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Friday, September 26, 2008

2008 Formula 1 Grand Prix First Ever Night Race !

For the intro, click on the link above. I'm too lazy to blog about it.. hee~ In short, I was there on 26th September 2008, Friday! YipeEe~

We can actually enter the F1 race village at 1pm. However, most of us have to work.. met Shaun at City Hall Mrt at about 5pm. We decided to have dinner before entering the race village. We presumed that the food and beverages in the village would be of exorbitant price! We share a foot long Subway sandwich. Soon after, Veron and Toru arrived. They went to walk around Raffles City, while Shaun and I went to Yakun for our dose of caffeine.
Finally QC, Veron, Toru, Shaun and I were ready to set foot into the village! Shaun took a photo of a BM.. to show his brother :) Also, there were many tentages in the village. Mainly..food. Of course, souveniers of the F1 race can be bought here. There'll be a practise session at 7pm. It's about 6plus when we entered the village. Yongjie came shortly after... We then walked together to the grandstand.. at the floating platform. That's exactly where we'll watch the race!

There were 13 of us altogether. However, we did not meet up with the other 7. Oh.. Forgot to mention, the ticket's from beloved Claire! *muacks*
On our way to the grandstand, we could already hear the loud drifting sound made by the F1 cars! Damn high can! Ear plugs and ponchos were on sale... but we came prepared! yeah! Here are some pictures of the racing tracks... and that's exactly where we'll be facing. There's 2 big-screen TV! weEeE~


We had ample of time to take photos of the surroundings.. with the CBD area as the backdrop.. nice~ Don't you think Shaun's green shirts blends rather well with the background? hee~ We're sitted at the green section! Seat 44/44 and 44/45! We were seated away from the rest of the group. Nevertheless, we met up at 830pm.. there's a one-hour interval before the next practise session begins! The practise sessions began with a bang! The sound made by the car... H.I.G.H! it's so loud! LOUD! L.O.U.D!~

Here are some videos taken that day... it's quite a pity that there isn't any sound for the first 2 videos.. but it's so clear! and we have the PERFECT view! haha~


This one below's a more closed up one....

and finally..this one taken by Sony Ericsson W960i! with sound! A whopping 51secs of action!

actually dun need to see the video..just by listening to the sound makes you high!

Oh.. Here's the CBD contrasting shots taken by Shaun. One taken when the sky's still a little bright... the other's taken when the sky is dark~ nice! We were just commenting that it's actually very amazing that the track's set up in the city.. unlike other countries where there's greens all around..


He managed to take some shots of the big TV screen! so clear! We had our ear plugs on after about an hour of watching the practise session. The loudness seemed to get unbearable. We sat with the rest of the group for the 2nd session..at the blue zone.. and honestly, we were all rather tired by then..



Oh! Here's a short clip i took.. the laser beam.. read it~

Here's the 11 of us! Took a group photo before proceeding to Lau Pa Sat for supper :) Didn't manage to meet up with Felicia and Yao Long..dunno why... But there's a french guy..Clement.. interesting personality..

Here.. at Lau Pa Sat.. photo taken by one of the vendors.. so..not very nicely taken...sigh.. we hang out till almost 1am.. then took a cab home..

Eventful day! F1 race.. and the company of the folks! ~

VroOOoOOooOoooOm~