Well... here you go... the first glimpse of the new bus system while they were making their test run...
Managed to get a glimpse while I'm out nite-riding last night... ehehehee...
p.s. Seat pun still dok balut plastik lagi...
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July 2007
07/11/2007
It's Coming!!!
Another hunt, it is...
Last weekend, I was back in my hometown - with a mission.. haha... that is, if you want to take it as a 'mission'. There's another round of treasure hunt. The second one for me this year and the first one back on home ground. This time, I'm reunited with my regular teammates.
As said in the above description, it was one of the worst event organiser I've ever come across - be it on time management, question selections/locations, answers presentation and participants' coordination. If they were to give us a feedback form, it would take me at least 3 pages to fill up all sorts of 'constructive' and destructive comments on both sides of the page.
This is not the first time I'm involved with their event. In fact, their sister club - KMSC produced similar results too. Here's how I take it, their question sucks!!
It's not to the standards where treasure hunt events were normally asked.
It's not just about general knowledge and wordplays.
It's not about looking for specific answers displayed on fixed signboards nor posters nor something that is visible from inside the car.
It can be anything and anywhere, as far as the eye can see from specific tulip locations.
They claim, it's an 'International Standard' form of questions. We take 'International' as the antara bangsa cultures of Melayu, Cina & India.
Their format of questions.... sheesh... you don't even want to know in details as the entire sentence doesn't make sense at all... Although it is true the norm of the hunt question comes in nonsense riddles which give hints what need to be done and what to look for specifically, this format does not give any indication at all... it's just a sentence that doesn't make sense. Period!
Anticipations... anticipations!! We learned a lot of lessons from their style in question making. My friend labeled this set as Soalan Paling Bangsat that he ever come across. For me, I just hate to see that question maker's face, with his weird white-hair eye brows, untrimmed nose hair.... ewww... Anyway, we have anticipated all sorts of mishaps that will happen and how we'll take challenge of these questions... just throw it out of the window...
What I meant is, just clear our mind and focus to the real questions posed - what do they really want? We knew it's no more signboards/billboards thingy anymore. In fact they advised us to bring along a Botanist Dictionary (like it's easy to find one at a bookstore in this 11th hour, d'uh!!). I learned quite a few scientific names like Equisetifolia, Sativus, Parkia Speciosa, Erioglossum Rubiginosum, Artocarpus and even Musa to name a few. In a glance, it looks similar to what Harry Potter will say when he held up his magic wand. hahahahah...
Anywayyyy... it was a 5 hour journey to Bukit Kayu Hitam's Black Forrest Golf Course.. right smack in the middle between the international borders of Malaysia and Thailand. We thought we've fumbled up on the treasures when we almost reached the border. We were not able to find a single King Musa at all... we found another variant at a shack, so my friend took a marker pen and wrote RAJA on it instead, hahahaha.. smart move.
Later we learned, all the treasures were given free marks as the shop on the tulip closed and we were supposed to buy Sativus and Musa from that specific shop... LOL!!
Oh my... just look at the length of this page already...
Long story short... once we had our lunch, they gave the answers to the nonsense questions. As predicted, the crowd went furious about the presentation. A lot of boos and hisses exchanged, including us. There were 3 main and 7 consolation prizes given and we had our cut.
Unbelievable? That's what the organizers said when they check our answers sheet - in fact they run it 4 times. We lost only 6 points to the full mark!
Talking about the team name, we don't know what to call ourselves. There are a few like Eenie Meenie Miney Mo, Pirates of Darul Aman or Pirates of Indera Kayangan in consideration, but all seems overrated. Probably Veni Vidi Vici will do...
07/10/2007
The Sushi Attack
Nope.. it's not the Attack of the Sushis... mind you. They didn't gobble us up at all... In fact, we wallupped them up real good..
So there we were, at this Japanese restaurant on one weekday night, eagerly anticipating what would the chef be preparing for that evening. I came a bit late and noted they were on their 2nd or 3rd dish already. Without wasting anymore time, I went for my first plate...
Once done, I dived on to the second...
Then the inevitable thing happened...
The waiter came to our table and said we can't take pictures of whatever we eat... Huh?? Wallayuuu %^#%^#$%%^@#$%... punya pasal ler... I just want to locate whether I just swallowed a live eel wriggling through my esophagus laaa... at least you can pull it out through my rectum and whack that SOB dead and ask the chef to re-cook it for your after dinner snack... itu pun tak boleh??
That's when my tummy-o-meter buzzed the first warning to slow down on the food and let the internal factories work their magic. I stepped out of the restaurant and made my disappearing act. The next thing they knew, I'm on the other side of the window, standing 9 feet tall, eyes bulging red, with smoke came out from my head and fire breathing through my nostrils!!! Yeah... yeah.. a bit ekse-jerit but that had happened, right?
Once done, I'm back in business but this time without any proof of 'purchase'... and now, Affy's eyes began to popped out, gasping "You're not serious, aren't you?" when I shove the entire plate full of food right into my mouth..
"Whot!!??"... with half of the plate still dangling outta my mouth, looking like some kind of a half breed African witch doctor conjuring up a chant that just went wrong...
"You said Sushi Attack whattt.... so I attack sushi larrr....".
Firdaus has already grabbed a napkin, covering his mouth to the sight of this hideous disgusting scene...
"Then eat sushi lar, why the heck you eat the plate too??"
"Can't resist meh... so I don't have to lick the plate..."
I know, I know... I should have stop talking while I'm chewing... Boy, that plate was crunchy... I should have dipped it in hot salsa first before I give it a go.... When I shake myself, I can still hear the porcelain pieces crashing in me... I shouldn't have done that because it triggered me to give the loudest belch I've ever heard - knocking off everybody at the table in front of us.
Okay... moving on... to the next plate... the heavier stuff...
... and the desserts...
** PHEW ** That's done..
For the record, the next day, I didn't eat anything except a piece of roti canai at 8pm... throughout the day, it was just a few glasses of water, some cups of teh tarik, some ginger ale.. just to loosen up the plates in my system.
The best meal I ever had.... you eat once and it gave you energy for more than 24 hours.... it's worth every sen of it.
p.s. Firdaus, aku cilok ko nyer gambo...
07/09/2007
The Quest continues...
There are some of us who've been eyeing this sort of theme for quite sometime already. Did you guys realize it was almost two years since we did this sort of hunt? Hehehehee.... it's been a long while already leh...
Very... ummmm... very refreshing since Rehot brought this subject up not long ago, and suddenly my throat felt like... I need some of these...... AGAIN!!
So, there we were, over at a restaurant downtown after I've been contemplating on what to do on a typical mati kutu day. Rang up Affy, Rehot and Feisal to join this little hunt. Actually, Rehot has been here umpteen times and I haven't the faintest idea where it's located, so he became the navigator. Feisal didn't make it, so, it's just the 3 of us, having our rather unusual dinner right smack in the middle of the bustling city where we know during that time, we could settle to have dinner elsewhere... LOL!!
Long story short, after we had our dinner, I did the most unthinkable request...
That waitress was stumped upon hearing what I said.... Gimme 10 of those to go...
I imagined it would be like that Heineken's ad of that dude ordered a 6 packs to go in an 18th century bar.. hahhahhaahha...
07/08/2007
The Artocarpus...
Strange lingo? Actually I was being hit to discover its meaning today... in a treasure hunt. Hahahaha... many thanks to my buddies Im and Feisal, they managed to pull it off over the net :D. BTW guys, the answer was spot on: Pokok Cempedak.
Yes, Nangka and Jackfruit come from the same genus family, it's just their scientific names which make them different. The main difference is, Cempedak is smaller in size than Nangka and Nangka is a lot 'puffier' than cempedak...
The funny part is, I learn a few botanists lingo today... yikes!! Better dump it from my mind or Einstein will be laughing hysterically at me - Why do I have to fill in all the useless facts when I can refer to them in botanist reference books (in this case - the net). No offense, but that's what Einstein kinda quoted.
07/07/2007
Personalized Licence Plates?
How bad do we want to make our car's registration number more personalized? Let's see if you can understand what these translates to...
I'll give the answers in the comments later ;)
07/05/2007
Want some extra boost?
It may come in handy sometimes...
People have thumbdrives... this guy is waaaaaaaayyyy too advanced!!
07/04/2007
A DeLorean wannabe...
I guess this car went overboard when the owner may have rigged up his Volvo with some repulsorlift but fail to take off... LOL!!
Maybe he needs to replace his defunct flux capasitor..