The hunt begins

12 Dec, 2008  Random, Shopping

I’m here at the villaggio with my trusty iPhone and I thought it would be move to give a bit of an update as time goes by. There are a huge amount of ILQers running around in search of puzzle pieces. Beleive it or not they’re quite hard to find! Finding a piece gets you a huge bag of goodies if your one of the lucky ones to win a prize in the draw.

They’re not putting them all out at once though so that everyone has a chance of winning one. The mall is packed right now and it’s great seeing so many smiling faces.

Update: 6:03 none of us found anything. People searching on bins, following people with voda hats, and trying to innocently look like they’re searching in general.

6.30 nothing yet. Had a few people ask me if they could join the Ilq search team. Everyone’s welcome.

7.00 one ilqer has found a puzzle piece. These things are very hard to find for 500! Met the CEO walking around. Everytime I see him I always think that he’s got a great positive personality.

7.30 It’s the end! There was a huge crowd and people cheering. It was a great turn out. It would have been nice if more ILQers could have won something, but alas twas not meant to be.

Congratulations everyone!!

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