Racer for a day..

Yay! Finally I got a chance to drive a Go-Kart. :D Went to Batam last Sunday with my colleagues. It was fun but VERY tiring! It was due to the fact that I only had 3 hours of sleep the night before and had to get up at 5am. I almost contemplated not going for the trip at all but since I have never been to Batam, I just dragged myself out of bed.

First stop was to a water sports centre, where we lazed around while some of my colleagues tried para-sailing. Would have loved to try it or go on the jet ski even but I was not dressed for any water sports. Plus, I'm afraid of heights. But I know I wanna give it a go some day. After that we went for the Go-Kart racing. Since our group was quite big, we separated into two groups. The first group of ten 'racers' went first and boy! was I glad I decided to be in the second group. The first group were made up of mostly young teenagers and 9 of them were guys. Put them in racing cars and I'm sure you can imagine how they drove. There were quite a few mishaps but nothing serious happened. It was fun watching the aspiring racers though. My group however, were more cautious. The moment I drove off, my engine stalled coz I let go of the accelerator totally. It happened twice actually, when I thought I was going too fast. At first, it was pretty scary especially during the corners and bends. The first time I drove around a corner, I misjudged the speed and if I had lost my cool, I think I would have spiralled out of control. I felt more comfortable after a few laps and would even speed when driving on a straight road. Who needs a license eh? :p

We went shopping after that and were so happy to find A&W!! Though I wasn't hungry, I still ordered a root beer float and a waffle ice-cream! Hehe..By the end of the day though, I was thinking of my bed. I was so shagged that I couldn't wait to get on the ferry and head back home. The lack of sleep and the scorching heat gave me a headache. I was so tired that the moment I cleared the immigration I walked straight to the taxi stand and did not even feel tempted to shop at harbourfront though there were a few items and clothes that caught my eye.

It had been an enjoyable trip and an eye-opener as well. Seeing the state in which most of the people in Batam lived, I feel even more blessed. No matter what, I should always feel grateful. We Singaporeans are indeed lucky..

Tremors!

Something kinda cool happened yesterday afternoon. I experienced my first earth tremor. Ok, it's not something that people would call cool, but I have always wondered what it would feel like to feel the earth move. No, I don't wish to experience a real earthquake..just the tremors will do. I wasn't aware of the first tremor because I think I was in the washroom. Either that, or I was too busy staring into space to actually feel anything and I was whining to my colleague about missing out on the experience.

I was eating lunch with my colleagues when one of them asked "Do you feel it?" At first, I shot him a blank look and that was when I felt the table moved. It lasted a few seconds longer than the first tremor, I was told, and it did felt like it went on for quite a while. Now I know what they meant when they say that though an incident lasted for only a few minutes, it felt like hours. It was scary coz we were like, "Hey, how come the shaking is not stopping?" We were in an old building after all and even if it was just a few seconds of tremors that we felt, it was still pretty scary. Not knowing if the ceiling was gonna collapsed on you. The management of the building told us that they would monitor the situation and we would be evacuated if there was a need to. I was hoping that we would be evacuated so we would not have to work! But no such luck.

If experiencing tremors was scary enough, I'm sure experiencing a real earthquake would be even more terrifying. I hope our little island will never have to experience nature's fury...