USR'06 rocks

Got back from the race last night, super paralysed. was already aching like mad during the race but still i persevered on and managed to get to the 15th position. ha! the details of the race are as follows:
Intro:
Me, Jing2, Aloysius and Charle formed a team of 4 to join the Uniquely Singapore Race together from the 11th-12th of Feb.
Day One:
We had to report at the Youth Park(behind cine) at 8 in the morning. So i had to wake up at 615 to bathe and get ready coz i wasnt sure if we would get to bathe at night. When we reached there, other teams were already getting ready liao. We werent told of the next destination but had to guess the clue from the drawings our minister of education. Well, the first part was a bit scary coz i tot that a stampede would happen coz all 400+ ppl were chiong-ing to the destination coz the clue was rather easy. So we ran there and deciphered the next clue to be at the Labordor Park. Luckily when we left the park, the bus to the park came and we hopped on. The route to the park was actually a torturous one but we actually cheated halfway coz we took a cab in if not think we'll die a terrible death if we were to walk in. haha when we found the checkpoint, obviously we were the first team to arrive.. haha the next stop was to go to china street to find some places selling pies that is the new singapore icon. apparently we misread the clue and tot that it was at chinatown but couldnt find anything. But still, we were the 1st team to reach the pie shop. Charle said that the pie is quite nice but i was too full to eat. Actually i cant really remember the sequence of the race but so far now. it's still the right sequence. haha the next stop,we went to suntec the fountain of wealth to get our next clue and the clue led us to the merlion where we had to pose with the lion and take a pic. after that we ran all the way down to clarke quay were one of the members had to do a challenge "GMax" oh man.. the reverse bungee thingy. i think it's damn scary but jing2 actually said that she wants to try *applause* haha i wouldnt dare do it coz i scared my heart stop ar.. lolz after that we went to little india and had to use the hanna paste to draw the USR logo on our hands. That was the first time i saw the real thaipusam going on. oh man.. i think it's damn scary lor.. i saw this guy had a pole-like thingy pierced through his mouth and connected to it was a trolley like thingy. i'm not so sure how to describe it but it was super scary and obviously super pain. :X after the henna drawing event, we went to one of the mosque near geylang area i think and we had to play "zero point" , "five stones" and "chapteh" aiyah i dont know how to spell.. haha after that we were give a clue and that we had to buy a lime mag to get to the next destination. but the shitty thing was that all the lime mags around the area have already been sold out and we had to travel all the way to funan to buy the mag. Just like that we've wasted a whole lot of time.The resting place was at Chinatown point but we couldnt find the checkpoint and end up searching for it again. +time wasted+. after a 2 hour break, the next challenge was to make a lantern similar to the sample lantern. it may sound easy but in fact it's not. we spend like 15-20 mins figuring out how to make the lantern and to make it. arrgh but this time we were already shagged, despite having a 2 hour break. if i'm not wrong the next stop was to go to geylang and we had to weigh a 1.5kg durian and eat it. the durian was superb but we had to eat it in a rush so quite pity. after that we rushed off to bedok market under blk 85 and we had to hike down 10km to our resting place for that day. i tell you the 10km hike was like (@^#(^$@(^ coz by that time my legs were already aching and having cramps. the worst thing was that we took a wrong route, got lost and had to walk an addtional 2+km.. arrgh finally we reached east coast park but we had to walk AGAIN to the chalet before our timing stops. luckily we came in 17th and slept in the airconditioned room *yeah* but apparently the air con was too cold and the floor too hard, i kept waking up in the middle of the night. arrgh
Day Two:
Our first stop was at Mac Ritchie reservior. We chose to do the land expedition but we took the wrong and longer route. By that time my knees were aching real bad and i felt like giving up. i dint want to hurt myself just for the race. Maybe that's coz i'm selfish. arrgh. But still, we carried on the next stop, we went to teck whye to get our clue and headed for Qian Hu fish farm. Over there we had to catch 16 fishes and then we can go off. i was happily catching the fishes when i saw Charle beside me, stirring the water like how u stir your milo. haha think he was trying to catch the fish but the fish was too fast for him. :P we completed the task easily and had to rush off to the next destination at Sembawang. The satay club. Oh man the satay was damn good coz we barbequed them ourselves and we also had to eat "yu sheng" in less than 5 mins. we completed that feat easily too coz we were too hungry.. haha the next stop was to go to the sembawang hot spring. we ran all the way in and the challenge was to use the hot spring water to cook an egg. we waited and when it was time, Charle the bravest ate the RAW egg. OMG it was not cooked at all lor. the water isnt hot enough and the egg white was still translucent.*yuck* Still we did it and proceeded on to seletar reservior to get our clue. it was nearly the end of the race le.. we had to travel from seletar to somerset, all the while running and when we got to the visitor centre we had to search for the clue which led us to douby gaut. there, Charle did absailing inside PS, then me jing2 and aloy had to belay him. it was a rather simple task for him coz he did it many times already. After that we ran and took a train down to orchard mrt and ran to scotts the foodcourt downstairs. it is the first foodcourt in a mall in singapore! we had to do something like the "shi zi lu kou" kind and had an 1 hr break there. from there we tot we just had to zoom to zouk thinking that it was the last stop but it wasnt. we had to go to raffles place first to visit an underground mosque. cool right? but we dint visit it coz we werent properly attired. after that we were given another 1 hr to rest before setting off for Zouk. It was the final countdown already. we ran all the way from the bus stop to Zouk and came in 15th. :))At last we completed the race, our timing was 33+ hours. WE COMPLETED THE RACE IN LESS THAN 34 HOURS!!! What an achievement! haha After that we chilled out at Zouk for an hour or so whilst waiting for the lucky draw( as if we are lucky enough to win anything) then we headed home.
Though we dint win anything from the race, but what i really gained from this race is stronger friendship and even to get to know singapore better. It was very-super-duper-extra tiring but still it was very enjoyable. Even though we had our agruments and unhappiness, i still treasure my team mates very much. Credit to go to Jing2 for organising us to join the race, Charle for navigating the route for us, Aloysius, my dear dear, thanks for being there for me when my legs felt like breaking, supporting me and caring for me throughout the race. Thanks for staying up to talk to me even when u are feeling super tired already. Thanks Dear :* -i dont know why i love you coz feelings cant be explained-