Kose: Mask of Love contest

When: Contest ends 31st March 2009.
Where: Kose website
Contest Type: Photo contest
*No purchase required

Prizes:

Grand prize- LG Prada Mobile Phone ( Most creative entry)

Winners of each category stand to win:

Most loving couple- A pair of ELLESSE His/Her watches
Best Buddies- A Nintendo DS with games
Best Family Shot- An OSIM uPapa
Most Outrageous- A $350 Travel Voucher

It's the season of love and you can share the things you love with those you hold dear. Capture snapshots of you and your loved ones using KOSE Mask White and stand to win fabulous prizes!

Submit your photos as the Most Loving Couple, Most Outrageous, Best Buddies or your Best Family Shot now to enter!

Contest Junkie Ratings:
Prize worth it or not: 4/ 10
Effort Needed: 3/ 10
Chance of Winning: Slim

Win a barrel of beer for your next house party!

When: Contest ends date not stated.
Where: Burndownthehouse website
Contest Type: Photo/Video contest
*No purchase required

Prize: Win a barrel of beer for your next house party!

Submit your best picture or video and stand a chance to win a barrel!

Submit to info@burndownthehouse.com

Terms and conditions apply.

Thanks to Trust for the lead!

What a prize!!! haha.

Contest Junkie Ratings:
Prize worth it or not: 3/ 10
Effort Needed: 4/ 10
Chance of Winning: Slim

Win National Geographic Channel Premiums!

When: Contest ends 27th March 2009.
Where: Ngc website
Contest Type: Online contest
*No purchase required

Prize: Win a National Geographic book entitled " Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 of the World's Greatest Trips" (x5 winners)

Tll them,in 150 words or less, how you help to restore balance in our natural environment

Winners will be notified via email and announced on the website on 3th April 2009.

Terms and conditions apply.

Thanks to Trust for the lead!

Contest Junkie Ratings:
Prize worth it or not: 1/ 10
Effort Needed: 1/ 10
Chance of Winning: Slim

Britney Global Fan Fiction Contest

When: Contest ends 16th March 2009.
Where: Britney website
Contest Type: Online story contest
*No purchase required

Prize:

Grand prize- Have his or her entry adapted into an animated video which will appear on www.britney.com

Consolation prizes: 5 runner up winners will each have their stories posted on the site.

Ok, i think the prizes are not super attractive. More for those who like to write and wish to have their story becoming a video.

Anyway, this is what you need to do.

Write a story, of no more than 250 words and inspired by one of the tracks from Britney Spears' album Circus and text it into the text box provided on the entry form.

Winners will be selected on or about 17th March 2009 and will be notified by email.

In order to participate in this contest, you are required to register as a member first.

Terms and conditions apply.

Thanks to RZ for the lead.

Contest Junkie Ratings:
Prize worth it or not: ??/ 10 (for writers, the prize is priceless :) )
Effort Needed: 6/ 10
Chance of Winning: Hard

MocCarnival FULL HOUSE!

When: Contest ends 28-29th March 2009.
Where: Mocca website
Contest Type: Reality contest
*No purchase required

Prize: Cool prizes with a minimum retail value of SGD $100! Prizes not stated though!

It's going to be a fun-filled weekend for you and your family. The hottest family and home essentials deals, exciting games and contests and much more await you at MocCarnival FULL HOUSE!

Mingle with MediaCorp Television artistes and Radio DJs. Take part in the "Crack the Code" hourly, DIY and The Price is Right contests to win cool prizes. Plus, grab the hottest deals every hour.

So, bring your whole family and head down for a day of fun!

Date: 28-29th March 2009, Sat and Sunday.
Time: 11am-10pm
Venue: D'Marquee, Downtown East
Address: 1 Pasir Ris Close, Singapore 519599

Admission is Free!

Terms and conditions apply.

To take part in the DIY Contest and The Price is Right, tell them in no more than 100 words why your family deserves a chance to play and email to webmaster@mocca.com. You must provide your phone number in your email and type "DIY Contest" or "The Price is Right Contest" as your subject title, depending on which contest you want to register your family for.

For more info of the different contests on these 2 days, view the website given!

Thanks to lobang for the lead.

Contest Junkie Ratings:
Prize worth it or not: ???/ 10 ( Is not just the prize but the day of fun with your family and friends!!!)
Effort Needed: 5/ 10
Chance of Winning: Maybe

Win a Canberra holiday!

When: Contest ends 30th April 2009.
Where: Tourism Canberra website
Contest Type: Online contest
*No purchase required

Prize: Win a Canberra Come Walkout package plus a return air tickets to Canberra for two persons.

This contest is open to Singapore residents

Answer 1simple question, fill in your personal particulars and stand a chance to win!

The question is : Name the lake in the city that is famous for its water and land activities.

Hint is given!!!

Winners will be notified via email and will have one month from date of notification to collect their prizes.

Terms and conditions apply.

Contest Junkie Ratings:
Prize worth it or not: 7/ 10
Effort Needed: 1/ 10
Chance of Winning: Slim

Shin Min Food Hunt 2009

When: Closing date of registration 6th March 2009

Where: Wheels For Fun website

Contest Type: Race

Registration fee is $50 per car

Event will be held on Sunday 15th March 2009. 7am to 1.30pm. Leisure Park, Kallang

Prizes:

Lucky Draw (x5 winners)

Treasure Hunt (x5 winners)

Hunt Point Challenge

Dress Up Your Car Contest

See details of prizes here.

Registration is based on a first-come-first-serve basis. Limited to 150 Cars.

They say: "This is a public event. Please drive your own car. It is not a motor rally or racing event but a holiday on wheels."

I say siao. Sure people race lor. hahah

Contest Junkie Ratings:

Prize worth it or not: 5 / 10

Effort Needed: 5 / 10

Fun factor: 7 / 10

Chance of Winning: Maybe

Win a trip for 2 to the ultimate Sydney & Grand Pacific Drive Adventure on Qantas' new A380

When: Send in entry by 4th March 2009
Where: The Straits Times, Special NATAS Supplement, 26 Feb 09 issue, Pg 42 Contest Type: Lick Stamp contest
*No purchase required


Prize:
- A pair of premium economy tickets to Sydney on Qantas Airways' new A380
- 6N stay including 3N in 5-star Star City's Harbour View Deluxe room
- 7D Convertible Astra car rental by Hertz
- Experience Skywalk, Sydney Tower's exhilarting outdoor walk
- Sydney Showboats - dinner cruise with enthralling live cabaret show
- An adrenalin-pumping ride on the Jetcruiser
- A pair of tickets to Sydney Royal Easter Show (9-22 Apr), the biggest carnival in NSW, if travel conincides with this period

Simply answer the questions and send in the completed entry form that can be found in The Straits Times at the above mentioned page.

Or you can drop it off at the Tourism New South Wales/Australia Booth at the NATAS Fair from 27th Feb to 1 Mar.

Results will be published in The Straits Times on 11 March 2009.

Contest Junkie Ratings:
Prize worth it or not: 10 / 10
Effort Needed: 1 / 10
Chance of Winning: Super duper fat chance

888th post!

Guess what?

This is the Feeling Lucky Today? blog's 888th post!

888 leh! OMG! I find it quite unbelievable that we have put up 888 posts of contests, ramblings and nonsense. That's freaking hell lots of post lor.

Heheh... I also can't believe I lasted so long and that I am still going on! ;p Haha But I think I have reached a comfortable level. With the help of co-author Contest Lover, things are a lot more manageable provided he doesn't go hide out in the forest for long stretches of time.

I really must thank him and in this very happy and joyous occasion of reaching the very auspicious 888th post, I will like to take the opportunity to declare my gratitude and admiration for this lovely chap. He's a funny guy. He's a emo guy. He's a hardworking, easy going, entertaining, really fun to tease and good sparring (in terms of teasing la) partner. You the best, CL!... as long as you stop doing the easy posts and leave all the complicated ones for me to put up.

There used to be 3 more co-authors. Good Day, Eddie and Contest4life. Remember them? Because they were weighed down by other commitments I felt it was better that they go focus on the more important things in their lives. Well you see, it isn't that quite easy maintaining a contest blog.

Firstly, there are endless contests out there to put up.

Secondly, there are many request from contest organisers in USA to decline. I really need to put a banner up somewhere that we are a Singapore-based blog!

Thirdly, there are tons of annoying comments to delete ranging from Mumbai florist trying to promote their webstore here (What's the connection? I still don't get it) to people promoting their blogs/webstore/porn site at the Kopitiam.

Fourthly, we also want to join contests ourselves! =) So when you see that there are a lot of contest leads at the Kopitiam and we are slow in putting them up, we are actually doing the same thing as you - busy joining contests ourselves lor... hahah

Talking about the difficulties of maintaining a blog sort of led me to ponder about the decisions that coolmrsoftie recently took. (Coolmrsoftie is another contest blogger). He wanted to close his blog but it's now revived and with a new stylo mylo look. To think that about (was it?) 5 months back, I was thinking of closing this blog too. I could hardly cope then. So when he was feeling stretched, I could totally understand. No wait. Urm... Actually I couldn't. Mr Cool and his team put up a lot more posts than we do here. They sibei on man! How they do it? They don't have to work/study/serve the army one meh? I salute them man.

What I could understand though is his view that if he wants to do something, he wants to do it well. If not don't do. I share that view too. I take pride in this blog that I set up. Never imagine I could have so much fun, done so much with it, learn a lot in terms of online marketing, derive such joy (some of it perverse) and also win prizes from it. CoolMrSoftie's pride may come from other areas but I have no doubt that he takes a lot of pride in it. And he should. It's a pretty cool blog.

So I guess it all boils down to the question why does one want to set up a blog in the first place. If you know why and the reason still stands then I'm sure other problems can be worked out somehow.

And he did work it out it seems. I think many of us were really glad that the blog is now back!

I read that Mr Cool wanted his blog to be made up of a strong community of readers and people sharing and putting up contest posts. That will be nice. But if you want the community to be strong and possibly be the best contest blog around, urm... you have to give it some time you know. So be patient and you should get there. All the best!

I shall openly declare that I love his magazine contests although I honestly don't think the magazine companies or the genuine magazine readers like it ;ppp Ok, Mr Cool, as long as you don't blog about Her World's contest (which I am a regular reader of), and reduce my chance of winning, I'm fine. hahah I do think the magazines meant to hold the contests to reward their paying readers but if many of the non readers end up joining and winning, that will be depriving their regular paying readers the chance to win stuff isn't it? But then again, whose fault really is it? I will say it is the magazines lor. If you run contests like how Her World does it, where most of it is still the cut out original coupon and mail in kind of contests, then there will be no issue. If you want to join, you have to buy a magazine. You buy one magazine, you get one chance at the draw. All's fair.

So if magazines still choose to hold contests the SMS or email way then it's not our fault when we win hor even if we don't read or pay for the mags ;p It's not CoolMrSoftie's fault either. In fact he's the saint to me. So bring it on man :)

On to something else now.

I will like to take this opportunity to clarify a few things if you don't already know by now.

1. I'm not into movies, gaming, movie premiums or goodie bags sort of prizes. Thanks for all your links to win these. So more often than not, I will not blog about them. (Also lack of time la. So must be selective) But please do keep them coming at the Kopitiam for those who are interested.

2. While I'm thankful for all the leads that you folks send in, I'll like to apologise that some of them are sometimes not put up due to the following reasons.
- Poorly organised contests with no closing date, no TnC etcs.
- Contest giving away "Mystery" prizes. Siao. I send in my essay but after that you tell me I won a roll of toilet paper then how?
- I think the contest is a smoke out. Get our particulars but no intention to give out prizes kind. Some contests drag out for months, ask for a lot of particulars and referrals, no skills involved kind and give away only 1 prize. I think this is pretty obvious that the contest organisers just want a huge database.
- I think the contest organisers kelong.
- Contest organisers are impolite and condescending.
- The prizes are just not worth the effort.
- The contest mechanics is easily open to abuse and cheating.
- Contest organisers with poor track record such as substituting prizes etc.

I know some of you sometimes just recommend a contest when you come across one even before having gone through the details yourselves. I understand and that's ok :) I do that to CL sometimes and halfway through posting, he'll discover it is some rubbish contest and he'll grumble at me ;ppp

So my guiding "principal" on what to post really is based on whether I will join that contest or not. So if you have similar tastes for contests as me, all's good. If not, I'll say pay attention more to the posts at the Kopitiam or visit the other contest blogs :)

And how many contest blogs are there now?!?

Contestsg - Specialise in supermarket contests
Cornflict - Specialise in movie and gaming contests
i ♥ Contests - Specialise in mag contests
Kain Highwind Domain - Specialise in samples??
Singapore Draws - Has some of the more unusual international contests.
Surviving the Recession
Where Got Free

So including this blog, there are a total of 8 contests blogs wor!!! Don't you just love Singapore? I don't think there is any other country out there that has 8 contests blog for you to join contests like mad. Haha

3. I've been meaning to say this too. I've never said you cannot canvass for votes here. Once at the koptiam is enough though. 2 max please. 3 times, I'll say: "Enough hor". 4th time onwards they will all get deleted. Actually what's best is if you put up a comment at that particular contest post. It's more permanent anyway. In fact, if you feel strongly about your entry and will like us to support, write me a compelling email. If I am convinced, I will not only give you my vote, I will even promote it here for you here.

4. Don't sell things here.

Finally if any companies are reading this, I have a wish list which I hope you will take into consideration when you plan your future contests to make things more fair more fun.

If you are running a ...

Photo Contest
Please select the winners yourself. If you want public participation, then perhaps choose x number of the pics that best convey your theme and put them up for public voting.

Don't get the public to decide the winners or the shortlist because sometimes the "public size" can be quite small and the massive votes that the winners receive may be made up of just a handful of people. I've seen contests where the prize winners won not because they took a fabulous photo or gave a compelling answer. Their entry is weak yet they won simply because they managed to garner lots of votes. Sorry, I just can't help but think they created a million accounts and voted for themselves. Some entries are so undeserving that you really won't that that the public will vote for them.

Essay, Video, Need-to-put-in-a-lot-of-effort contests
Please always announce the winners on the website. We all put in a lot of effort to join them so we will like, more than any other contests, to know if we'd won or not. Even if we didn't win, never mind. But we need closure. (Hahaha so melodramatic) So state the winners please.

Online Game
- Please ensure they are not hackable.
- Otherwise urm... maybe don't put up scoreboard so hackers won't know how much to cheat, I hope.

Anybody else have any other suggestions or comments? Please put them all down in the comments section. I will link this post under the "contests aside" section and will point companies to this post whenever I get the chance :)

Finally, please run a contest well and treat the winners like how you will like to be treated if you are a winner. Don't cheat. Don't misrepresent. If you are giving away a $100 voucher but require a minimum spending of $200 to use it, say it upfront. If you are giving away 5x $20 vouchers but they cannot be used together, say it upfront. It leaves an extremely bad taste in the mouth when we discover we have won and we are so over the moon but the next thing we know, the prize is not what it seems and we come crashing down. In short, that is call feeling cheated and like a fool.

I remember all the companies who hold great contests and treat the winners as well as they would their customers. They have made it such a pleasant experience which I really appreciate and have returned to these companies many times to patronise them.

As for the companies who made me feel like a third grade customer, you can forget about my business. And I'm probably so consumed by disgust that I have mouthed the lousy experience to at least 10 others.

Gosh I rambled and blabbered on and didn't realise that I have typed so much already! ;p

Time to end off and before I do, I want to say THANK YOU for being a part of my life! Thank you for being here and thank you for being simply you.

May all of us continue to win and win. Huat ah!

Win the latest Getway notebook!

When: Contest ends 24th March 2009.
Where: Asiaone website
Contest Type: Online contest
*No purchase required

Prize: Win the Latest Gateway notebook!

Answer 3 simple questions, fill in your personal particulars and stand a chance to win!

Winners will be notified via email and/or telephone by April 10, 2009.

Terms and conditions apply.

PS: Need to register as a member of asiaone!

Contest Junkie Ratings:
Prize worth it or not: 5/ 10
Effort Needed: 1/ 10
Chance of Winning: Slim

Win a 5D4N Resort stay at Club Med Kani!!

When: Contest ends 1st March 2009.
Where: Club Med website
Contest Type: Online contest
*No purchase required

Prize: Win a 5D4N Resort stay at Club Med Kani!!

Find Happiness at Club Med!

Answer 3 simple questions and stand a chance to win a 5 Day-4 Night Resort stay at Club Med Kani, Maldives.

Contest opens to 18 years and above

Winner shall be notified by phone and email and must be contactable within 3 calls made during working hours.

Terms and conditions apply.

Contest Junkie Ratings:
Prize worth it or not: 7/ 10
Effort Needed: 1/ 10
Chance of Winning: Slim

Geckogo Blogger contest

When: Contest ends 1st March 2009.
Where: Geckogo website
Contest Type: Blogging contest
*No purchase required

Prize: Win a USD $900 Travel Voucher from Geckogo!

GeckoGo and Intrepid Travel have teamed up to bring you their first blogger contest.

Get a chance to win a $900 USD travel voucher redeemable towards a trip of your choice with Intrepid Travel – the leader in small group travel in over 93 countries around the world.

Just what does $900 get you with Intrepid? How about a 6 day trip in Rio, Brazil, a 10 day trip to Borneo or a 9 day trip through Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand?

Winners will be determined by random draw and announced on Geckogo blog on March 9th 2009.

For more info of this contest, check out the website.

Contest Junkie Ratings:
Prize worth it or not: 7/ 10
Effort Needed: 5/ 10
Chance of Winning: Slim

Catalog Mag - (Feb) Bag It Contest

When: Closing date 28th February 2009
Where: Catalog Mag website
Contest type: Online contest
*No purchase required

Prizes:

Melissa Jelly Shoes- valued from $109 to $129 (x2 winners)

Wacoal Ayumi Hamasaki Sets-valued at $105 (x5 winners)

Kidrobot Hamper'O Awesomeness-valued at $145 (x1 winner)

Winners will be selected by random drawing on or about 28th February 2009.

Terms and conditions apply.

Contest Junkie Ratings:
Prize worth it or not: 3 / 10
Effort Needed: 1 / 10
Chance of Winning: Slim

T3 Singapore - Monthly Contests (FEB)

When: Closing date 28th February 2009

Where: T3 website
Contest Type: Online contest

*No purchase required

Prizes:

Win a pair of Timex watch

Win a Samsung WB500 camera

Win a Velbron Cx-888 Tripod

Win a set of Porta Pro Stereophones

Win a pair of OUTLANDER tickets

Multiple entries will not be entertained. Winners will be announced in forthcoming issues of T3 Singapore and will be notified by SMS and email.

Contest Junkie Ratings:
Prize worth it or not: 5 / 10
Effort Needed: 1 / 10
Chance of Winning: Super slim chance

"I want to win a HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam Edition" Contest

When: Contest ends 8th March 2009 at 2359 Hrs
Where: Moblog website
Contest Type: Blogging/photo contest
*No purchase required

Prize: Win a HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam edition. (x2 winners)

Win this laptop by posting blog entries or photos stating" I want this HP Designer Laptop because.." and tag your entires as " IwantHP". If you are not a moblogger, you can also take part in this contest by emailing them your blog entries with your Name, Address and moblie number.

Results will be posted on site after 11th March 2009.

Terms and conditions apply.

Contest Junkie Ratings:
Prize worth it or not: 5/ 10
Effort Needed: 4/ 10
Chance of Winning: Slim

Self-Drive Challenge!

When: Contest ends 24th April 2009
Where: Brilliantblend website
Contest Type: Online game
*No purchase required

Prizes:

Grand Prize: 3 night accommodation in Adelaide + 3 days Hertz car rental + $100 Gift Voucher from Lee Hua + $20 dining voucher from Barossa Restaurant + 1 bottle of Jacob's Creeks wine + 1 Multi-Food Product Gift pack from Lincoln Green

2nd Prize: $100 Gift Voucher from Lee Hua + $20 dining voucher from Barossa Restaurant + 2 bottle of Jacob's Creeks wine + 1 Multi-Food Product Gift pack from Lincoln Green

3rd Prize: $100 Gift Voucher from Lee Hua + $20 dining voucher from Barossa Restaurant + 1 bottle of Jacob's Creeks wine + 1 Multi-Food Product Gift pack from Lincoln Green

Answer a series of questions regarding Adelaide.

The top scorer with the shortest time will win a self-drive holiday to Adelaide and other attractive prizes

Winners will be notified by post on 30th April 2009.

Terms and conditions apply.

Contest Junkie Ratings:
Prize worth it or not: 6/ 10
Effort Needed: 4/ 10
Chance of Winning: Slim

Win a sony pocket-style PC Vaio P and premiums from History worth $1500

When: Contest ends date not stated.

Where: MensHealth website
Contest Type: Online contest
*No purchase required

Prizes:

Grand prize: A sony pocket-style PC Vaio P and exclusive premiums from HISTORY worth $1500 (x1 winner)

Consolation prizes: HISTORY hampers consisting of board games and exclusive premiums worth $500 each (x5 winners)


Simply answer two simple question,fill up a form on their site and stand a chance to win!

Terms and conditions not stated.

Contest Junkie Ratings:
Prize worth it or not: 4/ 10
Effort Needed: 1 / 10
Chance of Winning:Slim

Win with Zo Bonus Edition! Win tickets to see Rod Stewart Live!

When: Closing date 25th February 2009

Where: Zo Card emailer

Contest type: Online contest

*No purchase required

Prize: A pair of tickets to catch Rod Stewart live at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on 28th February 2009 .

Simply answer the following question and stand the chance to win.

Question: Simply complete the following lyrics.

" Have I told you lately that ___ ___ ___ ?"

Email your answers with your Name, NRIC and contact number to marketing@zocard.com .

No TnC. Join at own risk.

Contest Junkie Ratings:

Prize worth it or not: 2 / 10

Effort Needed: 1/ 10

Chance of Winning: Slim.

Cyberpioneer February 2009 contest

When: Closing date 28th February 2009
Where: Cyberpioneer website
Contest type: Online Contest
*No Purchase required

PRIZE : $60 worth of POPULAR vouchers!! (x3 winners)

Simply answer 3 simple qns in this contest and stand a chance to win. Ans can be found in the website.

Rules and regulations:

1. This contest is open only to residents of Singapore.
2. Only entries submitted through the above form will be accepted.
3. Each person is allowed only ONE entry.
4. Winners will be notified by post.
5. All winners must collect their prizes within a month of notification.
6. Staff of MINDEF Public Affairs and their family members are not allowed to take part in the contest.
7. Only entries submitted by 28 February 2009 will be considered for the draw.

Contest Junkie Ratings:
Prize worth it or not: 2 / 10
Effort Needed: 1/ 10
Chance of Winning:Maybe

“SMG – Windows to Seoul” contest

When: Closing date 14th March 2009

Where: NGC website

Contest Type: Online contest
*No purchase required

Prizes: A package to Seoul for 2 - includes two return economy air tickets from the country of resident of the winner to Seoul and three nights of one-room hotel accommodation in Seoul

To participate, all entrants are required to use their skill to write and submit in English, how one of the images provided on the contest section inspired them in not more than 20 words.

Contest is open to folks residing anywhere in Brunei, Cambodia, China, Guam, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Pohnpei(formerly Micronesia), Myanmar, Mongolia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Solomon Islands, UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Lebanon, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Philippines, the Republic of China (Taiwan).

You may enter the Competition for yourself only as many times as you wish.

The winner of the Competition will be announced on the Website on 30 March 2009. The winner will also be notified separately by email

Thanks to Eddie for the lead.

Contest Junkie Ratings:

Prize worth it or not: 5 / 10

Effort Needed: 3 / 10

Chance of Winning: Fat chance

The Straits Times Life! / CATS 'Timeless Memory' contest

When: Closing date 6th March 2009
Where: The Sunday Times 22nd Feb issue, Page 24
Contest Type: A variety...
*No purchase required




Prizes:
- A pair of top-tier weekend tickets to watch CATS
- 2-way limousine transfer by Conrad Centennial Singapore
- A pair of 'La Grande Claissique de Longines' watches
- 1 night weekend stay in the President Suite at Conrad Centennial Singapore
- Dinner buffet for 2 at Oscar's

Consolation Prize: A pair of tickets to CATS (x30 winners)

As the theme song goes in CATS. let the memory live again, and you could be the proud owner of the Longines watches with timeless appeal while enjoyng the award-winning musical in grand style.

To enter, share your own recollection of a timeless memory. Do it through a story, a song, a photo collage, a video clip, an art piece or in any creative way you please. The entry that best reflects the timeless memory theme wins the top prize.

Written entires limited to max 300 words. Photos and drawing smust include a caption and short description. Video clips must be sent in 'mov' or 'avi' format and songs in 'mpegs3' format. Max file size 2MB.

Email your entry to: mkglifepromo@sph.com.sg together with your name, address, age occupation, IC no. and contact no.

Or snail-mail to: The Straits Times Life! / CATS 'Timeless Memory' Contest, Locked Bag 002, MacPherson Road Post Office, Singapore 913486

Winner will be announced in the Straits Tiems on 21 March 2009. Consolation prize winners will be notified by phone.

Contest Junkie Ratings:
Prize worth it or not: 6 / 10
Effort Needed: 4 / 10
Chance of Winning: Slim

2009 Reasons Promotions

When: For the 3 weekends of 14-15 Feb, 21-22 Feb, 28 Feb - 1 Mar 09
Where: Visit Singapore website

Contest Type: Freebies

*No purchase required

Prizes:

Singapore Flyer

Free ride for the first 2009 visitors for each weekend

Jurong Bird Park

Free entry for the first 2009 visitors

Sentosa

Complimentary admission via VivoCity Sentosa Express and entry to Images of Singapore for the first 2009 visitors

National Museum of Singapore

Free entry for the first 2009 visitors

Singapore River Cruises

Free Bumboat ride for the first 2009 visitors. Tickets can only be redeemed at the following counters:

1) Raffles Landing Site

2) Liang Court Jetty

3) Merlion Park

Simply text '2009' to 79777 to get your SMS passport!

This cool offer was sent in by Lobang! Wah, lobang you are damn well-informed. Your kangtao zuay zuay! You the man. No. Not enough. I shall confer you the title of KING. Henceforth, I shall call you Lobang King :)

Thanks to Lobang King for the lead!

Contest Junkie Ratings:

Prize worth it or not: 2 / 10

Effort Needed: 1 / 10

Chance of Winning: Sure win la. Just don't go too late.

Memory Most Wanted

When: They didn't say when the contest ends

Where: Mediacorp website
Contest Type: Online game
*No purchase required

Grand Lucky Draw Prizes:

- Relaxing Gold Coast Holiday for 2 worth $2088

- Canon Ixus 980IS + Selphy CP760

- Redoxon hamper worth $800 (That's freaking hell lots of those effervescence tablets isn't it?)

Play the memory game. Top scorer of each week wins a $50 shopping voucher. But as long as you play, you stand a chance to win the grand lucky draw prizes.

Need to register as a member first.

Thanks to lobang for the lead.

Contest Junkie Ratings:

Prize worth it or not: 5 / 10

Effort Needed: 3 / 10

Chance of Winning: Fat chance

"Home Sweet Home" contest

When: Submit by 15th March 2009
Where: ST701 website
Contest Type: Photo contest
*No purchase required




Prizes:
1st Prize: Toshiba 37" LCD TV
2nd Prize: LG DVD Home System
3rd Prize: Samsung 8.1 MP Digital Camera

Showcase your estate or house and stand a chance to win the above prizes.

Entries will be collated and displayed on a Gallery page between 16 Feb - 31 Mar. 10 finalists will be shortlisted for a public voting contest.

Voters also stand to win IKEA shopping vouchers worth $1200. (x2 winners)

Submitted enteries will be judge base on the photo's :
- Composition
- Creativity
- Aesthetics
- Caption

More and more professional photographers are joining such photo contests it seems. With all their high end SLRs and fish eye lenses, do amatures like us still stand a chance? Hmmm...

I just have one question for Liew Tong Leng who submitted really well taken photos. So do you stay in Bugis, Tampines or Rochor?

Thanks to RZ for the lead.

Contest Junkie Ratings:
Prize worth it or not: 4 / 10
Effort Needed: 3 / 10
Chance of Winning: Fat chance

Take Back Valentine's Day Contest - Results

THE results that you have been waiting for...

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to the Take Back Valentine's Day Contest...

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where the winner will walk away with a $350 Patagonia gift card...

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did I mention that it is USD350 not SGD350? So after conversion it is worth about SGD532...

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The contestant who had submitted the best idea to "Make Face Time" with others on Valentine's Day...

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whose entry Contest Lover finally decided should be the winner after much much deliberation...

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is Zainul!

Congratulations!

This is his entry and suggestion to Make Face Time on Valentine's Day.

"Today is a special day. We (me and a friend) went to the hospital and celebrate it with our best friend who is getting treatment for cancer there. We brought along chocolate, red roses and her favourite food--macaroni & cheese! Haha! The look of her face is priceless! That was the first time the three of us meet again after graduated! I can't think a better way to spend my Valentine's day. I'm writing in here to let you guys know that I got the idea from this contest. Ain't that fun? So, from the bottom of my heart, a millions "Thank you" for the inspiration^^ Happy Valentine's Day to all compers!"

Contest Lover is stuck in some forest out there so he wasn't able to do this entry and he will like me to give a special mention to Gan PC for submitting the next best suggestion to make face time.

Ok Zainul, now for the administrative part, please email over a copy of your NRIC/Passport as verification of your identity to contestjunkie888@gmail.com together with your mailing address. Kindly do it within 2 weeks. (That should be enough time right?) You can scan or take a photo of your identification documents. Please make sure that the image is sharp and readable. I am afraid I can't notify you by email that you have won because, well I don't have your email address. (Completely overlooked that part ;p) So contact me!

Once again, congratulations Zainul and thank you everyone who participated and sent in your great suggestions on how we can spend quality time with family and friends, not just with lovers, on Valentine's Day.

Cheers!

Win tickets and merchandise to the Mosaic Music Festival 2009

When: Contest ends 1st March 2009

Where: Mosaic website
Contest Type: Online contest
*No purchase required

Top Prizes: A pair of tickets and Mosaic merchandise worth $183 (x5 winners)

Consolation prizes: A pair of tickets and Mosaic merchandise worth $114 (x5 winners)

In order to enter the contest, each participant must answer the question below correctly:
Name three artists performing in Mosaic Music Festival 2009.

Thanks to Rachel for the lead.

Contest Junkie Ratings:

Prize worth it or not: 3 / 10

Effort Needed: 1 / 10

Chance of Winning: Slim

Her World Promotions - Win Dior Beauty Hampers worth $250

When: SMS by 31st March 2009
Where: Her World website

Contest Type: SMS contest

*No purchase required

Prizes: Dior Beauty Hampers worth $250 (x44 winners)

SMS your entry to 77877

HW0311{space}NRIC{space}Name{space}Address

eg. HW0311 8888888 Lee CJ Blk 8, Fortune Drive, #08-08 S888888

Each SMS costs $0.30.

Contest Junkie Ratings:
Prize worth it or not: 3 / 10
Effort Needed: 1 / 10
Chance of Winning: Slim

Win a fun trip to Mainland Fish Farm! - Results!

Here are the 10 lucky winners to the Win a fun trip to Mainland Fish Farm! contest.

Tee Shiuh Fang

IC: xxx7508

Lim Yi Wei

IC: xxx1770

Goh Sheng Wei, Eddy

IC: xxx0599

Richard Ong

IC: xxx0317

Loh Kia Huey

IC: xxx4082

Sam Peng Kuen

IC: xxx1187

Woo Kit-Ee Debbie

IC: xxx8185

Sophia Ang Teng Hui

IC: xxx5644

Josephine Ong Bee Hoon

IC : xxx0007

Foo Yew Lee

IC : xxx0102

Congratulations to the 10 winners who will be enjoying a Fish Spa Therapy for 4 pax + 1 hour of prawning for 2 pax + Alley Fish Catching for 2 pax at Mainland Fish Farm.

All winners will receive the winning email notification by end of the week.

Cheers!

AirAsia Tianjin Contest

When: Contest ends on 25th February 2009
Where: AirAsia Facebook site

Contest Type: Online contest

*No purchase required

Prizes:

- Return flights to Tianjin from Kuala Lumpur (x3 winners)

- 1 Twin Sharing Room (x3 winners) (They didn't say for how many days)

To join,

(a) Participants are required to become a fan of the AirAsia Fan Page in Facebook.

(b) Once a fan of AirAsia, participants will have to tell us in the fan page their top 5 favourite things to do in Bejing and tell us why they deserve to win a pair of return flight to Tianjin(Beijing).

3 participants with the most creative entries will be deemed the winners.

Contest Junkie Ratings:

Prize worth it or not: 4 / 10

Effort Needed: 3 / 10

Chance of Winning: Fat chance

Looking for Best Cut Red Tape suggestions

When: Qualifying period ends June 2009

Where: MTI website
Contest Type: Online contest
*No purchase required

Prizes:

1st prize: $1,000

2nd Prize: $800

3rd Prize: $500

To stand a chance to win, submit your proposals to review government rules and cut red tape for businesses.

Contest Junkie Ratings:
Prize worth it or not: 4 / 10
Effort Needed: 3 / 10
Chance of Winning: Slim

National Rolling Polls Photo Contest

When: Closing date 23rd February 2009
Where: Mysingapore.sg website

Contest Type: Photo contest

*No purchase required

Prizes: $100 worth of Popular voucher (x10 winners)

Take a picture of yourself/a friend or family member, showing an expression of the following moods:
- Great
- Good
- Okay Lah
- Lousy
- Terrible

Winners will be chosen based on scores by a judging panel (50%) as well as public ratings on the gallery (50%).

All winners will be notified via email and winners will be announced on 27 Feb 2009, 6pm.

Contest Junkie Ratings:

Prize worth it or not: 2 / 10

Effort Needed: 3 / 10

Chance of Winning: Maybe

SingPost: Make Your HDB Payments on S.A.M

When: Closing date 31st March 2009.

Where: Singpost website
Contest Type: Bill payment
*No purchase required

Prize: Win Asus laptop and KeyPost subscriptions from now till march!

Win Asus laptops and Keypost subscriptions every month when you make your HDB payments on S.A.M.

Contest Junkie Ratings:
Prize worth it or not: 4 / 10
Effort Needed: 2 / 10
Chance of Winning: Slim

Everyday People, Extraordinary Lives

When: Closing date 15th March 2009

Where: HealthCareer website
Contest Type: Online contest
*No purchase required

Prizes: Stand a chance to win 3X Samsung Q1(8GB) Mp3 players or 10X $50 cash vouchers with each submitted entry.

Create a wallpaper in relation to health visuals or health professionals and stand to win.

Thanks to smudger for the lead.

Contest Junkie Ratings:
Prize worth it or not: 4 / 10
Effort Needed: 4 / 10
Chance of Winning: Maybe

StarHub - CableTV - Promotions & Events - Form - Milton Hershey

When: Contest ends on 28th February 2009
Where: Starhub website
Contest Type: Online contest
*No purchase required

Prize: Hershey Hampers for your loved one! (x10 winners)

Tell Starhub in less than 50 words, who and why your loved one deserves the Hershey Hamper!

Winners will be notified by post by 1st April 2009.

Terms and conditions apply.

PS: This contest is only open to Starhub TV services' residential customers!

Contest Junkie Ratings:
Prize worth it or not: 2 / 10
Effort Needed: 1 / 10
Chance of Winning: Slim

Share LOVE stories on MyRomance Topic Track and WIN!

When: Contest ends 31st March 2009
Where: MyeCitizen website
Contest Type: Online contest
*No purchase required

Prizes: Win $40 worth of Skin Inc vouchers (x2 winners)

Share your love stories, the most memorable valentine's day celebration you've had, etc on MyRomance Forum and stand to win!

Winner will be notified via e-mail by 9 April 2009.

Terms and conditions apply.

PS: Need to register as a member first!

Contest Junkie Ratings:

Prize worth it or not: 1/ 10

Effort Needed: 2/ 10

Chance of Winning: Slim