Green Hunt - Many Species. One Planet. One Future.

Date: 5th June 2010

Entry fee: RM200

Team members: Aik, Ming, Wern & Foo Kwern

A very controversial hunt this was. But we shall get into that later.

The day started off with my phone ringing:

Foo:

Eh we're outside your house already

*I jumped up and looked at the time indicated on my phone*

Wern:

Dun bluff la .... so early ... its not even 7 !!!

Foo:

What .. its 7 already larh !! We're outside your house di !!

Wern:

What .. its not laa ... dun bluff la ....

Foo:

Bluff you at this kind of timing for what !

*jumps up and looks at the alarm clock ... screams "OH SHITTTTT !!!!"  *

*screams at Ming as well .... "WHY U NEVER WAKE UP !!!" *

*Ming looks over and replies indignantly "your alarm didn't go off also!!" *

With that, both of us rushed to get ready whilst Aik and Foo waited patiently outside my house. As it turns out, I had accidentally dropped my phone the day before, causing all the parts to "fall out", and upon piecing everything back together, I had forgotten to set the time again. So, it didn't matter the fact that I had set the correct timing for my alarm, because the actual time was already "off off dei" to begin with. *epic phaillllll*

After all the hustle bustle, we rushed off to Shah Alam and walaaaaaaaaaa  ..... amazingly, we were one of the first few teams to arrive. Several teams arrived soon after and surprised we were, that there were only a total of 30 teams who participated in the hunt.

Breakfast was also provided for our consumption, perhaps to prepare us for the range of physical activities ahead!

As it was drizzling, we were briefed shortly before being flagged off. Caps were provided to to us ... so pro lor ... its as if the organizers knew it was gonna rain!  :p

Format of the hunt was as follows:

Cryptic hunt questions (130 points)

Hunt questions can be found here.

Treasures (6 points)

Treasure question is as follows:

0 34000 02540 (barcode)
Barcode dah di beri,
Carilah sendiri, hey jangan lupa aku nak satu,
40g any flavor aku sapu.

Answer:  Hershey's 40g.

Crossword (14 points)

The exact same puzzle was actually provided to teams who had attended the briefing. However, with no indication that the puzzle had to be solved before the hunt (to benefit those who had attended the briefing), it all boiled down to the hardworking-ness of each individual team to complete the puzzle before the hunt itself.

Green hunt questions (15 points)

Teams were supposed to extract the answers from the information provided in the various booklets and brochures on the environment.

Collection of magazines (5 points)

Each team had to bring in 10kg worth of old magazines, supposedly in five bundles of 2kg each. As I only had a human weighing scale (which can only detect a minimum weight of 2.1kg), we came up with the "brilliant" idea of making Ming stand on the weighing scale, taking down his original weight, and then weighing himself again holding the magazines to ensure that we could get the accurate weight of 2kg in each bundle.

Rock climbing (6 points)

Both Ming and Aik attempted this activity, only to find it tougher than expected. Do believe that it was extremely tiring for them as well although each team was only given 3 attempts.

Archery (4 points)

Aik represented our team! Look at him in action!

Fear factor (10 points)

Foo and Ming were our heroes for this event, sticking their hands into two tanks filled with worms and frogs respectively to collect 5 cent coins. LoL ... gross !!

Paintball (10 points)

Foo managed to obtain precious points for us by hitting the provided target accurately 8 times!

And by the end of the hunt, all of us were drained, both physically and mentally. Yes, including me although I was technically useless throughout the hunt.  >.<

Now, when the results were announced, controversial it was, as the top three teams were allegedly sponsors of the hunt. And had seemingly beat masters and regular hunt teams who had participated in the hunt. Logical? I don't think so. *gives sour grapes look*

Lesson learnt .... in the future, only go for hunts organised by well-known and regular COCs. Personally do believe that transparency in terms of points awarded for winning teams are essential in the organization of a hunt.

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