10th June 2007
6:45am
Gathered at HQ Altis Room for briefing from Timeout Solution on the route and strategies on how to win the race. We were then given one day pass ride on RapidKL and LRT.
Each team consisted of four members. My team members were LC, Chong Wei Yap, Ken Yee and me. Altogeher there were 92 teams if I'm not mistaken.
8:00am
Scavenger Hunt
Searched for three natural items that start with U, M and W.
Our answers: U - Uban, M - Mud, W - Water.
For natural items - 2 points, for processed items - 1 point each.
Creative answers [Udang, Upih pinang, Ubi Kentang, Udara, Milk, Minyak, Wood, Wood's peppermint]
Handed the answers to Marshall at Kelana Jaya LRT station. Been given the next challenge sheets.
Given some clues to take two treasures to Marshall at the end point.
Based on clues, we bought Mister Potato and Luxury biscuits. [We thought Lexus and Camry meant for luxury, but ended up wrong, answer was something else].
9:30am
Challenge 1
Named the old models of Toyota Car, then current models of some new Toyota cars.
Solved a puzzle based on the Toyota tagline: Toyota Moving Forward.
Answer: "Meet us at the Menara KL Car Park".
So headed to KL Tower from KJ station, the next stop was Dang Wangi. [Lucky that I used to work there, so shouldn't be lost]. Climbed up, was so exhausting. Some teams were cheating, they took cab to the top there. Cheh :P
10:05am
First Leg
One member was to perform the physical challenge, that was the flying fox ride. Wei Yap performed for us while we named the Spiderman pictures to the series they belong. [Since Toyota is one of the top co that give promotions for Spiderman 3 show]
Next, solved a simple shape puzzle. Very very easy, split second only finished.
Handed the answers to Marshall, proceeded to the first leg of the race.
10:10am
Second Leg
Walk Hunt to golden triangle.
Answered 10 questions based on observations. We missed one answer and the other was slightly not accurate. The first question was "Made is a US answer but Austrian actually" - Amadeus. The second that was inaccurate was "Kuala Lumpur and Nottingham soccer team." - City Forest signposted at Jalan Raja Chulan.
11:00am
Third Leg
Walk Hunt from Monorail station Maharajalela to Masjid Jamek.
Answered separate 3 sets of questions of 5, 3, and 2. Got all correct. Well done!
But God it was tiring. Some more hot giloss, hehe!
12:30pm
End Point
Handed over the answer sheets to Marshall and the two treasures.
Had lunch at Burger King. [Tiba tiba teringat kat UK dulu how much we longed for KFC, setahun tak makan KFC macam hapa je.. kehkeh]
Headed back to Toyota from Masjid Jamek LRT station.
2:00pm
Gathered at HQ
Solat Zohor. Refreshment at HQ Lobby. Couldn't eat lah, rugi! Too full, there were Satay, Nasi Himpit, Roti Jala, Meehoon, Cucur Udang, dessert like cakes and puddings plus fruits :(
Takpelah Burger King tadi sedap aper [very]
Oh ya I won a lucky draw. But only hampers, shall share them with the other members.
2:45pm
Closing ceremony.
Speech by Boss from Japan [Mr T.Hibi] and HR.
Lucky draw again for the rest, none of my friends won the grand prize - Samsung TV 29" Flat Screen.
Solutions presentation by Timeout - that was how we came to know where were we [in winning the race]. We thought we were lucky enough to be top 10. That actually was Wei Yap thought. I think we might be lucky to be top 20. We never thought we were top three. So the MC announced, second place [to bring home cash prize of RM800.00]
Team "Just For Fun" - that's us :D
The Japan boss asked me whether we called Tan Li Li [Head of department] for those answers. Hahaha, yeah we did!!! [Well he's kidding]
Kehkehekeh... hopefully we will be the next star of the month. Hahahhaahahhahah!
5:00pm
Home
safely, soundly... Alhamdulillah
The Cash Prize - given to Ayahanda, Father's Day Apak, love you!
