So I did the weekend warrior thing again. Lots of exercise, but I’m not feeling too bad today. Maybe ‘cos my body is getting used to the exercise and also I’m trying to increase the frequency in which I exercise.
But the highlight of the weekend was really a Car Rally company event I participated in on Saturday. Twenty-three other colleagues and I were divided into six groups. Each group was in a car and we had to go around Singapore looking for answers to questions in the booklet we were given. The theme was local history, so we were made to go to places like Kent Ridge Park, Labrador Park and the Cenotaph at the Esplanade Park, where there were World War II tunnels, artillery and memorials.
We were also given anagrams and other puzzles to solve along the way, so everyone was kept very busy solving puzzles and figuring maps and answering questions throughout the four hours we were given to complete the tasks. There were also games to be played at two checkpoints.
Going to Kent Ridge Park and Labrador Park was very interesting for me as I had never been to these two parks before. There are some nice views from both parks. I found both parks very lovely and am glad to have discovered them.
My company paid a group of volunteers to organise this. We call them volunteers because they donate the money we pay to charity. It’s a really cool concept, ain’t it?
At the end of it all, we convened at the NUS Guild House at Suntec City and had a BBQ seafood dinner. And that wasn’t the end of it. There were prizes! The winning car won $500, the 2nd prize was $400 and the third was $300. There were also prizes for Best Shopping, Best Puzzles and Best Games. My team won for Best Shopping (there was a shopping list which consisted of things like a bus ticket from Bus 97, a coconut tree leaf, a hibiscus flower etc) and we each got an Eagle Creek toiletries bag.
Everyone had fun and I really can’t fault my company for a lack of generosity towards its employees!