Disneyland - Saturday, 9th September

So we, the usual 5 of us, set out for LA on friday evening at 7.30 pm. From my place to LA is about 300plus miles. Takes about 6 hours if you drive 75-80 miles/hour. At 1.30am we reach our hotel, Hyatt, which is on the same street as Disneyland and only 10 minutes drive away. Just as we turn into the hotel's parking ground, I saw a group of chicks wearing super sexy clothes walking. Turns out there is a nightclub just beside the hotel and the parking area. So yea, there were alot of hot chicks around the parking ground that night. But damn, do I hate being an underage in this country...! Turning 18 soon but what the hell else can I do besides buying Playboy.... Hahahaha..
So John got us a room which has 2 queen size bed and the 5 of us slept in that room. Wat to do, wanna save money mah. So John and Lilian slept in one bed and me, my sis and Caroline slept on another. Damn sesak cuz my sis not that small size. Hahahaha.... By the time we went to bed, it was already 2.30am.....


The Hyatt Hotel
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The next morning, we woke up at 8am and got ready to go to Disneyland. John and Lilian who went there before said that they were gonna go later and continued sleeping. So me, my sis and Caroline went down to the lobby and took the free shuttle to go to Disneyland. From the drop of point to the entrance of the park is already 5 minutes walk. So can you imagine how big Disneyland is? We went through a security check -just incase some Alahlalalala tries to bom Disneyland- bought the entrance ticket, US$ 80 for 2 parks for a day. Yea there are 2 parks, the one on the right is the old and original Disneyland, and the one on the left is the new park where there are newer and scarier rides. So we went to the old park first. Got the map and the schedule of shows at the entrance and learned that the park closes at midnight. Since the tickets were so expensive, we decided to stay till midnight. Hahahaha


The new park~~ The Cinderella Castle~~

Just as we walk in the entrance there lies a train station. Probably the train takes you around the park. We walked around the station and there we were, at the small town of Disneyland. Damn neat! The town looks like old western town like that, but they are all shops and mostly souvenir shops. From the town is a straight road that leads to the castle, the Cinderella castle, you know, the one that we always see when we watch disney cartoon or movie. Around the castle are different different parts of the theme park. We went to our right first.


The first part we went~~ Nice eh~~

Our first ride is the Star Wars ride. Its like motion master where you sit in a chair and look at the screen and the chair moves. Only waited 15 minutes in line for this ride. Probably it was too early and there weren't many people. The ride was nice, felt really real. Next we went to the Toy Story ride. This time, we dont even need 5 minutes for the ride. You know why? Cuz it is a stupid ride where you sit in this moving thing which can spin and shoot non-motion-mostly-cardboard made monsters and get points. Funny thing is I dint know that untill halfway of the ride when Caroline asked me what was my point. Hahahahahaha... Anyway, it was a ride I would enjoy if I was younger.

After that we went for the Space Mountain ride. Dint know wat was it about cuz the ride was in a building. This time have to line up for half and hour. When I found out that it was kinda roller coster ride, I got scared and anxious cuz I am afraid of roller coaster rides and have been avoiding them since my trip to Sunway Lagoon when I was 10. Turned out the ride wasnt so bad. It was actually very nice. It was a very high speed ride where you feel like you are in space with air constantly blowing on your face with small ups and downs and big connerings. Next we went to Autopia where we drive car that goes at a speed of I-walk-even-faster and we are not allowed to bump into other cars. Another thing I would enjoy if I was a kid.

Autopia~~ Tea Cup~~ DizzY!

Then we moved on to another part of the park, the Fantasy Land. Here are all the kiddies ride. Well, on the way over, we saw ppl queing up to take pictures with Aeriel, real person, the character from little mermaid. The line was too long so we past on that. At fantasy land we went for the Tea Cup ride. You know, the one where you sit in a tea cup that spins and spins.. After that ride, I got super dizzy my head was hurting like I got a sun stroke. Anyway, after the tea cup we went to Its A Small World ride. Ok, this one hands down is the most boring one. You sit in a boat in a stream that goes into this erm building and see the dolls moves with the Small World music constantly playing. Drove us nuts!

The frigging Small World castle~~ Toon Town~~

After that we went to another part, Toon Town. And we went on another spinning ride which makes my headaches worst and a short, 30 seconds, small roller coaster ride. A 30 minutes wait for a 30 seconds ride.. Hmm, rugi business....
Then we have our lunch there. We decide to have hotdog. Wtf, it was super freaking cut throat expensive!!! 7 bucks for a lousy, miserable, dont taste good hotdog with rotten bread and some onions and a tiny small bag of potato chips! 3 dollars more for a non-refillable drink! Anyway, coincidently we met John and Lilian there who were also having lunch.

Freaking $7 hotdog~~! Pirates of the Carribean~~

After lunch we split up again.My sis and Carol wanted to take pcitures with Minnie Mouse but the line was super long and under the hot sun so I told them "dont want lah, come back again in the evening" cuz I didnt think my headache would stand a half hour wait under the sun. So we moved on and went to another part. There we went for the ride called Rolling Thunder, fast connering roller coaster. It was fun! At that point, I wasnt afraid of small roller coaster already! Hahaha. Then we waited in line for Pirates of Carribean. A boat ride looking at pirates, boats, burning town, and other things. Everything was nicely done. Looked almost real. After the boat ride, we went to the Haunted Mansion.. Just sit in a moving chair and looking at scarry stuffs and settings. Everything was nicely dont as well although not scarry. Probably I too old already.
Next we went to Splash Mountains. Sit inside a boat that drops down from a very high place. Sunway Lagoon also have. This ride was super popular. Had to wait 1 hour plus. But it was worth it cuz it was fun! Oh yah, Caroline who sat in front was soaked wet! and she was freezing cold cuz when the boat drop to the water, the water splashes on us. Hahahaha. I got abit water on me as well.... So fun. Wanted to go to the Winnie the Pooh ride but the line was too long and we thought it would be a kiddie ride.

Inside the Pirates Carribean~~ Haunted Mansion~~

Splash Mountain~~! The singing birds of Tiki Tiki Room~~

So we went to yet another part of the park. This time is was the Indiana Jones ride. We sat in a car going through monsters and "piu yee". Fun! Then we went to the Tiki Tiki Room. We dint know wat the hell that was at first. Rupa-rupanya its mechanical birds singing. And the funny part is the rest of the audience were singing along. Crazy Ah Mo! Hahaha.... So boring that we cabut halfway the show! Then John called and say that there were gonna be a parade at the small town at 6pm. So we went back to the town. It was only 5.15 and ppl were already sitting on the sidewalk waiting for the parade. Unbelievable! So went into a shop, look around, bought something, came back out and wait for the parade. By 6, the street were full and i mean full if people. The parade turned out not bad: Disney characters on moving decorated car, people dancing, and not surprisingly music.

The street, alot people eh!~~ The town~~!

The Parade~!

The Castle at night!~~ Tons of ppl~!

At around 7+, we went out of the old Disneyland, and went in to the new park. Walked in another town which made to be like Hollywood town. Went to the Tower of Terror to get the fast pass, the pass that will not required you to wait in line but you can only use it 1 hour after you get the pass..... So Tower of Terror is like Genting Highland Solero Shot except that you sit in a lift in a building, a hotel to be more precise, and just like Solero, its sudden accelaration upwards and sudden free fall drop! I told Caroline that I wont go on that ride and my sis as well. But she kept pujuk me to teman her to go on the ride and said that we no fun that I said see first. After we got the fast pass, we went to the Monster Inc. ride where you sit in a moving taxi and look at Monster Inc. monsters and sets.

The Hollywood Town~ Monster Inc.~~


After that we went to this boat ride. There were no line for this ride cuz only a few ppl were going in it. The ride is people sitting in a circle in a boat that bumps alot at the side, spins around quite often, and splashes into the water from a high place, not as high as Splash Mountain though. It was fun but we were soaking wet! And that time was already night so we were freezing cold. The constant wind blowing dint help at all. Probably that was why no one was going on that ride.So we dried ourselves off with tissue papers. Yea, it helped a little. Next we went to this flight simulation where you sit in a chair a few feet of the ground and looked at a giant screen in front of you and view all the beautiful sceneries of beautiful places in California from the air.


The flight simulation~~


Then came my worst nightmare, Tower of Terror. I agreed to teman Caroline to go on the ride. My sis waited outside with all our belongings. Woah, I was so scared and anxious! While going in and waiting in line for awhile, I kept whinning to Caroline how scared I am and why she made me do this! Hahahha. The only thing that calmed me and I bluff myself that it wasnt that scary was that some on the people brought their young ones on the ride as well. I am talking as young as 4 or 5 years old. While we were waiting outside of the lift to go in, they showed us a small video first, storyline, about last time the lift was build then suddenly drop down from high level killing many people. Bloodyfool, that made my anxiety and fear worse! While we were strapped down to the sit, I was still whinning to Carol. A young teenage girl, probably 12 or 13, who had waited in line with us and was sitting beside of me had to tell me that the ride wasnt that scary! Guess she heard all my whinning. How embarrassing was that?!! -_-!
So this was how the ride goes. First the lift went up a few floors, I think 4. In front of us was a mirror. Can see the image of us. Then the image sudddely turned into ghost-like. Then the image dissapear and behind the image there was another image of people in a lift suddenly drop down at high speed! Someone behind me said here we go and true enough the lift suddenly drop down! I screamed like crazy! Then it went up again in high speed to the highest floor and dropped down again for a few floor and went up again to the highest floor. The door opened and we can see the view of Disneyland. At that point, I was already scared the shit out of my pants! After a few seconds at the top floor, the lift dropped 2 - 3 levels, stopped half a second, and dropped again all the way to the lowest floor! That were the longest few seconds of my life! I opened my mouth like my soul wanna get out of my body! When we got out of the lift and went to look at the picture, they usually have camera to capture the moment and sell the picture, I saw most of the people have their hands up on the air! Wat the hell! All the time of the ride, I was pushing myself down to the chair with my hands and legs and the Ah MoS had their hands in the air?!! Wat the HELL?!! My whole body was abit weak from that ride! even writing abt this gave sweats to my palm!


Tower of Terror! Nightshot!


When we got out of the Tower of Terror, my sis told us that some lady told her that the park was closing soon as it was 9am+. Couldnt believe the lady and thought that Disneyland closes at 12am, we went into a shop and I asked a cashier. And she told us that that park closes at 9pm. Then only we knew that the old Disneyland closes at midnight and the new park closes at 9pm. Quite angry and dissapointed cuz alot rides more we havent go on in that new park. Lucky for me to cuz Caroline was gonna go on to the big and I mean big roller coaster. So we went out and went into the old Disneyland again to watch the fireworks show at 9.25pm.

The fireworks show was great! It was better than usual cuz this year is the 50th birthday. Really so nice the fireworks. Some are so bright that it pratically lit the whole night! And the street in the town was filled packed with people from 1 end to another! It was a traffic jam after the show was over. Went to some shops bfr heading back to the shuttle service to go back to the hotel. By the time we reached, it was already 10.30+ and we hadnt had our dinner yet! Was super hungry and was hoping John would drive us somewhere to get dinner! 2 minutes came in the door, John and Lilian came back. Asked John but he said he was tired and lazy and asked us to find food downstairs. Went down and was glad Pizza Hut was opened. Bought a personal pizza and some buffolo style chicken wings for 5 bucks each. Ate, shower, and went to bed at around 12am. That was my day of Disneyland day! :D The next day was Universal Studio!

San Francisco Day,2nd Spetember 2006

ok so, i was suppose to write this last 1 and a half weeks ago... but guess wat?
i was too freaking lazy, as usual....

so that day was a sundau morning and yeah we were going to San Francisco...
john, lilian, caroline, my sis and i all sit in john's car and he was driving.....
set out at around 10am.... takes 30-45 minutes to get to SF from my place.... but john got lost and had to make a few detour.... luckily US road system is not like malaysia's, the road here are so much straighter and there are clear signs everywhere...... so john with the ever so much help from lilian, :P, got back on track and found the way to Fishermans Wharf.....
at first, john scared no parking space at Pier 39, so he parked at a place nearby, that was wat he thought.... but actually we were still a few miles away from Pier 39, super far.... as that was my 4th time going to Pier 39, i knew it was a long walk from our car... so i keep telling them we have to walk super far, lilian agreed, and after 10 minutes of walking, john ran back to get the car and came picked us up.... hahaha.. kelian him nia... anyway, it was a good thing cuz if we were to walk, had to walk for 45 minutes, give or take..... so finally we parked at a parking complex just opposite Pier 39.... there were so many cars that only the rooftop had space left....

so we walked to the pier and went to see the sealions first..... the first time i see the sealions i preety excited.... after awhile, they are just some fat ass-lazy-loud crying animal which sleeps the whole day at the dock.... took pictures of Alchatraz

Me, me sis and caroline. sealion at the back~~

Alchatraz at the back
and then went to a candy store at the pier...
they have so many types of candy there.... there were also snake shaped bubble gum, 1 meter ruler bubble gum and many other interesting stuff.... but they are all overpriced... i.e. the bubble gum cost 5bucks.. after that we went to a magnet store....

CAndy store~~ Look at the all the types of candy!

Magnet shop~~ All the magnets on the wall

as we continue walking, we pass a pearl shop. john then decided to buy caroline a pearl. for 15 bucks, you can choose a shell, oyster or watever the thing that has pearl in it is called, and the worker will open the shell for u and retrieve the pearl for you. so caroline chose one and bfr the asian aunty worker open the shell, she made us do a little welcoming ceremony for the pearl cuz she said it was brought fresh from Hawaii.... i forgot liau wat we have to do but i remmeber at the end we said aloha..very fei wan... hahaha.. so after she opened the shell, clean it with salt and polish it, she asked if caroline wanna make it into a necklace, ring or ear ring.... caroline said she like necklace so the aunty showed her a few shapes of ornaments to hold the pearl... when caroline ask how much are the ornaments, the aunty dont want tell but she said to pick the favourite ornament first.....so she picked one and the aunty say is US$85, if i can remmeber correctly... the aunty say the ornament is made of white-gold and she say that price is the cheapest you can get from anywhere...... but then john said that back in Malaysia is cheaper to make a pearl necklace but the aunty disagree cuz she said that she come from Hong Kong....
i guess the aunty do not know about or have never been to Malaysia cuz in Malaysia,we sell 3 movies for 10 ringgit ....hahahaha.... in the end, caroline end up with the pearl only....
after that we went to the chocolate store, Ghiradelli... Ghiradelli is one the best chocolate in the world....

The pearl~~

at lunch time, john treat us to lunch at Crab House which is located at Pier 39 also..... fooooo!, freking expensive!! 2 and a half crabs for 4 ppl cost US$100 bucks + tax !!! luckily they the crabs were enough to make them full.....
well, as for me who doesnt eat crabs, i ate Hawaiian fish fillet which cost 17 bucks.....

Lunch crab~~ but i dint eat crab! hahahaha

after lunch, we went out of Pier 39 and walk around Fishermans Wharf.... the were tons of ppl walking the street.... all around there were souvenir shops, restaurants, food stands, ferry services to tour around SF or to go Alchatraz, side-walk shows like beat-boxing, musicians, ppl who dressed and paint themselves like robots, and many more....all in all, it was very happenning at Firshermans Wharf, as usual.....

Fishermans Wharf

John, God bless him, wanted to bring me to Hooters! and thank God, there is one in Fishermans Wharf... so we all went there for a drink....for those who do not know what Hooters is, allow me to explain.... Hooters is a restaurant...... sounds normal??
NO!! all the waitresses there have boobs this big(now imagine me showing you how big they are) and they wear xtra small singlet and short-till-cant-short hot pants that have cutting at the sides so they look abit like underwear that shows their entire leg....... John said that the minimum breats size to work there is 36. (n-n) everything there in Hooters is big: the food, drinks and you know wat else....... :P I LOVE USA!!
when i walked in through the door and saw the waitresses, i felt my face burning hot... luckily blood dint flow out of my nose..! so we sat at a table and a blondie served us.... they ordered beer but i have to drink coke cuz the legal age to drink alcohol, go casino, stripclub, etc is 21 years old... damn sucks!
then John asked the waitress to take a picture with me! she said ok and asked another waitress to take picture along.... so i got one at each of my side... V <----- (the peace sign) my sis and caroline took picture with them as well...... when the bill came, the blondie said she charge 5 bucks for a picture... so john had to pay her 10 bucks for the 2 picture taken... makafulat~~!!! Freaking unbelievable!! after we left Hooters, we keep calling her dumb blonde... partly beh syiok and also cuz she is dumb..... keep asking stupid question about the walkie talkie we had and when asked her how to get to Golden Gate Bridge, she point at the map as if we do not know how to read a map.....


Holy Sweeeet~~~ I love USA

anyway, at 4pm, after Hooters we walked back to the parking complex as we were going to Golden Gate Bridge next..... when we reach at the car, john could not unlock the car using the remote control... so we thought the battery at the remote control died.... so he used the key to unlock the car but the alarm didnt go off.. so we suspected john left the lights on and caused the car battery to die and our worse was confirm when he tried to start the car but couldnt....! at that point everyone was like 'wat the hell!!' ..... we thought the trip was over becuase of that inciddent..... after thinking ways to rescue the day, john went to look for someone to jump start the car... after 10 minutes he came back with a couple from LA driving a pickup truck and jump start the car... thank God it worked! and thank God again that his car is hybrid and the battery recharge when on the road so we dint have to go to a workshop.... - or does every car recharge its own battery when driving?-

with the help of a map and my memory, we manage to reach Golden Gate Bridge... spend half an hour there taking pictures, walking the bridge(for 10 minutes nia) and going to toilet..... after that we drove to Lombard Street and drove down the crooked street.... :D after that we went to China Town and walked around.... not that hectic at night but the last time i went to China Town in the morning, it was packed and really looked and you felt like being in a town in China... i guess there is where the name China Town comes from.... hahahaha..... just off China Town there is a street where there are alot of stripclub, porn cinema and other dirty stuff. After having dinner at a Chinese restaurant in China Town(we had roasted duck, 'kampo kai'(not nice),roasted pork(not nice) and vegie), we went back home and that was the end of our trip to San Francisco....


Nice leh? I took 1~~ My sis, Carol, Lilian and John

Me the photographer again~~


The view of Lombard Street from the car!


Hustler Club~~ Turai place!


City View~~


Forgot wats the name of the bridge.. but it is a 2 layer bridge! I think its call GG bridge


Love this view!



City View~ I do not wanna live there!


Pier 39~! Super crowded!

Quite an Interesing Week

Past few days have been quite interesting, at least more interesting than the days when I was at home the whole day in front of the computer and watching tv.

Anyhow, it all started off on Tuesday morning when I woke up at 6am.....for no reasons.
Dont know why I just couldnt go back to sleep.. but I was too lazy to wake up and do anything
so end up lying on the bed reminiscing about my past few months studying in US....
After 1 hour, got up to play computer - wat else to do? -
After an hour or so, my host come and check if I was awake..... I am suppose to wait and open the door for the washing machine repairman who was suppose to come between 8am and 12pm.
yea, the washing machine broke down and I havent done my laundry for 2 week already.....
Anyway, my host told me that he left a cheque on the table that he has signed and everything, and ask me to write the ammount needed on the cheque to pay the repairman later...
I told him I never write a cheque bfr so he ask me to go downstairs and he showed me how.....
So now I know how to write a cheque and it is a little different from back in Malaysia...
But it dint really matter cuz the repairman showed up 10 minutes after that and my host stayed till he was done and paid him himself.... So much for waking up early to wait for the repairman and learning how to write a cheque...

Was hungry so I opened the fridge and found a little bit of milk left.... Pour myself a glass and took a glup.... only to find that the freaking milk had gone bad and sour... Shit! Tasted horrible!
That was my first time drinking bad milk... Guess I have to check expirery date liau next time...
That night, my host taught me how to barbeque salmon and I did a good job! The salmon was delicious! We had salmon, salad and corn. Wonderful dinner! ^-^

After dinner, my friend, Thomas, called me asked me if I wanna go watched movie mah... So happy cuz finally got to do something.... Was at home the whole time last week cuz my friends had a roadtrip to LA and Vegas while I am at home sien till my brain out!
One of the Indo fren came pick me up in his new Nissan SUV! Damn nice car! I think the car cost US$33000...... Rich bastard! hahahaha...
Anyway, I finally met Thomas's girlfriend that night... So only 4 of us that night....
On the way to the cinema, they told me about their trip... Preety interesing stories.....
At the cinema, Thom gf said she wanna watch Material Girls at 10pm, so we also have to watch loh... Thought can sneak in to another movie after we done with that movie but turned out that the cinema closes at midnight! Sakai 1! And only 4 of us watching Material Girls that time! Luckily we not watching horror movie or it will be damn creepy! Afrter that we went play pool beside the cinema....they played, i just watched... Thomas damn pro.. that fellow must have been playing everyday in Singapore..... After that go back home sleep

Next day wake up at 11am...... Chris picked me up at 2.30pm and said that Thomas and his gf still sleeping... suppose to go look for apartment for Thom at noon but he still sleeping. So we went over his place and woke them up, Thom and his gf... They somemore can scold us for waking them up... wat the hell! hahaha... So decided to eat KFC with rice...So Christian cook some rice and then me and him go buy KFC... 9 pieces of chicken with 2 large side dishes for 11 bucks only... damn cheap!
So yalah, had lunch at Thomas house... KFC with rice! highly unusual! I found out that in Indonesia they usually eat KFC with rice deh! Cacat right?! And the Indonesian Chinese eat rice with their hands just like Malay! Wat the hell right?
After lunch, we went hunting for apartment but cant find the one that Thomas like cuz he so picky and most of the leasing office close at 5! Hahahaha.....
So after calling it a day, we went to a salon so that I can cut my hair. My hair was turning into a birdnest and I wanted to look nice when I meet my sis who is arriving in US that night... So I got a hairct for 8 bucks, consider very cheap already, and i tip 1 buck.... After that they fetch me home and I waited for my sis. John fetched my sis from the airport and then at 10pm we all went out for dinner at a Chinese restaurant in Milpitas.. The food was excellent! Had char siu(roasted pork), roasted duck, tofu and vegetables. End up spending the night at John's place cuz dint want to bother him sending me home cuz very far....
Next day, my sis fren and John's sister, Caroline, arrived in US at noon... After lunch we all went to San Jose State University... We went around the campus which is kinda big and nice.... But foooyoh! damn alot of preety girls there! n_n
After that went to Costco to do grocery shopping and Fry's. Had dinner at a indian and pakistani restaurant! Damn nice!! The tandorri chicken is the best I have ever had! Took the name and address of the place so that I can come back again with my frens next time! After dinner I decided to spend the night at John's place again but this time I had to sleep on the couch cuz my sis was sleeping on the bed with Caroline.

On Friday, we went to Great Mall... while my sis and Carol went shopping, I sneak into the cinema again to watch movie... hahhaha... Not nice lah nobody to teman me sneak in.. was wishing Daowen was there with me. hahahaha... anyway, I used the same excuse loh, wanna go to the arcade... but this time i was required to sign in, have to put my name and the time i go in.. so oklah, i sign in loh cuz cant say dont want liau or they will know i wanna sneak in... hahhaha.. I signed in with my real name, which after that I realized that I am very stupid cuz I should have signed in with a fake name.... anyway, it dint really matter cuz the sign in thing was useless...
so I watched the movie Crank... not that nice, abit waste of time kinda movie....... Finished watching at 3.30 but was suppose to meet back at 5... so dint have time to watch another movie so I decided to go look for my sis and Carol. Wat the hell, it was like looking for a needle in a stack of hay! I went into every shop but there were alot of shops and some of them are huge!! Was hoping for dumb luck and miracle to find them but I dint after going around Great Mall many times... Gave up after 1 hour and decided to go eat at the food court. After eating, waited for them at the place we were suppose to meet back up till 5.30.... i waited extra half hour cuz they too syiok shopping till forgot abt the time! wat the hell! that night had malaysian food.... not bad but still not as good as the food back in malaysia loh.....
Anyway, today, they went shopping again in Gilroy but I dint go cuz i dont want walk whole day looking at them shop.... and guess wat, i made the right choice, they started shopping from 10 am(that is time the mall opens) till at night! how did i know? cuz my sis called me at 6.30 and ask me if i want adidas shorts mah! wat the hell right?!!
And tomorrow we going to san francisco and its 2am now... so better stop now... wrote to much bullshit liau....