And this was the first ever that I had followed the qualifying rounds right from the start. And I have a feeling that tmr too will be the first ever that I will finish watching the race... hehe...
Why???
Cos I've got a taste of how exhilarating it is.
Just a teeny-weeny taste, not like i was one of the spectators... hee..
My initial plan of heading home straight to sleep suddenly took a 360degrees turn...
On Friday, after work, while walking towards SMU to get Idafi's rented car, we could actually hear the thunderous sound of the engine way from Hotel Rendevous.
As we were approcahing Bras Basah, the roar of the engine got louder and louder, and so did the pounding of our hearts. Everyone just got so excited!
The boys were planning to go to Simpang Bedok for dinner and it was put on hold as we were devising a way to get to ECP just so that we could see SOMETHING!!
Hahaha... we like going round in circles just so that we can get somewhere close to the tracks to get a glimpse of the cars.
We actually drove along ECP towards Jurong, when entering ECP from Suntec, we wound down the window to hear the roar of the engine. We were screaming with excitement when we eventually managed to get a glimpse of one the cars from afar, but none of us could make out which team it belongs to.
So... since we were supposed to get to Bedok, we decided to turn back by exiting at Keppel Bay and back into the ECP towards Changi Airport. But that did not happen cos the traffic on ECP towards Changi was just so bad.
So we decided to just drive towards OMB and had to do a u-turn somewhere alongside the track. Once again the close roar of the engine got us excited. After the u-turn and some diversions, we some how ended up right where we started from, Bras Basah.
We were torn between filling up our hungry stomach or parking the car somewhere and walk ard to soak in the atmosphere. I think our empty stomach roared louder, hence we ended up at Arab St to have a proper breakfast.
By then, I told Zal countless times that we shld go for next year's race. So exciting!! After our meal, we decided to head home via ECP. And once again, we wound down our window while entering ECP. I guess the cars were beside us cos it was soooo loud! We drove extra, extra, extra slow.... I started shouting 'Go Kimi!', Zal started to shout 'Go Massa!' while the Idafi and Sherman were just shouting.. That was funny!
Our cheap thrills! More like free thrills, cos we didnt pay anything... hehe...
For a moment, all troubles seemed so far away with the sound of the engine so near...
While watching the qualifying just now, Mummy actually commented that Ferrari cars looked really nice! Super red and super shining with the light reflections.. Even mummy was interested!
I know the race has yet to end, but I'm already looking forward to next year's cos I wanna buy the tix!!!! Didn't know the roaring of the engine could get me all excited!