universal studio singapore.

the other highlight of my singapore trip last month is visiting this fun and exciting theme park! there are 7 different parks to visit - sci-fi city, ancient egypt, lost world, far far away, madagascar, new york and hollywood.

we started from sci-fi city, knowing that this place would be crowded later, there are 4 rides here - transformers battle, 2 battlestar galatica roller coaster rides and accelerator. the most awesome one being the transformer battle, it’s a 3d ride where you battle in a transformer scene, it’s really cool and exciting and the effects are so real! both the roller coasters are awesome too, i prefer the cylon one ‘cos it has more twist and turn, ehehe.. accelerator is like the tea cups ride, spinning around…

next park is the ancient egypt, from a modern high tech look, we go back to the ancient times, and the sun was glaring that day, it kinda fits lol… lots of people hanging around here and also saw a model dressed as cleopatra with a few guy followers for photo session. there are two rides here - revenge of the mummy which is a scary dark ride and treasure hunters which is a relaxing short ride.

moving on the the lost world, dinosaurs!!! lots of rides here, we didn’t play all of them though - rock climbing has extra charges, there’s also children’s ride and i didn’t wanna get wet and we were rushing for a show, so didn’t get onto rapids adventure as well. the show is at the waterworld, really cool place, metallic feel… and it’s a truly great show, awesome effects, funny and entertaining crew, super professional too!

then, from the jungle, we came to a kingdom - far far away! as we enter the place, it gives a very fairytale-like feel, and lots of kids here, this must be their favorite park out of all. we got invited to the donkey show by the staff as it’s starting. this is a live show with animation, really entertaining, love the conversations by the host and donkey. and since it’s indoor, we got to rest as well. after the show, we explore the park area, lots of really cute things around, there are also kids’ ride here. we went for the shrek 4d adventure after having lunch at friar’s. the show was okay, nice to see shrek again, really like the movies a lot.

and next it’s madagascar! this park is quite deserted, i wonder why… maybe because there’s only 2 rides here… both of them more suitable for kids. we didn’t went for any, just took photos around and move on to the next one…

new york! the street is decorated with all sorts of new york / america-related things like yellow cab, police car, street signs, library and sesame street store! we went to watch the light, camera, action! show - it’s a special effect showcase, pretty cool and looks super real too, i enjoyed it a lot. got to meet with cookie monster too, but the queue for photo was really long.

finally we went back to hollywood which is right at the entrance, that we skipped. lots of souvenir shops here and cafes too. saw a performance by some dancers on stage, really nice.. then took a break at the cafe as we were exhausted from all the walking and playing.

then we went back to sci-fi city for the transformer ride and roller coaster for quite a few times while waiting for the monster rock show. the show is really cool, nice music and wonderful costumes by all of the performers, very entertaining and really love the music.

we walked and played until the closing time, then went outside to visit candylicious store, it’s so big here… so many chocolates and candies! wished i could just live there, ahaha!

and as the sky turns dark, it’s time to say goodbye to the exciting place… will definitely go again someday, it’s just so fun and it’s been a really long time since i visited a theme park.

i will be posting all of the other photos on my google+ and facebook, lots of them!

sentosa express at vivo city.

after a heartful breakfast, we took sentosa express at vivo city to the island, it’s a short trip via train, just one stop… and time to visit universal studio~

tiong bahru bakery.

this famous bakery in singapore is just walking distance (super near!) from my hotel, so we went there for breakfast on monday morning, before heading to universal studio singapore (yay!)

despite being a monday, there’s still quite a lot of customers in the bakery, some enjoying their breakfast, some queuing up to get takeaways, i can only imagine the crowd on a weekend, must be crazy.

we ordered a croissant and quiche and got cappuccino and magic for drinks. the coffee comes with a nice art on top, so pretty~ both of them taste good, cappuccino is very foamy with light coffe taste while magic is darker and has a slight bitter taste which i like.

the croissant is their best selling item, i have no doubt for that… the layering is so thin and super crispy and soooooo fragrant, you can smell the butter just by going near it. while it’s very crispy outside, the inside is so fluffy with air between some layers… just simply the best croissant i ever tasted, and it’s served fresh ‘cos it’s still warm.

the quiche was nice as well, very soft pudding like texture surrounded by crispy tart crust, it’s filling but not too heavy and taste yummy~

both of us really enjoyed the wonderful breakfast, wished we could eat more because there’s so many more different pastries to try and they are all look super tempting, ahaha… the only down side is the price… it’s a little steep for pastries, but it’s really hard to resist delicious food. XD it’s definitely a must-go place when visiting singapore, simply awesome.

mcdonald’s x hello kitty full collection.

finally got ‘em all! really really cute outfits, nicely design and i love the box too, has its own design, so worth collecting them, ehehe!

ronald mcdonald x hello kitty.

the last kitty of mcdonald’s hello kitty series, sooooo cute in that little yellow outfit! =)

birdie x hello kitty.

third from the mcdonald’s x hello kitty collection series. the clothes for this is cute.

p.s. this is a week late, too busy with other stuff lately… gonna get the last one tomorrow!

Team H - Jang Keun Suk x Big Brother - Beautiful Change MV.

it’s one of my favorite songs from their ‘I Just Wanna Have Fun’ album, and watching this video… i really miss them, the party… such happy and high moments about 2 months ago…

gardens by the bay, marina bay, singapore.

after our early dinner, we went to marina bay for sightseeing - our first touristy location, haha! the sun was setting so we got to see really nice view when the sky goes dark, it gives a really different feel when the gardens’s light shine through the dark sky.

we also got a very nice view of marina bay sands and singapore flyer nearby on the skyway and there’s also a light show with music while we were strolling high up in the sky, it’s really beautiful, i really love the view.

this place was built with a lot of eco-friendly concepts… and it’s huge! we didn’t manage to visit the actual gardens where you can see all sorts of plants and flowers and stuff… those should look beautiful during the day time. but i really love the green concept that is adopted here while creating such a nice tourist spot, it’s a relaxing place to visit.

more photos are on my google+ and facebook.

itacho sushi.

recommended by a friend, decided to have japanese food for dinner. we arrived early but the restaurant is already quite full, can’t imagine the long queue during actual dinner time…

we ordered lots of different food, some of them is on discount too, great for us. there’s cha soba with seasoned scallop, salmon belly with black pepper, tamago, spicy salmon sakura shrimp inari with ebiko, salmon lobster salad roll, curry lobster with tobiko sushi, fuji set, roasted squid leg sushi and whole sea eel sushi.

all the sushi is good, fresh and also yummy and i like the cha soba a lot too, the scallops are good. it was a really satisfying meal and the service was okay and the price is reasonable.

sapporo petit doughnut.

saw this in outside takashimaya supermarket and looks yummy so we bought some to try… it’s quite nice, not as sweet as normal donuts and the fillings are quite unique too, i like it.

wants this in malaysia too~