At the moment I am extremely busy with things as I'm going back to the UK quite soon now. And, thinking that time flies extremely quicker than ever, it never fails to haunt me!!! I am battling my time between being a participant in the clinical group for the 2008 Special Olympics as well as preparing all the mandatory paperwork for my NHS placement in London. Hope things go well Insya Allah, Amin.
Today, I had a day out at KBBC & Menara (Tower) Cendera Kenangan for the Klassik Rafting 2008. It's an annual event main organised by Shell Petroleum Company(ies). Previous years, it used to be an event held at the KBBC ground, and is only opened to Shell and participating members. But slowly over the years, the doors were opened to public participants, and today they moved the venue out to the named place. This way, public is no where near to hesitant to come and join the fun. Stalls were also in operation catering the public needs, live band non-stop streaming good Live music (RBC), and guest of honour was the Belait District's officer, who officiated the event.
The rafts that were used, were made based on each groups' creativity to create a durable, reliable and safe raft. This certainly needs the creative ideas from engineers, designers and strategy planners' minds alike. They made their rafts mostly from empty plastic bottles, tree barks, and pedals which aimed to keep the raft afloat and able to propulse. Some didn't even make it to the race, as things fell apart even before starting.
Lion dance performace by Chung Hua School.
Curious kids (Joshua and Martin) escorted by my sister, taking a closer look at the lion's head.
Although it was a big event compared to the previous ones I've had experienced, this one is a little dull. Previously there used to be water balloon fights, flour bombs and all the messy things you could think of. And this year's, everyone is playing clean. No attacking fellow participants on the race. So not much of uproaring crowds to inject that moral support.
Some friends whom I've met at the event.
My sister's team, "Awang Paroah and Dayang Kliopatra"
RaD in action
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