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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
/ 5:50 AM

Hello, Vanakkam, Ni Hao and Selamat Sejahterah from the most colourful team in this epic noMADic race. after much planning, we set off from the Singapore vision farm and headed to our first station; the chinese garden. at the start of the race, two of our team mates (guess who? it's for us to know and for you to find out.) had an awesome start. being so confident that they could jump down from the gate successfully, it did not turn out in their way. in the end, both of their pants tore and showed their sexy legs. haha. seriously sexy. woot!



ok, back to the serious stuff. as i was saying, our first station was Chinese Garden where we had to look for Confucius and tadah!



Confucius Teaching

Born in the year of 51 B.C, Confucius was once known as a wise man in ancient china. The lesson that he had thought to his disciples in the past has been spread and passes on to the world which is now commonly refer to as Confucianism.

Till now, I have also admired the words that Confucius has taught. One of his famous saying goes like this, “A man should practice what he preaches, but a man should also preach what he practice.” In summary, the following phase that is been mentioned above basically “Walk the Talk”. This is a common practice in AKLTG as when we usually coaches kids, we expect to do some thing that we ourselves are able to measure up with. For example, if you ask a kid to do a punishment of 20 push ups but you on the other hand is not able to handle a minimum of 10, what rights do you have in asking to do a punishment that you are not able to obtained?


The next lucky attraction that we thought was truly worth our time is such a gem. Guess what? No PEEKING!




Yes! You got that right and you're lucky winner no. 1! It's Henderson Wave!

Goodness Henderson Wave!! Such a boon and a bane at the same time!!! A boon because it’s such an awesome place to chill. For once, Henderson Waves gives you an alternative option to escape “chillin' in town” or “catch a movie”. The place itself is very welcoming, breezy and very roomy, very appropriate for a simple gathering as well as a-hem, couples. There were a handful of them when we invaded the area. Too bad for them, we destroyed the tranquility of the night with our WEEEEEEE and BAGUUUS and WHOOOSAY! If any couples are reading these, we’re not sorry for enthusiasm, it’s just too bad for you yo!!

But of course, the journey to Henderson is such a pain!!! Jumped from park to park, only to find ourselves re-planning our routes every few turns. But hey, it was truly worth the super long walk from Chinese Garden. It’s an awesome start to the race. As we stretched ourselves, we bonded as a team and everything else just fell in place. Whoosay!!!


After Henderson Wave, we thought it'll be a good time to hang out in our favourite place, town. We thought catching a movie is pretty boring, since Angels & Demons and Night at The Museum 2 are not out yet. Hence, we decided to take a little interest in botany.


Qn: What's Singapore's National Flower?


We've got the pictures to prove to you, it's the raunchy Vanda Miss Joaquim!

DID YOU KNOW?


In 1981,Vanda Miss Joaquim (Agnes) was named as the national flower of Singapore.

Donning the colours of Purple and White, onlookers will never want to take their eyes off it .Normally known as the Orchid Flower in Singapore, the flower is actually a hybrid of 2 Vandas.The beautiful flower was first discovered in the garden of Agnes Joaquim in 1893.


After flirting around with Vanda Miss Joaquim, it was mad rush in search of 3 more worthy icons.



Elephant at the Art Centre

Some may wonder what is the link between the elephant and the art centre? In actual fact, there are sort of connected due to a man known as George Colonel. In the past, the Art Centre used to be known as the old parliament house and it was designed by Mr George Colonel. Formerly the house of the dedicated parliament members of Singapore, this place has been retransformed into a place centralized for arts pieces such as dance, videos and art pieces.


Central Fire Station
Being the oldest fire station in Singapore, this was the first fire station set up here with the intention of preventing fire accidents. History has stated that the fire brigade was actually started due to a loss of property building worth a total of $13,000 on 7 Nov 1855.

It is due to these first fire station that helps us enforces the important of protecting our family and friends against fire attack and thus the Civil Defence (CD) in Singapore was formed. Imagine, without the CD in our present society, more accidents will be created and more lives will be loss.


After that mad rush, Team Bagus now proclaims ourselves as the noMADic record holder for obtaining 3 pictures in a record time of ____!!!!! BAGUUUS!!!!


So by rule of physics, what goes up must come down, so should the Team. We finally had our well-deserved break at East Coast Park, embracing ourselves for the gruesome 2nd day.




/ colours of our life,

coming from all walks of life
oru naerrana santhil santhippom
在途中培养凝聚力
walaupun kami melalui cabaran
WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER!

/ one and only us




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