So you see, we - canoeists - are not just good at paddling!

"Hey guys! Alot has been going on in the club and I know this post is long overdue but hey, better late than never" (Mel, 2008)! On this very special day - Happy Children's Day peeps! Woohoooo!!, here's Me reporting for the opening ceremony of the new SIM campus at Ulu Pandan on 18th September 2008, where besides exploring the place, we also showed that we're just as good at paddling as we are at winning lucky draws, and of course, the highlight of the event - the Chowdown Competition!

To begin the day - campus tour! And what's a campus tour without a visit to the gym? Here's the group of us checking out the neeeew, biiiig and high-tech equipment at the gym! And ermmm.. the mirror too!

So mirror clearly passed QC! Good reflection, no distortion - perfect!

After that, it was time for some fun! And much laughter! There's Junsheng on the wakeboard-thingy. For the record, he did managed to stay on it for quite some time! Pretty impressive, I say!

You see.. even with all that laughing and looking around for games to play, there's always time for photos!

Then it was time for the 2 captains to battle it out on the sumo-wrestling mat! Complete with a whole looooot of extra weight from the boob-ies, tummy and arse - much to the amusement of the rest!

Yet, after all that action, it's more action! Bungee run - where one is supposed to run as far as he can before the rubber cord pulls him back. This was certainly loaaads of fun!

Junsheng and Nizam

Peiyu and Sarah

Marcus and Jason

Clarence and Vincent

Ken and Clara

See.. There's always time for photos!

After all that playing under the scorching mid-day sun, what better way to quench our thirst and temporarily fill our tummies than with free Red Bull and popcorn!

Okay, now for the highlight of the event - the Chowdown Competition!! We fielded Team Jiak Buay Lok (Directly translated as "Eat Cannot Down"), comprising Clarence, Vincent and Junsheng! 8 burgers, 10 bananas and a sponge cake were what they had to down in a mere 15 minutes!

Let the competition begin!

Chewing and biting and drinking - midway into the competition!

More chewing and biting and drinking - building up a lead, slowly but surely!

Finishing the last morsels of food...

At last, zero zilch no food left!! Our very own Team Jiak Buay Lok emerged as winners, with a huge lead! Just look at their wide smiles!

Our triumphant winners receiving their prize - CapitaMall vouchers!! Congrats on the fantastic performance guys!

Definitely not forgetting the very important Cheerleaders!!!

Finally, here's us again, after a morning of campus exploration, fun games, Milo, Red Bull and popcorn, and for our 3 champion eaters - loooots of food!

Well, "that's all for now" (Mel, 2008). Cheers to more fine things to come! Because really, we're not just canoeists, we're a lot more!


-Me

All photos courtesy of Ken.