Saturday, December 27, 2008

This is going to be a long post. =D

Skateline Amazing Race 2008

Instead of the monthly SNS, we had the very first Skateline Amazing Race! =) Purposely took halfday off from work for the event.

Meeting point: SMU. ZongYang gave me a lift from BSP (since he was there in the morning). Heard alot about his driving skills from Darren and Aloysius. First time experiencing it... cho kowaii~! >_<
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Before we started. At the gathering point...


Yes. It says no roller blading. BUT we are inline skating, so its okie.
They should at least get the term right before putting up such notice! >_<

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Anyway, I was kinda bu shuang initially because they changed my team! *roars*
Demo.. I had a wonderful/great team. <3

My team. =)

Leader: Terrence
Members: Jack, Susanna, Jing Yi and Bernice
SO: Siew Ying!!! =D
Game Play: Answer the puzzles given. Take a group photo with the answer and call for a bonus question.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Our first question was: Where is the former central post office? (not the exact question, but somewhat similar)
Answer: The Fullerton Hotel
Bonus question: What was is used for during the war?
Answer: Light house
Remarks: This must be a give away question. I knew the answer the moment I read it! =) But the bonus question was.. hmm... no idea.

Us at The Fullerton!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Question: Where is the oldest surviving christian church?
Answer: The Armenian Church
Bonus question: This was the first building in Singapore to have ____?
Answer: Electricity
Remarks: We got this correct by sheer luck. We were on our way to Raffles Hotel (one of the answers), when we saw this church. Lucky! =D The bonus question was also X_X. I made wild guesses like 'election' and stuff. Hahahs..

David was trying to distract my team... when I was reading the plaque. Good try! XP

Us at The Armenian Church!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Question: Where was the former St Joseph Institution located?
Answer: Singapore Art Museum
Bonus Question: When was St Joseph founded?
Answer: 1852
Remarks: No one knew the answer! We asked around for it. =) The bonus was a give away because the answer was carved on the building structure!


Us at The Singapore Art Museum!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Question: Singapore Sling originated here.
Answer: Raffles Hotel (Long Bar)
Bonus: This place was the home to the oldest girl's school in Singapore. The school is now located at Farrer Road.
Answer: St Margarets
Remarks: It was luck again. I happened to read about Singapore Sling being invented in Long Bar while searching for a ideal location for the company's Year End Party.
As for the bonus question.. if they did not mention the farrer road part, I wouldn't have guessed St Margarets. =)

Us at Raffles Hotel!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Question: Where is the first Satay Club located?
Answer: Shaw Tower
Bonus: What was the first two theatre located here?
Answer: Marlborough and Alhambra
Remarks: Really KNS question. Asked lots of people for the answer. We went to Espanade at first but the hawkers told us we got the wrong place. Bought a clue for this question. *David followed us to Shaw. He was surprised we knew the answer and was trying to distract us all the way! >_<* Bonus was screwed. None of us have ever heard of those theatres!

Super BS face upon reading the clue. Wasted 3 points for it sia!

Us at Shaw Tower!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Question: The Tao Nan Hokkien School was located here.
Answer: The Peranakan Mesuem
Bonus: What was the building called before its current name?
Answer: Asian Civilisation Mesuem
Remarks: Could have had answered this question earlier. =X *inside story* Nobody knew the answer but somehow we knew its located at Armenian Road. Answer for the bonus question was on the plaque. =D

Us at The Peranakan Museum!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Question: This place used to Singapore Municipal Building?
Answer: That building next to the old Supreme Court (no idea what its called) =X
Bonus question: The name of the country that invaded Singapore during WWII and the meaning of the name in its native language.
Answer: Japan. The land of the rising sun.
Remarks: No one knew the answer! *I have no idea what a Municipal Building is. =X* Bought 2 clues for this. T_T Thats 7 points leh! The bonus was 超簡単しまった~! 毕竟 I have been studying Japanese for 4 years! >_<

Us at the building next to the old Supreme Court!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Other questions (not in order):

Question: What is the oldest bridge in Singapore?
Answer: Cavenagh Bridge
Bonus question: Number of cat statues there.
Answer: 3
Remarks: Thanks to variety shows! Knew the answer from a variety show I watched long ago. Bonus question... also from variety show. Confirmed by Terrence who skated over to count. =)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Question: This fountain that was build to commenmorate the first waterwork in Singapore
Answer: The Tan Kim Seng Fountain
Bonus question: Number of Es on the plaque
Answer: 22
Remarks: Hoho... covered a chapter on the Tan Kim Seng Fountain during primary school chinese lesson! XD Bonus was a waste time question. Found out from David after the event that the question was given just to delay our time, none of the officials knew the exact answer. -___- We really went to count the number of Es!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Question: Name of the company that owns the reverse bungee
Answer: G-max (can't really remember the answer)
Bonus question: Number of colours on the windows of MICA
Answer: 6
Remarks: How to not know where to find the answer?!! There is only one bungee thingie in Singapore! The bonus question was another waste time question. -___- We really went to count the number of colours... even counting the number of shades per colour! *roar*

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Conclusion: Our group was the last to return. We reached the ending point on the dot! BUT we were the only group with all correct answers! =)

The last 3 questions was completed within the last 30 mins. Route: Shaw Tower (Beach Road) > Peranakan Meseum (Armenian Road) > Supreme Court (St Andrew's Road). O_O Totally out of the way! Chiong-ed our way to the ending point! Tired-ness!

Had a really really fun time! =D I think I skated more than any SNS during this event. I heard there is going to be another one next year! Can't wait!!! XD

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Winners! =D

Prize: The Skateline Chair. (My 3rd Skateline Chair! Hahahahas...)


P.S.: Mike pointed out that I was on the phone in most of the photos. Hmm.. nope I wasn't cheating. We were trying to save time by calling for the bonus questions while taking photos. Hahahahahas....! We were very behind time! >_<

No comments:

Post a Comment