Hey everyone!
As you know if you’ve been following our NP Friends blog, I’ve recently just finished my internship. So to celebrate the end of a rather gruelling five-month semester, our entire student-run media office decided to take a trip to
Genting Highlands to soak in the cool air!
That super tall, long thing is the Spacedrop. I used to be fearless when I was a kid and would sit on that non-stop when I came to Genting. This time, I was too wimpy and freaked out by the horror stories. :(
The theme park was okay, and was pretty much the same as I remembered from the last time I went there, which was about three years ago.
The highlight of the trip: The Flying Coaster!
See! It's scary looking, right!
This one probably takes the cake. It’s the scariest and the most fun, and I was really scared while hanging on to the bars for my dear life. You literally fly in loops and turns and twists, and all I could think of while in the ride was: Dear God, please let my glasses not be crushed (or I’d be a blind bat for the rest of the trip.)
What a failure. I know. Haha. Got a rush of adrenaline afterwards, and then we all headed into the park (that ride was specially placed outside of the theme park) and we tried out everything we came across.
Um, another fun thing that we did was that we went to the Haunted House adventures. I’m really just a big wimp in truth, so while in there, mostly I was just scared stiff. Even before the beginning of the “adventure”, we had to get onto this elevator thing. The staff behind us banged the gate shut and I jumped like my tail got stepped on. And my cruel friends laughed. >_<
Two of my cruel, heartless friends. Naaaah, just kidding. They're nice. Kinda. :S And I don't know why Dawn was making a jabbing motion at Sophie. LOL.
Delight, who was tweeting/FB-ing with Starbucks' free Wi-Fi access! We were all nearly delirious with joy when we found out there was free Wi-Fi. Hehe. We are such social media addicts.
We also visited the Ripley’s Museum, which was pretty cool. There was this tunnel that we walked through and felt like we were spinning upside down because of the illusion. I got giddy~ /)o(\
The Pirate Ship. It's really lame. It's not scary at all. I was so bored. Really.
Oh! And the final best part that I just have to brag about. (It’s rare that I get something to brag about so put up with me. Or skip this part. I don’t care muahaha.)
-Start of bragging-
There’re lots of game stalls in the theme park, so while waiting around for the others to come back from their rides, we played some of the stall games. There was the “Throw a ring round the neck of a bottle and win a super huge toy” game (which I’m most definitely certain it is a scam!), and the “Shoot three pins down and win a medium-sized toy” game. I tried the former, and failed miserably.
I was all emo and then when I saw the guys playing the shooting game, I was naturally interested. (I love games like Time Crisis hehe) How can you not get excited? Shooting stuff! For fun! And the bonus was that you’d get a toy if you win!
I gave in to my temptation and picked up an air rifle, and then WHAM! I failed, but refused to give up. I had this feeling that I could win it, and that I really could do it. I tried again, and failed, but I was certain I knew how to shoot it this time, so I tried again…
AND WON! :D
Hehe. I started screaming for joy and jumping around and held up the teddy bear in triumph. I won it against all odds, despite it being a male-inclined kinda game. And the best part? I was the only one who won. And I'm just a girl. Hehehe.
The guys tried repeatedly to no avail, and their girlfriends even pleaded with me to teach them my tricks so that the boys could soothe their bruised male ego. Muahahahaha. Even my manager and teacher failed, and they went through NS OK! :P
-Ok end of bragging-
Dawn, the sweet designer whom I won it for. She's nice (and really deserves something nice back in return) and she got all excited after receiving the bear. :P
The roller coaster in the background was pretty fun. It reminds me of the Dark Carnival campaign. And Go-Karting, which the others played. :P
All of us who went on the trip, trying to act/look cool! I daresay we succeeded. Hehe :P
And that’s it about the trip!
(Pics above courtesy of me, Yue Jun and Justine)
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By the way, npTribune Vol. 43 Issue 2 is out already!
Just head down to the library or the m:idea office for a copy of your campus newspaper, and if you’re too lazy, well here’s another option for you!
Go to http://nptribune.theurbanwire.com/ and download the latest issue in PDF format.
In this issue, we’re featuring a group of caring students who go beyond the classroom to provide company and health services to the elderly. We’ve also got other stuff like the funny stereotypes (let’s take a laugh at ourselves and enjoy the manga drawings!), a feature about Joyce and The Boys (they have kick-ass dance moves, so don’t mess with them), and places you can head to for lunch if you’ve got really long breaks!
(By the way, I think Olly Steeds is damn cool. *points at guy at top left of the front page* He's an investigative journalist and did lots of super cool spy-like stuff. Man, I wanna be a cool person like him. One day. Fighting!)
Don’t miss it, download it or get it from school now kay! :)