Saturday, September 8, 2007

Universal Studios Amusement Park!

Hee... Sorry for not blogging for so long.. Gosh, i realise im like getting busier day by day. There are like so much things for me to do. Assignments, projects meetings, household chores, cook my meals, blogging, work out, go out and have fun... blablabla. Hee anyway let me update you with my day at Universal Studios theme park with some NUS frens and others. We got the tickets from the ticket booth in USC and paid only $39 instead of the standard price of $61 =)

Me, JunHao, Joe (from Spain), Jeevan, Natasha (Jeevan's gf from Nus who's going to UC San Diego)
Navigation in process... Hee...


AhHHhh!! A big white shaRk....

Thi is the over view of Universal Hollywood... Where many famou Universal Movies were filmed at. They had realli amazing backdrops and crops... I took the Universal Studio Tram Tour. Well i took it 8 years ago and i feel that some things were still the same! Hee.. never change de lor.

While queing for the tram, i saw this girl in front of me and took a pretty interesting photo... Hee dun u think her pants are like super tight. Seems like it would be pretty hard to breathe man... Haha...

Inside the tram. Junhao, Joe and Me!

Closer view of Jeevan and Natasha. Natasha is a realli pretty lady. And she's like super tall lor. 1.8m... She's taking psychology at NUS.

These are the background for alot of scenes in movies. These architects are not made of bricks. I also dunno wad material they are made of. They look realli real from the picture but when u see it in real life u can tell that it is not a real street.

Cars used in fast and furious... I thought some ppl (such as kor and patrick) might like it so i took it.

This was the scene of a flood... It looked pretty real though...

And this was my favourite scene. Its the prop for War of the Worlds by Steven Steilburg (sorri if i spelt wrongly coz i realli cant be bothered). It looked so real and the details so intricate!!

Me, Frankein Stein and Natasha.

Special effects of fire from the movie BackDraft.

We sat a couple of rides and watched a couple of shows. This was taken in the animal show.. Those animals were super cute and well trained lor...

This little birdie flew to Natasha's hand and took her dollar bill from her hand and gave it to the trainer. Then, it flew back and dropped the dollar bill on Natasha's hand... CuuTttEeeE!

Look at us... Arent we kKkkkeeeeuuuuttTTT? We were waiting to go watch the terminator 3D show...

This is the entrance of the house of horror. There were people inside who will suddenly jump out and grab u to scare the hell out of u!

After Universal Studios, i met Edgar to watch Chuck and Larry at Universal Citywalk. It's a realli nice n funni movie =) Go watch it everyone! Then after movies, i decided to give Edgar a dinner treat to show my appreciation for his time and help. Its alway him who buy me meals n treat me to the movies... And on top of that, i was suppose to go to Magic mountains wif him todae but at the veri last min, Junhao and Jeevan asked me to go to Universal Studio with them so i "fly Edgar's aeroplane". Felt pretty bad bout it... We went to this nice Mexican restaurant. There were quite alot of ppl there but the overall experience was a good one. The lighting was dim and romantic; there was ppl singing on stage, and the food was good =)


After dinner, I needed to buy some groceries so Edgar brought me to the newly opened Ralphs supermarket near my apartment. It's so much bigger and nicer there than the supermarket in the University Village! Then when i got back, my room mate Joy asked mi to accompany her to Thai restaurant cum bar wif her thai frens (some of which i already know). And since the other Thais werent home, i decided to go wif her. Well it was realli fun there. Ly, V, Wendy were too. We had some beer and chilled alittle. There's s live band singing so i kinda liked the ambience there =)

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Long weekend due to Labour Day Holiday


Yippie! Had a long weekend as it was a public holiday on Mon due to labour day. But well time juz flies huh. Fri, sat, sun and mon... Now its already tues morning (1 am) and i have to prepare to go to bed and wake up tomorrow for classes. But well its ok.. Coz very soon its gonna be friday again and i dun have classes on fridays! Hee... So let me give a summary for my weekend.

On Saturday, i went to Chinatown with Junhao, my fellow NUS fren who came here for exchange program too. Junhao stays at the same block as me, few units away. So well we took a bus in the noon time to get to China town to do some grocery shopping and have lunch. We bought some basic household stuff as well as some groceries. I had stir fried noodle for lunch... So nice to hav chinese food.

We then went to this place in chinatown that looks alittle like bugis street but the things they sell there are very old school. But i manage to get some super sized tees (5 for 10 dollars) so i could wear them to sleep and for jogging =)
Me and Junhao
At the supermarket, we saw some durians on sale! Its like pretty big in size and by the looks of it, i believe it wont taste good. Ha but anyway im not a fan of durians...

After shopping in Chinatown, we went to catch a movie at the village near our apartment. We watched Halloween and it was quite good. Pretty scary and gruesome though... Then at night, Edgar bought me to a club thats like 10 min drive from my apartment. Its realli nice inside. There were sexy dancers, and even dancers with a strap bouncing here and there from the top. The only bad thing was tat there wasnt any a/c there and i felt that i was like in a suana inside the club. In summary, i had a fun-filled saturday.

On Sunday, i went swimming and suntanning at the inn. These few days has been hot HoT HOT!! Its like even hotter than in spore lor. Dunno wad happened... Then later in the night, i went to a house party wif my room mates. It was onli a few blocks away so we walked there together with some other of their frens. Well the party was ok juz that as i didnt know any of the ppl there, it got kinda bored. So, we left pretty early... Hee.

V and Wendy (She's from China)

V kissing me... Heee...

On Monday, i woke up and went to the gym coz i realised that i indeed had put on weight =( I feel that my shorts are alittle tighter. I WoNt allow myself to put on weight so im now officially on a diet. I went to the school's gym and ran for like 5.5km and did the steps like thing (with the hand movement too) for like 2.5km. Man i was like so so tired i juz dozed off in the evening.

Oh yea there were lotsa cute and super fit guys in the gym... Hee my eyes juz couldnt stop wandering around...

The girls toilet...

ater in the night, Edgar said he wanna bring me to Speedzone. Its like Go Kart Racing but very safe. It was realli nice n fun. We did 2 rides; one is like normal racing and the other is slower but the track is more slippery so u have to handle the turns better.

Edgar'f father's truck. I like it though. Its bigger and more comfy.

Outside speedzone... All eager to go in =)

These are the "cars" that we used to race.

And this is the track that we use the karts to race on =)

Candid shot!

Me inside the car all ready to race!

I made a pact with Edgar. If he wins mi in both matches, im gonna buy him dinner. And if i wins either one of the matches or both of it, he will treat me to dinner. Ha and guess wad... I WON BOTH! I am the racing queen... Edgar not only paid for the rides, he bought me Jack in the box. Hee well realli gotta thank him =)

In Jack in the Box:

Saturday, September 1, 2007

Santa Monica Beach~

Today has been a great great FriDaY~!! I woke up bout 10 plus and had a muffin for breakfast. Then, i did some household chores and chatted wif my room mates. The 3 girls would be going to San Deigo over the weekend so that would mean that im all alone for the weekend... But well thats not so bad coz im used to it le. Hee...

As i finally managed to shift my classes to pack them into the first 4 days of the week, it meant that my fridays would be free. So, Edgar brought me to Santa Monica today. I was realli excited as i had wanted to go to the beach for so long! Edgar reached about 2 plus and we headed off for the beautiful Santa Monica Beach... Oh the beach was really pretty. Its not like Sentosa... Its much bigger and the view was awesome. I had so much fun there.

Beside the beach was Santa Monica Pier. They had fastfood restaurants and some shops there. Nothing fantastic but the view of the sea from the pier was great. A pity after suntanning i left my bag (with my camera inside) in Edgar's car before we walked down to the pier to grab a bite. So, i didnt manage to take photos of the view from the pier =( But thats ok coz at least i have the beach!

The Santa Monica Pier...

There were some hotels and apartments facing the beach which painted an awesome background. How wonderful it would be if i could stay there...
Getting all ready for some sun!

Enjoying my sun-bathing session....

Edgar placed 3 sea shells on my lap. I call them Papa, Mama and Baby shells =)

Beautiful shots:

After having my fair share of the sun, we decided to go grap a bite at the pier as i was starving. They dun have shower rooms in the toilet for beach users to bathe so i had to wash up using the shower outside the toilet. Man it was cold! It was pretty windy so i was like shaking when i washed. Edgar thought it was funny so he kept taking shots of me washing up in the open.

Actually although the sun was pretty glaring, i didnt get as tanned as i usually would in spore. Duno whether its bcoz the sun is not as strong as in spore, or was it due to the constant wind. Hee... Wadever the case, at least i had some sun =) So after having a chilli cheese burger at the pier, we walked around the pier before heading to 3rd street Promenade. Its like a street with shopping, lots of restaurant and theatres.

Along the way to 3rd street promenade. This shot was taken from Edgar's car. I thought the trees were really pretty. These trees are a common sight in LA though...

At 3rd street promenade:

After bumping around the street, we decided to catch a movie. We bought tickets for Bourne Ultimate at 730pm. The show was ok. I didnt really understand coz i dun remember wad part 1 and 2 were about. Hee after movie, we continue to bump around.
I realli had an enjoyable day today =) Really have to thank Edgar for bringing me around coz in this foreign land i realli dunno hw to go about visiting places =)