It was around 1.30pm and we embarked on our Amazing Food Race around Singapore. We were supposed to plan our route and visit 6 or 7 food destinations before reporting at Changi Aloha Chalet by 7pm. We started off visiting Casuarina Roti Prata where we guys witnessed the overwhelming appetite of some of the girls in our OG. We then went to Bishan for chicken rice and subsequently Bugis for dessert, Taka for vegetarian meal, Katong for Laksa and Tampines for cheese cake. By the time we board the bus to our final destination at Changi Aloha, the sky was already dark.
No surprise we were the last OG to reach but that doesnt really matter. The entire house as a whole checked into one of the bungolow-liked chalet and we played more ice breaking games while waiting for the night games held at the haunted Old Changi Hospital and Old Commando Barracks off Hendon Road. Since we were the last house to report in as a whole, our house was the last to start the games.
We started around 1am. We were paired up in our OG, boys to girls and were briefed regarding safety precautions. The place looked spooky as it has been abandoned and emptied since long time ago, though the buildings still tower in the dark in the mids of the forested vegetation. I've read and heard stories of how dirty that place was with sealed rooms, mystery death case and satanic face appearance. But we did not care much at that point of time. All we wanted was to have fun.
As we made our way into the first barrack which was the furtherst, we sense spooked but we werent really afraid. We went level by level, room by room to check whether our game stations were hiden within. After clearing a few stations in the three designated buildings, it was 3am where we were given a choice whether to return and stop playing. But we persisted on as the only OG to continue playing after the 3am stop time. The seniors and gamemasters were also kind enough to stay for our sake. As we went on stations to stations, our energy level was dropping and i basically ended up like a walking zombie that i think, if there were any ghosts around at that point of time, they would really be scared by me. But we still pushed on to clear all stations.
Finally, we reached the finale station where everyone had to cross a series of web without sounding the bell. At that point of time, all the gamemasters and seniors involved were present. We cheered our lungs out for every single of our OG mate as they cross the web. We eventually cleared the station with high energy level. Everyone was very high with the constant cheering. The station masters and seniors and committee were very touched by our level of enthusiasm in spite of the time we were at - near 5am in the morning. And we hadnt have any sleep prior to the games. We as an OG also felt the sense of bonding and unitedness which gave us a sense of accomplishment. At the end of the day, the game comm offered to send us back to our chalet with their lorry and they gave us 3 cheers which we reciprocated back. This was also the night that made us Special Mention OG at the end of the entire SCAMP.
Reaching the chalet, it was alreadi 5am. We quickly bathed and had a short nap as we had to wake up at 9am to be brought back to school by chartered bus. It was really a night (or rather, a early morning) that we bonded the entire OG much more closer and a night we would never forget.
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