Mengo Green Hunt 2010

Date - 26th June 2010

Entry fee - RM200

Team members - Ming, Wern, KC & Xiang Yee

A week after the J&J hunt, we participated in the Mengo Green Hunt, which was an LRT hunt, in conjunction with the theme "Go Green".

A few days before the hunt, Ming attended the hunt briefing conducted in the evening. Surprise surprise! Two treasure questions were provided during the briefing! Ming texted me right away, and immediately we realised that despite no deciphering needed for the treasures, one of the treasures (i.e. Field Notes pencil) proved challenging to obtain.

After much Googling n' contacting the store (i.e. CzipLee @ Bangsar), Ming sped off after the briefing in hopes of purchasing the "special pencil" before the store closed. Ngwak ngwak ngwak .... he arrived just in time to see the shutter close!  *stressss*

And so early the next morning, Ming dropped by CzipLee again between his appointments. As luck would have it, the shop was still closed (despite the opening hours stated on the website)! And finally, on the third attempt an hour later, we finally managed to obtain the said treasured (literally!) "treasure".

 The two treasures: Field Notes Pencil & Recyclable Bag (with the word "Green" displayed)

Hunt day arrived, and we headed off to the meeting point happily, having secured both required treasures, only to realise that ALL other teams had accomplished the same!! *bwekz ... syok sendiri ni ....*  

After being flagged off by YB Elizabeth Wong, the four of us embarked on our LRT tour from station to station. As Ming had smartly borrowed his colleague's monthly pass, I managed to save on cost incurred going in and out of the stations! Wheeeeee ...  :p

Hunting on the LRT proved to be VERY difficult, especially for us "amateurs". Signboards were zooming past us as the LRT sped off, which equated to answers zooming past us as well! To spot a correct answer, hunters must already have an idea of what it was they were looking for. And for amateurs like my team, it was literally impossible to attempt deriving the answer by "working backwards".

It was also frustrating when at a particular station, we were required to walk out of the station, cross the road to the opposite side, before we were able to take the train back to the previous station again. At mid point, we finally made a strategic decision to split the team up. Ming and XY went ahead to solve the final questions at KL Central, whilst KC and myself continued on solving questions on the LRT routes.

A wise strategic move? It has its ups and downs of course. With only one set of tulips and miscommunication between the team members, KC and I ended up having to rush to the end point as we had no idea how far the distance was. On the flip side, Ming and XY managed to solve most, if not all of the questions at KL Central. Kudos to Ming too, for putting in the effort to run far far away to purchase a green mango (one of the treasures), which ended up securing us a happy 7th position.

Nevertheless, despite the various obstacles faced, I personally really liked the questions crafted by the COC. Would have enjoyed it a lot more had it been a motor / walk hunt though. Satisfied? Definitely. Would I go for an LRT hunt again? Hmmm ... we'll see.  =)