NYEC 2009 En-mazing Race
National Youth EnvirOlympics Challenge 2009 En-mazing Race.
Waaa, super-tired now..
Can't believe I'm dragging myself to blog, when I was intending to fill CID mat req form. :X
7 am at Vivo City rooftop. Sianzzz.
I WANT MY SLEEEEEEEP!!! :X :X
RVHS 3. Team number: 37
Rachel, Ho Ching, Zheng Xiao, Jason and I.
Clare as our team facilitator.
Started off at 9+, with flag off by some Mr Ong guy LOL.
Ahh two words to describe what happened after the flagoff: exodus and stampede (not really though).
Everyone was rushing towards the MRT, and we were super kiasu lol, camp right at the train door.
To think of it, it's really scary for the train commuters, when suddenly this train arrives and a whole gang of yellow just dash/choing out and screaming too. :X
Somewhere along the journey saw Hui Ling, a friend fr pri sch.
Super qiao3 man...
So first stop we had to go to Bukit Timah Nature Reserve.
So took MRT to Clementi MRT, followed by bus 184, and walk...
BMW sia. =.=
Finally when we reached the nature reserve, we saw this police blue tentage (those u saw in the news uh huh...)
Freaking hell a lot of ants.
Our task was to hook 5 cans and a few bottles (can't rmb how many) using a makeshift rod with paperclip hook on one end.
Spent quite some time there with that last bottle zzz...
After that took 184 again to Ngee Ann Poly.
Wondered arnd (while following arrows) inside the poly, trying to find next destination...
Height challenges.
So we were supposed to do 3 "low" elements and 1 "high" element each.
"Low": Obstacle bridge, and tarzan swing
"High": We did different ones, I chose Flying Fox. Damndamn fun sia, first time trying it :D :D
I LOVE FLYING FOX!!! :D :D
Then from Ngee Ann Poly 52-ed till IMM.
Gruesome task.
Collect 15 cans, 5 bottles and 20 pcs of paper to form the words "Reduce, reuse, recycle".
Ended up surveying Kopitiam for the cans and bottles.
Kope-d the papers from Mac/MOS burger flyers xD
Disgusting blegh, completed the task in 17+ min out of 20 min given...
After that a short break to buy lunch at Mac, then off we go again..
MRT-ed from JE till Woodlands, to reach Causeway Point.
The task was to match all the train names to the MRT map.
Phew luckily we memorised it in the morning (heh heh thanks to Clare :D)
Then 161-ed to Blk 190C Sengkang.
4 stops, and it took 28+ min.. SLE and TPE...
Went to Blk 188 Pavillion, and we were told to collect newspapers.
The clearance level was until the bottom of my shirt (now imagine how many newspapers we'd have to collect :X)
Ended up not finishing the task so + 10 min penalty. D:
Longest and most tiring task. :X :X
After that 83-ed to Sengkang Interchange.
Just then saw Hui Ling's grp (same bus mah)
Then when the bus door open both teams dashed too.
Had to top up ez-link card cse not enough..
Luckily the train was to leave in 3-4 min time.
Then just took the NEL back to Harbourfront MRT.
Once there, choing again lor..
Heard that Hui Ling's team facilitator is/was (?) athlete, then at HF MRT he was running ahead of both grps.
Then we had to do puzzle matching and collect signatures for every try.
Ended up having to collect 25 sigs.
Then kope-d families/grps since thr're more ppl.
After that choing-ed to start/end point (Vivo City rooftop), and found out that we were 3rd.
And also the first team to finish with guys (apparently top 2 teams were all-girls LOL). :D :D
Finished at about 15.42 h or 15.43 h.
Since we'd have to wait till 5 for prize ppt to start, we camped outside POSB at Vivo City after buying drinks...
Our legs freakinggg tired sia.
Apparently our route was the easier one among the others, that's why finish so fast LOL.
Perhaps what made us not getting 1st/2nd was the 161 ride and the newspapers.
Sorry. :X
Then during the prize ppt, since only top 3 have trophy (top 10 all have medals per person), the emcee forget to give us trophy bleghblegh.
Ended up finding them to get the trophy.
YAY out of 7 teams, two RV teams won:
3rd: RVHS 3
6th: Green Pork
Thanks to Kee Heng for the Bus Guide and everyone that we've called/sms-ed along the race and Clare too (probably she won't read this LOL).
Total transport fares: $3.22 sia....
Blah, off to dreamland.
Stupid headache. :X
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