ON BOARD THE GIANT WHEEL!
Hehe... Just celebrated Ms 甜甜圈小姐 aka Ms Donut's birthday recently.
According to Donut and our co-organiser, Peanut, our theme this time is to imitate one member of our group for a day in terms of dressing and habits etc. Loser had to do a forfeit as usual, while winner will received a 'mystery gift' from Ms Donut at the end of the day.
Our randomly assigned roles were:
1) Rong to imitate Donut
2) Donut to imitate Peanut
3) Peanut to imitate Coconut
4) Coconut to imitate Groundnut
5) Groundnut to imitate me
And finally, i have to imitate Rong. Not fair... It's so obvious they intentionally assigned me Rong to make fun of me. Were they expecting me to wear fake eye lashes and wig? Ha... And given that Donut's birthday was like, almost straight after my last paper, i don't really have ample time to prepare anything. At least i have reasons to be excused. Ok. I know i seem to be making all kinda excuses for myself. At least i did try my best to match up to the theme in the end hor! 害我又要'牺牲色相' just to imitate Rong. But it's Ms Donut's birthday afterall. Bo bian must give her face. She better be touch by what i did loh. Wahahaa...
We went to 'Just Noodles' at Suntec City Fountain Terrace for our dinner, as recommended by Groundnut. That restaurant is seriously a weird place because it seems to serve chinese food like herbal chicken(???), Thai food like Tom Yum noodle soup as well as korean and Japanese food. O_o Set meal even comes with free flow of drinks and ice-cream, just like eating buffet. Really everything 'bao gar liao'. Haha...
(Left to Right) Peanut, our 'star of the night', Groundnut
Me and Coconut
Unfortunately, one member of our group is missing that night as she fell sick. That's right. She's none other than the 百变女王(suddenly i realised this nick suits her) - Rong. Incidentally, she is also the same person i am supposed to imitate. At least she won't be able to pass judgment on me if i did not meet her standard. Ha...
Donut, in a bid to imitate Peanut, decided to bring along a small bear since Peanut normally carries some kinda of soft toy inside her bag.
Donut also hung a piggy toy on her bag to role-play Peanut. She even tried to hide it from view in case her friends bumped into her by chance. So funny... All in all, we felt that she passed the test though Peanut 'sort of' refused to acknowledge that she's like what Donut portrayed her as. Ha...
The 'mystery gift' from Donut - Famous Amos Cookies :)
I ordered the soft-shell crab set meal because i THINK Rong likes to eat soft-shell crab. So I was trying to imitate her habit. Hee... Hopefully i was right since she's not there to approve or disagree with me. Actually i have been having a crab craving for some time already. Believe it or not, i saw crabs appearing on almost every tv program lately. Maybe my craving has grown so strong that i was stimulated into thinking all food are crabs! Haha...
Our next destination - The Singapore Flyer! Donut said she wanted to try it out on her birthday. Just as well since i have never been there before either. Finally i get the chance to experience it :)
I think the Flyer looks nicer at night, with the dynamic display of light and changing colour
We had to arrive 30 minutes (though we never really did that) before our ride for some standard security checks. Felt as though we were going to the airport. Ha... Before our ride, we also had to pass through a 'checkpoint' to take a group shot, using a green screen as the backdrop. When we went to collect our souvenir photo after our ride, we realized that it was actually a picture of us superimposed inside the capsule. It costs $15 and looks quite fake. So we decided not to purchase it.
Incoming capsule. *Excited*
Noticing there wasn't much people boarding, probably because we reached there around 9pm on a sunday night, we asked the usher for a private capsule - Yes, just the 5 of us. And we were granted that request! So Cool!!!! Heard that a private capsule costs $1500 per rotation. But we only paid the normal price, with an additional 20% card discount too. Woo hoo!!!! *Jumps around happily*
A man-made rainforest at the base of the Singapore Flyer station which we did not explore.
Ready to move out!
On board my first 'virgin flight'. Wahahaa...
Photo Session!
Pink!
Purple!
Red!
Boarding the Flyer at night can be very tricky. Since the Flyer is constantly moving, i think even with a tripod and a digital SLR camera, it will take someone with very good photography skills to capture a good shot of the night scene. Too bad i only got a normal digicam to navigate with and test which settings can get the best picture. Even an antishake function doesnt help much either. Sigh... Still, it's better than nothing. Another downside is that it is too dark to see far away landscapes and greenary. Probably we will be able to see more things during the day but it is definitely more romantic and 'Wowwww...' at night lah. 有好有坏. Maybe i should take a day-time ride next time to experience the best of both worlds. Hee...
The I.R construction site is a bit of an eyesore right now. But i think the view from the Flyer will be fantastic once everything is completed. Wait till year 2010 bah...
The Fullerton Hotel stands proud and mighty in the distance...
A bird’s eye view of the city area. I think at this point of time, we were at or almost reaching the highest point of the Flyer. There was even an annoucement to inform us so.
Can even see Ritz Carlton famous bathtub window from here. Hmm... I wonder what if there are people who bring binocular on board the Flyer and cheekily peek through the window? And what if just so happen that someone is bathing without drawing the window blinds cos they assume nobody can see them from far? Ya... I know i think too much. Ha... But anything is possible right.
Say 'Cheese'!!!
To emphasize the shiok-ness of having our private cabin :)
Cam-whoring by myself. Hee...
To sum up, the whole Singapore Flyer thing was a new experience for me. The ride was smooth, as in i can't feel that it's moving yet at different point of time, i realised the scenaries kept changing. The ironic part of the ride was that i realized i was too busy snapping pictures that i forgot to enjoy the view. I even took a video which i accidently deleted to clear up my memory space. Arrgh!!!! So the 30 minutes passed quite fast for me. At the same time, we announced the loser of our role-playing game inside the Flyer. Ha... And it's none other than
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Groundnut!
Yes, she had to do a forfeit once again(lst time was during Rong's 'Reveal-Yourself' birthday theme) as we felt that she failed to imitate me. Poor thing... Ha. The main reason being i don't normally wear polo shirt and i certainly don't wear FBT shorts (though i do wear shorts occasionally). But this time round her forfeit was easy. We decided to let her off by asking her to sing a birthday song for Donut inside the cabin.
After all the fun, we decided to explore around the vicinity of the Singapore Flyer. Ok. Actually it was me who suggested the idea because i was excited to see some Halloween decorations and helium balloon pumpkins there. Just nice it was the last day before they removed it. So the gals had to tahan my madness and went along with me for more phototaking session. Wahahaa...
Delighted to see a smiley (evil smile?) pumpkin balloon there :)
Peanut tried to do a disgusting act by helping the pumpkin balloon to 'dig it's nose' (-_-"') 
This pumpkin balloon simply looked too depressing. Maybe because Halloween was over? Ha...
Found a surprise in my camera when i reached home. Wonder which kuku took these two pictures when i was busy taking pictures for others. Hmm... If my hunch is right, i believe a certain Ms P..... looks the most likely suspect.
Whoaaaaaa!!!! This was the giant pumpkin balloon which caught my attention and got me excited. According to the brochure, it is the biggest helium balloon pumpkin in the world! See how big it is compared to us.
We noticed this huge candy cane pole and decided to lug it back for our X'mas party.
Just kidding of course! Hee...
Before we called it a night, Groundnut brought us to the balcony rooftop garden near Esplanade for the 'surprise' we prepared for Donut (though i think maybe she already knew it. Ha...)
We decided to choose our role-play winner here. Ya, i 'sort of' won. Ha... Everyone felt Donut is biased because she knows i love Famous Amos cookies. So the result must be 'internally fixed' and the prize 'bought for me'. Lol... At least i did try my best ok. I even purposely wore a purple earrings that day cos Rong likes purple (actually me too). See how much effort i put in. Lol... Somemore it's not easy for me to try dressing sexily like Rong leh. Imagine squeezing and boarding the peak hour train from my area aka '2nd Little India' wearing that flimsy piece of cloth. Ha... Not that i am trying to be racist but it's really very scary to walk pass that area everytime i gotta board the train. I believe most West-terners, especially women will understand how i feel. Eh... Suddenly, i sound as though i am very desperate to justify my win and proved Donut's innocence at the same time. All these just for a packet of Famous Amos cookies -_-'"
The 'surprise' we prepared for Donut. Yup, it's none other than her namesake, donuts from J.CO. '一人一份， 感情不散' Wahahaa...
A happy-looking birthday gal :)
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