After which took a cab down to ECP to attend the SGRunners 1st anniversary event.
It was raining on my way to ECP and was wondering how we are going to proceed with the Amazing Race cum BBQ. By the time I got there, all the moderators were taking shelter at the nearby hut. We chatted while waiting for the rest to turn up (I'm one of the early few! tsk tsk).
Think we only finally started the Amazing Race at about 6pm by then the rain has stopped. The moderators planted themselves at the various checkpoints and we were paired into teams to play the game. There are a total of 4 teams with andy and myself in the first team. imd & evelynwee in the 2nd, teelee & cfred in the 3rd and ronnie & sv in the last team.Nemo wanted to do the video recording, and since he is definitely able to do a better job than me with his creativity streak (just hope the end results are not tooo "jerky "or "bumpy" considering his high energy levels, prolly jumping around a lot haha), I let him be the videographer.
The Amazing Race game requires each team to go to a total of 5 stations, based on the clue given. At each station, the team will have to complete a task before given the next clue to move to the next station. These are the stations and their respective task Andy & I did for this race starting from BBQ Pit 57..
(i) Bedok Jetty - T@z had a box with 26 items in it. We were to memorise as many of the items as possible in the specified time given and to list out all the items that we can remember. We managed to list out i think 18 items. Actually missed out the goggle!! Aiyoooooo *slap forehead* *pengz*
(ii) Water Ski Point - Sxuanjing was waiting for us at one cosy spot under the shade of trees. The task, very easy. Just to finish up a 1.5L bottle of mineral water between the two of us. Thankfully I'm known to be a water gallon, so this task is the easiest for me. But running with a full stomach sure isn't a joke! haha
(iii) Carpark F3 - we had difficulties figuring out the clue and it was only after calling Sotong to get some hints tat we managed to get to carpark F3. Wah, was a super super long run! I was soooo tired, shin was screaming! There, we had Cyberkinetics & Bee hiding behind a big red container avoiding to be seen by us -___-" but thankfully I managed to catch them. There we had to play some games with the team having to earn 5 points. Will post up pics to explain what the game is about. England not powderful so dunno how to describe :P Picture will say a thousand words.
(iv) Seafood centre - wau lau, got to run from Carpark F3 to seafood centre! Really want my life leh! Andy & I made a mistake and was searching high and low at the Food Village! We wasted a lot of time searching through the throngs of people in the food village and it was only much later i realised it was the seafood centre! So we quickly ran to the seafood centre and took a while before hunting down tiwazz & sxuanjing seated inconspicuously at the side enjoying the sea breeze! -___-"
We tried to piece some puzzle together at that station but was unable to do so and after 10 minutes (the max time given), we were let off with our last clue.
(v) Bike Shop near Food Centre - Philip di di was waiting there patiently for us. We were each to walk 2 rounds round the "foot reflexology" paved by those stones. Wow man! This was the most PAINFUL game ... Philip was really kind, accompanying me for a distance barefooted as well. But he couldn't stand the pain and had to give up after a while. It was really painful but well, a good experience and I guess psychologically knowing that it should help the blood circulation makes this painful game more worthwhile! haha
Andy & I came back and received roaring applause for our dignified return (hahaha). We were the third group to return but was a tie with cfred & teelee in 2nd place (as we started the race later). It was all in good fun so none of us really bothered bout the placement lah. Sv and Ronnie came back last, as they missed one station.
There were lots of food (sotong made potato salad with onions and roasted bacon bits and raisin - very very yummy!, otah, satay, fried bee hoon, fried rice, corn, marshmellows, curry, fish, fishballs ..) 
yummy! I ate so much as usual! :) but it was fun and I also went around video-taping everyone, asking them to say a few words about this wonderful day, recording all the funny bits, the chit chat among friends.
There was also the prize presentation for the winners of the Amazing Race (imd & bikerchic evelynn). Nemo took over the recording but unfortunately in his enthusiasm he did not realise that the recording was in pause mode! Hahaha, he was SOOOOOOO apologetic about it and I had to keep reassure him that its alright! aiya, its all for fun, no big deal one lah nemo (if u r reading tis, pls stop beating urself up over this ok?? SMILE ! U already did a great job with the recording & FR & everything! Well done, brudder! :))We stayed behind for a long while just chit chatting (topics ranging from chi running to food to running style to shoes to our charity fund raising etc.) and i guess everyone is just not willing to leave while having so much fun. By close to midnite can see that everyone is really beat so we packed and leave saying our goodbyes and goodnites. The wonderful teelee drove us HSP folks home though I could tell he was already really beat. Attempts to ask him to drop us off at one central place failed as he reassured us that its alright. Really got to treat him to a meal one day for his kindness leh ...
All in all, everyone enjoyed ourselves tremendously. I really wanted to thank TLR for setting up the SGRunners and being such a kind and accomodating penghulu. Not forgetting all the wonderful moderators for keeping the forum going and organising all the runs and all these events to bring all of us with the same passion together. Without the efforts of these running enthusiast, SGRunners wouldn't be where it is today and I wouldn't have met all these wonderful friends and now many of whom have become my good buds.
Cheers!
Look here for the penghulu's speech on the SGRunners' 1st Anniversary! :)
HappyJazz
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