A friend invited me to Star City theme park last Thursday afternoon. It had been more than two years since I last went to Star City. I had just passed my hard-bound written thesis that day, and a trip to Star City was a welcome treat.

You know, it’s a sad realization when you get really bored at some of the tame rides, which were obviously designed to amuse children. We boarded some Little Mermaid boat ride as an appetizer for the better rides. It was really corny. Childhood days are truly gone.

Make no mistake about it, however. I may find some of the ride such bores, but I’m dead scared of the other rides because of my inherent fear of open-air heights. It took me a lot of convincing to ride Surf Dance, a “gondola ride that swings upwards, downwards, and sideways” and Star Flyer, apparently the country’s only roller coaster ride that seats its passengers hanging on their seats. The screaming made me feel really exhausted.

I also enjoyed the park’s Snow World, where there wasn’t much snow, after all. It was more like a giant freezer with icy slides frozen plastic trees. Temperature inside is apparently kept at negative 15 degrees Celsius. My friend and I dared each other to stay there for more than fifteen minutes. We couldn’t.

After trying out almost all the rides, we decided to have dinner and leave. I met with some high school friends at the Mall of Asia after that.

Tags: college friends, Pasay, rides, Star City, theme park

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