A friend of mine asked me to join him in looking for his new hobby. I asked what he had in mind. He said 'RC'... Now what came into my head when i heard RC is most likely remote control. Then he said kite... I said what? He went on to say yes, kite, remote control kite.
Now ill be honest with all of you, i have never heard of a remote controlled kite ever in my life... this would be my first. So i said sure ( i needed to see this). We made our way to Clarke Quay MRT and walked to Riverside point. On the second floor, it all seemed very quiet. Everywhere was kinda dark, as it was dimly lit... Lookin left and right, nothing in sight, then i saw it... colours on the ceiling as if something was hanging up there in rows.
Ok, let's back track a little, when we talk about kites, first thing comes to my mind is plastic sheets tied with string unto a bamboo like stick and joined together then pulled by a string that can be very long to hit distance. Depends on the wind direction and all that. decorations are mostly up to the individual.
We saw this dimly lit shop like (more like a lil lounge) and went in to greet the people (sounds as if im trying to sell something) A guy in glasses greeted us back and asked if he could help me, i said not me, help him (my friend).
So my friend went on to ask about the price and to my astonishment, it was not cheap... No sireee... its above five hundred.. way above that.... cant say the price thou but you can roughly gauge yeah? Reason is that it comes with a transmitter and all that. hmmm i knew im not getting it at all... (well at least not now thou... its way off my budget)
After much talking done, the innovater came in and shared with us his experience, his thoughts. Very friendly and approachable people there i must say and they seem to swear by the after sales service.(i wonder if i can help them promote hehe) nways my friend decided to get a mid range one. after deciding to part with a lump sum of money... haha of which i cant reveal... But i must say this. It is the first in the world of its own... only in Singapore we have it but of course its spreading out to all parts of the world... beijing, japan and much more...
Is any one interested to find out more?
why not leave me a note or pm me... ill fill you in with more details (that's if ya interested)
jung