{"id":1536,"date":"2011-08-14T02:26:09","date_gmt":"2011-08-14T02:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=1536"},"modified":"2011-08-14T02:26:09","modified_gmt":"2011-08-14T02:26:09","slug":"in-sing-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=1536","title":{"rendered":"In Sing, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nI went down to Universal Studios Singapore a certain 13th of July 2011.<\/p>\n


\nThe moment you walk in, you are greeted with Hollywood<\/b>. Inside this shop they used a digital SLR instead of being old-school like the outside implied.<\/p>\n


\nBronze.<\/p>\n


\nBetty Boop!<\/p>\n


\nThis reminds me of No One Lives Forever, the video game.<\/p>\n


\nFar Far Away<\/b>, land of Shrek.<\/p>\n


\nInside, I queued up for the Shrek 4D Adventure – well worth the wait, I’d say.<\/p>\n

Interestingly they used a long queue system, and another waiting chamber, to hold people while waiting to take the actual ride.<\/p>\n


\nShrek is a movie full of parodies and I’m sure this is no exception. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n


\nMadagascar<\/b>. Interesting boat ride that was.<\/p>\n


\nThe Lost World had a fountain with dinosaur eggs and a food court. I also rode the Canopy Flyer, a 45 minute wait for a very fast zip around the park. Disappointing and not worth the wait.<\/p>\n


\nLurking.<\/p>\n


\nThis gate will always remind me of the Jurassic Park video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System.<\/p>\n


\nMost wide shots with the NEX-5 and 16mm F2.8, with certain obviously telephoto shots done with the A900 and Carl Zeiss 135mm F1.8.<\/p>\n


\nAncient Egypt<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nSci Fi City<\/b> had the Battlestar Galactica rides featuring the world’s tallest pair of duelling rollercoasters – Human (red) and Cylon (blue). These were the most uh, challenging rollercoasters in the entire theme park, with the Cylon ride being the most challenging. <\/p>\n


\nAnd so, I only took on the Human ride.<\/p>\n

These rides, being the most intimidating-looking, had a small waiting time of 5-10 minutes but the best return for time waiting in the queue.<\/p>\n


\nAs I exited, I could’ve sworn I saw Steven Spielberg! Speaking of which, the Lights! Camera! Action! ride was cool.<\/p>\n


\nNew York<\/b>, New York! <\/p>\n


\nI just wished those stairs were taller and I had a book in hand. Then it would look just like in the movies.<\/p>\n


\nI am not sure how real this is supposed to look.<\/p>\n


\nWhat is this supposed to be?<\/p>\n


\nThen, to be found – a little backlane.<\/p>\n


\nMe camwhoring with the stairways…<\/p>\n


\n…and barrels. Real sturdy barrels, meant to withstand some heavy camwhoring. At least the sets were well built.<\/p>\n


\nThis picture reminds me a lot of one of shots that Su Ann<\/a> took of Kafka – I found the blog post but the picture is missing so I can’t refer back and see if it did at all look like that picture or not. \ud83d\ude41 Su Ann can you work your Wayback Machine?<\/p>\n


\nA yellow cab!<\/p>\n


\nMore fake old shops.<\/p>\n


\nThe most awesome Garrett’s Popcorn Shop was outside.<\/p>\n


\nBack inside, was Mel’s Diner<\/b>, with 3 classic cars sitting outside.<\/p>\n


\nAnother sexy Chevrolet.<\/p>\n


\nInside, a jukebox – don’t think it worked though.<\/p>\n

Monster Rock supposedly featuring Universal Monsters singing rock and roll, didn’t – they instead sang current pop radio hits. Boo.<\/p>\n


\nNight came, and I put on the Opteka 85mm F1.4 on the A900 for maximum light-gathering potential.<\/p>\n


\nI don’t remember their band name but they covered classic stuff from the time of the Beach Boys<\/b>. Plus they wore their trademark uniform!<\/p>\n


\nSurf with us!<\/p>\n

Interestingly, most acts featured one obviously imported Caucasian with the rest of the cast being Singaporean.<\/p>\n

For part 1, click:
\nIn Sing, Part 1<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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