Woke up real early this morn at about 4. 20. Was due to the rain pouring outside though. Anyways was going to meet up with 10S13 to go for a CIP at East Coast Park. We were to be road marshalls at the ST Paper Chase, a running event for youths. Got to Cck MRT and boarded a bus that was catered for us. It was still pouring outside, time was about 6.15am.
When we got to East Coast Park at about 7.15am, it was pouring harder than ever.Lols.
The tents that were put up for the event were in the middle of some open grassy area near Ford Road. Once we stepped into the grassy area, our feet got soaked!
Literally soaked!
It was flooded all around. Regretted not wearing slippers.
So we just hung around under the tents and stood all the way for about 5 hours!
Well, why so long you may ask. The event got called off almost immediately after we got to East Coast Park actually. The organisers received information from relevant authorities that the persistent rain will persist till about 12.00pm. Therefore the participants started to leave a little while after our arrival. However, us volunteers were told to stay back to help out if the organisers needed help. So therefore, we just hung around and waited - for 5 hours!
My feet got really uncomfortable due to the soaking though but due to the long wait was much better as I got used to it. We didn't move around much as well,partly due to the discomfort and also to the fact that it was flooded all around, so not much place to move. Another problem was "nature's call". Standing around for 5 hours would sure result in the need for the toilet right? Well, it was no exception for me. I tried using the "portable" toilets placed there but the only one that was available for use was severly ruined, by mud I think. So I decided to walk down the stretch of cycling track along East Coast Park to find a public toilet.
However, remember that I said that the tents were put up in the middle of the grass patch? That would mean that I would have to get my feet really soaked going in and out of the grass patch area. Lucky for me, there were some big trees there which had big roots. I decided to walk on those to keep me off the soaked grass. It was a success as I could find tree roots to walk on all the way out to the cycling track. I then took a walk a little way down and found a public toilet not far off. It was still drizzling.
On my return trip, I saw something that made me stare. My path was blocked by a huge tree which had fallen and blocked the pedestrian path.I was quite surprised as I had never actually seen a tree fallen over before, just pictures. Secondly, I was quite surprised that I did not notice such a huge tree had fallen over on my way to the toilet. I then walked back the way I came, on the cycling track.
When I got back, everyone had disappeared. I saw them a some distance away standing in a sort of line and thought that the bus was finally here and we could go home. To my dismay, I found out that we were finally needed to help out. That is, to look for a missing bunch of keys. Standing in a straight line was so that we would have a thorough cover of the whole area. We then set out and after searching for some time still did not find the keys. Not long after that, our bus finally came and after the organiser gave us an apology for the failed event, we set off for Kalland MRT station. What a CIP!
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