raincool2005
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me and my friends reached there at 12:15pm.. we stand on the beach to shoot.
Worst Airshow I have been!
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No more Air-show for me. Worst of the lot.
I was on my way to Pasir ris interchange when my friend called and say the queue is 2 rounds. I quickly got off my bus and hail a cab. The driver didnt even charge me the surcharge so I paid only $9.60.
The queue to get in was chaotic. There was no clear queue lines and all depends on "heng suay" on which line you queue. And they didnt even bother to check the tickets.
The sky today was a plain white sheet. Cant even really see the planes and smoke, let alone shooting. I left after the Black knights display and get some Air-con cooling inside.
The static display area is also chaotic. We manage to get inside the boundary and climb into planes to shoot. Many others also did the same. The marshall and police dont even bother.
When its time to go home, the bus ride was hell. I was on the front of the queue and yet cant get a seat for my sleeping son. The chao ah beng police let everyone from the sides to board the bus but stop me when I move forward.
I had to stand all the way to pasir ris and the SBS uncle driver is unqualified to be a driver at all. Bus Jerks all the way from CEC to Pasir ris. A-con not working or undersize. I was wet to the undies when I reach pasir ris.
The organizer CMI. Praying hard this bunch of monkeys will not handle the Youth olympic or the F1 else it will be the 1st and last for Sg.
I was on my way to Pasir ris interchange when my friend called and say the queue is 2 rounds. I quickly got off my bus and hail a cab. The driver didnt even charge me the surcharge so I paid only $9.60.
The queue to get in was chaotic. There was no clear queue lines and all depends on "heng suay" on which line you queue. And they didnt even bother to check the tickets.
The sky today was a plain white sheet. Cant even really see the planes and smoke, let alone shooting. I left after the Black knights display and get some Air-con cooling inside.
The static display area is also chaotic. We manage to get inside the boundary and climb into planes to shoot. Many others also did the same. The marshall and police dont even bother.
When its time to go home, the bus ride was hell. I was on the front of the queue and yet cant get a seat for my sleeping son. The chao ah beng police let everyone from the sides to board the bus but stop me when I move forward.
I had to stand all the way to pasir ris and the SBS uncle driver is unqualified to be a driver at all. Bus Jerks all the way from CEC to Pasir ris. A-con not working or undersize. I was wet to the undies when I reach pasir ris.
The organizer CMI. Praying hard this bunch of monkeys will not handle the Youth olympic or the F1 else it will be the 1st and last for Sg.
raincool2005
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the previous airshow they and 2-3 display thru the day.. 11am, 2pm , 4pm..
i think only taxi from CEC than got surcharge of $8. going there by cab don't think have surcharge. lol u have strong will power, i see the crowd outside the CEC already i give up go back coz i know its gonna be hell if i stay longer.
swampthing
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New organiser this year after the previous exhibitor 'abandoned' the show. All the press reports about how good this year's airshow is etc especially since it's organised by a govt organisation.
Del_CtrlnoAlt
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i still waiting for the stomp pics... where are the stomp pics! :devil:
xtemujin
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We're talking about the Singapore Airshow during the public days. The Singapore Airshow just excel during the trade days and on public days, it fails miserably.
This is not a hiccup, the patient is in ICU on the word go.
I paid $20 and was herded like sheeps and refugees fleeing a country. The crowd management is worst then the RSAF, Navy and Army open house and the events were free.
If it's just $20 to some people, please PM and give me $20 and I'll pick it up from your home. :thumbsup:
Even the Singapore F1 and Singapore Flyer have so called hiccups, there is no room for that as bad information travel fast with the internet.
Thank you.
This is not a hiccup, the patient is in ICU on the word go.
I paid $20 and was herded like sheeps and refugees fleeing a country. The crowd management is worst then the RSAF, Navy and Army open house and the events were free.
If it's just $20 to some people, please PM and give me $20 and I'll pick it up from your home. :thumbsup:
Even the Singapore F1 and Singapore Flyer have so called hiccups, there is no room for that as bad information travel fast with the internet.
Thank you.
asterixsg
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the fact is, who cares about us ordinary citizens ? everywhere crowded, queues and in this hot and humid climate, tempers sure fly :sweat: ...
anyways, the airshow is all about money...
http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20080223-51070.html
for those who want to see the aerial display, just view the podcast by clicking on this link.
http://www.asiaone.com/specials/singaporeairshow/
anyways, the airshow is all about money...
http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20080223-51070.html
for those who want to see the aerial display, just view the podcast by clicking on this link.
http://www.asiaone.com/specials/singaporeairshow/
there were queues and it moved pretty fast in the beginning when everything was in order. then the chaos happened when people started to cut queues, jump queues and start to mess up the system. I would say that they were trying to control, but how the f**k are you going to control when people are not listening? I seen several people blasting the officers about the long queues distracting them which allowed some of the people to slip through the barriers. How do you manage to control the crowd when they do not listen.
Hell, there are enough buses to bring everyone back and all they need to do is to listen to instructions and be patient and everything will go smoothly. Kiasuism at its very best I say. I really salute the people who tried to maintain order yesterday. Probably if anyone manages to see the video that some of the plain clothes personnel were taking that day, the blame should be on the people and not on the staff, the ugly side of SG is clearly there.
Hell, there are enough buses to bring everyone back and all they need to do is to listen to instructions and be patient and everything will go smoothly. Kiasuism at its very best I say. I really salute the people who tried to maintain order yesterday. Probably if anyone manages to see the video that some of the plain clothes personnel were taking that day, the blame should be on the people and not on the staff, the ugly side of SG is clearly there.
going there was a breeze for me. boarded the bus at Swissotel Stamford @ 9am. reached the site at around 9.45am. managed to check in 15 minutes later. something that pisses me off during check-in... they don't even bloody care to check the tickets. so, i've wasted $40 for them.
next, the static display was a disappointment too. year in year out... keep on seeing the same items on displays. the only consolation was the Chinook. then come the aerial display, though the show was good, the weather on the other was sucky... bad for photography. can hardly see the trailing white smoke from the planes against the white-washed sky.
i think the aerobatics teams should change to coloured smoke for the sake of the viewers. anyway, enough said.
then going back time. i started to make my move right after the aerial display. woah... human jam even in going out. the going out crowd and coming in crowd shared the same walkway. obviously, there would be a huge jam lah.
never mind. just have to bear with it. the crowd move inch by inch. i managed to take a look from somewhere in the middle of the crowd at what is keeping the queue from getting out of the walkway in front. because, i can see people are walking freely after the exit. so it doesn't make sense why the queue is moving so slowly.
when i reached the front... there's a chained barrier preventing people from getting off the walkway smoothly. people have to high-step the chains and kids have to be carried off the ground. i'm wondering why don't these people just remove the chains. something which puzzled me till today.
i don't even want to go into the queuing for the bus home. total chaos. it's really a mad house there.
what a truly disappointing outing on a saturday. money and time not well spent.
next, the static display was a disappointment too. year in year out... keep on seeing the same items on displays. the only consolation was the Chinook. then come the aerial display, though the show was good, the weather on the other was sucky... bad for photography. can hardly see the trailing white smoke from the planes against the white-washed sky.
i think the aerobatics teams should change to coloured smoke for the sake of the viewers. anyway, enough said.
then going back time. i started to make my move right after the aerial display. woah... human jam even in going out. the going out crowd and coming in crowd shared the same walkway. obviously, there would be a huge jam lah.
never mind. just have to bear with it. the crowd move inch by inch. i managed to take a look from somewhere in the middle of the crowd at what is keeping the queue from getting out of the walkway in front. because, i can see people are walking freely after the exit. so it doesn't make sense why the queue is moving so slowly.
when i reached the front... there's a chained barrier preventing people from getting off the walkway smoothly. people have to high-step the chains and kids have to be carried off the ground. i'm wondering why don't these people just remove the chains. something which puzzled me till today.
i don't even want to go into the queuing for the bus home. total chaos. it's really a mad house there.
what a truly disappointing outing on a saturday. money and time not well spent.
Since I happened to pass by and intended to go today, I withdraw my idea after seeing this! :thumbsd:
Some photos to share!
Oh no, what time is this when you took the photos?
I thinking of just going in the afternoon to see the static display, didn't manage to sell my tickets, so don't want to waste it. I still thinking, should I or should I not go??
Oh no, what time is this when you took the photos?
I thinking of just going in the afternoon to see the static display, didn't manage to sell my tickets, so don't want to waste it. I still thinking, should I or should I not go??
12:30pm yesterday. :sweat:
last time the airshow was organised by Reeds International in which they've shifted to Hong Kong. this year organiser not that good judging by responses from CSers. did spoke to one of the big guy from Reeds, saying someone locally wanted the big pie so they had to shift 
................expected anyway.........
guess i'll forgo this year(tomorrow's) show.
................expected anyway.........guess i'll forgo this year(tomorrow's) show.
last time the airshow was organised by Reeds International in which they've shifted to Hong Kong. this year organiser not that good judging by responses from CSers. did spoke to one of the big guy from Reeds, saying someone locally wanted the big pie so they had to shift
guess i'll forgo this year(tomorrow's) show.
heard that Reeds disagreed with government's move to the new location so they had to move?
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