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2nd Win for Rsaloust!

I am very pleased to have won two tickets to an advance screening of West is West at Tinseltown, courtesy of The Vancouver Sun! I really wanted to see this movie because I enjoyed East is East, so much. West is West is its sequel. I will be attending the screening with my husband on March 24th, so I promise all of you a detailed movie review soon after.

The approximate retail value of the prize is $25.00. My current total winnings is now: $89.50. This win has definitely made my month!

Another Win for Maktaaq!

Another win!  This time it’s two movie tickets for Unknown from the Georgia Straight.  It sounded like a plot-twister of a movie and I rarely even have a chance to read up about movies these days, never mind actually seeing them.  Aside from The King’s Speech, which my coworker saw and recommended, I didn’t recognize any of the nominated movies.  I discover movies these days from the trailers on the DVDs I borrow from the library.  Thus, my wonderful husband and I will be off to see this psychological thriller. 

I hope. 

I never did get my winning tickets in the mail from the first contest.

Meanwhile, the contest entries continue:

January 31

  • During lunch, I scour Urbanspoon for my favourite local restaurants and add them to my Burnaby Now entry into their $2000 contest – shopping sprees at Lougheed, Brentwood and Metrotown Malls.

February 4

  • Valentine’s Day dinner at The Teahouse, via Raul’s Hummingbird 604.

February 8

  • Entered to win an iPad (four entries actually).
  • Entered to win another $500 grocery gift card.
  • An iPod Nano (because I am sure someone in my circle of friends can use it – it’s a music thing I assume).
  • A Tide gift basket because I am into doing laundry a lot.  At $125, that’s like a few years’ supply of laundry detergent.
  • Tickets to the ballet for two orchestra seats to the February 19 performance of Volo.
  • Tickets to the musical Falsettos.

February 9

  • Entered a Surrey Public Library contest for four movie tickets.

February 10

  • Entered to win two tickets to the Spirit of Africa Festival opening night concert.
  • Another iPad entry.
  • Tickets to a Vancouver Cantata Singers concert later this month.
  • Tickets to the Gnomeo and Juliet movie, which, thanks to the skill-testing question, I remembered I had a nascent crush on James McAvoy.

February 11

  • Entered the Leonidas Chocolate contest.

February 13

  • A vacation in Richmond: two nights at a Richmond hotel, dinner at a good Chinese restaurant and more.  I can fit all this into my unusual work schedule!  I really hope I win this one!

February 20

  • The True Grit novel – apparently it’s now some sort of Oscar-nominated film.  I like books, especially nonfiction ones, but there aren’t many book contests, so this is as close as I can get to entering a book I want contest.
  • Entered for tickets to the Vancouver International Dance Festival.
  • Tickets for Bach’s St. John Passion.
  • Tickets to Hard Times Hit Parade, a play about a dance marathon.
  • Tickets to a string orchestra.
  • A double movie pass to Biutiful.
  • An espresso coffee maker.
  • A Carnival cruise, because I could use a trip anywhere and because cruises basically mean I will be reading a lot and getting ahead on my to-read list. 
  • A holiday at a Mexican resort.
  • A trip for four to Jasper, because I only ever went to Banff when I lived in Alberta.  Heck, it would be nice to go anywhere in the Rockies.  There are some really nice places I have good memories of over there.
  • A trip to Tokyo because I love visiting Japan.  It’s been three years almost since I’ve been to Japan and I think I am past due for my biannual onsen visit.
  • A diamond bracelet, earrings or ring, which I would give to my mom.  Seriously.  She would love this.
  • A contest for a kitchen makeover.
  • A trip for two to London or else a Nintendo gadget, because I could use the trip and I am sure Matt would find some use for another electronic doodad.

March 1

  • A contest from Pacific Cinematheque for two tickets to a South African music documentary.
  • Tickets to a flamenco performance on Saturday (which I would give to my parents).
  • Tickets to the movie Unknown.  (This is what I won.)

                First Win for Maktaaq!

                Two tickets to the Earlybird RV Show and Sale through the Fraser Valley Pulse website!  I am really excited to have won my first contest! 

                As I said in my entry, I hope to one day drive across Canada to Newfoundland, then back across North America through the US, then up the Dempster Highway to Inuvik in the Northwest Territories.  Certainly that will be when I retire as I have no time now, but I can start planning now with the RV show.  (Check out the snazzy models.)

                My winnings come to $16 so far, below R’s $64.50.  Yet I think my luck is finally showing its face.  Like a hedgehog that’s finally removed the toilet paper roll off its head.  The RV show is just the start.

                Thank you very much to the Fraser Valley Pulse!

                And I hope my worthy opponent had a lovely evening with her prize of tickets to the Talking Stick Festival opening!