Universal Studios... and my first roller coaster ride
Due to a chain of events, I ended up going down to Universal Studios at Sentosa for the first time tonight. Basically some of my colleagues helped out at YOG and received complimentary tickets to Universal Studios, but because no one could make it tonight last minute, my next door cubicle-neighbour/colleague got hold of 5 tickets and invited us.
Who is us? There's the indian quirky next cubicle neighbour colleague Arpit, his next cubicle neighbour another guy who is my age called Yinwei, both of whom are relatively new and we talk sometimes because 1. I'm bored and 2. they don't have that much work yet, since they are new. Then we also have Arpit's younger brother Ankit, who coincidentally has a mutual friend with me because we're both from the same university (so yeah, I realised that I know my new colleague's younger brother when he first entered), and then his housemate, a lady called Titis.
Talk about impromptu amusement park outing, on a worknight, with people I really don't know that well. It was all free so why not right?
I really did enjoy myself at Universal Studios, I've been to the one in the US and the one in Osaka before, and the Singapore one is really not half-bad (though I doubt I would actually pay the $65+ admission fee to go in), the architecture and finishings were good, the programmes are actually pretty fun and the rides are pretty cool. Just, really small, so not worth the admission fee. We got to watch the Monster Rock show (which was a bit juvenile in the beginning but turned out to be really quite fun to watch with all the in-jokes... I mean, they referenced Wondergirls' Nobody song in it, how cool is that?), ate at the Diners, took the Revenge of the Mummy and Shrek 4D rides, and took random pictures because Titis loves to take photos and I ended up taking with her.
The five of us at the end of the day, almost 11.15PM! That's me, Arpit, Titis, Ankit and Yinwei.
Titis was real fun to hang out with. I quipped at the end of the whole day "it's so nice meeting you, I wish I didn't have to hang out with Arpit just to see you...".
Now this... we wandered onto the very cool Egyptian set-up, and then we decided to take our first ride of the day/night. The fact that they made us lock up our bags should have given me my first clue. But with Yinwei telling me all the way that the Mummy ride in the US is a simulator ride, and then me remembering how, long ago in the US, I had been so nervous queuing up for the Indiana Jones ride, so convinced that it was a roller coaster ride, that I sat out last minute, only to find out that it was just a simulator ride, that I just walked all the way to the actual ride itself...
And yeah, it's a ROLLER COASTER RIDE.
For those who know me, I NEVER sit on roller coasters. I'm terrified of the falling/dropping feeling, I hate flume rides and roller coasters have never ever been my thing. In fact, I've never sat on an actual roller coaster ride before. Somehow, in the midst of almost-strangers, and their constant assurance that it can't be that bad since it's an indoor ride, I managed to convince myself to at least try it out once. Besides, it would have been terribly party-pooper-ish.
So I sat on my first roller coaster ride.
It was EVERY BIT AS TERRIFYING AS I THOUGHT. Yinwei and Ankit, who sat beside me, were like, chill, Lili, chill, even before it started, and the moment it sped up and hit the first drop I was screaming in sheeeeeeer terror. At one point both Ankit and Yinwei were like patting me and telling me that it's okay it's going to be over soon (during the ride itself!) whilst I just screamed like a little girl through the whole thing.
So. Embarrassing. =_=
I was shaking so much when it finally finished I was hyperventilating and Titis was hugging me and making sure I was okay... Think I freaked out everyone there. First roller coaster ride. And definitely last.
After that I started apologizing for being such a ninny, but all of them agreed that 1. the ride was actually not that exciting, and 2. hearing the sheer terror in my screaming actually made the ride more intense for them. =_= Arpit (who was sitting in front) even said he wanted to turn back and look at me most of the time instead of staring in front, it was so exhilarating to see true terror...
But anyway, I apparently was behaving pretty good for a first-timer, was talking and making fun of the experience in no time. I was informed that their friends who went on roller coaster rides for the first time either got sick, or had to lie down, or didn't talk to them for three hours after that, or was so upset they had to be coaxed with ice cream and stuff. Hahaha.
But yeah, it was great impromptu fun!
Still grinning and making fun of myself at the end. World's greatest Grandma. Hahaha.
Who is us? There's the indian quirky next cubicle neighbour colleague Arpit, his next cubicle neighbour another guy who is my age called Yinwei, both of whom are relatively new and we talk sometimes because 1. I'm bored and 2. they don't have that much work yet, since they are new. Then we also have Arpit's younger brother Ankit, who coincidentally has a mutual friend with me because we're both from the same university (so yeah, I realised that I know my new colleague's younger brother when he first entered), and then his housemate, a lady called Titis.
Talk about impromptu amusement park outing, on a worknight, with people I really don't know that well. It was all free so why not right?
I really did enjoy myself at Universal Studios, I've been to the one in the US and the one in Osaka before, and the Singapore one is really not half-bad (though I doubt I would actually pay the $65+ admission fee to go in), the architecture and finishings were good, the programmes are actually pretty fun and the rides are pretty cool. Just, really small, so not worth the admission fee. We got to watch the Monster Rock show (which was a bit juvenile in the beginning but turned out to be really quite fun to watch with all the in-jokes... I mean, they referenced Wondergirls' Nobody song in it, how cool is that?), ate at the Diners, took the Revenge of the Mummy and Shrek 4D rides, and took random pictures because Titis loves to take photos and I ended up taking with her.
The five of us at the end of the day, almost 11.15PM! That's me, Arpit, Titis, Ankit and Yinwei.
Titis was real fun to hang out with. I quipped at the end of the whole day "it's so nice meeting you, I wish I didn't have to hang out with Arpit just to see you...".
Now this... we wandered onto the very cool Egyptian set-up, and then we decided to take our first ride of the day/night. The fact that they made us lock up our bags should have given me my first clue. But with Yinwei telling me all the way that the Mummy ride in the US is a simulator ride, and then me remembering how, long ago in the US, I had been so nervous queuing up for the Indiana Jones ride, so convinced that it was a roller coaster ride, that I sat out last minute, only to find out that it was just a simulator ride, that I just walked all the way to the actual ride itself...
And yeah, it's a ROLLER COASTER RIDE.
For those who know me, I NEVER sit on roller coasters. I'm terrified of the falling/dropping feeling, I hate flume rides and roller coasters have never ever been my thing. In fact, I've never sat on an actual roller coaster ride before. Somehow, in the midst of almost-strangers, and their constant assurance that it can't be that bad since it's an indoor ride, I managed to convince myself to at least try it out once. Besides, it would have been terribly party-pooper-ish.
So I sat on my first roller coaster ride.
It was EVERY BIT AS TERRIFYING AS I THOUGHT. Yinwei and Ankit, who sat beside me, were like, chill, Lili, chill, even before it started, and the moment it sped up and hit the first drop I was screaming in sheeeeeeer terror. At one point both Ankit and Yinwei were like patting me and telling me that it's okay it's going to be over soon (during the ride itself!) whilst I just screamed like a little girl through the whole thing.
So. Embarrassing. =_=
I was shaking so much when it finally finished I was hyperventilating and Titis was hugging me and making sure I was okay... Think I freaked out everyone there. First roller coaster ride. And definitely last.
After that I started apologizing for being such a ninny, but all of them agreed that 1. the ride was actually not that exciting, and 2. hearing the sheer terror in my screaming actually made the ride more intense for them. =_= Arpit (who was sitting in front) even said he wanted to turn back and look at me most of the time instead of staring in front, it was so exhilarating to see true terror...
But anyway, I apparently was behaving pretty good for a first-timer, was talking and making fun of the experience in no time. I was informed that their friends who went on roller coaster rides for the first time either got sick, or had to lie down, or didn't talk to them for three hours after that, or was so upset they had to be coaxed with ice cream and stuff. Hahaha.
But yeah, it was great impromptu fun!
Still grinning and making fun of myself at the end. World's greatest Grandma. Hahaha.