Singapore Airshow 2008

I was amongst the humongous crowd of 50,000 people present at the Singapore Airshow 2008, @ Changi Exhibition Centre last Sunday, 24 Feb 2008. It was my first show, and I was completely blown away by the performance by the Black Knights.... it was such a heart-thumping and thrilling performance that the sweltering heat ( it was at noon ) and sweaty crowd did not bother me much...





( A ridiculously long, snake-like queue... )

Luckily my bf and me made it there quite early, and thus were able to catch the show unlike so many unfortunate others, who missed the show and ended their day with great frustration.... Imagine this... despite being early, we had to join a ridiculously long queue ( around 500-800m )at Pasir Ris interchange for the shuttle service followed by other subsequent queues leading towards Changi Exhibition Ctr... we took an estimated time of 2hrs to finally reach there....











Getting out of the place after the show was much worse! My bf and I had to queue for another ~3hrs before boarding a taxi ( with a surcharge of $8.00 )... I literally felt like fainting due to standing too long.... There were many people who used the swelling crowd to their advantage... consisting of molesters, pickpockets, pushers as well as families using their children's plights to win sympathies from police officers so as to be able to jump queue....

Maybe in future events, the management staff could improve on the efficiency in delegating the crowd and to ensure a smooth and swift arrival of the crowd to the designated airshow venue... following the complaints in the papers that quite many ppl missed the show due to the long queues... or just set the airshow performance to a later time-slot, maybe around 2pm onwards....


( Look at the elegant A380 fly ever so swiftly...sigh )

Despite the let-downs the long queues bring ( I swear to buy carpark labels for the next show no matter how expensive they cost, for my own convenience.... by the way, they cost $50.00, which is more than twice the ticket price ).... the whole performance really made my day, especially the opportunity to witness how the A380 was parked, at such close proximity....




P.S : All photos and videos featured here were taken using my humble Motorola V3 handphone...so pls excuse the quality of the contents... :)