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A Brush With Fame

A Brush With Fame

Those contests you hear about on TV never seem real—until you win them.

by: Regina Belmonte

It happened to me once before, when Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone first premiered. I texted the number on the screen and miraculously won two tickets to see the advanced screening of the film based on my then-favorite book. I thought that was the extent of my luck.

So, imagine my surprise when just a few weeks ago, I got a call on my cell phone from Singapore, all the way across the South China Sea. (I could tell because their numbers start with +65.) "Who could be calling me from Singapore?" I wondered to myself right before I picked up. "Congratulations! You won the Vote and Win contest for the MTV Asia Awards!"

The what? I didn't even know what the girl on the other end was talking about. "I need you to e-mail me your passport details, and your friend's passport details also so we can arrange your tickets to Malaysia." And then it hit me. I actually won a trip to Malaysia. But how? I racked my brain trying to remember when I'd participated in an MTV contest. Then I realized that earlier in the month, I registered on their website and voted for Sandwich twice. Just twice. And apparently, one of those two votes won me the ticket to the MTV Asia Awards!

The next two weeks were a flurry of panicked preparations. I'd never traveled alone in my life, and my parents were freaking out. I didn't know what clothes to pack, so I was freaking out. (Priorities, girls!) Eventually, the calendar wound down to our day of departure, and decked out in our airport best, my friend Carla and I boarded our Malaysian Airlines flight straight for Kuala Lumpur.

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1. kim_seventeen says:
MYGOSH!!...you're so lucky!...kaingget...HAHA
August 11, 2008 at 3:18 pm
2. marla says:
Wow! That weekend sounds amazing. Congratulations, Reggie! :)
August 11, 2008 at 5:37 pm
3. nadinecamille_candy says:
woah! you're very lucky!
August 11, 2008 at 6:30 pm
4. Eriatarka says:
Kim: I really am! I felt so lucky that I won the trip, I just had to give something back in thanks, so I donated blood the Monday after. Haha! :) Hiiii Ate Marla! I miss you guys! It was the most amazing weekend EVER. :)
August 11, 2008 at 6:30 pm
5. miss_jesselle says:
You're so lucky girl!
August 12, 2008 at 3:39 pm
6. ishalicadenice says:
oohh!! ur so lucky! and u sat beside click5! hhaa! soo lucky!!
August 12, 2008 at 4:47 pm
7. nacille says:
you're lucky its once in a lifetime that you became vj in MTV Asia
August 13, 2008 at 1:51 pm
8. the_pam_jelly says:
Oooh, you're lucky!
August 13, 2008 at 8:07 pm
9. donna says:
wow, there are these people that don't even have to exert effort to win these things :) i'm so happy for you i pray that you can p*ss unto me a little of your luckiness :D
August 23, 2008 at 11:05 am
10. georgia_kuhletz@yahoo.com says:
super luck na tlaga yun! grabe.
August 30, 2008 at 8:13 pm
11. jellymnz says:
wow! soo lucky girl!
September 6, 2008 at 4:46 pm
12. kendi_lips says:
aah im so envious of this..
October 5, 2008 at 7:13 am
13. kendi_lips says:
the hight of excitement thrills me.. hehe
October 5, 2008 at 7:14 am
14. allana says:
so lucky.. i mean.. even if you didn't get to mention the band i wanted to see.. you were so lucky to be able to be in the same place as them.. even though (i think)you don't know them(since they are not popular here in the philippines).. anyway.. great experience.. :)
November 8, 2008 at 12:02 pm
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