Daytona Go-Kart at Escape Theme Park and why Jin Yee beat me in the game
Monday, November 28, 2005
I suddenly have a thought on Daytona Go-Kart at Escape when the few of us went there after the class chalet that I decided to write about it.
pei fen and jia hui kept playing Pirate Ship in order to not join us for the other rides while mx is sick. shiva may have joined us but I am not too sure.
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we played the Advance Track, supposedly meant for those people with some driving experience because we believe we are all professional drivers =)
the few of us decided to go for the ride at the same time so we let some people go first. it is about half and hour or so before all of us hopped onto the Go-Karts.
at first I was worried I cannot drive well. turns out is was much simpler. the only thing you can do is turn the steer or step on the gas or brake. the turning wasnt hydraulics based (power steering) and so the turning is much more responsive.
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I am the fourth to drive off and I caught up and sped past wei lei and xinyi when we hardly started the first round. one even before entering the slope and the other halfway through the slope.
I did not face much competition after that though jin yee seems to be forever in front of me and she happily speeds down slopes without even stepping on the brake. from here I conclude I drive much more safely than her.
the three rounds or so passed quickly and we are told to stop and wait for others to arrive. jin yee is at the finishing point already and I did not use much brake so I would hit her Go-Kart. I used too little brake and she moved quite a distance to the front =P
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I only remembered wei lei and xinyi arrived some time later while zp is struggling to catch up. and there goes all the waiting.
after a few weeks and that is today, I pondered about why I would lose to jin yee. other than her not using the brake at all, it is because of heredity.
jin yee's father drives a taxi. so basically he drives almost everyday for long hours to make a living.
my father drives a bus, so basically he does the same thing as what jin yee' s father does, except he drives something bigger and it is a Mercedes Benz =P
and as you know, taxi travels faster than bus because bus is bigger in size. thats why she drives faster than me.
zp father does R&D work and basically stares at static things all day. so he drives the slowest.
that is the focus of this enty. thanks for reading =D
pei fen and jia hui kept playing Pirate Ship in order to not join us for the other rides while mx is sick. shiva may have joined us but I am not too sure.
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we played the Advance Track, supposedly meant for those people with some driving experience because we believe we are all professional drivers =)
the few of us decided to go for the ride at the same time so we let some people go first. it is about half and hour or so before all of us hopped onto the Go-Karts.
at first I was worried I cannot drive well. turns out is was much simpler. the only thing you can do is turn the steer or step on the gas or brake. the turning wasnt hydraulics based (power steering) and so the turning is much more responsive.
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I am the fourth to drive off and I caught up and sped past wei lei and xinyi when we hardly started the first round. one even before entering the slope and the other halfway through the slope.
I did not face much competition after that though jin yee seems to be forever in front of me and she happily speeds down slopes without even stepping on the brake. from here I conclude I drive much more safely than her.
the three rounds or so passed quickly and we are told to stop and wait for others to arrive. jin yee is at the finishing point already and I did not use much brake so I would hit her Go-Kart. I used too little brake and she moved quite a distance to the front =P
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I only remembered wei lei and xinyi arrived some time later while zp is struggling to catch up. and there goes all the waiting.
after a few weeks and that is today, I pondered about why I would lose to jin yee. other than her not using the brake at all, it is because of heredity.
jin yee's father drives a taxi. so basically he drives almost everyday for long hours to make a living.
my father drives a bus, so basically he does the same thing as what jin yee' s father does, except he drives something bigger and it is a Mercedes Benz =P
and as you know, taxi travels faster than bus because bus is bigger in size. thats why she drives faster than me.
zp father does R&D work and basically stares at static things all day. so he drives the slowest.
that is the focus of this enty. thanks for reading =D
