Tuesday, September 28, 2004

$10,000!

I won $10,000! Thats about P563,000! I'm a half-millionaire at the age of 22!

I'm gonna buy a SE K700i and a Canon A85, then put the rest in time-deposit, then after five years I'd have used it to buy seven or eight properties.

The letter was from Worchester Jewelers London through a Canadian escrow Chase Wilton & Weede. They just asked me to sign the affidavit and send it back within ten days. A quick google showed no results from both companies, except that some guys received as much as six winning letters.

Bah, to hell with that.

Tuesday, September 21, 2004

For those that strive to become

A quote from Former US President Theodore Roosevelt, from The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by J. Maxwell:

"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiams, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."

Wednesday, September 01, 2004

How to sell kebab

Came across a new Persian diner this afternoon. It had no door, the entire wall just opened up with Persian arches. There's even a space of low tables and cushions for seating so you can eat Persian-style. But I didn't buy a shawarma because of the unique presentation and ambiance.

I bought two because the girl who owns it was pretty and smiles a lot.

It was good though. The galic sauce was thick and savory, and the chili sauce was red-hot spicy.