Sunday, September 16, 2007

SMRT day

Today was so exciting...woke up way early today which is at 5.15 to pack for my SMRT challenge today...before that i was almost unable to sleep as i woke up at 3.10 then fell asleep and woke up at 3.40...then fell asleep and woke up at 4+...then fell asleep and woke up at 5.15...i set up at least 2 alarms but i woke up even before they went off...and i was supposed to receive a morning call from chidam but did not get it...well anyways, it rained suddenly and by the time i got to AMK station my bag was wet so were my shoes...i waited there for Chan Hong, Danielle, Irene and Syakirah...and we found out that Chidam woke up at 6.30...we were a bit fed up and went on our way...past Bishan, picked up Rochelle and past Toa Payoh, picked up James...arrived at Orchard to find an almost sea of red...many people wearing the SMRT shirt...finally Chidam arrived...we registered and while going to the 7-11, Chan nearly got hit by bird droppings...haha...ya...the race begins after a nice long chat about many things...first was to pop the balloons for our own category which was the school [yellow]...i went in with my safety pin and burst balloon and got the clue...chidam poped a few but to no avail...we got our clue and tried to decipher the 8 places we had to go to...we first went Dhoby Gaught...which was an easy clue...and did the task there which was the phrase and the balls with the split up message on it...and then, we got to the next place, aljunied...the blocks were not difficult to find but is the unit numbers...then we heard another school cat. person say eunos and we got there to find out it was another stop...then, thanks to R.Chelle, we went to Bedok next...and that Chan, keep saying MRT train for a bus...and we got to changi airport station to count how many fire extinguishers there are...after that while heading back a couple of people got off at expo and we got suspicious but went to bugis which was not the place we needed to go to...and we went all the way back to expo to find another stop...the marshall gave us merit points and an additional clue...when he is supposed to get de-merit for taking it...we walked more than 10 minutes to get to the NEWater plant and had fun 'playing' on the empty train...running from the front to the back...all to ourselves...again counting the number of fire extinguishers...lame...i played with the door to safety located at the drivers room...so fun...then we took a taxi to bishan [mrt recreation and sports club]...ya...and asked the taxi driver about the picture clue...he told us tanjong pagar...the white house...we got off and sort of asked the marshall there, he gave me a wink and i knew it was there...we headed there and did out task and got back just nice...did not win anything but had loads of fun...ate at Yoshinoya...and 'shopped' before going home to study chemistry...well, rest well all...all the best...cheers

for the knight Sunday, September 16, 2007