Diary of a Serial Schizo: CHIPS FUNGA CONSENT FORM c/o Mubea Muriithi

Diary of a Serial Schizo: CHIPS FUNGA CONSENT FORM c/o Mubea Muriithi

The Social Treasure Hunt - 18th December 2010

Social Treasure Hunt was just too deadly!
Next time we do this together people. Hell's Gate was mambo bad!

Social Treasure Hunt: And so the Games began...

Event status: ongoing. 

Event details: you have to see it to believe it. 

How to get there? We're organizing transport for spectators 

to Hell's Gate, on condition that they pay the fares. 

Confirm your interest on 0723272945

Spectator tickoz going at 2k, 

bash beginning 3pm till dawn, at Hell's Gate. 

Ever partied at a game park? Ever taken a game drive? 

Kama sio come join us for this all-inclusive package.

To check the clues on the official facebook page, click here.

See You There

Social Treasure Hunt: Less than 24 hours...

She's seated across me on the 'sina taabu', her edibly divine smooth-skinned physique calling out to me, whispering...wait! Um, wrong blog! Clearly the preceding loss of bearing mitigates my absence from the blogosphere yesterday, right? Surely a man must be excused for exhibiting male tendencies. Anywho, On to the real crux of the issue...loading Social Treasure Hunt....all systems online...live in 5...4...3...2...

In less than 24 hours, at 8am tomorrow to be precise, the clues will start rolling via the the Social Treasure Hunt Kenya MMX Facebook page and #socialtreasurehunt on Twitter. As a last minute precaution, I find it necessary to give you a few details on the Rules and Regulations for the event...you Nairobians tend to go crazy at a party - which, granted, is your prerogative - but let's try keep it within these limits. For the release and waiver form, click here

The clues, as stated above, will start rolling in from 8am tomorrow - Saturday 18th December 2010 - and will be released on an hourly basis. Participants will then clock in at the village sight by 6.00pm for food, refreshments and freshening up for the night show, with Dj Creme holding it down till the early hours of Sunday. A photo hunt is scheduled for Sunday morning, and all participants and spectators alike will have the chance to partake in a game drive as well on Sunday.

After the closing celebration, final results of the contest will be posted, and the Social Treasure Hunt finally revealed.

COMPETITORS ELIGIBILITY
Any person licensed to drive on the roads of Kenya is eligible to be nominated as DRIVER.
The first named driver on the entry form will be responsible for all liabilities and obligations
both before and during the event. The Event organizers have the sole and absolute discretion to impose any penalty for incorrect, fraudulent or un-sporting behavior by any competitor or persons concerned with the entry.

ELIGIBLE VEHICLES

The event is open to any vehicle with 4 or more wheels which must be registered, and insured to
drive on the roads of Kenya, EXCEPT that the following are specifically excluded:-
a. Agricultural prime movers or similar vehicles e.g. Tractors, Combined harvesters
b. Earth moving machines and equipment
c. Plant and machinery for construction works e.g. Folk lifts
The Organizers' decision on the eligibility of any vehicle will be final, with unladen weight of any vehicle ranging between 500 and 3000kg.

DESCRIPTION OF ROUTE
The event will start from the participating group’s point of choice and finish at Hell’s Gate
Naivasha, covering a total distance of approximately 210km, and retracing many of the classical
routes. The participants are meant to follow updates and links offered by the Organizing
committee. Along the route, the participants are to search for 8 relics as updated by the organizing
committee on the social media platforms.

Teams may start with any relic of their choice. The teams will be adjudicated on grounds of route markers, these being uniquely-coloured flags marking the places where teams must go. All Route
relic markers are flags with the logo of the Social Treasure Hunt. Some may mark the place
where the teams must go in order to complete tasks, or may be used to line a course that the
teams must follow in order for them to get to the relic.

Detour
A Detour presents the team with a decision between two tasks, each with its own pros and cons. Teams are given several details about both tasks. Typically, one task is less physically demanding but is tedious or requires some amount of time or thinking to complete, while the other is usually a more physically demanding option. Depending on the team's ability, it may take less time to complete. The decision, on which task to attempt lies solely with the team.

A team may choose to switch tasks as many times as they wish with no penalty other than the time
lost in attempting the tasks and traveling between task locations. Once a team has completed one
if the tasks, they are given the clue to their next location.

Pit Stop
A Pit Stop is where all non-eliminated teams go after checking. Each Pit Stop is a mandatory rest period which allows teams to "eat, and mingle" with each other.

INSURANCE
Competitors will take part entirely at their own risk. The arrangement of Personal Accident Insurance, Comprehensive Vehicle Insurance etc is the responsibility of the Competitor. The organizers will hold entrants responsible for the behaviour of their friends, camping providers, assistants and any other persons who have shared their campsite.

So there you have it...the journey begins in a matter of hours, and while we've said it before, we'll say it again. It's informative, it's competitive, it's fun, it's truly reasonably priced - thanks to our sponsors (just try personal camping at a National park if you don't believe it), it's safe - thanks to KWS and the Kenya Police protection, it's brilliant and truly is and only can be - The Social Treasure Hunt Kenya MMX!

     Kosa uchekwe.

Social Treasure Hunt MMX - It keeps getting better and better...

You've probably heard about it by now. The social event of the year, fittingly slated for the end of the year. The event that will set the standard for the next couple of years on just how Kenyans ought to party. Backed by the Kenya Wildlife Service, National Museums of Kenya and the Music Society of Kenya to name but a few, clearly no other event screams its representation of Kenya and culture as well as the Social Treasure Hunt Kenya MMX.

 

The countdown began after the official launch at the Six Eighty Hotel with several corporates on board to endorse the event, notably Bob Collymore of Safaricom. As this blog hits its 3rd installment, we are less than 55 hours away from the commencement of a one of a kind experience in Kenya, merging a serious agenda - in the way of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals - with Social Media - in the way of Facebook and Twitter - and a pure uninhibited blast.

So what to expect at the event? Apart from the usual all-night raving characteristic of any event you crazy Nairobians partake in, what more do we have to offer? How about a free game drive for all participants and spectators alike? Get to be a tourist yourself, and better yet, all included in the ticket price.

There'll be karaoke as well for those of us who cannot resist a mic when we're drunk. Yes. Mea culpa.There'll be bonfires and of course the cocktail bars and nyamchom will help you keep dawn at bay; in the backdrop, the wildlife - our heritage as Kenyans - kept at bay by ample security from the KWS and police forces. Party in the park...that's about as much as I'll let out for now...you already know that it's a race, hence the need for a bit of mystery as to the direction we'll be dragging attracting you to.

Ticket sales are currently ongoing, and for further details on how to grab yourself one while they still last, contact Dan on +254721936870 or yours truly Ndialala on +254750695235. Peace. For now. Till we let it rip once more tomorrow. And push on to one grand finale to rival all others Kenyan come Saturday!

For further details,see the Social Treasure Hunt Website, join the Social Treasure Hunt Kenya MMX Facebook page, or #socialtreasurehunt on Twitter.  

To read yesterday's blog, click here.

The Social Treasure Hunt: Another Trip to the Bunduz?

‘So you guys are taking Nairobi to the Bunduz? Been there, done that.’

That seems to be the quick-fire response many guys have – or at least the relatively small number I have had the pleasure of talking to – when I approach them with this new concept from Tri-Bloc Ventures Co. Assuming you’re one of them, is it really? Is it just another trip to the Bunduz? Let’s break it down just to be sure. An adventurous odyssey to a relatively remote part of Kenya, with lots of fun activity for the day, food and drinks, performances by various artists for the night with Dj Creme holding it down till dawn...sound a bit familiar?

Well try this on for size: a sprinkling of campsites set on a wide radius of part of a site that is truly Kenya's heritage; an Internet hotspot for guys to load up and socialize online (sending pics and videologs of the day's convival interactions, poking guys on Facebook and tweeting just to keep anyone out there who's not coming for the event updated :); a free game ride for participants and spectators alike come Sunday morning; the chance to network with some of the best minds this country has to offer; and yes, the opportunity to tell EVERYONE someday, that you were there. There when the most innovative and indigenous Kenyan idea came to fruition.

 A treasure hunt. A chance to have fun, team-build and most importantly have the opportunity to walk home with the grand prize. Ok, maybe it's more important just to be there and celebrate Social Media. Oh come on! who are we kidding...it could be you that goes home enriched!

The idea is to party hard, for sure, so there'll be bars and music, and lotsa food courts to everyone's reasonable likings, and filllings; but more than that, it's a chance to do what you do at work when you're supposed to be working; what we do at the beginning of every day, during and at the end of it. What has basically become the norm, on smart phones and other expensive gadgetry as on affordable handsets; and more than that, a celebration of it all. So while your boss may fire scold you for 'cyberslacking', we give you the opportunity to do it like never before, in a village setting with lots of fun people and in a backdrop the likes of which few others can compete with when it comes to being Kenyan.

Ask yourself; yes, you - have you really done this?

So yes. We are taking Nairobi to the Bunduz. But that statement in itself lacks the right interjectory cues, emoticons and expression that being there would actually afford you. So sign up before this train, and a piece of Kenyan history with it, leaves you stranded at the station of "wish-ad-been-there".

 

'Damn man! Mbona sikuishia?' - Do you really wanna be this guy?

For further details,see the Social Treasure Hunt Website, join the Social Treasure Hunt Kenya MMX Facebook page, or #socialtreasurehunt on Twitter.  

To read yesterday's blog, click here.