Signs of Old Age

11:21pm - 23 June 2007 - 445 views - 10 Comments
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I went up to Genting Highlands for a night the day before yesterday. It was a casual trip among a few friends who wanted to make use of our holidays, so I tagged along. We left KL late afternoon, so it wasn’t until evening that we reached there. Then we spent almost another hour waiting to check-in to our rooms because we were 60+ away from the queue count.

The first thing that we did after checking in was actually searching for a place for dinner. When I came across this somewhere in the indoor theme park:

Who in the right mind would put something as horrifying as that smack in the middle of the theme park? That thing has been there for as long as I can remember, but I don’t remember it being that scary. I don’t know if the red paint on its face is supposed to be makeup or an act of sabotage (which is unlikely as it could’ve been taken care of easily), but it’s horrifying. I’m psychologically scarred for life.

There isn’t really much to do in Genting if you don’t take into account the casino and the theme park. Of all things, we watched Ocean’s Thirteen in Genting Highlands. We didn’t had anything better to do so oh well. I’ve watched the two previous movies in the series and I’d say the third isn’t that bad either. After the movie everyone was in the mood for the casino. Again, I tagged along for the lack of better things to do. All I did there was looking at money flow like water. Huge amounts of money. Waited for my friends to finish their thing and we went to Coffee Bean after that. After the customary supper, we went back to our rooms and instead of sleeping, we were mashing buttons on the PS2 which Howard was kind enough to bring. That lasted until about 4, only then were we able to settle down and go to bed. Though sleeping wasn’t such a lovely affair, especially when four people have to share a queen-size bed.

Waking up the next day with a sore neck, we had a quick breakfast in McDonalds. After that we split up into two groups – the Addicted Gamblers and the Inexperienced Themepark-goers. Guess which group I belonged to.

Our first ride of the day – the Corkscrew rollercoaster, notably the most “exciting” rollercoaster in Genting. That gave me a headache.

Our second ride was the spinning suspended chairs thingy, no idea what it is called but it made me all woozy.

We waited for the Space Shot to open, and that made my heart popped out. It is without a doubt the most exhilarating ride in Genting. I am afraid of heights to begin with, which only made it frightening instead. I’ve been on it a couple of times, but it’s not something you could easily prepare yourself for.

We went on another smaller rollercoaster, which gave me a swell on my shin because the seat was too small (read: I’m too big for it).

The last and most devastating “ride” was the ride home. Self-explanatory.

Genting made me feel old.