Winter Sale Expo + Odaiba Muscle Park

Today, met up with Nobu since he had tickets to some trading company's winter sale at the Big Sight. Rachel came along too, and Nobu brought Reda - a Swiss exchange student who had exchange at NUS before too. The Big Sight is a very interesting looking building indeed - pretty much a convention centre that hosts several large fairs and events throughout the year - and it's located on the Odaiba island. As mentioned before, Odaiba is a man-made island that used to be a military base, but is now a recreational and entertainment area.

The expo sale covered quite a large area, and the sale ranged from 10% to 70%. Mostly bought food though - some konbu 'sweet' look-alike, another konbu 'sweet' with yuzu (lime) flavour and some St. Dalfour jams! Also got 2 packets of phad thai noodles so that I can make good on my promise to try cooking Phad Thai for a few of my friends.

Post-expo-sale, Nobu and Reda had initially wanted to go to the Oedo Onsen Monogatari at Odaiba, but facing some reluctance from R, so we ended up trying out the Muscle Park in the Decks Shopping Centre instead. I've been there once before to just take a look-see, and since then, I have always wanted to try it out once; and today I did!



(Ranking Park - One of the games that the 4 of us tried. This has 3 parts, each testing your balance, agility and coordination. I scored the lowest (apparently the equivalent of a 65-year old) and ended up having to treat Nobu to a Monster Burger dinner haha.)

They had games there that tested your agility, response, coordination and balance, and maybe even just plain luck. There was even a section - Sasuke Park - for the males the flex their masculinity (and arm strength). Basically it was pretty much like Ninja Warrior except that every single activity required only the muscles of the arms (not just biceps/triceps but the fingers, wrist and forearms too).

On the whole, this is really interesting concept for a themepark of sorts. If I ever set up a themepark, I would surely base it upon this: games that test your physical abilities, brain muscles, speed and yet are simple enough for everyone in the family or couples or groups of friends to do together? A winning concept I'd say.