Saturday and Sunday(26-07-08, 27-07-08), went to participate in the N.E.X.T challenge with Natelie, Eugene, Theodore and BK.. Its a 1N1D event ard North East side of singapore i think.. We started out at Tampiness North CC.
Our first destination was at the top gate at Fort Canning Park where we are given a piece of A4 paper and we have to go through tt paper without breaking it.. Hard huh? well we failed this station as the SENTINELS eat into our time.
After tt we are suppose to go to Mosque at Bugis(not sure abt the spelling) but we use the "anything" card and was given wrong directions, in the end we went to the underground Mosque at Raffles Place. ARGH!! Spent a long of time travelling in the end wrong place. So we try out the Mosque at Bugis. Who knows, its the correct spot. At tt station we are given a maths equation and by moving one matchstick from the left side to make the equation correct.. haha.. This did not take much of a time. Actually the SENTINELS did help us..
Completed station, our clue leads us to Indoor Stadium.. And we have to chase a stupid Bus 80 for 2 bus stop in order to get there.. TIRING CHASE!! At there, our task is to cut out a "Li" with the given paper.. i personally think this is the easiest station of all.. haha..
Well, guess wad.. The next station is at Chervron House (Raffles Place) and all services are down!!! We have to WALKED there!!! WALK YOL! haha.. We have to solve a sudoku puzzle b4 we are given the next clue..
Clue solved. Destination -> the Cathay!! WALKED AGAIN!!! haha.. Did some photo taking along the way.. haha.. After forming a human shape with some bubble-like thing,we head on to the next station.. Mustafa centre.. OKAY! walking there is veri creepy.. no one on the road and is super dark.. solve a riddle there and we can move on..
To our "delight", the next stop is at the two durians!!! its like superb far from where we are.. and on our way there, we saw Mervyn hanging out with his friends. haha.. Our task there is jump rope 20times, play cha-teh 10 times and spin a top for 5 secs.. haha. AFter tt is our rest stop at PAHQ which is at KALLANG!! we walk Nico Highway for dunno how many times.. haha..
After our "pitstop", we departed at 615 in the morning.. haha.. our destination point was a Labrador Park! ITS SUPER INSIDE!!! CRAZY MAN!! we have to shift cups from one end to the other. haha..After this.. GUESS WAD!! we have to go to Kent Ridge Park!! THE WALK OF HELL!!! CLIMBING UP IS SUPERB HARD!! THE WAY UP IS A KILLER!! at there we have to separate into 2 grps. one(Eugene, BK and me) to do the balloon structure and the other(Nat and Theo) to run to dunno where and do hana.. i managed to do the balloon structure within 2mins and the sentinels were like in a state of shock.. After tt we headed to our next rest stop which is at Elias CC(Pasir Ris)
At the rest stop, sth amazing happen.. THEY ACTUALLY RAN OUT OF WATER FOR THE PARTICIPANTS!!!! WOW!! had our lunch and den waited for 1041 b4 we can move on.. which leads us to the mangrove at Pasir Ris Park, we skip this station by using the bingo card. Actually we are suppose to take photos of some things lar.. haha.. we headed to the changi chapel.. this is the stupidest task ever..we are suppose to lift a pail with our legs and remove our shoes and socks without toppling it over and wear them back.. Our way there is rather pissing off.. coz of some bus driver who keep saying the chapel is straight ahead until we nearly reach Expo! EXPO AND CHAPEL IS 2 DIFFERENT PLACES SIA!!!
Den we headed towards Bedok Reservoir, to do our last station.. 2 person(Nat and Theo) kaya out to a float and turn back while the other 3(Eugene, BK and me) run to damai sec and find out the sch motto.. we ran the wrong direction at the starting.. haha.. after this station, we make our way to Kovan Hub.. haha.. we have to blow a balloon and burst it with our butts.. haha.. Me and BK cant burst it with our butts.. haha.. and i can actually sit on the balloon!!! SIT ON IT!!! Was a funny scene sia..
Though we did not win, but we gain lots of experience.. haha.. Not many chances, you can get to walk in the road in the middle of the night, and break every single traffic rules you can.. And not many times, you can join a race with friends and Kor and shared many things along the way somemore its overnight...
Lesson we learnt during the race.
1. Wear Boxers instead of underwear.
2. Never trust the bus drivers.
3. Never walked along little india ALONE!.
4. Rest as much as you can when you have the time.
See you all can solve this riddle.. haha..
"What goes around the world but stays in one corner.?"
Signing off,
Vincent
