Universal Studio Singapore

A lazy 'mostly photos' post regarding my trip to Universal Studio Singapore.

Must take photo of Universal Studio Globe

Ticketing booths

'Back to the future' theme restaurant

Monster Rock,
live musical show featuring classic monsters such as Mummy, Frankenstein, Phantom etc...

Lights, Camera, Action!
Hosted by Steven Spielberg, it gives the lesson and feeling on how they create a major hurricane in New York City.

random settings in Hollywood.

(reminds me of the last scene in the movie Pretty Woman where the Richard Gere rides on the roof of his white Limousine)

Empire Hotel
(in random, it reminds me of Chuck Bass from Gossip Girl)

a girl at a bar

NYC subway

the yellow cab

the public library

Sci-Fi City

Accelerator,
the rides that goes round and round and round to make you dizzy

Random characters from Sci-Fi City

Battlestar Galactica

Blue track : Cyclon
Red track : Human
I tried Cyclon first. It's the fastest roller coaster I've ever ride. With my feet hanging in the air, it throws me left, right, up, down and even turn upside down for 5 times. I felt a little dizzy when I'm walking away after the ride.
The Human is not as scary as Cyclon. No turning upside down. I remember sitting down on the roller coaster and looking for something to hold on to when it is about to start and I cant find any! Zooming at a very high speed left, right, up and down, with nothing much to cling on to is definitely scary!
But I enjoyed myself though Hehehe

Characters from Ancient Egypt

Entrance of Revenge of the Mummy
One of my favourite roller coaster! We plunge into total darkness in this ride. Not to forget the roller coaster suddenly move unexpectedly BACKWARD! Oh, and it's sudden drop after it stopped at a road block.

Treasure Hunters
Just a simple jeep ride ala Indiana Jones style

Entrance of Jurassic Park

Inside Discovery Food Court

Look at the walls!

Chicken Rice + Singapore Laksa

random pic in Jurassic Park

Canopy Flyer in The Lost World
This is a ride where we can have a bird's-eye view over Jurassic Park.

Dino-Soarin
A ride of kids maneuvering their own Pteranodon.

Random pic with the dinosaur head

Entrance to WaterWorld

Awesome show ala Wild Wild West style.
The show is full of stunts and explosions. Make sure you sit at the correct zone if you do not want to get wet. There's Soak Zone, Splash Zone and Dry Zone.
And I like how they keep the guests entertained before the show. A great job!

Entrance to Far Far Away

Shrek's Castle

Shrek 4D Adventure,

A 4D fairytale adventure with Shrek and Princess Fiona in Far Far Away.

Magic Potion Spin
I find this mini indoor ferris wheel super cute!

Donkey Live
Interact and sing-along with Donkey. ♫ I Smell Good ♪

Shrek merchandise

super duper cute fridge magnets

Enchanted Airways
A more simple roller coaster ride.

Spotted character Shrek and Princess Fiona but we didnt queue for photo-taking.

with Marty, Alex, Gloria and Melman

Madagascar caps

Madagascar pillows

Madagascar Boogie!
Managed to catch the madagascar street performance.

I like to move it move it!

King Julien's Beach Party-Go-Round

In another words, merry-go-round with the Madagascar theme.

Madagascar: A Crate Adventure
This is a boat ride into the land of Madagascar together with Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria. It was disappointing as compared to 'It's A Small World' in Disneyland!

Met Frankenstein.

Marilyn Monroe

Hollywood Street

Souvenir shop

who says you cant buy your own Oscar?

Ready? Action!

I like the Marilyn Monroe merchandises!

chocolates

candies

random hollywood stall

Managed to catch The Rockafellas performing street dances.

King . Egyptian . Policeman . Firefighter

erm.. ghost? lol

Universal Studio Fountain.
This is where we sat to watch the fireworks later in the evening.

Candylicious
(outside Universal Studio)

Garrett Popcorn!
Most yummy popcorn I've ever tasted. Each one of it is caramel flavoured and crispy!
Managed to sneaked in Garrett's popcorn during fireworks. Hehehe

Woody Woodpecker

Po from Kungfu Panda

We dont know who's she!
No one was queuing to take a picture with her, so we took a picture with her. LOL

Waited for the fireworks at 9pm.
I was quite disappointed with the fireworks.
Too near thus too bright. I wore my sunglass to watch comfortably. Hahaha
Not very beautiful also, or maybe it was too bright.

my mickey sleeveless top

The other day I was cleaning my wardrobe at home.

I have this bunch of clothes that I only wear them at home because they are so comfortable to wear. No need to iron them as they are best when they are not ironed.

Btw, this post is about one of my favourite home clothes - The Mickey Mouse Sleeveless top. I have this since I was in Primary 4 or 5. WOW! Nearly 10 years already~ (Prove that I dont grow much sideways :P)

It's made of cotton thus it's super comfortable and nice to wear at home especially the humid weather in Penang. But then the clothes is now way beyond repair to wear anymore.

Let the picture below do the illustration!

Sighhhh! I remember few months back, there was only a tiny hole at the back, and now it's gone from tiny to MEGA HUGE! So sad that I need to throw it away! T_T

Plus, Shern likes me wearing this top because he can point at the pictures and say "Mickey Mouse", "fish fish" and "bubbles"!

OBU Degree Graduation @ Renaissance Hotel Kuala Lumpur

I just came back from my trip to KL. Nope this time it's not for shopping (although I still do a little of shopping while I was there). The main reason for this trip is for my Degree Graduation!

The graduation was held in Renaissance Hotel located at the corner of Jalan Sultan Ismail and Jalan Ampang on 21 August 2011.

We are allowed to pick our graduation robes as early as 11am. But my parents and I decided not to reach too early as it would be a long day.

We went over to Times Square to collect the bouquet of pink roses we ordered a day earlier from Pretty Petals Florist. Why no delivery on Sunday? :(

A dozen of pink roses costs RM80. I reminded myself that I need to take at least 80 photos with the flower so that it would be worth it! Hehe

After collecting the flower, we went back to the hotel and changed into formal attire. Couldnt resist the beauty of the flower and we took some pictures with it even before the ceremony! Haha

Then we took a taxi from Bukit Bintang to Renaissance Hotel for RM6. We reached there at approximately 12.30pm and there were already a big crowd of graduates and guests.

We quickly went straight to the 1st floor to register. There was a queue of about 10 people in front. During the registration, we were given the official booklet, the map for the robing and photography, and the program for the day.

We went straight to Function Room 3&4 for robing and to our horror, there was about 100 graduates queuing. OMG! But no choice, still have to queue patiently.....

Halfway through the queue, the staff in-charge came by and looked at my receipt. He then asked me to pass the one particular receipt to the robing staff. I asked if I must continue queuing or I can skip the queue, and he replied that I can skip the queue. So I walked pass around 50 graduates in front of me and went straight into the Function Room 3&4 for my robes! :D

After getting my robes, I went over to join Mum & Dad who were already queuing for the photography session. Another about 70 graduates in front of me. So while waiting, my mom took pictures of me! :P

It was nearly 1.45pm when it's my turn for the photography session. Cant wait for the photos to arrive! Hopefully I look okay! :P

Then of course we walked around the hotel taking pictures here and there.

@ the concourse area - stairs

proud parents ;)

registration area @ Ballroom Foyer

@ West Wing, 1st Floor

@ hotel lobby

Daddy & me

@ another random stairs

Then finally my one and only friend who also attended the ceremony is done with her photography. We meet up and took a photo together.

with lee ai

About 2.30pm, the Grand Ballroom is open for graduates and guests.

stage

Grand Ballroom

At 2.50pm, Mr John Playle of Oxford Brookes University Business School introduced the Graduation Ceremony and explained how the ceremony will proceed.

At 3pm, the Graduation Ceremony begins.

Music began to play and everyone stands up. Members of the Platform Party walked from the back of the Grand Ballroom to take their place on stage.

Vice-Chancellor, Professor Janet Beer gave a short welcome speech and the presentation of graduates took place.

Since the graduates are arranged by alphabetical order, it was quite a while before it's my turn.

peace sign to differentiate myself from the rest of the graduates lol

Then the guest speaker, Mr Devanesan Evanson from ACCA gave a speech. Then another member of the Platform Party gave a Vote of Thanks before ending the Graduation Ceremony.

After the Platform Party left the Grand Ballroom, the ushers instruct us to leave the Grand Ballroom row by row. We rejoined our guests outside the Grand Ballroom.

Then, it was FOOD TIME! OMG! I bet all of us were so hungry at that moment. Since most of us did not have a proper lunch earlier, the refreshments finished very fast! We were served with chocolate cake, two types of cinnamon roll, fried wanton with coffee or tea.

Then the ushers informed the graduates to return to the Grand Ballroom for a group photo. After arranging and arranging and arranging... TADAAAAAAA!

Can you spot me? LOL if you can, I shall salute you!

I'm seated 4th from the right at the second row from the bottom. Can you see me now? LOL

Thank you for trying. This is a zoom-ed picture of me.

Can you see me now? :)

After that, I went to return my robes and then we took a taxi back to our hotel at Bukit Bintang. Took some pictures at the hotel lobby and hotel room. Hehe

In the end, I took over 200 photos. And most of them includes the pink roses. Worth the money? Hehehe

The end of my Degree of BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting Graduation!



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The Graduation Ceremony costs RM290, including :-
- Rental of Full Academic Attire (Robe, Hood, Mortarboard)
- Photography

• Stage Receiving Award - 8R (1 copy)
  
• Oxford Brookes University Group Photo - 8R (1 copy)
• Individual Portrait - 10R (1 copy), 8R (1 copy), 4R (2 copies)

- Two Guest tickets for the ceremony
- Light Refreshments for Graduate and Two Guests

a chapter in life

a picture says a thousand words.

@ Welcome to EY, KL

@ the reception

@ common pool

colleagues

:)

@ Daorae, Bayan Point

the end.