(They canceled it on my birthday? -_-" Besides, I wasn't free anyway)
TelBru continued its promotional series of events this year with ‘Let’s Shop’, a fun-filled occasion that have seen hundreds of its loyal customers who battled it out for top shopping honours on the grounds of Gadong’s busy commercial area on 6th December 2009.
Two hundred and fifty lucky teams, represented by two shoppers each, were drawn by the Telbru's team to participate in this event. Initially, I had no idea about this at all! I didn't even submit any contest forms throughout the 'Let's Shop' campaign period during March to October, and now my mum and I were chosen to have a chance to win fabulous overseas shopping trips! My mum's friend was busy and she couldn't make it, so she gave me the chance to participate in this event.
Supposedly, my mum and her friend were to participate together as a team but like I mentioned, she said that she was going to be busy on that day. She pulled out and registered my name just two days before the event! Like
wth?! I missed the briefing which was held on the 20th November '09! So I quickly read through the Shopper's info pack in which my mum was given during briefing.
And my T-shirt was size L having been passed on by my mum's friend.......
.......more like XXXXXL!! This shirt could have been a dress for me!
And boy! I do feel like a
yellow version of Sean Kingston. He wears super baggy clothes 24/7 where his short-sleeves are like three-quarter sleeves just like mine!!

We have so much in common, don't we?
Now this looks like a kimono!
OoOooh~ I'm a certified 'Let's Shop' shopper!
Sakai, much?
Team
mother and daughter!!!
The teams gathered at the foyer of The Mall at 8am (Damn early to be at the Mall!) before setting out on the quest to search for solutions to riddles and puzzles scattered around the area.
And I was in
Team 95 with my mummy!
We were given a bag and a tag each along with breakfast and lunch coupons upon registration.
Met up with Maria and her mum! Another
mother and daughter team!
Before the
game started, Maria's mum offered to swap the T-shirts with me since hers is size M. Frankly speaking, there wasn't much difference. The sleeves were just probably an inch or two shorter than the size L tee.
*Pong! pong! pong~!* These air-filled sound-making
thingamajiga seriously makes annoying
pong-pong noises!
Bloody hell~! My points couldn't even reach half the total of the third highest point! So we sort off gave up during lunch already. The event started off at 10am and ended at 3.30pm!
Bloody shopping-marathon! 
After we ate the lunch that was provided, we continued filling out stomachs at KFC! HAHAHA! Lazy much! Then off we go again.........to shop for real!
(sneak peak of my Hello Kitty nail)
The ice breaker clue which was given to each team before the game started. Unlucky us got a silly clue -
A drink with a basil seed 
And it was stated that it can be found in Jaya Hypermart so we darted to that place! The rest of the clues were to be found in the terminals in the Mall and Centrepoint where you are allowed to log in for i.e. 45 seconds per time. There were 250 teams and only 25 terminals so the queues were quite long!
Okay, so the game goes like this:
Clue : Product- A drink with a basil seed, Place : Jaya Hypermart
If we knew what's the brand name of that particular drink, we could enter the correct answer and have 1 point. If we do not know, we could find the product at Jaya Hypermart but
not take it, just remember the brand name and come back to the terminal to enter the answer. Those who use camera to take photos of the product or use the handphone to contact a third party, asking for the answer, would be given a penalty of a deduction of 2 points from the total mark. This is like a test for graphic-memory!
We stayed till the very end of the event. Stayed for the entertainment, prize giving ceremony and light refreshments! And of course, for the goody bag!
*points above* Each person in a team was given a B$15 B.Mobile top-up card, small Telbru towel, Telbru keychain, Telbru notepad, Telbru pen and a couple of Telbru brochures.
.....AND a certificate of participation!
My mum's certificate has the right name on it but mine has got the name of my mum's friend!

Well, no one can be blamed anyway. My registration was last minute! So I made a little
alteration to it.......hehe~
The locked eye contact was sizzling ♥
bye,
with love,
Michee