Letters to my future self

5th feb - lvl up! (warning: VERY LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG POST)

yay, i officially become 22 from today onwards. i have to say, this birthday is very memorable, aft all its has been planned for very elaborately.

yesterday night was dinner at fish and co. with ewan, adrian, tim and alvin. dinner was great and ewan got ambushed by the resident singer there during one of the sing along sessions. there was alot of laughter.

today however, i was caught totally off guard. i know the guys are planning something, but i didnt know that i was left out of the planning. they jus told me that they havent decided where to eat yet, so they would msg me at abt evening, then we meet there, which was fine by me.

so i hung at mart for a while, since i knew that the place would be in town. at abt 4.50 hansen suddenly passed me a note, there was some confusion for a while when i thought the note was for ah long or something. upon opening the note i was like.... "wad the...."

it read:

rules of the game-

1. from now until u complete the game, do not attempt to contact the following: mel, kun, lun, weihao, janus, kelvin

2. each clue is related to a board/card/computer game you know. each clue will lead you to a specific location within the revealed general area. some clues however may not reveal the general area

3. some of the specific locations are large - you are expected to as every sales rep, manager, cashier, etc before drawing conclusions.

4. u are expected / allowed to ask for help excepting to the above mentioned persons. feel free to utilise any other available means of help.

5. at the end of each clue, and aft recieving it, only read it. do not do anything else.

6. there is no limit to this game, barring operational hrs. dinner, howver, starts at 20.15

first clue:

first stop - taka

picture shows an infinity symbol, below it is written, synonym.

wah lau. treasure hunt? Zzz

bid the guys at mart gdbye as i left for taka. synonym for infinity... hm.... the 1st thign that came to my mind is endless, as in sandman and the endless. which would led me to kino.

jus before i arrived at kino, i recieved a msg saying that aft i solve the 1st clue, i'm supposed to go to the toilet entrance next to the place and walk in until i see the fireman lift exit, i'm supposed to walk all the way in until i reach a dead end. the 2nd clue lies there.

ok, so i got confused for a while, i didnt quite know if this msg appies to the current clue, or only aft i solve this clue. anyway i went into kino to take a look. nothing. den i decided go to the toilet side and give it a go.

1st door in. sees fireman lift. 2nd door in. sees stairs. 3rd door in. sees small corridor, quite filty with trash all over and it looks like there more then 1 door in this small corridor.

so i thought to myself, maybe this applies to the next clue. i'm beginning to doubt of that symbol standed for endless. so i went out and headed for the shop directory. i walked around the whole building like 2 times over b4 i decided to give up and msg the one who setup everything. great, his phone is purposely turned off. nice. i msged one of my other friends for help. and abt 1 min later, the trap setter confirmed that the previous msg is for my current clue. ok, so the 2 of them are together huh.

walked around taka somemore before i decided to go back to the toilet area again b4 i totally give up and sit around until dinner time. 1st door, 2nd door, 3rd door. i went in to the door i see straight ahead, open, there is a short turn to the right, followed, dead end. on the floor lies a box, with a post it msg stuck on it. doh. so its here all the time, well done.

2nd clue:

next stop - heeren
clue: FLUXX

i cant figure this one out, so i thought that maybe i would understand when i got to heeren. apparently not. i walked around all the shops hoping to find a shop that sells fluxx or even games. nope, the clues arent there. so maybe its the shop name that had something to do with fluxx, went to the shop directory. no rules, nope. changing rules, nope. chaos, ok theres 1 shop by that name. so i went there and.... ladies boutique? nah, cant be. sigh. this is going to be a very very loooong day. tired to msg for more clues, no response. i was at the verge of giving up again.
then i thought, maybe the location was written wrongly, so i went over to PI where i bought my set of fluxx. upon arriving, chi yong told me, "hey leck koon, someone left something here for u"

upon looking over the counter, there was a huge box and the usual post it stuck on it. i asked him for a big plastic bag, chucked the boxes into it and went on to solve the next clue.

next clue:
next stop - taka (not again?!?!)

looks like: theoden, last words of my titles - lotr, rohan culture

i couldnt solve this. to cut the really long and boring story short, i walked up and down taka multiple times, turned the whole place upside down, but no, no clue. i gave up trying to msg anyone else since i knew he wont reply me. at 7.50 i finally gave him a call and hoped that his phone is finally turned on. it is.

i told him my current status, to which he told me that the clue fluxx leads to something else, and not the one that i got. -_-"

fine, went to heeren to meet the bunch. he brought me to the shop directory again and re-emphasize "fluxx". nope, nothing. then mel popped in and said 4th floor. THEN, i finally saw "love and peace" which is one fo the goals in the game. dot dot dot. turned out that it was a ladies boutique, and like chaos i probably wont have gone in anyway. bah.

we went around picking up all the other presents b4 we went for dinner, anyway the list of presents and their clues

1. infinity synonym(taka) - kino- the sandman companion

2. fluxx(heeren) - love and peace - pouch

3. barrel of coffee from PR - PI - princes of florence

4. looks like theoden, last worlds of my titles, lotr, rohan culture - kalms - beanie dog (last word of my titles refer to the card game subtitles, by combining king of the golden hall and lord of the mark, i'm supposed to get hallmark, which kalms is supposed to resemble.

5. hand drawn layout of a magic card, reads: forbidden orchard. in the picture box, the word "clue" is written. - apple corner at plaza sing - ipod shuffle. apparently the picture for forbidden orchard is suppose to depict an apple tree, thus the apple shop

6. hand drawn layout of a VS card, reads: robot destroyer. small rectangle is drawn at the lower right hand corner. the rectangle is pointed out and a reverse arrow is written next to it. (lucky plaza) - 7-11 at lucky plaza - 1x DSM booster and a $10 bill (?) anyway, robot destroyer's collector number is 117, reversed gives 711.

7. 3x empty card frames - borders - RO CD

8. RO CD (heeren) - korean restaurant. RO is supposed to be a game that has korean origins, and the only korean related shop in heeren would be the restaurant

so thats how the whole thing is supposed to work. it didnt. i say its too complex and the train of thought chains way too far with so little clues. kun insists it isnt. oh well, wait til ur birthday i tell u...

anyway the $10 dollar bill is supposed to be for a pack of condoms. how nonsensical. in the end i didnt buy it anyway and returned the bill ;p

dinner was at han ka ram, where i offered to pay for dinner. i didnt really expect to get so many presents from so many ppl. korean food is quite refreshing, i didnt quite get used to some of the spicy stuff, but the rest of the stuff's pretty gd.

anyway, jus to wrap up, many thanks to the people that made this occasion special for me. this is one that that i'll nv forget. THANKS ALOT~!