I've never seen a more GL bus driver than this. Below is the conversation btw him and a cheena man.
Bus Driver (BD): Pass please!!
Cheena Man (CM): *obviously irritated, reaches into him bag* Nah! *flashes pass quickly and makes his way to the back of the bus*
BD: *very unhappy* Pass please!
CM: *doesn really care/ doesn noe BD referring to him, continues to walk to the back of the bus*
BD: *into the mirror, very angrily to CM* I SAID SHOW ME YOUR PASS, IF NOT PLS GET DOWN THE BUS!!
CM: *very irritated* I SHOWED YOU ALREADY WAD! *flashes pass from the back*
BD: COME HERE AND SHOW IT TO ME
CM: *stomps angrily infront* NAH! Look properly, HAPPY?
BD: YES, show me the FRONT of your pass, not the back.
CM: *mumbles to himself* Crazy man.........
Me: *thinking to myself* Luckily BD never ask me for pass, i would be so paiseh if i were CM.
Little background: CS has 3 buildings in Changi hence all buses makes 3 different stops. Mine's the first. Somehow the bus driver doesn't ask to check any of our passes but will do so at the 2nd & 3rd stops. No idea why though. But i can only say that the bus driver is super GL, even i cannot stand it! No pass will die meh? the bus is NEVER full lar! =_=
A 17 mile drive down the coast of Monterey. We actually have to pay entrance fees cos the place is privatised. all the houses there are super huge and pretty and all owned by rich ppl who only come to stay in the summer and play golf. below is one of the houses which i managed to get a decent shot of. sheesh, talk about no where to spend their money!!
there are many look out points in this beautiful 17 mile area. but being on tour means we get to only see a few - bird rock, lone cypress (must see) and the pebble beach resort, which hosted many US Opens.
The bird rock. yes, its just a rock with tons on brids on it. and seals/sea lions at the base. i was so duh-ed. nothing amazing but the smell was horrible. eeks.JPG)
oh but this little thing caught our attention more. at least its not a bird or a seal and its not afraid of ppl! it was so excited to see so many ppl and even ran up to some of us. i was too afraid to take a pic with it so baby did =).JPG)
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The Lone Cypress - just a 250 yr old tree stuck in the middle of the sea. But to baby its just a big broccoli!! Wahahah~
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To the top! it was not a easy walk up. lots of climbing and no fencing to hold on to. imagine winter and its all slippery with the snow?!? no wonder ppl fell to their death. the view is superb though.
We gave the helicopter ride a miss and hence had much more time to comb the place with less ppl. the above was taken on the rocks cos there wasn't many ppl around so we almost had the whole place to ourselves =)
Me and the rocks... really looks like i superimposed myself onto postcards...
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Enjoying the beautiful view. Pretty rocks.
Away from all the theme parks in LA and welcome to Las Vegas - City which never sleeps... Weather check: Horrible! 28 degrees to a high of 40!! Crazy! But luckily its just dry heat. if its like spore, hot and humid, i will die! wahaha~ Stayed in 4 Queens hotel located downtown. the lights display is way cool cos its on the ceiling! a whole stretch of it!
Famous for its night life and casinos, Vegas is truely a city which never sleeps. no need to worry if you return late cos there are always so many people around. Many activities to do like hotel hopping. Yes hotel hopping... cos casinos are located at the hotel lobbies so hotel hopping to see the casinos and pretty hotels! The hotel above is New york new york as seen from all the NY structures.. There is also Paris, which shows the Eiffel tower and also another one which shows the pyramids. coolness!
Of cos, nothing is as cool as the magic show i caught. Awsome! Steve Wyrick is really charming and good. superb interaction with the audience and lots of "real" magic. like making rings interlock right infront of our eyes. making a helicopter and a plane (yes real size one) appear in a split second. appearing in the audience out of no where. 1.5hr show worth every cent of it! and he hangs around after the show to sign tickets and take pictures! cool~
Another crazy place not to be missed. M&Ms world. 4 storys of nothing but M&Ms. Total nuts! 40 over colours of those chocs we all love and merchandise of all sorts. happiest place during the day. (cos at night the lights are up and the hotels will be more colourful. wahaha)
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We were lucky enough though. Did see some stars cos there was some event going on. But then again, i dun recognise any of them - no surprise there. Wahaha~ so see if you recognise any of them. the picture quality is not fantastic cos we were pretty far and the reporters were always blocking my view...
The castle is also the same purple at night, only bigger. Some of the worlds are the same as well, Adventureland, Tomorrowland, Fantansyland and of cos Main Street.
My fav - Toon Town! Home to Mickey, Minnie and pals! the whole place looks like toys. Almost feels like walking into a cartoon itself. This is also the place to meet Mickey Mouse hence a must stop! =)
POOH!!! I walked from one end of the park to the other just to see Pooh! grrr... why must Toon Town and Critter Country be like on opp ends?! But the walk was worth it cos Eeyore and Tiger were bonuses!!! Yippeee~
There are like 101 different shops in Disneyland selling like a gazillion different items~ I almost went mad... the whole concept is pretty smart. Make ppl happy and they will spend more. its really tempting to buy something - anything.
We were totally amused by the amount of hats in this place! omg!! Just look at how many i tried on! Every single one is different. although some looks similar but they are all different. Wahaha, had loads of fun there.
Have to say, the rides here are much much better than those over at Disneyland. But you dun really feel the magic like that of Disney. Somehow the feeling is different. I was more interested in the rides than taking photos with the characters, which explains why there are only 2... whaha, din bother looking for them.
The rides were good though. The roller coaster, California Screamin was super duper! and of cos, i'm not spending 15 usd to print the photo, so we stole the shot off the screen *grinx* My personal fav is the Toy Story Mania though. the Q is disgusting. 40mins but worth every min! We went twice. Yes, it is good! Other superb attractions include the Tower of Terror, Maliboomer and Soaring over California. oh oh, and the ferris wheel swings. Cool~
one look at the total no. of photos taken and i feel like dying. more than 2500 in total!! insane~ Taking ages to sort out and then select the better ones to post. not forgetting trying to format them etc... pain in the ***
Anyway, here's Universal Studios... Only had half the day to finish this place. Many of which hasn't changed much frm the last time i was there. some of the rides were still the same though they added some new ones as new movies came along... the Simpsons ride is a killer. waited almost 1 hr!! Both Jurassic park and the Mummy is super cool too~ Lucky us, no queue that day.
I would recommend to do the tours and shows more than the rides... a must-do is the Studio Tour! Brings us round the studio to visit sets where movies and shows were made. also shows us some superb effects which are commonly used. only one word to describe - impressive.
another interesting show is Waterworld. be sure to look out for get wet seats, cos really may get soaking wet woh~ hee =)