Sunday, January 11, 2009

SAFRA AVventura 2009, 11th JANUARY 2009

BEING THE OFFICIALS FOR THE RACE IS NOT A SIMPLE JOB.. WE HAVE TO REACH SAFRA BY 0330 HOURS TO START WORK.. SO YA.. WAKE UP EARLY.. AS EARLY AS 0200 HOURS.. WALKED TO SAFRA.. DEN BOARD THE BUS TO DAIRY FARM AND DID ALL THE REGISTRATION FOR THE PARTICIPANTS.. MY ROLE IS JUZ TO OVERLOOK THE VOLUNTEERS AND HANDLE ANY LAST MINUTES CASES..
BY 0700 HOURS, THE RACE BEGUN!! AS THE RACE BEGIN, WE, THE OFFICIALS/STAFFS, DID SOME PACKING UP TO PROCEED BACK TO SAFRA YISHUN COUNTRY CLUB (SYCC).. WE TOOK THE RIDE BACK TO SYCC BY BUS AND HAD TO STOP AT SELETAR TO ALIGHT SOME VOLUNTEERS TO THEIR CHECKPOINTS..
ONCE WE REACHED THE SYCC, I HAVE TO START UP WITH THE MEDALS AND GIFTS BOOTH.. INITIALLY, I DEPLOYED VOLUNTEERS TO THE BOOTH AND I START MY PROPER ROLE.. AS A PA, I HAVE TO FOLLOW WHERE EVER MY 3RD BOSS GOES.. SO ESLI WAS THE 3RD BOSS.. WE WERE RUNNING ALL OVER SYCC.. SOME STAFFS EVEN CALL US AS RACERS - STAFF CHALLANGED.. YEAH WE WERE RUNNING ALL THE WAY..
NOT MUCH BOTTLENECK CASES ON THIS PROJECTS.. IT RUNS SMOOTHLY AS WE PLANNED!! SO YEAH WE DID A GOOD JOB ALTHOUGH IT IS MY FIRST PROJECT.. THANKS TO MS ESLI, MS ELIZA, MR HUSSEN, AND CLUB MANAGER, MR VINCENT TO GIVE ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RUN IT.. THANX TO THEM!!
OH YA.. DURING THE RACE, I MANAGED TO MEET UP WITH MS KALLISTA AND MR ERNEST... THEY WERE THERE FOR ANOTHER EVENT CALLED COHESION SIR BY THE ARMY.. WE TALKED AWHILE.. BUT I HAVE TO RUSH FOR MY DUTY SO I DIDNT MANAGE TO TALK MUCH..
FYI, MY WORKING HOURS FOR JUST TODAY IS FROM 0300 HOURS TO 1900 HOURS.. I JUZ LOVE IT!!
SO OVERALL, I REALLY ENJOYED THIS PROJECT.. AND I HOPE I CAN DO OTHER PROJECTS TOO..


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