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Sunday, December 10, 2006

Darn... leg's aching, stiff.......
that was the consequence of the hike...
but it was pretty fun though...
let me take you through my experiences
7.36pm - Arrived at starting point (Boon Lay MRT)
Went to the toilet, took a group photo, left for the next checkpoint at Gul Ave

Checkpoint #1 - Road Junction at Gul Ave and Gul Way(some industrial area)
I was the first to navigate the group to the first checkpoint
btw the "cast" comprised of soon meng, jun liang, and ciyi
soonmeng and ciyi were both chatting all the way...
and also complaining of the unfairness between "short legs" and "long legs"
well, some would know what my hiking speed is like...
i was pretty hungry at that time... we didnt have dinner...
pity our stomachs...
alright... by he time we reached that chckpoint, it was already 9plus? i dunno
ciyi has the notes

Checkpoint #2 - Road junction at Jurong West, near jln bahar
we had actually agreed that someone else will do the navigation to checkpoint #2
but for some reason or another, junliang wanted me to continue
said it was easier for me to navigate since we were backtracking for quite some part of the distance
ok with that said, i lead the group as we headed off...
but this time without the use of map... hehe
the distance seemed much shorter than when we had first hiked on it
the coolness of the night was starting to set in
oh yah... there was the SAFTI camp along the way...
the one we went to for the sec3s post-exam outing
i got junliang to take over for the next half of the distance, in which we wouldn't be following the route we came from
we cut thruogh HDB flats and finally checkpoint 2, time 10.50pm

Checkpoint 3 - Bridge along Toh Guan Road
ciyi orienteered for this part of the hike
we got a great view of the moon along the way...
it was almost round, orangy, adn had a touch of warmth as we took a glimpse at it
we passed chinese garden mrt and had our knotting test at a nearby bus stop(11.10pm)
we finished the test at 11.40 and left hastily for our next target
reached there at 12.16am

Below are just brief summaries of the hike
whow it's gonna take pretty long to list every detail out you know...
so here goes

Checkpoint #4 - T-junction btwn jln haji alias and jln siantan
(near holland road, turn in at sixth ave)
Navigator - ME!
time arrived - 2.05am

Checkpoint #5 - ACS(I) Junior
Navigator - ME! + Ciyi
time arrived 3.45am
oh yah... saw a snake 2-3m long along bukit timah rd... didnt call the authorities though
and haha... junliang had abrasions so his walking style was pretty comical...

Checkpoint #6 - Trigonometrical station at some park near paya lebar rd and macpherson rd
Nacigator - Junliang
time arrived - 6.00am
darn this part's tricky... we have to find this marker on the floor(it's the trigo station)
talk about looking for a needle in a haystack
lol
we spent about half an hour at the checkpoint, managing to find something that resembled the trigo station

Checkpoint #7 - mosque at east coast road
Navigator - Junliang + me
time arrived - didn't complete(had to stop all hiking at 7.20)
all of us were already darn tired
my foot ached like nuts and it was so stiff!
my walking speed took a sharp decline... maybe due to the overly long break at the earlier checkpoint
we were indeed disappointed to discover that we had exceeded the stipulated time

but the hike's been a great learning point for me...
i remember that i kept asking the Lord to help us complete the hike
we didn't, but miracles come true with Him!
our senior told us not to include the last checkpoint in the hike for the distance we had covered was actually enough to pass the hike's requirements.

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Entered by platinum at 2:22 AM