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Did anybody who read about the Sony make.believe contests here manage to become one of the finalists? If you didn’t manage to be one of the lucky few finalists for the Dot Your Dream With Sony and the Fifa World Cup Photo Contest, fret not!

From now till 14th April 2010, you may vote to decide the winners from the 2 mentioned contests and stand a chance to win a prize from one of the following 4 choices.

1. A pair of match tickets  to watch the finals of FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010
2. A pair of match tickets for you and your child to go to South Africa where your child will have the honour of being a FIFA Flag Bearer.
3. Sony Dream Set A (worth $5000)
4. Sony Dream Set B (worth $5000)

Just head down to Sony’s make.believe site to cast your vote!

1. Choose your favourite contestant from Dot Your Dream.
2. Choose your favourite photo from FIFA World Cup Photo Contest.
3. Choose one of the 4 prizes you wish to win.
4. Enter your particulars.

THAT’S IT!

Take a look at the following short video from Claudia to see how easy it is.

Remember that you have only until 14th April to cast your vote.

Go now!

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I hope you have read my post about Sony’s make.believe (make-dot-believe) campaign and as of the time of this post’s publishing date, you have less than a week to submit your dream to Sony!

Sony has 2 contests running for this campaign; the 1st is the Dot Your Dream with Sony Contest and the 2nd is the Fifa World Cup Photo Contest.

Dot Your Dream With Sony Contest

Grand Prize: Winner to be sponsored by Sony up to S$100,000 to aid him/her in realizing a dream.

2nd Prize: BRAVIA 46″ LCD TV, Blu-ray Home Theatre System, Playstation®3, VAIO Notebook, Cyber-shot Digital Camera and Walkman® MP3 Player (worth S$10,000).

3rd Prize: BRAVIA 40″ LCD TV, Home Theatre System, VAIO Notebook, Cyber-shot Digital Camera and Walkman® MP3 Player (worth S$5,000).

How to take part: Point your browser to Sony’s make.believe website and submit your dream under any of the 4 categories (game, movie, music, technology) and within 250 characters. 8 finalists (2 from each category) will be chosen in a lucky draw and if your dream is one of the 8 after the announcement on 1st April, all you have to do after that is to rally for votes to win!

More details about the contest can be found in the FAQ sections.

 

Fifa World Cup Photo Contest

Prize: 8 winners will get to go to the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa as Fan Photographers where they will get to shoot all the action up close by the pitch!

How to take part: Visit Sony’s make.believe website and submit a photo of a special moment in your life and give it a good caption or title. If you are one of the 25 shortlisted participants, your photo will be up in an online voting contest from 1st April and the top 8 winners will be decided from there.

More details about the contest can be found in the FAQ sections.

 

Isn’t is so easy to enter both the contests and have a chance of making a special dream come true? If not for my company’s affiliation with Sony for this campaign, I would have submitted an entry for the Dot Your Dream contest.

Both contests’ closing date for submissions is on the 14th of March 2010, so don’t waste any more time and head down to Sony’s make.believe site!

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Ever had a wild idea or an imagination or something that you have always wanted to do but never had the means to do it?

How many times have you pushed that idea or dream far back in the deep recesses of your mind and told yourself that it is too far fetched and beyond your means of fulfilling?

What if someone came up to you, listened to your dream, your idea; and said, “Anything you can imagine, you can make real. And here is $100,000 to help you realize your dream.”

This is what Sony is going to do for you with their new global brand message “make.believe” (make-dot-believe).

• make.believe: [make-dot-believe] stands for the power of Sony’s creativity, ability to turn ideas into reality and the belief that anything you can imagine, you can make real.
• make.believe unites: designers and engineers, hardware and software, electronics and entertainment, and Sony and consumers.
• The dot in make.believe symbolizes the place where great things begin. It is where inspiration meets creativity, where creativity meets reality.
• make = action, do, build and design
• believe = spirit, think, imagine and dream

If you are a Singapore resident or a PR, aged 18 years and above, Sony wants to hear from you. Take part in their “Dot Your Dream With Sony Contest” and submit your dream that relates to any of the 4 categories of gaming, movies, music or technology. Sony will be offering up to $100,000 worth of sponsorship to help one winner realize his or her dream.

Sony is also holding a photo contest that will bring 8 lucky winners to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in Africa as fan photographers where you will be able to be right next to the action!

Individuals may enter both contests, so please do not miss these great opportunities. Visit the link below to find out more.

Sony make.believe

I’ve always loved playing the guitar and If I was eligible for the “Dot Your Dream With Sony Contest”, I would ask Sony to sponsor me an electric guitar, an acoustic electric guitar and a classical guitar (all top of the line and basically very expensive. hehehee…) and fly me to various countries to learn the various styles of guitar playing and immerse myself in the cultures and music while I’m there.

What is your big dream?

Share with me your dream by commenting below or better yet, share them here AND submit them in the make.believe contest.

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As the end of the year approach, I’ll tend to see friends and family disappear for days and weeks on end. Not hibernating in a monsoon drain in Singapore with instant noodles of course, but actually flying off to various destinations in hope of a good holiday to reward themselves for a year of hard work.

The economy has just begun to pick up and it’s no surprise that the choice destinations for Singaporeans are the South-East Asian countries like Thailand and Indonesia. For those who have money to burn and a great imagination can even head down to Sentosa and forget that it’s actually an island just 20 mins away from the city centre by car.

For the rest of us who are bored with visiting Thailand for the XXXth time and have dwindling bank accounts to be considering Sentosa for a getaway, why not consider the Philippines as your next holiday destination?

Philippines, being an archipelago, has thousands of virgin and enclosed beaches just waiting to be explored.

Not to mention the lakes, waterfalls and nature trails for the slightly more adventurous.

I personally know a few Pinoys and boy are they friendly, humorous and passionate people. No worries about any language barrier if you are there as Philippines is the 3rd largest English speaking country in the world.

Seeing that the monsoon season has just passed in the Philippines, the time between now till the first half of next year is the best time to visit the country and you can expect cool weather while enjoying a tan at the beach or exploring the islands. Check out popular destinations like Busuanga the Paradise Island and Puerto Princesa the City in a Forest for inspiration!

Cebu Pacific Air, being Philippines leading domestic carrier, provides cheap flights to the country with all year-round low fares that is affordable to everyone. I have been informed that they are going to have an all destinations big sale soon and if you intend to travel to Philippines with them, you can even consider using Philippines as a hub to travel to other countries with their cheap flights!

There are two ways to monitor the great deals that Cebu Pacific Air gives and they are the official website and their .

Don’t miss out on good travel deals!

Find out more about Philippines at their Department of Tourism’s portal.