the world thru my lens: BikeQuest 2006 + Surf & Sweat

BikeQuest and Surf & Sweat back to back..wa song!lol

4th feb-BikeQuest 2006

1 team,4 members,8 wheels, 1 nite

it's an annual comp organised nus..round island night cycling competition...we were judged upon the amt of points we chalked up.each area got 2 compulsory checkpoints worth 10 pts.then there are other non compulsory checkpoints worh either 2 or 3 pts

we arrived there early..very early..reg started at 8.30 and we were at east coast at about 7?lol...had a light dinner before going for warmup cycle...after the reg started, we reg and waited damn long for the briefing la...they damn draggy...lol..we saw other teams we abit nervous sia..spds...jesery...cycling pants..we were wearing sandals and slippers and sports shoes...lol..and some of the teams used the strategy we wanted to use-using road bike to draft...so they had one roadie in their team..we abandoned the strategy cos we fig that it wont work out in the end..cos the road bike can only go as fast as the last mountain bike..it proved to be right later on...then we saw another 2 teams all red jeserys...copy us lor...wth...lol...anyway...first station was at the reg point itself..we were supposed to solve a jigsaw...which turned out to be a map of bedok res...so off we went...after bedok res we decided to go sun plaza park, which was a compulsory point...then we went esplanade..another compulsory point...before heading to fullerton across the road...we then hit circular road...after circular road(compulsory checkpoint) we went to haw par villa...on the way we did the lau par sa stop also...after HPV we went to bukit batok nature park...wth!we regreted goin there..firstly, it was a non compulsory stop...then it was freaking freaky la!we were supposed to search for some stone book...which was across the park where we arrived...there was not a single soul at the park..not even animal...somemore it was a world war 2 site...making things worse la..at a point of time we were nearly lost..walking around the park in circles...that was scary la...and the place was full of upslopes...and the elevation was not like 10 degrees that kind...it was about 45 degrees or more la...can die man...and it was misty misty de..we really wanted to get out asap...but the road jus kept leading us up and up and up...thank god we finally found our way out...by then we wasted alot of precious time...now thinking back also send shivers down my spine...cos one of my friend saw something...he has third eye one..lucky he told us only when we out of there...if not i dun want to think what would have happened...anyway on a brighter note the downhill after the uphill was damn song...dun pedal can reach 60km/h one...lol..after the freaky experience we headed towards Mayfair park(compulsory checkpoint) then went to IMM before goin to Botanic Garden(compulsory checkpoint)...istana park was after botanic gardens...along the way we did some more non compulsory checkpoints...by 5am we were back at the starting point...which was also the ending point..lol...hmm..for every 15 min after 5.30 they minus 5 points..so we were damn cautious not to excceed the time given.in the end our efforts paid off...3rd..anyways the first 2 pos went to republic poly..not i wanna accuse them la..but our team concluded that maybe they didnt play as fair..cos the non compulsory check points got no station masters one...then only need to take down figures..so like we suspect that they called each other and told each other answers la..but nvm la..at least we know we played fair can liao..after the prize presentation we collected our prize and goody bag then took a slow and relaxing ride home...we felt tired but shiok sia..lol...after that i rushed home dropped my stuff and went to surf & sweat

many thanks to my teammates.we're the best =]

5th feb-Surf & Sweat

by the time i got to harbour front mrt...i wasnt feeling that tired..maybe cos i jus bathed ba..met jon and ms there...we then went to sentosa sunset ba to reg for the comp...reg time was 0935...we reached there at 1000...LOL...we tot we would kenna disqualify sia...but heng we managed to reg...we saw loads of people from other schs...esp cjc...their whole odac went down la..macham everywhere u go can see cjc people...piang ehz...our odac only got 3 people...haha...abit pathetic ar...anyways veron,jamie and shann arrived jus as we were about to start...hmm...we were flagged off in 5s...first part was the 'surf'...it was hard to move la...but we managed to paddle our way thru...lol...anyway after we touched shore, we changed into our shoes and embarked on the run...i was told the run was 4km la...but hor...it was confirm more then that lor..wa lau..after all that swimming and drinking of salt water...running was hard sia...the turning point seemed to be unreachable..then came the uphill part...wth...the elevation was macham like the ghost hill for bikequest la...somemore this one got v sharp turnings...can die lor...turns and elevations after turns and elevation...pengz...anyways managed to complete the whole thing la(i still postive that it's over 4km)...collected our goody bag and sat down to rest...slacked round and talked cock and took pictures...by then i was feeling damn damn tired liao...can peng liao...so went to take a quick bath..after that felt better...we saw alan also...our tour guide for the malaysia trio...he was there for the mixed category with his gf..ms,jamie,veron and i then went harbour front yoshi for luner(lunch and dinner mixed) was damn full after that...but still have to attend luo he with my family..wa...can die...at the resturant i bth liao...zZz..till my grandfather woke me up...lol

thanks to veron,shann and jamie for goin down to support...and thanks to jon and ms for being 'comrades' lol

2 comp back to back...feel shiok man...hope our reg for x physique can make it before the deadline...and hope we get funded also...lol