It’s possible to enjoy a hunt even if you don’t like the questions?

When Adrian contacted the team about going for this hunt, I immediately said okay.  It’s Uncle Chong’s hunt and you know for sure that the questions  will be cryptically sound and the winners won’t be decided by some game of chance. The only thing is I’m not a fan of his style. 18 out of 30 questions had the word “answer” in them. Most of  the questions are solved by  adding the anagram of a word to the answer (often anagram of the answer) to form another word.

A + Answer = C

Q: Terrible drink is consumed by intoxicated answer to arrive at a high place

A: Paul

This sort of questions can be tough but I don’t find it very creative. You can practically use any signboard to come out with a question using this style.

And then, we have the surface reading.

One of the things that I enjoy and admire about good cryptic question is the surface reading that paints a picture of a situation to throw solvers on a different path from what the setter actually mean.  That’s where the beauty lies. In Uncle Chong’s questions, the sentences are constructed for the single purpose of  making sure it fits the cryptic requirements and nothing else.

The above are of course a matter of taste, in the end all things considered Uncle Chong’s hunt are of high quality and enjoyable.  I often learn new words and new facts from his hunt.  And perhaps, the most important reason I will always support Uncle Chong’s hunt is the commitment he puts into his hunt and that he does all these hunts for no other reasons except for his love and passion for the sport.

Results

Full points = 110. Questions (90) + Treasure (20) – Penalty

1. 104 (84+20) – Alexander Hoh, Claire Chin, Julie Tan, Goh Teck Koon

2.   92 (72 +20) -  Christopher Foo, Adrian Wong, Toh Weng Ngai, Michael Pang

3.   82 (69+16 -3) – Liew Kok Seng, Lim Soo Khian, Lim Kong Yew, Teoh Cheow Teong

4.  79 (63+16) – Razif Ahmad, Darmataksiah Abai, Dr Ben Lau

5.   78 (66 +12) – Chai Koh Khai, Chong Voon Kiat, Margaret Sha, Wong Sze Lynn

6.   67 (51+16) – Peh Kok Hun, Loh Chee Kwan, Lee Ling Fei, Yeong Kig Siew

7.   57 (45 +12) – Venkateswaran, , Kumaran Nagappa, Florence Teng

8.   53 (48+8) – Tan Kok Cheeng, Chan Kah Seng, Roodi Mohd Rashid, Yeoh Hong Yip

9.   52 (39 +12) – Yeap Heng Boon, Tommy Ng, Jennifer Yeow, Lily Loh

10. 44 – Pavananthan, Shandra Dass, Selwyn Dass

11. 42 – Pirabakaran, Navamalar, Lim Chuan Leng, Komathi Dheana

These are the top 5 teams, all with 132 pts. (Max pts : 136)

1. Team name: SPFN

Fong Choon Kit, Song Wee Kiat, Peter Tan and Ng Sow Leng

2. Team Name: Codebreaker

Mohd Faiz Kamaruzzaman, Izlan Sulaiman, Am Sazly Aminuddin and Firdaus Shah.

3. Team Name: OT

Lim Pei Ni, Ong Tee Hong, Ong Hoong Chun and Ng Tiong Lim

4. Team Name:Dead Man Chest

Puni Hariaratnam, Vishnu Visvanathan, Anita Sennyah and Suresh Aru

5. Team Name: Gorgo

Ashir Ariffin, Mohd Khairul Amin, Khairul Hafizan

Released by Trialblazers.

The hunt was held last Saturday 17th July from Penang to Hatyai, Thailand.

1. 91 – Pek Kok Hun, Tommy Ng, Lim Say Chye,  Loh Chee Kwan  (won time tie-breaker)
2. 91-   Syed Faisal Syed Mohd, Saiful Naim Harun, Abd Razak, Mohd Shahbudin
3. 90 – Bukhori Che Zain, Mohd Rozi Senafi, Harry Adja Radjeman, Ahmad Fahmi Ramli
4. 88 – Shazrie Aizam Saaban, Azli Abu Bakar, Saidin Shaari, Tajul Aris Hj Abd, Razak
5. 86 – Kholib Hashim, Mohd Rozi Puteh,  Yuhyi Faiz Ahmad

Organised by Kontron Sport & Recreation Club and The Hunters Events Management.

p/s C.K Loh, looks like you have fully recovered huh?

Full score – 100

1. 88 – Adrian Wong, Toh Weng Ngai, Lim Soo Khian, Lim Kim Meng

2. 80 – Chai Koh Khai, Chong Voon Kiat, Margerat Sha, Teoh Cheow Teong

3. 78 – Alexander Ho, Andre Teh, Rosemawarni Abdul Rahman, Mohd Shahrin Mohd Zainuddin

4. 72 – Muhammad Razif Ahmad, Darmataksiah Abai, Hanna Razif, Sam Rahman

5. 62 – Sin Yoong Leong, Claire Chin, Goh Teck Koon, Julie Tan

6. 48 – Rajj Melambaran, Shriley Hoe, Tommy Ng

7. 48 – Venkateswaran . N, Eeswaran. K, Buvanest. T, Simon T.

Royal Oak Q&A

Results and note released by COC – Purple Antz

Purple Antz would like to apologise for the mistake in the tabulation of  results earlier, which affected the Top 4 placings. Below, is the final Top 10 results for the Green Hunt 2010.

Route LEG1 +  Route LEG2 +  Treasure +  Green Challenge +  Save The Earth + Penalty

1. Nutty Gang: 33 + 45 + 20 + 10 + 8 +0 = 116

2. Vettai Sakthi: 27+ 42+ 20+ 10 + 10 +0 = 109

3. Hunters R Us: 30 + 39 + 20 + 9 +9 +0 = 107

4. 2 Sneakies + 2 Innocents: 27 + 42 + 20 + 10+ 6 + 0 = 105

5. Space Pirates: 30 + 30+ 15 + 10 + 8 + 0 = 93

6. The Jackals : 24 + 21 + 20 + 10 + 10 + (-12) = 73

7. Team Meaples: 18 + 27 + 20 + 8 + 6 + (-6) = 73

8. The Karans: 18 + 15 + 20 + 9 + 10 + 0 = 72

9. Shell KSC : 6 + 21 + 15 + 9 + 10 + 0 = 61

10.Frengers: 18 + 15 + 10 +9 + 8 + (-3) = 57

CATEGORY : OPEN

1. 193 – WONG CHIANG CHUEN,  CLAIRE CHIN, JULIE TAN, GOH TECK KOON
2. 190 – SARIZAL AMIR , AZWAN MUHAMAD, M.KHAIRIE KEMAT, SHAHRIL NIZAM
3. 186 – RAJJ MELAMBARAN, SHIRLEY HOE, PIRA, MALAIR
4. 185 – DATO RAMESH,, TEOH CHEOW TEONG, CHONG FOO SEONG, LIEW KOK SENG
5. 184 – KEITH JOSEPH ROZARIO, YEONG KIG YEUONG, YEONG KIG SIEW, EUGENE CHENG BOON KEONG
6. 178 – MOHAMMAD RAZIF, NURAIZA ZAHARI, MOHD ROZAINOL BAHARI, ISMAIL IBRAHIM
7. 174 – TAN AIK CHUNG, LOO WERN CHING, SOO KA CHUN, LIM MING YANG
8. 173 – YEAP HENG BOON, PAVA, SHANDRA DASS, HO MUN YEE
9. 171 – AM SAZLY, IALAN, FIRDAUS SHAH, KOMATHI DHENA
10. 170 – RAJINI KUGANASAN, HARINDERJIT KAUR NANDA, RAVEENA RAJA VETTI, SAMANTHA DORAY

Official results released by the CoC – Fuad Dahlan.

What an adventure my team had.  The car developed some problems very early into the hunt. We had to change car and from then on it was a mad rush playing  catch up.  A team member got sick from all that darting  in and out of traffic  at an incredible speed.  To add to that, we had trouble looking for one of the treasure from Karak to Kuantan!

Full score – 100points

1. 97 – Danial Aliff Chan, Aravindan Nair, Aznita Rusli, Sashi Nair.
2. 96 – KK Chai, Margaret Sha, Chong Voon Kiat, Alexander Hoh
3. 87 – Lee Leng Fei, Claire Chin, Julie Tan, Goh Tech Koon.
4. 86 – Yeap Heng Boon, Pavanathan, C.T Teoh, Shandra Dass
5. 82 – Peh Kok Hun, Tommy Ng, Lim Say Chye, C.K Loh
6. 78 – Dato’ Ramesh Rajaratnam, Adrian Wong, Toh Weng Ngai, Michael Pang
7. 74 – Mohd Asri, Haji Suhaimi, Kheirul Nazib, Mazri Muda
8. 70 – Selina Yong, Toh Wei Ming
9. 64 – Fong Chee Choong,Hooi Soon Wai, Soo Chi Chien, Chang Wan Sze
10. 61 – Azeman, Saleh, Nova, Kumar
11. 54 – Chan Heng Chew, Tan Bee Bee
12. 52 – Navamalar, Parabarkaran
13. 50 – Lim Pang Liang, Toh Liew Jin, Foo May Wand, Ng Sook Chan
14. 48 – Robert Tan, Lim Hooi Voon, Alice Lau, Wong Wen Chin
15. 47 – Aini Fazlin, Azhanawati, Wan Kamal Azlan, Mohd Farid

The  names of the winning team may not be too familiar to some but they have been in the hunting scene for a while now. It’s refreshing to see some of these very hardworking teams winning at big hunts like this one.

Full score – 150

1st – (96) Ahmad Zahrol, Wan Kamal, Hagi Suhaimi, Kheirul Nazib

2nd – (92) Claire Chin, Goh Teck Koon, Julie Tan, Sin Yoong Leong

3rd – (86) Muhammad Razif, Darmataksiah Abai, Hanna Hamizah Muhammad Razif, Gary Guna.

4th – (85) Liew Kok Seng, Jayaram Menon, Chin Kar Peng,  Liong Chin Min

5th – (83) Team TNB

6th – (80)  Johan Salul, Dr Ben Lau, Aziz Abd Rahman, Chai Koh Khai

Updated and additional details culled from A Hunter’s Tale

And the winner is

SOO KA CHUN

who submitted his answers at 11.45am on 19/3.  He won the 2 (two) return Firefly tickets to Singapore.

4 others who submitted all correct answers

Chong Voon Kiat  (3.30.50pm)

Claire Chin Siow Lyn (6.32.55pm)

Jayaram Menon (7.56.41pm)

Liong Chian Min (9.34.45pm)

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The Answers

The Questions

The Announcement 2

The Announcement 1

1Malaysia 1Yellow Pages Treasure Hunt

It was a very last minute decision to join this walk hunt today. Luckily they had walk-in registration before the start of the hunt.

A few weeks back,  I hid the Astro card because the boys were watching too much TV and I did a little treasure hunt for them to look for the card. Ever since then, they have been asking me to do another one for them but I never did. I’ve always wanted to bring the boys to a hunt, and since this was an in-door and a short hunt, it was  ideal to  get them started.  I went today with no expectations at all to win anything.  So coming in at 7th is really a bonus.

Champion

50 teams took part.

Maximum -62points. 25Q x2 , 3treasure x 3

1. 62 – Claire Chin, Gok teck Koon, Julie Tan, Wong Chiang Chuen
2. 60 – Lim Say Chye, Tommy Ng, Lee Ling Fei, Yeung Kig Siew.
3. 56 – Alexander Hoh, Andre Teh, Chong Foo Seong, Liew Kok Seng
4. 56 – Dr. Ben, Johan Salul, Khairul Nazib, Rijalludin
5. 54 – Ruben, Lenny Wan and team
6. 54 – Sam Rahman, Teh Boon Kai
7. 50 – Michael Pang, Florence Teng, Derrick Pang, Daniel Pang
8. 50 – Loo Wern Ching, Lim Ming Yang, Ku Shiou Wei, Soo Ka Chun
9. 48 – Team Avatar

2nd

4th

5th

6th

I had a great time at the annual CNY hunt.

The CNY hunt is nothing like all the other hunts. You don’t hunt with your usual team members, instead everyone draws a card on the morning of the hunt itself to decide the teams.  It’s exciting that once in a year, we get thrown out of the comfort of our  usual team mates,  learn from better hunters and get to know other hunters better.  This hunt used to be by invitation only but in recent years it has become a sort of an open invitation to all.  With a bigger crowd and newer hunters,  some may not be too comfortable with the draw card system and wants  to hunt with their own team.  This option is actually pretty cool because we get more teams taking part this way.

The main guy driving this CNY hunt tradition is of course  Uncle Chong Foo Seong. I think this year is the 15th (or 16th?) edition of the CNY hunt.

While the CoC took care of the questions and routes, Kok Seng quietly manages the details for the draw card.  Late Saturday night he was on the phone with me and Jayaram discussing the various categories of hunters, who should go into which group and how he’s going to do the draw the next morning.  Great job Kok Seng!

The announcement of teams.

Lots of thoughts went into how best to have teams that are balance in strength.

Teams that ran with their own members

Prizes List.

The Veterans

THE MAN of the day - "Don't confuse me!!"

Asking for divine intervention before flag-off

For charity's sake

Two questions not solved. One very happy CoC!

Full Results

1. 153 – KK Chai, Toh Wei Ming, Tan Eng Siang, Teoh Cheow Teong.
2. 148 – Chong Voon Kiat, Venkateswaran Nagappan, Mohd Shahrin, Chin Kar Ping.
3. 143 – Yeap Heng Boon,  Jayaram Menon, Julie Tan, Yeong Kig Siew.
4. 143 – Alexander Hoh, Claire Chin, Lim Say Chye
5. 133 – Catherine Ng,  Lim Soo Khian, Sin Yoong Leong, Ho Mun Yee
6. 126 – Pavananthan, Goh Teck Koon, Woo Ee Wen, Pasupathy
7. 121 – Christopher Foo, Michael Pang, Lim Kong Yew, Lin Leong Ang
8. 119 – Anuar Jeffrey, Chan Kah Sing, Cornelius Koh, Ng Ek Leong
9. 116 – Hagi Suhaimi, Rosemawarni Abdul Rahman, Ho King Mun, Liew Kok Seng
10. 108 – Muhammad Razif, Darmataksiah Abai, Hanna Hamizah Muhammad Razif, Muhammad Razif, Sam Rahman
11. 106 – Khairul Nazib, Sallehuddin, Fong Chun Kit, Azeman
12. 104 – Dato’ Ramesh Rajaratnam, Khong Yin Swan, Florence Teng, Margaret Sha.
13. 96 – Ahmad Zahrol, Sharifah Nur Laila, Hazni Mohd Afidi, Ainul Azraini
14. 89 – Lee Ling Fei, Loh Chee Kwan, Peh Kok Hun, Tommy Ng
15. 79 – Tan Chee Chiew, Tan Tsiau Way, Lau Kuan Cheng. Wong Yean Kong
16. 74 – Pirababarkaran Ponniah, Navamalar Ganesan, Lim Chuan Leng, Siva Kumar
17. 69 – Shandra Dass, Kumaran Nagappa, Ahmad Rozly, Stephen Ramalingam

Uncle Chong with all his experiences is certainly one of those better CoC around.  His choice of words can be so good that often it lead hunters astray. His hunts are tough but enjoyable.

One thing that should be given some thought for  future CNY hunt is that the  start and end should ideally be at the same venue.

All in all it was another great and enjoyable CNY hunt.  Looking forward to the next installment. Thank you to Uncle Chong for putting his heart and soul into doing this signature hunt of his.

Lets revisit the objective of this hunt  ” to encourage & develop novice hunters”

Now take a look at the results and the Q&A powerpoint and tell me if  this experiment has achieved the desired outcome?

Total points – 135

1. 97 – Tommy Lee, Kelvin Ho, Chan Jian Yee, Claire Chin
2. 74 – Hanna Hamizah Muhammad Razif, Muhammad Razif, Darmataksiah Abai
3. 64 – Lau S. Y,  Daqi, KK Chai, Johan Salul
4. 63 – Tan Aik Chung, Loo Wern Ching, Lim Ming Yang, Michael Pang
5. 61 – Eugene Chin, Ling Liong Ang, Lee Ling Fei, Yeong Kig Siew
6. 61 – Eeswaran, Theresal, Venka
7. 58 – Shandra, Wei Ling, Ahmad Rozly, Dato’ Ramesh
8. 58 – Ruben, Eu Yeok  Cheng, Wong Wai Leng, Lenny Wan (Novice 1st)
9. 55 – Abidin Mohd Yusof, Shaharidzal Busu, Sheikh Anuar Majid, Norashikin (Novice 2nd)
10. 48 – Ami Akhran, Haslinda Shamsuddin, Ahmad Rijaluddin, Wan Ning Khairol (Novice 3rd)
11. 48 – Sallehuddin Yusof, Hamim Masyitah, Mohd Yatim Ab Rahman, Azeman Saarin
12. 48 – Lai Keat Yeen, Mu Shou Teng.
13. 47 – Syarifah, Megat, Rizal, Zahrol Kadir
14. 44 – Mohd Irwan Mohamad, Khairi Hafidz Ahmad, Mohammad Razip, Norwahida Nazihah
15. 44 – Aini Fazlin, Azhanawati Abd Wahab, Mohd Farid, Wan Kamal Azlan

This is one “damn” tough hunt, we almost “pitam”. More later after I recover from the mental fatigue.

Special thanks to The Meeples; Tan Aik Chung, Loo Wern Ching, Lim Ming Yang for a giving me a space in their team.

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Despite the CoC’s missteps in pitching a just right level of difficulty for the targeted hunters,  overall it was a good hunt.  Error free tulips, adequate time, huntable routes and  no long wait for the answers presentation.  They even gave out CD of the answer presentation after the hunt. The CD is indeed a nice touch especially to the new hunters who might wants to go thru it at their own pace.

If  anything,  I think using only part of a shop/company name is not very correct nor elegant.  For e.g  the answer  “De” taken from “De Zai Hair …..” or ‘Busana” from “Busana J&Z”.

CoCs should not try too hard to make it hard for the regulars.  Set tough questions if you must, but keep it simple, creative and smart.  COC should try to out-smart the hunters, not whack us on the head with a sledgehammer. Outwitted hunters will  willingly kick our own backs and want more. Injured hunters stay at home to recuperate for a long time.

Also for bigger crowd in their future hunts, the venue today is really not suitable.

Both Kroll and Hagi have shown great positive attitude towards feedback/suggestions from fellow hunters in the weeks leading to this hunt. They are willing to listen.

So I’m sure with this experinces under their belts,  their next and future hunts can only be better than their courageous effort today.

Congratulations to the Winners.

Maximum – 100points

1. 94 – Alexander Hoh, Andre Teh, Gary Guna, Rosemawani A Rahman
2. 89 – Muhammad Razif, Darmataksiah Abai,Hanna Hamizah Muhammad Razif, Sam Rahman
3. 87 – KK Chai, Margaret Sha, Chong Voon Kit, Woo Ee Wen
4. 85 – Dato’ Ramesh, Liew Kok Seng, Chong Foo Seong, Lim Kong Yew
5. 85 – Wong Chiang Chuen, Claire Chin, Julie Tan, Goh Teck Koon
6. 83 – Johan Salul, Dr. Ben , Kheirul Nazib, Aziz A. Rahman
7. 82 – Salehuddin Yusof, Mohd Asri, Mazri Muda, Rozaman Ismail.
8. 77 – Pirabarkaran, Navamalar, Sivakumar, Lim Chuan Leng
9. 76 – Venka, Eeswaran, Kumaran, Simon
10. 75 – Yeah Heng Boon, Ho King Mun, Ho Mun Yee, Janet Tan

Teams were required to explain their answers for the treasures.  If teams get the right treasure but fail to explain why they brought in that treasure they only get 3 out of 6 points for treasure.

What’s your opinion about this new development?

Champion - gorgo-matsumoto

2nd - Team 2515

3rd - Team 4 ekor

1.  133   Ashir Ariffin, Asnida Ariffin, Mufida, Asmah

2. 133 – Ong Hoong Chan, Ng Tiong Lim, Yap Khang How, Tan Kim Yew

3. 131 – Lim Sy Tzuan, Joey Chong, Ruben Enbasegaram, Lenny Wan

4. 126 – Adrian Foong, Hong Kok seong, Kelvin Ho, Chan Jian Yee

5. 121- Tan Yoke Peng, Tan sze Chern, Roy Benjamin, Chen De-Leon

Claire Chin receiving the 1st place prizes

2nd place winner Margaret Sha receiving prizes for Dato Andrew

Total score – 120 points

1. 115 – Claire Chin Siow Lyn, Julie Tan Hui Siang
2. 110 – Choong Voon Kiat, Margaret Sha
3. 110 – Loh Chee Kwan, Peh Kok Hun
4. 105 – Teh Boon Kai, Sam Rahman
5. 105 – Julian Lim, Adelene Yap
6. 105 – Tommy Ng, Lim Say Chye
7. 105 – KK Chai , Lily Loh
8. 102 – Lee Ling Fei, Yeong Kig Siew
9. 99 – Simon Mathew, Venkateswaran
10. 96 – Shandra Dass, Kuma Nagappan

CoC: Take A Break.