Sunday, August 11, 2002

Was down at the UK funfair on saturday at Jurong.
Spent almost $70, mainly on games (didn't win anything except a small bear) and two rides, G-force & Ferris Wheel.
I enjoyed blowing my mind out with fear on gravity defying rides.
Can't say my partner agreed with me.
Nonetheless, he volunteered to go with me on the G-force despite his fear of heights.
I thought it was pretty brave of him, especially when i didn't asked him to.
He went up, i felt partially, was due to wanting to keep me company.
And this was the same person who had said that i could never get him onto one of these rides for a million dollars.
The moments while stuck up in the air before the ride began was pretty frightening.
"I hate you alice"
"I hate you too"
After that, we started to scream.
He went on screaming for a while, and i wondered if his eyes were closed.
I had my eyes wide open and after a few seconds, i stopped screaming as well.
As I went round and round, seeing the world from different angles, i felt strangely detached.
Perhaps i am getting immune to the excitement.
I used to enjoy such rides because it makes your mind numb and wipe out your ability to think for the moment.
It didn't happened on this ride.
"Are you still alive?" he asked as he noticed my silence, during a lull before the next gravity-defying lurch.
I screamed a little after that just to reassure him that i am.
The ride ended and i was happy.
The ride itself was a tad of a disappointment but i was glad that he was with me.

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