Congratulations to the winners of the "We Love Malaysian Open" contest

Here are the winners for the "We Love Malaysian Open" contest. Judges' decisions are final. Winners will be contacted via e-mail.

Grand Prize #1
Gold Semifinals Seat (Day session) x 2
Winner: Joash Wee
Rafa: I hear you're heading to South East Asia for a tournament! So am I! Is it the Thailand Open?
Richard: Unfertunetely i enters zee Maleesien Open.
Rafa: Oh.
Rafa/Richard: Anyways...

Grand Prize #2
Gold Semifinals Seat (Evening session) x 2
Winner: Freddy Kwa, Puchong, Malaysia
Richard: So, how's Xisca?
Rafa: She's HOT, no? Hehhe... so, how's Pamela*?
Richard: Hmmmppphhh!
Rafa: Ooops....
(*the chick who kissed Richard and landed him in drug controversy)

Second prize
Australian Open "mini tennis ball" keychain x 1
Malaysian Open notebook x 1 (not laptop, okay)
Official Guide To Professional Tennis x 1
ATP World Tour 2009 season book x 1
Malaysian Open car sticker x 1
Wilson socks x 1
Wilson cap x 1
Winner: Pt, Ampang, Malaysia
Seeking to break the monotony that is training, Rafa and Richard resort to a fun game of mirroring each other's movements and expressions, and soon come to realise that in the event of the relentless pursuing of a certain Mr Tendinitis or Miss Pamela, they could very well retire into mime.

Third prize
Malaysian Open notebook x 1 (not laptop, okay)
ATP World Tour 2009 season book x 1
Malaysian Open car sticker x 1
Wilson socks x 1
Wilson cap x 1
Winner: ReliableRaf, Philippines
Rafa: Did you watch my game against Fed last week? I totally butchered him. I'm quite shock but great hahaha
Richard: Yeah i saw that match, i was surprise how helpless he was on that match.
Rafa: shhhhhhhhhh....quiet Fed's coming. He might hear us, pretend to wonder hehe
Richard: oh ok...as you say ;-)

Consolation prize
Malaysian Open poster x 1
Malaysian Open car sticker x 1
Winner: arvy harahap, Cyberjaya, Malaysia
RQ: Hey Rafa, how's your knee man?
RN: It's holding up pretty well..haha
RQ: Good! then i can't wait to play against you in the Malaysian Open!
RN: HAHAHAHA...same here...if its possible
Q: What? I thought that you are playing in the tournament
RN: Hmm...hmm....nope, i am going to Thailand.
RQ: What! but you said you gonna go, that's why i entered the tournament!
RN: hmmph..sorry...
RQ: SHUT UP!

Thank you for all your entries.

I know some said this contest was hard. So I'm amazed by a few entries which I think are pretty creative.

To those who won, congrats... and to those who didn't win, don't give up as I'll be organising more contests in the near future.

Thanks again to the tournament director of the Malaysian Open for sponsoring 4 tickets to the semifinals!

Have a good weekend!

"We Love Malaysian Open" Contest: Semifinals Tickets (Gold Seats) & Goodies Giveaway

It's contest time again!

To support my home tournament, the Malaysian Open, scheduled to run between September 26 and October 4, 2009, I'm going to giveaway the following goodies I took from media briefings to 3 lucky winners (you can take a good look at some of the prizes here).

Updates: A big thank you to the Tournament Director of the Malaysian Open who sponsors 2 pairs of Gold tickets to this exciting ATP 250 event.

Grand Prize #1
Gold Semifinals Seat (Day session) x 2

Grand Prize #2
Gold Semifinals Seat (Evening session) x 2

Second prize
Australian Open "mini tennis ball" keychain x 1
Malaysian Open notebook x 1 (not laptop, okay)
Official Guide To Professional Tennis x 1
ATP World Tour 2009 season book x 1
Wilson socks x 1
Wilson cap x 1

Third prize
Malaysian Open notebook x 1 (not laptop, okay)
ATP World Tour 2009 season book x 1
Wilson socks x 1
Wilson cap x 1

Consolation prize
Malaysian Open poster x 1

To enter for a chance to win these prizes, simply leave ANY comment(s) BASED ON THE IMAGES below.

Info: Rafael Nadal and Richard Gasquet were here in Malaysian back in 2007. Gasquet will be coming back to Malaysia again for the Malaysian Open while Nadal will be playing at the Thailand Open. Both tournaments run on the same week.

You can leave as many comments as you want (Remember to leave your e-mail address in case I need to contact you!)

However, we'll only pick 5 lucky winners (from the Asia-Pacific only) who give the most creative comments!

By the way, do spend a minute or two to go through the terms and conditions below before you participate in this contest:

Eligibility Criteria
This Contest is open to readers in the Asia-Pacific only. Sorry to friends and readers outside of Asia Pacific as HCFoo can only afford to pay for courier service within this continent.

Language of Contest
This Contest will be organised by the Organiser in the English language. Chinese and Bahasa Malaysia languages are also accepted.

Entry Procedure
1) Contestants are required to post comment(s) and leave their e-mail address on this blog post. Or else I won't be able to contact you.

2) If Contestants are selected as the Winners of this contest, he/she shall provide their full names, if requested.

Entry Deadline
Entries/comments must be received by the Organiser on or before 11:59pm on 31th August, 2009. Entries/comments received after the stipulated time will be disqualified and ineligible for consideration for prizes.

Notification of Winners
The winners’ names/nicknames will be announced by the Organiser via e-mail and will be posted on this blog.

Additional Terms
A Contestant may enter multiple entries in this Contest. However, a Contestant can only win once in this Contest. Any subsequent wins (if declared) will be automatically void.

CONTEST: Malaysian Open goodies giveaway coming soon!

Did you guys remember I take home some goodies at the Malaysian Open media briefings?

I've decided to share it with you guys. These are the things that I'm going to giveaway:

Australian Open "mini tennis ball" keychain x 1
Malaysian Open notebook x 1
Official Guide To Pro Tennis x 1
and more...

Nah, not the huge Malaysian Open tennis ball as I've given it away to a friend.

Esther has "unofficially" won 2 Gold tickets to the final at the Malaysian Open because she was quicker than me in posting the correct answer on the Malaysian Open Facebook page. Or else I could giveaway the tickets here.

Instead I'm going to offer the Australian Open keychain to you guys, although I loved it so much...

So, do come back for this contest as I'll be posting the details this Sunday night.

P.S. This contest is open to all countries in the Asia Pacific only. Sorry to friends in other continents. I'll organise a different contest to you guys next time.

Win a tennis ball signed by Andy Murray!

To mark the start of Wimbledon, we have teamed up with new charity Malaria No More UK to give away a tennis ball signed by top British tennis star Andy Murray!

Murray is a big supporter of Malaria No More UK, a groundbreaking new charity committed to ending suffering and death caused by malaria. Despite being a wholly preventable and treatable disease malaria still claims close to one million lives every year. Malaria No More UK is committed to ending this and you can be a part of it. A £5 donation will buy and deliver a life saving mosquito net to protect a mother and her child in Africa. To find out more about malaria, Andy's support and to donate please visit www.malarianomore.org.uk.

To win our special ball, signed by Murray, please answer the following question.

Question: Besides Andy Murray, name another sportsman who is also a member of the leadership council of Malaria No More UK.

Entry Deadline
Please e-mail your answer to hcfoo7@gmail.com before Monday, 29th June. Entries received after the stipulated time will be disqualified and ineligible for consideration for prize.

Notification of Winners
The winner will be announced by the Organiser via e-mail and will be posted on this blog. The prize will be sent to the winner by Malaria No More UK via Royal Mail.

Additional Terms
By entering the competition you consent to receiving Malaria No More UK's newsletter. They won’t inundate you with junk mail – they’ll only send you information when it’s useful.

Win All-Access Passes to watch Wimbledon LIVE online

In conjunction with the Wimbledon tennis tournament, HCFoo's Tennis Blog is giving away 3 All-Access Passes so that you can watch Wimbledon Live Online from June 22 to July 5, 2009.

To enter for a chance to win these prizes, simply leave comment(s) based on the image below.

And yes, you can leave as many comments as you want (Remember to leave your e-mail address in case I need to contact you!)

However, we'll only pick 3 lucky winners who give the most creative comments!

Thanks to Performgroup, a leading provider of digital sports solutions for sponsoring this contest.

By the way, do spend a minute or two to go through the terms and conditions below before you participate in this contest:

Eligibility Criteria
This Contest is open to all.

Language of Contest
This Contest will be organised by the Organiser in the English language. Chinese and Spanish languages are also accepted.

Entry Procedure
1) Contestants are required to post comment(s) and leave their e-mail address on this blog post.
2) If Contestants are selected as the Winners of this contest, he/she shall provide their full names, if requested.

Entry Deadline
Entries/comments must be received by the Organiser on or before 11:59pm on 18th June, 2009. Entries/comments received after the stipulated time will be disqualified and ineligible for consideration for prizes.

Notification of Winners
The winners’ names/nicknames will be announced by the Organiser via e-mail and will be posted on this blog.

Additional Terms
A Contestant may enter multiple entries in this Contest. However, a Contestant can only win once in this Contest. Any subsequent wins (if declared) will be automatically void.

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WTA Announces ChallengeYourHero.com Winner

Thanks Bill for this info. The results are finally in!

Sony Ericsson and WTA Tour's ChallengeYourHero contest received over 260 video submissions from tennis fans around the world.

The first place winner is Yodhi Soemardjan for his video the Routine Hero, which is now also available on YouTube.



His video is hilarious! Yodhi, you are lucky, dude! I do hope you get to meet up with your idol Ana Ivanovic!

The winner of this contest gets an exciting opportunity to meet up with the WTA heroes up close at the Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha this coming week.

Five second place winners will receive stylish Sony Ericsson mobile phones.

To watch all winning videos, go to: http://www.challengeyourhero.com/
For Championship information: http://www.sonyericsson-championships.com/1/en/home/

Congrats to the winner of last week's Weekend Challenger!

Congrats to AndroJ for being the winner of last week's contest!

The answers are:
1. Rafael Nadal
2. Fernando Gonzalez

The winning weekly question is:
My favourite player is Roger Federer because he is a record breaker and tennis legend who is such a classy player and able to play effortlessly.

For those who did not win, don't give up. Try again end of this week!

Weekend Challenger: Guess who and win RM50

Guess who are these players and walk away with RM50 (so that you can buy your mom a cup of coffee this weekend). I've raised up the money this week and of course in return pose more challenging pictures. And don't forget to tell me who is your favourite tennis player.

Picture 1

Picture 2

Read the following:
This contest is simple. Just do the following in the comment page of this post. No emails will be entertained.

1. Guess who are the tennis players in the pictures.
2. Tell me in 20 words or less who is your favourite tennis player and why.
3. Leave your email address.

The first contestant who guess it right will win. If there are more than one correct entries, winner will be based on your creativity in answering task no. 2. Winner will be contacted via email.

Conditions: I will only bank in RM50 to the winner via Maybank2U or Public Bank. Contest only open for Malaysians.

Closing date of submission is tomorrow, 10 May, 2008 midnight (Saturday).

Winner for Weekend Challenge

Congratulations to Will Chua for the correct answer: Mario Ancic on last week Weekend Challenge.

I've sent an email to your yahoo email for details of your account but I have yet to receive your reply. Looking forward to hear from you soon.

Guess who and win a cup of latte

Yes, I'll buy you a cup of latte and a muffin (worth RM20) if you guess this correctly.

Who is the player in this picture?

This contest is simple. Just do the following in the comment page of this post. No emails will be entertained.

1. Guess who is the tennis player in the picture.
2. Tell me in 20 words or less why you like or dislike tennis.
3. Leave your email address.

The first contestant who guess it right will win. If there are more than one correct entries, winner will be based on your reason why you like or dislike tennis. Winner will be contacted via email.

Conditions: I will only bank in RM20 to the winner via Maybank2U or Public Bank. Contest only open for Malaysians.

Closing date of submission is tomorrow, 26 April, 2008 midnight.

Another contest winning week

It was really a surprise that I won another contest this week; Nuffnang's TGI Friday's blog writing contest! My blog post is one of the first 25 winning posts who win the FREE dinner for two at where else but Friday's.

Thank you guys for the prize. Now, I don't mind taking the RM1k for one lucky Nuffnanger though.

Won tickets to Rose Rose I Love You

Yesterday, the Rose Rose I Love You production called me up and informed me that I've won a pair of tickets to the pop musical after I've entered the contest in their blog last week.

Apparently my friends and I plan to go to Genting next week during the Deepavali holiday as they want to watch the musical badly. I offer myself to babysit my friend's son so that they can watch it peacefully. That means I have not get my ticket for the musical.

Well, now it seems that I will watch it anyway but I'm going to give the winning seats (which worth RM118 each) to my friends who are big fans of both local and international musical dramas.

For more information about the pop musical, read about it here which is featured Sunday Star.

Why I want to eat at Friday's

If you have been to T.G.I Friday's and happened to celebrate your birthday or someone else's, you'll definitely see their staff singing/rapping (and clapping away) a birthday song for the birthday girl or boy. And the song/rap is actually based on the tune 'We Will Rock You'.

So, based on that, I'm writing my own version of 'We Will Rock You' in this special post and hopefully will grant me a chance to win free dinner at T.G.I. Friday's and that RM1k.

It’s Monday blue, let’s hit Friday’s soon
During Ramadhan, better get there on time and dine
‘Nuff cash in my pocket
I’m no cheapskate
Order our food and wait for our plates

Let me, let me win this
Let me, let me win this

Weiss, friendly waiter, attends us
Pickin’ from the menu, that ain’t easy thing to do
We have huge appetite
And in delight
Gotta snap pix for blogging site

Let me, let me win this
Let me, let me win this

So, do you think I deserve this
Pleadin’ with my eyes gonna come back one of these days

I’ve got mud pie in my head
And bill to pay
Somebody please ask me to diet today

Let me, let me win this
Let me, let me win this

french open, prediction contest and more contest

Woahoo~ another final match between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. Watch it on Astro SuperSport this Sunday at 9 p.m.

Since the first day of the French Open, I've been joining the the prediction contest on the Roland Garros official website. Starting at over 8000th place, I've improved to 4542 rank today.


Oh yeah, there's another contest that I joined today. I'm sure some of you guys like to watch Miami Ink on Discovery Travel and Living. I'm a huge fan of the show. If you want to go to Miami and get a tattoo from the tattoo artists in Miami Ink, go to the contest website and tell them what tattoo you want to have and why.

GSC weekly contest: winning the consolation prize

I received a letter from Golden Screen Cinemas today. You know what? My heart was pumping really fast. Recently I joined one of their weekly contest and I could be winning the prize to stay at Club Med Cherating!

And so I did win! But I won the consolation prize which is 5 movie vouchers. It's not bad at all since a movie ticket costs us RM10. I'm sharing this prize with my friend, SYong, since she was the one who initiated to take part in the contest and gave me to total trust to write the slogans for two entries.

Now we are aiming for the grand prize, the trip to Club Med Maldives!

reviving music from the 90s

I've just created a new blog site about music from the 90s called revive90s. It's just a simple blog about my favourite and least favourite songs and artistes from the 90s.

I'm not going to say anything in detail here but if you are a fan of music from the 90s, do drop by and support me. I'm going to hold a 'guess the song' contest every month and giving out some cash and prizes to encourage people to listen to the songs from the 90s. The first contest will take off within this week.

first time lucky

Last week was the first time I really sit down and watch the show Samsung Sports World on AXN channel 17. The hosts were analysing the World Cup teams and I find it pretty interesting. Then there were contests with attractive gifts. I thought one of the prizes was a trip to watch the World Cup quarterfinal. I didn't really listen carefully and I decided to join all three contests on their website.

Yesterday, while waiting for dinner, suddenly I was awaken by the announcement of my name on the show. My sister was with me. And I told her I could be the winner of a trip to watch the World Cup quarterfinal. However, I still wasn't sure what I have won and decided to wait for the repeat at 12 midnight instead of online and check the result.

So, the truth is, I have won Samsung Sports World merchandise and no World Cup trip. There is only a party and all paid expenses to Club Med Bintan to watch the quarterfinal. The contest is still open and I've submitted my entry last week. Now, I'm still not sure what merchandise I have won but at least I have something to cheer about before the World Cup starts tomorrow.