19 Jul 2008, Saturday:
We finally had our class outing to Escape Theme Park. It's been 8 mths since 20th Nov, the last day of exams for most of us. For the past 8 mths, our plans to Escape had been postponed repeatedly! Due to the bad weather last dec, and bcos we couldnt find common free time. This time, it's finally a success, and is most probably the last major gathering we're gg have b4 sch starts in a couple of weeks. Not tt we are tt hard up abt playing at escape, but rather, it seemed like a cool place for a big gang to hang out and have fun!
So sat morning, the gals met at Pasir Ris Stn at 10am..the weather seemed fine, the sun was out..but as we waited for the gals to reach, raindrops starting falling and we became more tense as we didnt want it to be yet another rainy day. Afterall, we came all the way down to the east fm all other parts of singapore! Surely we dont want it to go to a waste. Fortunately, it was just a passing drizzle tt stopped soon. Thus, we set off walking to Downtown East. It's been ages since such a big grp of us met together, lotsa catching up along the way, chatting, joking, teasing and recalling the past..all seemed well till we neared Escape. We felt water fm the sky! AGAIN!! this time it was heavier, and our moods were :( At the counter, we realised tt 4 of the thrilling rides were closed for maintenance!! the 360deg Revolution, Flipper, Wet & wild and the Rainbow ride..what a disappointment! We bought our entry tix nonetheless, cos we took quite a long time to settle the ticketing, by the time we entered the park, the rain had STOPPED!! Yay! =) the sun was out again and all was sunny and bright! We gals were the only few ones in the park as it just opened. Right away, we dashed to the 1st ride nearest to the entrance --> Kite Flyer!
The kite flyer seats were quite wet but we were too excited to be bothered! Lying there, the ride started! and we were trying to create more noise to make the atmosphere high!! cos the ride was really not tt thrilling afterall!
Not satisfied, we headed straight to the Viking for more excitement! The park was really not crowded and we gals had the whole pirate ship to ourselves at our 1st go!! This was the real thrill man! some of us took the end seats and whoa! really took my breath away! I felt like my heart was still hung up there when the ship dipped down again!! we screamed like hell the 1st time!! of course, tt was not enough and the 6 of us excluding pav and zi ling went for round 2! We swapped positions this time to try out how it feels to be sitting elsewhere! In the middle of round 2, we were rather numbed alr and could stop screaming and admire the scenery fm a height (and pose for the photos)..haha!
After viking, we tried to scare ourselves by gg into the Haunted House! It's honestly quite a flop, cos there was nothing much scary in there..just figures banging their heads against prison bars, and skeletal looking creatures! lol! After the not scary walk through the Haunted House, we went on to Daytona!! Luckily the queue was short!! We tried the double seating one 1st! Awesome! Very fun and we 8 gals drove too fast and almost had a collision! So our 2nd try when we swap the roles of driver and passenger, the personnel had to tell us to drive more slowly! LOL!
The ride went fine, when halfway through, we noticed ching yee and pav's car were stucked just b4 the uphill slope!!! lol!! on our final lap, the couple was still stucked at the same spot!! poor thing! but luckily they were allowed to finish up their 3 laps nonetheless! :D Aft a good ride at Daytona, the guys finally reached escape and they were queueing at the Viking. So we went on to join them for our 3rd round of the pirate's ship! The guys insisted on not screaming, and mathangi was practically shouting at them to scream! haha, we headed on to the Family Coaster, which made a loud metallic noise when gg up..a fun and jerky ride that jerks u left and right! Done with it, some of us decided to attempt the Inverter!! Looks really scary when watching the ride fm the bottom!! Was afraid tt i would puke my guts out! But upon seeing tt even the kids dared and enjoyed riding it, I must not give it a miss! In the end, it's really not as scary as we imagined it to be..and it feels good too! Exhilarating and fun!! Cos our lives were practically supported by the few metal bars! Really gotta trust tt it wont loosen when u are inverted metres above the ground! Chingy said our faces all looked RED when we were turned upside down! and i believe our hair was hanging like nobody's business too! Lucklily none of us had our hair caught during any of the rides man.. phew..after a "phew" ride on the inverter, we decided to try Daytona individual driving! the queue was long by then cos it was midday alr..we realised tt the park was crowded with teens, literally teens..and we do look quite old when queueing in the middle of a teenage crowd! haha! our car went up the spiral track like at the old multi-storey carpark, finally when u see the sky, woo hoo!! down u go on the slope! super fun!! go karting nvr seems enough! but the growing long queue discouraged some of us fm gg for another round, thus we broke up into 2 grps, half carried on for more go-karting while the rest went for somemore Viking..
Tt was when menon finally arrived and joined us at the viking! By then we were alr numbed on the viking and could dont scream (or rather scream just for the sake of making noise) We could also play scissors paper stone while riding! Lol! Seeing menon's freaked out straight face was rather amusing! Aft a while, some of us grew sick of viking while Mathangi carried on riding it her 10th or 11th time! haha! Aft my 6th time, my stomach started feeling queasy though, and I guess I had enough of it alr! haha! mathangi, rama and menon went to ride the Kite Flyer while the other gals reunited with us aft they were done with go-karting! Mathangi had to leave 1st to watch batman with her friend, we gals went to BK for lunch, and the guys carried on with their rides.
Lunch at Escape's BK wasnt cheap, cos they do not sell it as a meal, we gotta buy the drinks and fries separately! Our eating and chit-chatting was disturbed by a kids party organised in BK! All of us frowned upon seeing how the naughty kids were creating a din, bursting balloons and all tt! Lol..Respect to all parents & teachers man..Aft a hearty meal at BK, ching yee went off 1st while the rest of us gals decided tt it's not wise to be riding those thrilling rides at tt moment! So we went for some cheap thrills, the Choo Choo Train and the Ferris Wheel! Lol, a "breathtaking view" indeed..hahaha! The nxt cheap "thrill" was the Red Baron, the plane like ride, tt is really targetted at kids, but we rode it and it was quite embarrassing cos the ride seemed rather long and lotsa kids and parents were watching as they queued! Lol, our final ride was the Inverter again, and we risked throwing out our lunch! hehe..thank goodness nothing like tt happened! Afr our ride on the Inverter, we noticed tt some accident had occured at the Viking cos a man seemed to have fainted on the ride..the park personnel attended to him and they tested the ride several times aft tt..not sure what exactly happened though..Rama excitedly ran to the viking and wanted to ride it again! He looked so distinct in our bright orange class jersey! we could spot him fm afar! Lol, meanwhile the rest of us just hung ard and chatted..We gals left ard 3.30 while the guys subsequently went on to meet jiaxin for batman movie..
On our way out, we collected our complimentary tickets due to the closure of some of the rides. Hopefully, we can make it back by 19th Oct for another round? And the nxt time, with the other rides opened, and with the rest of 23/06! Well, it rained again when we left, but fortunately the weather was fine overall, cooling and not too hot! Credits to Mathangi for the photos! Gals, have fun at oweek.. Keep in touch till our nxt time!
Lotsa Love,
Whoever-u-guessed-I-was =)
