MADisON_veloCITY: Amazing Race

The clue read:

"I'm sure that was eye-opening.

Go catch another one and record the show!"

Au Yong: Hell yeah that was eye opening (until eyes also can pop out). Wow, some more this time record it in movie. It better be a good one this time.

Alifa: Next eye-opening show will be the that thing la (pointing towards the London Eye).

Au Yong: They gonna do it in there? OMG.

The London Eye has become an iconic landmark and a symbol of modern Britain. The London Eye is the UK’s most popular paid for visitor attraction, visited by over 3.5 million people a year (and in Malaysia, I don't even willing to fork out RM12 to get into our copycat version Mata Di Malaysia). A breathtaking feat of design and engineering, passengers in the London Eye's capsules can see up to 40 kilometres in all directions.

British Airways was the main sponsor of the London Eye until February 2008 and up until November 2005 were joint shareholders with Marks Barfield Architects and The Tussauds Group (so that's why if you go to London Eye website you can get promotion package of Madame Tussauds + London Eye). The "guai lo"s are quite smart in doing business.

Attached to the wheel are 32 glass capsules and because they’re on the outside of the wheel the views are unobstructed. Each can carry 25 people comfortably, there’s a wooden bench in the middle to sit on but being all glass it can get a bit warm in there on a hot day.

It takes 30 minutes to do a full revolution and the ride is so smooth you don’t feel like you’re moving. When you’re on it take notice of the compass points on the capsule floor. Even though the Eye is on the south bank of the Thames the bend in that stretch of the river means that looking straight across at the opposite bank is looking directly from east to west ( I don't know, I cut and copy some lines from their website).

There was another attraction along the street going towards to the London Eye. There were some actors, clowns,

prisoners

and human robots that are far more interesting there. Their latest impersonator is this Jack Sparrow.

Hey, I thought you are still in Madame Tussauds museum! These impersonator are stationary. You need to pay them something to "fuel up" them. Can't get what I mean? Ok, let me rephrase it. These buggers need cash, may it be notes or coins (but they don't accept credit cards ok) for them to act. They either do some trick, make some jokes or pose with you. No money, no act!

Au Yong: That's a more eye-catching performance. It's even better than London Eye.

Alifa: What you say just now?

Au Yong: Err... London Eye.

Alifa: No. The other words with eye.

Au Yong: Mata (In BM).... Err, "Ngan" (in Chinese).

Alifa: NO!!!!

Au Yong: You the one who ask other words with eye ma.

Alifa: (sharp staring...)

Au Yong: Ok ok. Oh. (deep thinking) You mean eye-catching.

Alifa: Yes. Remember the clue?

"I'm sure that was eye-opening.

Go catch another one and record the show!"