Sunday, 27 March 2011

Why Hong Kong Disneyland is a must-visit when in Hong Kong


TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HONG KONG DISNEYLAND! IN CAPSLOCK?


No, that’s just the excited intro. Hello.



It was few weeks ago, during the ending of winter. Best seasons to visit : Winter & Spring, because trust me, you will do endless walking and tone your bottom.




With the amazing Disney team.


Taking the VIP tour, a service made available by Disneyland. Front seat at the shows and cut queues for the rides? Anytime.


The Shows:


Mickey's PhilharMagic : This is a must see, okay. Definitely my best 4D experience so far. The part I remember most is how they made us feel like we are on the Aladdin’s carpet! Gayat gila padahal we were comfortably seated kot, siap ada angin-angin tiup muka, gahhh.


The Lion King Theatre: Even my bestfriend Melle (who was there few weeks before me) agreed that you should not miss this one. Sediakan tissue and prepare to berhingus-hingusan.



The Golden Mickey: Ahhhhh I am in love with this musical! It’s like an award show for everything Disney which means, SEMUA LAGU AND PLAY DISNEY YOU CAN THINK OF, CAN BE ENJOYED RIGHT HERE.








The Parade:


Flight of Fantasy Parade, only exclusive in HKDL for the 5th Anniversary It’s a local + international talents join efforts and takes 18 months to create.




The parade costumes are a collaboration between HKDL’s local costuming team and international award-winning costume designer – Mirena Rada. Seriously most creative innovative costumes for a parade.



The Rides (well.. some of em):




Hello, Dumbo The Flying Elephant.





Hello, Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters.




I thought I was cool because I looked good in this candid.





Then I saw this.




Hello, Orbitron.




Hello Mad Hatter Tea Cups.




This is mom underestimating the Mad Hatter Tea Cups.





And this is mom having the time of her life at Space Mountain the indoor rollercoaster, baby!



If you wanna see the full map of the place and available rides, head over to: Park Map




The Streets:



Plenty of street food in cute stalls everywhere.




Plenty of souvenirs in cute stalls everywhere.




The Food:

To find halal food is no problem at all. They provide amazing vegetarian dishes, and if you go the restaurants, just tell them; no red meat and you’re all set ready to feast!



The food court, Riverview Café in Adventure Land. Wide variety of Asian food, Penang laksa semua ada.





But we got ourselves these! GILA SEDAP MASAKAN INDIA YANG SERIOUSLY I TAK PERNAH RASA KUAH DHAL SESEDAP INI. Dahlah makan panas-panas masa cuaca freezing. Heaven. Ahhhh teringat lagi rasa dia. Nangis.





If you got the chance to come to this place, please please please on my behalf makanlah Indian dish yang superb ini.





For dinner, head over to the restaurant with tip top service.





Such beautiful place to dine in.





7 courses dinner! Chinese food all the way baby! This is the life… Oh btw, see that landak? Best fried dessert ever, k thanks.





The Night Scene:

Glowing cotton candy, can you see it? Yumsy.





Disneyland closes at 8pm, boohoo quite early if you ask me. Before that, they’ll have a closing fireworks show and again, you wouldn’t wanna miss this remarkable firework experience.





Castle is transformed into Tinkerbell Castle in conjunction with Hong Kong Disneyland 5th Anniversary. It is gonna be worth the wait.





Except that my pictures don’t do em justice -_-. SO GO EXPERIENCE IT YOURSELF. BRING MY OWN FAMILY (ANAK-ANAK KITEW) TO DISNEYLAND IS DEFINITELY IN MY TO DO LIST NOW. A PLACE SO MAGICAL, RASA MACAM DREAMING.




Saturday, 26 March 2011

Why am I still awake?

It's late, but thought I'd share the picture Alisya, my baby sister, tagged all of us adik-beradik on Facebook, with the caption; Si Debab turns alim. Cute caption, Alisya!



Monday, 21 March 2011

What Women Want

Wow besar tajuk, besar tanggungjawab. Seperti nak mewakilkan para wanita di muka bumi ini dan apa yang mereka mahukan dari pasangan mereka.



Tapi sebagai mukadimah, mula-mula kita haruslah menghentam kaum Adam yang amat suka tengok rupa luaran dan sungguh memilih. Kemudian baru kita boleh counter strike balik dengan berbincang hangat tentang fizikal lelaki yang didambakan. Kau piker kau je boleh ke hah?? Eh emo tak bertempat ke, kak? LOL.



Lelaki memang suka pandang muka perempuan berdahi licin. Dari dahi licin itu, baru pandangannya turun dan turun dan turun. Maksudnya apa? Maksudnya walau apapun, kebanyakan mereka suka tengok muka dahulu, kalau muka cantik, kelemahan lain terus boleh ditoleransi. Jadi jenuhlah perempuan nak menjaga kulit, menghapus jeragat, mentonyoh pencoci pelembap penyegar siang-malam pagi-petang Muharam-Safar.



TETAPI LELAKI PULA BOLEH GET AWAY DENGAN KULIT TAK SEMEGAH?! Sudah tentu tidak. Manusia semua sama je. Sukakan keindahan. Maka wanita juga tidak terlepas dari memandang kehalusan kulit lelaki. Tambahan pula, wanita lebih teliti dan tajam pandangannya. Bukan semestinya nak lelaki itu berkulit cerah dan berpipi merah, cuma bersihlah dari sebarang jerawat dan panau, sebab kulit hitam itu juga sebenarnya cecki kalau licin.



Kalau saya pun, ihiks, saya pun suka lelaki kulit licin, ihiks. Saya penat jaga kulit, maka sangat teringin tengok pasangan lelaki melalui rutin yang sama untuk kulit halus mulus. Jadi meh saya tonyoh facial di muka you, nescaya masa depan kita bersama adalah lebih cerah.



Tak semestinya kena pondan camni kalau nak jaga muka and buat facial.




Cuma nak nampak macho begini apabila kulit tampak halus lagi mulus.



Bincangkan.
Siapa setuju lelaki juga wajib jaga kulit? Mana achi perempuan aje.
Dan para lelaki, adakah anda jealous melihat kulit lelaki lain yang gebu dan bersih? Kulit muka ya. Kulit muka.

Friday, 18 March 2011

Awesome Things in Other Countries

What is it about travelling that excites you?



For me it’s about seeing people living their day-to-day lives so differently from what we are used to in our own country, under our own norms and beliefs. As much as I love going to historic places to see what life was like for the people decades ago, I also love to explore what life is like; as off right now, in various parts of the world. Whenever I travel, one of the things that I’m keen on observing is how people make things work; how they make use of technology to help them in their everyday activities. A lot of time I experience using their way of getting things done, say for example; a simpler way of eating a pizza without dirtying our hands, and go hey that was awesome okay, why didn’t we think of that?!



Awesome!




Can we also have this awesome invention everywhere already? Because sometimes normal trolley is too big for such a small space, and I can’t limit my groceries just because my hand is about to tercabut from carrying the basket.




I always compare their efficiency with our own and what can be adapted into our system (obviously am a big dreamer, but hey it’s a start), especially when experiencing their public transport.




Scan this code with your smartphone and you’ll have Germany’s train application that tells the arrival time, route, ticket prices. Awesome!







In Hong Kong’s MTR, just refer to the LED lights to know your route and the next station. Can I hear another; awesome!




People really follow these arrows and no one gets in the way of exiting passengers; Hong Kong’s MTR. And if you notice, there’s the auto glass door which means, not only no one can cross the railway, the train really stops at the exact spot it’s supposed to. You won’t find yourself standing at the kengkonon entrance but the train stops further away LOL.




Besides that, I observing and learning about their culture; and I’m not talking about the dances and traditional costumes. But more on the way they interact with one another, their moving pace, work attitude, and common courtesy on which some might leave me thankful (for what we are practicing) while the others opened my eyes to what we are lacking.






China’s workers are extremely efficient because there are too many people in the country and no one is willing to lose their jobs. The moment your bottom touches the seat, they’ll serve you like a king.




Indonesians love entertainment and providing entertainment.





I love paying attention to family bonding culture too. Is it the father or the mother that holds the child when they are out and about? Who walks in front and who pays the bill? How many children do they usually have and does the teenager still go out with their folks? Sometimes I see just the father and children having a fun day out, and think to myself we don’t often see that in Malaysia.



Going places also made me realize, if I were to enhance my learning experience throughout all these travelling, I must master the basic of the local language. I mean, yes the language barriers could be fun for a while, but I know I can gain more if I can understand what’s everyone around me is saying or have a decent conversation with the person sitting next to me on the train.



My advice (to myself as well); once in a while, be a traveller, not a tourist. Live like the locals and experience their public transportation, street food and etc. Prior to that, master the basic of local language. But hey, if the idea of being a tourist excites you more, especially on a free sponsored vacation, you might want to brush up on your ciao, bon appetite, and adios for what I’m about to tell you.




Whooo… wants to enjoy an awesome 8 days 7 nights trip in cities of Italy?!




Thanks to a contest by the awesome Sunkist *imagining their orange juice, salivates*. All you have to do is purchase the Sunkist pack with the word ‘AWESOME’ and take an awesome picture with it and then submit your awesome photo here, link. Honestly, with such an awesome prize, it’s not gonna be easy. But there’s always the weekly prizes for weekly winners (RM500 each week) and RM100 for highest weekly voters.





Try to be more awesome than us first! *provoke*



Found anything awesome about other countries? Share please jangan kedekut.