Sunday, April 19, 2009
WE WON 2nd FOR AMAZING RACE 09!
Oh my god, i cant believe it until now..$150 adidas voucher for the 5 of us! YAY!!!
The amazing race made me realised something. That was the power of girls.
Initially, Jack and I decided to form a really fast team after we went for the house briefing on the Amazing Race.
We had one of the fastest runners for 2.4km, with everyone of us clocking at least 10mins for 2.4km.
After we've submitted the application form for amazing race, BAM!
Three of them couldnt make it cos of HSK Chinese Exam! D:
At that point of time, i was seriously disappointed and kind of had the mentality that we couldnt make it anymore. But I WAS WRONG.
Feeling upset, I decided to ask around to see if there were people who could replace those three for amazing race. So I found Gideon, Qiu Mei and Thinn :D
We submitted the application form once again and PASS! WE'RE IN!
A total of 18 teams from all houses participated in the amazing race.
So here's our team members, POLO TEAM 4
- Yu Feng
- Jack
- Gideon
- Thinn
- Qiu Mei
Started off with Sudouku. I took the paper from the house captain and dashed immediately to the canteen where everybody joined us. Everybody was really quick in the calculations and I think we completed the puzzle pretty fast :)
FIRST STATION, PJC
We started off with floorball. Had to dribble the puny little ball around the cones and with a ring on our heads. Everybody didnt seem to have a problem with that :)
After that, we reported to the station masters and they gave us another question.
Who awarded the certificate of appreciation to PJC in the year 2000 in recognition of PJC's participation in the National Day Parade 2000?
We searched the concourse for it and Thinn happened to find the answer: Dr Tony Tan. She then wrote down the answer and dashed to the station master who then said that the answer was incomplete!
Thinn then dashed back and wrote down his full name plus post! DR TONY TAN KENG YAM, Minister of Def!
HAHAHA it was classic laughter!
We were correct for the question and proceeded on to the Science Centre
Clue to next station : A picture of a building with two things protuding high out of it
SECOND STATION, Science Centre
At the Science Centre, we had to solve a jigsaw puzzle of the old PJC campus. And we proceeded to the old campus opposite the science centre and took a picture of us with the campus in the background in it.
In the MRT on the way to Fort Canning Park
THIRD STATION, Fort Canning Park
WE proceeded from Jurong East to Dhoby Ghaut, Fort Canning Park. Down there, we were required to build a tower of 15cm with 15 straws and place a bowl on the top of it. And then hold a chopstick on each hand and transfer the ping-pong balls from the bowl to the destinated box.
Clue to next station: Well known old market
FOURTH STATION, LAU PA SAT!
I didn't even have time to look at the clue. The girls were so fast upon seeing the clue that we immediately dashed off from fort canning and took the train to Raffles Place.
Signed in with the station master at 11:09am and we were given an hour break for lunch and we told that we could only leave the market from 12:09pm onwards.
A picture of our team in Lau Pa Sat! From the left, Gideon, Qiu Mei, Thinn, Jack and Myself :)
Clue to next station: Sky dark dark, Lightning Strike, Thunder Roar, Bald patch form
FIFTH STATION, Merlion at Esplanade
Okay this one was tough! We were given a piece of paper which says:
Instruction: Each letter in this code represents another letter.
Make sure of the clue to compare and hence decode.
CLUE: SHARPEN
CA WXKOLTZFA
Be Proactive
CAEZQ UZTJ TJA AQP ZQ RZQP
Begin With The End In Mind
WST MZXGT TJZQEG MZXGT
Put First Things First
TJZQB UZQ UZQ
Think Win Win
GAAB MZXGT TK SQPAXGTOQP TJAQ TK CA SQPAXGTKKP
Seek First To Understand, Then To Be Understood
GVQAXEZYA
Synergise
GJOXWAQ TJA GOU
Sharpen the saw
WXKLAAP TK AGWIOQOPA WOXB
Proceed to esplanade park
GJOXWAQ = SHARPEN. Happy cracking!
We proceeded to esplanade park where we were told to stand in a straight row, 3 tiles away from each other. The station master would then tell the first person of the row a phrase and he would whisper it to the next.
The message mustn't get distorted along the way :)
Clue to next station: A geogrophical picture of World War II Memorial which writes 1942-1945
SIXTH STATION, War Memorial
Ahhh this was crap! Each team had to appoint a representative to complete a particular roadblock which they refused to tell us. I volunteered and was told to go to the War Memorial and copy down every single word, in four different ethnic languages! I ended up spending lots of time writing the Tamil words, which seemed more of art to me D:
Clue to the next station: Mac @ M^2
SEVENTH STATION, McDonald's at Marina Square
Hated this to the core! We were given a piece of paper which has 9 lines of blanks with clues given.
We were told to fill in the names of the shops.
And there was a stupid one which says: You want me on your test papers
Took us PLENTY OF TIME till we decided to do a trade of answer with another team. And the answer was NIKE!
Cos its a tick! OMFG!
We ran around Marina Square Mall, taking pics of ourselves at all 9 shops. Many of the pictures are still in Thinn's camera. THINN QUICKLY SEND ME! :D
EIGTH STATION, Performance area outside Esplanade
Next, we proceeded to the stage outside the esplanade and did some Charade. Thinn was the one who demoed the thing and it was WAY OFF! There was one question which said, "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon", and she was squatting down all the way. And I said,
PRAY?
KNELL DOWN?
NA MO AH MI TUO FO?????
NINTH STATION, HORT PARK
Took bus 97 to hort park! The bus journey there was rather long and it gave us time to have some rest :)
We were pretty unsure about our team's position. but we were rather sure that we were in the top 3 at that point of time!
Me holding up the log card triumphantly. Left with 2 more stations!
HORT PARK WAS THE WORST STATION OF ALL. The place was damn bloody big and we saw the Nobel team upon reaching there. Which means that we were 2nd in place. The nobel team couldnt locate the station masters and they told us that they've been searching for 20 minutes already. we ran around the park for 45 minutes. Minute by minute, we saw more teams arriving at the Hort Park. They caught up =(
We were running, prespiration all over our bodies. Running in the scorching sun at 2pm for 45 minutes.
FINALLY, we found the station masters who then told us to do the tasks.
We managed to complete the tasks faster than the Nobel team and ended up FIRST IN PLACE!
Then we were given the clue: Begin with the end in mind
IMMEDIATELY, we dashed off out of Hort Park to the bus stop.
TENTH STATION, PIONEER JUNIOR COLLEGE!
Unfortunately, the bus took pretty long to come and it gave 2 teams to catch up with us until it gave us the same advantage D:
The Nobel Team took the same bus as us.
When the bus was approaching Commonwealth MRT station, the Nobel team was already getting ready at the exit of the bus and we were still trapped at the back of the bus! When the bus door opened, they dashed out while we were struggling to get out.
Upon reaching the MRT station, we found out that the Nobel team managed to catch the train which left shortly before us reaching. That gave them the ultimate advantage of being in the first place D:
In the train, we were already talking about the suprise of getting 2nd place which was completely unexpected!
When the train arrived at Choa Chu Kang, we quickly dashed out and ran towards the bus stop outside the back of lot 1. Down there, we saw the bus 975 and the Nobel team boarding it!
I ran like mad and our team managed to catch up!
Now, both teams were on the bus!
Hahaha this is the funny part! We were all chatting damn loudly in the bus about the race and everybody was staring at us. Both teams were crowding at the door, pushing each other, trying to get the upperhand in starting the race. When the door opened, we all dashed out and the bus driver shouted, "GO GO GO!"
Jack and I and the rest of the Nobel teams were running for our lives from the bus-stop towards the school gate! Those Nobel guys didnt even bother to walk down the stairs near the bus-stop and jumped down from 2metres of height instead! I dashed and dashed, and managed to catch up with Jack who was the first man leading the group. Now, JACK AND I WERE THE FIRST TWO PEOPLE LEADING THE RACE!
We ran past the school gate and didnt even bother to say hi to the security guard like we always do. Dashed past the carpark and the parade square until we saw this!
By now, i was feeling extremely exhilarated as Jack and I were leading the Nobel Team by at least 100metres!
The station masters and teachers at the finishing line were all cheering madly.
UNTIL! THEY SAID, "YOU MUST FINISH AS A TEAM!"
And it was OMFG!
Jack and I stopped at the finishing line and waited for our team members.
Then we saw the Nobel team running towards us, 1 by 1.
They finished as a team and got the first place!
1 minute later, Gideon, Qiu Mei and Thinn caught up.
We held hands and walked past the finishing line as a team!
THE SECOND PLACE WAS SECURED!
Nobel finished at 5:09pm while Polo finished at 5:10pm!
YAY! 2nd PLACE IS GOOD TOO!
Thinn couldnt stay for the bbq as her mum was about to kill her. She had to leave for Australia the next morning and she was still outside at 5pm!
I was too overwhelmed with happiness and decided to do this stupid thing. This was the road where Jack and I and the Nobel guys ran towards school.
THATS IT! POLO TEAM FOUR WON AND IT ALL ATTRIBUTED TO THE GIRL'S FOR BEING STREET SMART AND THE GUYS FOR THE DILIGENT RUNNING!
Stuffs I painted @ 5:56 PM
