Written on Monday, June 30, 2008 at 10:19 PM

sch | Written by 【 Uniquely XC™ 】

After a long hiatus, i decided i should be back at blogging, its been a long while...Started school and all the hectic homeworks are coming in in piles....cant cope...need to breath

Tried to apply leave for 17 August 2008 and then it was made known that it is strictly forbidden to go out of school before term ends. Gosh. what am I going to do with my $2K plus air tickets plus hotel accommodation...lets hope some people are kind enough to make an exception here, i have my own difficulties.

Got a new phone, Sony Ericsson W760i on saturday. What a feature packed phone it is, has motion sensor, light sensor, shake control, stereo widening speakers, GPS, Auto rotation, 4GB memory card, 3.2MP camera, SensMe feature. OMGosh, i love my phone :) but sadly, after the first day getting scratches liao...must by screen protector soon

the first week, over in a flash, the rest is yet to come, but rest assured, it would be soon

Countdown to The Adventure '08 - 47days

Written on Sunday, June 15, 2008 at 10:50 AM

Subtleties of the week | Written by 【 Uniquely XC™ 】

went to watch Kung Fu Panda with Alex and Matt on thursday, expected just a few other loners queuing up for the tickets, but in the end saw queues so long that it intruded into the nearby Banquet food court. Met a few off our friends there (What a coincidence)

The movie was alright and gave us our fair share of laughs and spills.

tried to spend my $50 7 eleven voucher yesterday at a shell station and eventually ended in a squabble between me and the shopkeeper, what a poor quality of customer service

the supervisor someone shouted in front of everyone, clearly shows their poor attitude towards the customer

Ruined my otherwise perfect day....going to call the customer hot line and 'clarify' the matter

Written on Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 12:50 PM

Finally back online | Written by 【 Uniquely XC™ 】

My computer exploded a few days back (literally) and finally, it has been fixed.

17 August 2008, let the adventure begin.
17 August 2008, let the exploration begin
17 August 2008, let the spending begin
17 August 2008, let the enjoyment begin
17 August 2008, let the holidays begin
17 August 2008, let the joy begin





let it begin......

Written on Thursday, June 05, 2008 at 11:24 PM

The Quest '08 | Written by 【 Uniquely XC™ 】

Its kind of a late post, everyone else have already posted upteen posts on this, but I believe, as the group leader, I should make my contribution to the recollections

It was super exciting lor, woke up at 6.30 am to a world of darkness, the sun was still low in the sky hiding from view, got dressed in comfy clothing and ventured into the early hours of the morning. Waited for 300 and 190, both of which are like ghost buses this early in the morning.

Met up with my teammates and much chatting and laughter ensued as we registered and collected our nEbO passport number 25 (My lucky number from now on....), changed into our ORANGE shirts and prepared ourselves for the challenge. Thanks to my extensive social network and a particular mugger in our team, getting the answers for questions requiring contextual knowledge was a breeze and we managed MOST of the questions before the race even begun

Our first stop: PCBunk
Rushed to the internet cafe and immediately searched the net for answers to the burning questions in the passport. Needless to say, answers were immediately apparent and less that 15 minutes later, we are off

Second Stop: Tan Kim Seng Fountain (did I get that right?)
Had to blow a balloon till it bust and wheelbarrow, nothing much, really. Completed in less that 15 minutes

Third Stop: Victoria Theatre
wasted a bit of time here due to the crowds at this station. It was piggyback time and amazingly I managed to piggyback Alex without much difficulty in my first piggyback experience in my life! Cleared in less than half an hour

Fourth Stop: Tampines Mall
This was the longest journey that we have to make traveling from the city area to the east suburban mall. Performed a 2 minute cheer and solo item for a bunch of Singtel workers, promoting the goodness of NTUC (Fairprice). Got a 'not-so-bad' score of 9/10. Estimated duration: Half an hour

Fifth Stop: Tampines Central Community Club
This is when team communication starts to have its first breakdown, a miscommunication between me and the mugger resulted in a wastage of time as we alighted at the wrong stop. Asked the cashier inside CHEERS for the prices of items and reported it. Another 'less than 15 minutes' stop

Six Stop: White Sands
This station was completely in 5 seconds. Due to our 15 minutes stop at PCBunk, we have already figured out the answers for this station. Onwards!

Last Stop: Downtown East
This is when it gets all hyped up and exhilarated. tried to take the orthodox method to reach downtown east by bus, however, upon seeing the crowds that are waiting for a bus that never seems to come and armed with a BUS GUIDE, we managed to locate a far faster way to get there, bus number 17, shaving off precious minutes off our time. Again, it was time to test of napha skills as we ran across the grass patch, clocking impressive times... Time taken, less than 15 minutes

End Result: 8th
Arrived at the final stop, panting with exhaustion only to find our rival group, Randy and his NPCC mates have already reached before us. Nonetheless, we cant be bothered and went to escape, taking full advantage of our free passes for that day. A truly fun experience as many of my teammates got a first hand experience at "FUN".

As if taken directly out of the Folk Tale of the Tortoise and the Hare, our group had unexpectedly (expectedly) achieved better results that the NPCCs who got 10th

What a spectacular end to a tiring day!

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PS: The Chronicles of Beijing would be resumed ASAP