VIew from the Top

... is not that amazing.

And Singapore actually spent S$240million on this (crappy) mega ferris wheel when you can easily climb up and down in a skyscraper planted in the city to take in “breathtaking, panoramic views”.

Misleading picture from the official website, which shows clear glass panes for you to take photos from within!

Looks really fun and all, but that’s all to it. The main thing is that it seems ‘fun’ from the outside. Basically when you’re inside, it’s like being in a space capsule, or a LRT carriage crawling in space at a snail-like pace, in circles.

And I was stuck in the capsule for 30 minutes for the capsule to go round one time. The view changes in perspectives but ultimately, they are the same fields, same trees, same buildings, same roads, and same people stuck in the capsule. We circled within the capsule for the first 5 minutes upon boarding, and when our enthusiasm wore thin and shifted its attention to dinner (which we won't have till we alight), we camwhored a little for the remaining 25 minutes.

A bored and sick supervisor of mine and me

Actually, it wouldn't be so bad if the speed is 10,000 times its present speed. I know I know, it's not The Inverter from the theme park.

Well, I can’t complain that much. At least this ride is complimentary on my company. (And thank goodness it is.) Just that... I am supposed to write an (indicated by my CEO) ‘objective’ report on the ride. Gua gua gua. Now, what should I say? I look at the city's landscape (albeit a little tiny) for free everyday.

The horizon of houses and the city's landscape from my home for free everyday. And the blurry view from within a dirty streaked glass (that doesn’t do much for camera flash. I actually picked the best ones).

Yawn.

That’s why I have to air the negativeness here before I write up that report. Makes my ‘report’ feels complete. Makes space for positiveness (crap).

Okay, I shall go write up the nice bits now in my report.