Ok, I’m going to sound like a broken record here. We need to push for hunt organisers to disclose the hunt format before the event so that we can make informed choice.

I heard in the Yasmin contraceptive hunt out of the 116 total points, only 44 points were from the usual treasure hunt questions. The rest came from games and activities, including one involving a blow job. Here’s a participant’s take on the event. Now, there is nothing wrong with that. In fact, I can understand the need for some of these events to achieve the organiser’s commercial objectives of educating, informing and promoting an issue and their product. And if you are going to part with your money to purchase their product, you would be fully informed of what is it you are buying. Why shouldn’t that be the same with our treasure hunt?

I can only think of these few reasons why the organiser and/or the clerk of course can’t or choose not to disclose their hunt format.

1. They don’t even know what format the hunt is going to be, upon the announcement and releasing the entry form. More often than not, I believe this is the case.

2. And if they do have the all the details, they may not want to announce them for fear that certain group may stay away.

3. Perhaps they feel that not knowing will add to the excitement.

4. They feel that some teams may have an advantage knowing the details.

Treasure hunt has come a long way from a fun based event for a small, self indulging group of friends. Today, these events are very much a public event and organisers are collecting entry fee from public. It is high time that fee paying hunters know what we are buying. We don’t need all the details, just enough information for us to decide.

As for the hunt results, the winner is Tan Eng Siang and partner.

A Klang Vally walk cum motoring hunt on Sunday 2nd March. CoC: Fun Hunt People.

Entry fee: RM75/pax

Prizes:

1st – 4 Beijing 5D/4N ground package + cash

2nd – 2 Beijing 5D/4N ground package + cash

3rd – 2 Beijing 5D/4N ground package – hampers

Entry Form

Tour Details

Tour Conditions

Updated on Feb 1st: Entry Form

This walk/LRT hunt on Saturday 16th February with simple challenges at each check point is organised by Bayer Schering Pharma, a market leader in the field of hormonal contraception. Yasmin being their best selling product for 2006.

It’s a half day hunt, starts at 8.15am. Entry fee is RM50/couple with t-shirts, clipboards and lunch. Limited to first 30 couples. You just need to have a man and a woman in a team, not necessary a couple in any sort of relationship.

Prizes – 1st – RM1,500 2nd – Rm1,000 3rd – Rm500

CoC: Time Out Solutions

Entry form is not ready, meanwhile please register your interest in participating by contacting Siew Pheng at 03-74935588

Scoop!

The hunt is still some time away but I thought you should read about it first on this blog. Trailblazers, the treasure hunt vehicle of CoC Raj is the organizer.

Date: Saturday 29 March 2008. Fee is RM60/pax. There is an early bird offer of RM55/pax before 9th March.

Interestingly, Trailblazers is introducing a loyalty discount of RM10/pax for any of their future hunts in 2008.

Entry Form

There is something freshing about Raj, not so much his style of hunts but about what and how he see the hunt community going forward. He gives me that almost Jerry Maguire’s kind of feeling every time we exchange words. Late last year, he hosted a dinner for his treasure hunt clients and invited along many of the CoCs in town! Now, how’s that for someone with the abundance mentality. He had wanted it to be some sort of a loose gathering of CoCs to discuss and share all things treasure hunt. The very long dinner table at Outback, Bangsar was only half occupied that night but what a night it was. Great food, wonderful company and what a freshing exchange of views.

Update 29/1/08: The morning after, it seems a few teams (like this team) went and check out the Kluang Railway Station coffee. Another hunter send me this running joke picture taken from there. (click thumbnail to see)

Results. Full points – 120

1. 116 – VK Chong, Vincent Woo, Margaret Sha
2. 116 – CK Loh, Julie Tan, Claire Chin, Tommy Ng
3. 114 – Kok Seng, Ramesh, Chong Foo Seong, Kong Yew
4. 112 – Abdul Latiff, Ahmad Azman, Ani Fauziana, Ani Fadilah
5. 112 – Johan Salul, Ben Lau, Sam Rahman, Amir Hamzah
6. 108 – Gary Guna, Md. Razif, Darmataksiah Abai, Raja Zean

The annual treasure hunt is jointly organised by Kota Kinabalu City Hall and Tourism Malaysia will be held this year on 24th February 2008 in conjunction with the 8th KK City Day Celebration.

Prizes:

1st – RM5000 + return air ticket KK- Seoul, Korea

2nd – RM3000 + return air ticket KK – Guongzhou

3rd – RM2000 – return air ticket KK – Manila

Entry fee: RM200/team. Entry Form

CoC: Time Out Solutions

Last year, KK Chai and VK Chong won the hunt and took home prizes worth RM18,500

A fellow hunter, Siaw Poon Im, or simply Poon to many of us regular hunters has passed on peacefully this morning. He was 53, survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. My heartfelt condolences to the family.

I only had one opportunity to hunt with him, which was sometime early last year. He was a very soft spoken, all around nice guy.

Funeral will be on Wednesday morning. For those who would like to pay your last respects and give support to his family, wake will be at : No. 50, Jalan SS 20/6, Damansara Kim.

It’s a new beginning in more ways than one for me. In the past weeks or so, things have been so crazy for me on the personal front but I bet you are not here to read about some sob stories, so I will spare you from the torture. Let’s move along and talk about our common interest.

Here we are at the brand new blog design. The design may be new but the focus will remain the same as the old blog. This blog will continue to be a one stop place for the hunting community and will strive to provide you with all the latest news in the treasure hunt scene.

I hope you like the new look and feel of this blog. I’m very grateful for the help of this young and talented man Praveen, without whom this new blog design would not have been a reality.

I’m actually very eager to be on the road again, both hunting and clerking. It will be a healthy distraction for me at this point. 

Here’s to another good year of treasure hunting. See you on the road.

This hunt held in Seremban town on the very last weekend of 2007, marked the closing of the hunt season for the year. CoC was Pava

Results

1. 92- Alexander Hoh, Razif, Dharma
2. 90- Kok Seng, Ramesh, Chong Foo Seong, Lim Kok Yew
3. 88 – YS Khong, VK Chong, Vincent Woo, Margaret Sha
4. 82 – Sanjay, Rahmah, Sumita, Steven
5. 64 – Yeap Heng Boon, Richard Si, May, Tommy Ng
6. 62 – Tan Eng Siang, Ong and team
7. 60 – Zahrol and OGA alumni friends
8. 54 – Suhaimi, Kumar,Norliza and friend