WOAH. I was looking at pix taken by dear in Paris.. Impressed..someone's photography skills has improved ! keke. or mayb it's e scenery in Paris nice . hahaha. Love those night shots of e Eiffel tower too ! he took almost 100 shots of it =D hmmm let me choose a nice one to post here first ;) hee


Beautiful right ?? =D I 've picked 3 best shots. hehe. Will ask him to upload all of e pix to his page soon ! x) den i will post his album link here as well =p




Copyright to Mr Yang. =p

Restaurant City on Facebook ! =D keke. I received requests frm frens..but i was only obsessed with playin Bejeweled then.. Until Juan told me dat she's addicted to it and she taught me how to play ;) haha. Now I'm addicted too ! oh no

the game is really cute....


tada! a screen shot of my restaurant.. 1 thing i like is I can buy furnitures and stuffs to decorate e place.. ;) fun but e things i wanna get r exp! =p


*close up* Notice e 'bucket and brush' symbol abv e toilet bowl? it means it's dirty and u should assign someone as cleaner to clean e mess ! =p ha

You can hire ur friends as cleaner (to clean toilets!), waiter or chef ! =) Then u oso need to collect or trade ingredients with ur friends so dat u can change ur menu ! xD And as u level up, ur restaurant will get bigger and u can oso hire more friends to help out in e restaurant =D

Deary will b' back 6hrs ltr !! =D and i cant wait to see him! hope he brings me for movies tonite. keke. I wanna watch Monsters vs Aliens ! =p haha


Actually I intended to slp early juz now.. abt 11. but Mum ask me to drink green bean soup. so hav to wait a while den can slp... haha. 2 hrs already. BEDTIME ! =)

I think I hav to cut short my entries on USA trip =P Coz it makes me feel lazy to cont. when I'm writing so much juz on e day I went to Universal Studios.. haha.. =X

Basically for our first 3 days in L.A, our plan is juz to go to 3 Themeparks.. =x ha.. seems like there's nth much in L.A. ... =p I'm oso nt sure coz I dint do any research on places of interests. So day 1 we went to Universal Studios, day 2 -Disneyland and day 3 to Seaworld. And it's also by the same coach company -Greyline tours to bring us there =) OH. no..not to Disneyland... coz Disneyland is very very near our hotel, only a 15mins car ride =P

So we took a free shuttle service frm our hotel to Disneyland.. =)

Actually I 'm thinking of skipping the part in Disneyland.. coz I feel it's a MUST go if u've already came all e way to USA. =P You can forget abt e Disneyland in HK coz it's really small compared to e one here.. L.A's Disneyland should be e biggest one in the world? (correct me if i'm wrong..) and definitely The 'Most original' home to Mickey.. haha. =D I've heard Mickey speaking in Canto. and hearing disney songs in Japanese... so it only feels 'right' to see Mickey in USA. Lol =p


would u bear to eat this ?

Anw, e place was so big that I dint go to several parts on e map.. If I remember correctly, there are 8 or 9 different themes. HK only hav 4. and Tokyo..abt 6 i think? (cant remember le.. )

Have a walk ard.. go for all e rides ! esp the Haunted house. It's impressive =) and they also hav many exciting rides u can try. oh ya HK hav more kiddy rides. hee.

Let me talk a bit on Tokyo Disneyland.. ;p The decor in Tokyo Disneyland is probably e nicest and e CUTEST! it kept me so busy that day juz taking pictures! and I dun remember any rides coz I dint go for any. Lol. Too busy. We were busy shopping, watching shows and parades. I watched 3 different ones juz in a day !

back to USA Disneyland, sad to say.. I dint watch any parades =( coz their parades were very Very late.. ard 9+PM ? You can check their official site. And their fireworks too.. near to midnight ard 11+. = . = So I actually missed all of these.... as we went back to our hotel quite early at 7+

I wanted to stay for e fireworks..but Dad and Mum were tired.. Thou I'm tired too, but I still can ta-han. haha. =p

So if u're going.. make sure u stay till e themepark closes! hee. Mayb' go slightly ltr in e afternoon then it wont be too tiring to finish all their late-night programmes ;D

haha. I've changed seats! =p and tryin to charge my lappy now.. whee.. =D

and We've decided to hav dinner here so can stay and chat.. and also to use comp. keke. It's going to be 7 soon.. I'm nt sure wad time I will b' leaving...


To dear..I dint bring e mic today cant vc u now.. how? unless u juz wanna see image. and no sound.. I can type to u ! =D ha

I'm at TCC (Changi Airport T3) with 2 friends. And there isn't a power plug anywhere near my seat =( so sad..having to carry my heavy Vaio laptop and to realise that I cant use it for long here..

The wireless network connection in e airport is excellent.. e ambience at TCC, even e seat is so comfortable too... BUT.

HMM.. think I will just read my book or mayb' shift to other places ltr =)

Enjoy ur Sunday evening !


To dear..I'll talk to u when I get home k ? or msg me ltr =D

hmm, can't seem to recall wad I did on Mon.. =p So let me start frm Tuesday instead. haha =p

*decides to check e calendar in my phone*

Ah ! Now I remember..hehe. Met up with Serene and Pei on Mon.. 2 of them were SO free that day (1 had taken leave, and 1 just finished exams.. ) and poor me, went to meet them only after work. =p Rene and I brought Pei to the Chinese restaurant (Mayim - i think it should spell like tis =p ) at West Mall for dinner =) Both me and rene had tried before and like the food there. But only Ms Ho.. who's staying at walking distance to West Mall, had Nv went into e place before ~ haha. Anw, I suggested eating there coz I was craving for my fav mango pudding ! hehe. And we also need a change! (from eating sake sushi all e time..) =p

That night we had a great chat till KFC was gonna keep away the chairs and tables outside ! haha ~ but that was only abt 10+.. ok la, as long as I still hav train to get home ;P

Then on Tue, I met dear to try e famous claypot rice, juz a few blocks away frm his hse ;) Nice. But the only sad thing was..I made him angry becoz I was late for nearly an hr +++ =p *opps. supposed to be juz half an hr la, but becoz he needs to go down early to Q for e claypot rice. HMMM, and luckily..I hav my ways to make him show his Smile again. keke. ^___________^ *grinzz

Wed, Dear and I went photoshooting at Esplanade ! =) fun ! but also tiring..that night we took cab back ard 11++PM. Very late. =p I'll blog on this again after I get e pix from dear.. but that will be a wk ltr after he comes back from his trip..(leaving tonight T . T )

On Thu, I went bowling at Bukit Batok CSC with my colleagues and I did quite well(for my 'standard'). hahaha. =p nt so bad la, 4 games all hundred over.. ;) Then after e game, I walked over to West Mall to meet ww, cp, jz abd ck for a chat ;D

LALA.. and 1 wk is gone so fast.. keke. with Fri, meeting cp for a Biotherm event at Raffles City, and after that, Dear came and we went for dinner =D


Right now, I'm at Dear's place playin with comp while he's sleeping in e room.. He needs to rest for his flight ltr at night..zzz. 2 more hrs to him waking up... and uncle has juz came back too... =p lala.. I shall play Bejeweled coz I duno wad to chat with uncle.. hahaha.

For the start of our tour in USA, there wasn't a personal tour guide to show us ard and pick us up at our hotel.. But e tour agent in Sg did helped us arrange our itinerary for e trip..and booked 1-day tours with e local tour company(L.A. Greyline tours), to bring us to attractions in L.A. that we wish to visit =)

We took a shuttle bus(just outside our hotel) to Greyline, where we exchanged our vouchers for tix to board e Greyline Coach to Universal Studios =) There were many pple as e coach company offers lots of 1-day tours to attractions in L.A. It's very convenient and e interesting part is, their drivers would act as e tour guide to drive u to ur destination and also 'entertain' u on e bus. They can really talk for Hours throughout e bus ride... telling u abt e places that we passed by along e way.. ;p


Universal Studios Hollywood

So after dropping us off at Universal Studios and getting our admission tix for us(making sure that all of us went in), e driver told us e timing to meet ltr in e evening, and then he went off =)

There wasn't many pple at Universal Studios that day.. and after getting e map of e place, I realised..there wasn't many rides as I was expecting either. =p

Take a look at e Parkmap of Universal Studios Hollywood

It's divided into 2 parts, the Upper Lot and e Lower Lot. and they were connected by several escalators coz e height difference was quite big.. they were 'far apart' in terms of elevations. haha. So be sure to complete e upper lot first before goin down to e lower one ;P

Althou there wasn't many rides, but this made our routes around e themepark simpler too, coz we hav a lot of time to go for e rides and shows there ;P And e first & most highly recommended one we went to was Shrek 4D. =) it's showing a short adventure of Shrek and friends trying to rescue Princess Fiona from e Dead Lord Farquaad.. a continual story after Lord Farquaad died(eaten up by e dragon) and he came back as a ghost to capture Princess Fiona.. ;]

This 4D ride was quite fun coz besides e 3D effect u see from ur 3D glasses, e seats are all 'equip' with surprises thru e ride.. u can Feel the actions ;P The seats moves(just some tilting up and down, nt v. vigorous..) and of course..experiencing water sprinkled on ur face or something tickling at ur ankles.. =p

Then e next one we went to, and also my Favourite ride at Universal Studios... is the Simpsons Ride !


The colourful set looks great and made it looked fun too.. ;D haha


The ride was fantastic !.. probably e best ride at Universal Studios ! =D

I enjoyed it so much despite all my screamings throughout e ride. haha! It has got 'roller coasters' in it, which is smth that I will NEVER try. But it only 'seemed like' a roller coaster. Not exactly one =P Cause it's all in the form of Animations for everyth that u see... =p And of course with all e 'movements' that goes together.. ;D

before e excitements starts, we were first brought into a room where we saw smth like a 'carriage'(but with no wheels..) with 4 seats in front and at e back(juz 2 rows only). Then we were told to place all our belongings(those dat could fall off during e ride) at the side of e room. At first I thot, if this 'carriage' moves, that means it goes through a track or smth, then how would we possibly get back to e same place ltr to pick up our belongings ? Hmm..

Then as e gate infront opens up, and when e lightings were all switched off into a complete darkness, I could sense that we were being Lifted up, outside of e room, above e ceiling... hehe. And e ride begins ! we were brought into another 'world' and it's all animations around us. Just like inside a big theatre and e screens are all around, surrounding us... infront, at e sides, and even looking up to e ceiling..~ It was really cool.. And so it made e whole ride seemed real.. goin up and down e roller coaster, e track that broke into half and made us plunge down onto e 'ground'.. and then being picked up by Giant BB Maggie and she 'sucked' all of us into her mouth like a pacifier...;P -moving in and out of her mouth.. ;P haha! It was totally fun !



And next before goin down to e Lower lot, we went for e Studo tours.. =D it was a very longgg tour of 1 hr and..45mins. But it was interesting looking at e movie sets and how they created those effects we seen in movies like flooding and explosions..






Movie set from Steven Spielberg's Film War of the Worlds ;)


Travelling down to e Lower Lot of themepark..

Then we went down to e lower lot.. a much smaller area than e upper lot coz most of e shops and eateries are at e Upper Lot. And we only went for 2 attractions down there..- 'Special Effects' and 'Revenge of the MUMMY Ride'.


Going for the Mummy Ride... x . x

Special Effects is like a workshop explaining to u how they created effects using advanced technology.. And Mummy Ride is a roller coaster ride indoors. The speed was amazingly fast~ and it went backwards somemore ! = . = really scary.. a bit 'too much' for me but luckily it was a very short ride.... =p

I Wanted to try e Jurassic Park ride too but I dint wanna get wet.. and I was also interested in e House of Horrors ! But..I dint dare to. =X timid wendy. hehe. yupp. I dun even watch horror movies.. so betta nt. I scared I might experience heart problems ltr.... =p

With that few attractions in Universal Studios, it's actually possible to go and experience All in a day.. but because I was with my parents, they totally depended on me to bring them ard. If i was with my friends or bf, I dun mind goin for all.. even for e House of Horrors, *Peer pressure is all I need. haha! that is if my fren is interested and jio me along for it. But then when it comes to my own decision, I might not go.. =p

We finally reached LAX ard noon (L.A. time), and there was someone (arranged by our tour agency) to pick us from e airport to our hotel =) YEP things could hav been tis simple.. But smth happened before we could go to our hotel in L.A. ...



My Dad was detained by e officers while we were goin thru e customs to get our fingerprints and pic recorded in our new Biometric passports. And we waited for him at e airport for nearly 4 HRS~~... = . =

He was having problem with his Visa Waiver, cause he registered online for VW for 2 times~ and The first time he did it, he was still using his old passport(e one that bears our IC no.) Then after his first attempt was rejected, he realised that he needs e new biometric passport(which changes our passport no. to e new one that starts with E..) Therefore, he had 2 different passport numbers in their VW system.

So they probably thot.. he might be using a fake passport or smth.. coz he created 2 'identities' by registering twice =(



After the LONGGG wait at e airport, our pick-up actually drove off coz we dint come out on time.. and we hav to pay 70 USD for them to come to e airport again... =(

but nvm, at least they clarified, and Dad dint hav to be 'sent' back to SG. haha =x

It was abt an hrs drive to our hotel (Knotts Berry Farm) in Los Angeles =) and after we checked-in, we went downstairs at e hotel's only restaurant to hav our dinner =)

There were nth much to see outside our hotel.. Thou our hotel was just beside a famous themepark -America's 1st Themepark (and also 'home' for Snoopy) =p But i think e themepark was closed for the day.. so it was very quiet that night.. ;) Our hotel is actually a resort hotel, where many families would come for stay over weekends, to bring their kids for a visit to e themepark ;)

We had our flight transit in Japan~! but too bad we dint hav enough time to go out for shopping(in e airport itself).. coz our next flight was just ard 2-3hrs ltr, hence we gotta wait at e boarding gates for dat couple of hrs.... =(

it was boring..so I started 'playing' with my DSLR.. =P and I captured these..





Exposure of e pix turned out really nice.. becoz i placed it by e window ledge and gav it time to process e pic.. ;) and The lighting u see 'in e sky' is actually e reflection of ceiling spotlights indoors. =) quite an interesting pic coz it's 2 pictures overlapping on each other ;D

Luckily I only started tis blog since beginning of e yr, and I dint post too many pix.. ;P 'hav just finished removing e pix and now e layout is perfect ! Those Big images on my blog previously, kinda offset e layout becoz it exceeded e coded width size for this blogskin. And I dun wanna chg e codes for that coz given tis skin, e big images really dun look nice here.. I want everyth small and cute ! hehe.

Alright, see if I hav time tonight, will try to do some touch-ups for my blog =)


I just went for a yoga class last night followed by a meet-up with Juan for dinner and chat ~ So tonight I shall just go home early and buy dinner back for mummy =) AND tmr, I'll be seeing dear ! <3 yippie ! ^ ^

yippie ! after browsing so many blogskins these 2 days, I finally decided to use this =) yep. pretty simple but i really like a clean layout, colours and e cute little fonts ! =)

just that i still havent edit those links and txt written by e creator of tis blogskin.. =p and I also find pictures from my previous entries are too BIG in width size -so it's either i delete those entries, or i can simply remove e pictures ;P mayb removing e pix is a betta choice coz I wanna keep those blog entries (for me) to read ;D

I was thinking of blogging my USA trip but i realised that i did wrote smth on e trip while i was in USA.. ;) hmm..mayb I can write a summarised entry of e 3 wks I spent there together with pictures =)

YEP. think there's a need to chg coz i'm kinda sick of it le. =p *opps. Actually i like e simplicity and neatness.. but pple (me) will tend to grow tired of e look of it after mths -it's normal. =p hence, while i try to look ard for a betta design, I dun think i'll be writing new entries. =x haha.

I've been browsing thru blogskins recently.. found some simple layouts(with more colours tis time =p ).. and I think i should put back my tagboard ;) keke.


ok goin off for my lunch now.... ;)


I'm HAPPY and excited coz dear will b' flying back ltr !! and I'll see him tmr night ! wheee~~ ;D

It's raining outside now.. so nice to slp in. But i woke up pretty early at 8 becoz my stomach was nt feeling well again. And last nite I dint slp well too =( There were some problems with my internet connection and also with msn.. spent so much time to login to msn =/ hoping to hav a video conference with dear. But after login, both of us still faced problems starting e video call. sigh. I remember it was ard 1AM plus when I finally get to talk to him on msn, and since then we kept trying to vc.... until almost 4AM. I even fell asleep while waiting for restart of comp and to login to msn...was very tired after a long day out with my friends =. = so got very sleepy.....

I'm nt sure how long I slept..probably 20mins for e last time and when I woke up I saw dear's offline msg to ask me to go bed. and it was already 4AM. =(


Dear, maybe we should try Skype ! it should b' easier coz I've been having problems to login to MSN...

WOAH. I was looking at pix taken by dear in Paris.. Impressed..someone's photography skills has improved ! keke. or mayb it's e scenery in Paris nice . hahaha. Love those night shots of e Eiffel tower too ! he took almost 100 shots of it =D hmmm let me choose a nice one to post here first ;) hee


Beautiful right ?? =D I 've picked 3 best shots. hehe. Will ask him to upload all of e pix to his page soon ! x) den i will post his album link here as well =p




Copyright to Mr Yang. =p

Restaurant City on Facebook ! =D keke. I received requests frm frens..but i was only obsessed with playin Bejeweled then.. Until Juan told me dat she's addicted to it and she taught me how to play ;) haha. Now I'm addicted too ! oh no

the game is really cute....


tada! a screen shot of my restaurant.. 1 thing i like is I can buy furnitures and stuffs to decorate e place.. ;) fun but e things i wanna get r exp! =p


*close up* Notice e 'bucket and brush' symbol abv e toilet bowl? it means it's dirty and u should assign someone as cleaner to clean e mess ! =p ha

You can hire ur friends as cleaner (to clean toilets!), waiter or chef ! =) Then u oso need to collect or trade ingredients with ur friends so dat u can change ur menu ! xD And as u level up, ur restaurant will get bigger and u can oso hire more friends to help out in e restaurant =D

Deary will b' back 6hrs ltr !! =D and i cant wait to see him! hope he brings me for movies tonite. keke. I wanna watch Monsters vs Aliens ! =p haha


Actually I intended to slp early juz now.. abt 11. but Mum ask me to drink green bean soup. so hav to wait a while den can slp... haha. 2 hrs already. BEDTIME ! =)

I think I hav to cut short my entries on USA trip =P Coz it makes me feel lazy to cont. when I'm writing so much juz on e day I went to Universal Studios.. haha.. =X

Basically for our first 3 days in L.A, our plan is juz to go to 3 Themeparks.. =x ha.. seems like there's nth much in L.A. ... =p I'm oso nt sure coz I dint do any research on places of interests. So day 1 we went to Universal Studios, day 2 -Disneyland and day 3 to Seaworld. And it's also by the same coach company -Greyline tours to bring us there =) OH. no..not to Disneyland... coz Disneyland is very very near our hotel, only a 15mins car ride =P

So we took a free shuttle service frm our hotel to Disneyland.. =)

Actually I 'm thinking of skipping the part in Disneyland.. coz I feel it's a MUST go if u've already came all e way to USA. =P You can forget abt e Disneyland in HK coz it's really small compared to e one here.. L.A's Disneyland should be e biggest one in the world? (correct me if i'm wrong..) and definitely The 'Most original' home to Mickey.. haha. =D I've heard Mickey speaking in Canto. and hearing disney songs in Japanese... so it only feels 'right' to see Mickey in USA. Lol =p


would u bear to eat this ?

Anw, e place was so big that I dint go to several parts on e map.. If I remember correctly, there are 8 or 9 different themes. HK only hav 4. and Tokyo..abt 6 i think? (cant remember le.. )

Have a walk ard.. go for all e rides ! esp the Haunted house. It's impressive =) and they also hav many exciting rides u can try. oh ya HK hav more kiddy rides. hee.

Let me talk a bit on Tokyo Disneyland.. ;p The decor in Tokyo Disneyland is probably e nicest and e CUTEST! it kept me so busy that day juz taking pictures! and I dun remember any rides coz I dint go for any. Lol. Too busy. We were busy shopping, watching shows and parades. I watched 3 different ones juz in a day !

back to USA Disneyland, sad to say.. I dint watch any parades =( coz their parades were very Very late.. ard 9+PM ? You can check their official site. And their fireworks too.. near to midnight ard 11+. = . = So I actually missed all of these.... as we went back to our hotel quite early at 7+

I wanted to stay for e fireworks..but Dad and Mum were tired.. Thou I'm tired too, but I still can ta-han. haha. =p

So if u're going.. make sure u stay till e themepark closes! hee. Mayb' go slightly ltr in e afternoon then it wont be too tiring to finish all their late-night programmes ;D

haha. I've changed seats! =p and tryin to charge my lappy now.. whee.. =D

and We've decided to hav dinner here so can stay and chat.. and also to use comp. keke. It's going to be 7 soon.. I'm nt sure wad time I will b' leaving...


To dear..I dint bring e mic today cant vc u now.. how? unless u juz wanna see image. and no sound.. I can type to u ! =D ha

I'm at TCC (Changi Airport T3) with 2 friends. And there isn't a power plug anywhere near my seat =( so sad..having to carry my heavy Vaio laptop and to realise that I cant use it for long here..

The wireless network connection in e airport is excellent.. e ambience at TCC, even e seat is so comfortable too... BUT.

HMM.. think I will just read my book or mayb' shift to other places ltr =)

Enjoy ur Sunday evening !


To dear..I'll talk to u when I get home k ? or msg me ltr =D

hmm, can't seem to recall wad I did on Mon.. =p So let me start frm Tuesday instead. haha =p

*decides to check e calendar in my phone*

Ah ! Now I remember..hehe. Met up with Serene and Pei on Mon.. 2 of them were SO free that day (1 had taken leave, and 1 just finished exams.. ) and poor me, went to meet them only after work. =p Rene and I brought Pei to the Chinese restaurant (Mayim - i think it should spell like tis =p ) at West Mall for dinner =) Both me and rene had tried before and like the food there. But only Ms Ho.. who's staying at walking distance to West Mall, had Nv went into e place before ~ haha. Anw, I suggested eating there coz I was craving for my fav mango pudding ! hehe. And we also need a change! (from eating sake sushi all e time..) =p

That night we had a great chat till KFC was gonna keep away the chairs and tables outside ! haha ~ but that was only abt 10+.. ok la, as long as I still hav train to get home ;P

Then on Tue, I met dear to try e famous claypot rice, juz a few blocks away frm his hse ;) Nice. But the only sad thing was..I made him angry becoz I was late for nearly an hr +++ =p *opps. supposed to be juz half an hr la, but becoz he needs to go down early to Q for e claypot rice. HMMM, and luckily..I hav my ways to make him show his Smile again. keke. ^___________^ *grinzz

Wed, Dear and I went photoshooting at Esplanade ! =) fun ! but also tiring..that night we took cab back ard 11++PM. Very late. =p I'll blog on this again after I get e pix from dear.. but that will be a wk ltr after he comes back from his trip..(leaving tonight T . T )

On Thu, I went bowling at Bukit Batok CSC with my colleagues and I did quite well(for my 'standard'). hahaha. =p nt so bad la, 4 games all hundred over.. ;) Then after e game, I walked over to West Mall to meet ww, cp, jz abd ck for a chat ;D

LALA.. and 1 wk is gone so fast.. keke. with Fri, meeting cp for a Biotherm event at Raffles City, and after that, Dear came and we went for dinner =D


Right now, I'm at Dear's place playin with comp while he's sleeping in e room.. He needs to rest for his flight ltr at night..zzz. 2 more hrs to him waking up... and uncle has juz came back too... =p lala.. I shall play Bejeweled coz I duno wad to chat with uncle.. hahaha.

For the start of our tour in USA, there wasn't a personal tour guide to show us ard and pick us up at our hotel.. But e tour agent in Sg did helped us arrange our itinerary for e trip..and booked 1-day tours with e local tour company(L.A. Greyline tours), to bring us to attractions in L.A. that we wish to visit =)

We took a shuttle bus(just outside our hotel) to Greyline, where we exchanged our vouchers for tix to board e Greyline Coach to Universal Studios =) There were many pple as e coach company offers lots of 1-day tours to attractions in L.A. It's very convenient and e interesting part is, their drivers would act as e tour guide to drive u to ur destination and also 'entertain' u on e bus. They can really talk for Hours throughout e bus ride... telling u abt e places that we passed by along e way.. ;p


Universal Studios Hollywood

So after dropping us off at Universal Studios and getting our admission tix for us(making sure that all of us went in), e driver told us e timing to meet ltr in e evening, and then he went off =)

There wasn't many pple at Universal Studios that day.. and after getting e map of e place, I realised..there wasn't many rides as I was expecting either. =p

Take a look at e Parkmap of Universal Studios Hollywood

It's divided into 2 parts, the Upper Lot and e Lower Lot. and they were connected by several escalators coz e height difference was quite big.. they were 'far apart' in terms of elevations. haha. So be sure to complete e upper lot first before goin down to e lower one ;P

Althou there wasn't many rides, but this made our routes around e themepark simpler too, coz we hav a lot of time to go for e rides and shows there ;P And e first & most highly recommended one we went to was Shrek 4D. =) it's showing a short adventure of Shrek and friends trying to rescue Princess Fiona from e Dead Lord Farquaad.. a continual story after Lord Farquaad died(eaten up by e dragon) and he came back as a ghost to capture Princess Fiona.. ;]

This 4D ride was quite fun coz besides e 3D effect u see from ur 3D glasses, e seats are all 'equip' with surprises thru e ride.. u can Feel the actions ;P The seats moves(just some tilting up and down, nt v. vigorous..) and of course..experiencing water sprinkled on ur face or something tickling at ur ankles.. =p

Then e next one we went to, and also my Favourite ride at Universal Studios... is the Simpsons Ride !


The colourful set looks great and made it looked fun too.. ;D haha


The ride was fantastic !.. probably e best ride at Universal Studios ! =D

I enjoyed it so much despite all my screamings throughout e ride. haha! It has got 'roller coasters' in it, which is smth that I will NEVER try. But it only 'seemed like' a roller coaster. Not exactly one =P Cause it's all in the form of Animations for everyth that u see... =p And of course with all e 'movements' that goes together.. ;D

before e excitements starts, we were first brought into a room where we saw smth like a 'carriage'(but with no wheels..) with 4 seats in front and at e back(juz 2 rows only). Then we were told to place all our belongings(those dat could fall off during e ride) at the side of e room. At first I thot, if this 'carriage' moves, that means it goes through a track or smth, then how would we possibly get back to e same place ltr to pick up our belongings ? Hmm..

Then as e gate infront opens up, and when e lightings were all switched off into a complete darkness, I could sense that we were being Lifted up, outside of e room, above e ceiling... hehe. And e ride begins ! we were brought into another 'world' and it's all animations around us. Just like inside a big theatre and e screens are all around, surrounding us... infront, at e sides, and even looking up to e ceiling..~ It was really cool.. And so it made e whole ride seemed real.. goin up and down e roller coaster, e track that broke into half and made us plunge down onto e 'ground'.. and then being picked up by Giant BB Maggie and she 'sucked' all of us into her mouth like a pacifier...;P -moving in and out of her mouth.. ;P haha! It was totally fun !



And next before goin down to e Lower lot, we went for e Studo tours.. =D it was a very longgg tour of 1 hr and..45mins. But it was interesting looking at e movie sets and how they created those effects we seen in movies like flooding and explosions..






Movie set from Steven Spielberg's Film War of the Worlds ;)


Travelling down to e Lower Lot of themepark..

Then we went down to e lower lot.. a much smaller area than e upper lot coz most of e shops and eateries are at e Upper Lot. And we only went for 2 attractions down there..- 'Special Effects' and 'Revenge of the MUMMY Ride'.


Going for the Mummy Ride... x . x

Special Effects is like a workshop explaining to u how they created effects using advanced technology.. And Mummy Ride is a roller coaster ride indoors. The speed was amazingly fast~ and it went backwards somemore ! = . = really scary.. a bit 'too much' for me but luckily it was a very short ride.... =p

I Wanted to try e Jurassic Park ride too but I dint wanna get wet.. and I was also interested in e House of Horrors ! But..I dint dare to. =X timid wendy. hehe. yupp. I dun even watch horror movies.. so betta nt. I scared I might experience heart problems ltr.... =p

With that few attractions in Universal Studios, it's actually possible to go and experience All in a day.. but because I was with my parents, they totally depended on me to bring them ard. If i was with my friends or bf, I dun mind goin for all.. even for e House of Horrors, *Peer pressure is all I need. haha! that is if my fren is interested and jio me along for it. But then when it comes to my own decision, I might not go.. =p

We finally reached LAX ard noon (L.A. time), and there was someone (arranged by our tour agency) to pick us from e airport to our hotel =) YEP things could hav been tis simple.. But smth happened before we could go to our hotel in L.A. ...



My Dad was detained by e officers while we were goin thru e customs to get our fingerprints and pic recorded in our new Biometric passports. And we waited for him at e airport for nearly 4 HRS~~... = . =

He was having problem with his Visa Waiver, cause he registered online for VW for 2 times~ and The first time he did it, he was still using his old passport(e one that bears our IC no.) Then after his first attempt was rejected, he realised that he needs e new biometric passport(which changes our passport no. to e new one that starts with E..) Therefore, he had 2 different passport numbers in their VW system.

So they probably thot.. he might be using a fake passport or smth.. coz he created 2 'identities' by registering twice =(



After the LONGGG wait at e airport, our pick-up actually drove off coz we dint come out on time.. and we hav to pay 70 USD for them to come to e airport again... =(

but nvm, at least they clarified, and Dad dint hav to be 'sent' back to SG. haha =x

It was abt an hrs drive to our hotel (Knotts Berry Farm) in Los Angeles =) and after we checked-in, we went downstairs at e hotel's only restaurant to hav our dinner =)

There were nth much to see outside our hotel.. Thou our hotel was just beside a famous themepark -America's 1st Themepark (and also 'home' for Snoopy) =p But i think e themepark was closed for the day.. so it was very quiet that night.. ;) Our hotel is actually a resort hotel, where many families would come for stay over weekends, to bring their kids for a visit to e themepark ;)

We had our flight transit in Japan~! but too bad we dint hav enough time to go out for shopping(in e airport itself).. coz our next flight was just ard 2-3hrs ltr, hence we gotta wait at e boarding gates for dat couple of hrs.... =(

it was boring..so I started 'playing' with my DSLR.. =P and I captured these..





Exposure of e pix turned out really nice.. becoz i placed it by e window ledge and gav it time to process e pic.. ;) and The lighting u see 'in e sky' is actually e reflection of ceiling spotlights indoors. =) quite an interesting pic coz it's 2 pictures overlapping on each other ;D

Luckily I only started tis blog since beginning of e yr, and I dint post too many pix.. ;P 'hav just finished removing e pix and now e layout is perfect ! Those Big images on my blog previously, kinda offset e layout becoz it exceeded e coded width size for this blogskin. And I dun wanna chg e codes for that coz given tis skin, e big images really dun look nice here.. I want everyth small and cute ! hehe.

Alright, see if I hav time tonight, will try to do some touch-ups for my blog =)


I just went for a yoga class last night followed by a meet-up with Juan for dinner and chat ~ So tonight I shall just go home early and buy dinner back for mummy =) AND tmr, I'll be seeing dear ! <3 yippie ! ^ ^

yippie ! after browsing so many blogskins these 2 days, I finally decided to use this =) yep. pretty simple but i really like a clean layout, colours and e cute little fonts ! =)

just that i still havent edit those links and txt written by e creator of tis blogskin.. =p and I also find pictures from my previous entries are too BIG in width size -so it's either i delete those entries, or i can simply remove e pictures ;P mayb removing e pix is a betta choice coz I wanna keep those blog entries (for me) to read ;D

I was thinking of blogging my USA trip but i realised that i did wrote smth on e trip while i was in USA.. ;) hmm..mayb I can write a summarised entry of e 3 wks I spent there together with pictures =)

YEP. think there's a need to chg coz i'm kinda sick of it le. =p *opps. Actually i like e simplicity and neatness.. but pple (me) will tend to grow tired of e look of it after mths -it's normal. =p hence, while i try to look ard for a betta design, I dun think i'll be writing new entries. =x haha.

I've been browsing thru blogskins recently.. found some simple layouts(with more colours tis time =p ).. and I think i should put back my tagboard ;) keke.


ok goin off for my lunch now.... ;)


I'm HAPPY and excited coz dear will b' flying back ltr !! and I'll see him tmr night ! wheee~~ ;D

It's raining outside now.. so nice to slp in. But i woke up pretty early at 8 becoz my stomach was nt feeling well again. And last nite I dint slp well too =( There were some problems with my internet connection and also with msn.. spent so much time to login to msn =/ hoping to hav a video conference with dear. But after login, both of us still faced problems starting e video call. sigh. I remember it was ard 1AM plus when I finally get to talk to him on msn, and since then we kept trying to vc.... until almost 4AM. I even fell asleep while waiting for restart of comp and to login to msn...was very tired after a long day out with my friends =. = so got very sleepy.....

I'm nt sure how long I slept..probably 20mins for e last time and when I woke up I saw dear's offline msg to ask me to go bed. and it was already 4AM. =(


Dear, maybe we should try Skype ! it should b' easier coz I've been having problems to login to MSN...