I was in Pangkor Island. After the 2nd wave hit some fisherman’s house, I jumped to the thought that Tsunami is here again. I jumped in a jeep that looks like the one driven by Indiana Jones. We drove the jeep so fast and the road was so bumpy. Then I woke up.

I think I can tell this dream.

1) Why was it in Pangkor Island? That’s my mother’s hometown. We just visited my maternal Grandma during CNY.

2) It’s was raining so heavily this morning. No wonder I dreamt of Tsunami. Today is the 2nd day flood occured in Klang Valley.

3) And why is it Indiana Jones’s jeep?

I’m in the mid of putting Disneyland photos in collages and have drained all my thoughts and energy doing it. Now I’m getting nightmare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So scary!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Going back to my corner continue doing what I’m supposed to do. Thank you very much 😐

(Please proceed reading at your own risk as this post is heavily loaded with pictures. There are 60pcs of pics, cropped & photoshopped into 18 collages to save bandwidth).

Last night in the plane, I had 2 hours of sleep and today, I hit the sack at 2.30am and woke up at 4.30am. Dang! I know I’m in deep trouble but I can’t help it. My eyes just won’t fall back into dreamland. Remember Lawrence dogs? He heard me walking in the room and came scratching on my door. Hehe… i just sat on my bed and giggle. He’s so alert and cute. Good thing Lawrence house is equipped with wi-fi. I get to clear my mail and moderate whole lots some comments to kill time.

We signed up with a tour agent for Universal Studios. US$70 (RM245!!!) per person for the entrance fee plus transport.

Once we are in the park, the first thing you do is hop on the tram for Studio Tour.

Get on the tram and it will bring you around Universal Studios for some tutorial like how films are made. Stage 25, etc, is like a big warehouse. Majorities of movies are shot in the warehouse with makeshif rooms inside.

Let me show you a bit of the tutorial.

What you see on TeeVee is fiction. The car doesn’t drift. It was attached to a…. dunno what they called that.

This is how they made floods…

1. All you see is dry river.
2. And the lightining began to strike and the rain falls down.
3. Suddenly the water started to gush down. Remember, you are in the tram watching all this. It’s amazing.
4. The floods came crashing at the river banks.
5. It then flows back into the tunnel where the storage are and it was then repeatedly used to show audience.
6. It takes minutes for the flood to happen. If you are there, don’t blink your eyes. Soon the water dries up again.

The making of fire/explosion…

Some of the tutorial went in my right ear and goes out thru my left ear 😳

The making of…

Everything is from control of a button. Small pond with miniature ship. When our tram reaches, the pond was split into half. That is when Moses split the Red Sea and walk across. Too bad, the Ten Commandments never make thru our teevee. All thanks to our censorship board.

Crops that are left behind from scenes…

Please bear in mind that all these pics are heavily photoshopped into collages for viewing pleasure. For example in the 2nd picture, the logo is not there at all. I photoshop them there.

There’s so many things to see but so little time. We don’t have a leisure walk in Universal Studio. Not even have proper lunch.

All I ate is a piece of some kind of deep fried batter. There’s strawberries dressing underneath and topped with whipped cream. They are superb.

Other than taking pics with cartoon characters, we have to rush thru shows. All types of shows – pirates and even animal shows.

Not sure if Lessie in the pic above is the actual Lessie that filmed the movie Lessie. Hmm… Lessie, Jessie, Lessie, Jessie, Lessie, Jessie. It rhyme!

I find marvel heros in leotard a bit crappy especially when that “thing” is bulging up. So obvious can die lidat! I don’t watch Dora nor a fan of hers. I took pics with Dora cos Princess like Dora 🙁 . It makes me wonder, if Princess saw this pic, will she get even more sad and jelous?

If you happen to be in Los Angeles,I would highly recommend you Universal Studios. This is a place that you must visit yourself to see all the amazing things that happen behind tube. Most of the time we go “wahhhhhhhhhhh” “oooOOOOooo” or “I seeeeeeeeeee”.

I saw this apple coated with chocolate.

It reminds me of Albie licking the red apple candy in Paris *jeles*. I’ll forgo this for the time being and scout for apple candy instead.

It’s the begining of spring when I was in LA. There’s flowers everywhere.

They are so beautiful and lovely. I’m sucker for flowers.

Ok. That’s so much as what I can show around Universal Studios. Too many things to see and do + Too many pics to take and show = Too little time in hand. I have tones of pics to share. It’s impossible to show them all here.

We soon met up with Lawrence again for dinner at 6pm. Like I say, he’s such a humble person. He insist on paying during meals which makes us a bit uneasy and paiseh. But when we get our chance to pay during breakfast, he say he’s not a breakkie type of person 😡 . We never get any chance to buy him meals.

What’s for dinner?

We eat almost anything that is served. Lawrence learnt fast. No point asking us what we want. Just order! I can say he’s good with food and know what’s best. This is not the best pizza I’ve ever eaten but this is my type of pizza. Thin crust. BBQ sauce makes the pizza even more yummilicious. Starbucks Vanilla Frappuccino – You must try them! It is very very creamy.

By then, Lawrence announced, “You better take pictures of the pizza and show them to Mona. She’s buying you this meal.”

OMG! I almost wanna cry then I hear that. Mona is another friend of ours. We are all from the same hometown. I was supposed to meet up with her too. Unfortunately, she was schedule for a surgery on the same day I arrived. She called from her hospital bed shortly after we had finished our bites. It makes me wanna zoom off to her hospital and give her a big bear hug. Thank you Mona for this meal. Make sure I repay you when you are back in Malaysia. *snif snif*

It’s so freaking cold out there yet you can see folks queuing up for Cold Stone Ice-cream.

Lawrence make sure we try them before we are freeze to death on the street. What’s special? They slap a scoop of ice cream on a slab of stone and work them out by mixing nuts, fruits or candies of your choice. The ice-cream is already very yummy by itself. I don’t see why a slab of stone can improve the taste. *brrrrr…. we definitely gonna froze to death this time.

On the way home, we saw In-N-Out Burger.

On their menu, they have only 3 type of burgers 😉 Got the hint now? Can you imagine with only 3 type of burgers and their business is still blooming, you can tell that their burgers must’ve taste very very good. Lawrence again insist we must try their burger. Altho I’m so full, I just have to give them a try. I’ll have that for supper. Maybe? Do I have to tell you how good it is? It’s heaven! I love the thick and crunchy lettuce. I’m dying for greens actually. lol.

So much for pening down the whole day of event in words. Half of the time, I really dunno what I’m crapping about. 😳 See you tomorrow in Disneyland 😉

Go back to read Day 2 from LAX to Walk of Fame

Proceed to read Day 4 in Disneyland here

That’s Curry chicken with bok choy, pasta with bake dory fish, pathetic looking fruits and tiramisu.

What happen to our lunch? Did I have lunch on board? Gee… Nevermind about that.

We touched down around 4.30pm (US time).

We don’t have a smooth clearance at the Custom. They are one bunch of @#$&*. I’ll skip the unhappy incident. It was such a relieved to get out from that tangled knot.

Our escapade start right on the dot at 6pm when Lawrence came with his red Mercedes to pick us up from the airport. There is no words to describe him. Lawrence treat us more than a friend. He makes us feel so comfortable yet not comfortable. In another word – make us so paiseh lidat.

So, a tourist ought to do what a tourist need to do right?

We drive thru Chinatown. A very quiet place. Then we spotted this…

Foo Chow Restaurant. This is where Jackie Chan filmed the movie – Rush Hour. I did not watch the movie but Hubby keep on commenting, “The place is so small. Amazing how Jackie Chan can fight in there.”

It’s only 6.30pm. See how dark the place is. Next, we went to Downtown. We are a day late for the Emmy Awards.

Kodak Theatre is the official venue to host the Emmy Awards.

Oh, who? Me?

Thank you! Thank you! *muaks, muaks, flying kisses*

Oh, who? Me? A speech? *duck from rotten tomatoes*

Right at the street, you won’t miss this cos everyone is taking pic at the walk way.

Walk of Fame – Tom Cruise is hiding from me 🙁

When you are in America, eat what the Americans eat. Yea, Beef! This is the most tender and juciest Kobe beef that I’ve ever savour. Oh, everybody. Say hi to Lawrence and Lawrence, say hi to everybody.

We soon head over to Lawrence 3 bedroom mansion. Nice and comfy home with 24 hours security. I’m not kidding you.

Everybody, say hi to Baby. I hope I get their name correct as Lawrence had 2 dogs and I can’t tell who is who.

That’s all for the 2nd day. I still miss my babies at home. At least this could brighten up Princess’s day.

Read: Day 1 – From KLIA to Taipei to LAX

Proceed to read Day 3 in Universal Studio here

Actual event took place on 27th Feb 07 (Tuesday).

We had a quick breakfast with the kids before sending the 2 eldest to daycare centre. Environment in the house has been a bit tensed the day before when all things go wrong and to made matter worst, Princess had 2 weeks of school exams to dealt with. She’s afraid she can’t do well in her papers and has been crying on and off. That makes me even more tense to leave them behind. I can’t control my tears. I cried my way to the airport.

I tried my best not to worry about Princess. I texted my Sister and Mom telling them to have a talk with Princess later at night cos she has been crying in daycare too. Tears just rolled down my cheek again whenever I think of my babies. It’s a very very sombre take-off.

We had a very late lunch at 5pm on board.

That’s Sweet and Sour Fish with rice, Teriaki Chicken and Udon noodle, Bun and butter, smoke tuna salad (thumbs up!) and cheese cake.

Five hours flight from KLIA to Taipei. I’m stuck on my chair playing with joystick. Blueh… Good thing the stop-over is only 1.5 hours. We continue our flight from Taipei to LAX at 9.15pm. That will be another 11 hours flight (oh, my poor butt). Dinner was served shortly after boarding. That was so late.

I slept at 11pm after loosing 6 matches of Reversi in a row. Sucks! I think the Robot captured my technic. Suddenly at 2.15am (US time – 10.15am) I woke up from my sleep. Not good.

Good thing is, I get to witness the cross over from night to daylight.

From total darkness, within minutes I see daylight. Very facinating. Of course I took pictures and more pictures.

This is the only view to equalize those travelling on first class. God is fair, when it comes to million dollar views, first class, business class, economy class and cargo class, all share the same views.

Was a good thing tho I was awake. if I could keep myself concious for another 5 hours, I don’t have to be the slave of “jet-lag” 😉

I left Malaysia on 27th and it is still 27th when I reach Los Angeles. Woohoo!

Ooops! Shall we proceed to day two now?

Read: Day 2 – From LAX to Walk of Fame

10 years ago, this is where we go for our pre-honeymoon trip.

10 years later, this is what we planned.

Not bad for a 10th year ‘early’ anniversary, huh.

Today is my last working day. Wish to have a desk like this.

All wrapped up – no dust and no missing stationeries. Aiyah, you will be surprise to hear this. People tend to like my stationeries especially pens. I’m not surprise if it is missing again.

I’ll be gone for two freaking weeks!

I know my keyboard will miss me cos I’m starting to miss them too, that is including my babies at home 😥

Chinese New Year (CNY) is also known as Spring Festival (春节 – Chūn jié) or the Lunar New Year (农历新年 – Nóng lì xīn nián) is the most important of the Chinese traditional holiday.

Let me share with you random pictures I took throughout the festive season.

Low Sang aka Yee Sang

Traditionally practiced during the seventh lunar month which is also called “Yan Yat” (every human being’s birthday). Dishes consist of thin slices of raw fish (most commonly used are salmon), crackers, shreaded and pickle vegetables, herbs and sauces. While tossing and mixing the ingredients with a pair of chopstick, one should also chant out loud – Huat ah! Huat ah! which means prosperity. There’s also longivity and liveliness but some hockkien Ah Pek forget them all. Who cares. Toss them as high as you can!

Gingko Dessert (Pat Kor – cantonese)

Longan flesh with Gingko and red dates simmer for hours in rock sugar water.

Fireworks

Back then, we used to play sparkles and some fire crackers. Nowadays with the technology advancement, we get to watch 15 minutes of fireworks display for free. There are many beliefs about why fireworks are used. One is that the noise wakes up the dragon who will fly across the sky to bring the spring rain for the crops. Another belief is that the noise of the fireworks is supposed to scare away all evil spirits and misfortunes, preventing them from coming into the new year. Do not forget, it is illegal to light up fireworks.

New Year, new clothes

A suit of new clothes is a must to significant a new year. Here comes a new Superman PJ’s. Yeah, new red underwear for Superman too. Red symbolizes fire, which according to legend can drive away bad luck.

Again some random shots in the temple.

I find these hanging joss stick very interesting. Makes a good photographic item too.

… so I change my window desktop wallpaper again 🙂 I love this pic of Princess and Prince back then 3y/o and 1 y/o respectively.

Wow! How time had flies. 4 years ago I go oh-ah over their pic. I love babies. They are so cute. Today, I don’t called them cute anymore.

They are pretty and hansem *cough*

OMG, check this out –

That’s what all my relative told me. The two sisters look so much a like. What do you think?

Two more days to CNY. Yay! I can feel it. Since sien sien dei, I went to the bank to change some new notes for angpow.

It smells better than my pineapple roll and it’s crispier than my rolled pohpia! When I was queuing at the teller, there is a women ahead of me changing thousand and thousand ringgit of new notes. Wah lau. In return, the bank teller gaver her some big angpow packets. When my turn came, that bank teller gave me that kicik-mayong (small tiny) angpow packet. *&%$#@. I almost return the packets to her.

Back to my office now. Eat so many mandarin oranges till sore throat *ish. There are so many types and brands of mandarin oranges out there. Do you know which one is juicy and sweet?

Look out for this. Honey Pon Kam! Very very juicy and very sweet. Too bad they are not seedless. A bit pricey but worth every pennies.

SAy Hi to Pon-Pon

Hieeeeeeeeeee!!!

Oh please! X-rated again!

Oh no! There goes my belly button. On the other hand, it looks like your little soldier! Omg wakaakaaa… protruding somemore.

Just finish my chicken & char siew rice. Boss belanja (treat). Good eh. Best in KL and Peejay. Some say in Singapore too. Go buy yours from Section 17. No need to drool on mine.

Make myself a cup of green tea.

Eat so full. Now feeling so sleepy…. zzzzz…

Be my Valentine.

Hey, how’s your Valentine’s Day? Mine was good. Bought 4 fishes for CNY from pasar malam totalling Rm116.00. Haggle like mad finally got a discount of one ringgit. Use that one ringgit to buy ice-cream. Share with hubby somemore. Romantic or not?

Sien-sien dei and rant so much nonsense. Sibeh paiseh can die lidat.

Last year –

Boss: You can’t send this out. It’s dated on the 14th.
Queen: Today is 14th. Why cannot.
Boss: Are you sure?
Queen: Sure!
Boss: Tomorrow is 14th la! Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day.
Queen: *paiseh*

This year –

Queen: Have you buy your CNY clothes?
Cynthia: Think I will buy in Penang only.
Queen: When are you going?
Cynthia: On Valentine’s day.
Queen: Huh! By then CNY over liao.
Cynthia: When is CNY? Valentine’s day is on the 14th la.
Queen: *paiseh* I keep on thinking it was 24th.

This morning –

Athena: so what’s the plan tonight?
Jessie Ling: told hubby to come home early tonight
Athena: OOo
Jessie Ling: I need to go pasar malam to buy fish for CNY!!!
Jessie Ling: hahaha
Jessie Ling: where got time for V-day!
Jessie Ling: 13 years never celebrate liao
Athena: hahahahahaha

It was a flash back memory when I was checking out my last year’s V-day post. That stamper from McD is so cute. Neway, Happy Valentine’s Day to all. Lots of love, hugs and kisses from me to you xoxo 😀

Aitelyu, some loctor can be so free and so pat (busybody) until he has to tagged 7 bloggers. Somemore want to challenge us uncensored, x-rated desktop!

Right up! Serious desktop.

That is my Tom Cruise with baby Princess sitting on his shoulder and of course me. Took this pic during a picnic outing in Morib.

I’m trying my best to minimize shortcut icon on my wallpaper. Plus, you can’t expect much from someone who is using Window ME *sigh…

Don’t blink ah. Coming up next is x-rated desktop. Want to challenge me?

Have a good day, folks! Please say Hi to your Mom for me. I hope she’s doing fine 🙂

Currently I’m busy with preparation for Chinese New Year and also my trip to Los Angeles. This is also the reason why you don’t see me hijacking your blog that often and goodness gracious! Sibeh busy can die lidat still kena tagged! You know who you are, but don’t worry. I am very sporting wan 😉

I’m almost as blur as sotong now. Dunno should pack for CNY or for the trip as I’m leaving right after my CNY break. *sigh…