out of the 445 photos taken yesterday at Universal Studios, Sentosa.
it is like blogging a 3day2 night bintan trip with so many photos, omg. Yeap, i missed going overseas, but with so many new attractions coming up on our own small island, it can somehow satisfy a holiday-deprived me :)
soon soon... i wanna go to some island getaway. i kept telling jayen my new bikini is going to grow mould very soon, haha~
anyway, we had helluva' great time at Universal Studios yesterday. Everything was great!
From the "i wan a sunny weather!" prayer that God has lovingly answered us, to taking truckloads of awesome photographs! i went home damn high and looking through all the photos taken kept me high for a very long time, haha
i woke up very early today to work and rushed home after that to resize all my photos before uploading them. i'm tired but i couldnt wait to blog! THIS, i call, motivation.
:)
jayen and i booked the tickets 5 days in advance. Initially we planned to go last Friday, but the tickets were already sold out. The earliest available date was Sunday. It wasnt that bad after all! =) we still managed to work things out and clear that day for fun!!
we planned to get ourselves prepared by 830am but ended up, we couldnt climb out of bed that early. Jayen had a sleepless night cos he was too excited... -_- hahaa.. so i called him only at 9am. For me, i couldnt wait so i woke up time and again to check the alarm.
and YEAH
here we are, hehe... the sun was indeed glaring in the morning already. We love this revolving globe which has cool mist coming out from the bottom. More so on a hot day!
yes, the words on my tee reads, "I ♥ my boyfriend." HAHA
anyway, the ticketing counters were all closed cos the tickets for today were already sold out. very sad. Alot of angmohs (read: tourists) were stranded outside the entrance! :( Now I know why they put this globe outside the entrance. At least, those people who had made a wasted trip here can still take photos with the globe to neutralise their anger and disappointment.
No time wasted!!
Here we come!
we first went to collect our meal and shopping vouchers from the counter. Not bad. even though the entrance fees were sky high (72 bucks per person), they still gave us $10 worth of vouchers, teehehe~
It is not exactly huge, but big enough for you to spend the whole day walking around and ending up with sore feet, hehe
we went into the Pantages Hollywood Theatre first to watch a rock-n-roll musical featuring the Universal monsters (like The Mummy, Frankenstein etc.) The musical was very entertaining indeed! =) Too bad no photography allowed in the theatre. It lasted for a mere 20 minutes and out we went into the sun again!
Right beside the theatre was this shop selling quirky hats, haha
and the best part is,
you can try them on and take photos, wahaha~ i dont know if it's allowed but everybody is doing it, so we followed suit and joined in the fun, hehe
wahahhaa... i like jayen in that yellow cap. I think it's Bob the Builder-inspired, haha.. but it reminds me more of this!
i didnt really like the 'shade' above. Though it shelters the visitors from the rain, but without it, you feel like you're in another country!
Thankfully, the shade is just a small part of it.
you can pose with literally everything here!! :D
love the architecture!
some dancers are dancing street hip-hop! They even asked volunteers who are game to dance on the spot! Think got prize money of 200 dollars to win!
i like that quote: "Wisdom and Knowledge Shall be the Stability of Thy Time"
After the 'Hollywood' tour, we went over to the 'Sci-Fi City'.
which was actually not opened yet?
This isnt in operation. Thankfully it wasn't cos jayen finds this very cool and actually thought of going up for a ride!!
The last place i want is to be suspended 14 storeys above ground level, moving at 90km/h.
i think i will die up here. See those blue and red tracks?
The blue is for
and the red is for
i think the blue and red roller coasters are going to engage in a 'battle' up in the air, haha.
Cylons or Humans? you choose.
Guys just love Sci-Fi stuff which i'm not a fan of. i would very gladly welcome a Sanrio-theme in Universal Studios anytime!
I know it wont happen. Imagine Rilakkuma in here. It must have looked very weird.
Next, we went to 'Ancient Egypt'!
jayen looks damn happy here.
See who we spotted!
Anubis, The Egyptian God of Death.
Omg. That expression on my face is for real! Cos this Anubis is abit too 假戏真做. He was pushing my head with so much force! Scary enough and he doesnt smile! Universal Studios should give this guy an award for being too committed to his role, haha
Some cafe which has very nice deco (from the outside). We didnt go in. Who doesnt know the cafes in the theme park charge exorbitant prices?
The roller coaster was free though, haha.. We camped our belongings at the free lockers somewhere beside so that our phones or wallets wont start flying out when we're on the roller coaster.
It's an indoor thrill ride which is totally dark!! (OK, i admit i was closing my eyes all the way, cos it was DARN SCARY lar!) Jayen wasnt much braver than me also! When he said he wanted to try the roller coaster at the Sci-Fi City, he was just joking (i know).
We had to walk through this super long and dimly-lit maze which adds more to our fear even before we went on the roller coaster! Somemore it was eerily cold with scary music and some mummy saying that we are going to die inside or something!
Fear factor: 4/5! (for faint-hearted us)
Indeed, it was scary! i was clutching tightly onto jayen and we were screaming our lungs out THROUGHOUT the whole ride! It's like you cant anticipate falling or twisting cos it was pitch-dark. I just know we fell from quite a high place and it was VERY SCARY! actually i was more afraid of jayen being scared! haha.. yah, very stupid i know, but i tend to worry for the person who's on the ride together with me rather than being scared of the ride itself! Maybe that's my way of lessening the fear in me? heh..
LUCKILY it lasted only like less than a minute? Thank God!
When we reached the end, all of us clapped in relief, hahaa! There was this Malay auntie behind us who was so cute! she said, "Alamak Tolong! One time enough already!"
hahhaha~
we all scrambled out with wobbly legs, haha
jayen. hahaa... i know he's damn scared. like me.
That's why i love going to theme parks with him, cos i dont get pressured to go for too-thrilling rides like these.
If i go with cousin kaya, i know i will die somewhere on some roller coaster at some theme park, haha, cos she's game for ALL thrill rides. The more thrill, the better! Totally salute her!
Jayen bought an ice-cream to calm our nerves, haha
Ahdear, this is how u look when u are freaked out.
i've seen that exact same expression when you are on the Skyride at Sentosa, wahaha~
=)
Next,
There was nothing much there. The queue at the 'water raft ride' was crazy! and I definitely didnt want to get wet, so we gave it a miss! *phew*
Dinosaur eggs?
Then, we came to this place far far away, haha..
CASTLE!
eee. i dont like Shrek.
This roller coaster was for 'juniors', haha.. more child-friendly, so jayen and i queued up for it, hehe
When we were queuing up, we saw an ahma climb out from the roller coaster after the ride! She was so old, i estimate her to be around 70+ years old! And she still dares to sit on the roller coaster lor! haha... really puts us 'youngsters' to shame!
So i kept telling jayen that even an ahma is not scared, so why should we!
And ended up, we still screamed throughout the ride! -____-!
and then when the roller coaster finished one round and was waiting in the open for dunno what, jayen suddenly exclaimed very loudly, "Hah! Dont tell me have to go one more round again!?" Hearing that, the 2 teenage girls sitting behind us started giggling.
Haiz, we 真没用!
No more roller coasters for us!
This would be good, hahaha! we're at Madagascar!
This is uber cute!
i'm sitting on him!
we had our photos professionally taken!
It is really pretty! $12 bucks each
The colours look yummy! Talking about that, we were then famished and in need of somewhere air-conditioned under the sweltering heat!
And we found heaven at Mel's Drive-In!
we had 2 burger set meals and after using our 10 dollar meal vouchers, we topped up only 9 bucks in cash for a hearty meal! (i heard the chicken rice at the food court is selling for 12 bucks! so our set meals are considered cheap! haha)
After our lunch and when we had enough of the air-con, we went out and stopped by a push cart selling awards and medals, haha
candid. Jayen is awarded "Best Lover" from me, hahaa!
And i had to 'ask' -_- this from him lor, Tsk!
sheesh.
we took many photos..
of ourselves, haha
we saw one mother 'strolling' her son, haha!
Invited alot of curious and shocked stares from passers-by , haha, but the parents weren't the least bothered.
=)
we went into the castle!
While queuing up, we took silly photos
facebook? lol
and got to watch a 4D Shrek Movie!! It was certainly entertaining!!! wahahaha~
We 'got sneezed at, tickled by a whole bunch of spiders, flew through the air' etc...
haha~
We also went to filmmaker, Steven Spielberg's sound stage to see and feel the incredible effects of a major hurricane hitting New York City!
i was too awestruck to take any photos except one here (before the special effects came!)
A storm was brewing.
It's like you are right in this shipyard witnessing and experiencing the hurricane before your very eyes! Totally awesome, i can say! Those three panels of windows flew out after that and we could feel the storm, wind, fire, rain (yes, we got wet!) and most importantly, that FEAR! hahaa
Next, we proceeded to WaterWorld!
It definitely lived up to its name. Cos most of us got wet.... AGAIN!
those angmohs were entertaining us (more like entertaining themselves) by spraying and splashing water on the audience before the show even started! One was even sneaking around behind to secretly spray water at us!
But it was quite funny cos one kid volunteer got himself sabotaged and was drenched when 2 buckets of water were poured over him!
The action starts!
This is amazing too! There were explosions, fire, gunpowder as well as death-defying feats..
Just look at the man flying through the air!! There were more stunts like that!
Well indeed, they totally deserved the thundering applause given by the audience after that!
Guess who we bumped into!
Definitely my favourite character from Universal Studios!
One more photograph printed!
YAY!
After that, we saw Marilyn Monroe parading around!
oops, look where the lady in purple is staring at! hahaa, her boobs! haha
yay!
By late afternoon, we were so exhausted that we settled down at the nearby tables and shared a snack of hot RotiPrata with chicken curry!
It was piping hot and really tasty!!!
Soon, it was sundown and the lights made Universal Studios even more enchanting!
candy store!
Madagascar at night!
we decided to exchange our $10 shopping vouchers for souvenirs. We didnt want to pay extra, so we got these 2 pens for $9.80, haha. The black for him, and the white for myself.
At around 9pm, we left Universal Studios!
photo taken by jayen. he's very proud of himself, hehe
It was a fruitful day spent at Sentosa Resorts World! Though we were beaten, jayen and i totally enjoyed ourselves to the max!!!
Thank you Universal Studios for making our day this FUN!!! :D