CSI: THE AMAZING HUNT 2015 - News

Get ready to go on an amazing interstates challenge with CSI: The Amazing Hunt 2015!!! Check out the promo video by here!

RAC TREASURE HUNT 2015 - News

31st Jan 2015

Organized on 31st Jan 2015, RAC Treasure Hunt 2015 attracted more than 60 participants. The hunt started from Kajang and ended in KL Railway Station.

This unique hunt also required each team to have ONLY 1 Regular hunter with 3 beginners! This provided an opportunity for the novices to learn the hunting tricks from the experienced.

Check out the photos below (courtesy of hunter VK Chong & COC Fun Hunt People)

Group Photo

Hunt Banner

Participants during hunt

THS HUNT 2015 KL - News

KL Leg 2 Walk Hunt - 7th Feb 2015

On 7th February 2015, a total of 25 participants gathered at Syed Bistro in Bangsar to embark on a walk hunt around the area.

There were 6 Diamond and 7 Gold teams, who attempted the questions set by COC Jayaram Menon.

Check out the photos below (courtesy of VK Chong)

THS EVENT - News

Tulip 11 Armchair Hunt - Answers, Winners and Explanations are OUT!!!

The submission of  THS Tulip 11 Armchair Hunt is officially closed! Thanks for those who have submitted their entries.

For THS Gold members, they also had a great time analyzing the Sofa questions in THS Gold Whats App group on 27th Jan 2015 (Tue).

It was great to see some of Gold members voluntarily offer most of the explanations.

Congrats to Izhar Shukor and Claire Chin for winning the Sofa and Rack respectively. They will walk away with book vouchers worth RM50 each for their excellent effort.

Tulip 11 Rack Champion - Claire Chin

THS WALK HUNT 2015 PENANG - News

Leg 1 - 1st Feb 2015
Several rows of shops in Jelutong provided thrills and challenges for Penang THS hunters on 1st Feb 2015, as they explored the inaugural THS Penang Walk Hunt 2015.


Set by COC Jayaram Menon, the hunt wasn't a walk in the park literally and laterally, with the difficulty level increased by a notch.


Check out the photos below

The gathering of cryptic minds!

 Hunt Photos

Getting ready to hunt!

Hunter Stephen Chin back to hunt!

THS: WE WANT YOU!!!

Posted by THS Committee

THS Members Communication - January 2015

Dear valued THS members,

It is with great pleasure that we would like to update you on all the interesting and exciting updates we have in store for you throughout 2015. Pls do take some time to read this and we look forward to your continued support in 2015.


1) THS Calendar for 2015
2) THS Tulip - Newsletter
3) THS 2015 Gold League - Penang & KL

LATEST PRESS RELEASE

What does a 2014 historical thriller movie, The Imitation Game have in common with cryptic treasure hunters, like you?

Sometimes it's the people who no one imagines anything of that do the things that no one can imagine!!!






Based on the real life story of British mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and pioneering computer scientist Alan Turing (played by Benedict Cumberbatch), who is credited with cracking the German Enigma code, THE IMITATION GAME portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team at Britain's top-secret code-breaking centre, Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

HOUDINI OF TREASURE HUNTS

Extracted from THS Tulip newsletter (Jan-Mar 2015 Edition)
Houdini of Treasure Hunts

WITH THE hunt of Soroptimist International Club of Bangsar (SICB) on 1st Nov 2014, the day after Halloween night, hunters may rightly ponder whether this could yet be another trick or treat! Would there be any more magic potions left in the COC’s bubbling cauldron to mesmerize the participants?
 
SICB Hunt with a Heart has increasingly become a signature event for VK Chong to showcase his cryptic trickery. Being his only open annual event in the Hunt Calendar, he certainly stopped at nothing to pull Bugs Bunny out of his trademark cap to hoodwink the hunters.

COC VK Chong

THS NEWSLETTER - News

Posted as at 5th Jan 2015

The THS Tulip newsletter (Jan-Mar) is out!

Are you ready for the latest edition of THS Tulip newsletter?

It is finally out on 5th Jan 2015, pls check your email or THS website for download.

 

Specially for THS members, THS Tulip is the only Malaysian treasure hunt e-newsletter, packed with hunt related material, great hunt articles, hunt tips, cryptic techniques, armchair contests and others to help you improve as treasure hunters. To get this great newsletter, just register to become the member of THS (Treasure Hunt Society of Malaysia)!

Among the exciting contents this time:-

DOWN THE HUNT MEMORY LANE 2014

The Year in Retrospective

Well…another year finally ends! As the curtain falls on 2014, let’s glance back at yet another amazing year of treasure hunts. With more than 70 events, hunters could really pick and choose when it comes to treasure hunting.

Whether these were purely the cryptic type, or hunts with challenges; whether these were for learning purpose (such as THS Gold hunts) or the ones with grand prizes (such as NST Motor Hunt 2014); whether these were just walk hunts or inter-state overnight adventures, everyone would have their favourite precious moments.

For the major hunts, we have the usual NST Motor Hunt 2014 (which offered a bigger grand prize this time), TNT Charity Hunt 2014, Kiwanis Charity Hunt 2014 and even TopGear Treasure Hunt 2014. There were also several World Cup-related hunts during 2014.

Check out here as HNN highlighted here a list of Top 10 memorable hunt moments in 2014!


Top 10 Memorable Hunt Moments

HNN HUNT STATISTICS 2014

With the conclusion of 2014, how did you think the year go for treasure hunting world?


Probably you may have wondered how many hunts we had; who the prolific COCs are; who are the top winners for 2014 etc

As usual, HNN has put together some statistical data about treasure hunts during 2014. On record, HNN has noted 75 hunts during the year, with the highest number of hunts (9) in June, August and November.

Amazingly there are about 41 Clerks of Course (COCs) or Technical Advisors out there, with the most prolific being Jayaram Menon/ Road Runners (13), Purple Antz (5) and Fuad Dahlan (5).

You can find more interesting charts about the hunt events, COCs and the achievement of treasure hunters below.

TNT CHARITY HUNT 2014 - News

Extracted from Galaksi Media Online (15^th Dec 2014)
TNT MALAYSIA’S CHARITY HUNT RAISES RM 60,000 FOR THE FUTURE LEADERS OF TOMORROW

At the recent 2014 TNT Charity Hunt, 200 Malaysians got together for a good cause and raised a total of RM60,000 for the future leaders of tomorrow.

The annual charity motor hunt was created four years ago and serves as an avenue for Malaysians to connect on a deeper level with the less fortunate, through completing fun as well as challenging challenges like treasure hunting and solving mind-boggling clues.

Group Photo



She looked stressed!

Smiles for the photo

TOWER 2 TOWER EXPLORACE 2014 - News

Tower 2 Tower Explorace 2014 certainly lived up to its tagline "Perlumbaan Mencabar"!

The participants had to endure a 10.5-hour, 480km journey, which took them to various places of interest and grueling tasks. Not for the faint-hearted, they had to perform several fear-factor challenges such as flying fox, abseiling, hunt in Gua Tempurung and of course, a hand-holding act of slithery nature.

The pictures below gave a glimpse what it was like.

More pictures (winners & some Q&A) and review to come soon!!!

Group photo

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Briefing at Muzium Telekom

Pointed hat team

TOP GEAR TREASURE HUNT 2014 - News

Extracted from TopGear magazine (Dec 2014 edition)

THE FUN YOU MISSED  

TopGear Treasure Hunt 2014 a success?
You bet! Participants plunder Malacca for over RM80,000 worth of prizes. 

Nearly a week before the TopGear Treasure Hunt 2014 kicked off, a briefing session was held for by event partner Timeout Solutions to lay the ground rules and competition details to the already eager participants. A good portion of the presentation was used to explain how the clues could be deciphered, and one example was all it took to make us breathe a sigh of relief for being on the organizing side of the fence.

THS WALK HUNT 2014 KL - News

LEG 2 - 29TH NOV 2014

On 29th Nov 2014, THS hunters had fun solving the questions in the THS KL Walk Hunt 2014 Leg 2.

Held in Desa Sri Hartamas this time, the hunt covered 8 sectors with 20 questions and 2 treasures. Despite the slight drizzle, 9 Diamond teams and 5 Gold teams turned up for the challenge.

Check out some of the photos below.

Hunters waiting for the rain to subside before starting

Margaret Sha & Yeong Kig Siew

Claire solver; Alex Hoh umbrella carrier

MENGO GREEN HUNT 2014 - News

Latest info from Hunt Organizer


The MENGO Green Hunt is an annual fundraising event, which takes the form of a environment-themed treasure hunt. Participants in groups of four (4) sign up as a team and solving clues and puzzles with an environment theme.
The Green Hunt started in 2009 and has been an annual flagship fundraising and public engagement event for MENGO.
This year MENGO Green Hunt is solely prepared by MENGO members and this is a compilation of various challenges.


MENGO Green Hunt was held from 6:30 am to 1:30 pm on November 15th 2014 (Saturday) in conjunction with National Recycling Day celebration. The mapped route for the treasure hunt covers a length of at least five (5) kilometers.

HOW TO AUGMENT YOUR HUNT EXPERIENCE?

Extracted from THS Tulip newsletter (Oct - Dec Edition 2014)
How To Augment Your Hunt Experience?

FOR PARTICIPANTS regularly hunting during 1990’s, they were fairly familiar with cryptic posers, navigational tulips and hard copy of reference materials.

The need to have knowledge accessible at hand often led to the presence of books and files in the vehicle. And the practice has remained relatively unchanged during the turn of millennium.

However with the advent of mobile gadgets and the boom of internet surfing, the landscape of treasure hunting has significantly shifted.


1,400 participants in Augmented Reality Hunt 2014!!!

THS WALK HUNT 2014 PENANG - News

Listening intently to the final briefing!!!

Come & join us in THS Penang Walk Hunt 2014 - Leg 3

Venue: Bayan Baru, Penang
Date: 2nd November 2014 (Sunday)
Time: 9am - 12pm

Entry Form: here

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Extracted from THS Tulip newsletter (Jul-Sep Edition 2014)

THS Walk Hunt also made a comeback in 2014 to the Pearl of the Orient. However there was a twist this time!

During 2012 and 2013, the hunts have traditionally taken place in shopping malls. Whether the venues were Gurney Plaza, Queensbay Mall or 1st Avenue, these were indoor sites, where the hunters were cozily pampered in an air-conditioned enclosed environment, with no vehicle traffic to fret about.

Come this year, the hunts have now become open-air affairs, which presented a unique challenge on its own.

ALLIANZ AMAZING HUNT 2014

Info Release from Organizer

Allianz Amazing Hunt 2014

– The Hunt for 1 Thing that Matters to You

Allianz Malaysia organised an “Allianz Amazing Hunt 2014 – The Hunt for 1 Thing that Matters” for bloggers and friends on 18 October 2014 in Kuala Lumpur. “1 Thing That Matters” is an Allianz brand campaign to raise public awareness on really thinking of the 1 thing that really matters to them. 

“Our priority is to get Malaysians to start thinking about what are the things that really matter to them. Each one of us will have different things that really matter to us. It may be their family, or health or a wish. It could even be that dream car, dream house or a dream holiday. The provocative statement is to trigger amongst all of us a conscious attention to look after what matters. As an insurer that understands, we at Allianz care about the things that matter most to each person and we want to ensure that these are well protected and taken care of,” said Joannica Dass , Head of Corporate Communications of Allianz Malaysia Berhad.

Oppa Allianz style!!!



GEORGE TOWN BIDS AMAZING TREASURE HUNT 2014 - News

 George Town BIDS Amazing Treasure Hunt 2014!!! 

Hin Bus Depot Challenge during BIDS Hunt 

 

COC Jayaram of Road Runners



More than 20 teams assembled at Penang Times Square on 12th October 2014 for the inaugural George Town BIDS Amazing Treasure Hunt 2014.

Ranging from some young hunters to those (err...) not-so-young ones, the participants had to perform several challenges and walk hunts around George Town areas. The locations comprised mainly the sites of BIDS projects such as Penang Times Square, Hotel 69, Hin Bus Depot, Gama, Komtar, Prangin Mall, 1st Avenue mall and Loke Thye Kee restaurant.

More photos are released (including some winners, hunters in action and some Q&A). Check them out!

Hunters during final briefing

Hunters having fun time

Young hunters ready to prowl

More than 20 teams