Brands Suduku Challenge

Brands has launched an online Suduku Challenge on Stomp http://www.stomp.com.sg/BRANDSstaysharp/ . Apparently entering the contest is easy and there is a lot of money worth playing for. The top prize is $10,000. To enter the contest online, you just need to purchase a set of Brands chicken essence from the supermarket, and search for the 7 digit code inside the packaging to start the game off. 900 semi-finalists will be chosen based on the shortest times taken to complete the puzzle. Does taking Brands help you do better at Suduku?

Singapore IT Show 207

Over the last four days, Suntec City played host to the Singapore IT Show 2007. Since the evening session of tennis was to be cancelled, there was time to spare to take a look at what are the IT products on sale. I recently bought an Acer laptop from my school's IT fair, and was rather disappointed that there was another Acer laptop on sale today at $200 less, and offered Microsoft Vista. Sometimes it is just better to wait for a better offer. But guess what, this entry is typed on my new Acer laptop. Its meant for my mum, but she isn't using it as often as I hope she would. Canon was offering its SLR today with all those freebies, but I thought I should wait a few more months while I further explore my A640 powershot. Instead, I bought myself a brand new tripod, and I hope it is level, unlike the old one I keep under my bed.

Lion Dances

The past week I had been witness to at least two formal lion dances for heartland businesses. The lion prances excitedly into the store where it is offered vegetables and mandarin oranges. It crouches on the floor for quite some time, forming the auspicious word "Fu" under its chin with the mandarin segments, and occasionally spitting out the mandarin skin and vegetable stems at the audience. I have noticed that of late, there are no more lorries carrying lion dance troupes around my neighbourhood. But am happy to watch these traditional shows at the heartland shops. Every Chinese New Year is a chance for us to feel close to our roots again. :)