SUNDAY: NICE FUN DAY OUTSIDE!

I held on tightly and stared straight ahead,
fear messing up my internal intestines and system.
My palms broke out into a cold sweat,
and I steadied my grip, in fear of letting go.

The slow journey upwards was excruciating.
A part of me wanted to take off and run away from the madness,
but I knew it was far too late.
For it had already taken off.

What am I doing??
I asked myself in a frenzy of panic.
I looked up at the faces around me.
Some of them looked excitedly back at me
Ready? Are you ready?
Their eyes seemed to taunt me.

"Steph, are you sure you wanna be doing this?"
they asked before I embarked on the ordeal.
They knew of my low treshold for such absurdities.
"Of course! You guys already went through it,
Looks fun leh."

The say the front seat gets the best view.
I don't want the front seat! I never asked for the best view!
The red tracks ahead grew shorter with every passing moment.
The time came. I whimpered softly in fear.
Time stood still as the car balanced at the tip of the structure for a split nanosecond.

And then the screaming began.
Good Lord, have mercy.

The car hurled itself off the tracks at lightning speed,
propulsing its way down 155 feet towards the ground,
in a crazy attempt to kill all (I thought later)
... oh my squeamish insides.

As soon as the descend started, it ended.
The momentum gathered on its way down
easily propelled it up the first loop.
The 3 inversions including 3 vertical loops, 1 corkscrew and 2 boomerang loops blurred into a 2 minute 20 seconds nightmare.
Like the atrocity, the screaming never ceased.

As it began to slow down,
signalling the end of the horrific ordeal,
I looked up, dazed.
The sun shone into my eyes,
and I quickly averted my gaze and looked around.

Around me, everyone sat, in the exact same positions as when
my conscious mind left them 2 mins 20 seconds ago.
The spring wind blew a cool draft of air,
and the girls shivered slightly in their light jackets.
Everything was fine.

Sunday
Church was fun!
The pastor was in a good jolly mood.
He stuck out his hand and high-fived the worship singer onstage. LOL.

The 40th and Chestnut quintet (Pacey went to Canada) arranged for a picnic and jioed me along! =D The weather was great for a picnic. Sunny but cool. Wendy and I searched for a nice spot on the grassy lawn, and we settled down to await their arrival. They came promptly.

When I saw what they had in their hands,
my heart cried out in joy!
and fell at the same time.
They brought along a ... frisbee.

So long never play le!
But shit, tomorrow got exam, still got lots to study.
In the end, the darling yellow plastic disc won my favour hands down.
Hahha, like there was any doubt.

We had a lighthearted lunch of ham+cheese sandwiches,
and 3 different types of salad
- potatoes, carrots topped with croutons,
-peaches with sausages
-fruit salad
on a funky maroon paper blanket.
Timothy, Rex, Kai An and Shamir joined us shortly after we started,
and we all tucked in.

Highlight of the day
The Ultimate Frisbee 5-on-5.
Syok siaa.. so long never play.
4 months of frisbee inactivity suck.
There was an occasional breeze,
but nothing much hampered our spirits.

Can't wait to play more in the near future!
I returned and continued to cram for my group study at 8pm.
I never really appreciated group studies in the past,
but working with Sherry really helped.
The Jap Civ exam this morning not too bad.
Thanks 2lt for telling me what I shouldn't have heard,
but did anyways =)


My Bad.
I almost swore never to mention them here at the chunks,
but reading this line was super heart-warming.
"im so so addicted to darlin..."
So sweet haha.
How do they eat so much and still remain skinny!?
If there is one thing that can support the claim that the blog is a hoax,
this would be it.

Around me, everyone sat on the funky maroon paper blanket,
in the exact same positions as when
my conscious mind left them 2 mins 20 seconds ago.
The spring wind blew a cool draft of air,
and the girls shivered slightly in their light jackets.
Everything was back to normal.

I slowly turned to my right,
and passed Lawrence the handphone.
Still shaken, I angled to face Shamir and asked,
"Shamir, weren't you afraid of your handphone falling when you videoed the ride?"
"Hha, I just wound the handphone safety cord around my wrist.
How, exciting? Syok? Wanna go Six Flags with us next time?"

"HAHA. See the video already so scared and squeamish,
how to sit on the real thing."

Six Flags

A few of the NOC seniors drove to the Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey on the day before.

The videoed ride is The Great American Scream Machine.
It's one of the tallest, longest, fastest looping roller coasters in the world.
Looks damn huge.

The King of all Roller Coasters is Kingda Ka.
I don't quite know how to explain it.
Shall Cut and Paste.

Kingda Ka breaks all world records for roller coaster speed and height, becoming the tallest and fastest roller coaster on Earth. This jaw-dropping thrill ride launches riders from 0 to 128 mph in 3.5 seconds before catapulting them 456 feet (45 stories) into the sky!

It's something like you go up at a 90-degree angle and pound down at a 90-degree angle.

Picture to help visualize, and video to watch if you have nothing better to do =D
Not for the faint-hearted.
http://www.sixflags.com/parks/greatadventure/Rides/KingdaKa.html