We had the Amazing Race on Friday night. Luckily it was held at night, hence not too hot, otherwise the delegates would be perspiring like nobody's business. I led a team of six (including me), and we had to go to three destinations. The first destination was Marina Bay Sands, where we had to locate the Marshals there for further instructions.
We flagged off at seven fifteen and took the train there. Since it was quite a walk to Marina Bay Sands from the nearest train station, we decided to take a walk past the Youth Olympic Park and the Helix Bridge before going into Marina Bay Sands itself.
We flagged off at seven fifteen and took the train there. Since it was quite a walk to Marina Bay Sands from the nearest train station, we decided to take a walk past the Youth Olympic Park and the Helix Bridge before going into Marina Bay Sands itself.
Youth Olympic Park
Night View of Marina Bay Sands
Tried to capture the water, but was too blurry :-(
Inside the Helix Bridge
When we reached Marina Bay Sands, we spent some time trying to locate the Marshals. When we finally found them, our task was to take a photo with three Caucasians inside. Luckily, at that moment, there was a Caucasian guy who walked past with his two young daughters in tow, so we quickly grabbed him to take a photo with him and his girls. He was rather obliging!
So we ended the first task, and were given instructions to go to our second destination - one of the Indian temples at Little India. Since Deepavali was coming, we were quite fortunate that Friday night the lights were lit up, giving a more glamourous feel to the place.
So we ended the first task, and were given instructions to go to our second destination - one of the Indian temples at Little India. Since Deepavali was coming, we were quite fortunate that Friday night the lights were lit up, giving a more glamourous feel to the place.
At Little India
It was quite a feat finding the temple, because almost every few shops in Little India, there was a temple. Still, it was not as hard as we thought, because the temple happened to be the one nearest the row of eating places. When we found the Marshal, he gave us five dollars to buy five items - Indian dye, sweet, crackers, henna and the little thing to put on the forehead. Luckily we managed to find all and so were given instructions to proceed to our third destination - Chinatown.
When we reached Chinatown, we had to find a herbal tea shop, which was at the corner. Our last task was to complete a jigsaw puzzle. However, there were a few glitches, namely some of the pieces were missing, so we were not able to complete it. Still, the Marshals let us off since we had more or less completed almost the whole puzzle, save for the missing pieces.
We were also asked to find four "time reversals", each one giving fifteen minutes off. The first was a travel brochure of Mykonos, the second was a gambling chip for ten dollars, the third was a fully inflated balloon from McDonalds, and the last was a receipt from 7-11 for an item that cost exactly sixty-five cents.
We managed the get the last two (the balloon and the receipt) but not the other two, so we could only get half an hour off from our final check in time. Still, it was fun, albeit tiring. Come to think of it, it was pretty fun touring around like this. I should do this more often from now on!
When we reached Chinatown, we had to find a herbal tea shop, which was at the corner. Our last task was to complete a jigsaw puzzle. However, there were a few glitches, namely some of the pieces were missing, so we were not able to complete it. Still, the Marshals let us off since we had more or less completed almost the whole puzzle, save for the missing pieces.
We were also asked to find four "time reversals", each one giving fifteen minutes off. The first was a travel brochure of Mykonos, the second was a gambling chip for ten dollars, the third was a fully inflated balloon from McDonalds, and the last was a receipt from 7-11 for an item that cost exactly sixty-five cents.
We managed the get the last two (the balloon and the receipt) but not the other two, so we could only get half an hour off from our final check in time. Still, it was fun, albeit tiring. Come to think of it, it was pretty fun touring around like this. I should do this more often from now on!
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