The morning on September 8, 2012 was filled with excitement at the Piazza, The Curve in Petaling Jaya as 62 people (who must have taken leave from work, college or from counting the tiles) with an aim to win a car took part in the highly anticipated Subaru Palm Challenge
2012 – Malaysia
leg recently.
Throughout the nine and a half hour
endurance challenge which kick-started at 10am; participants were required to
place their right palm firmly on the lot drawn while completing all seven
elimination rounds (notably holding water bottles whilst keeping a hand on the car and balancing a ping pong ball on a spoon whilst biting the spoon for 20 minutes) . One by one, the participants died of exhaustion.
Haah. That caught you folks off guard didn't it?
But truthfully after nine and a half grueling hours standing under the hot sun
and rain, the last 10 people who didn't get eliminated had much to celebrate as this would be their
ticket to Asian Face Off over in Singapore. The 10 Malaysian champions will compete against the
310 Singapore
local contestants and 80 other challengers from across the region to win a
brand new Subaru car. Note that the event in Singapore isn't a half day thingy like this one. It is actually a proper endurance event and there is no time limit or elimination rounds for the participants to go through. Last year's event was won by a Singaporean after palming a Subaru for 75 hours 36 minutes. He got a Subaru WRX out of it.
The 10 Malaysian leg winners
received an all-expense paid trip to the Lion City from the 26th
– 31st of October for the finals, a watch worth up to RM1,600
sponsored by Orient and Subaru merchandise which included a t-shirt, cap and
toiletries bag, amongst other premium items.
Honestly I'd rather pay for a Subaru rather than suffer. Which was what I did 7 years ago (Motor Image. Take note.)
