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Friday September 13, 2013
I was rather tired on Monday morning, having had an action packed weekend celebrating birthdays at Dragonfly and the Larder, and watching an improvisation show. As usual, my radio alarm clock went off at 7.50am to More FM's Breakfast Show with Marc Ellis, Hayley Holt and Stu Tolan. I was drifting in and out of consciousness when suddenly a mention of "Malaysia" snapped me awake - it turned out that they were running a competition to give away free flights to Malaysia. The idea is that each day, a question about Malaysia is asked and one person who correctly answers the question goes into a draw at the end of the week to win free flights, making the odds 1 in 5 if you manage to get said answer. Furthermore, the winner must be able to provide the answers for all five questions of that week if they get drawn on the Friday. Fortunately the answers are posted on the More FM website and on their Facebook page, so it boils down to mostly luck, and it would so happen that my answer to "Which reptile has a temple dedicated to it in Penang" of "Snake" enabled me to get this 1 in 5 chance of winning flights to Malaysia.
Throughout the week, I was meticulously noting down each answer, and last night I was so excited I had trouble sleeping. I got into work at 8.15am and immediately tuned into the More FM live streaming on their website, getting increasingly agitated and nervous and excited as time ticked down to 8.45am.
Then, my phone rang.
A garbled mess of words blurted out of my mouth as I leapt out of my chair. I answered but they hung up. Dejected, I returned to my chair, only to have the phone ring again. Even more nonsense spouted from my mouth. My workmates began gathering around my computer, listening to the radio broadcast through my speakers as I systematically chanted through the five magic answers. As the radio hosts let out the final confirmation of the win, I fist pumped and victoriously pointed at nothing in particular. The guys listening to the radio cheered as I babbled nervously on air, in complete disbelief at what was going on. I was so stoked, the biggest grin erupting from my face as I thanked Marc, Hayley and Stu and began spreading the news.
I went to sit down and everyone on the floor clapped and congratulated me. It was quite the moment. I was completely jittery and every time I tried to calm down, I'd get a Facebook notification and I'd get all excited again. It was a magical day, and no one could wipe the smile off my face. To top it off, the announcement of my promotion went public today, so there was cause for much celebration - four tequila shots later and I am feeling like this:
Posted by Jeremy at 11:00am on Friday September 13, 2013 :: 0 comments :: 