Saturday, July 22, 2006

The SB Amazing Race

Before we started off ^_^
DBF2A ^_^ Yea! Alice, Kaly, Zun Kit, Sandy and Me!

The team made up of Sophia, Sandy, Zun Kit, Myself and our lovely and great "follower" Jaclyn! The mad rush of the morning made me recall the times when scouts were suppose to be prepared for the event of any rushy events. Laugh out loud. Even though we were tricked into finding an item at our trusty non-living thing in School of Business (SB), we confirmed the item with Jac and then we launched towards Dover Mrt Station. What an amazing morning run.

Before we start off, Jaclyn, Sandy, Sophia, Zun Kit and Me!!! =)

Wow top three teams on the train platform towards Bukit Gombak! We were sure we had the advantage. Upon changing the train at Jurong East Mrt Interchange, we waited slowly for the train to set off. To our disappointment, an additional 2 teams join us at the train. The heat was on! The doors open and mad SB participants scrambled towards the Hometeam NS. They ran and so did we. At the end of that estimated 150 meters, we sticked together and clocked in second place!

A place which i have not been to, we entered into a room and to our amazement, the next activity was a laser quest competition with our first place competitor. All sweaty and unsure of what to do, we stormed in and went to the back of the whole playing area. We camped and waited for our enemy. Darkness came and that techno song started the ball rolling. At first, it appeared that the opposing team was leading. But this was not evident when we broke up halfway to attack by two ends. While a team protected the main walkway, another two of us went behind enemy fire to attack from the back! It was fun as though reliving my secondary school days. At the end, there was a close battle and we lost by 29 points earning about 600+ points as a team.

As soon as that was over, we moved over to the driving range. With a group of professionals by our right, the participants looking like a bunch of novices tried to display something which was very unprofessionals. Laugh out loud! We looked silly as we merely tapped the gold ball with our sticks. A terrible and memorable first hand experience at the driving range. Despite the two loses, we were not taken aback and was determined to perserve! This was the spirit of DBF2A01! The never say die attitude!

At the driving range ^_^

Detained at the foyer, we were the third last team to be dispatched and we moved in an orderly fashion where Sophia took the lead by giving a jogging pace comfortable for all. We jogged back to Bukit Gombak Mrt and took the train trip all the way to Orchard through Jurong East and Raffles Place. In the train, we discussed the food items we were going to eat and it appears that the guessing game was of a high degree of difficulty. When everything was decided, we chose mee goreng, garlic bread, donut, tim sum and the mysterious last food dish a mixed fruit salad. The bunch of mad participants started running through wisma atria in search of the food items. We moved to purchase garlic bread from breadtalk, mee goreng amd tim sum from food republic and then donuts at crystal jade bakery. We rushed and gobbled down our food in sequence and we were off to find our last food item when Jac gave us the last clue which was the mixed fruit salad. Upon finishing up our interesting food salad, we took our clue, checked our contacts and directories and proceeded towards the Botanic Gardens. With regards to the Botanic Gardens, I realized i have never gone into the garden before. It felt like a foreign area to me.

We ran aimlessly in search of a statue which got us moving around in circles. As we have found it, the next clue kept us wondering where in the world could we find a flower which says seven sisters? Especially when there is no specific area in botanic gardens. We called up the ranger station and asked about the flower. To our dismay, it was arrowed all the to a part called echo garden where they have herbs and spices planted there. I upon hearing that was discouraged. Well, we still had to run and finish the race right? When running, I felt quite saddened when i was not given the opportunity to navigate in this foreign area. I guess it was not for me to speak. Anyway, when we came to a bend, we were quite lost and i was sure moving a particular route would bring us back to square one which is the park entrance at Holland Road. When it was confirmed we went towards ginger garden and we met a group there. They mentioned something about finding the flower nearby. I for myself felt quite consumed by the fact that the flower was at echo garden. (Later at the finishing line i heard it was not there) Then Jac called out to us and we found that the flower was indeed there upon confirmation. We took pictures and ran off through a road back to the main Holland Road.

The Seven Sisters flower located near ginger garden!
Hmm, an area which i was familiar with. The next clue was Parkway Parade and i was thinking which bus would send my there. The only bus i could remember was 14. Then Jac said that the service would be too long. She suggested 36 and i recalled! Thanks Jac ^_^. Anyway we took service 123 back to Orchard and boarded service 36 at the building near Manchester United shop. It was a long ride and a number of us took a short nap.

When we arrive, we dashed to the right and ran towards the market at Parkway parade. We moved around in circles around the hawker center and market and was not able to find Quan Hao. When i questioned them agained, they said it was around this compound. Yes, he was definitely not to be found around. Sandy suggested checking out the coffee shop and we found him. That fellow was buying a drink but anyway, when we took our clue, we figure out the other half was Patricia and went to disturb her shopping. Laugh out loud. When we were cleared of this level, we went to the bus stop to take service 48. It took about 10 minutes to arrive and when it did finally arrived, we were relieved. We were so happy to have found out that we were second so far.

The same scene happened again at Bukit Gombak but this time at Bugis. We ran off service 48 towards the entrance of the DHL Balloon and we have gotten second! Hoooray!!!! I was happy so did my conscious! I love being a second place participant and yes my team did it! Thank you Sophia, Sandy, Zunkit and especially Jac for giving me an enjoyable day. ^_^

Victory Smiles ^_^
Zun Kit ^_^

Crazy Me ^_^
DiDi and Me ^_^

Ah Kit and Di Di ^_^

Sophie ^_^

Organiser Patty with Sophie ^_^

Second place ^_^! Cheers!

Onboard the DHL Air Balloon ^_^ Part 1

Onboard the DHL Air Balloon Part 2

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