"Oh my flyer, oh my flyer, lah la lah, lah la lah la ..."

Yea! took a ride on the Singapore Flyer today...actually yesterday(its past midnite already). Ride complimentary from my dad(who else).

Interestingly, the Singapore Flyer company gave all taxi uncles and aunties a free ride on it before the actual opening. imagine that! well, i think its a great move. imagine this in a smaller scale, in a resturant setting, between waiters and chef. wouldnt it be a great move for the chef to keep the waiters in the loop on new menus or new wine. similarily, keeping frontline service providers in the loop on the new and exciting is one way to improve the tourism scene. i heard that even bus uncles and aunties get free rides too.

my dad had a taxi license stashed away in his wallet, so he got a free ride. To him, that license would be his fall back, in case the industry he works in suddenly collapse, migrate or abandon him. as families, we get discounts too, 25%. wahahaha...i think invited friends do get discounts too. cos my brother's gf also got the discounted tickets. As long as the cabbie driver(in our case, the cabbie license holder) buys the tickets.

The whole ride took about 35mins. so if you are one of those who has uses up your woo-hahas very quickly, my advice do some foreplay and a long one. apparently, i think the only part worthy of great excitement would be when your carriage reaches the top. do be careful, the moment comes silently and passes very fast.

The scenery was ok-ok, not the very spectacular. maybe its because we took the ride in the dusk. who knows, maybe the nite view of skyscrapers and construction cranes would be nicer. so instead we got a supervisor view of the roads being renovated to F1 standards, the Integrated Resorts still in works, the Marina Barrage to create more freshwater fun and not forgetting the weird float-about soccer field.

how to get there might be slightly tricky. advice would be to take a bus if possible. if you walk from the nearest MRT(city hall), please be in your most comfortable walking attire. the bus service number that reach is 75 77 106...(and some others which i cant remember, i m not robot you know). it would be near Marina Bus Terminal.

If you happen to drive, do get a new directory or simply use streetdirectory.com. cos according to a taxi uncle, theres actually a hidden new road from ECP. that road will bring you to somewhere near clifford pier and direct to the junction of Temask Ave and Raffles Bolevard.

The most interesting that i MUST write about was the ZONDA. yes, i did not spell wrong and you are not reading wrong. Pagani Zonda was spotted when we arrived. as it turns out, the owner was attending the grand opening of the seafood resturant. Needless to say, there were many 'small boys' taking fotos of the dream car. it was definitely a once in a life time to see a this machine up close. naturally, not many girls understood the craze, including my mother. then when it left...the roar of the engines. ahhh~~!!!

just to add, if you are dining before/after the 'flight', there are plenty of outlets at Marina Square and Suntec. Dining in these places, will definitely do your pocket health more good than dining in the Singapore Flyer Centre.

Time to koon...back to mundane life in a few hours time...