My birthday celebration at Universal Studios! (Part 1)

It's my 24th birthday... and I'm officially labelled a 24 yr-old =P When the clock struck 12 midnight, I had a teeny weeny tinge of sadness... HAHA! coz it dawned onto me that I'm one year older.. hahaha.. older's the word... gone were the days where I would anticipate the arrival of my birthday excitedly, and happily replying smses from friends and loved ones wishing me 'Happy Birthday'... =P of coz, I still beam with happiness and reply smses happily with heartfelt gratitude =)

Just that I'm no longer a xiao mei mei... one of my birthday wish this yr is that there will be no kids calling me 'auntie'.. HAHA.. WeiShi jie jie is still very much appreciated.. haha!

So, on my birthday~ Mr Koh brought me to the Universal Studios!!! =) Yay~ Feels like going overseas... haha.. Woke up bright and early.. and headed over to harbourfront for Mc Donald's bfast!

Having a hearty bfast before charging for the day...

We arrived at the entrance soon... and very excited to enter! hahaha... but had to pose with a picture with this 'in your face' cheapo entrance ticket which says THIS IS YOUR TICKET...

Radiant and excited... finally we stepped foot inside the premise of USS... haha.. in the past, we used to peep from outside.. haha.. super envious of ppl roaming the streets inside.. now we're in!! =)

Posed with everything... Even the popcorn truck.. haha.. we took ard 900+ shots that day.. many memories for keepsake.. haha..

So much to see, so much to do.. without further ado, we turned left, and headed to Madagascar Land, our first stop! haha... 

It was very hot that day.......... see the brollies in the background? haha.. thankfully, the weather was nice and dry! =) Better than rain anytime.. haha..

There was a dance performance by the animal mascots too! haha.. cute penguins..

With most of Madagascar's attraction still under construction, we headed over to Far Far Away land... to find Shrek and Fiona!

but we saw Puss in Boots first! haahaha.. gotta grab him for a shot! =)

The Far Far Away Land castle has a nice fountain at the entrance.. =)

See the castle? Say Wahhh................. haha...

Our first ride was the family roller coaster called the 'Enchanted Airways'.. haha.. which was not scary at all... haha.. but good enough for a start =)

Next we went over to another attraction in Shrek land... 4D adventure~

See the queue?  It was a Friday, and yet we were surrounded by quite a number of ppl.. haha.. I can't imagine the weekend crowd =P

Snakey queue to get in...

My 3D goggles... the attraction was nice~ =) very entertaining show in a 'cinema' too, with occassional spurts of water on everyone's faces, light breezes, tickling of feet, shaking chairs.. hahaha.. go and try and you'll know what I mean.. 

We were strategically led to the souvenir shop after exiting the 'cinema'.. with fond memories of the lovable characters in the show earlier.. I bet kids will be begging mummies and daddies to buy shrek/fiona/donkey, etc for them.. HAHA!

Donkey~

I think donkey and I share the same smile.. HAHA!

Posing with Fairy Godmother's huge poster..

With that, we left Far Far away land.. and moved on to the next 'land'... haha.. but we know we will come back to the castle again later in the day =P

Beware! We have arrived at the Lost World.........

We took our first ride there.. which is the'canopy flyer' which essentially looks like a chairlift that brought us around the 'land' of dinos... and a moderate speed.. no heights, no speed.. not much thrills.. HAHA..

This was what I've taken of Mr Koh while on the ride.......... Haha.. =P this ride made me giddy... tsk tsk!

We walked ard the dino land and took pictures with figures everywhere.. our hands simply never left our cameras.. haha..

We have hatched! =) *roar*

Our next challenge: Rapids Adventure... and the sign at the entrance reads 'You might get wet, possibly soaked' I laughed to myself... I shouldnt be so unlucky.. haha... 

well~ Never did I expect that I would be treated to an early bath... =P 

totally excited.. and never thinking what I would be heading towards.. HAHA!

After minutes of turning and jerking in an ultra huge float that could fit 9 adults, along the man made river........................

We got soaked........... Really soaked.. =P not an inch of our bodies were dry.. haha..

Of course, curious stares from passer bys along the way were inevitable.. haha.. we were just glad the sun was hot enough to help dry our clothes asap.. =P

Having conquered all the exciting attractions in the lost world (we skipped the kiddy ride), we proceeded to the Mummies' Land........

Impressive Egyptian structures welcomed us... haha.. Seemed like I was at Egypt.. =)

Giant Figures at the entrance of the most exciting ride in the whole of USS i feel.. haha.. it's an indoor coaster.. that made me scream quite abit.. there's speed, a little height, and alot of queueing... haha..

We met a mummy too........... Look at those abs~ HAHA! Honestly, I didn't intentionally look up at the mummy's abs/arm pit.. hahhaa.. it was just candid =P but it's very funny...

We went over to the Sci-Fi land... and took a picture with 'Battlestar Galatica' ride which was under construction... so sad... heard this is the most exciting ride at USS... =P

It's okay though.. A picture with it would suffice.. hahaha.. to pretend that we have conquered that. =P

Welcome to Sci-Fi city.. but with battlestar closed, there was nothing much to see/try out there.. except for the spinning UFO ride.. (imagine tea cup ride).. HAHA... I would be crazy to try that, knowing that I hate dizzy rides... haha... undesirable consequences expected =P

We moved over to 'New York City' soon after.. and stay tuned to Part 2 of our USS adventure! =)

Birthday Dinner with Family =)

Had a lovely dinner with my family (minus my brother coz he had a prior appt =P) at this newly opened Thai restaurant near our place.. We've always passed by the restaurant every now and then, but nv found the occassion or urge to go in and try.. haha.. partly coz my folks are not big fans of Thai food.. only ME! =P

So, on my birthday.. they decided to bring me there.. =) hee... so nice of them, even though they do not find Thai food especially easy on their palate..

I'm Princess Lim that day... haha.. correction, that week!

Posing together.. the best parents in the world =)

Haha... My mirror image - Ah qi~ =P

My lust - Tom Yum Soup! It's spicy man.. haha... Do not belittle this little pot of harmless looking soup.. It packs a punch and never fail to numb ur tongue and throat for that first few secs, with every sip =P I like!

We ordered pandan chicken and stuffed chicken wings too..

We ordered alot of food that night.. haha.. such as this Thai fried Kway Teow.. pretty similar to Phad Thai, just that the noodle is fatter.. haha..

It was an eye opener for Daddy and Mummy, coz that was the first time they tried authentic Thai food.. see the stalk of flower in the background (try to spot.. haha!).. hee... my lovely colleague bought it for me.. =)

Yummy!

Now I'm drooling...............

It was a nice dinner with my family, and we ended that evening with a slow stroll back to our cozy little home few streets away.. hee!

Kite Flying + Sunset Grill

It was a Saturday evening of kite flying (good exercise before sinful food later at night) with the gang comprising of Aijia and Fanny + their respective partners and of course Mr Koh.. haha.. Too bad Angie came down with an eye infection and couldnt join us that day...

we were the first to reach and it didnt take very long for our kites to fly high up in the sky =)

See that little speck in the sky? haha.. Fanny brought her little palm sized butterfly kite bought from Beijing and we helped her flutter it to the sky.. haha.. I dare say that was the smallest kite flying in the sky then... everyone was comparing and pointing towards the bigger kites in the sky.. but we were so amused with our little butterfly..

I was proud it went so high up.. defying all odds.. HAHA!

Aijia is so happy.. haha...

fly kite fly~ =)

Fanny and Kenny (faintly in the background).. haha.. someone new~ =)

Later in the evening, we headed over to Sunset Grill for dinner.. set in the quiet corner of seletar air base.. it was nice to dine with the sunset in the corner, albeit food was not served yet.. =P It was a long wait... almost an hr, after constant reminders to the waiters.. but we had good fun chatting while we waited for food to arrive...

Kenny and Fanny in the dark.. haha..

Tze Liang and Aijia in even darker settings...

Finally, we succumbbed to the almighty flash~ hahaha...

We had a good dinner... and vv full one.. and spent the rest of the night playing MJ at Kenny's place.. haha... Thanks babes~ for the lovely biscuit camera and the company.. =) hee!

We went to the zoo again!

Thanks to the corporate pass which I had balloted for some time ago, we got another chance to visit the zoo again! haha.. it's an ordinary saturday to the zoo, very relaxing stroll to greet the animals that we saw along the way.. We had been to the zoo not too long ago, so this time rd, we didnt snap alot of pics.. we just enjoyed the lovely morning~ =)

Though weather got a little wet in the later part of the morning =P

Can you see the little mischevious monkey in the backgrd?

The infamous white tiger! haha.. the bigger tiger in the foreground is busy cat-walking (pun intended).. haha.. tigers belong to the cat family do you know? haha.. while the more demure tiger (at the backgrd) is demurely sitting down to pose for pictures.. haha..

Posing with the demure one =P

Our big heads completely blocked the tiger behind.. HAHA!

We walked along the trail, and stopped at the baboons kingdom... hahaha.. it was an interesting sight, to see the baboons live their everyday life.. they act just like humans (though not really literally lah, humans are more conservative and restrained), they fight, they pick fleas from each others' bodies, show affection for their loved ones..

After entertaining ourselves, watching the baboons, we continued...

and stopped at this little shelter... where Mr Koh took a picture with the butterfly posters..

Lovely picture of this yellow flower... I love my camera phone! haha..  able to take pictures with such detail and sharpness.. love how the water droplets sit so nicely on the petals~ (this was taken after the short rain earlier)...  

A self-timer shot with the zebras.. haha..

and a shot with the long-neck giraffees =)

Us again! haha..

We decided to catch the elephant show.. and we passed by this elephant hut on our way, which was like an educational hut containing some info/artefacts of elephants.. and since we were alone in the hut.. we took some silly pics.. haha!

Mr Koh is the baby elephant!

I'm the asian elephant.. haha..

After the elephant show (though I've watched it before, I still find it amusing.. haha!).. we walked along to another area..

to find this huge feathered animal (im not sure of the name).. haha.. It was not chained!! and it was gracious enough to stand still for some shots.. haha.. I was less than a metre away from it.. =)

penguins!!

We ended our zoo stroll in the late afternoon.. and headed over to the east side to meet Angie, Fanny, Aijia and bf for dinner and some cheesecake at night =) Dinner was at ECP, and cheesecake at cheesecake cafe!

Angie introduced us to this place, and indeed it was very unique! haha.. elaborate decorations of european paintings/ greek statues... made me feel like I was in europe! haha..

with the babes~ a pity Fanny had to leave early...

Mr Koh, me and angie =)

The lovebirds.. haha...

I love my weekends! =)