Wantunn mee

IMG_2848, originally uploaded by wantunn.

Went for the practice day (Friday) thanks to a free ticket from Varfie. We were seated in the Padang area but on hindsight, walking around would have been better for the 2 of us who were mainly there to take photos.

Overall, the event was very well organised although the fencing was really high in most areas making it difficult to get good photos of the cars in action. Also, there were loads of people walking around in the grandstands that made for more then a few accidental “headshots”.

Food was aplenty, from food republic stalls to hardrock cafe. The catch? Kopi-O cost $2.50 and a chicken rice set, $10. Thankfully, you could exit and re-enter so more then a few people (us included) hopped over to Funan for dinner.

The crowd level was bearable although it did get bottlenecked at spots. Kudos to the police handling crowd control for reacting pretty quickly to that. At one of the choke points, they opened a new exit for people looking to leave the race area while stopping additional people form going into the choked area.

The weather was pretty ok for Singapore, no rain, not too hot either. However, the usual humidity meant I went through 3 t-shirt changes before I got home.

So did it make a fan out of me? Nope. I still have not much inkling on the whole race but it was certainly fun to be there to soak in the atmosphere.

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