You And I Both -Jason Mraz
Outing to Universal Studios Singapore with Zaki, Xuman, Kahmun, Peiqi, Peien, Yuhan, Fen Ni, Baoyan and me! To put it simply, FAMAZING! Definitely worth the $69 ($3 for the ticket trip to Sentosa)! Oh, and happy belated birthday to Zaki!
WARNING: Image-heavy post. Enjoy! =D
Before we entered, we already took a group photo. =)
As we entered...
We took a group photo with Frankie!
We wanted to take a group shot with Panda but apparently he needed to go for a bamboo shoot break. =(
It just felt that we weren't in Singapore anymore.
All the attractions that are available, including restrooms. Haha.
And the weather was blazing hot!
First area: MADAGASCAR!
Behold! 1st ride!
The Madagascar carousel! Featuring the cast of Madagascar! It feels good to be a kid again, though I've never ridden on one before.
Waiting...
On the carousel!
The ride was... short. But it was good. It was only the appetiser. Hehe.
2nd Area: FAR FAR AWAY (the land of fairy tales featuring the characters from Shrek)
Our first roller coaster ride was the Enchanted Airways. It was my first time riding a roller coaster. I know my adrenaline will shoot through the roof. So I tried to keep my composure. And my first time riding the roller coaster, alone. =(
Oh well, definitely an eye opener. But it ended as soon as we were starting to enjoy it. And I survived my first roller coaster! Yay me! =D
A beautiful picture taken by Kahmun. =)
Next stop:
It's 3D+special effects. E.g. when the donkey sneezes, water will spray onto your face. And when you're 'flying' on the dragon, wind will blow onto your face. The chair gallops as you 'gallop' on the horse. Oh, and 3D glasses! Haha!
It was cooling while we were in there, but we exited eventually.
Took photos with the...
After we're done with the camwhoring, off to the next area.
Third Area: LOST WORLD aka JURASSIC PARK
Next ride was the
A 4-seater ride, with 2 sitting on each side, front and back, away from each other. So it's either you go forwards, or backwards. It was a long queue.
And most of the time, I'll make a spastically retarded face. That's 2 times the retardedness.
I sat on the ride facing the back, with Yuhan sitting beside me. Behind me sat Zaki. And we're planning to scream the whole time the cart moved. And we did. Lots of noise. Haha!
Next ride was the Jurassic Park Rapids Adventure. It was a wet ride. And to prepare for that, we actually bought ponchos. We all look like failed Jedis in translucent plastic coats, because as we joined in the queue, NONE of them was wearing any water protection gear. But we didn't mind because we all looked stupid TOGETHER. Hahahaha!
Just nice, the circulare raft seats 9 people. I had to fold my jeans up till my knee, and take off my shoes, as we expect it to be a wet ride. And it was definitely a ride! The trip throughout was made as realistic as possible. And halfway through, we had to go through a very long tunnel, barely any light. And WE SANG ZAKI A BIRTHDAY SONG, SCREAMING IN THE DARK! That was one of the most epic moments of the trip.
The climax was when the raft started elevating, and the door opened. We all went O.O when we saw a steep slope down to the other side, and we all screamed for our lives. The water splashed on us as we hit the bottom. Xuman unfortunately got wet the most, despite wearing the poncho. She's just dam suay. Haha!
Next Area: ANCIENT EGYPT
Hahaha! And I didn't even know this was taken. XD
The entrance to the hi-speed indoor roller coaster. Read:
HI-SPEEDAs we entered, what greeted us was cold air, a winding labyrinth, and a very eerie environment. It was long and snakey. During that time, I forgot the reason why we entered the place in the first place. Kahmun was feeling scared at the time. It's not hard to understand why, given the spooky setting, and the one way path that just seemed neverending.
Eventually we reached the ride, after a very long walk. Kahmun was shaken, but I'm amazed that she did it.
And then finally, the main event. This was the most torturous moment. As I was kept reminded that it was a hi-speed ride, my mind was in a whirl, not knowing what to expect. It started slow, with lots of scenes at the first part. And just when I thought that the ride was starting to get really crazy, it stopped. And the 'wall' cracked, with scarabs crawling out of it. And what I didn't expect was when the coaster started reversing so hard, we got pulled back, up then down the slope. And then it stopped. Elevated, spun round slowly. And then I got freaked out, VERY BADLY, as it accelerated upwards, and then it went down at such an angle I felt pulled longer, probably taller at that moment, and it made turns, up, down and all around. I was hugging the thing that's infront of me that prevents me from flying off the coaster so tightly, I thought I might just die from being flung out. And nearing the end, there was a flash, so I thought that a picture got taken. I was still hugging that thing. And finally it ended.
It was the most frightening ride I've ever taken. I was shaken when the ride ended. And I have to give kudos to Kahmun for conquering her fear of roller coasters! Probably the same can be said to me, as I wasn't expecting something to terrifying. Well, all the while I was trying to pretend that roller coasters are nothing. But it was definitely something.
Next Area: SCI-FI CITY
Fenni, Yuhan, Zaki and I took the Accelerator. It's like those teacup rides as they spin you around in circles, we can spin ourselves around, by turning this wheel in the middle. It was quite a short ride, and we unanimously agree, it's not that fun, as compared to the previous ride...
Did I mention that for every ticket you pay for, you get $10 meal voucher and $5 retail voucher?
There was a B-boy performance going on while we were there. It ended some time after we arrived. And there's this huge stone monument. And we took lots of photos!
Baoyan doing the Bao.
Zaki on the next potential cover of a man's magazine! Haha!
Peiqi aka Chicken Little.
Kahmun is one happy girl.
There was a yellow old school cab placed nearby. And Yuhan playing the BUTTler. With Fenni playing the scene.
Next Area: HOLLYWOOD!
But wait!
HAHAHAHA!
And we stopped by this shop.
Interesting shop, coz they have crazy hats for us to wear and just mainly fool around and behave according to the hat that we're wearing!
Zaki's epic face. Reminds me of a certain fictional character, though I can't remember who...
Pirate Kahmun and Cowboy Yuhan.
Baoyan the Sorceress, accompanied by Xuman the mage and Sheriff Fi.
If they were to play roles in a fantasy movie, they would be the mischievous magical sisters. Heh.
Hear ye! Hear ye! Come see Cowboy Yuhan burp as loud as a monkey in space!
We took a rest at one of the restaurants there, as we were tired and thirsty. After that we took the dragon coaster again, as well as the mummy coaster. Not satisfied, we took it (the Mummy roller coaster) again, tooking lots of shortcuts, and we reached the ride in abut 1 minute. And I must really give salute to Kahmun for braving the rides, especially the Mummy ride, not twice but 3 times!
We were really making the most of the money spent on the tickets. After the ride, we went to eat dinner, and trying to rush to the nearest food place, as the place was closing soon. We went back to Madagascar, and ate there. There isn't much left, so we just took whatever we had, using our food vouchers.
And we fooled around. Yuhan's idea for trying to get the Force to be with him. Pictures below:
We chit chat chot, fooled around, and enjoying each other's company. Peien left first. After sitting there quite some time after that, we left the place after that, somewhat rushing for time, as Zaki's birthday celebration is still not over. He has to go to E-hub to watch movie with his best friends. So we went him off. Not knowing what to do after that, we decided that we headed home.
One of the bestest days of my life. =)