tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48737287143496947342024-03-13T12:04:50.962+08:00A Hunters Tale...... in pursuit of the food trail and adventures of Hunters R Us.2 Romans 1 Impostorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620986324451691215noreply@blogger.comBlogger218125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873728714349694734.post-73794298790856959352016-08-25T22:36:00.003+08:002016-08-26T08:25:58.938+08:00The Hunt-lympics!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
In 2014 we blogged about the 1 thing that matters to us most - Treasure Hunting. In line with the first Allianz Amazing Hunt 2014.<br />
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In 2015, Allianz came back with our 2nd love - food!<br />
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2016 will be the 3rd time Hunters R' Us will be making our appearance at the Allianz Hunts - this time being the Allianz Crazy Games 2016. What makes the event whet our appetite even further is the recently concluded Olympic Games in Rio! Our athletes definitely made us proud, with an impressive best ever 4 silver & 1 bronze haul.<br />
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Malaysia's next mission is to further improve on that come Tokyo 2020, and to grab that elusive gold. What are we waiting for? Train we must!<br />
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*Future Gold Medalists?*</div>
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Support us at the Allianz Crazy Games 2016 where we'll be aiming to bring back the gold!<br />
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Malaysian Minghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440398897389230366noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873728714349694734.post-38647427718888376262015-10-06T12:29:00.000+08:002015-10-08T22:18:56.081+08:003 FOODIES, COFFEE & CREAM ..... ON THE BEAM!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<strong>Bandar Sri Damansara, 6 Oct 2015:</strong> Most celebrate victories with champagne, we do it over coffee and cakes. A search for a recent post-hunt treat beamed us to this place located off the beaten track.<br />
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2 Romans 1 Impostorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620986324451691215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873728714349694734.post-39894469970788289672015-08-29T01:21:00.000+08:002015-09-08T13:49:00.423+08:00AN ISLAND INVADED BY RODENTS?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Ever wondered why a bustling suburb within the island of Penang has a name associated to rodents? With an abundance of good food available in every single nook and corner, I would not be surprised if a local were to exclaim that it was indeed due to a once upon-a-time invasion by Remy's kind.<br />
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During a recent trip to Penang, I took up a <em>One Day 3 Meals challenge</em> to seek good food for breakfast, lunch and dinner within the vicinity of Pulau Tikus suburb, without leaving the area. And boy, was I spoilt for choices! Here are my picks of must-haves if you happen to be in the vicinity.<br />
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<strong>Bangkok Lane Mee Goreng</strong> <strong>@ Seng Lee Cafe</strong><br />
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First stop, Bangkok Lane. Undeniably, the best Mamak Mee Goreng in the country. The noodles are fried together with pieces of cucur udang and mashed potatoes in a secret concoction of prawn stock, chilli and tomato paste, which is later garnished with generous helpings of sotong and hard boiled egg. <em>Bellissimo</em>!<br />
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A very popular Apam Balik stall, it is located across the road from the Bangkok Lane Mee Goreng stall, at the corner of Jalan Burmah - Solok Moulmein intersection. Here, it is not uncommon for customers to order by the half dozens. One way to avoid the long wait period would be to first place your order, have your breakfast somewhere nearby, and then collect your order after your breakfast. Cooked over charcoal fire, the pancake turns out to be deliciously crispy on the outsides and soft in the insides. For toppings, you have a choice of either white or brown sugar, sprinkled together with a pinch of blended peanuts. A dollop of creamy sweet corn kernels (optional) adds additional flavour to the pancakes. <strong><br /></strong><hr />
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<strong><span style="font-family: arial;">Duck Egg Char Kueh Teow</span></strong><br />
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I usually order my Char Kueh Teow without eggs, not because of its bad reputation (regarding cholesterol), but because I don't like that eggy-mushy texture it adds to the dish. So it wouldn't have mattered to me if they were serving it with caviar. Nevertheless I decided to brave the crowd to check out this popular diner. There is a compulsory half hour (minimum) wait time during lunch hour but if you care to wait you will not be disappointed. I thought the result was close to being perfect - not too spicy and not too oily, not too wet and neither is it too dry, with just the right amounts of soy sauce blended into the chunky noodles.<br />
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If there ever is a Chinese equivalent to fast food, the Chinese Fondue (Lok Lok) would qualify hands-down. If you come alone or in a small party, you may end up dining with complete strangers. People come and go every 20 - 30 minutes, so not to worry should the person sitting next to you irk you with his bad table manners. In my opinion, the dips play a key role in a Chinese Fondue. Here at the Chinese Fondue stall in Pulau Tikus Market, they serve one of the better dips in town, with a selection of peanut sauce, spicy chilli sauce and plum sauce to pick from.</div>
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<em>Decide </em>- make your pick(s).</div>
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<em>Down</em> - eat your pick(s).</div>
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2 Romans 1 Impostorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620986324451691215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873728714349694734.post-33958217255455302762014-10-09T19:15:00.000+08:002014-10-09T19:19:57.838+08:00The Hunt For The 1 Thing That Matters Most To Us!<div class="MsoNormal">
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1. Enemies in the competition, friends for life! Hunters are
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2. Tough questions and challenges faced and overcome help you
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Malaysian Minghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440398897389230366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873728714349694734.post-34474517783419946902014-09-08T22:13:00.002+08:002014-09-09T08:23:06.654+08:00MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL - HASTA LA VISTA! WE'RE BACK!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In 2008, this blog started off as a food blog to share among friends our delightful new discoveries, before we expanded the blog to include a journal of our adventures which was another of our little passions. </div>
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However, because of work commitments and other significant reasons, we had to make a painful decision back in 2012 to stop our sharing much to the dismay of the loyal followers of our blog. I am certainly glad based off some of your verbal feedback that our documented past journeys have benefited some of you in one way or another, whether it was in our pursuit for food or in our search for treasures. </div>
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And I am even gladder now to announce in the words of the Terminator, "Hasta la Vista! We're back, you all!". And the first posting after our resurrection is of course, to continue where we had left off, to once again share our passion for food.</div>
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So, during the weekend I was shopping around in Mid-Valley for some local gifts for some dear friends from Sabah, when I chanced upon a mid-Autumn Festival moon cake promotion organized by a group of hoteliers. And what immediately caught my attention was this creative effort by Concorde Hotel KL - a moon cake packaging which doubles up as a home lantern complete with light bulb and switch. I ended up purchasing 8 different varieties of moon cakes to get my hands on 2 such lanterns which comes in 2 designs and 5 eye-catching colours of <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Oxygen; font-size: 15px;">red, pink, green, blue and orange.</span></div>
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Happy mid-Autumn festival folks! Here's wishing all of you a bountiful harvest for the rest of the year be it from your career, family planning or even from the pursuit of your individual passions!</div>
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<strong>RAUB, 7 Jan 2012:</strong> Contrary to what most hunters would say, for me, the Sentul Rotary Treasure Hunt was not my first hunt of 2012! Rather it was the Raub hunt. Organized by Andre, the day's food hunt had been one I had been patiently anticipating. The town of Raub, I have heard had much to offer. Besides, the road less travelled between Bentong and Raub is without doubt refreshing.</div>
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The flag-off for the 7 hour hunt took place at the BHP Station just after the Gombak toll, an unorthodox choice of venue yet adequate, since there were only 4 participating cars. Teams were flagged-off when the last of the cars arrived shortly before 8:30am. Foo Seong's team appeared on paper to be the most experienced. And with 6 pax in his entourage, his team was the largest too clearly encouraged by the "as many as the car can fit" regulation. Alex's team with a pair of seasoned campaigners looked promising too.</div>
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The teams arrived at the first Pit stop, <span style="color: #cc0000;">Kedai Kopi Tong Nam Bee </span><span style="color: black;">(<em>No.55, Jalan Tun Razak, Raub</em>) after</span> slightly over an hour. The first challenge I must say caught some of us off-guard for it wasn't exactly in the briefing notes text to me a day earlier. Fortunately we arrived hungry and no one was complaining as the breakfast WAS rather good.</div>
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As with most original Hainanese coffee joints, it had a modest appearance. But what it lacked in looks, it made up for with a delightful breakfast menu that reminded me of my childhood days spent in the then sleepy town of Kuantan. I opted for <em>Roti Bakar</em> served with heavenly kaya & butter and <em>Telur Separuh Masak</em>, accompanied by a strong cup of aromatic coffee, and wisely decided to leave the noodles for another occassion in anticipation of more Pit stops to come.</div>
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Though there weren't as many varieties here as compared to <a href="http://cluebusters.blogspot.com/2010/07/king-and-i.html">my previous experience</a>, the crowd pleasers were available, notably <em>Musang King</em> and <em>Red Prawn</em>. However the thorny variety that "caught my leg" or rather captured my heart was one named <em>Thraka</em> with its thick flesh and pleasant taste.</div>
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A short drive later and we were back in Raub, stopping over at a seafood restaurant for a princely feast of Steamed Patin fish, Steamed river prawns amongst many other dishes. But the one dish that stood out for me was this simple yet delicious, petai stir-fried with fried anchovies and onion rings.</div>
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There was a final challenge waiting for us at Kow Pow Cafe in Bentong. Although I am a fan of cold desserts, I must readily admit that it was the most trying of all the challenges. It was an obvious struggle and in the end it required the collaboration of two teams of seven people to finish two puny bowls of ice-cream!</div>
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2 Romans 1 Impostorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620986324451691215noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873728714349694734.post-85124604214920580652011-11-15T21:55:00.019+08:002011-12-05T07:54:32.217+08:00HUNTING FOR MEALS ON WHEELS IV<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><strong><u>MENU UPDATES</u></strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A <u>BIG THANK YOU</u> to our sponsors too:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dato' Ramesh Rajaratnam</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Claire Chin</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lee Ling Fei</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Alexander Hoh</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVoSbckgtb2ZN_3QkIYBXoDp70Op6m_NInwiBbwm0EcVsuFZuVu4JihyMwAoC8Js3prql7_To_2ByQ_Nli9tFn_JwrAw171-zzwAMQqmx_7zOVEuXGVbftj2ozwbOaZayUmgNNBcpmYcxX/s1600/Hunting+for+Meals+on+Wheels+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVoSbckgtb2ZN_3QkIYBXoDp70Op6m_NInwiBbwm0EcVsuFZuVu4JihyMwAoC8Js3prql7_To_2ByQ_Nli9tFn_JwrAw171-zzwAMQqmx_7zOVEuXGVbftj2ozwbOaZayUmgNNBcpmYcxX/s400/Hunting+for+Meals+on+Wheels+4.jpg" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. Motor Hunt around Klang Valley on <span style="color: red;"><strong>Saturday, 3 Dec 2011</strong></span>, from 2pm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. A rare opportunity to participate in a hunt by Mr. Teoh Cheow Teong, winner of Hunting For Meals on Wheels III and selected by popular demand to be the chef de hunt for this edition.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. Register as individuals.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4. Opportunity to hunt with Grand Masters.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5. Limited to 20 pax.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">6. Pay for your own dinner @ ~ RM45 per person.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">7. Winners eat for free.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">8. Menu includes: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">a. Bottles of French and Australian wine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">b. <span style="color: red;"><strong>Cucina Italiana</strong></span> @ Retro Kitchen, SS2 (formerly Mojo's Upstairs).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><u><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>1. Team draw</strong> ........................... 1.30 pm.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>2. Final briefing</strong> ........................ 1.45 pm (gather at Retro Kitchen, SS 2/61).</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>3. Start</strong> ..................................... 2.00 pm (Mass flag-off).</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>4. Regulation Hunting time</strong> .... 5 hours.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>5. Distance</strong> .............................. < 20 km.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>6. Finish</strong> ................................... 7.00 pm (at Retro Kitchen, SS 2/61).</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>7. Penalty</strong> ................................ Disqualification from 7.01 pm.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>8. Questions & Points</strong> ............. 2 part hunt. 32 Route Questions and 3 Treasures.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>9. Tie Breakers</strong> .......................... TBA.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>10. Parking</strong> ................................ Lots of parking at SS 2/61.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. Total number of teams .............. 5.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. No of persons in a team ............ 3.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. Team members will be decided on the day of event. Team members shall elect their own driver. So individuals are recommended to park at SS 2/61.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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So on 16 Jan 2011, more than two dozen enthusiasts and invited guests gathered to elect a pro-tem committee to spearhead the formation of the Treasure Hunt Society of Malaysia (THS).<br />
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<strong>PRESIDENT</strong><br />
Jayaram Menon<br />
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<strong>VICE PRESIDENT</strong><br />
Chong Voon Kiat<br />
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<strong>SECRETARY</strong><br />
Shirley Hoe<br />
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<strong>ASSISTANT SECRETARY</strong><br />
Loh Chee Kwan<br />
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<strong>TREASURER</strong><br />
Rajj Melambaran<br />
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<strong>COMMITTEE MEMBERS</strong><br />
Wan Kamal Azlan<br />
Kheirul Nazib<br />
Michael Pang<br />
Goh Teck Koon<br />
Chai Koh Khai<br />
Liong Chian Min <br />
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The pro-tem committee worked very hard to get THS officially recognized. The committee members met on a couple of occassions. Official documents were proof-read and re-read more than a dozen times. An <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/thsmalaysia/home">official website</a> was created. A <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Treasure-Hunt-Society-of-Malaysia/178869472188910">Facebook page</a> was added. And it took a handful of visits to the Registrar of Societies, before THS was finally registered on 23 Sep 2011.<br />
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The last ten months was the easy part. Now for the difficult part - the membership drive.<br />
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THS would like to welcome anyone and everyone from all walks of life nationwide to join us on this exciting journey to make this a truly national society. You can read all about the benefits of joining THS from the FAQ page of the THS website (<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/thsmalaysia/home">https://sites.google.com/site/thsmalaysia/home</a>). The application form can be downloaded from the Documents page of the same website.<br />
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The first big event for THS will be the coming <u>inaugural AGM on 20 Nov 2011</u>.<br />
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Should anyone of you feel you have the drive to bring this society to another level, the pro-tem committee is more than happy to accept your nomination. <br />
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We hope to see many of you there! The time and place shall be announced soon.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">Update 14 Nov 2011:</span></strong><br />
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<strong>Inaugural Treasure Hunt Society of Malaysia AGM</strong><br />
<strong>Date:</strong> Sunday, 20 Nov 2011.<br />
<strong>Venue:</strong> Hailam Kopitiam Lucky Garden, 1st Floor, 25 & 25A Lorong Ara Kiri1 Lucky Garden Bangsar, 59100 Kuala Lumpur (Behind Pizza Hut Lucky Garden, same row with TMC Bangsar, opposite to Bangsar Village old wing).<br />
<strong>Registration Time:</strong> from 10.45 am.<br />
<strong>Meeting Time:</strong> 11.00 am to 1.00 pm.<br />
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More info at <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/thsmalaysia/announcements">https://sites.google.com/site/thsmalaysia/announcements</a>2 Romans 1 Impostorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620986324451691215noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873728714349694734.post-89236384504780506372011-10-16T15:33:00.005+08:002011-10-16T16:16:29.578+08:00CITY REVIVAL HUNT - GO PRAY PRAY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>PETALING JAYA, 15 Oct 2011:</strong> I've never attended a church worship service my entire life. But I can always picture the pastor delivering the following message at the end of his sermons. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Makes sense, right? As people tend to stray, it is only apt that the pastor takes up the role of constantly reminding people to communicate with God on a daily basis. So I would consider this phrase to be quite common in the House of God (<em>5050, would you agree?</em>).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Unfortunately (as expected), the CoC did not see the humourous but rational side of our answer in this rebus challenge with a "common phrases" theme, which caused us two points and the match (hee hee).</div><br />
Rebus #2 was one of five questions in the rebus challenge, an event that eventually decided the fate of the top 3 teams in the Masters Category of the annual City Revival Charity Treasure Hunt. The other tasks in the five hour event which included 35 questions (5 additional bolded questions for the Masters) and 4 treasure riddles were not imposing at all, with the exception of one of the toughies. The end results cemented this point, with the top 3 teams from the Masters Category and the winner from the Novice Category (I heard) finishing perfect on the road.<br />
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The results could have been entirely different. We were the first team to arrive at the finish control after 3 hours and 10 minutes on the road. However, we weren't satisfied with our solution to Q14 and decided to drop Margaret at the finish control to work on Rebus #2 while the rest of us returned to the hunting sector. This 'wrong decision' caused us the match and I was the main perpetrator. Along the return journey we got delayed by the heavy traffic, could not find a better answer (hence needing to stick to our original answer) and was later accorded the points.<br />
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Turning back the clock, my decision would not have been much different. Believe me, I am no stranger to <a href="http://cluebusters.blogspot.com/2009/09/sfx-hunt-taking-risks.html">taking risks</a>. However, with an 'inferior' answer and close to two hours in the pocket in a very relaxing hunt, it just wasn't worth the gamble.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Q14: 5010?</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Ans: <u>LP Art Enterprise</u>.</span><br />
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Q14 is very very similar to my very own '<a href="http://cluebusters.blogspot.com/2008/10/hunters-r-us-challenge-1-part-2-review_06.html">Viki Lim</a>' question used in a past challenge, so I am quite disappointed with myself for not seeing through the trick. Disappointment aside, I am glad to see <em>The Phantom</em> make a rare appearance.<br />
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It was a double joy to witness first hand a think-out-of-the-box question like Q6, which needed the collaboration of two signages twenty shops apart to yield the final answer. Witnessing it is one thing, solving it is another and my hat goes out to the teams who successfully conquered this delightfully tricky question.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Q6: The outlook is clear though well apart. Only when the latter starts.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Ans: <u>IEW Sdn Bhd & Restoran & Kafe After 5</u>.</span><br />
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Now excuse me, while I go pray that God gives me the strength to exorcise the ghosts in the coming week's hunt.<br />
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</div>1st: Sin Yoong Leong, Claire Chin, Goh Teck Koon, Julie Tan (133) <br />
2nd: Chai Koh Khai, Chong Voon Kiat, Margaret Sha (133) <br />
3rd: Peh Kok Hun, Loh Chee Kwan, Lim Say Chye, William Yong (131) <br />
4th: Anwar Jeffri, Tan Kok Cheeng, Wong Poh Wen (126) <br />
5th: Simon Matthew, Venkateswaran Nagappan, Buvanes Tharmalingam, Eeswaran Kanesalingam (122) <br />
6th: Tan Eng Siang, Kong Siau Ching, Ong Kheng Heng, Diana Foong (122) <br />
7th: Joehari Abd Jabbar, Geetha Kanny, Uma Priya, Philip Karuppiah (114) <br />
<div style="text-align: left;">8th: Pirabakaran, Navamalar and team (113)</div>2 Romans 1 Impostorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620986324451691215noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873728714349694734.post-27133580815725764342011-10-09T23:20:00.004+08:002011-10-09T23:29:59.116+08:00MAB CHARITY HUNT - DARK KNIGHTS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOaBcRwmNUz0UJJAd-b5PX1GJfRI8tmHo_9B-AL93o0mZ-kCFSs9AuSOIBmfwv71QP-2OoWxd5AsHou9tj5wS7IKwmYCV-ZMs7ZMOD3JSRTyht8uD9kkmSFC8FX-kgxyASDluE59xj10h2/s1600/MAB+logo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="78px" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOaBcRwmNUz0UJJAd-b5PX1GJfRI8tmHo_9B-AL93o0mZ-kCFSs9AuSOIBmfwv71QP-2OoWxd5AsHou9tj5wS7IKwmYCV-ZMs7ZMOD3JSRTyht8uD9kkmSFC8FX-kgxyASDluE59xj10h2/s200/MAB+logo.JPG" width="200px" /></a><strong>GAMBANG, 8 Oct 2011:</strong> I am pleased, no I am ecstatic, with our current run of form. Our last defeat as a team happened in June. Though a shortage of eligible hunts over the last two months makes it sound more outstanding than it really is, nevertheless, I am overjoyed!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We successfully extended our fine run a week into October with the MAB Charity Treasure Hunt title under our belt. It was the unlikeliest of victories. Firstly, we weren't even supposed to be in Gambang - we made a last minute decision to sign up only after being informed of the cancellation of another hunt. And secondly, <em>TAB events</em>, a signature event of <em>Take-A-Break Events (TABE)</em> have always been our Achilles heel.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">TABE hunts provide a nostalgic reminder of how hunts had been and should be - fun first and foremost. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In my opinion, in recent years hunt setters may have neglected this key aspect, one possible explanation why hunt cancellations have become annoyingly trendy. Noticeably, many hunts these days are designed with the upper echelon of hunters in mind, completely ignoring the gulf in experience between the hunt regulars and the novices. Hopefully the upcoming launch of the Treasure Hunt Society of Malaysia will help to address this wane in interest. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am glad we came for we did have a lot of fun. As expected, the bulk of the 30 questions and 2 treasures in the 8 hour hunt to Gambang were friendly to all, with perhaps 3 questions providing the main resistance to the regulars. In the end, we were the only team from the top 3 finishers that had dropped points in the route questions, missing out on Q27, a general knowledge question that completely bewildered us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">But where we slacked in questions, we unexpectedly made up for in the <em>TAB Events</em>. Our knights in shining armour appeared in the form of yours truly and Wern Ching who sportingly volunteered for <em>TAB Events</em> 1 and 2 respectively. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Both missions were designed to give the sighted an insight into the world of the sight impaired. <em>TAB Event</em> 1 required teams to toss darts blind-folded. Points were awarded from the accumulated scores off three darts. I surprised myself and the team by garnering the maximum 10 points, converting off the final two darts (with the first dart completely missing the target) .....</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">..... while Wern Ching contributed 8 points from the Braille Challenge which required teams to decipher five letters coded in Braille. She appeared surprisingly nervous throughout the challenge but delivered where it mattered most, coolly deciphering the penultimate and 'most difficult letter', "N", yielding two additional points that truly clinched the title for us.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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1st: Chai Koh Khai, Chong Voon Kiat, Margaret Sha, Loo Wern Ching (193) </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">2nd: Lee Ling Fei, Claire Chin, Goh Teck Koon, Julie Tan (192) </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">3rd: Pavananthan, Ruben Enbasegaram, Lenny Wan, Lim Ming Yang (188)</div>2 Romans 1 Impostorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620986324451691215noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873728714349694734.post-74347072950083392842011-09-17T21:41:00.007+08:002011-09-18T23:10:00.583+08:00DOGGY CARNIVAL - DOGS' DAY OUT<div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN-BDcfIYj_0BmiHw-3UXIuPNE7MZRq357hWLTrNQKJ-hXuI4s2ffvP9PLpX4ixF99SiuNcSAbPzSBD-sQRQ_2rUSicc7y9kcZcVtYQzMvOx6yMqhH8eS6O6ykLNAgUSt5aQhbQjt-RZmE/s1600/Doggy+Carnival+Banner.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="49px" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN-BDcfIYj_0BmiHw-3UXIuPNE7MZRq357hWLTrNQKJ-hXuI4s2ffvP9PLpX4ixF99SiuNcSAbPzSBD-sQRQ_2rUSicc7y9kcZcVtYQzMvOx6yMqhH8eS6O6ykLNAgUSt5aQhbQjt-RZmE/s200/Doggy+Carnival+Banner.JPG" width="200px" /></a></div><strong>SETIA ALAM, 26 Jun 2011:</strong> Hundreds of pooches of various breeds congregated at Setia Ecopark today for the annual Doggy Carnival, with their human companions in tow. They came in all shapes and colours, big and small, shaggy and cropped. And they were everywhere .....<br />
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It was a pleasant surprise to find out that <a href="http://www.trailblazers.com.my/html/homepage.html">Captain Jack and his Trailblazing team</a> were the "brains" behind the hunt. Had been quite a while since many of us had an opportunity to participate in his hunts. He made his debut as a very green CoC maybe four years ago. But after entertaining us with a handful of hunts, he made a surprising decision to restrict his brand of hunts to beginners. Hence today's hunt was somewhat of a rare treat.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Captain Jack Swallow from The Trail Blazers.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ingeniously, Captain Jack had created his own signs and scattered them around the park to make up for the lack of signs. And to make it interesting he added lots of red-herrings too. Some of his clues were cryptic. The dog & owner were required to sniff out the answers to fifteen such clues. Plus there were two tasks to complete. One task was to identify dog breeds. The other was to decipher two treasure riddles and identify the correct fruits from the ones presented in a bowl.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">Judging from the clues from today's hunt, the captain has left his swashbuckling days behind (to his credit), opting for more text-book type crafts. And I look forward to the day when his public hunts are once again truly for the public at large.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Q5: Possibly Cassius Clay's favourite dog.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ans: <u>Boxer</u>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Q13: Sheep caretaker origins from where Berlin is the capital.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ans: <u>German Shepherd</u>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Q: Walk participates for injured stage strut in part of harbour.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ans: <u>Wisma Patco</u>.</span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;">(3K Triple-One Hunt, 2008)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Q: He lastly and I come in somehow for a perplexed mysterious Himalayan animal before part of India’s old neighbour.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Ans: <u>Tylon</u>.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">(3K Triple-One Hunt, 2008)</span><br />
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Still, there was one treasure riddle from this hunt that I could not quite agree with.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">T1: Although I have rage in me, I'm still sweet.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Ans: <u>(Choose from: Mango, Orange, Papaya, Apple and Rambutan)</u>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Note: Some of the pictures in this post is courtesy of </span><a href="http://www.pets-pavilion.com/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Pets Pavilion</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1st: Yeong Kig Siew, Sin Yoong Leong, Chong Voon Kiat (105) </div></div></div></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">2nd: Angie Teh, Yow Hui Hui, Teh Boon Kai (100) </div></div></div></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">3rd: Redz Hunter (100) </div></div></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">4th: The Underdogs (95)</div></div></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">5th: Macho Mastif (95)</div></div></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">6th: Quick (90)</div></div></div></div><div align="left" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">7th: Idog (90)</div></div>2 Romans 1 Impostorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620986324451691215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873728714349694734.post-49533748693731518222011-09-04T11:24:00.002+08:002011-09-06T21:51:14.260+08:00ATMAH CHARITY HUNT - BREAKING THE CURSE<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggfehQTj_iOZVpInU8zEyX5fOQJ38u2amdEFsILPBRhJ4PjPFwthX7c9owLhClapPK73zxfFuol7lqVnJz0qT6m_yWDKURCA-_2g4A3tW3gWJKwGAdL0-FDQQ7q1pNDkVBaxwZFwRyQhi1/s1600/ghost.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggfehQTj_iOZVpInU8zEyX5fOQJ38u2amdEFsILPBRhJ4PjPFwthX7c9owLhClapPK73zxfFuol7lqVnJz0qT6m_yWDKURCA-_2g4A3tW3gWJKwGAdL0-FDQQ7q1pNDkVBaxwZFwRyQhi1/s200/ghost.jpg" width="150px" xaa="true" /></a><strong>GAMBANG, 13 Aug 2011:</strong> You can consider the Hungry Ghosts Festival to be the Chinese version of Halloween. But unlike Halloween, the Hungry Ghosts Festival is a month long celebration during the seventh moon of the lunar calendar. With the opening of hell's gate on the first day, literally all hell breaks loose and these once imprisoned ghosts escape to earth for a month long vacation. The Chinese believe that these ghosts bring misfortune or bad luck and should be avoided. This is the main reason some Chinese play safe by avoiding this period when scheduling holidays and significant events like weddings, moving into a new house or even starting a new business, to refrain from bumping into these creatures.</div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">This year the Atmah Charity Hunt fell smack right in the middle of the Hungry Ghosts Festival. Understandably since our luck gauge is not expected to be at an all time high this month, it appeared unlikely that this would be the year we would break the <a href="http://cluebusters.blogspot.com/2010/08/atmah-charity-hunt-counting-seconds.html">Curse of Atmah</a>. And from the way the 8 hour hunt had begun for us, it was evident that we had not done enough to appease the ghosts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">I truly can't remember the last time we failed to find a single answer on our first pass-through of a sector with a number of questions bunched together. And today this happened to us not once but several times during the first half of the hunt. We failed miserably in our maiden attempt in Taman Petaling Utama where 6 questions were bunched together. It happened again in a very long Old Klang Road where there were 3 and 4 questions bunched up respectively in two separate sectors (though the latter could be attributed to our mistake due to a misinterpretation of the tulips). And again during the final 3 questions just before the mid-point in Bentong. Though eventually we were able to find most of them it was at the expense of time, barely making the 12:30pm cut-off.</div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Arriving in Temerloh an hour later it dawned upon us that we may have to scramble for time. With three hours of the clock remaining and all of the remaining journey on the trunk road and with 20 questions still unanswered, it did not look rosy. Things became a whole lot worse in Maran with 40 minutes to disqualification and 40 km from the end point at Gambang Resort and with 6 questions still unanswered. The darkening sky was a perfect reflection of our gloomy situation. At this point, avoiding disqualification was the priority and understandably we dropped all but one of the last 6 questions. Even the one we had sucessfully answered was through sheer luck, from Yoong Leong's memory of the shop he had already sped past.</div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">In the end, we made the end point but only by the skins of our teeth though many were not as lucky, including 4 other regular teams. Thinking back, we were rather fortunate. Had we been held up by a trailer in the last 40 km or had the skies opened up, there was no way we could have avoided disqualification. And though we weren't really troubled by the treasures (or so we thought), had Pava not distributed them earlier, the additional time needed to search for them in today's circumstances would have made us odds-on favourite for disqualification!</div><br />
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Treasure hunt briefing sessions nowadays have become so mundane that many of us choose to skip. But for the Atmah Charity Treasure Hunt, these sessions are always a guaranteed full house, and this year's briefing was no different. "There isn't any lavish buffet spread. Neither are there any lucky draws to be given away. So, what is Pava's secret?", those of you attending the Atmah briefing for the very first time may ask. Simply put, the treasure riddles are given out on briefing night. So essentially for Atmah, the hunt begins as soon as the briefing ends.<br />
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</div>This year there were six treasure riddles to decipher with each correctly answered treasure riddle worth 10 points. With its superheavyweight status, the treasure riddles overshadowed the route questions, worth a mere 1 point each. Not surprisingly this promoted a debate amongst teams who could not break all 6 treasures before the onset of the hunt, if it was even worth going for the hunt. I can understand their contention as playing catch-up to 10 route questions would have been a big ask.<br />
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Of the two, it was clear that T1 would be the kingmaker while T5 could play the role of spoiler. Most regular teams would not have been elated with the variant having the "E" which was more readily available, since it did not quite match up to the riddle, though knowing very well it would not matter to the COC because of <a href="http://cluebusters.blogspot.com/2010/02/atmah-treasure-hunt-caught-on-camera.html">this piece of history</a>.<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">T5: This treasure is a hit during the festivities,</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">So I shall not indulge into the brand formalities,</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Cougar's star may help with these sweeties,</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Just bring in as many to complete your duties.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju_4wop3cUiRHDX0ZDNMbkA7HCuqpk1ZcYF2zXS5ayh2DN7ju2Rg9DI8vGJNY8iKASXmBXGCgvAC7Z8DeZmUpdbFjD5dXA1SOmJngshywRa0vVKon7QKVdavg8aSxlFQOdf42N4ucy5ob3/s1600/Kings+Castor+Sugar.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju_4wop3cUiRHDX0ZDNMbkA7HCuqpk1ZcYF2zXS5ayh2DN7ju2Rg9DI8vGJNY8iKASXmBXGCgvAC7Z8DeZmUpdbFjD5dXA1SOmJngshywRa0vVKon7QKVdavg8aSxlFQOdf42N4ucy5ob3/s400/Kings+Castor+Sugar.JPG" width="265px" xaa="true" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ans: <u>A pack of Caster Sugar</u>.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: black;">It did not take us long to derive a solution for T1 which we felt was worth a shout. We settled for Lux since it was clear to us that the COC did not want Fab. Our explanation being:</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>High-end = Deluxe</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>Last letter from the words "band please relate" = dee</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>Delete the letters "dee" from "deluxe" to yield Lux.</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>And to play safe we went for the Lux Soft Touch variant to fit "not hard" in Line 3.</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">T1: For the first treasure a cleaner you must target,</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Add a high-end minus the last word from a band, please relate,</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Browse the beginnings nothing great, the treasure's not hard for you to break.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: black;">To our dismay, the COC had a diffierent solution in mind. His explanation being:</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>High-end = h (one end of the word High)</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>Last word = in (latest in fashion)</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>Band = cincin</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>Replace "in" in cincin with "h" to yield Cinch.</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>Then relate Breeze to Cinch.</em><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Comparing with the COC's rather complex explanation leading to the solution, I kind of like our answer better (hee hee).</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">In the end, T5 was not solved and break the curse we did! <br />
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Perhaps there are some good ghosts out there after all and one of them must have hitched a ride in our car the entire journey!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<strong>Atmah Charity Treasure Hunt</strong> <br />
Maximum Score: 100<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1st: Sin Yoong Leong, Chai Koh Khai, Chong Voon Kiat, Margaret Sha (82)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">2nd: Lim Soo Khian, Claire Chin, Goh Teck Koon, Julie Tan (81)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">3rd: Peh Kok Hun, Loh Chee Kwan, Tommy Ng, Lim Say Chye (80)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">4th: Simon Matthew, Venkateswaran Nagappan, Buvanes Tharmalingam, Eeswaran Kanesalingam (80)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">5th: Teng Wei Chiat, Chan Chung Wei, Yeoh Ban Lye, Cecilia Yew (78)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">6th: Liew Kok Seng, Teoh Cheow Teong, Chong Foo Seong, Lim Kong Yew (77)<br />
7th: Leslie Kwong, Shirley Hoe, Lim Ming Yang, Loo Wern Ching (76)</div>2 Romans 1 Impostorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620986324451691215noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873728714349694734.post-52160227782915134922011-08-08T02:40:00.002+08:002011-08-08T03:39:02.475+08:00TREASURE HUNT ADDICTS CLUB (CHAT)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>DAMANSARA UPTOWN, 6 AUG 2011:</strong> Are you addicted to Treasure Hunts? If you answered Yes to any of the following 10 questions, you probably are. You can choose to deny it or you can choose to get help. Remember, there is no disgrace in admitting that you have a problem.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">1.</span> <em>Do the signages talk to you each time you drive or walk past ?</em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">2.</span> <em>Do you insist on checking out the snack food and soft drink aisles for new products each time you visit a hypermarket ?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">3.</span> <em>Do you find yourself requesting the Q&A of every single hunt you had missed out on ?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">4.</span> <em>Do you envy people who take part in closed hunts on days when there are no open hunts ?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">5.</span> <em>Do you already look forward to the weekends although on a Monday morning ?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">6.</span> <em>Do you feel listless and edgy on weekends when there are no hunts ?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">7.</span> <em>Do you check </em><a href="http://treasurehunt.com.my/"><em>Michael Pang's blog</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://cluebusters.blogspot.com/"><em>A Hunter's Tale</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://huntnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/"><em>Hunt News Network</em></a><em> and other similar sites for updates every other hour of the day ?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">8.</span> <em>Do you ask for tulips instead of directions ?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">9.</span> <em>Do you send festive or birthday greetings in cryptic ciphers in place of ordinary messages ?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">10.</span> <em>Do you buy newspapers only to scrutinize the hypermarket advertisements ?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With the newly formed Treasure Hunt Addicts Club (CHAT) of Malaysia, there is light at the end of the tunnel for all serious addicts. CHAT is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other not to help others overcome their addiction but to help them improve and bring their skills to another level. There are no fees or dues for CHAT membership. The only requirement for membership is a desire to hunt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was invited to be an observer by the 2011 President of CHAT to their very first meeting at Restoran Pappa Rich @ Damansara Uptown, and ended up volunteering to moderate their inaugural hunt on that day. The bubbly <a href="mailto:lohcheekwan@gmail.com">Mr. Loh Chee Kwan</a> indeed has big plans for the club and promised to hold similar meetings on a regular basis to feed the addiction of its members.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG2qiP3MHFRBWrNxEAz2Kd_T3UTjpIhBoVUyEM7UcwwEsXy5j456LeV8aVKt0bKPLVDw0t7dY8wekKCKGmBFocLAkIVbFNJIYDPhb227ZDfiGq9jgf7lPCrofHo7jijUBE1UB8j6KBWVYG/s1600/iTech+Hunter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG2qiP3MHFRBWrNxEAz2Kd_T3UTjpIhBoVUyEM7UcwwEsXy5j456LeV8aVKt0bKPLVDw0t7dY8wekKCKGmBFocLAkIVbFNJIYDPhb227ZDfiGq9jgf7lPCrofHo7jijUBE1UB8j6KBWVYG/s400/iTech+Hunter.jpg" t$="true" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2011 President of CHAT (<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">member # 001</span>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Eight other people from different ethnicity, backgrounds and age group had turned up for the meeting. We had a couple of people including a fifty-something from the IT industry, another a young twenty-something training manager for a global forwarding company, an event organizer and a lady who worked in the insurance industry. One common reason that brought all of them here today was nothing other than their addiction to treasure hunting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The inaugural hunt's format, mooted by the President himself, is moulded in the shape of the <a href="http://cluebusters.blogspot.com/2011/02/hunting-for-food-3-cocs-story.html">Hunting for Food series</a> but with a slight twist. The twist is that in order to participate, members had to craft between one to three riddles in 4 designated sectors. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And unknown to all prior to the hunt (including the President himself), their efforts can end up being an advantage or a disadvantage depending on the level of difficulty of their crafts. I ensured that hardwork is rewarded while impossible or unfair riddles aren't given the same benefits. Hardworking members who crafted the maximum three questions had the opportunity to begin the hunt with a minimum 9 points (18 points actually, since this was a couples hunt) - with 3 points or 4 points (depending on the level of difficulty) allocated for each question. But for each unanswered question, the responsible member(s) would be penalized all the points allocated for that question plus an additional half the points allocated as "punishment" for wasting the other member's precious time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I contributed a couple of questions and a couple of treasures to earn my keep as the club had agreed to pay for my lunch. In total, there were 26 questions and 2 treasures to decipher over a two and a half hours time period.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In the end, the experienced combination of Goh Teck Koon and Lenny Wan swept both the honours and the opposition, though they also finished with the most number of punishment points (24 out of a maximum of 36 points). In fairness, their crafts weren't really impossible or unfair - the challenging route with an abundance of signages had added to the level of difficulty.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For those that missed the hunt, here is a teaser of the riddles set by muah. If you are interested to find out the answers (which I won't reveal here), feel free to email me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Q18: An orderly quartet surrounded this place in an attempt to assume control.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">(The answer can be found in one of the signages in the below picture)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">T1: Small pair of ladies undergarment it is said to be,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">I will let you pick the right colour suitable for me,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">As long as it's something sweet, I will be more than happy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">(Laughs)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<strong>Treasure Hunt Addicts Club Inaugural Hunt</strong><br />
Maximum Score: 100<br />
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</div>1st: Goh Teck Koon, Lenny Wan (68 = 92 - 24)<br />
2nd: Lim Ming Yang, Loo Wern Ching (55 = 55 - 0)<br />
3rd: Rajj Melambaran, Shirley Hoe (52 = 52 - 0)<br />
4th: Lee Ling Fei, Claire Chin (47 = 47 - 0)<br />
5th: Loh Chee Kwan (29 = 35 - 6)2 Romans 1 Impostorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620986324451691215noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873728714349694734.post-59493608692877448472011-07-20T21:38:00.002+08:002011-07-20T22:06:48.714+08:00BERNAMA-SARAWAK WALK HUNT - JOURNEYING TO THE EAST<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOF9lXOdb_D7hlQTFYeoiFWWDcPniJBuWJC6O4VD44JTyQdvqKs1gsBMFOMGJnXjxvYSascPtFXHR9c6SFyg0yJQN__GODfMP7UwlTT_occzRp-T7Psq4UuZBTXmgKCB0ytxTTT3gt-0V9/s1600/Bernama+Sarawak+Banner.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="131px" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOF9lXOdb_D7hlQTFYeoiFWWDcPniJBuWJC6O4VD44JTyQdvqKs1gsBMFOMGJnXjxvYSascPtFXHR9c6SFyg0yJQN__GODfMP7UwlTT_occzRp-T7Psq4UuZBTXmgKCB0ytxTTT3gt-0V9/s400/Bernama+Sarawak+Banner.JPG" width="400px" /></a></div><br />
<strong>KUCHING, 17 Jul 2011:</strong> Since treasure hunts became a part of my life almost a decade ago, I've done my fair bit of travelling. Treasure hunting provided me with a reason to travel, and directly or indirectly it has brought me to fascinating places across Europe, China, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore and all of peninsular Malaysia. In 2006, I set sail eastward and added Sabah to my hunt log. Still not satisfied, I patiently waited for an opportunity to hunt in Sarawak to complete my journey across all of Malaysia's thirteen states and three federal territories. That final piece of puzzle was made possible when Bernama organized the <em>Heritage Trail in the Land of the Hornbills</em>, fulfiling a pledge to Senator Heng Seai Kie in 2009 to bring treasure hunts to Sarawak in the spirit of 1Malaysia.<br />
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Arguably the best way to explore the city of Kuching is by foot, with each attraction just a stones throw away from the next one. The 6 km walk hunt, meticulously designed around the major tourist hotspots in the heart of Kuching city, provided the 250 participants (more than half of them from peninsular Malaysia) with the perfect reason. <br />
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In teams of two, the participants congregated at the famous Kuching Waterfront just after sunrise for this 5 hour walk-about. From there, each of us was guided to historical places like India Street and Padang Merdeka, the popular Satok weekend market, the Muzium Dewan Tun Abdul Razak and the Ethnology Museum before making our way on the <em>perahu tambang</em> to the Orchid Gardens across the Sarawak river.<br />
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Along the route we got to marvel at the many well preserved historical structures - the Astana, Square Tower and the General Post Office. We were also fortunate to receive an introductory lesson in Sarawak history while scavanging through the two museums for answers to some of the 25 clues.<br />
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However, like many others, we got lost more than once during the walk-about, no thanks to the tourist map plagiarised by the clerk of course. The map was less than helpful as it did not include many landmarks and some roads called out in the "tulips" provided. Still, this minor setback did not stop us from completing the heritage trail well within the time allocated. Q21 did stall us a fair bit before we gave up after failing to decipher the significance of the intended pun!<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Q21: Forerunner to 1Malaysia?</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Ans: <u>UniBorneo</u>.</span><br />
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The heritage trail did do its part well to showcase the City of Cats. I truly enjoyed the experience and am looking forward to returning the following year <img border="0" height="18px" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/3.gif" width="18px" /><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong>Bernama-Sarawak Walk Hunt </strong></div><div style="text-align: left;">Maximum Score: 100</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVH2Ek5zZ3_kn9l1JfNF0QDnB7VBAx-qpORXTp7pE3kFfJ78MQEYmQduO8y1GnQt6TWFts_VfOJxG6j4BUNVDXcay9r7OYzC0oMxPW8bdcza_fe7zYWnF2FRkzOqAftYu45uRrSBFIWR9i/s1600/Bernama+Champions.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="242px" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVH2Ek5zZ3_kn9l1JfNF0QDnB7VBAx-qpORXTp7pE3kFfJ78MQEYmQduO8y1GnQt6TWFts_VfOJxG6j4BUNVDXcay9r7OYzC0oMxPW8bdcza_fe7zYWnF2FRkzOqAftYu45uRrSBFIWR9i/s400/Bernama+Champions.jpg" width="400px" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Photo courtesy of Bernama</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;">1st: Lim Ming Yang, Chong Voon Kiat (97) </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;">2nd: Vincent Ho, William Ho (91) </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;">3rd: Ho Meng How, Geraldine Evonne Ho (91) </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;">4th: Kheirul Nazib, Erawati (90) </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;">5th: Loh Chee Kwan, Tommy Ng (89) </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;">6th: Salehuddin Yusof, Azeman Saarin (87)</div>2 Romans 1 Impostorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620986324451691215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873728714349694734.post-89672311166595260702011-06-19T20:22:00.002+08:002011-06-19T20:38:39.536+08:00AXN BIG CHALLENGE - NOT AS LEAN NOT AS MEAN STILL AS KEEN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>PENANG, 11 Jun 2011:</strong> Switching gears to a different kind of challenge: when I found out about the AXN Big Challenge, a big part of me had already resigned to the fact that the impending dare would be a physically demanding one. Yet a small part of me had harboured hopes that the organizers would design-in an Amazing Race fashioned quest - to prove that these old bones can still give the youths of our nation a run for their money.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So armed with this glimmmer of hope, I approached YL and we both registered as a team for the Penang leg of this event. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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And within a few days we were informed by Geraldine that we had been shortlisted together with about 160 other teams. That was the easy part!<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">In order to get to the main event we first had to get past the qualifiers. The qualifying rounds for the AXN Big Challenge is held in 3 cities, Johor Bahru, Penang and Kuala Lumpur to select 10 teams that will compete for the RM15,000 grand prize in 1 Utama Shopping Center on 26 Jun 2011. At press time the registration for the final qualifying leg in Kuala Lumpur is <a href="http://www.axn-asia.com/axnbigchallenge/malaysia">still open</a>.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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As expected, in true Malaysian spirit, not all the teams who were shortlisted emerged on the morning of the event (free entry mah!). In the end, I counted not more than 80 teams (give and take) present at Berjaya Times Square to compete for the 3 finals spots on offer from the Penang leg. The format required all teams to compete in a Qualifying challenge from which 10 teams would be shortlisted for the Qualifying round main event. As many of our opponents looked like they still needed parental approval to take part, we sensed that we had our work cut out for us. <br />
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Our initial enthusiasm melted when we were briefed that the Qualifying challenge required teams to accumulate as many push-ups and sit-ups as possible in 30 seconds. There was no way in hell that we were going to survive this challenge - I've not set foot in a gym for the last 5 years, while YL confessed that he visits the gym only once a week (that too to utilize the shower facilities).<br />
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We were one of the early teams to attempt this challenge and between the two of us we recorded a decent count in the 70s (not bad eh!). But from watching the other teams perform we knew that we were in for an early shower when we counted easily 20 teams exceeding our number.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After the results were tallied, 3 teams were recalled to the stage for a play-off for 10th spot. Not long after, Vanessa and Jentzen announced the remaining 9 successful teams and one-by-one they ascended up the stage .... Innebandy! Co .... Twincredibles .... We were walking towards the escalator when the 10th and final team was announced ....... "And last but not least the team with the longest name .... Not As Lean, Not As Mean, Still As Keen !", Vanessa grumbled. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"No way!", we both shooked our heads in unison as we made a u-turn and headed for the stage. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Qualifying round main event was a battle between <em>old versus young</em> .... <em>brain versus brawn</em> ... <em>us against 18 other college kids</em>. There were 3 challenges in the main event, and the total time taken would determine the top 3 teams who would represent Penang in the AXN Big Challenge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHPOCNgtSxC26g8fYaqVfWHTAaZkVAp7Yl6DxBMFvjohcwDB2W4E3qht8Y68tXDb92YH8eXnMqdWKtRcO1CEnWl6ugQvlw1KL5FwaJNmnC4rPiriaz4LG6cGcxVY8Kfl-nGN2xwt-IjKzr/s1600/Zorb+Challenge.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300px" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHPOCNgtSxC26g8fYaqVfWHTAaZkVAp7Yl6DxBMFvjohcwDB2W4E3qht8Y68tXDb92YH8eXnMqdWKtRcO1CEnWl6ugQvlw1KL5FwaJNmnC4rPiriaz4LG6cGcxVY8Kfl-nGN2xwt-IjKzr/s400/Zorb+Challenge.JPG" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Challenge 1: Zorbing blind-folded through an obstacle course, with each obstacle knocked down incurring a 30 second penalty.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">In the end, <em>brawn</em> won! We were outclassed both physically and mentally by the college kids! But we can take heart that we finished in the top 10 despite the age handicap, and that we had given it our all (just that our all wasn't good enough).</div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">Looking forward to the next one ......... not! (hee hee)</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><strong>AXN Big Challenge</strong></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">1st: (Innebandy! Co) Sam Teoh Jiun Haur, Deswyn Wan Yee Weng .... 11 mins 21 secs</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">2nd: (i-Run) Lee Chun How, Ong Leng Hin .... 11 mins 26 secs</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">3rd: (Twincredibles) Tang Khai Shing, Tang Khai Sheng .... 12+ mins</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Some experts advise that when one is struggling with problems of stress or anger, it is best to put words on paper to help one stay calm. Hmmm! This therapy probably doesn't work for everyone because after a whole paragraph I am still so pissed! <br />
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Over the years, we've gotten the <em>short end of the stick</em> in treasure hunts more than a handful of times, all of which had cost us the top spot. On one occassion in a well publicised annual hunt, a COC had inadvertantly left out the scores of an entire page from our answer sheet. On another occassion, the same COC had wrongly tallied the scores from our challenges. On yet another occassion, a different COC had misplaced our entire answer sheet (which resurfaced in his hands later). Yet I was not as aggrieved by all these bloopers combined (compared to what had happened to us in today's hunt) - I had waved these off as genuine human errors.<br />
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What happened to us in the Hospice Klang Treasure Hunt was truly unacceptable and a result of the two COCs failing to play by their own rules!<br />
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</div>As a result we were wronged on one route question which again cost us first place.<br />
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Most if not all hunters are well versed with the rule: "<em>Both answers in English or Bahasa Malaysia are acceptable unless one of them is more fitting</em>". To explain this rule to those new to treasure hunting, let's look at this example. Hypothetically, say you come across this route question:<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Q: Dial zero?</span><br />
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And you see this signage along the sector:<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Kelab Malam Ringo Club</span><br />
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And you are satisfied that <em>dial = ring</em> (as in call someone) and <em>zero can be represented by o</em>. The above rule basically means that you will not be denied your full points should you write your answer as:<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Ans: <u>Kelab Malam Ringo</u> OR</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Ans: <u>Ringo Club</u></span><br />
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However if the question is rephrased to:<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Q: Dial zero for a weapon?</span><br />
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The only fitting answer in this case would be:<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Ans: <u>Ringo Club</u></span><br />
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since <em>club = a weapon</em>.<br />
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In our case, today's Question 12 read as:<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Q12: The value of an emergency number.</span><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">And this signage was spotted in the sector:</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">RM999 (seen on an advertisement belonging to Galeri Perabot Valencia Home Furnishing Sdn Bhd)</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Ooops, I forgot to mention that if the signage that perfectly answers the route question is a sub-sign, most if not all COCs require that the main sign where this sub-sign is spotted be included in the final answer. This is to convince the COC that the signage was physically spotted and not crafted, which is fair dinkum.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Hence according to the first and second rules we had discussed earlier, the acceptable way to answer Q12 would be:</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ans: <u>RM999 @ Galeri Perabot Valencia</u> OR</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ans: <u>RM999 @ Valencia Home Furnishing Sdn Bhd</u></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">But to our dismay, the two COCs insisted on:</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ans: <u>RM999 @ </u></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><u>Galeri Perabot Valencia Home Furnishing Sdn Bhd</u></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">... which I am utterly disappointed for the following reasons:</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">a. the two COCs had failed to play by their own rules.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">b. the main sign in this particular case plays only a supporting role and does not even answer the question posed.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">c. there was already a meticulously long list of tie-breakers already defined by the COCs - why not use them?<br />
d. apparent inconsistency to this "broken rule". We received points for our answer for Q27 which we wrote as Lemon Dry Clean leaving out the BM word from the full signage of Dobi Lemon Dry Clean.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">e. these two COCs are not rookie COCs and both of them are active hunters themselves.</div><br />
And to add insult to injury, one of the two COCs in his own weak defence argued that the rest of the Masters had written it the "required way" so there is no reason "we can't write it the same way". <br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Now tell me, what good are rules when during the briefing it is explained one way and during the hunt it is interpreted in a different way? Why even bother attending the briefing? Why even bother joining the hunt?</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">These are questions that still linger in my head as I fail to find satisfactory answers in the COCs defence. Hopefully I will wake up in the morning and the answers I seek will become clearer. But I doubt it will and I foresee that this "injury" of mine will take a longer time to heal!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
<strong><u>Updated 13 Jun 2011</u></strong><br />
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Now on to a short tale about the Hospice Klang Treasure Hunt. The event was a noble effort by the hunt organizing committee and the seasoned duo of Chong Foo Seong and Garyguna Sager, who volunteered their efforts in aid of cancer-stricken patients who require palliative care. Despite my obvious discontentment with the end result, these folks still deserve a thunderous applause for their overall effort.<br />
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49 teams made their way to the Klang Executive Club in the morning of the hunt, the starting point for a five and a half hours roam around the city of Klang in search of 30 answers. There were also 5 treasures to decipher, 2 of them having been generously distributed during the hunt briefing two days prior. It was apparent that Foo Seong had master-minded most if not all of the 30 questions in today's hunt - the tell tale sign being his very distinct style. <br />
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During the briefing, he had promised a lighter fare which he did deliver in the end. There were really only 2 questions that had stalled the regular hunters.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Q3: Constructed crookedly with the answer and ended up with a means of smoothening.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Ans: <u>Caring</u></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Q17: They move with direction and sounds to identify a famous British entertainer in full.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Ans: <u>Jets</u></span><br />
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And it was clear that a huge effort was required to solve these two questions because the possibilities were just too ocean wide (Q17) and the fodder/key somewhat ambiguous (Q3). So while my team mates were busy scanning the shops, I was busy snapping photographs. And when they were busy scanning the shops a second, a third and a fourth time, I was visibly disinterested. I had a game plan to <a href="http://cluebusters.blogspot.com/2009/06/uncle-chongs-1st-economy-hunt.html">'take off and leave the sector'</a> but could not convince my team mates to adhere to this plan. And I can fully appreciate their stand. There is just so much that the camera can cover. Also the importance of solving these two questions was clear - these are the type of questions that would likely break the impending logjam at the top of the leaderboard. Still, I find it not prudent to stick around and prefer to do the grinding work in the car. There is just so much that the human brain can handle, and to work on 3 unknowns in the clue while scanning the signages in a moving vehicle is just too much for my little brain.<br />
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We arrived at the end point with an hour to spare and Q17 yet to break (Q3 was already history - mid point control). A quick check with the COCs confirmed that none of the other regulars had handed in their answers. The thought of risking it all once again materialized in my head. We did it <a href="http://cluebusters.blogspot.com/2009/09/sfx-hunt-taking-risks.html">once before</a> and narrowly missed out on success. But I was very confident that it would pay off this time and convince my team mates I did. <br />
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And we WOULD have pulled it off had the COCs not decide to nit-pick on our answers! Sigh!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><br />
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<strong>Hospice Klang Treasure Hunt</strong> <br />
Maximum Score: 115<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1st: Venkateswaran Nagappan, Chin Kar Peng, Jayaram Menon, Kumaran Nagappa (109) </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">2nd: Sin Yoong Leong, Claire Chin, Goh Teck Koon, Julie Tan (109) </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">3rd: Chai Kok Khai, Chong Voon Kiat, Margaret Sha, Shandra Dass (106) </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">4th: Liew Kok Seng, Lim Kong Yew, Teoh Cheow Teong, Sam Rahman (106) </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">5th: Lim Soo Khian, Adrian Wong, Michael Pang, Toh Weng Ngai (103) </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">6th: Peh Kok Hun, Tommy Ng, Loh Chee Kwan, Lim Say Chye (98) </div>7th: Lee Ling Fei, Ruben Enbasegaram, Lenny Wan, Yeong Kig Siew (97) <br />
8th: Christopher Foo, Tham Li Vyen, Toh Lee Khim, Lim Kee Wai (95) <br />
9th: Teh Hann Song, Catherine Ng, Alan Fung, Lim Kien Khong (94)<br />
10th: Alexander Hoh, Andre Teh, Muhammad Razif, Dharmataksiah Abai (88)2 Romans 1 Impostorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620986324451691215noreply@blogger.com85tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873728714349694734.post-8589731025526233742011-04-27T23:47:00.011+08:002011-04-29T12:47:41.365+08:00OFMA TREASURE HUNT - SHOVEL AWAY!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCnBn0_CTrpKbq2f0ldphFr99cPRNtPD_r8vqUwS5vBx_y5zPn-WWEhPysIFBi0HJ3Oic1QB2GW2T8BtCFyNdk5TW0rXKreBw2vN1bTh9ZiR6mcotwFu2qRGv2Kvfgr8YvF9bzhQMkUb5d/s1600/OFMA+Hunt+Logo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="151px" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCnBn0_CTrpKbq2f0ldphFr99cPRNtPD_r8vqUwS5vBx_y5zPn-WWEhPysIFBi0HJ3Oic1QB2GW2T8BtCFyNdk5TW0rXKreBw2vN1bTh9ZiR6mcotwFu2qRGv2Kvfgr8YvF9bzhQMkUb5d/s200/OFMA+Hunt+Logo.JPG" width="200px" /></a><strong>PENANG, 3 April 2011:</strong> Some of us had been waiting with bated breath for the OFMA Treasure Hunt, the second hunt of a doubleheader weekend. Yeah, it HAS been that long since Chian Min last clerked a public hunt! What I remember though was that I had enjoyed his past hunts, so much so that he has remained in the top two of my all-time favourite COC list.<br />
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I'll never forget that soccer-loving boy from the <em>Leader Hunt</em> who gave my team a run-around and deservingly got my <em>stamp</em> of approval. Not to mention that treasure from the same hunt which was <em>POLES</em> more original than anything I had ever encountered during that time. And though his <em>two panadols</em> from the <em>MRCS VAD20 Hunt</em> had given me a migraine, I still enjoyed the torture.<br />
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Today's hunt (I suspect) was specially designed with hunt novices in mind, quite expected really, since the bulk of participants consisted of members of OFMA. So barring a handful, I felt that majority of the 30 route questions were quite reachable for most. It has never been Chian Min's style anyway to weave layers upon layers of deception, preferring instead to use conventional trickery and creativity to outwit the seasoned hunters. <br />
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Though more relaxing than most hunts by today's standards, nimble treading was still a requisite to avoid the meticulously planned pitfalls. I counted four maybe five red herrings waiting to be reeled-in. And teams that were careful enough to side-step these hazards then had to face a bigger obstacle in the form of a chopstick-ping pong relay challenge.<br />
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But the biggest challenge of the day came unexpectedly from the treasures. Lately I have noticed a not-so-appealing trend in Penang hunts where hunters are expected to grope in the dark (perhaps more accurately: while holding a short stump of candle) in search of obscure brands of treasure items that may not be available within the sectors covered by the tulips; and this trend continued through today's hunt albeit atypical of Chian Min. It can be a frustratingly difficult task given the limited time allocated to the hunters, especially when the bulk of the five and a bit hours today was meant for attempting the route questions.<br />
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A good analogy would be like asking hunters to search for a specific tiny object (the treasure) buried deep in the sand (the unknown depth representing the unknown shops where the treasures can be found) and buried with other similar tiny objects (the different brands), in an area of the beach cordoned off by markers (sectors within the tulips), using only small shovels (the hunting vehicle). Demanding enough? How about if you were told that you only have 45 minutes to shovel!<br />
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45 minutes was exactly how much time we had left at the end of the hunt to look for four of the five treasures. Our team, wisely or unwisely, decided to gamble by deferring the search of the treasures to the end. It is never a good idea to leave the treasures till late. However, we opted to do so because of a more pressing need to make it to the mid-point control within the stipulated time.<br />
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Looking at the two treasures below you will soon realize that we weren't exactly in pitch darkness as the COC wasn't exactly heartless. He had casted enough clues to lead the hunters to the two stationery items, staples and paper.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">T1. </span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Deliver a treasure maybe handy for PFS students and teachers,</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Especially for you to hold together documents and papers,</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Likely to be known as bullets, but it won't kill; have no fear,</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">I want a box, with brand shown by first letter of each line here.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Ans: <u>A box of Deli Staples</u>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">T5.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">For the support from PFS school, we want to say thank you,</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">And donate this treasure as part of our worthy tribute,</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Get me a ream of papers; for the brand, listen to this one clue,</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">If you remove the 2nd letter, the remains still sound like one clue.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Ans: <u>A ream of 1K Blue paper</u>.</span><br />
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The challenge was simply to figure out the required brands and find them. However, he was not the least interested in the common brands, no siree! T1's brand was clear eventhough it was obscure. For T5, as deep as you might shovel, still it is unlikely that you will discover the right brand - it is one of those treasures that one needs to have in hand in order to decipher correctly, and the brand being not so common in the market did not help the hunter's cause. So essentially hunters had to to decipher the required brand simply "in the dark". <br />
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In the end it did not rattle me to find out that only 4 teams had successfully found T1 in the smaller shops while none of the teams was successful in finding T5.<br />
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Of course, my opinion would differ if we were given at least 24 hours in advance to search for the treasures like in <a href="http://cluebusters.blogspot.com/2008/09/atmah-2008-archaic-treasure-made.html">this hunt</a>.<br />
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<strong>OFMA TREASURE HUNT</strong> <br />
Max Score - 100 <br />
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1st - Chin Kar Peng, Lee Kok Shin, Jayaram Menon, Ho Seng Hooi (84) <br />
2nd - Lee Ling Fei, Chong Voon Kiat, Lim Ming Yang, Loo Wern Ching (82) <br />
3rd - Teng Wei Chiat, Sin Yoong Leong, Yeoh Ban Lye, Cecilia Yew (80) <br />
4th - Edward Yeap, Stephen Chin, Eugene Cheong, Subashini (79) <br />
5th - Cheok Wye Leong, Chin Pin Hong, Elaine Cheong, Emmalyn Tan (78) <br />
6th - Mohd Asri Ali, Kheirul Nazib Mahmud, Haslinda Shamsuddin, Hagi Suhaimi (77) <br />
7th - Alexander Hoh, Claire Chin, Goh Teck Koon, Julie Tan (77) <br />
8th - Peh Kok Hun, Tommy Ng, Loh Chee Kwan, Margaret Sha (74) <br />
9th - Hisham Rusli, Shamsul Johari, Norashikin Ab. Aziz, Rhyrita Sukiman (73) <br />
10th - Aini Fazlin bt Md. Pazil, Azhanawati Abdul Wahab, Wan Kamal Azlan, Mohd Farid Hashim (73)2 Romans 1 Impostorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620986324451691215noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873728714349694734.post-62370244512036184242011-04-04T23:39:00.004+08:002011-04-05T22:25:14.263+08:00CSI TREASURE HUNT - SEARCHING FOR THE PERFECT SWING<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiNywJXkbIfH8u89A3wQusQaViDO7htL20B99R8uR5p-UwggJ8X_oNRNJWK1mL0lLGnkT2FTN-VtCf_-Pk5sgLksoAU2iOGVX0YKy96csIrT8ljFKXG3nX7tgeWVIjamDAYe42eBekVA3C/s1600/CSI+Logo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="153" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiNywJXkbIfH8u89A3wQusQaViDO7htL20B99R8uR5p-UwggJ8X_oNRNJWK1mL0lLGnkT2FTN-VtCf_-Pk5sgLksoAU2iOGVX0YKy96csIrT8ljFKXG3nX7tgeWVIjamDAYe42eBekVA3C/s200/CSI+Logo.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><strong>SUBANG JAYA, 26 Mar 2011:</strong> If you've gone to sleep for the last year and a half and have only just woke up, you'll soon realise that we have lost our consistency to compete for podium positions week after week. There are perfectly valid explanations why we've lost our place in the treasure hunt pecking order.<br />
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Our performance took a sharp dip after losing a dear member of our team to illness. His absence is greatly felt to this day, more so during the CSI Treasure Hunt. This was one of those hunts that required an extensive amount of <em>Googling</em>, an activity that Vincent thrived. Three quarter of the riddles from today's hunt had a cookie-cutter resemblance to Q6. Seek out the knowledge part of the riddle, <em>google</em> it then figure out its relation to the cryptic part and <em>voila</em>!<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Q6: Ms Hill investigated with this to expose one of the bad boys.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Ans: <u>ITW</u>.</span><br />
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Now that Margaret has taken over the chief <em>Googling</em> role, on occasion I can see that she is struggling to juggle her time between journeying around cyber space and preparing ahead for the upcoming questions, which truly is her forte and an edge that we have benefited from so often in the past.<br />
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And clearly we have also lost our ability to adapt, another edge that we used to relish. Riddles like Q10 we never used to have problems accepting the actor over his character in the plot.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Q10: Only he can positively identify the Jackal.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Ans: <u>Gere International</u>.</span><br />
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These days though, we spend more time in the car arguing over the flaw and 'helping' the CoC conjure the perfect riddle that we forget that CoC themselves are mere mortals. It is not uncommon to find major flaws like Q4 in hunts, especially amongst the newer CoCs. Perhaps they were letting their creativity run wild or perhaps they have had bad role models. Whatever the reason, we used to have the uncanny ability to sniff out the flaws in the riddle and accept less than perfect answers without hesitation, a trait I used to be so proud of in the past.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Q4: A John Cena crime thriller, to complete series of tasks to save his love.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Ans: <u>12-A or 21-A</u>.</span><br />
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Even the best of hunters would have struggled with Q4. The name of the crime movie in question is 12 Rounds. It is not 12-A. Neither is it 21-A. It is erroneous to 'play' on the name of the movie when clearly it is the name of the movie that was sought. John too would have been upset to learn that he was associated to 'movies' he had not played a role in.<br />
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And time and time again we have the uncanny misfortune of being victims of major blunders by the CoCs. On this occassion the blunder was in one of two challenges which teams had to complete on the day. The solution of the logic puzzle to figure out the position of a group of suspects in a police line-up based upon six clues provided should have been rather straightforward ...... had the all important clue of "from which view point" been included - a critical clue which obviously would influence the final solution!<br />
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Coincidentally in the golfing world, Tiger too has been struggling over the last year and a half. Being a fan of Tiger's, I most certainly would like to see him back at his best. I can only hope that neither of us will take too long to rediscover our <em>'perfect swing' </em>and once again compete for honours in our respective sports!<br />
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<strong>CSI Treasure Hunt</strong> <br />
Maximum Score: 120<br />
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1st: Sin Yoong Leong, Claire Chin, Goh Teck Koon, Julie Tan (118)<br />
2nd: Alexander Hoh, Andre Teh, Rosemawarni Abd Rahman, Mohd Shahrin (118)<br />
3rd: Ramesh Rajaratnam, Liew Kok Seng, Lim Kong Yew, Teoh Cheow Teong (118)<br />
4th: Lim Ming Yang, Loo Wern Ching, Dao Sheng, Aik Chung (114)<br />
5th: Peh Kok Hun, Loh Chee Kwan, Tommy Ng, Lim Say Chye (109)<br />
6th: Anwar Jeffri, Tan Kok Cheeng, Chan Kah Seng, Wong Poh Wen (105)<br />
7th: Hunter Qarun (102)<br />
8th: Shandra Dass, Kumaran Nagappa, Nova, Michael Pang (102)<br />
9th: Venkateswaran Nagappan, Buvanes Tharmalingam, Eeswaran Kanesalingam and team (101)<br />
10th: Mohd Asri, Mazri Muda, Fazalena, Shazwani (101)2 Romans 1 Impostorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620986324451691215noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873728714349694734.post-87477580737624940192011-03-06T10:34:00.003+08:002011-03-06T11:43:32.176+08:00KK CITY HUNT 2011 - BLIND DATE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJITTTbr4j05GNjf_Gb3CcMLhbb4pV029WWSj02GZk1V8akf_o5T5FTX9CnufdYDdWpymJiyXGSl068nBa103mHHDw4XcY7tuPgJSGD1zWk-KIZvHwS2rvoePyzJY54iaLfN4J_SizFY06/s1600/Blind+Date.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="168" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJITTTbr4j05GNjf_Gb3CcMLhbb4pV029WWSj02GZk1V8akf_o5T5FTX9CnufdYDdWpymJiyXGSl068nBa103mHHDw4XcY7tuPgJSGD1zWk-KIZvHwS2rvoePyzJY54iaLfN4J_SizFY06/s200/Blind+Date.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><strong>KOTA KINABALU, 27 Feb 2011: </strong>A mutual friend had introduced me to Cassie who lived in a different state. We exchanged text messages for a couple of weeks before I boarded a plane and flew across the South China Sea to meet her. My plane arrived shortly after noon, after a short transit in Labuan where I picked up a bottle of liquor. She is supposed to pick me up from my hotel in two hours time. Gosh! Do I even have time to shower? Oh no! I left my favourite bottle of eau de parfume at home! My hair is unkempt. What shall I wear? The butterflies were having a field day in my torso. You bet I was nervous! And while waiting for her at the hotel lobby, it suddenly dawned upon me that we had never exchanged photographs. How would I be able to recognise this complete stranger, or she recognise me? What would we say to each other? After a short wait, a bright green car strolled up the driveway. I knew it had to be Cassie. With sweaty palms, I opened the car door and there she was looking resplendent. I felt immediately out of my league in my t-shirt and jeans. However, when she greeted me with a warm smile I immediately felt at ease ............................. <em>cut!</em><br />
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<em>Ha ha ha!</em> No, we weren't really on a blind date though technically our <em>rendezvous</em> would also qualify as one. I have not met Cassie and Tina prior, and our date was for the 10th KK City Tourism Treasure Hunt. Once again, I made a somewhat late decision to take part. And this time I decided to invite Jay to come along, a decision which proved wise in the end as he ended up being our trump card. We were rather fortunate that the ladies were also searching for team mates and were willing to take us in.<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The ladies had only hunted twice prior but boy was I impressed. Tina easily outperformed all the <em>Garmins</em> and <em>Mapkings</em> put together while Cassie, I have no doubt, will give Vettel a run for his money if she ever decides to change profession. </div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The rather eventful hunt included a passport challenge (collect stamps from 8 landmarks around KK), a walk hunt at 3 locations (Taman Perdana, Jesselton Point and Api-api Centre), a drive hunt and 4 other challenges. For a hunt with a green theme, I felt the logistics could be improved upon as each of us ended up burning a whole lot of fuel going back-and-forth the same locations multiple times.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">As a team we were naturally cohesive which belied the fact that we were hunting together for the very first time. Everyone seemed to know their role well in the team. Cassie and Tina handled the driving and navigation faultlessly. The ladies also ran off to do the <em>Clean & Green Challenge</em> (a tree planting and beach clean-up exercise) while Jay and I were left behind in the city for the walk hunt. Tina single handedly fninished the <em>Create Your Creature Challenge</em> while Jay stepped up for the Nostalgia games (<em>Hit the Deck</em> and <em>Ancient Catapult</em>). Of all the challenges, it was obvious that the latter two would decide the top 3 winners and fortunately we had a winner in Jay who happened to excel in these games during his boyhood. While Cassie and I fumbled embarrasingly with the tools (having grown up in an era of computer games and joysticks), Jay stepped up and confidently knocked down the pile of cards with the slipper, and the tin cans with the rubber-band/paper bullets combination.</div><br />
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As usual the walk and drive hunt ended up being a side-show to the challenges. Though this time the riddles were a tad more challenging than in the past. There were three (all bolded) that troubled most teams, and we were fortunate to solve one of the three. This was one which we did not solve:<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Q: Hoarse?</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Ans: <u>Mountain</u></span><br />
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This was a double jeopardy riddle during the walk hunt at Taman Perdana whose signage was very well hidden - literally right under our feet. The other riddle that we dropped was at the tail end of the hunt which we did not have the luxury to ponder more than a few minutes due to time pressure. One other thing that had troubled us the entire hunt was this treasure riddle:<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">T2: </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Minuman in kaya dengan vitamin C,</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Sedia diminum dan akan buat kamu berani,</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Pek yang akan diterima hanya satu sahaja,</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Hanya yang ada kaitan dengan penaja komunikasi kita.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Ans: <u>A pack of Ribena Mobile</u></span><br />
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Our team was about 10 to 15 minutes away from throwing in the towel for this treasure, having failed to find any connection with the <i>penaja komunikasi kita</i> for a large part of the hunt! It all fell into place only when Cassie was racing to the finish line - the good wind must have blown our direction.<br />
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Having enjoyed each others company, we have made plans to date each other again in 2012 and the next time I'll remember to bring along the flowers!<br />
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KK City Tourism Treasure Hunt<br />
Maximum Score: 130 <br />
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1st: Salehuddin Yusof, Azeman Saran, Fazliana Ibrahim, Adrian Julian (122)<br />
2nd: Norashikin Abdul Aziz, Rhyrita Sukiman, Salleh Tating, Zizi Irlanty (116)<br />
3rd: Cassie Forsythe, Tina Goh, Jayaram Menon, Chong Voon Kiat (116)<br />
4th: Chai Koh Khai, Sin Yoong Leong, Margaret Sha, Claire Chin (116)<br />
5th: Danny Ng, Noriza Esa, Nurzatul Hayanie, Masnudiah Abdullah (114)<br />
6th: Afshur, Mohd Asri Ali, Khairul Nazib, Hagi Suhaimi (114)<br />
7th: Cornelius Koh, Vivian Cham, Dennis Koh, Harry Koh (111)<br />
8th: Poljiah Ag Besar, Evawati Hudong, Dayang Ismahanie, Rosnah Nenasi (111)<br />
9th: Johan Salul, Dr Ben Lau, Dr William Gotulis, Mohamad Syukri (110)<br />
10th: Peh Kok Hun, Loh Chee Kwan, Tommy Ng, Yeong Kig Siew (109)2 Romans 1 Impostorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620986324451691215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873728714349694734.post-37899206058969723182011-03-01T23:48:00.005+08:002011-03-02T00:14:34.214+08:00KK CITY HUNT 2010 - MAKAN ANGIN<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Better late than never .............</em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5TjcAJ6vY_m2R14eFW4Vu8wjtTVVm5lREEyx0gzI-ftxvatbZuyLCpwXa94bryuT7Is3tjA3l-TWQcGdrRU4PrgAu0CNOzY45AIbZpIU-hOx2NX16iO7FAD7qRl6rvXy-sxKAd3PuD7hP/s1600/DSC03374.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5TjcAJ6vY_m2R14eFW4Vu8wjtTVVm5lREEyx0gzI-ftxvatbZuyLCpwXa94bryuT7Is3tjA3l-TWQcGdrRU4PrgAu0CNOzY45AIbZpIU-hOx2NX16iO7FAD7qRl6rvXy-sxKAd3PuD7hP/s200/DSC03374.JPG" width="200" /></a><strong>KOTA KINABALU, 28 Feb 2010:</strong> I love to hunt and at the same time I love to make new friends. So hunting alongside people I have never met would not be <em>a fish out of the</em> <em>water experience</em> for me. I made a somewhat late decision to take part in the KK City Tourism Hunt and have a few friends from Sabah to thank for pairing me with team <em>Makan Angin</em>.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">When the hunt was first announced in January I wasn't ecstatic about travelling out of state. Work was the primary reason. A dragging customer crisis had needed my attention. The rather unfriendly air fares at that time further strengthened my decision. When the crisis started to cool off come February the itch returned. And if by amazing coincidence, MAS started to introduce extra flights to KK/Taipei to cater for the increased demand during the CNY period and with it came cheaper fares. By that time, my regular team had already submitted their entry. So I casually spread the word to these friends that a<em> leg</em> was available if anyone was interested and the rest as they say was history.</div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Upon my arrival at KKIA, we did have a minor situation - my fault really, nothing a Bunga Raya pinned on the T-shirt would not have fixed. Leaving the airport parking lot, we hit it off immediately. Allister and I were chatting like old pals who were catching up on lost time, discussing everything from family and work to hunts and hunters. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjVSL-2SCHRLPgJF-aWHFN1JzRoa1dnYS6arP3sWBVPi2_OmpXzJ7cYvxv5Mkv1D4b8pVEZBlHJNX186UHIRt0PNqBwsKm2p1AckYaZJEhJubjRr6d9siA6G_CPFoUhbsTVxU2ZXTXxma/s1600/DSC03375.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjVSL-2SCHRLPgJF-aWHFN1JzRoa1dnYS6arP3sWBVPi2_OmpXzJ7cYvxv5Mkv1D4b8pVEZBlHJNX186UHIRt0PNqBwsKm2p1AckYaZJEhJubjRr6d9siA6G_CPFoUhbsTVxU2ZXTXxma/s400/DSC03375.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Team Makan Angin (Allister Kong, Benjamin Liew, Jeremy Pinso) and me</em></div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
I had a good time hunting with the <em>Makan Angin</em> trio of Jeremy, Allister and Benjamin. Although hunting together for the first time, we were able to gel well as a team. We had very good team camaraderie and employed the right strategies throughout the hunt - being the 2nd team to arrive at the finish station with an hour and 30 minutes to spare was testament to that. I also enjoyed the laughter and the friendly banter we shared in the car. We were very close to upsetting the formbook, and almost pulled it off if not for a cruel misfortune. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The format of the hunt remained largely unchanged from previous years. Teams had to complete a passport challenge (collect stamps from 7 landmarks in KK), a walk & hunt at 2 locations (Gaya Street and Waterfront), a drive hunt and 4 games in order to score points. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Similar to the past KK City hunts the hunt questions weren't overly challenging, save for Q10. But because of the teeny size of the signboard and a slight inaccuracy in the riddle, I didn't really think it was meant to be solved anyway. We ended up dropping just this one question.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Q10: Neighbours indeed. Just like how some refer to the first lady.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ans: <u>Student</u>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Though we didn't do exceptionally well in the 4 games, I felt we did decent enough to have a shout for the top 3 positions. </div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Next up was a chopstick challenge in DBKK to pick up as many soy beans as possible from a bowl containing both soy beans and red beans within 60 seconds. Allister stepped up for this challenge and picked up a respectable 13 beans. Again we were in the dark as to how many points this effort was worth. Enquiries to the marshall were responded with "it (the effort) was a fair number". And once again I could not quite understand the CoC's refusal to explain how points were scored for this event.<br />
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The 2 games at the Monsopiad Cultural Village were more challenging. On this occassion the scoring format was made known. We were required to split up for the 2 challenges. Benjamin and Jeremy attempted the <em>Blowpipe Challenge,</em> while Allister and myself signed up for the <em>Nutshell Challenge</em>. The Nutshell Challenge is essentially a relay race on coconuts for 2 with team members standing on opposite sides of the pitch. Allister and myself stumbled during the changeover which cost us two precious points. Benjamin and Jeremy took turns with the Blowpipe and narrowly missed out on scoring any points here.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">I didn't stay for the prize presentation since I had to catch a supposedly early flight home which ended up being delayed. Jeremy was kind enough to rush me to the airport and along the way we received a call exclaiming that we had finished third. Wonderful, except that our final points did not quite add up. After checking with the CoC much later we found out that we had lost points in the <em>Wau Challenge</em>. We were not given any points for succesfully flying the kite and lost points for creativity despite earning one of two novelty prizes for best kite design which can only mean one thing, that the marshall for this event had been sloppy, likely recording our scores against the wrong team number. A cruel misfortune indeed!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">1st: Chai Koh Khai, Margaret Sha, Sin Yoong Leong, Claire Chin (109)</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">2nd: Tan Cher Kian, Teo Chen Lung, Leslie Yew, Frederick Samson (106)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">3rd: Jeremy Pinso, Allister Kong, Benjamin Liew, Chong Voon Kiat (105)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">4th: Ellen Yee, Dr Liaw Yun Haw, Shirley Lim, Mary Lokupi (105)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">5th: Sallehuddin Yusof, Kheirul Nazib, Johan Salul, Dr Ben Lau (103)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">6th: Bernard Liew, Alvin Wong, Christine Netto, Audrey Chin (102)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">7th: Cornelius Koh, Vivian Cham, Dennis Koh, Edward Baki (101)</div>8th: Claire Andrew, Grace Chin, Christie Kong, Saidah Sahid<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Time was on my side during the preparation for <em>Hunting for Meals on Wheels</em>, the 3rd edition of the <a href="http://cluebusters.blogspot.com/2010/01/hunting-for-food-2-perfect-time.html">Hunting for Food series</a>. The decision to postpone the hunt (originally scheduled for the first weekend of January) was a blessing in disguise. Though most of the work had been done, I wasn't terribly satisfied with the end result. The additional time gave me opportunity to further tweak some of the riddles and to replace others with new inspirations.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">These were three examples of five riddles I decided to bold because I felt that <em>the themes</em> employed would enhance the deception making it more difficult than it really is (and to encourage teams to attempt these riddles I decided to make the score from bold questions the first tie-break too). But my favourite from the lot has to be this very innocent looking riddle which was a non-bold:</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Teams were given 4.5 hours for 30 riddles, 4 treasures and 5 food hunt challenges. Given that the distance to traverse was a mere 15 km, I initially felt that the 10 minutes per riddle allocation was rather generous, yet I decided to stick with this regulation hunting time to allow teams the opportunity to savour every single question. And I believe that I had achieved this objective seeing that the last 2 questions were perfectly answered by all 5 teams.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">And to wrap up, I hope that the lot of you who turned up in support enjoyed the hunt as much as I enjoyed setting the hunt, not to forget the Good Company, the Good Food and the Good Wine too, all ingredients of a Perfect Time!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">I heard this series will be going to Ipoh next. Catch you there, folks!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<strong>Hunting for Meals on Wheels</strong> <br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1st: Alexander Hoh, Teoh Cheow Teong, Lim Say Chye, Loh Chee Kwan (87)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">2nd: Venkateswaran Nagappan, Loo Wern Ching, Goh Teck Koon, Liong Chian Min (83)</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">3rd: Yeap Heng Boon, Jayaram Menon, Lim Soo Khian, Lim Ming Yang (76)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">4th: Chai Koh Khai, Shandra Dass, Lily Loh, Margaret Sha (73)<br />
5th: Ramesh Rajaratnam, Claire Chin, Lee Ling Fei, Tan Cheng Peng (72)</div>2 Romans 1 Impostorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620986324451691215noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873728714349694734.post-52755938714622218062011-01-24T22:54:00.047+08:002011-02-11T00:57:15.742+08:00HUNTING FOR MEALS ON WHEELS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYeMH4iPbUIAzGNKgqaPJboHcU6YtadptYSuJoOvBqh0GFNFEwExfb0bIFGRb15fOltQAd5Gx6I3ZLvhHwRh6Ls5jbOqrga2mMJlml9bjILcLCboWubpjWrxH649ZssMlnb41U5RNZR7Ot/s1600/Hunting+for+Meals+on+Wheels+Poster.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYeMH4iPbUIAzGNKgqaPJboHcU6YtadptYSuJoOvBqh0GFNFEwExfb0bIFGRb15fOltQAd5Gx6I3ZLvhHwRh6Ls5jbOqrga2mMJlml9bjILcLCboWubpjWrxH649ZssMlnb41U5RNZR7Ot/s400/Hunting+for+Meals+on+Wheels+Poster.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><u>Event in a Nutshell</u></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>1. Date</strong> ..................................... Saturday, 12 Feb 2011.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>2. Final Briefing</strong> ...................... 1:30pm gather in front of McDonalds Kelana Jaya SS6/2.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>3. Start</strong> ..................................... Mass Flag-off at 2:00pm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>4. Regulation Hunting Time</strong> ... 4 hours 30 minutes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>5. Distance</strong> .............................. < 15 km.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>6. Finish</strong> ................................... 6:30pm in front of <a href="http://www.myelephant.com.my/">Restoran My Elephant</a> Section 17/13.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>7. Penalty</strong> ................................. Disqualification from 6:31pm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>8. Questions & Points</strong> ..... 30 Route Questions x 3 pts, 4 Treasures x 5 pts, 5 Challenges x 3 pts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>9. Tie Breakers</strong> ....................... 1. No of Bold Questions Correctly Answered 2. Sequence of arrival (Finish).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>10. Extra Question papers</strong> ...... Each team is given 4 sets.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>11. Parking</strong> ............................... Free parking for non-designated drivers in open car park in front of McDonalds. Please collect parking ticket upon entry and pass to clerk of course for stamping.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>12. Others</strong> ................................ Light & Easy cryptic fare. No new tricks. The Finish Control will open from 5:30pm. Any team that finishes well ahead (definite possibility) is advised to go for tea and return after 5:30pm!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. Total number of teams ............. 5.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. No of persons in a team .......... 4 (Decided on 4 to-a-team because of awkward number of guests).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. Configuration of team .............. TBD at 1:30pm using a formula to ensure balanced strength.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4. List of Guests:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1) Alexander Hoh (Grand Slammer) *</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2) Chai Koh Khai (Grand Slammer) *</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3) Goh Teck Koon (Grand Slammer)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4) Jayaram Menon (Grand Slammer)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5) Lim Soo Khian (Grand Slammer)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">6) Liong Chian Min (Grand Slammer)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">7) Margaret Sha (Grand Slammer)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">8) Michael Pang (Grand Slammer) - dinner only</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">9) Dato Ramesh Rajaratnam (Grand Slammer) *</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">10) Claire Chin (Master)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">11) Lily Loh (Master)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">12) Lim Say Chye (Master)</div>13) Loh Chee Kwan (Master)<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">14) Shandra Dass (Master)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><s>14) Sin Yoong Leong (Master)</s></div>15) Tan Cheng Peng (Master)<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">16) Teoh Cheow Teong (Master)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">17) Venkateswaran (Master) *</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">18) Yeap Heng Boon (Master) *</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">19) Lee Ling Fei (Regular)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">20) Lim Ming Yang (Regular)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">21) Loo Wern Ching (Regular)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Note: * = Designated Drivers</div>2 Romans 1 Impostorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620986324451691215noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873728714349694734.post-8926687308254745172011-01-23T10:13:00.003+08:002011-01-23T23:52:23.129+08:00PUTRAJAYA HUNT - FEAR OF SMALL SIGNS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhK2hdQY28vIlWO8XkMw_lnzBQ5baepG5Z-KlSyoDsWiIebvtqx91JQwx7C_IK6B2-ymoF9sBCKHvh42Wu4eObH69DEcChycWbjZ6aJqQu8_AAx6DfKLvaXoWpD9IoRMdgz5nHN0H7T0S/s1600/putrajaya.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhK2hdQY28vIlWO8XkMw_lnzBQ5baepG5Z-KlSyoDsWiIebvtqx91JQwx7C_IK6B2-ymoF9sBCKHvh42Wu4eObH69DEcChycWbjZ6aJqQu8_AAx6DfKLvaXoWpD9IoRMdgz5nHN0H7T0S/s1600/putrajaya.JPG" /></a></div><strong>PUTRAJAYA, 14 Jan 2011:</strong> The Putrajaya Treasure Hunt, one of four designated <a href="http://cluebusters.blogspot.com/2008/08/what-if.html">Grand Slam events</a> in the Treasure Hunt calendar returned after a 3 year hiatus, but with a different clerk of course. This year's event was a joint effort between <a href="http://xcitehunts.com/">Kheirul Nazib</a> and Johan Salul. <br />
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I was glad that the duo decided to retain the <em>TAB Event</em> challenges for this year's edition, a signature of the previous CoC, which has become synonymous with the Putrajaya Treasure Hunt. The challenges makes it unique amongst its peers, just like how the British Open links golf course stands out with its uneven fairway, deep bunkers and lack of trees as compared to the American Slams. Somehow or rather the inclusion of the <em>TAB Events </em>challenges makes this event the most open and competitive amongst the four slams. And unlike the other slams where realistically because of their higher level of difficulty, the winner has always been decided amongst the Master teams, any team in the Putrajaya Treasure Hunt field with decent cryptic skills can upset the form book.<br />
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This year's event included 6 <em>TAB Events</em>, 30 walk hunt riddles around Putrajaya and 5 treasures, all to be completed within 6 hours. The challenges were decent and none involved any element of luck or chance, though one of the challenges required a very strong stomach. Fear was not a factor for our team and for many others (though maybe the 5 points had played a role). But did our team mate enjoy the grub? I guess the below picture would tell a thousand words.<br />
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Most of the riddles were well crafted and there were even a few bright sparks. Because of the smooth surface reading, we were literally walking in circles before we eventually found the answers to these ones, which goes to prove that you don't really need bombastic words or obscure signages to outwit the hunters.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Q3: Kalau digoreng, sisa pun boleh makan.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Ans: Nasi Sup.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Q5: Malaysian bank works hand-in-hand with this for wealth.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Ans: Aur Resources.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Q23: Pasukan polis khas Switzerland secara ringkas.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Ans: Swatch.</span><br />
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Talking about obscure signages, I felt that the CoCs selected just too many of these type of signs. Answers today could be found on baby strollers, alarms, glass doors and inside supermarkets. Coupled with a large area to cover and answers that were in no specific sequence, the hunt ended up being overly challenging to most.<br />
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Congratulations to the new <a href="http://cluebusters.blogspot.com/p/grand-slam-hall-of-fame.html">Hall of Famers</a>.<br />
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<strong>Putrajaya Treasure Hunt</strong> <br />
Maximum Score: 145 <br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1st: Mohamad Shariff, Anis Shahrein, Fuad Dahlan, Sharil Nizam (115) </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">2nd: Salehuddin Yusof, Fazliana Ibrahim, Azeman Saarin, Wan Tajuddin (113) </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">3rd: Nurzatul Hayanie, Mohd Redzuan, Masnudiah Abdullah, Shamsul Zahuri (113) </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">4th: Hisham Rusli, Rhyrita Sukiman, Norashikin Abdul Aziz, Serina Ismail (111) </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">5th: Chai Koh Khai, Sin Yoong Leong, Margaret Sha, Chong Voon Kiat (111) </div>6th: Lim Kim Meng, Teh Boon Kai, Sam Rahman and team (111) <br />
7th: Peh Kok Hun, Loh Chee Kwan, Tommy Ng, Lim Say Chye (108) <br />
8th: Mohd Shahrin, Teh Thean Yew, Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman, Rosemawarni Abdul Rahman (108) <br />
9th: Alexander Hoh, Claire Chin, Julie Tan, Goh Teck Koon (106) <br />
10th: Sim Jun Yi, Hazem Eslah, Wan Safarina, Noor Azuween (106)2 Romans 1 Impostorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620986324451691215noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873728714349694734.post-41221052868430596542011-01-15T01:33:00.004+08:002011-01-15T01:40:06.242+08:00RESTORAN LYJ - BASIN FOOD<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsBOzq27RKNwx56mo5ow8Lybmjs44mHA0DqjJ2sfBOn3sGb7Zn8VEuRV-Ktb0T5RgdW6U-J2dLAgBpK9hNnzZeb5Eg_JwjbQf6ZgY5JWVwWbulGU3zPa8XnOMqUEdVPaEwTpxzvynM2m8-/s1600/DSC04621.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsBOzq27RKNwx56mo5ow8Lybmjs44mHA0DqjJ2sfBOn3sGb7Zn8VEuRV-Ktb0T5RgdW6U-J2dLAgBpK9hNnzZeb5Eg_JwjbQf6ZgY5JWVwWbulGU3zPa8XnOMqUEdVPaEwTpxzvynM2m8-/s200/DSC04621.JPG" width="200" /></a></div>Have any of you ever heard of <em>Poon Choi</em> (盆菜), let alone feasted on this Hakka dish? Well I haven't, until recently when I was searching the web for something uniquely different to try to welcome the New Year.<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I'm not too certain of its origins but I'd care to wager that this kingly feast has something to do with some remote villagers' local offerings to an Emperor or General who stopped by during his quest to conquer the land. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>Poon Choi</em> which translates literally to "basin food" is a basically a large casserole neatly assembled with a dozen or more different dishes. Each dish is prepared separately and then laid out in the basin in two tiers, the more expensive the dish the higher they are placed in the basin. The casserole is then heated up for a short while before open season is declared and everyone digs in.</div><br />
At Restoran LYJ, they offer two versions of <em>Poon Choi</em> - the regular version for RM258 and the premium version for RM500. Like any other regular Chinese restaurant, Restoran LYJ is equipped to whip up a host of other dishes, although there is no need really to order anything else if you order the <em>Poon Choi</em>, which is sufficient to feed between 10 to 12 adults.<br />
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For the regular version, I counted at least a fifteen different dishes / ingredients. The top tier contains an impressive line-up of steamed farm chicken (菜园肥鸡), crispy roasted duck (脆皮烧鸭), salt & pepper shrimp (椒盐大虾), home-style brewed senangin (家乡酿马友鱼), boiled brocolli and cauliflower.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The bottom tier is no slouch either, represented by stewed pork (卤花肉), oyster (蚝士), fish maw (鱼漂), abalone (珍珠鲍具), braised pork knuckle (猪脚), chicken leg (鸡脚), black mushrooms (冬菇) bailing mushrooms (白灵菇) and chestnut (栗子).</div><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">For the premium version, on top of the dishes served in the regular version, shark's fin (桂花翅), scallops (粒澳洲带子), abalone (澳洲车轮鲍鱼), brewed oyster (酿蚝士) and pork ribs (南乳排骨) are added to the extravagant feast.</div><br />
Too much meat? Worry not! Both versions of <em>Poon Choi</em> come with a serving of seasonal vegetables (时菜) fried with garlic and a plate of fruits.<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">Address: </span><span style="color: #999999;">Pt 11-12 & Pt 16-17, Jalan Perkhidmatan, Sg Buloh New Village, 47000 Sg Buloh, Selangor.</span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">GPS Locataion:</span><span style="color: #999999;"> 3.196949, 101.569118</span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">Contact number: </span><span style="color: #999999;">03-6140 2678</span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">Reservation: </span><span style="color: #999999;">Recommended (Required if you intend to order Poon Choi)</span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">Opening hours: </span><span style="color: #999999;">Lunch (12.00 - 2.30pm); Dinner (6.00 - 10.00pm); Closed on Mondays</span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">Cuisine: </span><span style="color: #999999;">Chinese (Non Halal)</span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">Must order: </span><span style="color: #999999;">Poon Choi (盆菜)</span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">Must not order:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">N/A</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Budget for 10 pax: </span><span style="color: #999999;">RM288</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">My verdict: </span><span style="color: #999999;">3 stars</span></span></span></span></div>2 Romans 1 Impostorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620986324451691215noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873728714349694734.post-62035333857264696322011-01-10T01:51:00.001+08:002011-01-10T01:52:41.952+08:00DIGITAL MALL SHOP & HUNT - SEASON OPENER<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl2s8rps7LEOO57IB0knQ_w8_eAxDFQLt_VYT9-W0i7C3Hr57ISH0mqwo0Zg2YHEfjvVKn9rKDGtKG6PudisFzk2jpftFbdkqO6tjGgBDR014scLo9f_76jDR1ij5xqNJ9l3YVv-qCHKHP/s1600/2011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="125" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl2s8rps7LEOO57IB0knQ_w8_eAxDFQLt_VYT9-W0i7C3Hr57ISH0mqwo0Zg2YHEfjvVKn9rKDGtKG6PudisFzk2jpftFbdkqO6tjGgBDR014scLo9f_76jDR1ij5xqNJ9l3YVv-qCHKHP/s200/2011.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><strong>PETALING JAYA, 8 Jan 2011:</strong> So how did you spend your New Year? Now that we are into the second week of 2011, the fireworks would have already fizzled out and the parties and hangovers long gone. <br />
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I spent the New Year break catching up with family members. Also did a bit of hunting, for gems of a different kind - for good food and new places to eat in the Valley. The other thing I had wanted to do was to send out invitations for the 3rd edition of the <a href="http://cluebusters.blogspot.com/2009/05/hunting-for-food.html">Hunting for Food</a> series. The route had been marked the previous weekend, the dinner venue short-listed, the wine bottle ready and the bulk of riddles crafted. However, my plan to usher in the New Year with a bunch of food-loving hunters got derailed because of this:<br />
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Was hanging out in the mall on New Year's eve when I strolled past a Maxis Outlet. There was no crowd, just a handful of people paying their bills. Because of an overwhelming demand for the <em>iPhone 4</em> in the Klang Valley, I hadn't expected this outlet to carry any stock. With no intention of replacing my <em>HTC</em>, I decided to ask anyway. You guessed it, they had it in stock. My curiosity (of its fame) got the better of me! So I ended up spending the bulk of the break playing with this gadget and in the process picked up new vocabulary like <em>iTunes</em> and <em>FaceTime</em>.<br />
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So in the end, the 2011 hunting season opened with the Digital Mall Shop & Hunt, a walk hunt within the four floors and around the Digital Mall premise. Not many teams had signed up, likely because they were put off by the poor prize list put together by the organizers which included spa vouchers and outdated speakers. Teams of two were given two hours (revised to two and a half hours after some pleading) to attempt 30 cryptic riddles, 6 picture clues and 2 treasures. It was one tough hunt put together by the duo of Garyguna and Chong Foo Seong. <br />
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A few things regarding the overall organization of this hunt surprised me somewhat. Firstly I am flabbergasted on the reason the CoCs decided to take the 'fun element' away from treasure hunting, by crafting the riddles "five to six times tougher" than a regular hunt, by their own admission. This is a public hunt mind you, not a closed hunt for fraternity members, and with no major prize at stake. The overall design of this hunt was also rather ludicrous if you ask me. I felt it was impractical for the CoCs to give a mere two hours and expect a two-person team to accomplish all tasks given, what more with the tasks being of a higher level of difficulty - even the picture clues were brutal and the uncommon brands seeked for the treasures raised the notch a level further. As expected in the end the scores were low and one team even scored nothing off the 30 questions.<br />
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<strong>Digital Mall Shop & Hunt</strong> <br />
Maximum Score: 100 <br />
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1st: Peh Kok Hun & Lim Say Chye (68) <br />
2nd: Claire Chin & Loh Chee Kwan (59) <br />
3rd: Alexander Hoh & Andre Teh (55) <br />
4th: Lee Ling Fei & Chong Voon Kiat (49) <br />
5th: Lim Ming Yang & Loo Wern Ching (46) <br />
6th: Venkateswaran Nagappan & Theresal Pereira (45)2 Romans 1 Impostorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620986324451691215noreply@blogger.com0