Sasuke Singapore Stage 1

And so Chian San managed to squeeze into the 100 selected for the actual finals for Singapore's first ever Ninja Warrior, aka Sasuke! So happy for him. At least it gave me a chance to witness the real thing. I went down to support him and so did his ex-colleague, Alvin, who was there during the qualifiers as well. I'm pretty sure we'll be on TV if the producers decided to feature our few seconds captured by the camera as his supporters. We waited for an eternity at Palawan Beach, Sentosa, where the obstacle course was built. It was only after 1.5 hours before the first participant got onto stage. Supposed to start at 1pm but ended up at 2:30pm then they started zzz.

Joanne Peh was the host of these TV series. She had to endure the scorching sun to do the filming. It was really fricking hot. Hardly any clouds at all.

It's the REAL Ninja Warrior obstacle course right in Singapore's Sentosa island!

Obstacle 1: Sextuple Step

Obstacle 2: Jump Hang

Obstacle 3: Halfpipe Attack

Obstacle 4: Warped Wall, Obstacle 5: Tarzan Rope + Rope Ladder

Joanne Peh at the finishing point doing a short shoot in the glaring hot sun lol.

The whole obstacle course looks awesome!

Joanne Peh live in person.

CS doing his ninja pose!

Chian San sprained his ankle at the second obstacle when he was testing on the trampoline. And that spells the end of his attempt at Ninja Warrior glory. He managed to jump again on the trampoline and even touched the ropes but couldn't hold on to it. Even if he did manage to hang on, his ankle wouldn't allow him to finish the course. Haizzz...

Nevertheless it was a very good attempt. Most people fail at the trampoline cos they did not know how to utilize it properly. Let's go again for the next season! WOOHOO!

Catch CS and Me (maybe) on Channel 5 Sasuke Singapore!

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Sasuke Singapore Qualifiers 3rd June 2012

It's Sunday and finally my turn has come! FINALLY I can have a taste of what it's like to be on Ninja Warrior! Well...not exactly the real thing. But at least I tried hehehe. Always thought that the obstacles looked very interesting and wanted to try it for myself. Therefore the moment I got to know that Ninja Warrior was coming to Singapore, I did not hesitate signing up for it, even though I'm not much of an athlete lol.

And so my session was on Sunday 10:45am. Went to register myself and my number was L688. Huat ah! My session was actually the one just nice being used as for the Sasuke Singapore trailer that people can see on TV now wahahha. Here's the video.

 

My whole family went down, including Momo dear and Nut Nut, to support me lol. Well it's more like I want them to go join in the exciting atmosphere and have fun. When was the last time I participated in something so exciting? Never!

As I was called to sit down in my group to prepare for the start of the obstacle course, I started feeling nervous. Never had I participated in something with so much adrenaline rush. This would be shown on TV some more! But I think that's not the reason for me being nervous. The whole obstacle course doesn't look daunting even. It's probably cos it's a REAL competition. Damn it's so exciting. My hands were literally filled with electricity. Could feel that my hands can shoot electric bolts lol.

 Here you can see me and my group of Ninja Warrior hopefuls doing a shoot for the Ch5 trailer.

Ready for battle!

By the time it was my detail, and standing beside my box, I tried to shake off the electricity in my hands but it just wouldn't go away. No choice I had to just do it. As I ran through the course, the electricity in my hands started fading. The first station push-ups was not as good as I thought. Haven't been training much prior to these qualifiers, therefore I was very slow in doing push-ups. Then it was jumping onto the box for 20 times. I had practiced this in front of Momo dear on a normal bench in a void deck. Therefore this proved no problem for me as I used my own technique to clear it. Then it was running through a series of types. No problem there as well, unless you have coordination problem. Next it was 25 times lifting an 8kg medicine ball straight up my arms extended above our heads. WTH there was dried mud on the medicine ball and some bits and pieces fell onto my face while I was lifting it. I think that proved to be quite a distraction zzz. By the time I was finished with the medicine ball, three guys were already ahead and I ran with all my might and strode across the wooden plank without breaking a sweat. Two guys already walked off with two flags, which means the final flag was up for grabs my me and the guy in front. There was about 5-10 metres of distance between me and that guy but I sped like a speeding bullet and overtook that guy at the last second and managed to grab the flag right underneath his nose. He must be damn frustrated at his loss lol.

I beat this guy by a mere second or so to grab the third and final flag.

 

Ninja Warrior NaFiMuYa!

So I managed to grab the final flag. Then we had to go for the confession stage and I gave a normal response to all their questions, which probably decided my fate already. I'm sure if I had given a much more "interesting" response I'll definitely be given a chance to be in the selected 100 for the actual event. Never mind! If there's one again next year, I'll train much harder for it! Ganbatte!

NaFiMuYa and family.

NaFiMuYa's pompom girls.

Can't remember the last time I was so athletic. Think can hear my bones cracking.

Never mind! I'll try again next year!

Can Momo be the female Ninja Warrior? YEAH!=D

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Sasuke Singapore Qualifiers 2nd June 2012

Yes no kidding! I've always wanted to take part in this Ninja Warrior game show. If you haven't heard of it, you're a mountain tortoise.

I managed to get Chian San to join the competition as well, but we were allocated in different sessions for the qualifiers. CS's was on Saturday, therefore Momo and I went down to Bishan ITE to support him. His reporting timing was 11+am, but we had to wait until 1+ before he got his turn.

The qualifiers consisted of 5 stations:
Station 1 & 2: 25 push-ups, 20 box jumps
Station 3: Tyre obstacles
Station 4: 25  lifts of medicine balls
Station 5: Walking across a balancing beam

After you are done with all 5 stations, you make a final dash to the finish line, which consists of 3 boxes with 3 red flags. Therefore only 3 out of a possible 8 of each detail will be able to get a flag.

CS managed to grab the third flag due to a bit of luck. The guy in front of him was turned back by the official just as he was reaching the last flag because he had made a violation on the wooden plank and had to go back and redo it. Therefore even though CS made a tumble just before reaching the flag, he managed to secure a flag for himself. LOL awesome! But he did had a nasty fall. Injured his face as he fell flat on the muddy ground. But still a true warrior!

And that was Stage 1 of the qualifiers. Stage 2 was a live "confession" stage whereby the producers will ask every contestant some interview questions and you will have to answer it in front of the camera. It's a way for the producers to pick out the interesting ones to be featured in the show and to be selected for the 100 participants for the actual Stage 1 of Sasuke Singapore.

It's Sasuke Singapore! FINALLY!

Part of the obstacle course.

Gasp! 8kg medicine balls!

Superman should have done better. He was last in the group lol.

All queuing up for their turn to be on national TV!

D146!

CS doing his "confession".

The mud patch that CS made during his fall actually resembled a Lion! ROAR!

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I AM THREE ONE

三十一

さんじゅいち

THIRTY-ONE

Holy shit! Suddenly time passes so quickly and I'm 31 already? Happy birthday to me lol!

Haven't had the time and discipline to update my blog. Sorry folks! Too busy with everything else now. You must be wondering...busy with what? LOL...what else but Diablo 3? It's been two weeks since its release on the 15th of May 2012. The long wait is over. And already dozens of friends and millions of Koreans are already at Levlel 60, the max level for now. I have to say I'm pretty slow already at only 40+. Of course too much gaming is no good. So I still spent time coaxing my dear to go jogging around the park, meet up friends for a meal, go shopping with dear etc.

Wondering how I spent my birthday? Nah not like last year, where I spent a hell of a time at USS. Wanted nothing much time well spent with loved ones. Just a meal together and that's all I need. Therefore I let Mummy make the choice of where to have dinner. Ended up at Sakura @ Tampines SAFRA again lol. Somehow she loves to go there. But think after this time she won't suggest going there again, cos she's been complaining about how the quality of the food there has dropped. LOL

And it's been almost 2 months at my new job at Chartis. So far so good. Still plenty of things to pick up, therefore been busy with work most of the time. (Otherwise I would have been Level 60 already lol)

What to look forward to in the remaining few months of 2012 and age 31 onwards?

Firstly, it's Sasuke Singapore! I managed to convince Chian San to join this obstacle course game show together with me. And I got a very nice number 1688. Let's hope this number tios first or second or third or any prize soon hahaha! Always thought it would be fun to be able to join this Ninja Warrior challenge, but too bad they only have it in Japan. Little did I expect they would actually come to Singapore! Woohoo! Now the next thing to worry is whether I will be the only few to get eliminated in the very first obstacle wahhaha! いっけ！

Next is of course EURO 2012! Now that all soccer leagues and Champions League games are over, it's a really dry dry period of no soccer to watch. Luckily there's the release of Diablo 3. Gonna be more sleepless nights once Euro fever kicks in hehehe.

What else to look forward to? Secret...SHHHHH

P.S: The only reason why I am updating my blog now is....Diablo 3 is down due to updating to patch 1.02 HAHAHAHAHA!

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Mini JC Classmates Gathering

It's been a while since we last had a JC classmates meet-up. Today it was BK, HM, HS, Barry and I also asked NZ along since we initially wanted to meet for dinner on Tuesday but several other GIP guys couldn't make it so I decided to ask him to join us today since he also knows HM. And so we went to Marina Square's MOF for dinner. It's kinda nice to catch up with old friends, knowing about everyone's latest developments. Of course, now our topic has evolved from studies, to army, to work, to marriage, to getting a house etc. Maybe the next time we meet up we could be talking about babies lol. That's just the way life goes. And oh... BK is changing job again! As usual, everytime we meet up, someone is bound to change job or status lol.

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Start Of ANOTHER Brand New Journey!

Can you imagine that just a year ago, I was still at Citibank, and now at a totally different company, with two more other companies in between? Sounds like a serial job-hopper. But underneath it all, it's a matter of trying out possibilities and grabbing of opportunities.

Let's hope this trend does not continue for another year. Should more or less be settled down now LOL.

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Sentosa Outing With Momo Dear!

We planned for this outing cos we bought a Groupon special at $38 with savings of $34 (according to Groupon).

$38 per pax for the following:
- 2-Way Cable Car Ride ($24)
- Maritime Museum (excludes Typhoon Theatre) ($5)
- 2 rounds of Segway Fun Ride ($12)
- Butterfly Park & Insect Kingdom ($16) and bird-feeding ($3)
- Meal comprising pizza, fries and drink from Sarpino's Pizza at Butterfly Park ($6)

Therefore we planned for this trip to Sentosa after getting the Groupon voucher. Seems really worth it.

Who would have thought it would rain on the very day we wanted to go Sentosa? We reached HarbourFront Tower to the sight of extreme heavy rain. WTF?!? Even walking along to the cable-car entrance was a chore as the wind was so strong it made us kinda wet. No choice but to hang around until the rain got lighter. In the end we took the cable-car at 1pm zzz... Almost half the day gone.

Watta do but to continue our plan for the day. It was our first times taking Singapore's cable-car. New experience for Momorange. Dear was so scared that she started crying -_-... The cable-car brought us to such heights that it would give us an amazing view, but due to the rain, the window panes of the cable-car were covered with rain zzz...

We started off with the Butterfly Park and Insect Kingdom. It was still drizzling so most of the butterflies were hiding instead. Went to feed the birds. Diao...the moment the guy passed a small cup of liquid on my hand, all the birds starting flying onto my hand and shoulders.

After the boring visits, we had lunch at Sarpino's which was included in the Groupon. A pizza, fries and a drink. Dear was feeling artistic and used fries to form her name in Japanese lol.

Next up we visited the Maritime Experiential Museum. No aquarium yet! It's a relatively new attraction opened in Sentosa. It's all about the maritime stuff. Kinda stupid and waste of time.

We paid $3 each to visit the Typhoon Theatre. Thought it would be something amazing. Craps... It's just 360 degrees surround screens and wind and mist blowing at you while they simulate us on the ship hit by a  typhoon. Damn cold! Not recommended even if it's free.

Next we hung around RWS. And strolled along the beach while enjoying the scenery and the wind.

Then settle dinner at the zichar stall at the food centre by the beach. Next we had to rush to Songs of the Sea cos we've never seen it before. By the time we reached, the guys at the entrance told us we only had 2 mins to get tickets. Holy shit! Then just at that moment, some tourist who walked past told us we could have one of their extra ticket. Then the guys at the entrance also realized that we would have no time to go and get tickets, therefore allowed us to enter the place using that one free ticket. Woot so lucky! Saved two $10 tickets lol.

Quite an interesting display of water jets and pyrotechnics, with song and dance in between. Somehow I prefer the older but free musical fountain performance which is long gone.

To end the day, we took the cable-car back to mainland and over to Mount Faber and then back to HarbourFront Centre, all in the night. Somehow Dear wasn't so afraid anymore. Perhaps at night can't really see anything lol.

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