Genting & some movies

Went to Genting HIghlandswith couple of my friends recently. This place is at a higher altitude compared to KL and is a easy getaway for KLites from the heat. The avg temp is around 15-20 deg and there are intermittent showers to cool it further. I never thought I had the nerves to do some of the rides they had for offer. I was freaked out before my small and harmless roller coaster ride itself. It all dates back to a consumer expo in Trivandrum, when I sat in a ride called "Torra Torra". Well to make it worse I was sitting on the edge, which means that I was supportig the entire body-weight of the person sitting next to me!!! As soon as the ride got over I just walked to the side and puked:( Since then, I stay away from Giant-wheels, roller-coaster etc etc


This story dates back to some 11 years. So when we were in Genting, I thought I should try out some of the rides as I had stopped doing such childhood scares (throwing up when going up an altitude, throwing up when the flight was taking off) some time back :) So here I was rejuvenated and in French company and had to keep apna desh ka naam ooncha and all...I did some amazing roller-coasters and somethign called Space shot (pic below), which is some 15 storeys high and drops down, like bungee-jumping, but the difference is that you would be sitting. The whole process is less than 1 minute, but gives you the kick. I still didnt do the rotating/revolving kind of rides:)




Then we did the casino, I lost some 30 ringgits and my friend lost 300! It gets addictive I should say, but it was mu first visit to a casino and now I know how the owners of Genting, are one of the richest people in Malaysia. There are thousands of gamblers in this part of the world. Genting is one of the companies which has bid for the Sentosa Casino in Singapore.

Saw Munnabhai some time back. I think its a very funny way of looking at changing the country but not as realistically possible as RDB though. It is a tough task to make a successful sequel and they have done it. Also saw Omkara, another good Hindi movie. There are some good directors in Hindi for a change. Now can the KJ's and gang retire from the indutry. Also a parting shot on Don, didnt like it as much as the original. I would watch AB version anyday over the SRK one. And SRK can never do justice to what AB did in "Khaike Paan Banaras waala..." Impossible...