At some point or other most young kids look at a Ferrari zooming past and hope to one day be behind the wheel, although for Amanda Moyo that would most likely have been a pipe dream.

Moyo is a domestic worker in Port Elizabeth, entering Times Media’s competition to win a Ferrari 458 Spider with as much hope of winning as the next person. That’s not very much hope of course, until she received a call saying she had made the final 130.

That Ferrari is valued at around R5,3 million, so when Moyo received the call we all dream about it’s no surprise she was taken aback. Here’s TimesLive:

The person said ‘hello‚ is that Amanda Moyo?’ and I said ‘yes’. Then they said ‘congratulations‚ you have won a Ferrari’. In my moment of shock‚ I answered in Xhosa despite them speaking English. I said ‘mna?’ [me?] and they all laughed. I was on speaker phone‚” she said.

Moyo would be flown up to Johannesburg‚ be dined at a fine restaurant – both first-time experiences – and be officially awarded her prize.

The rest of the conversation was a blur as her life’s struggles flashed before her‚ as she stood with her phone stuck to her ear‚ her eyes closed and her one fist nervously clenched.

So how does she intend to make the most of her prize? By cashing that red cheque in:

She said the windfall was exactly what she had been praying for to get her dreams up and running and so the dream prize will be used to help fulfil those. She is taking R3 million cash as her prize instead of the supercar.

“I’m going to put away money for my children’s education up to university and invest some of it for the future‚” she said thoughtfully.

Asked how she was going to spoil herself‚ she simply smiled and said: “All I want is a brick house and a small car‚ my dear. I don’t want any drastic changes to my life that will draw unnecessary attention.”

There’s your feel good start to Tuesday folks, and if that doesn’t encourage you to buy a lottery ticket HERE nothing ever will. Powerball back up to $112 million, don’t mind if I do.

[source:timeslive]