Merdeka! Merdeka!

It's not as easy as it looks. The specially made bunting weights a tonne especially when the wind's blowing. It's not the most aerodynamic thingy to carry around. And contrary to what the other contestant is blogging about....

QUOTE  "so anyway i wanna express my dissatisfaction about other contestants who have MADE A NEW BUNTING OF THEMSELVES AND THE ISPC IN ONE and walk around with it HIGH IN THE AIR with the word 'spot me' on it...probably expecting to be spotted by a camera far away maybe...(ya ya i get it..but i thought one contestant was supposed to have ONE cardboard cut-out?)

i am sure the other 4 contestants who were with me today would say the EXACT SAME THING
that is not fair especially for those of us who have been about carrying the ISPC and stopping to pose with it and hand the name and ic stuff over..explain....
i don't call that 'creative'.....i call that CHEATING
not to mention that the ISPC (the real one) when gets caught with wind...gets really tough to handle (but that is part of the competition) " UNQUOTE

Here's my take on it: If you have thought about the scenario beforehand, you would have thought about getting Ika, Serena C and Pietro cutouts to stand out in the massive crowd of Merdeka revellers and I'm sorry it didn't dawn upon you to think out of the box and get yourself spotted in other creative ways. It's not easy to carry the cutouts and also the bunting around. I rest my case

Ika, Serena C and Pietro cutout, bunting and myself with Malaysia's tallest Jalur Gemilang in the background

Mr Jalur Gemilang

Raising Ika, Serena C and Pietro cutout in front of a massive sea of people

Spotted by a bunch of students

Spotted by this lady whom I forgot to note her name down. Good luck on the RM200 quest!

Merdeka Eve

Took the opportunity to attend the Merdeka eve countdown @ Ikano/ The Curve.  Parking was almost impossible inside Ikano/ The Curve and decided to park by the roadside. Within 100m from our car, a guy who had setup his tripod to capture the fireworks display asked if he could take a few snap shots of us. We obliged shamelessly. Too bad we forgot to take a pic with our own camera.

Walking up to the concert area, we bumped into 2 ladies (far left in pic above) and also the Fire & Rescue hunks.

Camwhoring with Alicia

Spotted a few other cutout carriers at the same venue and exchanged a few words he he he. Ohhhh Serena C was the emcee for the night too. I bet her ego went to the moon having seen her own cutouts being displayed publicly.

Day 3

C'mon M'sians...pls. don't be so shy.

Come approach Ika, Serena C and Pietro cutouts carriers when you see them around town, snap a picture with them and get their name & first 6 digits of I/C. Then listen to MIX.fm's cue to call for RM100 cash or RM200 if you're a RHB customer.

Pix updates below:

Queue @ RHB in Mid Valley

Grocery shopping

Serena C trying on new lingerie!

RM50K up for grabs

Heard about the MIX FM Living with Ika, Serena C and Pietro contest sponsored by RHB Bank thru the radio and also from a friend of mine recently.

Contest mechanics sounds simple enough, live with the lifesize cardboard cut-outs of Ika, Serena C and Pietro for 21 days and shamelessly publicise myself and I could be on my way to RM50K richer!!

The contest launch took place today (Sunday 26/8) @ 1U new wing main entrance and registered myself on the spot. Braved the crowd of around 300+ and finally got myself the cardboard cut-outs.

So for the next 21 days, if you see me carrying the cut-outs around, pls. snap some pix and post it up on your blogs or circulate via email. I need all the publicity I can lay my hands on. Listen out to the cue to call from MIX FM on the contest to win RM100 if you spot the cut-outs carriers and call into the station.

Now being the nice person that I am, here are some places I'll most likely to be seen.. Plaza Damansara (Damansara Heights) near Chef & Brew, Damansara Perdana, Mutiara Damansara (member of the fitness centre there), Kota Damansara and areas around PJ. Don't be shy to come up and say hi k..

Here's some snap shots from Sunday...

Taken right after the contest launch @ 1 U

Travelled to PWTC to support Canon Photo Marathon M'sia 2007!!

Tea break @ TTDI rojak stall