the tunnel tour! :D
Sunday, June 08, 2008
this week's a busy week for me..feel so tired going to work every day..took a half dae leave to go to sch in the morning for our training on tue..went to orchard station to hunt for a suitable location for our booth and roadshow on wed after work..haha we nidda take photos of the spot we want to use but it was lyk kinda weird coz there are so many pple standing ard waiting for their friends..and there were police patroling at that time too..haha wad if they tot we want to take photos for them and come and bash us up..so we were abit paiseh to take photo there..but in the end yunjing still manage to take photos, after the police walked away..hahaha...den after the location hunt went to mac to eat dinner cum meeting..somehow time passes more quickly at night..
oh yes! 5 june came the big dae for the big event!!!! the tunnel tour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!we arranged to meet at city hall at 11..apparently there were pple who were late and there were oso pple who pangseh us..sae will turn up but in the end jux sae cant make it liao..waseh so irresponsible lo..sae will turn up liao den mux reserve the date for it mah y suddenly back out lei..we went to the HQ to register and collect our goodie bags plus refreshments..its kinda weird to be eating refreshments at such a late timing..the time there was spent doing head count, eating, pulling pple to join our roadshows, and basically waiting..coz sec sch students were oso involved in this exercise..and we hafta wait for them to leave first before we can proceed to the station..when we walked to the station is ard 12 plus liao..and as usual, yj claimed to haf charged her things (this time its digi cam) but when u on it, it showed batt flat..so we were unable to take our own photos but hafta rely on others who brot their cam to send the photos they took to us..
when we arrive at the station, the personnel tok to us abt safety and security at the station, explaining to us things lyk escalator safety, the emergency stop plunger, the phone, snake catcher (dunno if this is spelt liddat) etc..when i heard abt 'snake catcher' i was wondering y they nid stht o catch snakes at the station..does this mean they will haf a bee catcher and a fly catcher as well? hahahah :p well it turned out that the thing will b used to pick up items when pple dropped them on the track..haha wonder y its called the snake catcher then...the personnel tok more abt the train lo, lyk how many fire extinguishers are there in the train, how long is the train, how many colours are there in the train, how long can the train last on batt if there is a power failure..haha..and u noe wad, the door wun be able to close it sth more than one inch was in btw it..haha so by rite it shdnt be able to close and sandwiched pple...but then he continued saying that the door will squeeze the thing and try to close..so this means if ur hand is stuck there, the door will squeeze ur hand and attempt (or mb force) to close so that the train can move on,,sounds scary huh..but he did mention that pple can try to force open the door if u r strong enuff..haha..of coz such sig events will haf guest-of-honour(: and he visited every cabin and tok to each grp..haha and he had a short chat w our president too..((: woohoo~
then there was detrainment..the lights and air con r all off and it was lyk a stimulation of a power failure, where passengers r brot out of the train, safely, shd there be any emergency..last came the finale of the dae - the tunnel walk! the event is lyk three hrs but the tunnel walk itself is lyk only 30 min..we walk in the tunnel for abt 250m to reach the emergency exit shaft..its real hot inside and dark..haha coz afterall its an enclosed area (haha tunnel mah) wonder how the driver drives the train under such dim lighting..wonder how the pple built the tunnel man..佩服佩服! :p oh tat time when we met the staff they were telling us the tunnel ex will be lyk some marathon and i was wondering where is the marathon part man..we jux walk along the tunnel nia mah..then i was wrong! coz the tunnel was deep so u can imagine how long we nidda walk to get out of the tunnel..when we get out from the escape shaft, its a super high fleet of stairs..the staff sae its 10 storey high eh!!!! the stairs seem endless and we were all climbing and climbing and climbing..imagine urself climbing the stairs at 1am when some were alr shagged and tired out..we were all so happy when we reach the top..finally get to breathe the fresh air..finally understood wad 'light at the end of the tunnel' meant, 见到了一线曙光(:
it was alr 0130 by then, took some grp photos, followed by speech by the personnels..reach home alr 0300 le..couldnt really slp well coz im afraid i will overslp and unable to wake up todae for work..haha i turned out that i wasnt as tired/sleepy as i thought..and i was early for work(:
it was a unforgettable experience indeed..a lifetime opportunity to haf a peek at the tunnel, the so familiar yet so unfamiliar tunnel..din regret going ((: next up will be our roadshows! support us during our roadshows k..(:
admiring the sunset @ 11:39 PM