I still remember a year ago when my friend, Boon, told me about TM’s Merdeka One Million Contest. He had a lot of time to surf the internet as he was so sick he was almost bed-ridden and yet optimistic enough to participate in the contest with the hopes of winning a million Ringgit.
In the blink of an eye, he has passed away one year this coming August and the Merdeka One Million Contest is back on. I wish he was still alive so that we can both participate together. So this year, I am going to participate alone but I am not as optimistic as him. He enters to win. I enter to make up the number. That’s how different we are.
I don’t even remember if a winner was declared in the previous round last year. Was there a millionaire from that contest? Who was he or she? What sort of lifestyle is he/she living now? I have participated in many a contest that never ever announced the winners and then everyone forgets about it as the new one rolls around.
I am so pessimistic even of winning a minor consolation prize that I wonder if it is not a waste of time for me to crack my head over the slogan. Urghhh I am very bad in creative writing!