I finally won my first Lucky draw

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Yesterday, a prominent EDA (Electronic Design Automation) company came to conduct a one-day symposium at my company’s auditorium. There were some visitors invited from other companies as well, to make up the numbers. Unfortunately, there were only about 30 over attendees at the end, couldn’t even fill up half of the auditorium. But it’s good news for those who attended though, because there was going to be a lucky draw at the end of the symposium! The less the number of attendees, the higher the chances are to win! *selfish* LOL.

Anyway, the first prize was an Ipod Touch, second was a Buffalo brand 500GB external hard disk a.k.a. MiniStation, and 3 consolation prizes of an Ipod Shuffle each. Towards the end of the event, the lucky draw began and I was actually thinking, “How nice it would be to have the hard disk drive”, because the other day Saucer was just mentioning that we’re running out of hard disk space.

Lo and behold, after drawing the 3 consolation prizes, it was time for the second prize, and guess what? My name was announced! I couldn’t believe it! I screamed for a while and eagerly went down the steps of the auditorium towards the stage. And what could be worse than almost tripping on my way down! I blame it on the stupid microphone stand which was standing in the middle of the stairs. I tried avoiding it and kicked on the edge of another chair and almost fell! Gosh! It was so embarassing, especially when everyone’s attention was on me! No doubt, a score of laughter went off right after that, even the VP who was the presenter told me to slow down. *LOL* Luckily I didn’t fall down, it would have been too embarrassing.

Anyway, that aside, I was so excited to get this prize! Kwailee, remember how we always hoped and hoped for lucky draw prizes whenever we attended symposiums? It’s really amazing. For the past 5 years or so, I have been attending similar symposiums in Penang and not for once did I even come close to winning. My luck has changed for the better! Or it might be just due to the smaller number of attendees in this symposium.

This is the prize that I have proudly won!

500GB Buffalo MiniStation

It even has Turbo, which apparently increases the transfer speed up to 20%! So cool. Best of all, it has a shock-resistant chassis due to the built of the casing, where the hard disk is actually ‘floating’ within the casing. I’ll let you know how well it works IN CASE I accidentally drop it in the future. *touch wood*

Turbo and shock-resistant

It is white in colour! My favourite. And it fits in my palm. Light and portable.

Portability

And finally, it allows you to wrap the cable around the hard disk, preventing messy wiring or misplaced wire. I really love this creative idea! I wonder why no one else has thought of this since it’s just so simple! My other hard disks have wires flying everywhere and they look so messy. The MiniStation has a neat and tidy look, not to mention its small and thin casing. I love it!

Wrap around wire for a tidy look

I’m still overjoyed at winning my first ever lucky draw! This means I could download and store more of my favourite series.

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