Yesterday Motorola held the official opening of our new building, Innoplex. At the same time, it was also the celebration of the 40th anniversary of Motorola Penang.
They had caterers from Eden to provide food; there was a canopy under which a row of stalls were set up, with briyani, char kuey teow, apom, pandan chicken/nuggets/wantan/squid balls, burger, ais kacang, and also a vegetarian food area. They also set up a lot of tables for you to sit down and eat, but of course there wasn't enough seats for everyone... so we had to play our own game of "musical" chairs, sitting down to eat while others went to get their next round of food.
At another area they had ice cream and popcorn. There were also caricature booths, photo booths, face-painting booths, ... stuff that I wasn't interested in (this only applies for this last sentence; the ice-cream and popcorn I was interested in! lol ), though the caricatures were very popular among other people. They also had musical performances and a discotheque...but again I wasn't interested. :P
And then there were the games. Basically the games are short ones that involve something like throwing hoops, balls, etc and getting points. If you get more than a certain number of points, you get a stamp on your "fun card".
Actually the games were not easy...a lot of luck was involved (since I have no skill in throwing things). I did manage to get a stamp by pure luck once (we needed to throw a hoop to go over a red nail, and I nailed it - pun intended - on the first out of three throws), but that was about it. After that I had failure after failure... and then we received a tip that this game was easy:
For this game, we have to shoot a dart gun and hit three owls (the yellow ones are chickens, by the way). Of course, everyone aimed at the bottom right because that was the only area that had two owls together. We had four darts for each attempt.
Even though they said it was so easy, I managed to fail on the first try (Hey! It takes skill to fail! :P ). As all guns do, the dart gun also had a recoil when it was fired. And so my first two shots landed too high (on the chicken). Even though I had lost, I tried shooting the other two darts and managed to figure out how to shoot it properly. And that is why I said that it was my game... after that I had 100% accuracy and didn't even need four darts to win the game. :D
If not mistaken, I actually played this game six times (including the first one where I lost). We kept playing and then going back to the end of the queue to wait for our next turn. Because you see, the goal was this, in exchange for eight stamps:
In case you're wondering, it's a pen drive, and the design is a Motorola radio (walkie-talkie).
(This wasn't the only choice to redeem for eight stamps, we could also choose a power bank or to enter a lucky draw for an iPad mini. But knowing my luck, I decided I would rather get a pen drive than take my chances. There were also other gifts to redeem for four stamps and six stamps.)
Back to the owl game. The thing is, at the beginning we needed to shoot three owls to win. During our second try, they had lowered the requirement to two owls for "Happy Hour". (both my friend and I had managed only two owls on our first try, so we went "Why didn't they start the happy hour earlier!" And then on our third try, they had started the "Happy Happy Hour", meaning that if we could shoot two owls, we would get two stamps instead of only one. Later it increased to three stamps (which really helped us fill up our cards more quickly), and even later in the night, it had gone up to five stamps. I think they were trying to make sure all the gifts were given out. I guess it worked, because in the end, the prize booth was closed even though some people wanted to redeem gifts! (and that is why I had one card with eight stamps left over)
Now I said I didn't want to rely on my luck for the eight-stamp lucky draw (a lot of people did, though; the lucky draw line was always longer than the gift redemption line). Initially I had even decided that I would probably leave early, once I had gotten my pen drive (that was my only goal for the night). But in the end we ended up playing the games until they closed, so we decided to wait the few minutes until the lucky draw.
Which was lucky, because... I suddenly won the 8th prize. :O
And that's my luck for you. I'm not sure whether it will happen again, but I'm sure not going to count on it. I'm still in a daze over this win... still can't understand how it happened.
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| This is a sticker they included in our door gift (though there was no door). The door gift itself contained small snacks and for some, a lucky draw ticket. |
At another area they had ice cream and popcorn. There were also caricature booths, photo booths, face-painting booths, ... stuff that I wasn't interested in (this only applies for this last sentence; the ice-cream and popcorn I was interested in! lol ), though the caricatures were very popular among other people. They also had musical performances and a discotheque...but again I wasn't interested. :P
And then there were the games. Basically the games are short ones that involve something like throwing hoops, balls, etc and getting points. If you get more than a certain number of points, you get a stamp on your "fun card".
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| The map seems to be a little wrong...I think they changed some of the locations after printing it. |
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| The other side of the card, where you get your stamps. (this one is filled up, as you can see) |
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| Catch the Owls - my game! |
For this game, we have to shoot a dart gun and hit three owls (the yellow ones are chickens, by the way). Of course, everyone aimed at the bottom right because that was the only area that had two owls together. We had four darts for each attempt.
Even though they said it was so easy, I managed to fail on the first try (Hey! It takes skill to fail! :P ). As all guns do, the dart gun also had a recoil when it was fired. And so my first two shots landed too high (on the chicken). Even though I had lost, I tried shooting the other two darts and managed to figure out how to shoot it properly. And that is why I said that it was my game... after that I had 100% accuracy and didn't even need four darts to win the game. :D
If not mistaken, I actually played this game six times (including the first one where I lost). We kept playing and then going back to the end of the queue to wait for our next turn. Because you see, the goal was this, in exchange for eight stamps:
In case you're wondering, it's a pen drive, and the design is a Motorola radio (walkie-talkie).
(This wasn't the only choice to redeem for eight stamps, we could also choose a power bank or to enter a lucky draw for an iPad mini. But knowing my luck, I decided I would rather get a pen drive than take my chances. There were also other gifts to redeem for four stamps and six stamps.)
Back to the owl game. The thing is, at the beginning we needed to shoot three owls to win. During our second try, they had lowered the requirement to two owls for "Happy Hour". (both my friend and I had managed only two owls on our first try, so we went "Why didn't they start the happy hour earlier!" And then on our third try, they had started the "Happy Happy Hour", meaning that if we could shoot two owls, we would get two stamps instead of only one. Later it increased to three stamps (which really helped us fill up our cards more quickly), and even later in the night, it had gone up to five stamps. I think they were trying to make sure all the gifts were given out. I guess it worked, because in the end, the prize booth was closed even though some people wanted to redeem gifts! (and that is why I had one card with eight stamps left over)
Now I said I didn't want to rely on my luck for the eight-stamp lucky draw (a lot of people did, though; the lucky draw line was always longer than the gift redemption line). Initially I had even decided that I would probably leave early, once I had gotten my pen drive (that was my only goal for the night). But in the end we ended up playing the games until they closed, so we decided to wait the few minutes until the lucky draw.
Which was lucky, because... I suddenly won the 8th prize. :O
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| A 32-inch LED TV |
And that's my luck for you. I'm not sure whether it will happen again, but I'm sure not going to count on it. I'm still in a daze over this win... still can't understand how it happened.
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