You might think, whats there to write about for a bus journey? Well, those who were there would know. I thought I was smart lor, and went to take the bus without checking which direction to take. And so I took 20 stops half asleep until I saw a big bright sign: Marine Parade Neighbourhood Police Centre. I knew I was lost. I wanted to go to AMK! How did I get to Marine Parade? (Loop buses are confusing) So I quickly got off and called Jim to ask him for help, but it seems like he had trouble finding a way to AMK, except to take the same way back, lols. So I did. (Taxis were REALLY tempting, ok...but I was determined not to, I just had to get there myself!!) And this time, I was careful. Ok, so I wasnt good at directions, lol, but I can be good at asking people, right? And so i did, I asked the bus driver to tell me to alight when we reached, lols. This time I didnt sleep a wink. Ok, so reached there at about 10.20pm. Thats 2 hours of travelling. Now I know how much I hate it, lols. But it was a good 'lost' experience, now I know that I should use the bus guide next time, haha.
When I got there, most of the work was already done, so nothing much to do. Really really sorry to everyone there...I should have known better than to travel blindly. So we tested our game and I got a tour of the place from Alvin, then went up to 'the room above the cafe', which was like a storeroom, where we spent the night. It was a really fun room! I mean there was nothing inside, but it was air conditioned, b i g, soundproof (hehe), had some tables and chairs, powerpoints, and fun people! You can guess what happened. Some people were playing games on the laptop while blasting music, some were looking at how to improve on our game,decorating it further and drilling while blasting music and some were playing bridge (me) while blasting music, lols. Had to make good use of the soundproof room what. But some people sort of didnt know what a soundproof room was and thought that there can be no sound inside lols. I really liked the room! Most up us stayed up late, I only slept at about 3am, lols, playing bridge. I think Im getting addicted. Its so fun. Then woke up at about 4.30am to pump balloons. There were 3000 balloons and only about 3 balloon pumpers. Lols, I was only doing the organising of the ballons, like where to store them and stuff, lols. I dont know how, but I found this tiring...did this until about 8+ am (so boring) and saw people streaming in, so went back to the stall to set up. Nothing much la just put the boards in place, arrange the prizes (which were really good), write out the rules and cost... Then the walk started, a pity I couldnt walk the walk or even see the walk. But the stall was fun too la.
Think our stall was good, cos it needed skills, patience, and maybe, just maybe a little strength.(cos I realised our board was a little too heavy for some of the kids...) But the idea was good... Prizes were given out quite easily, even though the game itself was rather difficult. This was to reward people who had the courage to try! Prizes included (in order of difficulty of getting): Pure Water (haha), Biscuits (either Sultana or Lemon flavour), Small anime keychain (omg LOVE this), CD (produced by Pathlight School, but sadly didnt get a chance to listen to it), Coin Bank (in the shape of a frrog, lols, quite cute), Thermos Flask (its good...), Big Anime figurines (Dragonball ones, want it so badly, lols), and lastly a gigantic 01 racing car toy which-can-move-on-just-the-back-two-wheels thing (just the size is enough for it to be the top prize)!
Lols, the other highlight of the event was of course the dunking! And among us, Yan Zhi, Hiok Yang, Francis and Anurak were the ones chosen, haha. And thats was how the sapped a whole lot of our money, haha. They smart. I only managed to dunk Hiok Yang, lols. But did try on Francis and Anurak too, YanZhi was spared cos he was the first and I still wasnt sure of whether I should dunk (or try to dunk) 01 people lol. Haha, had lots of funseeing people dunk people and people getting dunked by people. Haha felt guilty for dunking...lols. Also have to thank Tak Wei for giving us some coupons to have fun with, lols. Haha, so he was indirectly responsible for all the dunking, lols. So after the whole things, and seeing many people, we helped to clear up, a lot of manual work, lols. Haha, but it was all worth it, the carnival was very well done and on such a large scale too! There were thousands of people...and many stalls...lots of games, food and drinks, even 'fishing', dunking and a giant bouncy castle for the kids, lols. Must really congratulate the Ventures on their big success! Really impressive. High expectations set for next year...but hope that we can do even better!
01 just keeps getting better, lols.
