We Won 3-Days and 2-Nights’ Accommodation!
(and a free cocktail buffet)
You see, I’m one very unlucky girl when it comes to raffles
and prizes. I only won once in my life, ever. It was at a company Christmas
party, where my name was drawn for the Php1,000.00 consolation prize. And it,
being the first time in my life ever, I jumped and shouted and looked rather
stupid. There was another time, when I
was “picked” among the many shoppers at a mall (maybe because I looked gullible
enough), to be given a chance for a random raffle draw where I can draw my own
prize from a bowlful of appliance showcase prizes. That is if I buy something
from them. To cut the story short (because it is rather embarrassing), it was a
scam and I ended up paying a 50% down payment for a Php30,000 massager to win
the whole entertainment showcase of 50-inch TV with DVD player and surround
speaker system, air purifier and something else that I can’t recall right now.
But I can only take them home after paying the whole amount. But since I only had a little cash and small
credit limit in my card, I ended up paying Php15,000 and taking home the
massager, which they didn’t want to give to me at first unless fully-paid…which
I later learned from the internet that it only costs around Php7,000 –
Php10,000. I went home with an
overpriced massager, feeling totally numb and stupid. I felt like I was
hypnotized and felt like an idiot when I came to my senses.
