Japan 2019: Universal Studios

My favorite part in every vacation—a visit to a theme park! I'm still a kid at heart and I love love love going to theme parks. This is quite funny but my theme park tradition is ordering a turkey leg for snack. Every time I go to theme parks, I always have to have a turkey leg. It makes my visit complete. Lol.

In USJ, I especially loved the Wizarding World of Harry Potter! I am a Harry Potter fan and I've read all the books immediately after they were published. This place is truly memorable because it was where I got my very first taste of butterbeer! And to add to that, we were lucky that we went on this trip in October, since Halloween was approaching, the park was horror-themed! There were horror houses, and at nighttime, the park staff dressed up as monsters or zombies and they roamed around the park to try and scare you! HARRY POTTER + BUTTER BEER + HORROR HOUSES + TURKEY LEG = HAPPINESS!!

A Week in Singapore

I've been to Singapore several times, but none of those previous trips ever lasted more than four days—so when I found out that I was going to be there for a week, I thought it would be boring. What I didn't realize back then was that, although Singapore could be considered quite small, you can never run out of places to visit and things to do.

We met up with a few friends who showed us around and brought us to places popular among locals (and of course, thanks for letting us stay in your apartment for an entire week!). During this trip, I could say that I got to experience Singapore in an entirely different way—taking trains to travel from one place to another (I now have the train stations almost-memorized!), and stopping by hole-in-the-wall kopi tiams for breakfast. Even though we've been to most of the touristy places before, we still didn't mind coming back to Orchard Road, Haji Lane, Universal Studios, Adventure Cove Waterpark, and Marina Bay Sands.

Bye LA

Our trip was almost coming to an end, the past two weeks felt so surreal and it was difficult for me to accept that I'd be back to reality in three days. Huhu. But instead of sulking around, we tried to maximize the remaining days we had left.

One of my greatest dreams since I was a kid was to visit Universal Studios Hollywood. I wouldn't really pass off that opportunity now that I'm here, would I? We ended early so we went exploring to get a good look at the Hollywood sign and ended up at Runyon Canyon Park. Unfortunately, we were still too far off and the Hollywood sign was not that visible. It was a good exercise walking up and down the hill though.

Kid At Heart- Universal Studios Singapore

Since I was a kid, my favorite part of going abroad is visiting amusement parks. I just love experiencing the thrill of being in those extremely scary rides. Oh, which reminds me, I have to go back there to ride the Battlestar Galactica, I hadn't had the chance to ride it. I won't ever get tired of going to these places! The bucket list of the adventure-seeking me include: ride roller coasters which hold world records, bungee jumping (Okay, I totally chickened out when I was in Macau tower, but I promised myself it won't happen again), sky diving, skiing, surfing (and windsurfing does not count!) to name a few.

P.S. Sorry, I wasn't able to update this blog regularly. School work is INSANE right now. :)

P.P.S. I will be removing the link of this blog to my Facebook profile because I see my Facebook profile as really personal and I don't like bugging people to check my blog just because it always appears on their news feed. For those of you who are really interested in reading my blog, typing my URL in the address bar won't hurt, right? Til next time! :)