little new achievement

Well, last few days when the first glance on the email title saying "Japan Media Arts Festival". I got shocked and heart beating fast faster fastest~... OK, I not sure what am i talking. The email basically looks like this:

Dear Tan Wei Peow,

Thank you for your recent application we received from you for the 14th Japan Media Arts Festival.
This year we have received 2,645 applications from 49 nations and regions.

Following the thorough review by the Jury Members, we are pleased to inform you that your work has been informally chosen as one of the Jury Recommended Works of the 14th Japan Media Arts Festival. 

＜Jury Recommended Work of Art Division＞ 

Registration number： 10010344
Title of the work： Difference of Similarity　
Name of the artist： TAN Wei Peow　

After the approval for the screening result by Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, official announcement of the winners is supposed to be made on December 8th. 
We would ask that you not report or announce the status of your work before the announcement. 
Your cooperation is much appreciated.

Kind regards, 
Japan Media Arts Festival secretariat office

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The 14th Japan Media Arts Festival Schedule 
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[Official Announcement of the award-winners] 
Thursday, December 8th, 2010 after 6:00pm- /Japan time
http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/english/

[Previewing] 
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011 at The National Art Center, Tokyo 

[The Exhibition of Award-Winning Works] 
Wednesday, February 2nd - Sunday, February 13th 2011 
at The National Art Center, Tokyo 
http://www.nact.jp/english/index.html 

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The Japan Media Arts Festival secretariat office
c/o CG-ARTS
1-11-2, Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0031, Japan 
TEL +81-3-3535-3501 FAX +81-3-3562-4840
Office Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on weekdays

I was wondering why not they just tell me whether i got into the winner list or not, instead of telling me my work has been informally chosen as one of the Jury recommended works. "Informally". Why don't they just inform me when everything is confirm and finalize? I did not win any prizes in the end. It was like putting a pack of Lays in front of me and grab it away. But, anyway, my work has been "officially" now chosen as one of the excellent works from each division from the Jury Committee. Below are the steps to go to the "official" announcement page.

Key in plaza.bunka.go.jp/english in your browser window.


Click "The 14th Japan Media Arts Festival Prize winner announcement"

Go to right side of this page.

Click "Jury Recommended Works"

Go to Art Division/Visual Image, my name and work is in the second in the list.
Or you can click the url below to the page straight away.

http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/english/festival/2010/recommend/

http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/festival/2010/recommend/

Since my work is not recognized by the Malaysia government as a 1 Malaysia concept video because it's major language is in mandarin. Then I should consider going to Japan! :D