Los Angeles We Went!

Music: Hannah Montana - Life's What You Make It
Mood: Tired, Great!
Random Note: Love is rated 'E'

(I've been moving around a lot since I got back to Sydney! Pardon me for my really slow updates!)

Perling and Milo were not able to make it for the LA trip with us due to their personal schedules. I really wished they could had made it, but I couldn't have wished for anything else more on this most wonderful vacation I've ever experienced, yet!

The next morning right after the wedding, we were all shagged. Hannah & Jeff got back from the hotel and rounded everyone up, and we set out for Los Angeles together in 2 vehicles!

Now I must say, I really really really take my hat off to Jeff and Adrian, our 2 drivers for the trip. They had been most awesome in keeping us safe on the entire journey. And to have the stamina to last through that 10 hours odd drive on the freeway! I mean, it isn't an easy feat to me at all, and the best I could describe it is with a "Oooo..."! XD

The road trip was so fun! We had 2 walkie talkies on each vehicle, and there was funny stuff being communicated across most of the time (like, the best one I like: Jeff saying "This is hannah, over." XD). There were LOTS of plantations and farms along the way! I was so amazed by all that amount of crops...it is really as I would describe the meaning of spacious. You can just ROLL around for miles and miles and never reach civillization!

I had my first FAST FOOD in the states on the trip down to LA! It's called In and Out, apparently one of the most popular fast-food chains in California (and now expanding to other states). It was so MMMMMMM lah!!! ~ XD

We arrived in LA, Super8 (the place we lodged at for our stay) after the long drive.

The very next morning, the bunch of us woke up to have breakfast at this little room @ the hotel lobby. Breakfast was simple and good! We then headed down Anaheim city along Disney Way (omg they have a road named after Walt Disney!) to California Disney Land!

(I will have to discount on most of the pictures again, kindly refer to Facebook! They are very comprehensive, and you should be able to find them in order of sequence taken)

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I tell you, the walk down to Disneyland is just so magical! When I approached the park, I could hear classical disney themes being played in surround sound. It was just so...wow.

We had to make good use of the time for the first day, because Donald and Jenn were only able to be around for 2 days. We managed to cover a lot of rides (i.e. space advanture, peter pan, toy story, tower of terror etc) and it was all so awesome!

I had never been to a themepark with friends before, and never had I been so enthusiastic about going on the seemingly scarier rides XD I most probably would not had gone on anything that looked mildly thrilling prior to this trip.

And now, I would safely say I have grown to be more 'adventurous' for this aspect! ^^

Disneyland is really crowded! For some reason, it did not really affect my experience. I do not know why, but I was just moving along slowly in line with others without complains. So not me right??! XD Haha! But I guess it was cause my mind was filled with "50% awesome to be here" + "50% omg my best friend and her husband are here with me arrrrgh!"

There were lots of really wonderful things in Disneyland. I loved the way the park is designed, with all structures built to cater to themes of movies and cartoon classics. There were people in character suits (we always ran after them upon encounter so that we could take photos with em!), and even restaurants with themes! We managed to dine at one called the Blue Bayou, which was supposedly based on Pirates of the Carribean theme! Great place with ambience, service and food (did I mention that the Pirates ride was visable from beneath the bistro?)

Oh so much to tell...where do I really even start!

Okay okay, the Best part about Disneyland that I love was the FIREWORKS! I have never been a fan of fireworks in my life until this vacation (which explains why I usually do not head down to anywhere to watch em while I was in SG). I really loved the sequencing and arrangements~ watch the video if you can from my FB...it was so inspiring that I have actually included new goals in my life to fulfil:

I hope one day, that I will be able to bring people I love with me to go watch em fireworks @ Disneyland...

Now Disneyland was really just so awesome! Arrrgh T.T~ No thanks to Cher for reminding how much I was going to miss my vacation~ (haha! just really...dang!)

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We visited Hollywood, Universal Studios on the LA trip too! I can now say I had been to the land where movies are made! Now how wonderful is that!!!?

There are more of shows than rides in the themepark. There were move-themed rides such as The Mummy, Simpsons (the best motion simulation I enjoyed on the trip), Jurassic Park and many many others, but I would give the distinctions to the shows!

Apart from the Simpsons ride (it was at KRUSTYLAND OM-TIAN!), I loved the tour around the studios most for this park! I tell you, it was really so so so fun seeing how special effects worked on site, and how some of the scenes were actual filming locations for shows I had watched! I really do not know how to describe how wonderful it felt seeing something that was on TV and actually being at that exact same area~

The park is located on highlands, and the view is simply stunning from some points in the park! I did not get to picture most of it because we were on a tight schedule (only one day at Universal), but I still remember the sights well!

...OH YAH!

SPONGEBOB WAS THERE!!!! T.T~~ <-- Tears of joy~~

Jeff and Hannah have officially tagged me with a Spongebob dog-tag! Man I'm so wearing that to school~ =D

I had my first Jamba Juice while @ Universal! Adrian treated me to one, and man it was delicious! I realised that Adrian was a sushi chef on this occasion, and from that very point forth "anything that Adrian says is nice must try!" ^^ A chef on my trip with me man...how cool is that!

I also saw the first and only Coffee Bean in the states! It was sitting along side with all the other bistros and cafes on the path down to the themepark. Man I miss the coffee bean in SG (although I must say, Australia really really has much much better coffee! More posts to come, soon soon~)

Red carpet, evening sky and giant Universal logo~ those were the last memories I had in my head before we all left for dinner.

I had my first mexican meal ever with the bunch at this mexican restaurant! Apparently, tacos and quesadilieas (or however that was spelt XD) are mexican food! Haha! Never knew about that until then.

The last thing I recalled for the evening was playing my first ever WARCRAFT 3 game at Super8. I would surrender all my prior internet experiences for this; never in my life had I played an online game that responded immediately when I clicked on a command. It was simply...amazing. No lags, pages load immediately...it was like a dream come true (so many dreams can come true in one day haha). I still remembered how Steph was so amused at how amused I was seeing no lag on screen XD

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We did Seaworld on one of the days on the trip too! It was located at San Diego, and the weather was milder for that day! I was never a personal fan of marine life, so I had to admit that I was not really keen initially. Then, I thought to myself "what kind of a vacation would this be if I was not going to enjoy it and try new things?"

And it most certainly was fun! There was rides, but we did not get on any of them because the shows seemed more worth the while. Also, we were once again short on time due to a schedule to return to Disney for some final events!

What I liked more about seaworld was the otters and sea-lions! They were really cute and made funny noises. XD I was also very amused at how they reacted to food when it was feeding time. There was this one sea-lion that just did not budge, and the keeper had to toss fishes for it to catch with its mouth. It was really adorable!

Oh there was also the sea-lion show with the hillarious host! He imitated all the different characters from different popular shows and movies~ I almost died laughing when he imitated "You've got the BEST ~~~~~ OF BOTH WORLDS! CHILL IT OUT TAKE IT SLOW, THEN YOU ROCK OUT THE SHOW~~~~" XDXDXD So funny lah!

Serena was so amused with horses in Seaworld XD Till this very day, I am still so tickled and how she loved the horses most @ SEAWORLD. Just read it a few times and you'll be smiling like I am now too. XD

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I had 2 subways while I was at LA! I tell you their cheese super super rox! They have this super delicious cheddar cheese which totally makes the sub unhealthy and delicious with any topping!

Let's see...what other fun fun things I can recall~

OH! I never got to take this photos with the street crossing button! I tell you, it was love at first sight. I pressed it's button and it made a beep sound. And it does that every single time! Oh my...OOOOOOHHH my...can you just imagine how amused I was at the side of the road just pressing it and listening to it go "beep"? XD Good for you if you could, haha!

We were in the same state as Micheal Jackson when he passed on. Thus, my best friend and husband will forever be sharing their wedding anivasaries with the king of pop's~ Cool! =)

All of us on the same vehicle had our first experience with surfing the internet on the highway! Apparently Jeff's phone was able to serve as a device to broadcast like a router, and I decided that I just had to experience internet on the highway! Like, really, how much more awesome can my internet experiences get!? XD

I really enjoyed that short week at Los Angeles! It was really so cool, getting to know all of the friends in the newly wed's lives, and just having fun together as young people!

Man I miss Hannah and Jeff so much right now...

(This post may be updated indefinitely, depending on the amount of time I have at hand to get things done! Appolagies for any loose ends~)