AmazinGrace

Yeah!! It's AmazinGrace, the once in a year race. Was waiting for it since last year didn't hold it. This time the race is held in Pulau Ubin. Going to be interesting. But the race was early in the morning at 8.30am. Had to literally shake myself up. Woke up at 6.30am, did some necessary biz and set off my house at 6.50am. Then took a bus from Tampines Interchange to Changi Village. Reach there at about 7.40am. Since it was early, i decided to take my breakfast. Ate 'rice cake' and 'carrot cake' and drank one cup of grass jelly.
Then when we gathered into our grouping, Clement, Glenn, Si En, Xin Ling, Natalya were in my team. Then Daniel did some briefing in English and Mandarin. Well his chinese is not that fantastic but honestly it was a great effort from him. I know. Well done my brother! After tat the race started. Then our first clue was "SEA is my last name. Find me in Block 2" We were at a hawker centre, so my team was lookin for a shop that has SEA as the last name. After a while then did we realise that it wasn't about a shop but a person. We were suppose to look for this guy by the name of Chuan Hai where his name Hai is chinese word for SEA. So we manage to find him and got our next destination. We were suppose to take a ferry to terminal.
When we hit the terminal, our team was 2nd in place. Then something unbelievable happen. The next team in the queue was like 20 people behind us. So we had a good headstart. Then this boatman told the group in front of me and my group to take his boat. So we left the queue and head towards him. But the police at the custom stop us and refuse to let us past. We were in a state of confusing and when we recovered, the next team had advanced to the front of the queue and they took the ferry first. What a surprise! Without fail, that team start jeering at us. haha.
But immediately after much complaining to the police, we were a boat behind the team. When we reached Pulau Ubin, we were the fourth team. Then our first clue was to find this coconut stall along this dun know wat bridge and find out how much one Thai coconut cost. And we had to buy one and retain the husk as evidence. There was another team which was doin the same route and we were way ahead. When we left for our 2nd clue, they were way behind us. So our next clue is to find the campsite of the NPCC and find wat's the speed limit in the premise. It was a long way. Nearly fainted. Found the speed limit 40km/h. Then we set off for our next destination, the Mama Beach. Dun ask me why this beach is called the Mama. Near the beach there's the garden and we are suppose to count the number of peacocks and boar in the garden. As we were walking towards that destination, we met the early team that was behind us. Somehow or rather they were now in front of us. I thought they must have cheated. Haha. But den apparently, they took a wrong route but in fact was a shorter route and they had actualli completed one more obstacles than us. This is outrageous. What's so much about playing the game conscientiously. Doesn't pay. haha. But den, got to keep my complaints to myself and keep encouraging my teammates. FOund the garden; 2 peacocks and 1 real fat and lazy boar. Afterwhich, our last clue was to find the Village headman's house and take a photo of the signboard tat says " Cold drinks for sale". Despite knowing that we are trailing behind, the whole team was still very much in the race. We found the last clues and went to our final check point. When we reached there, we were suppose to solve a last obstacles. Kinda a riddle. The answer was Grace and Peace. Phew! Finally the race had ended. Was challenging I have to say but was thrilling. When the last team came in, the result was announced. My team came in fourth but I guess it doesn't really matter. Because in God's eyes there are no losers or winners among His children. Our walk on earth is like this race. Everybody will eventually finish at the same point. Some faster, some slower. Along the way, we are faced with obstacles but we work as a team to solve the problem, encourage one another and enjoy each other's companion. When we finsihed the race, we pat each other's back and say well done and we continue to cheer for those who had not finished the race. That's what's our walk should be like. So my brothers and sisters, let us not give up the race for all who finish the race are winners. Amen!

Well! After the race, i tot tat i was still goin strong. The race ended at about 12.30pm. Went back to church and had a tuition appointment at 2pm. Finished tuition at 3.30pm den did some jamming session. After tat went to SpotLight to buy some materials for the bouquet of flowers that Charles is bringing to UK to give to Emily. Hehe. Dun know if he is proposing or not. Muaahhahahahaha. Den reached home at about 6pm. I tot i was still able to stay awake but my eyes were shutting down. So I had no choice but to go take a nap. Slept from 6 to about 10.30pm. Hate to admit it but age is catching up on me. Den went online for a while. At about 11.30pm, started to do the bouquet. Took me about 2 hours to finish. Hehe. Tot tat it was one of my best piece of work. Clear up the mess and without much hesitation, onto my bed and
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