The countdown began at seven seconds. Five days earlier, there was a more muted countdown—several players, stuck in their hotel rooms in Malaysia, knocked on the doors of other players as they counted the seconds before 1985 gave way to the New Year. “It was a simple celebration,” Allan Caidic recalled. “There was dinner, then […]... Keep on reading: All-amateur NCC crew’s ABC coup remains unmatched by any PH Five