Rise and Shine... Whew! I managed to get up on time (: We ate a hearty breafast of bread and spread (look at the nice rhym) and went for worship and devotions. Today was the day of the Amazing Race. We were to do this in the Western Area of Singapore. Thank God we have 2 people who stay in the West or we would be wandering around like some lost sheep.
I have no idea what to do there neither do I know any landmarks if I were lost. With careful planning, our group made a beeline for the bustop near Salvation Army and took a bus to Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. There, we were to use a plastic spoon to balance a ping pong ball up and down a slope. We complete it without a sweat and left. The amusing thing was that we saw a monkey posing on a fence for people to take its photo and 2 even 'attacked' our station masters when they saw the plastic bags beside them.
Our next stop was at Hwa Chong if I am not wrong. We went there and had come out with our own 2min Aerobics movement. (convincing too) Ours was about birds and underwater creatures. I don't know if it was convincing, but it was totally hilarious. In fact the most hilarious one I have ever done in my life but it was fun. I wish I have the video to show you.
Our group cheer became:
We ate our breakfast
We ate our lunch
Group 8 Group8
Packs some punch
Next, we headed for lunch at some shopping mall where we met made Nan Yang girls and Hwa Chong guys. I was hoping that I would not meet anyone that knows me there... I don't know why. Well, my friend did and she dare not say hello. I ate a burger and drank bubble tea (apple + milk flavour I guess. We packed up and went to our next station. There, we were given the task of coming out with a skit that included: a mickey mouse file, a calender, a two dollar note, a handphone and the song "I Want it that way" by Backstreet Boys.
This is what we did: I became the 'mother' and Grace was the 'father'. One was the police men, one was the ticket officer and the rest of the group members were the 'children'. The Mickey Mouse File became an advertisement for a Mickey Mouse Play and the calender, a ticket. The 2 dollar note was the money we were supposed to use to pay for the play but it was not enough. *insert music* "Tell me why, we can't have it our way..."
We had to do drill next. Because there was another group doing that station, we had to wait. To kill time, we decided to entertain Alicia (our station master) to get bonus points. When we started, it was really confusing to hear people shouting Malay commands and you don't understand it at all. Plus being blind-folded. This is the worst case senario.
We ran all the way to the bustop and sat the bus to the MRT station. From there, we dashed to the LRT. There, we were supposed to remember the LRT of the West area and draw it out. We did okay for that. :PNow, this is the classic part. When the LRT arrived, we just arrived. Half of the entire team (including me) managed to enter before the doors close, the other half was TRAPPED OUTSIDE!! Our group was split up. :( Grace luckily managed to jump in like a Mission Impossible movie. In slow-mo some more.
At the station, We were supposed to imitate one of our seniors. Ruo Ting did that very well. "I not a bimbo okay" she said putting her hands on her hips. In a short amount of time, we had to come out with as many pick-up lines as possible. I tot only guys do that. Anyway, here are a few examples (if you're planning to impress your girlfriend)
Guy: Do you know how to do CPR
Girl: Why?
Guy: Because you just took my breathe away
Guy: Was your Father a terrorist?
Girl: Why?
Guy: Cause you're the bomb
and so on.......
We were already like 5 mins late. By the time we reached back drenched in sweat, we were about a grand total of 20 mins late. :( Did I mention, points would be deducted.
Being so sweaty, Miss Wong and Miss Grace allowed all of us to shower. Group by group. The toilets had only three showering cubicles. So it took a VERY VERY LONG time. --" We were also given the time to do QT (Quiet Time) and discuss for our performance that night :) We have already decided on our theme and we only needed to practise the script and add in exprsssion. The winner of the play would win a breakfast of Mcdonalds. (I tell you lar, I won't be there for that day, so the breakfast does not really affect me :D)
Performance time. To be honest, really really honest, I have never done anything more humilating than this. But I tot it would be fun to just humilate myself for ones. It won't kill. I was supposed to act as a gay person. o_O" More details later.
Summary of the performances.
There was one about this girl who has a boyfriend but he was late for their date. Than his girlfriend met another guy. So he tries to win her back. Another was about the fruits of the spirit: Love Joy Peace Peace Patience Kindness Gentleness Faithfulness and Self-control :) Then another was about some guy and a girl, the girl being like a boomerang. As in keep coming back to him. (insert Drumrolls please...) Our performance didn't really had a theme. It was about a couple Mr and Mrs Basic, who had 3 children - King Koil, George Bush, The Gay Son and Rute boy. They all went out to strike out on their own.
George Bush had a calling. And that was the calling of nature. However, he was a flowerless plant. The gardener was upset and pile tons of fertiliser. To put it in an uncouth way, SHI*. George was drowing in S*** so he ran back home. Meanwhile, King Koil had a kingdom of pillows. However, the evil King Kong came and use a Kong bomb to destroy it. So King Koil ran back home too. The gay son(me) had a good friend, Barney the Pink Dinosaur. But the King Kong struck again and came to kill them. Barney, being the 'good' friend ran off with a lame excuse, leaving The gay son(me) to fend for himself. So I ran back home. The last son, the rude boy, was rude to the aunt and the aunt scolded him. He was upset so he ran back. So this tells us that we must always go back to the basics.
I know it is lame but there is the more exciting part. THE NIGHT SURPRISE!! It was totally freaky. Grace Zhang was our 'MC' and she introduced us to the scene. It was that the hospital needed some magic pills and they were missing. We were supposed to gather clues as to where to find them. This is not some TREASURE HUNT! From the introduction, we learnt the secret code. It was not told but she repeated it again and again: Barney The Purple Dinosaurs has Kicked his children to somewhere. I can't really remember it now. With that, the light went out and they flickered on. Grace was gone, but 2 hooded Sec 4s appeared and told us that our journey has begun. We searched for clues in the hall. We found something like this:
Coffee Tea and Mee
Subutex, Ice and Esctasy
Her baby died in March 13. She may never see it again.
Just one nip and One tuck and you will be beautiful again.
So we figured the clues and went to the basement. We were supposed to go into the rooms and knock. To find what was awaiting behind...... The first door we knocked on was our own bunk. Majorie and Zoe were inside there. They were creepy. Majorie had shaded eyes (she looked like her eyes were gorged out) and zoe with fake blood all over her. She was wearing pyjamas, lying in the hidden corner of the room. The door closed behind us and it began. Majorie freeked us out "My baby died on 13th March. My poor baby." Zoe got up slowly and started walking around like a zombie saying " I may never March... heehee March, March in the infantry..." She fell and Majorie came up to us asking " Did you push my baby. Did you?" then she screamed "GET OUT!" we were more than relieved to hear that. We scurried out.
Our next room was a dark room with a 'dead body' lying on one of the beds. She told us that her loved one was dead. Repeating that he loved the 'bedroom' but now had to sleep in one forever. She 'came after us' and we freaked out and left.
Another one was the one on plastic surgery. The surgeon was scary. " I want a chin job, nose job and a eye job. I want a height extension. Most importantly, I want to be taller. Taller" The surgeon actually came with the torch at us saying "do you need a plastic surgery?" and the eerie laugh.
There was one on 2 zombies sitting on the chair talking crap. But they emphasized that there was no room for a chair. That one was not scary at all. From all these, we pierced the fact that It was in one of our UG chair perons's room. We had one more room to go to. That is the dinning hall. When we entered, we saw Tiddy lying on the floor acting like a drug addict saying " Drugs, Ice anything. give them to me." She actually grabbed my leg, but I was not afraid. I knew Tiddy and she was not that scary.
We left the room and knew exactly where it was - Zoe's room. However, we had to return as there was not enough time. The 2 hooded figure announced that our senoirs were all dead as we did not find the magic pills xD They were now lying in some area and we had to carry them back now.
I must say that our seniors could really play dead. Better than possuims. Their hands were wobbly and they did not even grip you when let them go. One of them did not even flinch when her head was about to hit the dustbin. They played an extremely hilarious version of The AMAZING GRACE. They rose again and that was that. Thank God it was over. Could you imagine how terrified I was?? Plus the place where Zoe laid was right beside the bed I was sleeping on.
Thank God I ws too tired to feel afraid. I fell asleep soon after I lay down as I had to wake up early tomorrow for my CPR course at RGS. After a good sleep and hearty breakfast, I left for the CPR course. I could concentrate for the first half of the lessons on CPR and choking. The dummy was really hard to press though. I passed that one with flying colours, but there 2nd one was horrible. I was falling asleep due to the lack of sleep. I barely passed that one. It was on bandaging the hands of different injuries such as burnts, cuts, fracture and so on. So fear not, I am a first aider and I am here to help you. (not so much of help --")
When I reached home, I collasped on my bed and slept for 6 hours. Cool huh??
<3
Elaine