Saturday, November 26, 2005

TGIF...Thank God Its Friday or Thank God I Found

Well today is my squadron anniversary so early in the morning need to go to Sentosa for a day of fun. But due to the weather, i dun think have much fun...hahaha. Anyway, my main purpose to Sentosa is for geocaching as there are 2 caches at there. One located at the sourthern most tip of asia (virtual cache) and the other is at the dragon trail (traditional cache).

So me and my gunnery officer as i introduce him geocaching. He was really in this hobby sia now he found more than me liao...haha! Well, we first went to the southern most tip of asia to take photo as it is a virtual cache. After that, we wanted to go to dragon trail to find the second cache of our day but my gunnery officer didn't bring his car key along so we walk back to tanjong beach and as well we take our lunch for free...haha



Mr Oscar at the Southernmost Point of Asia Continent


My Gunnery Officer (Metrohomme), myself and Mr Oscar

After taking our free lunch, we proceed to the carpark to retrieve car and drove towards the dragon trail. We have quite a few detour coz due to unfamiliar of the road in sentosa so kinda waste some time finding. However we manage to get to the location.

Dragon Trail Site

Once we get there, saw a few uni students at there planning their sort of orientation games so we dun really dare to find... however we try to be more stealth but one of the students came and ask us whether we are geocacher. Yup! we are! I have this feeling that our hobby are going to be well known by the younger generation liao...heehee. Kinda happy...well, still have to continue finding the cache. We are like monkeys run here and there, up and down finally we found it! Actually is my gunnery officer found it...but i was at the lower part and he shout so i looked up. I also saw it...We quickly retrieve it and sign the log. I took a compass and put a wristband with a word "couarge" into the cache and my gunnery officer took the Bugs Bunny TB with him. After signing the log, we hurry up hide it and proceed on to the next cache at Labrador Park.

Mr Oscar found it again! The Dragon Claw cache

Once reach the Labardor Park, we started our searching the cache but after almost 2 hours of search we still cannot find it. Moreover we trying to decode the hint given. We like monkey again going climbing up n down looking all possible place that can be hidden...but still couldnt found it making ourself really dirty and sweaty. Around 3.30pm we finally abort our search for this cache. Kinda of disappointed coz thought of getting another cache. Anyway, my gunnery officer send me back home and we arrange another meet up in the evening at 6.30pm. A break for hot-washup and get more information for the net.

Around 6.30pm we meet up in Raffles Place MRT station coz our next cache is at the ACM - Asian Civilisations Museum. This is my second time to there as the first time i didnt found it coz there are lotsa of muggles walking pass so cannot really go beating around burshes. Once we reach the destination, we started looking for it but still alot of muggles so we decide to go for our dinner at esplande. On our way to there, we started to decode the esplande cache hint as there is also a cache over there but we still dun get it.

Well, due to hunger...we went to Thai Express for our dinner. Well the food was ok...coz really quite small portion for me...haha! But the bill was quite expensive, we paid $30 plus over for just 2 plate of rices...lol Anyway we started continue our geocaching in esplande and went to NLB inside Esplande to use the internet but it required charges...Wah xianz! we dun bother to use it so as we continue thinking of the clue, there are crowds over a restraunt. Due to curiousity, we saw Fann Wong at there. I think she having some interviews loh...well we dun really bother about big stars or celebrities. What came in our minds is to solve the hint of the esplande cache. But we still cannot solve it...i think really need to PM the geocacher that hide this cache.

Anyway, its around 9.30pm so we abort the searching the cache in Esplande and went back to ACM to start or monkey skill of searching. Haha! Guess what, we arrive at there. It looks more quiet than earlier. So i prepare my branch stick. With my stick skill, i started to poke the ground. Within 5 mins, i found...heehee! Mission complete. Sign the log and at least this evening search have got something.

Mr Oscar with the ACM cache

After that we went back home, on my way back home, I sudden thought that near city plaza got a virtual cache so i alighted at Paya Lebar MRT station and start my geocaching alone. Yes! found it. Actually it is a electric meter indicate the numbers of the electricity usage. So i just take down the readings and went back home for rest.

P.S Geocaching is great...found 4 caches out of 6 in aday...break my personal records. Haha...will be back for more after my overseas deployment.

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