yeahh, another Amazing Race organised by the Woodlands YEC, this time round it was more to an island-wide race. we would be travelling to more location, north south east west... everywhere
form in a team of 5, Audrey, Ginnette, Moo, Ting Yu and me. gathering point would be at Woodlands, each team will be given a race goodies bag which includes 5 bottles of water, 5 packets of biscuits, some energy bar, ponchos and whistle.
after all teams were gathered, we attended a short briefing before the official start of the race. kicking off with looking for our team start card which was hidden in the whole stack of red chairs.
amazing race goodies bag
the team
short briefing before the start
toilet break :D
looking for our race card from this pile of chairs
FOUND!
Team Abili Abulu, are you ready?!
free McChicken voucher given to us xD
after looking through all the station, we decided to start from the nearest place first and slowly go further down to far places.
and so first station, Republic Polytechnic. we have to look for those people in green, i swear it's so hard to look for them. the whole poly is so big, who the hell know where they are hiding at? we walked for very long before finally found them at some corner. there were actually at somewhere very near the entrance.
started off with some quiz to complete, all of us started browsing handphone, go online and look for the answer. and second quest is to play the bowling made of water bottle. just throw and throw the ball to hit all the bottles down and we're done.
Republic Polytechnic
the quiz and the bowling game
completed station number one, we decided to head further down to Hort Park. this was the worse station we went through, we wasted 2 hours plus at Hort Park looking for some unknown-weird-ridiculous plant name.
yeah, this station dealt with crossword puzzle, we have to go according to the hints and walked around the whole hortpark looking for the correct plants name. there was this stupid Thailand plant name which made us going round and round the Hortpark like mad.
the in-charge there insisted that we completed the round. we went online search but cannot find at all. all our handphones 3G until battery all die! in the end, the in-charge there see us so poor thing, finally sign the paper and let us leave to next station.
grrr. two hours wasted here :(
HortPark
crossword puzzle
and Corntos given by them xD
at HortPark
station two cleared finally, after 2 hours. and then, proceeded down to Farrer Park. this station we were given 8 pictures all taken in different angle.
we have to base on the picture and look for where the picture was taken, and we have to use our own handphone or camera to take the exact same picture in the same angle.
we were hunting high and low for those pictures, wasted around 1 hour or so.
Farrer Park
the 8 pictures
next up, to Mount Sophia. i think they really purposely placed one station there, the staircase up there is so high. and i bet they will be up to no good, so when climbing up the stair, i counted the steps too.
and true enough, they really asked us how many steps are there. the team before us have no choice but to go all the way down and climb up again counting the steps. while our group, heh, we were prepared. it was 137 steps ^^ hahaha. and when the team before us climbed up for the second time, we were already done with this round! yeahhh!~ say boo to them xD
8 @ Mount Sophia
look at the people in green waiting for us there
going down
137 steps yo!
next station, to SMU School of Accountancy. i don't like this round, we were made to draw henna on our hands. awww, after negotiating with them. we were allowed to draw on our leg instead ^^. at least on leg, i wear long pant can cover, yeah!.
don't really like the smell of henna. heard that henna needs a few days before it really goes off, so i drew a very fine line of the picture, hopefully it will goes off faster and easier.
and second stage, we have to do paper cutting too. Moo did it anyway haha
SMU
Paper cutting
helping each other to draw henna
we with the henna
master drawing hahaha
and well, we don't have much time left. *SCAPE would be our last station before we head back to Woodlands. it was the most easy station, just to fill up the missing lyrics for the song only. anyway, everything can be found using handphone. hahaha.
*SCAPE.
i love this place ^^
filling up the missing lyrics
Don't forget the lyrics!
$10 top-up ezlink card receipt.
gotta claim back money from the organisation, yay!
BACK TO WOODLANDS!
at the tentage area
yeah, we each have a balloon flowers
flowers eh
going around, doing quiz, getting free gifts
Certificate of Appreciation
end of the prize giving ceremony
off to Bukit Panjang Plaza to meet Joshua, Shu Hua and Wei Leng. Joshua is giving us a farewell treat to zichar before he fly to Australia to study next week. he recommended a nearby zichar stall which sells pretty delicious food.
the spread of foods!
THANKS JOSHUA!!
group pictures before we go home!!!!!
Labels: amazing race, dinner, Feriae
yeah, Audrey invited us to join her family to go over to Malaysia kelong to fishing. as we have to be at respective meeting point, Kraji or Toa Payoh, at a very early time. Ginnette and me decided to sleep over at Audrey's house.
it has been long since i last slept at someone's house. pretty fun eh, we laid out a mattress and sat on it, it looked as if we were having a picnic inside her room. time to mess up her room, and we randomly found a children pikachu suit. haha, we tried it on for fun xD
picnic?
me love pikachu :D
well, next morning we prepapred everything in a rush and left the house quickly. the mini bus unexpectedly came too early. it picked us up, then followed by Audrey's mum's friend. and then to Kraji to pick up Moo, Shu Hua and Wei Leng.
after getting through the custom side, we were brought to Ah Soon Bak Kut Teh for breakfast. anyway, it's a treat from Audrey's mum.
the mini bus
us
we and the mini bus
Ah Soon Bak Kut Teh for breakfast
and then, reached the jetty to take boat and cross over to the Kelong. we chose to sit in the open while the adult sat inside under shelter. we were so unlucky that in the middle of the boat journey, it rained all of a sudden. we were all wet, especially our pant.
well, the rain stopped just in time when we were about to reach. yay. time to fish loh!
boarding the boat
the fishing kelong
the pro catching the fishes
our turn to try to hook those fish up
we caught some!
hurray to all of us!
and half way through, we were brought over to the shore at the opposite side of the kelong, to visit the house of Audrey's relatives. we wandered around the places as well. it's just like a small island though. but this kind of life, i don't think i can ever survive living in just a day. i'm a CITY PERSON! i prefer big city! haha
say cheese
walking to those kampong kind of house
group photo time!~
and yay, finally it's time for lunch. we took the boat back to the jetty area for lunch. the lunch was provided by one of Audrey's uncle i think.
foods were delicious, especially the bun and the black pepper crab, woohoo! we cleared finished the whole entire plate of crab.
boat back to jetty
lunch time!
LUNCH!
the crah shell hahahah
eat crab until our fingers all full of black pepper sauce.
hahahah
lunch was done, back to kelong and contiuue our fishing game. i think fishing was quite a cruel hobby. those fishes were so poor thing, they got hooked, some even pierce through the eyes :( i cannot get myself to unhook it from the fish mouth. most of the time i asked Audrey to help me. haha
boat back to kelong
why no fish one?!
baby crab too!
and yes, Ginnette caught one catfish, but the whole process of how Audrey dealt with it was so cruel. i cannot bring myself to see how the catfish died. Audrey was such a brave girl, she did it all by herself. but the fish..... so poor thing :(
after this scene, i don't want to fish anymore. i just walked around, see see look look!
ouch, poor catfish :(
well, i see Audrey's mum bought quite a few fishes back, i also followed. i bought one i-don't-know-what-fish and some prawns back to Singapore too. and it was so cheap SGD$10 for both. and the fish was super huge!!! i had a hard time carrying it back, it was so heavy!
time to leave the kelong loh
boat back
on the boat
BACK TO SINGAPORE!
Labels: fishing, kelong, overseas trips
Island-wide Amazing Race
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