MCKL Treasure Hunt

First and foremorst, with the utmost sincerity from the bottom of my heart, I would like to say a very big THANK YOU to all those who helped us in the hunt, especially YeeEng and SuetYee, not forgetting my partner TerngSheng, and many many more. Without any of you, we wouldn't have won. Therefore it was't CocoBanana who won, but ALL OF US. Thanks again!

Finally, a day long awaited has finally arrived. It is none other the the 5th Annual MCKL Treasure Hunt!! Since a week before the event, Sheng and I have been planning a movie outing after TH, and also transport and talking non-stop about it. Indeed it is lots of fun worth looking forward to.

A little recap of what happened last year, Sheng and I went with the group name "Shinigami". Sadly we didn't win anything, but we sure gained lots of fun. WeiHan and SzeJian went with the group name "Kame-kame-ha" (not sure how to spell) and won 2nd prize for category 2. They won cameras last year with a whole lot of miscellaneous items which they shared with us.

This year, Sheng and I decided to make a comeback with the name "KokoBanana" which is pronounced as 'kor-kor banana', but something somewhere went wrong and we were registered as "CocoBanana". WeiHan and SzeJian also took part with the name "Bumble-Lees". Of coz there are other good friends who joined too, whose group names I cant remember. As usual, a few of us 'pakat-ed' and worked together to save man power and time, and also to increase accuracy of answers. Our group consist of Robin, HannJiunn, YeeEng, SuetYee, YeunYi, KiatJin, WaiShan, MayLing, WeiHoong, ChuanHan.

Early in the morning, we were all set and ready. Waited for Uncle Chong to send us to LRT station at 6.30am. Even though he came late, we still reached MCKL in time. Tks Uncle Chong for the lift! Also not forgetting that today is Quinnie's birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY QUINNIE!

As usual it started off with the opening ceremony and a performance by MCKL Cheerleaders. SuetYee is a cheerleader!

Opening Ceremony

GO SUET YEE!!

A shot I took without some of them knowing =)

Okay, now to the main story. Our college category (category 3) flagged off at 8.50am sharp. Everyone was practically rushing out from MCKL's gate. Sheng and I decided to just take our time and go slow. CocoBanana left the gate 2nd from behind! We walked to KL Sentral at a super slow pace. We even wanted to stop and eat breakfast. Lolz!

In KL Sentral, we kinda rushed abit to get the answers. This 1st stop wasn't that hard. Then we met up with YeeEng and SuetYee, whom we travelled with together through out the whole journey.

KLCC stop was quite hard. Sheng and I took 2 directories and sat in the food court for almost 10mins. Surprisingly we managed to answer 4 questions just based on the directory. After here, we really relied alot on our group of friends. Later on in TimesSquare, we went to buy movie tickets instead. LOLz!!

The summary of the trail is MCKL (Start) > KL Sentral > KLCC indoors > KLCC park > Bukit Nanas > Lot 10 > Bintang Walk > Times Square > Tun Sambanthan > Malaysian Association For The Blind (MAB) > MCKL (End)

Few of us, tired and worned out

After lunch, it was lucky draw. WeiHan got lucky and brough home a Spalding basketball. Then, it was the loooooong awaited prize giving ceremony. During prize giving for category 3, we were all on our knees, had our fingers crossed, hoping badly to win. WeiHoong and ChuanHan got consolation prize. They each got a Kingston 2GB pendrive. That really raised our hopes on getting the top 3 prizes. But the 3rd place was won by some other people. So all of us were really really tensed as there were only 2 more.

Then the emcees announced: "And 2nd place goes to group...... BUMBLE-LEEs!!" WeiHan and SzeJian were so happy. Of coz we were all happy for them too. 2nd consecutive year to win. They each won an Ipod Nano 4GB, Spalding bag, Cosmo World Theme Park tickets, and Spalding Tshirt. Total worth of RM2000++

2nd place prizes

Just when all hopes were almost gone, it was finally time for the last prize, the 1st place, and the emcee announced: "Finally, the 1st place of category 3 goes to group... COCOBANANA!!" We were all stunt with overwhelming joy. Sheng and I jumped up and went on stage to receive our prize. We each won Sony Erricson W910i, Spalding basketball, Cosmo World Theme Park ticket, Morgan watch, and a Spalding Tshirt. Total worth of RM3000++

1st place prize

COCOBANANA & BUMBLE-LEES

Our prizes!

Of coz, we shared out all the prizes since everyone contributed to the wins. We only took the handphones and ipods, the rest where for everyone to share. To be honest I feel really guilty to win. Sheng and I felt the same. With the help of everyone, we won, but not everyone is acknowledged. So I'd like to take this opportunity to say sorry to all. I really think we are all winners. And lastly, a group photo after the closing ceremony. Sheng, SzeJian, KiatJin, YeunYi, WaiShan, WeiHoong and myself went to TimesSquare to watch The Dark Knight! Great show. 9/10.

Top: VinShern, Robin, HannJiunn, ChuanHan
Middle: SzeJian, KokMun, WeiHoong, YeeEng, WaiShan, MayLing, SuetYee
Bottom: JiaHui, TerngSheng, WeiHan

Robin wasn't too happy he didn't win. In fact he was really disappointed. He made a statement that I must quote, "don't get too happy, next year's phone models will be better than yours de!" We were all like.. "ok enough Robin, just drop it." Haha

Similar version of MCKL TH can be read on Sheng's blog also. (CLICK HERE)

Overall the treasure hunt was great. Got to spend quality time with friends, enjoy, exercise, learn and experience things beyond text books. I really learnt that friends are more than important in life. Together friends can do wonders. As I mentioned to Sheng "we have gained a deeper friendship bond with our gang of friends, but gained more enemies on the other hand." LOLz!! My sister also told me that TH requires abit of luck. Well I got to agree, but I'd prefer to change "luck" to "God's Blessings". Really have to thank God for everything that happened today, a day to remember forever.