Dear friends,
It has been a long while since the first idea was conceived 3 years back;
We have planned for this since many months back; 2 days before the Race, we were still having our final meeting and briefing.
And yes, before we know it - the Amazing Race III has ended on a high note & we are now approaching year 2007 - gazing in the direction of Amazing Race (4)!!
Indeed, the rain may wet our physical bodies, but it is the many memorable instances which we shared that matters. Hereby, I would like to thank the opportunity to thank the following people who’ve made this event a great success!!
The Organizing Committee: Gary, Huifen, Justin, Joyceline, Rodney, Eileen, Tianli, Eiyon, Peiwen, Huiling, Nicholas - for the great times that we spent together, the ECP recee, outreach, posters challenge, very late meetings, countless emails, souvenirs packing, transporting the platform from Kg. Chai Chee CC to Siglap CC, tons of sms, countless calls, wonderful and cheery fun times… etc. Thank you, we truly enjoyed the planning process and we are thankful that in the midst of all these, we’ve forged a deeper bond with our dear brothers and sisters of Siglap YEC 
Mr. Khoo: We can’t thank you more for your invaluable support and for agreeing to conduct the flag-off for us so readily. It is indeed heartwarming to see your family participating in the Race and having fun! Thank you and congrats!<
Tianli: You’ve been a real cool volunteer, always helping us with the logistics, transporting things around and ferrying us wherever we go. Thank you for buying the water-melons & oranges and taking charge of all the logistics. This is a challenging task and you’ve conquered it all! More importantly, I truly respect you for having no qualms about sending us to and fro when we went round stations to patrol and visit the station masters. I know your work is already very tiring and the mere fact that you extended your help so readily and always greeting us with your wide grin and quirky jokes made us appreciate your efforts even more. Xie Xie Ni!!
Eileen: My dear girl, thank you for helping us with the planning and also for helping Tianli with the logistics. Similarly, we understand that your work is tight and yet both you and tianli will rush down for meetings without fail. This is truly admirable. I would also like to thank you for all your advice, encouragement and support whenever I am down. Let’s look forward to another eventful year ahead!
Johan: The slideshow was awesome! And it must have been hard for you and wilson, having to cycle and take photos at the same time. The rain doesn’t help either :p and you know what? the most impressive moment has got to be the slideshow for Amazing Race 2006! You managed to put the photos together and produce such a memorable slideshow for all the participants!! Thank you so much!
Wilson: The heavy rain got you drenched, but you still carried on to take the photos in such professional manner! Many thanks for the great photos! Both you and Johan have a special ability - to create and keep memories for others! Thank you so much for this beautiful gift!
Peiwen: You’ve made a great impact to the Amazing Race with the superb poster design! Although this is your first attempt, I must really congratulate you on the incredible results! I am sure all our friends will agree with me that the poster design is very nice and apt for the race I would also like to take this opportunity to apologize to you having made you go through the scolding from the printer aunty 
Lucky you can go to other printers hor? ;p hee.. But I personally feel that this is an appropriate platform for you to learn and gain experience in the design arena. Look forward to your new art works!
Junn: I am very touched when I heard that you have to go to work after Amazing Race. Thank you for taking the effort to come down and help despite your irregular working hours *hugz* Please really take good care of yourself and do not overwork orh! Your brothers and sisters from YEC are always around for you!
Nicholas & Yong Hui: Hey, thanks lots for helping out at the fruity station! I am sure yu guys enjoyed te-kan the participants and watching them peel oranges/ crush watermelon huh? *wink* Nonetheless, our sincere appreciation to you for taking time to help us with the Amazing Race, we look forward to meeting you at our Xmas Lunch on Sat!
Cedric, Malik & Vick: Yo! Thank you for helping us with the “cans transporter” station! Your help is greatly appreciated by us all!
Yuen Har: Ah, I am really at a loss for words. How can I thank you enough?? You only slept for afew hours, yet you came down so happily to help us with the Amazing Race. The thoughtful photos that you sent, and the “I am okay” from you, makes me all the more touched. My dear friend, please be strong and brave, for you have wonderful friends like us who will accompany you through thick and thins, just like how our participants conquer the stations one-by-one! You know what? your support and presence is enough to make us happy!
Cherry & Zhu: Sorry for having to let you girls get drenched in the rain. I hope you’ve brought back wonderful memories and yup, thank you so much for helping us! Both your presence has brought much boost to my energy and morale level! My 2 best friends, we stand as one and fall as one! I look forward to our upcoming gatherings! *Hugz*
Eiyon: Our game in-charge (and Justin too!), xie xie ni de coconut drink and for planning such interesting games! Understand that your work is one busy and irregular schedule, hence your help is definitely appreciated by us all! Look forward to more quirky games in Amazing Race 2007! *grinz* Yup, how can I forget about the jungle- path while doing our patrol? Though the jungle was muddy and yucky, I am glad that we went through it all!
Huiling: Dear secretary never change. Huiling, thank you for always reminding me of important tasks and coming up with such wonderful ideas (e.g. distributing our newsletter)! Sorry that I wasn’t able to chat with you yesterday.. and yeap, thank you for always calling up to update us on the happenings and to remind us to bring mineral water to the station masters.. Very thoughtful and sweet.. And of course, for getting your sister to help us with the publicity at Ngee Ann POlytechnic! thank you lots lots! *hugz*
Shaoliang: Hey hey! Thank you for meeting us so early in the morning and sending us the pretty-and-FRESH-from-the-oven group photo! I love the edited photo Yup, and also for helping out at the scavenger bingo station! Read your blog - hope you are feeling better already
Gravity Band + Tommy: Hey Tommy, first I need to apologize for the delayed responses and I would also like to thank you for agreeing to perform for the event. We enjoyed the songs as much as you guys had while playing the tunes! Look forward to your next performance already! :o)
Bronson: You are our Saviour. Thank you for helping us with the PA system and for coordinating with Gravity Band. Your professionalism is very much appreciated by us!
Steve: Many thanks for coming down and rendering your support for our events!
Jing Jing: Thank you for helping us secure the handy souvenirs which made the goodie bags so attractive!
The list is long and there are still many more people whom we’ve yet to thank. For the great turn-out and successful closure, lets toast into the air as we usher in the jolly new year
*THANK YOU*
See you in Amazing Race 2007!
From Christine
Afternote: Christine, thanks to you too, for getting in the sponsorships, for getting so many helpers and most importantly, for leading our kg cc yec team 
~eileen
Photo Slideshow by Johan
