Ultimate Victory: ARC EXPLORACE!!!

In my previous post I mentioned about the joy of winning, right? Well, this is what it was all about. Winning 3rd place in ARC Explorace!!!! I was very excited when I knew about the program because I've never joined such thing although I've always wanted to try. During first year when Ipha organized the Ipharace, I was on my crutches and only get to see my friends rushing all over Kuantan town through the car window... And sadly when ARC first organize the Explorace I was one of the committee.

It was quite difficult to find the fifth member in our team and finally Dayah agreed to complete the quorum \(^^)/

GG.. Mekwa.. Shifaa.. Ray.. Dayah..

This picture was taken a day before the race. That's the challenge trophy we're holding. That afternoon I went to take it from the previous winner and showed it to my friends who were doing Poco poco in the Musolla.. And that evening, when they were just back from jogging, they came running to my room telling they want us to take pictures with it.. It was posted on fb that very evening too saying that we already won the race. Yup.. some fell for it.. haha

This is the picture before the race.. We did some strategic planning of course while waiting for the race to start.. The strategy was "Kite tak yah pecut.. Kite maintain je.. Yang penting pace same dari awal sampai akhir.." Chewah! Since we won 3rd place and were the first all girls team, I think the strategy did work!




This is the picture taken right before the race starts.. The 1st task was.. 4 of us have to run to somewhere with a balloon tied below our knees. If the balloon burst at any point during the run, we'll be penalized... One of us have to ride a bike whose seat has been removed and with her, she must bring 3 eggs and make sure that those eggs are safe until the end of the race.

Task 2: We have to eat peria, garlic, chilli and raw egg.. Luckily Dayah and Ray were in the team.. Dayah ate the Peria like it was a SALAD!! And Ray was our ultimate saviour because it was her who manage to finish the raw egg and chilli. I took a sip of the raw egg.. It was disgusting!! I almost vomit~ eeeeww

Task 3: 2 of us have to play batu seremban and get certain points while the other three are to menganyam tikar.. Hehe once again we were masters in all of the tasks.. Ray and Mekwa happen to be RATU batu seremban and I'm quite good when it comes to menganyam thing... Dayah, Shifaa and I manage to finish the tikar within few minutes because there was this magical sync in our movements.. hehe The tikar was neat too!

Task 4: We ran to the lake.. There... 3 of us have to eat bananas without holding them and two of us have to fetch a flag at the other end of the lake by using a kayak. Only one person can row the kayak and that person was blindfolded.. Dayah and I took the second task.. Dayah was the navigator I was the rower..

Actually there was a lizard inside our kayak!!!! I was screaming like hell when I saw it and refuse to get inside. But the urge to win was much2 stronger so I went in anyway. The blindfold really helped me to forget that there was the most intimidating reptile with me inside the kayak :P After the race, I told my other roommates about the incident.. They were proud of me~ hahaha

Task 4 cum preliminary to task 5:
We were given a blurred picture of a signage in KOM. We were to find it, take a picture of it and return to the lake

Task 5: Bowling Kelapa.. We were the 2nd team to reach the checkpoint but luck was not on our side. We chose a lane with a lot of bumps so the coconut tend to swerve from the lane!!!

Kami redha dengan kedudukan ketiga... Hehe because the first team were all guys, the second team consists of 3 guys and 2 girls.. and us.. ALL GIRLS!!!!! GIRL POWER!!!! \(^^)/

Ini lah team yang overtook us at the last check point.. haha


We had a very good time during the race. My body was aching all over because the blindfold makes me row like crazy.. I couldn't predict the distance so I was using full energy because it felt so far when everything was pitch dark.. We're looking forward to join another race. This was a confidence-booster... Now we know that WE CAN!!!!