I won, my foot!

Today I won a camera. A compact 10MP digital camera - the Lumix DMC-FS5.


I am a sucker for competitions. When my office ran a design competition two months ago, I jumped at it.

The idea of my design didn't come immediately. It came during one of my marathon trainings. I quickly drew it up on a piece of paper upon reaching home and later transferred it into a design template, which was a pair of feet. We were asked to use the pair of feet and come out with a design related to Project O.

When I submitted my design, I didn't expect much from it. After all, there were many other submissions from the office. One of my colleagues even submitted three entries when he saw that I submitted mine. No, he's not Singaporean. I didn't say twenty! When the coordinator asked if I would like to do the same to increase my chances, I declined.

I begged to differ on such philosophy. I do not believe in producing two or ten good enough designs. I just need to produce the best design. So I stayed on with one entry. Other colleagues pressed on with multiple entries.

And it came with a 4GB memory card and three years extended warranty!

Today the results were announced. My pair of feet came out as the winning design. I won the top prize.