Just Won the Saw Movies Marathon!!! 1-6 in a row

thru out the day, I kept getting a missed calls ... I tried calling back but got a certain Pat Ko voicemail .... not sure who that person was, I didn't leave a message ... my gut feelings was that it was from one of the government departments that my business had dealings with ....

but lucky, on the 6th attempt ... the poor Newpaper organizer finally got thru to me ... and it turned out to be the Saw Movies Marathon and I won it !!! so Happy about ... sure perk me up for the not so good times that I am going thru ....


quite a symbolic win huh .... on the 6th attempt !!! sometimes I can't believe my luck ...

and it really helped made up for missing the Saw 6 preview on my friend wedding .. : )

OH MY GOSH!!! I WON A SAMSUNG OMNIA 2! FROM Socialise-on-the-Move" !!!! I can't freakin believe it

I Just WON A SAMSUNG OMNIA 2

Socialise-on-the-Move (by M1) having a contest going on and the prize was smartphones from different companies .... so i took part ... I have a feeling that I might win but downplay it ... and after a few days ... (today) my fren was telling me about someone liking her status and I thought I will just check it out and I saw this

Socialise-on-the-Move Congratulations to the "My Most-Wanted Phone" Contest winner - Richard Lim Jr who will be the proud owner of Samsung Omnia 2! Please look out for our verification email via your Facebook Inbox to redeem the prize!
about an hour ago


Was quite stunned and shocked to see that! rather unexpected tho I had a little gut feeling about it! I been planning to get a Samsung Jet phone but couldn't because I am tied to Singtel plans .... this news is just sweet!

How did I win the phone? All the participants need to do was like 1 phone from the companies and comment on why they like it ... well this was my attempt to win the phone ...

After trying out the smart phones out there, Samsung Omnia II is the one that stood out as my personal favorite.

The First and Most important reason would be the touchscreen reaction to my fingers and Omnia II had impressed me the most. It's a personal preference as the other phones do not react with the same comfort level. From there, It’s easy to utilize the impressive technology available in Omnia II.

Last but not least, the slick design of the phone and the capability of videoing in Dvd quality sealed the deal and ends my search for smart phones.

September 18 at 12:03pm

and here the link



a lot of people wrote abt the spec and I wrote about why the phone (actually was thinking of Jet) was better than the others ... it was from the bottom of my heart ... so happy that I won the smart phone!

I just won a Bowling Ball!!!

MJ Luck Strike Back !!!

My Luck is backkkk ... after losing money on Chu Yi and Chu San, my luck came back in a spectecular streak on Chu Qi.

Covered back all the money I lost and a few bucks more : )

the first manfu was given by my Cousin ... who i guess it's either distracted by his son or his luck really not so good ... pity cos it seems that he is an expert in MJ ... even intro a new way of playing with the flowers.

the Hen and Centipide gave me 2 tai, the Pong Fa Cai gave me another tai. The Half Colour gave me another 2 tai and it added up 5 tai. Was waiting for 3 Wan, 6 Wan and 9 Wan to game and my Cousin fed me the 3 Wan eventually ...

The second Full house came with one pair of flowers that belongs to me (2 Tai). The Hen gave another 1 Tai and the Half Colour gave me another 2 Tai. Was waiting for one 8 Bamboo and my brother in law thought it's unlikely to game but lucky I managed to.

Actually I didn't want to play anymore but my Mom and Uncle wanted to play on ... and resulted in me collecting a self touch full house. The Tong wind, Centipide and White Block gave me 3 tai and the Half Colour gave me another 2 tai. I self touch the 6th Bamboo to much of their dismay ... "$6.40 everyone ... thank you very much"

For Vengeance is endless

While Bowling, my Cousin, Aunt and Mom keep contacting me for MJ game ... actually I didn't want to play because there a lot of spring cleaning to do at home ... but my Cousin called and said she wanted revenge ... I just had to give in to her.

I did warn her that it might backfired on her ... however I was also expecting to not do that well as I was pretty tired from bowling ... yeah was almost like a one armed warrior on the MJ table

Anyway the results as you can see ... marks the fourth time in a row of MJ games that I self touch full house
First came a Centipede, the Pong Fa Cai ... and the Pong the Tongs for a Mixed Suit ... a Rat came along which made it Full House and I no longer need to Pong the Bai Ban to get a Full House so I unitized the 4,5,6,7 & 8 Tong to wait for the numerous way of winning ... finally self draw a 3 Tong and game a Man Fu

Total, I won abt 12 bucks ... thought could be used to pay for the bowling games in the morning but turn out that I was 2 bucks short (Bowling Game total was 14 bucks)

One House ate Three House

After 3 long rounds .. from 2pm to 11pm ... after youngster's one zai wu (fake win) and one old expert's bei bao (kanna wrap ?? hehe paying the winner for everyone else), I had emerged as the sole winner ...

Kinda amazing ... this streak of luck that I am having ... Even managed to self touch a full house again

the East Wind belongs to me and it was East Wind turn ... so double fan for me ... the rest, I am sure you could work out ... with me drawing my own bai ban at the end ... Solid hor ?

My Aunt noted to me that the previous day winning and today's winning had already exceeded 50 bucks ... I am kinda thinkin of switching job to become a professional fulltime MJ player liao : )

Ah Wang Shine On

Short Story Long ... the incident of this afternoon episode happened a few weeks ago.

My dear old old friend ZVS asked me for help in solving certain anagram at this CSC website. It was for a contest that had a couple PSP n Nintendo handheld console as top 3 prize. While I wasn't much of a help in solving it (even after using certain webbased program), I "helped" to verify that he got the right answer. The catch of this contest was that if there are more than 3 winners, the draw will happen at the CSC lobby and the winners must be there in person to collect the winnings or they will pick the next winner.

So ZVS and I arranged to meet up on that draw date (which is today) to bowl while waiting for the draw (see if we are so lucky or not). Then an email came and notify us that there are more than 3 correct entries so we got to go down in person. But alas, there weren't any lanes available on that day. Either got too many ppl with the same idea or it's booked for competition ... which I am not sure what it was.

Anyway ZVS, being the kind soul helped me get a 1GB ram for my slow slow PC and since he wanted to go for this draw, I thought of meeting him there. A couple of times, he wanted to drop by my place but somehow it never happened, so in the end, we met at the CSC for the RAM.

This morning ... I wanted to wear a Tee Shirt n Berms there but a funny thought came to my mind and that's "Better Dress Up, In case win something". Plus I need to send stuff after this even, so I wore my working polo T n Jeans, gel my hair so won't look so unkempt. Then I even msg my mom, tell her I will be back in the afternoon to deliver stuff, after I collect "something". As again, when I wrote "something", PSP flash past my mind and I was pretty amused with my own thoughts.

Reaching the CSC lobby, it was crowded with many many old folks ... they had a car draw before the PSp draw. After a few unclaimed winners, the lady who stood beside (and suddenly disappeared to the front) suddenly put up her hand as the first female winner was announced. I thought that's pretty lucky of her ... and thought of moving nearer to the stage as the crowd disperse after the car winner was announced.

The first two winners were old ladies ... there are some winners around my age or as young as being born in the 90s but they remained unclaimed. Then it was the first Prize Draw! ... at that point, I actually wanted to leave as I felt stupid standing there in anticipation while ZVS and family members were sitting at a cafe at the back and all the winners turned out to be aunties (whom I don't think they would even play the PSP)

Then when the big shot inserted his hand into the bowl (containing the lucky draws), I had another ESP flash ... and when the MC said the name of the 1st prize winner is (in the Same Slow and Pause a While manner)

LIM (Me Thinking: "ME ME ME")

LI (Me Thinking: "HALF WAY THERE ... JUST 1 More")

HIN (Me Thinking: "HOLY PSP !!!")


I was as elated as the above picture !!! hahah the MC even asked if I am Richard which sort of confirm any doubts that I got ! haha so brimming with joy .... shook hands with Mr Big Shot whom commented it was "worth the wait huh"

Funny thing was that no one took pics of me during the prize giving moments but gotten dear old nice ZVS to take some for me later on ...


hahaha so happy .... Feeling Very Wang now !! Must treat ZVS to a good meal! I will Make Salted Egg Crabs for him to eat ! hahaha

The Luck Continues

not exactly 自摸满胡 ( Zi Mo Man Hu) x 2 but close ... it's Man Hu 满胡 x 2 (once Zi Mo自摸)at my Aunt place : )

Since My Cousin didn't get to play Mahjong with me the last time round, she ask my Aunt to organise one session with her friend. I took time off to keep them "accompany" and end up slaughtering them ... hahaha

Gotten 2 Flowers which aren't mine ... then I managed to Gong the North Wind (1 Tai & 40 cents from each player). Afterwhich, I gotten the most of the Dong Zi ... but before I gotten the winning tile, I drew a Cat (1 Tai) and right after getting that, the next tile was the winning tile and that result with extra Tai (call Flower Up). Plus the Mix Suit (which is 2 Tai), there a total of 5 Tai and it's self drawn : ) hahahaha I hope I don't make the girls cry


The next Man Hu 满胡, I gotten a Hen (1 Tai) first. Follow by a Fai Cai Gong (1 Tai plus 40 cents per pax). After which, it's a Mix Suit (2 Tai) and my dear cousin threw a North Wind Tile (1 more Tai) for me to game . Tho it wasn't self drawn ... it's still a 5 Tai : )

Later on, my Cousin's mom came along .... She is a very fast player with mental math calculation that really beyond My Aunt, My Cousin and Mine ability ... plus a bit tired from one very slow round, so couldn't perform as well as the previous round and end up losing abt 2 bucks : ) Not too bad cos consider I "technically" won 33+bucks from the previous round (technically cos got to divide by two for the sake of the junior players)

自摸满胡 ( Zi Mo Man Hu) x 2

It's been a long time since I had an entry for Mahjong and today's awesome game (at my Aunt's housewarming) definitely needs a yaya session on journalite.

the first Self touch Full Game

First came a Mouse (+ 1 Tai) ... then pong 2 Bamboo ... then I kept drawing 5th Bamboo and 4th bamboo that had to gong both of them : ) (collected $1.20 x 2 just with both of the gong). My lucky streak just kept going with a Rooster (+ 1 Tai) and then a Cat (+ 1 Tai)(which incur another $1.20 from all the other players as Cat catches the Mouse). If it wasn't enough ... while touching the Cat's flowery tile, I gotten the North Wind Tile (which add + another Tai to it!). The North Wind threesome tiles happened to be my wind (+ 1 Tai).

That's already 5 Tai which is the max on our table. But if I would to calculate the actual total tiles, it would be Half Colour (which means the mixture of Bamboo tiles and the Big tiles) (+ 2 Tai) and Pong Pong (which means all Pong) (+2 Tai).

The Total would be 9 Tai! ... YUm YUM Somemore I self draw the winning tile (which is the North Wind tile) and that means everyone have to paid the max amount : ) hehehe

the Second Self touch Full Game

The Second Full Game is less spectacular. First I draw flowers that don't belong to me But some how, the Wan Zi keep coming to me and I managed to Pong them all with Fai Cai! ...The Half Colour (+ 2 Tai) and the Pong Pong (+ 2 Tai) already almost cap it to the brink. Thanks to the Centipede (+ 1 Tai) that came into the game late .... it went to the Max and it was 5 Tai when I drew the winning tile (5th Wan) on my own ... : ) again ... Full payment from everyone !!!

Even my Grandma mention that my Mahjong Skill improved : ) hahaha I would like to thank Viwawa and all the trainings it provided me

and the surprise test screening was ...

this marks the second time that i won tix to a Owen Wilson's movie (the first one being You Me and Durpee)

the funny thing was that we didn't know what we are watching until the movie title came up ... haiz ... was quite disappointed that it's not Son of Rambo and was scratching my head wondering why is this film being tested ...

another thing that I noticed was that Both Mr Fan & I were the oldest folks around ... the cinema was flooded with teens which this movie is targeted at ... I think we were the control subject ... if we didn't like it ... it just prove their theory right that it's for young folks ... but then again, i didn't like it that much compared to Mr Fan ...

My Mini Review

Unnecessary rehash of Superbad that wasn't that memorable at all. It's the same old growing up / facing your bully (obstacle) movie from Hollywood which is getting stale. Although Owen Wilson is less annoying in this compared to his performance in Me, You and Durpee, his performance here is not worth paying money to watch. The funny thing is that the show actually was more interesting and funny when he is not in it.

2 1/2 Stars

I just won a surprise test screening for tmr

Surprisingly, I gotten a email from UIP that notify me that I won a surprise screening tomorrow... the surprise here is that I didn't even know that I took part in such a contest.

anyway my partner is hopping that it will be IRON MAN , THE INCREDIBLE HULK, WANTED
, DRILLBIT TAYLOR, KUNG FU PANDA or DEFINITELY, MAYBE

... I m thinking it's more likely going to be some indie flick that's not even listed in their upcoming flicks (like Kite Runner) or best bet would be Definitely Maybe ... or maybe Son of Rambo : )

Will know tomorrow

I just won a DVD from Screensucked!

Special Thanks to Stefan .... this won't be possible if you didn't share it with me : ) let me know, I will lend you the dvd when it's here : )

Recently, I took part in a Wallace and Gromit Dvd giveaway contest from Screensucked, thinking that it's unlikely that I will win but went ahead because I had always wanted to get that dvd.

Then recently Stefan himself won a X Files Season 4 box set from that blog and I thought it will be highly unlikely that another Singaporean will win again so soon from them.

But hey hey hey ... the biggest surprise after coming back from Cloverfield, all charged up to rush a review before the dateline tomorrow was checking my email. It turned out that I won the Wallace and Gromit Dvd from Screensucked.

One thing for sure ... they didn't sucked ! hahahaha

anyway, I had already email back with my postal address and will be checking my letter box every single day for the dvd : ) Stefan's item only took one day to reach him so I really can't wait ....

Plus I can share it with my Nephew ... something less violent for him to watch .... really happy right now

自摸满胡 ( Zi Mo Man Hu)

After blading at East Coast, I decided to pop by to my Aunt's place (which is quite nearby to EC) cos I was told in the morning that there will be a Mahjong session the whole day today. Wanted to give my brain a workout too after "working out" my body today and soul yesterday (the soul bit should be in a previous post which at this point of time, has not been written... but hey reload and scroll down often, it will be up 'eventually')

By the time I finally took over, it was already in the final round and I took over my mom seat again... but before she left, I had to check with her the outstanding amount (amount owing) left by her as previously, she left a big debt for me and I wasn't able to win enough in time to cover the losses and ended paying the outstanding. Was a bit smarter this time round to let her know that she got to cover the outstanding amount that she had stacked up at the end of the game in case I can't win enough in time.

Sat down, "Wash" the tiles and started the game. Right from the start, I got two animals tiles that are a matching pair which means I get to collect money!!! A very GOOD Start: I thought to myself

and while arranging the tiles that I got, I realized I got a very good hand, so good that I was able to finish the game shortly . True enough, tiles that are thrown out are pretty much in my favour and within a short while, I was waiting to game.

Now for those who are "new" to Mahjong, let me explain some simple terms here.

To game, there were 2 ways that I could do it.

One would be that I get the tile that I am waiting from one of the players when he or she throw them out. That would mean the player who throw the tile out, have to pay the full sum, which is 2 times what the other 2 players have to pay me. (The one will curse n swear while the other 2 will be thankful that they are not the lucky one)

The other way would be that I scoop my own winning tile and that's call 自摸 Zi Mo (direct translate to English, it will be Self Touch ... er more of Self Take the Winning Tile) which mean all the 3 players have to pay the full sum (which also will result in many unhappy faces around the table and everyone will bound to curse and swear at the luck bugger / winner ... if not verbally, then it will be mentally)

Of Cos, I did a 自摸 (if not, there won't be a post with such a title right?). The question now is the total damage that I have just inflicted on my dear opponents (the payout that my opponents have to pay me) .... which we will proceed to the 2nd mahjong lesson of this post!

In Mahjong, every game won has a different payout and it depends on how many Tai the winner had collected at the end of the game. Normally, in friendly Mahjong games, we cap it at 5 Tai (in order to not really really hurt your friend's wallet) and the rates are as follow,

1 Tai = 1 cents (half sum) / 2 cents (full sum)
2 Tai = 2 cents / 4 cents
3 Tai = 4 cents / 8 cents
4 Tai = 8 cents / 16 cents
5 Tai = 16 cents / 32 cents

If U win with the maximum number of Tai or more than that, it will be call a 满胡 Man Hu. As again, by reading the title, smart reader like U would have guess that I got a Man Hu! Well actually technically, I got more than 5 Tai, 6 Tai to be exact .

The rates above is just an example ... the rates we played, for a 5 Tai Self Touch, everyone had to pay me $6.40 (work the way back and U will figure out what the starting rates)

I think I upset my Grandma who had been playing the game since noon. A whole day of playing and then encounter A lucky bugger who do a Man Hu right on his very first game! It can get quite irritating specially if that lucky bugger was a tab bit YaYa about his luck ...

anyway the game went on and tho I didn't win all of them, I won enough from the other games to make sure that it cover all my losses and doesn't touch my first winning! There was a close 4 Tai Winning but my Grandma quickly snatch it away from me ... winning it with the tile that I was waiting for .... what can I say? the oldest ginger still the most spicy !

Being the slowest, the other 3 players calculate the final score and I got to take 6 bucks back home from my Grandma ... doing some maths, I should get at least $19.20 from the first game ... my mom was quick to point out that it was my 3rd Aunt that left the deficit so by right, she should be paying me back and not her ... tsk tsk tsk ... I got a feeling my $13.20 will eventually become a bad debt ...

While leaving, my uncle pointed out that Lucky I didn't come earlier ... my Grandma and Mom didn't get why he said that but we (my uncle and I) had a good laugh at that... who knows what will be the final outcome if I was there eariler or played another game ??

In the end, was very happy with the 6 bucks that I won... it covered the cost of my dinner : ) aka Free Dinner !!!

I just won Movie tix from MTV

Coming home with my Mom, she opened the mail box and there a letter from MTV that addressed to me : )

Got a feeling that I won something from them again ! (YUP the last time was New Order's CD while the last movie ticket was Collateral , very long ago) and told my Mom in the lift that I might have won something again !

before reaching the doorstep, I opened the letter and YUP ! It's a pair of tickets for "YOU, ME AND DUPREE" !!!

Not exactly a film that I want to watch but I am glad that I am winning again at MTV !!! oh Yeah !

I just won Movie tix from Power98

Was Power Cruisin'with Jeremy Ratnam down from the CTE back to my place when he alert us that there will be tickets giveaway for the movie CLICK

as I was parking the car, the buzzer for the "Call Now for tickets for Click" was activated and I hurried Denise to call the hotline ... and my trusty phone hanged on me! WTF

using Denise new hp (Some new phone have all the luck), the first call reach the long ringing tone and we knew we are in luck liao!

it had been a long time since I won tix from Power 98! and it's nice to get that winning feeling back again!

and the Surprise Screening was ...

Singapore Dreaming!Yup the recent sold out Gala film at Singapore International Film Fest.

We were quite surprise to see Colin Goh and his wife there when we were collecting our tickets. I was wondering if Colin Goh and his wife were like us, taking part in a contest held by UIP and watching the Mystery movie like us (and maybe wishing it was going to be MI3 too)

When Richard Low (the mediacorp artist who starred in I Not Stupid and Singapore Dreaming) appeared with his kaki, we started suspecting that it might be Singapore Dreaming instead and once we received the survey forms prior entering the cinema, Stefan told us it's a confirm case as the survey asked about the knowledge of Singapore Dreaming.

And I have to say that it was uniquely bagus! It was funny, it was depressing real and most important of all, it had characters and situation that most Singaporean could relate or identify with. One of the best Singapore Films I seen so far and easily an entry for my Top Ten films for 2006. Singapore Dreaming comes highly recommended by me! It should be receiving general release this coming August and do give this local film a chance.

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Surprise Screening

Just got email for a Surprise Screening this Sat Morning : )

Super Duper Excited about it !!! I got a strange feeling that it could be one of the Summer BlockBuster that I want to catch ... and my fren who is going with me promise a Gubra DVD if it really turned out that way ... and we will be jumping on the SOFA and shouting "T__ C_____ I love YOu!"

or it might turn out to be a cartoon movie and watch the bubble bursts

Ch5 Oscar Movie Marathon pt 3

It's Here ! Confirmed liao ! the actual Ticket for this Sat Oscar Movie Marathon ! It came by registered post and reached my place around 1pm. Can’t help but feeling excited now!

Ch5 Oscar Movie Marathon PT 2

folks, for those who are interested in the latest news abt My Shortlist adventure with the CH 5 Oscar Movie Marathon

Till today, I didn't receive any news from them (no email or phone call) and my partner was asking if we were selected, because if not can start making other arrangement (such as catching all the Oscar movies that he has not yet seen)

so Just to confirm that we are not selected, I gave them a call just now and guess what ?





"We Been SELECTED !!!"
* attention my partner in crime

the actual invitation card should be in my post box soon! ~hehehe I been waiting at the wrong places, should wait by the my post box~

Perhaps Love ? Perhaps too lucky ?

Today I got a call from the NLB, informing me that I won the Perhaps Love Movie Tix contest. So I went down this evening to collect my ticket while returning my Dvds borrowed from NLB.

The Shocker came when the NLB staff told me that I won 4 pair of tix! and 8 posters to go with my tix! I don't even know if I will like the movie enough to even want 1 Poster.



So what will it be for you ?

4 Jacky Cheung or





or 4 Takeshi Kaneshiro





and what should i do with the 8 posters ?