After an unlucky day ... I am rich!

Last Saturday, my ex group members had a group project meeting over at my house because my sis is in the group. It was fun watching them discussing while I had nothing to do. I played a little bit of Left for Dead in my room to distract them ha ha. I also joined in the discussion for a bit but didn’t provide much … I was just messing around lah heh. Sorry guys!

After discussion, I wanted to go watch Own Time Own Target, a play about NS life but nobody wanted to go. =( So the 3 guys (including me) went for dinner at Century Square instead and supposed to fish at Bedok Jetty after that. Too bad it rained after we ate and another plan of the day is ruined. We changed the fishing trip to a bowling one instead, and went all the way to Safra Mount Faber to bowl as Wayne’s gang of friends wanted to bowl there. There was a long queue there, and while waiting I wasted $10!

While waiting for our turn, Shawn and I went on a UFO catcher spree. We kept trying our luck on these money sucking machines and changed our notes to coins several times. I think the cashier must be laughing at us. Catching those cute little plushies are hard enough without any distractions but it got more difficult when 2 small kids stood beside us and repeatedly chanted the words “Na Bu Dao” – translation: You can’t get it. With this unwelcomed distraction, we ended up with nothing after spending around 10 bucks each! Usually I will get something but Saturday wasn’t a good day for me. I think the boys are hired by the management!

The bad luck continues in the bowling alley where I got the lowest score for both games and had to treat the guys supper lol. I suck at bowling but occasionally will get okay scores due to luck ... not on Saturday though heh. We ended our outing with supper at Macau Café paid by yours truly, the unlucky guy for the day. I also got sick that day … fever and flu but not H1N1 I think. Don't worry, you won't get infected after reading this if I have H1N1. (wah super lame .. sorry)

Luckily for me, the theory of good and bad luck has once again showed its magic and I had a pretty good week after that. I got richer!! =)
How my bad luck turned into some extra cash …

1) The next day (Sunday), I won 4D!!

I was reading Ms Chor Lor’s blog when I came across this post: OMY interviews Mcchorlor on the SgBlogAwards. In that post, she gave out 3 lucky 4d numbers for her readers to buy. I really went to buy all numbers forwards and backwards and one of the numbers won me $60!! The number 4060 came out as a consolation prize on Sunday and I bought $1 big. =) My father who bought the numbers for me, went to buy $3 big himself, and he won $180! Thank you Ms Chor Lor!! Huat Ah!

2) I received my first Nuffnang cheque

The cheque is not for the ads, but for a contest I won recently. The contest is about taking photos of interesting locations in Singapore and explaining why you want an internet connection there. This is my blog entry for the contest – Interesting Places in Singapore I wish had Internet Connection. I won one of the consolation prizes, which is $50. Although I didn’t get the top 3 prizes which are really good, the top prize being a macbook and some cash, at least I won something heh. "No fish, prawn also okay" =P

To check out all the fabulous winning entries, go here. Some of the entries have videos! I didn’t know we could use that, but even if I knew I don’t think I would be able to make a better video then them heh ... Before this contest, I also won the Nike Mini contest. To see what I won click here. =) It has been around 6 months since I joined Nuffnang and I’m a happy Nuffnanger heh. So many intereting contests to join! For bloggers out there who are not under Nuffnang, you can join them at Nuffnang.com! Thank you Nuffnang, Alvin, Shawn and Wayne for this win.

3) I emptied my Golden Pillow and got quite a lot of money =)

Not to be confused with a certain channel 8 hit drama of the same name, the Golden Pillow I have is a “gold” piggy bank or should I say bun-ny bank which I got as a free gift when I ordered food delivery from Golden Pillow 933. This Golden Pillow which I have is actually made after one of the dishes they have. I have been inserting $1 coins into this pillow for around 4 months and decided that it was time to take out the rubber protection below and let it all out. This has been my routine for the past 2 years and the satisfaction of counting my golden coins is priceless. =)

The routine also includes adding additional gold coins from my father pot of gold he he. I will dig out every $1 coin from the “coin pot” in his room. He doesn’t know about this and I don’t think he cares too ha ha. The coins are for all to use anyway. =P

The combination of my coins and the reinforcements from The Pot of Gold and Silver resulted in quite a lot of $1 coins.

Total coins I gathered = 159 $1 coins = 159 x 1 = $159!!! Around 80% of them are from my Golden Pillow.

Look at those lovely coins stacked up in tens. =) The $1 are then packed in 20s and ready to be changed at the ma ma shop downstairs =) I put the leftover $1 coins back into my Golden Pillow and the process of saving $1 coins is repeated.

Hey! Why is there a frog there?

The cute frog container is actually ….

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It is a new experiment I trying out currently in beta stage. Besides saving $1 coins, I’m trying to do the same thing for $2 notes and will use the SAKE SUSHI piggy/froggy bank to contain these notes. I only have $4 there at the moment lol, but will try harder inthe future. Maybe I will start saving $5 notes when I start work later this year lol. I love this cute looking froggy bank from Sakae Sushi which I got when I ordered food from them last year (I think).

Speaking of Sakae Sushi, I just ordered food from them this week.

I ordered a terriyaki chicken don and a chawanmushi and my sis ordered salad, soft shell crab temaki and shishamos. We didn’t have sushi but the place (my house) was a good place to eat and the food was very good too heh (refer to their slogan). We usually order bentos but once in a while we would order something else for some variety. They have quite a lot of food available for home delivery and yes, they even have pizzas heh. I have tried the teriyaki chicken pizza and it’s really good. =) Definitely more home delivery orders from Sake Sushi in the future.

Good food and extra income. A great week to make up for the unlucky Saturday I had heh. Total extra income this week = $60 + $50 + $159 = $269 …. not bad. I will try to spend the money wisely heh.

Life always has its ups and downs and now I’m even in terms of the luck department, what’s next? Lucky or unlucky?

I bought 4D for this Saturday and Sunday, will I strike again?

P.S: I have recovered from my fever and flu after days of panadols and 7 ups. =)

(Images Taken from: My iPhone, my digital camera, Singapore Pools)

Miracle: I'm in the Singapore Blog Awards Final

(Warning - contains shameless pleas for your vote)

Okay, this is totally unexpected, I somehow managed to be one of the top ten finalist in this year’s Singapore Blog Awards under the “Best Individual Blog” category. Omy sent me an email with this subject - “Singapore Blog Awards 2009 Finalist – Best Individual Blog”. I opened the email and saw this ..Congratulations! You are one of the top ten finalists in the Best Individual Blog category in this year’s Singapore Blog Awards!

Your blog is shortlisted from over 1500 blogs submitted and will now go through the scoring and voting phase (See http://sgblogawards.omy.sg).

Wow, how is this possible? My bo liao blog has been shortlisted from over 1500 blogs! Lol, miracles do happen, I think it’s because my beloved team Newcastle United has just been relegated and they thought this would be the perfect gift to cheer me up. Maybe those really famous bloggers like Xiaxue, Mr Brown and Dawn Yang cannot join (or can they? But know they sure win and give others a chance) that’s why ha ha. Sorry ah, noob in finals so a little excited.Wow, first time seeing my name in the newspaper and its not the singer Wu Jia Hui. For bigger pic of the article click here. Too bad i don't have the hardcopy or not can frame.

It’s been around 6 months since I came back from my 3 years break from blogging and this is the perfect motivation for me to continue blogging like forever. =) Even if I don’t win (surely lah), it’s good to know that at least the judges appreciate my blogging and think that I’m fit (not physically, I still need to exercise and slim down after my exams!) enough to be in the top ten. As long as there is someone other than me reading my blog, I guess I will continue blogging. Actually, even if no one reads it I think I will blog he he. It’s like a diary right? Maybe one day I will tattoo my blog’s address (boliaosia.com) somewhere and if something happens to me (touchwood), my family members and friends could see the tattoo, go to the address and read about my life story if they haven’t already been reading it heh. My posts are usually happy posts though as I think I rather keep the sad thoughts to myself, which is a good thing right?? Then they can remember me for the happy times I had ha ha.

This was what I wrote in my comeback post 6 months ago ...

Hello .. Mr Wu is back! Been feeling pretty bo liao nowadays so I guess I will start blogging again. This time I will try my best to keep blogging for a long long time.

Been reading my past posts and found them to be really bo liao. So I have renamed my blog "Bo Liao Sia"... Hope you like it. Future posts will be bo liao as usual with maybe a little more substance (I hope). The blog now has a simpler layout (will improve the design later) for easy reading and I will add labels from this post onwards for easy referencing. Due to modern technology even lazy guys can get organized!
Its been more than 2 years since I last touched my blog due to my very "busy" schedule. Have been watching lots of American, Japanese (not av) and Taiwanese dramas. Chen Shui Bien's case considered drama right? Also playing ps3, pc and iphone games. I guess in my future posts I can review some of the dramas I watched and games I played and maybe some other random reviews of other stuff I use. My life is pretty boring so I guess this blog will be full of bo liao lazy man's reviews. Lazy man review means it will be short reviews heh. For those who are lazy to read long reviews or maybe its because I'm lazy?

I guess I managed to honour my words then ha ha. Still blogging after 6 months! There are actually 5 sections in my blog now – my bo liao life, entertainment, news and articles, random videos and the recently (yesterday!) added iPhone section. Will make picture links to them at my sidebar soon.

Okay, enough of re-introducing my blog in an attempt to persuade first time visitors to come again (wink wink). Back to the Singapore Blog Awards!

I still can’t believe it ha ha. Of course I’m delighted with this top ten thingy. It’s like seeing my baby growing up and getting recognition =P I know it’s a miracle that I am in the list but if you want to see something more unbelievable, you can vote for me and contribute to the greatest underdog feat in history! The judges’ scores account for 70% of the score and the rest (30%) is based on your votes! All you have to do is register for an Omy account (free) and you can start voting! Oh yah, voters stand a chance to win prizes too!

Voters will stand to win a total of 5 Creative Vado (worth S$169) and 5 ST701 Portable External Hard Disk (250GB)!!

To assist you in your voting process, I will provide you with an idiot proof pictorial guide on how to vote!

Step 1 ...

Go to this link http://sgblogawards.omy.sg/category/

Step 2 ...

Login to Omy or register for an account if you do not have one. Link at the top right hand corner of the page.

Step 3 ...

After logging in, click on the "Best Individual Blog" category on the left hand side. All the finalist will appear and you can choose who to vote for.

Step 4 ..

After voting, there will will a voted sign which tells you that you have voted. Remember you can only vote once a day for each category so click mine first if you plan to vote for me =P. Yes, I have voted and will continue voting once a day for myself too ha ha.

That's all folks! Voting commences today and will end on 31 July, 2359hrs SHARP.

Actually no need to vote for me la, but if you do, I got a feeling you will be luckier and have a higher chance to win the voters’ prizes. =P

Friends and family, loyal readers (if any) or someone passing by, let us work towards the success of Very Random Posts |Bo Liao Sia| (boliaosia.com), the blog of Sean Wu Jia hui. Yes we can (help me win the really nice prizes)!

Lastly, I dedicate this song to myself ...


There will be miracles, when you believe!

(Images Taken From: Omy Sg Blog Awards)

Lucky 1, 2 and 3 Newcastle, Stock, Nike Mini Contest

The past 2 days have been kind to me. 3 lucky things happened during the 2 days and I'm feeling rather happy now. I guess this kinda makes up for the mediocre past few months I have been going through.

Lucky Number 1:

Newcastle finally won a match and score some goals!

Yesterday I had this post about preparing for the biggest match of my life. I think my jersey and red underwear wearing, getting my dog kimi to wear her jersey and forcing my friend Alvin to wear a Newcastle United Jersey has played a small part in Newcastle United winning their first match in like 10 games? He he. The players really played very well yesterday, never giving up even when they were 1 goal down so early in match. Newcastle United showed great fighting spirit and eventually won 3-1 (I predicted 3-0 =D)! Kudos to all the players involved, the fans at St James' Park for their superb support (the flags waived around the whole stadium is spectacular!) and of course the one and only Alan Shearer and his management team. Its been a long time since I've seen Shearer so happy. The cheers for him during and after the match made my hair stand.

The 3 nufc scorers of the night: Steven Taylor, Obafemi Martins and Peter Lovenkrands!

Newcastle United is finally out of the bottom 3! With 2 games left, their fate is finally on their own hands. I hope they can repeat the performance and win again this Saturday at home against Fulham!

Lucky Number 2:

Finally managed to sell off my stock.

I shall not say what stock it is, but those who are familiar with this chart would know heh. I bought this particular stock on October thinking that it was cheap then, and right after I bought it, it fell like no tomorrow (together with many other counters lol). Luckily for me, it recently went back up to slightly less than the price I bought it for and being the hum ji (cowardly) guy, and constant persuasion of my father (he keep asking me to sell for the past few weeks and it kept going up he he), I decided to sell it off. The dividends earned during the period I had the stock can cover the transaction fees. Will invest wisely in the future and not have the gambling mentality when I start working after graduation. The way I played last time was something like once my friend Caleb said in the past about some "investors" ... playing Da Xiao lol.

Lucky Number 3:

I received a sms today informing me that I won the Nike Mini contest I participated on February!

This was my entry to the competition. To view the post click here.

I joined Nuffnang a few months ago and have yet to receive my first cheque. However, joining Nuffnang and being a Glitterati member, gave me opportunities to participate in their contests too. This is first and only competition I have joined so far and I'm so happy that I have won it. The prize is $300 worth of Nike products! I will treat it as actually earning some money (he he) and will use it as a motivation to join future competitions and work towards getting that first cheque =). I will be patient and will continue blogging no matter what happens. Thank you Nuffnang and Nike! For those who have not visited Nike Women's website, go check it out (nikewomen.com.sg)! Its very cool!

(Okay I will try not to be too happy now cause I know that whenever I'm too happy something bad will happen. I guess its karma, you win some you lose some.)

P.S: Unfortunately I missed last week's episode of Fighting Spiders (anyone knows what happened?). This week's episode is funny lah. Soon Lee and Charlie are both chee ko peks, starring at Sam's neh neh. Peter is in love with Sam (who i think looks pretty even in tomboy wear) and shows his brave ang moh confidence and Soon Lee is as hum ji as me! Next week we get to see Tony's second love interest Susie Woon!

(Images Taken From: Nike Women, Teamtalk.com, Titan 24, Singapore Exchange)