going to JP

i have only been to JP twice since it started charging for entrance and rides, and both times were for bringing relatives that came from abroad to visit. yesterday, i did otherwise - going there just to have fun.

WHAT FUN? 98% of the park is closed. it's a pretty sad sight, i remember its glorious days once upon a time when it was every child's dream. and most importantly ALL RIDES ARE WERE FREE!! in my opinion i think it would've been even better than Disneyland, if it had been famous enough (publicity!!).

ANYWAY! clint decided to go for kart racing.






(allow me to digress a bit here.)
I WANT TO CRY ALREADY!! something BAD happened to my camera! all the pictures came out stripy! i dont know why! THIS IS AWFUL!! i am so upset!! no fel, it's not because i took the camera on the water log ride, the pictures we took before that were already stripy!! why!!! someone please tell me why??? sob.

-end of digression-

YUP it was quite fun really, driving around the circuit and racing one another. best part? OVERTAKING SOMEONE! mwaaahhahahahaa. it's $2 per go, so quite cheap for a thrill...i guess? i only brought $6 but thrice is more than enough. and because we're using a public helmet..we had to use (recycled) hairnets/shower caps or something like that. as disgusted as we all were (except clint coz he brought a SWIMMING CAP!) we just put it on and try not to think about it.

we also went to the mountain splash log rides which i really dont know what it's official name is. took a video for the whole circuit too risking the potential splash and soaking of the camera (AGAIN, it was not ruined because of the soaking im sure!). the video was surprisingly clear and bright despite the insufficient lighting esp in the caves! upload it some other time when i have broadband connection, it's more than 7MB put together.



and of course, we went for the bumper cars! what a great way to unleash your inner child by violent crashing and running into pile-ups with maximum impact and transfer of momentum omg stop talking physics. i think i hurt my neck when i experienced 4 crashes one after another with no time for recovery. it was like "WOW CRAP OMG DAMN!" head turn left right up down left up down right etc. OUCH! i think i had enough bumper car for one year. or maybe i'm too old for it already. or maybe as you grow older, the crashes get more violent. EEEEEEEEE!! no pictures, everyone was in the ride. amir, denise, fel, clint, afandi, hanif, brandon, teo, some other people i dont remember their names (oops).

after all the exhaustion, we took kiddy rides!!




it was all breezy and relaxing swung in the air..until afandi decided to get out of his coach and attempt a jump to clinton's coach behind him!! crazy nut. i really dont know if the operator noticed, he seemed so sleepy (no business wah) but the ride stopped before afandi could make his jump.

among other things,


afandi needs a swim


and they all look constipated


not long after this shot was taken, denise gave afandi a wedgie. he was practically asking for it!! haha.

it was already past 12 before we knew it. wow. 4 hours flew by just like that.

JP is still fun.