malaysian, etc. I was then told to listen later to find out whether I had won.

Of course, I was not able to listen, not having a portable radio with me as I was busy assisting with staff registration for the event. More specifically, I was in a room giving out respective showbags to my committee outside to give to each participant. The showbags were customised for each person due to the fact that the free t-shirts inside were taylored to each person's size specifications. However, the reception in the room was not that clear, so I decided to pass the phone to my fellow committee members outside to make sure any call could go through.

Suddenly my phone rang. Then for some reason one of my fellow committee (who shall not be named) decided to play hide and seek with my phone. Needless to say, I was pretty pissed off. Luckily she passed it back to me in time, else I swear I'dve torn her head straight off her shoulders! I picked up the call and it was Shel!!!! AND I WON!!!! I pretty much jumped around in joy, oblivious to everyone else.

Then Shel, who knew I was at my Company Event from yesterday's conversation, made me yell out to my fellow staff telling them I’d won a trip to UK from Fly FM, which I proceeded to do. A bit embarassing, but at that point, I DIDN’T CARE AT ALL!!!

I'd be heading to UK in OCTOBER !!!! (at least, I thought it was October...)

to be continued....