Conquered the battlestar!

as part of the company's cost reduction plan, rather than rewarding the long service award winners with cash as per the previous years, they were rewarded with a trip to USS (universal studio singapore). as part of the recreational committee, i had a free ticket to go too, sort of to reward us for the hard work as well as to look after the rest of the staff.

this is my maiden trip to USS, having found no previous occasion to do so. it isn't a very big park, and the place was completely empty yesterday. i didnt have to queue for more than 5 minutes at any of the rides, (some of them are 2 hours wait during the weekends) which is an awesome thing. within a short time, with no opportunity to wait for my legs to get less wobbly, i took on all the rollar coaster rides. the mummy, battlestar, transformers. done them!

i came to realize that fear to a large extent is self inflicted. i have always a fear of height, and especially the drops on rollar coasters. but having taken the mummy ride (and the star mountain in HK disneyland) whereby both rides are in the dark, i took them on with almost no fear. what i cannot see doesnt scare me it seems.

all in all, it is an ok day, though ocean park and hk disneyland are still better by some distance. but i guess beggers cant be choosers. the only theme park around here, till Legoland comes along in JB.