Once Upon A Time In...

In conjunction with our French assignment, which required us to visit any tourist spot in Msia and snap pictures/videos to include in our presentation (all in French btw), we (Jwen, Gavin, Ellen, WMae & I) have decided to go to Legoland in Johor Bahru-! We have been wanting to go there for quite some time but had to put in on hold because of financial constraints (thirst and hotels and a whole lotta bday's coming up), but we decided aww to the heck with it and went anyways.

...LEGOLAND

Everyone bunked at JWen's place the night before heading to Legoland because well, being Msians we knew that there would be a high chance that either one of us would be late and we couldn't afford that. We all reluctantly got out of bed at 5am then hit the road before 5.30am. So much win for being punctual.

Taken en route to Johor. It started to get really foggy around 7am and the road ahead of us looked super eery. Macam ada Silent Hill feel no? I still think that it's going to be a great movie although I have yet to watch it :/

The journey took a shorter time than we had expected. Reached Johor town around 8.30am then decided to have Bfast at this really chio looking mamak before meeting Mich & Joelle at Legoland. It was a sinful day ahead of us. We had mamak for supper the day before and mamak again for bfast. Truly Msians ahaha.

And voila-! Tis the entrance of Legoland. I would advice those who plan on going in the future to purchase their tickets online because it only costs RM105 instead of RM140 if you purchase it 7days prior to your travel date. If not then, get ready for a massively long queue to purchase your tickets-! Owh and if possible, try not to go during school holidays as well because that's when we went *genius*. Apparently, school field trips are now held in theme parks and not museums anymore -.-"

The Magistrate's Court

Patriotic salute to the world's tallest twin towers

Suria KLCC

Putrajaya

A cruise ship in Port Klang

Forbidden Palace

And in case you were wondering, yes... All those are in fact miniatures and made entirely out of legos-! No shit right you're in Legoland lol. The workmanship is really amazing because the miniatures also have extra effects. Like the photo of the Magistrate's Court above, the vehicles are all moving on the road. And the photo of the cruise ship in Port Klang, the lifeboat's are going up and down. Its all these little things that impresses us noob tourists XP

Just like any other theme park, Legoland is separated into a few "themed" parks. The first one that we visited was the Land Of Adventure where it is Egyptian themed. The "Lost Kingdom Adventure" ride is very much like the buzzlightyear ride in Universal Studios Singapore where you shoot enemies with a laser gun and stuff like that.

The rapid falls in Sunway Lagoon is higher compared to this one.

Next up was Imagination Land. I can hear the shattering dreams of kids when they grow up in the future *evil grin*

And they've also got the rotating tower that is similar to the one in Melaka.

Hi guys, protecting it well XP This was taken in the 4D theatre. See-! Like I said previously, everything in Legoland is similar to the ones in Universal Studios Singapore. Shrek in 4D there, Lego prince and princess in 4D here lol.

This motha fuggin roller coaster urgh -.-" The waiting time was 120minutes, 2 freaking hours-! And of course, it just had to be the most extravagant ride there. We thought that we would go for lunch first then only come back to queue for the ride but quite fail in the end because it rained. More on that sad part later.

Survived the ProjectX roller coaster after queueing for an hour or so. In case some of you didn't know, ProjectX is like the absolute BEST party movie ever. It's an American movie btw. Here's the trailer for it, it's mad sick and I can only hope and dream to attend one of these. But apparently it doesn't actually happen in the US, not till this magnitude anyways.

So yeah like I said, it started to rain just when we had only one more "themed park" to visit. So we were like "screw it, jom pulang" since we covered almost everything. And since the food in Legoland is ridiculously expensive (RM18.50 for a chicken drumstick and chips), we all headed to the mall nearby for lunch. The mall is located right outside of the entrance so it's really convenient. Also, you can re-enter Legoland, just remember to keep the ticket when you enter the first time yeah.

Saddest burger ever. Mainstream F&B outlets like KFC and Burger King was jammed packed with humans and other places like Manhattan's Fish Market was closed for an hour because of he crowd... Like wwhhuutt the rubbish is this?!

Best part was, Jwen Ellen&I went to BKing and the rest went to KFC. Both groups queued up the same time okay. But even after the BKing gang finished our burgers, the gang in KFC were still lining up-! And get this, they ran out of chicken at one point-! Guess my burger wasn't that sad after all laa.

Still a better love story than Twilight trolololol. That's Gavin & JWen with Joelle's really cute nephew. And he only hangs with the guys because they've got enough body strength to fling him around like this... According to Joelle that is.

...HELLO KITTY TOWN

Owh yeah that's right, we went to Hello Kitty Town too-! Zomgoodness I'm going to be so bimbotic right now. No judging alright.

So Hello Kitty Town is located around 10min further in from Legoland. Admission fee is RM50 for MyKad holders and for the Hello Kitty Town ONLY. After paying for my share, I collected back my IC and straight ran for the escalator to the town ahahaha I even left behind my ticket. Kawanku be super embarrassed.

And look and what greeted us... A hello kitty parade-! A rather small one though but it still made me happy nonetheless. They must have known I was coming ahaha.

This is the awesomely pink couch located in the main entrance of the hello kitty house. Basically, I want everything in the house laa okayy.

How cute is the TV?! But I guess it won't be practical to live in a hello kitty house laa. Imagine what my future boyf would say @.@ he would see my entire house, turn and leave and run straight for the hills. But my response to that would be "meh, your lost" harhar.

The bathroom-! Okay this I don't mind having.

THIS... Is ma bed. Ellen is trying to show her displeasure of being in Hello Kitty Town. But whatever XP

Macam Sinister lol.Taken in the dungeon. Aahahhaa and yes there is a dungeon. It's actually a mini play place where your mission is to save HelloKitty and DearDaniel with the help of clues and those lanterns in the photo.

Other than the dungeon and hello kitty house, there are other rooms designed specifically for jewelry design, cookie making (painting hello kitty cookies), costume design, nail painting and other stuff that I can't remember. The photo above is the nail deco room.

And this is the jewelry design room. I know what you're thinking, how could I have put those two men through so much torture being in Hello Kitty Town right? Sorry laa but you're wrong, they claimed it wasn't that bad and i secretly think that they had a bit of fun XP JWen even sat in the Hello Kitty tea cups with me, so there.

The entrance

Souvenir shop. They only had a limited range of Hello Kitty products, with others ranging from Angelina Ballerina, Bob the Builder, Thomas and Friends among others.

Couldn't find any merchandise which I really wanted besides this wallet. But it costs RM159 laa bloody hell. Personally, I would've bought it but I know Mr. Choo will just disown me for spending that much so ahhh bah hambug.I was desperate and determined to buy something back that at one point I almost settled for buying a Kitty plush toy but nah, I've still got the ones from McDonald's back home.

They look so bored :/ But they're happy that I'm happy trololol. Best friends indeed =)

And THIS are the Hello Kitty and Dear Daniel teacups-! As you can see, it's really small and I still wonder how hippos like JWen and I managed to squeeze into the cups >.<

So... Till next time then-! Melaka food post up next ;)

Three's A Company

 WHOO BOY it has been one heck of a year-! Had the sudden urge to blog when I was doing my literature review for my dissertation. I'm proud to say I'm half way done with 1000 words in the bag and another 1000 more to go for tomorrow, Buddha gimme strength. Anyways, allow me to fill you in (whichever sad soul you are) on whats been going on throughout these past few months. Only highlighted special occasions though.

JULY - Ping Er's Farewell

Yes, another one has left for Switzerland in August, not to mention leaving his girlf behind :/ Had a mega feast with pork knuckles, sinful Nyonya food, Singha beeh and ice wine throughout the night.

Ping Er's the one on the left. We've been in the same class for like 2years now and I believe that he's the most intelligent, honestly brutal and has the wisdom of an 85year old man. That, and he once had 2 ladies fighting over him.

And let the feast... BEGIN-! I usually starve myself throughout the week when I know I'll be indulging in sinful food at the end of the week.

Of course, what's a farewell party without a few drinks ;) had a bit too much to drink that night. Ping Er brought a few of us for a ride around his neighbourhood and the ride was mega bumpy because I was sitting at the back of the landrover. Wei Mae and I got really car sick after that and I immediately passed out in the living room when we got back lol glam much.

La ji mui's. Car went to HELP (traitor) and Sze Wei flew off to Swiss as well.

Fargutz, only 2 of them left now. 

AUGUST - Penang Food Trip & Thailand

This be the FUNVEE GANG-! We're the ones responsible for keeping Si Ahmad LeeSengFatt awake with our loud nonsense throughout the whole journey. The other car which which comprises of Drea,Wen,Jwen&Nigel looked super dead, because they all were-! Except for JWen who was driving of course. That's what you get for bringing a brand new car when driving outstation.

We bunked at Wayne's (who's also in swiss now fhl) empty duplex. Eternally grateful :') The trip was meant as a farewell trip for SengFatt but it somehow turned into a mega foodie trip. Seriously ate non stop the minute we were in the car till we were back home.

 Felt extremely nostalgic being back in Penang. Haven't set foot on the island ever since my internship back in 2010. Crazy clubbing sessions and almost daily drinking, almost daily because we'd go out for a drink at least 3times a week. Having awesome roomies was a plus too, those 3months really glued us together for good. Ahh memories :')

The boys rojak tower is as high as the glasses @.@

Muar chee overload throughout the trip-! Wen, Drea&I shared 2 packets during out 1st night in gurney drive then packed back 3 more with us to bring to the beach for drinking session that night.

Ginormous ice-kacang for RM2.50. Like seriously?! Don't think you can find a huge serving like this back here.

RM7.50 "cyclops uncle" char kuey teow. Okay this is super pricey laa but I suppose the prawns make it more worth the money.

THAILAND - With LordBlack

YES-! After countless failed attempts of trying to book our holiday, it finally came through-! And it was super last minute. We only had everything confirmed about a month before a trip. Super risky if you asked me. But because it was a last minute thing and my overly attached parents refused to let 2girls travel alone, we had to scratch off the whole backpacking thing and went with a tour group instead.

Wasn't too bad thought, saved us the hassle of planning our expenses and where to go and wondering whether we'd have a roof over our heads the next day. The only issue I had was that the whole freaking group communicates in Mandarin... LIKE WHAT?! Yeah I may come from a chinese primary school but I didn't even sit for the damn paper for PMR. In fact, my class teacher even discouraged me to take it lol fail.

Boat ride on route to Bangkok's floating market. I'll most probably dedicate another blog post (if I feel like it) on our Thailand trip because there's just too much to talk about and there's too many pretty photo's-!

Spammed on mango rice the first 2days we were there. It wasn't necessarily nicer in Thailand but hey, the authenticity was there. They sold durian sticky rice too HOW CAN I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS?! Didn't have a chance to try it though because somehow our tummies were always stuffed whenever we came across a stall selling durian sticky rice.

Elephant ride-! One of the top must things to do when you're in Thailand-! You can't really tell from the picture, but we were riding a baby elephant, so quite kesian the poor thing laa having both of us water buffulo's riding on top of it.

Owh, and I felt that YiWen&I really bonded during the trip =) Though we had a spat during the last day because she wanted to stroll the night market which took us a thousand years to get to, and I wanted to stay in or go somewhere nice to chill.

And these are the amazing people in our group. YiWen&I were the youngest (as if you couldnt tell) and during the first day, everyone was wondering "who's daughters are this?" lol damn funny. And because we were so close and the only ones who were friends there, I'm not surprised if everyone thought we were a lesbian couple ahaha.

Cycling baby elephants-! Fun fact, an elephant can only give birth once every 2years because thats exactly long they're pregnant for. Can't imagine how torturous child birth for elephants must be though. I think if human babies were any bigger, mothers wombs would be like jello already, damn elastic and can't feel a thing Z.z

This is a garden at the elephant sanctuary where they have elephant sculptures carved entirely out of wood. Yes, I'm licking her peaches.

Taken at the Alcatraz show. That's a male btw in case you couldn't tell. Everyone on stage super bodaylicious they all look amazing. I swear if they walk past you on the streets you can't even tell that they're pondan's. But thats the scary thing about Thailand, if you see an attractive looking woman, you better think twice and look towards the crotch area.

Stayed at one of the hotel's at the Pattaya red light district for 2nights and boy was it an eye opener. The picture above was taken at the prime red light district, where out of 10 shops, 9 of them would be whore houses, and that remaining one would be a seafood restaurant. Random. Then locals would come up to us, asking whether we'd like to get freaky with ThaiBoys and they even have a laminated card stating which position you choose comes at what kindda price and everything. Pictures of the sexual position also displayed one okay-! When I came back home and told my parents about it, they were like "haiyahh you missed out on the oppotunity, why didn't you go into the whore house?" omgosh parents like these @.@

Did some major damage during our last day in Bangkok. Shopped like there was no tomorrow and everything above was bought in only one mall. Imagine what we would've bought back if we went to a few more malls. Three quarter of them are souvenirs and items requested to be bought back by friends though.
My fav is the captain america t-shirt ;)

Had a chance to walk underwater on our visit to Pattaya coral beach-! I was expecting to see and experience so much more but the water was extremely dirty, as you can see in the picture above. YiWen&I even thought we were gonna die because the pressure But overall it was quite cool laa, we got to touch sea corals and fed the fishes and stuff . Can't help but imagine what if a piranha decides to swim by, imagination runs loose-!

SEPTEMBER - BBQ At The Pang's

Best part was that I was the first to arrive, even before the host himself lol epic win. Aww man look at that flame. I was practically eating from the moment I stepped foot into the house till I left. Even felt like hurling in between because I was stuffing myself non stop.

Bacon weave. Checked off from bucket list.

 This was only half the food. 4 large pizzas, large bowl of home made spaghetti bolognaise, large bowl of bread pudding plus all the BBQ'd items which were still on the grill outside.

The end result-! Tastes  better than it looks folks. Next up, macaroni and cheese cake.

Again, whats a party without booze ;) didn't drink any that night but JWen made us a cocktail wich mountain dew and vodka mixers mmm...

 And the night ended with the gangnam trio doing the oppa gangnam style AGAIN. Shame? No, no. We have none of that. Jokes. Left early before they cut the cake because I had an important appointment at home :3

Harrow

I've always wondered why my dad didn't shower my mum with chocolates and flowers. Basically, the usual mainstream presents that every woman gets..

He brought my mum plasma TV for Valentines last year. So much better trololol. My parents be cool like that.

But its not the extravagant gifts that make relationships exciting, its the thought and surprises that comes with it.

I only wish to have the same sort of relationship that my parents have. Oh how I wish...

Of Scholars, Graduates and Good Food

It was quite a sad day, I've graduated but... Didn't attend my own convocation lol. Nawh just kidding, I'd rather work off my hours as a student ambassador but at least I got to see my friends jumping for joy over graduation. Must've been exciting but no worries, I'll get a nicer robe and a graduation hat for Degree.

The Multipurpose Hall Grand Hall doesn't exactly give out that "glam graduation" sorta feeling. When the word "graduation" and "convocation" comes to mind, I cant help but think of them Ivy League style graduation, with brick buildings and wooden interior decoration. Not fluorescent lighting and plaster walls -.-

I'm so proud of the Diploma Valedictorian ANDREA LOW YUEN CHING that day. Even though I wasn't present to witness her valedictory speech, I'm sure she did great-! That, and the fact she practically recited her speech to me countless of times lol. 

And I'm pretty sure she's the first ever graduate that received a broom and bouquet of bak choi as her graduation gift instead of the usual teddy's and flowers. Her friends be loving her like that <3

Diploma in Hospitality Management, Culinary Arts and Tourism - Graduates of Year 2011

TCHT was the only school that gets to take a group shot, because we be awesome like that.

The perempuans waited for me to finish my shift then off we went to Nihonkai for dinner... A la Japonaise. I was a bit sceptical at first because this place served authentic Japanese cuisine and like, I can't even stand the simplest sushi-!

But alas, the food came and everything was very *drool worthy*. I'd pick this place over any common sushi franchise any day.

Iz cam-whoring with future Lim Tai Tai.

Load of food pictures coming out. And unfortunately I still don't know the actual names of the dish because I just can't seem to grasp them #failmax.

Fried prawns with lemon garnish

Ariel's cold noodles. There's actually ice underneath that wooden panel thingamajig

My "something" set. There's a proper name for this but like I've previously mentioned, I'm a failure when it comes to Japanese food -.-" Wasn't so crazy about the noodles, only managed to finish about half of the bowl then I banished it to a corner and nomz the rest.

Won't even bother trying to recall whats the name of this dish. It was served with Ariel's noodles.

May, Ping Er, CC and Lord Black joined in half way. The only noise in the restaurant that night came from our table. We were all laughing and talking like a bunch of jakun kampung hooligans lol. And the amount of food we ordered was like @.@ unimaginable. But hey, it was such a memorable occasion we just had to splurge a bit that night.

First round of Onigari *finally something that I remember

May's beef curry rice. I'm sooooooo going to order this the next time I go. Speaking of which, Ariel and Ping Er made a bet with each other. The bet was to see who can finish a plate of beef curry rice and udon set?*forgot again* the fastest. And the time limit given was 2hours. Whoever wins gets... Baskin Robbins trololol. I wanna be there when it happens and be the first one to laugh when either of them shits it out.

2nd round of Onigari... Ordered the grilled one this time and it tasted much better-!

I know, I know... This post is so overdue. The next one will be Ceccilia Wong's 21st birthday-! Stay tuned ;)