Attended the beautifully organised wedding dinner for Moon Sin and Calvin on Saturday, 28th May 2010. Music by a live band filled the air, whilst a professional emcee (who was completely and utterly hillarious) conducted the course for the night.
Yet another night which made my eye teary, at the sight of a dear friend walking down the "aisle" with a true happy glow on her face.
Anyone who knows me personally, would know that treasure hunting is an activity I have grown to be very passionate about and am willing to invest my time, money and energy in! *feels nerdy suddenly*
'Treasure Hunt' Setahun Kerajaan Baharu Negeri Selangor
Date - 22th March 2009
Entry fee - RM120 per car
Team members - Aik, KC, Ming & Wern
It all started one fine day in March 2009, when KC invited myself, Ming and Aik to form a team, and signed up for our very first treasure hunt together. Being the uncreative person I am, I named us "TEAM X" (obviously the other three went "WTH...!!!"). LoL ......
A day before the hunt, the four of us attended the briefing together to get a feel of what to expect on the actual hunt day, and were astonished by the massive crowd which attended the briefing as we had no idea that the activity was so popular amongst Malaysians. *yarhhhhh ... so suaku leh ... *
With KC being the only experienced hunter in our team, we decided to also consult him, and the following conversation took place:
Myself, Aik and Ming:
Eh, need to prepare or study anything or not ah for the hunt ....?
KC:
No need one ... just look at the signboards and the answers will be there! Cannot study one larh .....
The hunt day finally arrived, and we woke up excitedly in anticipation of the event ahead. Stumped we (the noobie amateurs) were along the whole journey ...... because no preparation was done, and our team had gone for the hunt dum-dumly with no knowledge whatsoever of how the clues were supposed to be deciphered! Omg... we didn't even have clipboards lor! *smacks felt-like-brainless-head*
Of course, needless to say, we all wanted to smack KC as well for the mis-information above at the end of the day! :p
Note:
I remember how ecstatic we were when we found the answer "DAIHATSU" which was derived by taking only the first alphabets of all the words in the clue. *s.w.e.a.t.*
4th Hospis Klang Charity Hunt 2009
Date - 19th April 2009
Entry fee - RM90 per head
Team members - Aik, KC, Ming & Wern
Being the kiasu determined people the four of us were, we decided to give it another shot at the 4th Hospis Klang Charity Hunt, participating as "Team Meeples". Number 8 was allocated to us as our team number, and of course, as Chinese, we felt lucky. *FAT FAT FATTTTTTTT!!*
We also felt prepared this time around. Apart from being equipped with physical items like clipboards, stationery and dictionaries etc, we ensured that our brains were also filled with the knowledge of deciphering treasure hunt clues. Anxious we were, to see how much our skills had improved.
But alas, 8 what 8 larh .... as fate has it, KC's car broke down, and we ended up having to pull out in the midst of the hunt. *pulks*
It was also from this point onwards, that we "pantang" team number 8 deee!
Elken Bio Pure Beginners' Motor Hunt 2009
Date - 23rd May 2009
Entry fee - RM50 per head
Team members - Aik, Ming, Wern & Val
Ming and I kena "conned.com" into wearing yellow.
So called la got colour code .. sigh ....
We were then drawn to this hunt organised by Trailblazers, open only to beginners. As freshies, we knew our limitations and our chances of competing against masters who has been around for years n' years n' yearrrrsssss. These masters have probably been hunting around wayyyyyyy before we were born! Eat salt also more than we eat rice! Not like our brains are double their brain size some more! Hence, it was a very good opportunity for us to gauge our strengths against other hunters whom we were more on par with.
In this hunt, apart from the normal cryptic clue questions, teams also had to answer questions relating to water (duhh....) and perform several tasks to gain additional points.
Kiasu-me trying to capture a picture of the questions
(we were given a limited amount of time to copy the questions)
A task we definitely excelled in, was one where Aik managed to down four bottles of 500ml water in 45 seconds! It was hillarious, looking at the shocked faces of the organizers. Kesian the poor guy standing next to Aik, who was just completely stunned and only managed to gulp down two bottles in the 45 seconds. HOORAHHHH and kudos to Aik for taking one for our team (poor Aik puked a few seconds after downing all the water). Watch the video below!
This hunt, was also our introduction of treasure hunting to Valerie. =)
Kelab Shah Alam Selangor Beginner's Evening Motor Hunt Date - 5th September 2009 Entry fee - RM70 per person Team members - Aik, KC, Ming & Wern
This was our second beginners hunt, and I managed to persuade Val into forming a team of her own to participate in this hunt. Along came Suet Fang, Corrie and her cousin, Mei Mei after some hardcore persuasion from myself and Val. :p
Impressed I was, that they did not request for any help whatsoever along the way, despite the team consisting of 3 first-timers and Val (2nd time). Thats the spirit! =)
Team Meeples and Corrie
Suet Fang, Corrie, Mei Mei & Val
(they won RM50!)
Me getting bullied. Per usual. >.<
Walk KL Treasure Hunt @ The Podium, Menara Hap Seng
Date - 3rd October 2009
Entry fee - RM150 per team
Team members - Aik, KC, Ming & Wern
This hunt was tough. So tough, that after eating our dinner @ Nagomi, we were so demotivated that we plonked our butts on the first floor overlooking the ground floor, and listened to the clerk-of-course (COC), Michael, announcing the answers and results.
And suddenly, the following announcement was made:
Tenth place, Team Meeples!!!
The four of us gazed at each other in shock, which dissolved instantly into very wide smiles of happiness. Ming and KC ran down to the ground floor then to receive our prize:
And this, was our first win as Team Meeples. Despite it being only the 10th position, the joy and satisfaction we felt, was just simply indescribable.
Lexis Nexis KL Bar Treasure Hunt 2009 Date - 25th October 2009 Entry fee - RM400 per car Team members - Aik, Ming, Wern & Chien Yin
With KC missing-in-action, we invited Chien Yin to join us in this hunt. All I remember about this hunt was the fact that Chien Yin spotted all the questions which basically requires .. spotting. Word For Word. And there the rest of us were, dum-dumly trying to decipher the clues. =_=''
Result at the end of the day? We generated a new hunter. =)
The Sun Motor Hunt 2009 Date - 8 November 2009 Entry fee - RM400 per car Team members - Aik, KC, Ming & Wern
Our first attempt at the biggest treasure hunt event of the year, and we managed to bag the 29th position! Not too bad I reckon? :p
Our prizes however, were MP4 players. Out came the kecohing amongst ourselves, for correctly answering more than we wanted to. Reason? We preferred the prizes provided for the 31st to 40th positions loorhh..... which were DVD players. Isn't that more practical !?!?!
*No, not trying to be lancee here ... but its true wurt... pulks .... *
Nonetheless, we were really impressed with the structured organization by Time Out Solutions, despite the number of teams which participated in the hunt. Prizes were good too !! Can't wait for the 2010 Sun Motor Hunt !!
Loving Malaysia Charity Walk Hunt Date - 29th November 2009 Entry fee - Not available Team members - Wern & Jung Yee; Aik & Val
This was a two-person-team walk hunt, organized by Take A Break events. I teamed up with Jung Yee, who was a first-timer in the hunt scene, whilst Aik teamed up with Val.
Apart from the normal cryptic hunt questions, we were also provided "pictures" to match to shop logos / signs etc. Sooooo tiring lor ..... as we were required to run about the various floors of the shopping complex, holding on to huge arse dictionaries, whilst squinting to locate the diagrams provided.
However, despite us leaving empty handed, it was a good experience for me, as it made me realise how limited my capabilities were in terms of treasure hunting without my standard teammates.
Batik Treasure Hunt
Date - 6th December 2009 Entry fee - RM50 per team Team members - Aik, KC, Ming & Wern
Our first reaction when we heard about this hunt was "Huh ... Lake Gardens wo ... got signboards one meh .. ?!" *raises eyebrow*
And yes... we were proven very wrong. *shy*
The journey to Lake Gardens was relatively stressful, as we had met up later than the stipulated time and were informed by the organizers (via phone) that we were the only team who had yet to register.
Upon arriving, we ran to the meeting point and found everyone else performing "morning exercises" or "dance moves" according to the instructor on the stage. That was really fun!
Subsequently, we were given a pack of 7 cards (similar coloured), and requested to exchange it with other teams in order to obtain 7 different coloured cards (it was a "treasure" question ... if I remember correctly). I took the cards first, went about asking and changed ONE colour, before I decided to delegated the task to Aik. Duhh ... I don't have his appeal lor!!!!! The moment he shouted "CHANGE CHANGE WHO WANTS ORANGE ..." everyone just came and he got it done in a minute. Life is so unfair lorrrrr! *s.w.e.a.t.*
This hunt definitely tested our stamina and endurance as we had to run about the whole time. To make things worse, one of the questions required us to indicate the number of steps on a particular stairway. Poor Ming and Aik had to run up and down the stairs multiple times to ensure that we had the correct answer.
Nonetheless, our efforts were not wasted! We got 3rd position!! Woo HooOOoooO !! *wiggles butt*
RM200 worth of Victoria Station vouchers
(this was my portion larh ... I know how to count one ok ... )
Holiday Hunt 2009
Date - 19th December 2009
Entry fee - RM75 per person
Team members - Aik, Ming, Wern & Yi Ven
This was the third novice hunt we participated in, and also our final hunt in 2009. As KC couldn't make it again, Yi Ven was invited to be our fourth member to generate her interest in this activity. To be honest, I highly suspect that this was probably the only time all of us paid full attention to her whilst she was talking *lol ... I'm not mean larh ... ppl who know us will know what I mean lor .... its not intentional... I swear!!*
In conjunction with the event being a Holiday Hunt, we were also given Santa Hats to wear. SO CUTE LOR !!! However, as it was a really hot day, only Aik wore it diligently throughout the whole hunt. =_=''
The crowd during briefing
Our team in the car
Us looking for the answer at a sector where the sign has been removed!
Ming "treasure hunting"
Optimistic we were at the beginning, only to finish in a disappointing 6th position as a result of countless careless mistakes. The winners were never-heard-of-before teams, which definitely served as a reminder of the countless competitors out there who were way stronger than we were, and that we'd have to continue "studying harder" in order to improve ourselves.
Us waiting for results
Think it was RM50 inside
Hamper
And that, concludes our hunts in 2009. Will blog about our 2010 hunts later. Stay tuned!
It was Labour's Day, a supposed quiet and peaceful off-day for all...... or so I thought. Dragged my butt out of bed by 9.30 a.m. for a hearty brekkie with Val, Corrie and Ming at Coffee Bean @ Subang Parade.
With my eyes still half shut, I heard Corrie's car pull up in front of my house. And shortly after, the "dreaded" voice of a small kid! Corrie had brought her cousin, whom we call Ming Ming, a five year old lil' kid (if I'm not mistaken). One who only remembers me for the chocolates I once gave him a few weeks back when we first met. My eyes "flew open" and instantaneously I wondered "Omg what have I gotten myself into .... "
Corrie and the cheeky lil' one
As Val arrived shortly after, us girls had to wait for Ming to get ready (surprise surprise ... girls waiting for a guy to "ban leng"). To layan Lil' Ming, I had to:
1. bribe him with Smarties
2. show him my gold fishes and allowing him to feed them
3. allow him into my room where the lil' smart alec commented on how ugly the jigsaw puzzle hung up on my room wall was (its nice one k .... its the glow in the dark, dolphin in the sea picture type!) *shows indignant look*
The lil fella proceeded to spank Ming's butt as well for taking so long to get ready .. and oh ... the other side of the butt too ... *ouch*... Haha ...... well deserved though. :p
Finally, we headed off and upon reaching Subang Parade, Lil' Ming jumped onto the Big Ming's back for a piggy back ride, with Lil' Ming asking persistently "can u breathe ..... sureee? still can meh?" whilst trying to "strangle" Big Ming. *s.w.e.a.t.*
Our orders for the day:
Salad, toast, scrambled eggs and sausages
Salad and sandwich (with 2 eggs, ham and cheese)
Complimentary tea which comes with brekkie sets above
My all-time favourite, Ultimate Mocha Ice Blended
Food served was scrumptious. *thumbs up*
With us girls talking about work, topic of conversation between Big Ming and Lil' Ming basically consisted of the following:
Lil' Ming: I buy big big pampers for you to wear! Must be BIGG BIGGG one ....
Big Ming: U la go wear small pampers ..... make u wear then you know ...
And finally we got Lil' Ming into this position,
for the rest of the morning, by keeping him occupied with his beloved cartoon on the laptop.
Ah, the wonders of being a kid. Where one can be so easily satisfied by the sweetness of chocolates, fascination of fishes, thrills of "torturing" others and amusement of cartoons. Lil' Ming brought a smile to my face with all his lil' antics, but along with it as well, the realisation of how much our expectations change as time goes by, and the things we take for granted in our daily lives.
I really ought to start appreciating all the little things in life, which does make me happy. Time to refocus ......
With our bellies filled, we headed off to Cyi's house for some games and drinks. Of courseeeee ..... out came his collection of alcoholic beverages, including vodka and even champagne (which I insisted, tasted more like sparkling white wine).
Bob came out to join us too! Wondering who Bob is ......? Not my boyfriend for sure. *Honestly, can't imagine myself dating someone named Bob yo......* =_='' Anyway, he's our cute lil' puppet from one of Aik's boardgames, The Big Taboo:
The game is basically a combination of taboo, pictionary and acting (by using Bob).
Beloved Bob !!
Bob got "molested" throughout the game .... haha ... Sorry Bob, but we had to. Very fun filled game, but my team got owned. All your fault Cyi, for making ur own team drunk. :)
Continued on with a drinking game, which involved everyone sitting around the table and acting out stuff ... of sorts .... based on various scenarios. As I was a party pooper that night (in my defense, my head had started pounding from all the alcoholic drinks consumed at both WIP and Cyi's house), I decided to sit out. Of courseeeeee, they didn't let me off the hook that easily, and came up with an additional action called "doing the Wern Ching", which basically involved:
The middle person: NoOoo laaaaaaaa... Dowannn larrhhhhhh .... Tak naakkkkkk......
Sidekicks: Oeiiii apa nieee ..... play laa ... why laa liddattttt .... Oeeeeeiiiiiiii .....
*s.w.e.a.t.*
By the way, I do have a video of Cyi acting out all the scenarios. Can't post it here as he wouldn't allow me to. Anyone who wants to watch, ask me for it. Nyahahah .... *evil laughter*
As if my head wasn't pounding badly enough, I got "conned" into drinking Vodka as well (which I honestly thought was water) before spitting it out immediately. Bahhhh ... that tasted foul!!
Left home earlier than the rest as I had an early badminton session the next day. Waiting impatiently for the next gathering!! (^_^) l
After watching Ip Man 2, we headed off to WIP (Whipped Into Place) @ Bangsar Shopping Centre for dinner. I first visited this restaurant two months ago with the girls, and fell in love with the food then. Specifically, their Coast of India Cuisine. As good things (or food, for that matter) are meant to be shared, I decided to recommend this restaurant to the rest of the group for a delightful night out.
Note: Photos below are by Aik Chung.
To avoid having to wait for a table, I made reservations the week before, with the following requests:-
1. Non-smoking area; 2. A corner table which can sit 12 people; 3. Quiet area.
Check, check and check. They actually accommodated all my requests. *applauds*
Our cosy lil' corner
To order our food and drinks, we had to flip through their extensive menus titled "Gobble" and "Guzzle" respectively .......
TEA (HOT / COLD) ... and under that category ... Iced Lemon Tea.
Waiter: Hi, what would you like to drink?
Customer: Can I have an iced lemon tea, hot, please.
*s.w.e.a.t.*
Anyway, luv luv luvvvvv the layout of the restaurant along with its exquisite decorations ....
View from where we were seated
Our drinks for the night consisted of mostly beer due to WIP's Happy Hour Promotion ...
Beer, passion & lychee margarita, and iced lemon tea
Our yummehhhhh nom nom noms ......
Chicken Cordon Bleu - RM27
Chicken Vindaloo - RM28
Tandoori Chicken Special - RM26
Salmon Steak - RM37
Nihari Gosht - RM32
Chicken Makanwala - RM28
Tempura Fish Burger - RM25
Grilled Cod - RM47
Based on everyone's feedback, it was thumbs up for all the Coast of India cuisine, but only so-so for the remaining dishes. And oh-mi-gawd, Nicholas loved the mamak mee goreng (sorry, did not manage to capture a good shot of the dish) so much, he actually ordered two portions of it, and cleaned both plates before I even finished mine. *I very the phail*
Yummy food always brings smiles ......
Mei Wern & Jerome
Ee Lin & Nicholas
Ming & myself
Choong Yi
Yie Loon & Wei Zhe
Dao & Aik
Looks like a wannabe kid in the middle of his "parents"
Group photo
Adjourned to Choong Yi's house after that to "lepak" ... to be continued in the next entry ....
