8:50 AM
RP's Very Own Amazing Race 2006As promised in my previous few blog entries, i'm gonna write up a entry about the Amazing Race thing..
Not going to write very long so i just gonna summarized up about this event. (but in the end also very long) -_-"
These are the 3 team members who participated in this event:
[from left: Yan Hui, me, Rafi]
photo took in RP Agora by 1 of my friends (Alfi)
Basically these are the 12 checkpoints that we were supposed to visit (in sequence order)
1. Sembawang Park
2. Lower Seletar Reservoir Park
3. Newton Circus Food Centre
4. Toa Payoh Park (opp HDB Hub)
5. Compass Point (Sengkang)
6. Dohby Ghaut MRT Station
7. Outside 四马路观音庙/ Si Ma Lu Guan Yin temple opposite the hotel (Bugis)
8. Kallang (Indoor Atadium, ground level beside the escalator at North entrance)
9. Bedok Adventure Park (Near Bedok Bus Interchange)
10. CPF Tampines Building near SAM machine
11. Changi Airport Terminal 2
12. East Coast Park, BBQ Ppit 28
We actually started this race @ about 8:30am and my team actually reached East Coast Park pit 28 @ about 7:10pm which was 11th in positions. We never skipped any checkpoint and also never get caught taking taxi where we are NOT supposed to take.
Mode of Transport:
From Republic Polytechnic to the 1st checkpoint:
- Took MRT to Sembawang
- From Sembawang took MRT to Woodlands
- From Woodlands Regional Interchange (WRI) took bus (svc 911) to WDL Town Garden Park
- From WDL Town Garden Park took taxi (cab) to a about 1 bus stop away from Sembawang Park (Sembawang Road End)
- From there walk a few metres to the 1st checkpoint.
From 1st checkpoint to 2nd checkpoint:
- Took cab to Sembawang MRT Station
- From there took MRT from Sembawang to Yishun
- From there took bus (forgot svc no.) to the bus stop outside Yishun Stadium and walk to the 2nd checkpoint.
From 2nd checkpoint to 3rd checkpoint:
- Took bus (forgot svc no.) to Khatib MRT Station
- From there took MRT from Khatib to Newton
- Walk to 3rd checkpoint.
From 3rd checkpoint to 4th checkpoint:
- Took MRT from Newton to Toa Payoh (TPY)
- Cross the road to 4th checkpoint.
From 4th checkpoint to 5th checkpoint:
- Took bus (svc 159, DM Volvo Mk 2 CAC) from TPY bus int to Sengkang bus interchange
- Walk to 5th checkpoint.
From 5th checkpoint to 6th checkpoint:
- Took MRT from Sengkang to Dohby Ghaut)
- Walk to 6th checkpoint.
From 6th checkpoint to 7th checkpoint:
- Took MRT from Dohby Ghaut to Bugis
- Walk to 7th checkpoint from there.
From 7th checkpoint to 8th checkpoint:
- Took MRT from Bugis to Kallang
- Took bus (svc 11) from Gaylang Lorong 1 bus terminal
- Walk to 8th checkpoint.
- Take cab to Geylang Rd and walk to Geyland Lor 21 to search for "Rochor Beancurd" stall.
- After which took the same cab back to 8th checkpoint.
From 8th checkpoint to 9th checkpoint:
- Took bus (svc 11) to Geylang Lorong 1 bus terminal
- Took MRT from Kallang to Bedok
- Walk to 9th checkpoint.
From 9th checkpoint to 10th checkpoint:
- Took MRT from Bedok to Tampines
- Walk to 9th checkpoint.
From 10th checkpoint to 11th checkpoint:
- Took bus (svc 27) to Changi Airport Terminal 2. (svc 27 faster than MRT) - believed most teams would go by MRT instead as svc 27 does not pass by Tampines bus interchange itself :-p
- Walk to 11th checkpoint
From 11th checkpoint to 12th checkpoint:
- Took svc 36 to Marine Parade Rd
- Walk to 12th checkpoint from there (very tiring, walked for a long distance searching for BBQ pit 28) -_-"
Tasks we need to do at various checkpoints:
1st checkpoint:
- Find the colored alphabets hidden in the sand to form 1 of the team member's name in FULL.
2nd checkpoint:
- Dunno how to describe inside blog.. Can ask me straight personally and i will answer you =)
3rd checkpoint:
- Have to break open 1 stick of sugar cane and finish sucking the juice inside that stick of sugar cane. [as a group[ (come together with photos) =p
4th checkpoint:
- 2 of team members have to tie 1 of their legs each and walk through a path for a certain distance and loop back to the starting point. [me and Rafi]
5th checkpoint:
- Find the 3 people that were dressed in RP related clothings inside Compass Point as stated in the task sheet. [happened to spot 1 of them with green shirt at 2nd level Converse shop all thanks to my sharp eyes] =p
6th checkpoint:
- Answer the 3 questions with photos taken.
(a) Where does Ronald MacDonald reside(stay)? (Old MacDonald House)
(b) What is his favourite place? (MacDonald fast food restaurant at Plaza Singapura)
(c) Find a statue of him and snap a photo of it. (Outside 7-eleven at Plaza Singapura)
I shall post the photos of the 3 questions in sequence below.
7th checkpoint: (copied word-by-word according to task sheet)
- Attract attention by performing something.
- Use your HP or camera to video your performance and crowd that you've attracted.
- No obscene or public nuisance is allowed.
- Penalty will be given according to station master's decision.
I shall not post the video as it's too embrassing for my whole team (especially me and Rafi who did such thing) -_-""
8th checkpoint: (copied word-by-word according to task sheet)
- Search for this stall selling beancurd around Geylang. The stall name is called "Rochor Beancurd". Take a picture of the stall. Each team buy a box of it and bring it back to the station. Finish up the beancurd at the station before proceeding.
- Penalty will be given if they are unable to find the stall or produce the photo of the stall.
This is the place which we searched it until siaoz..
9th checkpoint: (copied word-by-word according to task sheet)
- Scavenger Hunt. Look for 10 different items given on the list. After completing it, bring it back to the original station and lay the item out on the ground according to the list number sequence of the given.
- Penalty of time will be given for short of items and placing of items in the wrong sequence.
List which includes:
> 1 lipstick (borrowed from 1 of the anutie of MacDonald staff)
> 2 pairs of socks (needless to say how we got it) -_-"
> 5 MacDonald's plastic bag
> 1 stalk of real rose (buy from flower shop)
> 1 copy of today newspaper (Rafi has it so no need to buy)
> 2 umbrellas (me and yan hui/rafi's one.. forgot who already p.s..)
> 1 baby milk bottle (BUY from NTUC!!!)
> 7 pieces of cut finger nails (need to buy a nail clipper and cut my long finger nails) -_-"
> 3 packets of tissue paper (buy 1 whole packet from NTUC with about 16 small packets of tissue paper) -_-"
> A card board with the height of 1 of the participant in the team. (Yan Hui's height as he's the shortest among the 3 of us)
Some photos took at this checkpoint..
10th checkpoint: (copied word-by-word according to task sheet)
- 1 bottle of 1.5 Litre MINERAL WATER will be provided to the team (Actually is SALT water instead, somemore is added with SUGER which station leaders told us that it actually help to EASE our "suffering" but actually makes it more WORST for us!!)
- Participants have to finish the water bottle on the spot before proceeding to the next station.
- If the participants unable to complete or spill more than 1/4 of the total bottle of water, penalty time would be given (exclude vomiting which some of the teams actually did!! but not my team)
11th checkpoint:
- Task sheet not given as the time is a bit too late (evening time, around 6 plus..)
- Therefore, the station leaders/master give us the next clue sheet which happened to be the last checkpoint le..
12th checkpoint:
- THE END!!!
- FREEDOM le!!!
- Very tiring!!! ~~
Some comments i have:
- For 1st checkpoint, we actually thought it's at Woodlands Town Garden or Sun Plaza, hence we wasted the time and transport fare to visit these 2 places.
- After which took cab to and fro Sembawang MRT because we didn't want to wait for the "half-an-hour" service 882 just like my Bt Panjang feeder service 922. -_-"
- Throughout this amazing race we actually ran here and there like hell.. Until after checkpoint at Kallang i kena some leg inner injury (leg cramp if not wrong) then the whole team have to walk. -_-"
- At Bedok MRT, Rafi suffered from the same fate as me as well.. -_-"
- At Kallang, we wanted to thank the taxi driver for guiding us there to the Rochor Beancurd.. and in the end i bought a beancurd specially for him to thank him but he don't want.. Hehe.. So in the end i just ate it up.. Anyway it taste very very nice.. Next time i will go there buy beancurd.. What a good recommendation by organizing committees of this event, but hard to find lehz this stall =)
- At Tampines, we really felt like vomiting after drinking that SALT + SUGAR water..
- Each of us drink half the 1.5 Litre of SALT + SUGAR water..
- After that we went to the provision shop nearby to buy soft drinks to ease our suffering..
- As for Changi Airport, 1 of my bus enthusiast friends, Bing He, was at Changi Airport Terminal 2 and he saw my school people there.. Therefore, he called me and thanks to him, we no need to worry whether was it at Terminal 1 or 2.. Hehe..
- At East Coast Park, we walked from BBQ pit 40++ to put 28, which is hell long lo.. Walk until we very tiring..
- Talking about transport fare, it really cost me a BOMB.. At least $20 (exclude my bus concession) was spent on it.. Somemore the scavenger hunt at Bedok also need to buy some UNNECESSARY items just because it's listed in either of the 10 different items.. -_-""
[me and Rafi]
Taken at East Coast Park after the event..
After the event, i happened to see 1 of the seniors which i happened to know him through the "Vote Against Littering" event who is Clinton, and i sms him when i was inside MacDonald at East Coast Park for dinner with Rafi to get in touch with him =)
After which i happened to spot a Volvo DM Mk 4 (SBS882Y) with the old front desto which states "AIR CON 401".. Took some kns shot at Bedok bus interchange before i headed back home..
The 3 kns shots of that svc 401 bus:
What a wonderful day and enriching experience for me.. Next year i shall take part again =)
Victor Lim