My T-Shirt Story: I Think (Thought), Win (Won) and (Will) Share

This blog entry won 4th place in the My T-Shirt Story Contest sponsored by Electrolux. I didn't win the Grand Prize, but it is nice to hear that there are people who think that my shirt story deserves to win. More importantly, I find fulfillment in knowing that there are people who got inspired by my story and find new meaning in the word, Think.

You see we were even featured in Philippine Daily Inquirer!

Thank you to Electrolux and to bloggie friends for the support!

I got really inspired by this campaign, and I sent a proposal to our team/club to also do something like this - donate t-shirt for a cause. I hope I get the approval. Read my t-shirt story below:

When people say I write good pieces. I am not convinced (because most of them are my friends!), even if I have won from several contests (my first winning was when I was in Grade School), I don't feel that I am that good. It gives me goosebumps when people at work call me a "writer" - I feel that the word is too heavy for me to digest and put in my system. I don't even follow a certain writing style, I just write whatever it is on my mind that the Editor in Chief of our company newsletter loves to assign me articles last minute, thinking I just breathe the words and they string sentences, paragraphs and articles.

So here comes another blog contest and I am threatened. Who wouldn't get threatened with the likes of Pinayads and Astig Machismis? who were always announced as winners in blogging contests. It seems like their names where just put on a roulette and the judges would just roll it and pick a grand prize (they are that good!)

The blog contest asked us to talk about a shirt story. I didn't find it hard to think of the shirt that I want to feature - no, it is not the shirt I wore when I met the loverboy (because I was wearing a lace sleeveless top then - yes, I still remember!), and it is not the shirt I took off just when Freestyle's Let's Take It Slow song was playing on the radio (Hehe). It is a shirt I received as part of the prize for winning the Essay Writing Contest in celebration of our company's centennial celebration.

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