HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, AUNTY DIANA!
Though my posting is late... my chocolates and sms was on time... hahahahha! Hope you had a wonderful birthday on September 5th minus the sprained arm.
Also not forgetting my beloved sister... Beatrice. Your special day coming up on Setpember 12th.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU TOO!
Lastly to my nephew, who is turning one on September 16th...... HAPPY BIRTHDAY WITH LOADS OF HUGS AND KISSES!
Monday, September 10, 2007
Vacation - Los Angeles and Taipei
Finally computer is working normal.. so I am able to load photos from our vacation to LA and Taipei in August.
We spent 5 days in LA and one night in Taipei. The first day was spent shopping at Desert Hills factory outlet, 2 days at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Park, 1 day at Universal Studios and last day more shopping around hotel area. It was a rather cram trip... but still fun. In my opinion, you will need 3 days to cover disneyland alone and another day for (DCA). As for universal studios, 1 day is enough. The kids got to take pictures with some of their fave characters like Sulley from the movie Monsters Inc., Scooby Doo, Spiderman, Count Dracula, disney princesses, The Simpsons family, etc.
The kids had loads of fun taking all the kiddy rides and some not so kiddy... like the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror and Ferris Wheel at DCA. We thought the Ferris Wheel was just a normal ride, not if you take the swinging gondola. As the wheel rotates, the gondola starts swinging left to right and some times moving forward or backward... the swing can be pretty scary, just short of going round 360 degrees. Felt like puking after the ride.
From the above picture, you can see the Ferris Wheel on the right. On the left is the roller coaster ride called California Screamin'. Aloy and I did want to go for it but decided not to after the ride has some malfunction which left some people getting stuck in their carriage at the top of the ride.
Here are some more pictures.
At Universal Studios, we took the studio tour which bring us round the area where filming is done. For example, we get to see the original movie sets where Steven Spielberg filmed his blockbuster, "War of the Worlds." Studio Tour trams pass through a small town devastated by an elaborately choreographed 747 airplane crash, dramatically surrounded by still-smoking wreckage and shattered debris. They used a real 747.
We also got to see the cars from the movie "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" and the place where they filmed "Desperate Housewives". See if you can recognise the houses below.
Next our night-stop at Taipei. We arrive Taipei at about 6 plus in the morning. Once we checked in the hotel, we went out for breakfast, had beancurb milk, yu tiao, xiao lao bao and shao bing. Its definitely much more delicious than the beancurb shop in Geylang. After that we went back to the hotel for a short rest before heading out Shihlin Night Market and Ximenting. Its was more of a eating trip than shopping. Here are what we ate.
Coffin Bread - A thick slice of bread with variety of topping of your choice. The bread is being pan-fried till crispy.
Smelly tofu - Guess this dish does not need further introduction. Surprisingly, its not smelly when eaten and tastes quite nice. Aloy tried and like it.
Stew beef noddle
Oyster mee sua
Oyster omelette - I prefer the Singapore version.
Meat ball noddle - The meat ball was very springy
We spent 5 days in LA and one night in Taipei. The first day was spent shopping at Desert Hills factory outlet, 2 days at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Park, 1 day at Universal Studios and last day more shopping around hotel area. It was a rather cram trip... but still fun. In my opinion, you will need 3 days to cover disneyland alone and another day for (DCA). As for universal studios, 1 day is enough. The kids got to take pictures with some of their fave characters like Sulley from the movie Monsters Inc., Scooby Doo, Spiderman, Count Dracula, disney princesses, The Simpsons family, etc.
The kids had loads of fun taking all the kiddy rides and some not so kiddy... like the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror and Ferris Wheel at DCA. We thought the Ferris Wheel was just a normal ride, not if you take the swinging gondola. As the wheel rotates, the gondola starts swinging left to right and some times moving forward or backward... the swing can be pretty scary, just short of going round 360 degrees. Felt like puking after the ride.
From the above picture, you can see the Ferris Wheel on the right. On the left is the roller coaster ride called California Screamin'. Aloy and I did want to go for it but decided not to after the ride has some malfunction which left some people getting stuck in their carriage at the top of the ride.
Here are some more pictures.
At Universal Studios, we took the studio tour which bring us round the area where filming is done. For example, we get to see the original movie sets where Steven Spielberg filmed his blockbuster, "War of the Worlds." Studio Tour trams pass through a small town devastated by an elaborately choreographed 747 airplane crash, dramatically surrounded by still-smoking wreckage and shattered debris. They used a real 747.
We also got to see the cars from the movie "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" and the place where they filmed "Desperate Housewives". See if you can recognise the houses below.
Next our night-stop at Taipei. We arrive Taipei at about 6 plus in the morning. Once we checked in the hotel, we went out for breakfast, had beancurb milk, yu tiao, xiao lao bao and shao bing. Its definitely much more delicious than the beancurb shop in Geylang. After that we went back to the hotel for a short rest before heading out Shihlin Night Market and Ximenting. Its was more of a eating trip than shopping. Here are what we ate.
Coffin Bread - A thick slice of bread with variety of topping of your choice. The bread is being pan-fried till crispy.
Smelly tofu - Guess this dish does not need further introduction. Surprisingly, its not smelly when eaten and tastes quite nice. Aloy tried and like it.
Stew beef noddle
Oyster mee sua
Oyster omelette - I prefer the Singapore version.
Meat ball noddle - The meat ball was very springy
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