AC Funorama

this will be the last time I splurge obscene amounts on a school fun fair.


2003:CCHSM funfair.by some means and crap I managed to acquire $110 of tickets.slacked off the whole day as I happily enjoyed


2006:Carmen,Val's classmate,Teowww gang member and Willy's fren got freebies at my expense.and if spending quite a bomb to dunk the principal with a ball isn't bad,I had to miss out on kenny rogers and pasta fresca because they are so ex!but somehow I could find a surprisingly large amount of AJCians and my ACJC frens,and it's official:Jes and Xiang Long are broke.ultimate surprise:the whole gang of ACJC ppl who went to my sch to sell tickets still recognised their major bankroller.


strategy to survive in a funfair w/o getting broke too early


1.survey the stalls.check out quality stuff,or cheap enough and nice.look for frens as well.they might give you a few perks if not discounts


2.don't try to gorge all the food from all the stalls.not even if you're famous.that means choose carefully what you should eat.that ensures you don't have to rush to the toilet after you return home when you eat conflicting stuff.your doc or sinseh or even your dad will merely shake his head and say it's your own doing


3.when satiated,try out the games.DO NOT be tempted to go to any haunted houses at the moment.apart from puking out all your stuff,there're LONG winding queues.you might have to wait for hours before you finally get inside,particularly those without apparent queues.they have the longest waiting lists of them all


4.apparently it's very hard to win the top prize of each game,so don't try all the games.only try those you've maximum confidence in.note that game masters have tricks up their sleeve that will ensure they don't pay out max


5.If you're running low on money,don't recklessly hedge bets on the dunking stations.top brass of a school would ask for artificially high ransoms before they get dunked.the host will try to charge crazy charges for each ball,so only add bets if you're rich(like the teachers do),and be prepared to be watched by a large crowd


6.when tired,go sit on the terraces,talk to your friends and watch the rest struggling to spend their money or actually splurge their money


7.shopping can be quite ex.ACJC has a grocery store among other things.ex enough to skip.if they have other memorabilla,only buy if you really love the school,and you either belong to the school or you have some regrets after JAE.if you're ambivalent,i recommend you skip that too


8.leave the haunted houses last.you get freaked out more...especially the last shift.they would come out in full force.and don't forget to scream!AHHHHHHH........


9.you can't survive with just one ticket(honestly there're trumped up prices).neither do I recommend splurging like teachers do and buy dozens of tickets(unless your dad's an industrialist or big donor).$100 would work well ideally,but you might get away with at least $30


10.fun fairs are energy sapping,even for consumers.drink LOTS of water,and be careful of your wallets because you will soon find that you will be tempted to buy some more coupons when you bust your credit limit


Craig Lockhart Hospital(LT1):Samz was there.she doesn't really recognise me nowadays,but when she does,at least it's long lost frens now.remained stoic throughout even when the 8 at the back got freaked out by 'mental patients'.the tour guide was one talkative dude,and you think that's scary?the ghosts look morre like morons freaky rating:3* out of 5*


?(LT2):Wini went there and I know nothing freaky rating:no comment


Drama(LT6):apparently some people said it's the most scariest,and even a few had paid againjust to freak out twice.quite good but I don't know.it's chinese opera,so it won't be freaky to sap sch ppl


Rose Mansion/Pavillion(LT5):last stop before I left.since a gang of girls and just a few guys were the last people to go in,they get freaky.you get lulled into complacency by a few courtesans,then it just gets more and more freaky,all with a chinese twist,altar included(added a few orchids just in case.a wrong move as I got freaked out later).they can be quite full frontal,so there's little you can do if (horrors of horrors) you get freaked out.and it seems like the tour guide there looks very amused while the rest all get freaked out to various degrees.AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! freaky rating:4* out of 5*


So returning from there,AJC can learn a few lessons on how to raise money.we don't mean the large wads of notes AC handles all the time.you need many stalls(each class are supposed to have one food and one games stall each),and slick promoting...aaaahhhhhh I'm bankrupt!