Hectic!

woooh, yesterday mark a gruesome 34 hours of work with only 1.5 hours of sleep.

fri morning 0730, hao and i went back to SAJC to check out an Amazing Race organised by the very CCA we set up 2 years ago, Saints Sports Club. She is now under its fourth batch of leaders! what a nostalgic feeling when we were back there seeing what they were doing. the passion and energy they exude while in work is just a reflection of what the four of us (Hao, Teresa, Mei Ling and me) were like. doing everything we can in our limits to go for success and victory.

It is an Amazing Race organised for St Hilda's Secondary School. it's an event for a leadership camp for the student counsellors in St Hilda's. the current president, Chloe, is the ex president of the student counsel which explains the co-operation between the two schools. hao and i were attached to two different teams. mine was H (hotcakes). these kids are just incredible. their drive to win is amazing. They literally run everytime they get a chance to do it, off the bus, in the linkway, off the train, in the shopping centre and more! i have a hard time catching up with the huge bag (which i will explain why) i am carrying. went to places like Esplanade linkway, Bugis Junction, Harboutfront and more. i must say the task they have to do are very creative (well done SSC!) and i can see the counsellors have lots of fun doing it. well my team didn't come in first but well seriously, they did a great job and the team leader ,Geneieve and Zi Sheng, who are first time leaders are like old time experienced veteran in their roles.

all in all, i'm proud of SSC and how they still kept up the spirit we intended them to have. the energy and gun-ho-ness of performing the best. keep it up guys, keep us proud!

the whole thing ends around 7+. and we have to report to Sentosa at 8! hahaha, having no choice, hao called ziwan to told her we will be late for half an hour. the long commute finally ends at Siloso beach at 9! haha. we were surprise to see that it was such a big event. they have huge blow-ups, things like the human sphere in which one person goes into and rolls around, huge dinning area and many food stalls. we prepared the various logistics till about 4+! and the worst thing came next!

just as we were preparing to walk to collect our costume (theme is nautical, pirates and sailing) from Glenn (boss). the storms sets in. extremely chilly wind, torrential downpour and simultaneous lightnings. we were all trapped under a small shelter which did not prove very useful against the strong chilly wind. i have a jacket which i lend to one of the girls who was only wearing spag and shorts!. so we were trapped there and the chill is just bad. real bad. hao and i were kind of exhibiting signs of "hypo-thermia". shivering, unclear speech, mind is not thinking right, suicide thoughts. hahaa. u name it, we have it. sat down and surprisingly, we fell asleep. next thing i know, we were about to make a dash to the chalet which is like a 5 minutes walk!

reached the chalet. wet cold and hungry. went to take a bath. we were told that there was hot water but to our dismay, it was only a normal showerhead. nevertheless, drenched in sweat, sand and rain, we proceed to bath. the water may not be warm but it's still accceptable because i think the temp of the water is higher than the temp outside (with the storm and the wind). the chalet is like a conglomeration of 4 attap houses, each with 4 beds within. very small, not much facilities. just beds, lights and aircon. it's now 5.30am. being extremely exhausted, we slept. for 1.5 hr to wake up at 7am.

smae routine, wash up, change to the clothes we were intending to wear. went down to the beach to help out. we went around, salvaging what the storm did to the site. fallen barricade, boundaries, flooded blow-ups and more. with group effort, we make it just in time before the event. went to put on the costume. it's just a vest (shiny! mine is golden!), a badana and a red sash. used camo cream to put two lines under my eyes and a pirate sword made out of balloons! haha. wearing costume is always fun. and all the instructors were dressed up in various pirates and sailor costume. we even have jack sparrow, elizabeth and davie jones! the event was fun and my job is to be the stallkeeper of this little pinball game. u know, a lot of pins along the board and 7 lanes in the end, the marble has to manuever through the various paths and go to the lanes. i let the particpants choose 3 lanes and total of 4 tries to get into each individual lane. there were a lot of people and i didn't have chance to even sit down. i must say the company is really big to organise such a family day (should pay us more!). the whole thing ended in a bang with the lucky draw and all the instructors were so crazy at the end. shouting cheering and dancing. real great. by the time the whole thing ends, it is at 2pm alr. packing up, wash up took us 2 hours and we were reaedy to leave at 4.30. took the bus to harbout front and went home.


what a tiring 34 hours! but it's fun =)