originally posted on Mon, 20 Dec 2004
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salamhi all
last weekend, TheOrganisation participated in a treasure hunt [this year organised by the IRB] from Jalan Duta [IRB HQ] to awana kijal in terengganu. TheOrganisation sent 10 cars in total - 9 cars in the open category and 1 car in the VIP category. other particpiating agencies besides IRB & BNM were BSN, SC, Jab. Perkhidmatan & Penilaian Harta [JPPH], Treasury... all in all, there were 68 cars participating in the hunt and all participants were given a vest [you know, like the one donned by employees of alam flora...].my car was the last of TheOrganisation's car to roll in the IRB carpark so of course we were flagged off quite late. which was a good thing as our strategy was teamwork. in short, those ahead of us had to do the most thinking and searching and we did the verifying [smart huh!]. one car was delegated the task of buying the treasures for all cars but everyone contributed his/her ideas as to what the possible answers and treasures were. i was the navigator as usual [we've joined a few hunts together before].we stopped at genting sempah to answer some questions and after that, drove straight to kuantan using the new highway for the following questions. the weather was especially good alhamdulillah - after last week's rain & flood; i heard that the organiser even considered deferring the hunt and before that, some participants also contemplated withdrawing as they didn't fancy getting out of the car if it rained [not that i'd be happy to be searching for clues in an inch-thick mud either]. saw the remains of the flood as we drove along the coast fr kuantan to cherating and on to chukai.after submitting our answers and treasures, we went to have a meal. 3 sth in the afternoon, so it was neither lunch nor tea. we probably should have driven to KT cos we submitted our answers pretty early - easily more than 2 hours to spare! our previous hunts were normally only completed in the nick of time.awana kijal was beautiful. very breezy in the lobby and corridors [the sea was only metres away]. went for a stroll along the beach in the evening with my mates. no one was in the water as the currents were very strong. the sound of the waves always have that calming effect on me and i was really thankful to be there. green grass on one side, white sand beneath my feet, blue sea on the other side and blue skies with dots of cotton-like clouds...it's like all the troubles in the world suddenly disappeared and nothing mattered anymore. a Beautiful Day just like U2 sings it.we had the timbalan menteri kewangan [tengku putera tengku awang] gracing the dinner. after speeches, we finally were served dinner at 9 sth. results were announced after 10 pm. there were 12 prizes for the open category and 1 for VIP category. ha, you won't believe it but TheOrganisation won 9 out of 12 prizes for the open category and 1 out of 4 for VIP category. in short, all cars from TheOrganisation won! and of course by extension, TheOrganisation was the overall winner. tension semua orang lain...later that night, we had durian feast by the sea. such an enjoyable end to an exciting day...sunday morning, left at almost 10. drove to kuala kemaman to buy keropok. left kuala kemaman at 11 and drove to sg. lembing before we joined the highway. shortly before bentong, the air-cond stopped working. man, it was like sauna in the car despite the windows being rolled down! such a hot and humid day it was. we picked up a friend at sg. buloh komuter station and then drove to klang to attend a colleague's wedding. after navigating our way in and around klang, we finally found the house in the torrential rain. ironic since it didn't rain a drop on our way to the east coast [nor when we were there] but the minute we returned to klang valley, it was pouring very heavily! we finally managed to extricate ourselves at 5 sth and made our way back to TheOrganisation. home sweet home at 6.30 pm, tired but satisfied....and that was my weekend, hope yours went well too!
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salamhi all
last weekend, TheOrganisation participated in a treasure hunt [this year organised by the IRB] from Jalan Duta [IRB HQ] to awana kijal in terengganu. TheOrganisation sent 10 cars in total - 9 cars in the open category and 1 car in the VIP category. other particpiating agencies besides IRB & BNM were BSN, SC, Jab. Perkhidmatan & Penilaian Harta [JPPH], Treasury... all in all, there were 68 cars participating in the hunt and all participants were given a vest [you know, like the one donned by employees of alam flora...].my car was the last of TheOrganisation's car to roll in the IRB carpark so of course we were flagged off quite late. which was a good thing as our strategy was teamwork. in short, those ahead of us had to do the most thinking and searching and we did the verifying [smart huh!]. one car was delegated the task of buying the treasures for all cars but everyone contributed his/her ideas as to what the possible answers and treasures were. i was the navigator as usual [we've joined a few hunts together before].we stopped at genting sempah to answer some questions and after that, drove straight to kuantan using the new highway for the following questions. the weather was especially good alhamdulillah - after last week's rain & flood; i heard that the organiser even considered deferring the hunt and before that, some participants also contemplated withdrawing as they didn't fancy getting out of the car if it rained [not that i'd be happy to be searching for clues in an inch-thick mud either]. saw the remains of the flood as we drove along the coast fr kuantan to cherating and on to chukai.after submitting our answers and treasures, we went to have a meal. 3 sth in the afternoon, so it was neither lunch nor tea. we probably should have driven to KT cos we submitted our answers pretty early - easily more than 2 hours to spare! our previous hunts were normally only completed in the nick of time.awana kijal was beautiful. very breezy in the lobby and corridors [the sea was only metres away]. went for a stroll along the beach in the evening with my mates. no one was in the water as the currents were very strong. the sound of the waves always have that calming effect on me and i was really thankful to be there. green grass on one side, white sand beneath my feet, blue sea on the other side and blue skies with dots of cotton-like clouds...it's like all the troubles in the world suddenly disappeared and nothing mattered anymore. a Beautiful Day just like U2 sings it.we had the timbalan menteri kewangan [tengku putera tengku awang] gracing the dinner. after speeches, we finally were served dinner at 9 sth. results were announced after 10 pm. there were 12 prizes for the open category and 1 for VIP category. ha, you won't believe it but TheOrganisation won 9 out of 12 prizes for the open category and 1 out of 4 for VIP category. in short, all cars from TheOrganisation won! and of course by extension, TheOrganisation was the overall winner. tension semua orang lain...later that night, we had durian feast by the sea. such an enjoyable end to an exciting day...sunday morning, left at almost 10. drove to kuala kemaman to buy keropok. left kuala kemaman at 11 and drove to sg. lembing before we joined the highway. shortly before bentong, the air-cond stopped working. man, it was like sauna in the car despite the windows being rolled down! such a hot and humid day it was. we picked up a friend at sg. buloh komuter station and then drove to klang to attend a colleague's wedding. after navigating our way in and around klang, we finally found the house in the torrential rain. ironic since it didn't rain a drop on our way to the east coast [nor when we were there] but the minute we returned to klang valley, it was pouring very heavily! we finally managed to extricate ourselves at 5 sth and made our way back to TheOrganisation. home sweet home at 6.30 pm, tired but satisfied....and that was my weekend, hope yours went well too!
