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Sunday, September 14, 2008

Nus-Mitsubishi Challenge

It took months of preparation.. nights of hardwork... lots of brain power... tons of planning... & it was over juz like that! realli think the hard work everyone put in was so damn worth it. of course the credit goes to a selected few... who put their heart, soul & effort in it. made sacrifices... endured irritants. anywayz... wat's impt now... great job manz! well done. li hai. pei fu.

i couldn't help much during the planning stage... so tried my best to contribute during implementation. hahahaha fri night joined them for preparation to event dae. after some final logistics touch-ups at punggol... went back to sch to put up banners to beautify the starting point. when i heard mr president's bad news... i knew that sleeping was not applicable. so we quickly rectified the problem.. & it started to drizzle. spirits were dampened... but not for long. as the sky got brighter... participants started coming in and our enthusiasm automatically came. for me la. could feel the excitement of the big event. the wet weather made things a little messy... but i guess heaven was on our side. drizzled on & off but it was good weather way ahead. there was the usual car horn-ing before start off and off they went! while completing some administrative details... a phonecall triggered our safety taskforce. they sprung into action. an unfortunate incident but luckily no casualties. slippery roads... that's y gotta be extra careful when driving!

i subaru-ed to src for a quick bath. luckily milan was free... otherwise i would've been so late. managed to reach there on-the-dot 10am. was it his subaru? nah... i didn't speed. did the set-up and thanked the man-y-zer for opening gmax especially early... juz for us! nash & peiying came soon after... and we slacked for quite some time. the guyz there so crap la... but veri entertaining though. keep requesting for their free kopi. some early teams came at 11+am to get their courage tested. some were realli onZ. dared to play... willing to pay xtra (at discounted prices) and simply did it as a team. at some point we were like marketing gmax... manyzer even said we could work there. hahaha later ard 2+pm.. slam! teams came in bunches.. queues got a little long. but the hype was definitely there. screams were genuine & fear was felt by looking. free advertising by the participants... as their screams drew many viewers. it was realli interesting to see participants taking up the challenge. all sorts of reactions... expressions & sounds. the FAQ : "which is more scary? bungy or swing?" well... i couldn't comment coz at that time onli sat bungy before. and the answer to that question was realli subjective. heard some say swing is more scary. but judging by the looks of it... some thinks the bungy is crazy. really gotta thank the gmax pple. poor guyz were so busy strapping & unstrapping the teams... one after another. under the hot sun... continuously for hours. had to treat them kopi & large bottles of 100+ to make up for the lost energy. realli grateful for their effort. got many galz ma... so i guess they're willing too. oOopz.

number of team-mates taking the challenge correlates to the number of points. some teams made their decisions by analyzing the screams... the visuals... the feedback... the price or even the points. mingled with some to calm their nerves or while they're waiting in the queue. feedback were positive and could tell they were all having fun. after seeing so many teams going up.. i'll still smile when i see them take off... feeling so excited for them. i realise viewers were all smiling too... its a natural reaction. well... lucky for us. manyzer was so nice to let us sit foc. sat bungy some time back b4 the event. it was damn fast & sudden. & the guyz can be cheeky... counting 5...4... then off u go. totally unprepared. screamed like siao... felt weightless up there. sHiOk! as for the swing... me & my 2 hyper volunteers sat the swing after all the teams have left. wOw i tell u... being pulled to the top.. was onli the beginning. if u're scared of heights... i warn u to think twice. but peiying was very daring... coz she sat although she has that fear of heights. she had no regrets after the ride btw. for the swing... it was not so sudden coz its manually operated. when the green light came on... 1 of us had to push the trigger to send us "viking" downwards almost vertically. that initial drop was madness... but dAmN super duper shiok! it felt realli good... real fast.. heading for the trees then the river. then u'll swing and enjoy the great view. personally, i felt the swing is definitely nicer. maybe its the view and the swinging motion, rather than the bungy's vertical thrust. felt so relaxed after the ride. will definitely ride again... but only if its not so ex. =P

after that... packed up & left. too bad my volunteers couldn't join the dinner that night. so made my way to orchidville at mandai. buffet-style function. the place was huge & the food was good! minor hiccups here & there... but we covered them up well.. i guess. hahaha dinner.. sponsor appreciation... prize presentations. pOof. before u know it... it's all over! participants left and de-brief. we all looked shag but there's that sense of satisfaction and relief. i'm starting to miss it already actualli. lastly, we split into grps to clear some logistics before heading home for a good rest. it was a real fun dae. re-play pls?

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