Last May, I knew about the Chowking’s Chinese-Style Fried Chicken Video Contest on Facebook. I immediately thought of a concept and made the shoot on May 17. Though it was a bit hard to take a video all by myself, I enjoyed doing it. I have combined various familiar expressions that would make the whole description of the product entertaining. Even though the contest had the “like” voting feature which I always avoid, I still joined because I was after the “judges’ decision” part in the criteria. I believed that my effort and creativity would be given fair credit with that aspect.
On May 31, I received an e-mail notification from Facebook that I was tagged by a friend in his post. I immediately logged in to my Facebook account and found out that the message he posted was a reply to Chowking PH’s announcement of winners for their video contest. It was only then that I realized that he tagged me to congratulate for winning the Grand Prize! I almost shouted but was able to restrain myself from doing so because I was in a public place.
I had been praying for this and even got more than what I had asked for. I was only wishing to be included as one of the runners-up and yet I got the top spot! Indeed, ask and you shall receive. As what Anna Manalastas (100 Days to Heaven) always blurts out, “Kuha mo?” I must say, “Yes, I got it! Thank you, Chowking! To God be the Glory!”
