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group mixing with Jaycees from all over the world to try and find Chinatown to explore for the next
after the performance. After a couple of hours we few hours. Luck was with us and we found part of
packed up and headed back to the Fernleaf Centre it, had dinner there, split up and found individual
for the remainder of the night. ways back. Everyone was home by 11:15pm, tired
Thursday 26th May but pretty happy. The beauty about this place is that
We breakfasted at 7:30am and then Rongo it is so safe and the public transportation is very
and Darrell took the group for a practice. Tony efficient and reliable.
Cranshaw needed to make contact with Phil Friday 27th May
Simpson regarding a possible performance at the Again we were all up for breakfast at 8:30am
Fernleaf Centre on Saturday as well as Gary and had a meeting at 9:30am. We left at 10:00am
Hartley over the rest of the programme for the and had to drop Rongo off at the doctors as she had
Jaycees. He also arranged for the group’s travellers badly sprained her ankle when she slipped in
cheques to be cashed and contacted Lillian Yeo Chinatown the night before. While she was at the
about the group’s performances at Raffles Hotel. doctor we visited Transit Road Shopping Centre
Good news came through from the High where Taane toyed with the idea of getting a tattoo.
Commission. They were so thrilled with our We dropped the vans at the High
performance that they had agreed to pay $450 Commission and sent John, Pita and Rongo down
towards the cost of the hireage of the vans. to Raffles with our performance uniforms and
About mid-morning Tony had to Tahi to the Taiaha. We then all climbed about the MRT and
doctor as he had an ear infection. We all then set arrived at Raffles exactly at 12:15pm.
off for town by bus and train, leaving the vans Here the group gave a very good
behins. Our main objective for the day was to visit performance but, unfortunately, the batteries went
Sentosa Island. After a few Cranshaw-Waiti led flat on the video! After this performance we were
walkabouts we finally found the major tower from provided with a good lunch by the staff at the
which the cable-car departed. We bought the Hotel.
tickets from our putea and finally clambered into Again we sent Rongo, John and Pita off in a
the cable-cars and headed up to Mt Faber and back taxi to the Shangrila while we worked our way
across to Sentosa Island. back up to the main shopping area on the MRT.
There was a spectacular panoramic view From the top of Orchard Road we walked to the
from the cable-cars. It was comforting to know that Shangrila and were not too impressed with the
they had been re-fitted and un-graded in April. reception we received from the officials of the NZ
It was very hot on the Island, but everyone split up Jaycees. They wanted us to select a few kids to
and had a good day. Some went biking, some took help with the workshop but we weren’t happy
the bus back to Singapore (by mistake), others about breaking the group up.
cruised around on the mono-rail and visited the After discussions with the Jaycees in which a
various attractions such as the Surrender Chamber, few home truths were pointed out we were all
the Coral Arium, the beaches and the many, many shouted a drink in the posh foyer (cost $160
bush walks. Singaporean)!!! We than had a short rehearsal with
We headed back about 6:00pm and decided the Japanese officials in preparation for the