Quest Hunt 21 July 2007

Hello everyone. I'm sure all of you who came remember the wonderful time we had at the Botanical Gardens doing the wonderfully planned Quest Hunt on the 21 July.


It was half-raining when we set out for the Botanic Gardens, the sky was gray and the place was rather humid - not exactly the theoratical ideal, but the in fact the ideal in practice for running about the area like mad chickens looking for leftover corn.


Anyway, 9 people showed up [Aaron, Abner, Wei Li, Dong Shen, Yong Shen, Michelle, Boon Ling, Tom and Dorcas(who was late because of archery practice and do so beg your pardon)]. Aaron decided the area to meet was to be at the Bandstand. Which, although seemed quite 'findable' on the map, was not so much in practice due to the overwhelming flora and fauna - in other words, some people got lost.


We started out of the 3rd quest first, which was the search for statues located in the Botanic Gardens and take pictures with them. After lots of running around (at least for one group), the group 1 consisting of Dong Shen, Yong Shen and Tom beat group 2 consisting of Abner, Wei Li, Michelle and Boon Ling. [You should have got them running, Abner]


After a short water and breathing break, the two groups embarked on the next two quests (1 and 2 actually), with the addition of Dorcas to group 1. This time, quest 1 required the groups to locate several items in different places in the Botanic Gardens and (again) take pictures with said items. Quest 2 required of them to go to several places and find information to fill in the blanks of several questions.


After a long, long while (due to the distance from the places to the bandstand - YES, GO AHEAD, TORTURE US AARON!). The groups returned, sweating like polar bears in the Tropics. Again, group 1 won over group 2 for both quests - in fact, group 2 only managed to do quest 3, while group 1 managed to do both quests. (Told ya you should have got them running, huh, Abner?)


And after the prize presentation, with the prizes being as usual, lots of nice snacks (we should make a change one day... hmm...). We departed after a short rest, and went home merrily with new memories to take home with us.^^


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Don't you wish the rest of you guys came? ^^