theme park frenzy

I actually had a whole long blog written out a couple of days ago. But when I tried to add pictures and stuff, my entire blog got wiped out. Yup. Just my luck. So here I am, trying to write about the past two weeks...again.

Anyways, I finally got the chance to visit Disneyland! My bf, roomie and I met up with my bf's sisters there, and had one full fun filled day. Everything there was so colourful and full of life! We saw the classic Disney characters, went on the rides (adult and kiddy), walked from one themed park to another.The Indiana Jones ride was super fun! And ooh, if you ever go to Disney, you've gotta try Space Mountain. Two thumbs up, I say. The ride is not scary, but it's very very nice. It's an indoor roller coaster where you're blasted off into space and go twirling about in stars! And the music really pumps you up. We enjoyed it so much, we went to get Fast Pass tickets for the ride again. Fast Pass tickets are meant to save your time so you don't have to wait in the long line everytime. So they give you a time where you've gotta return to go on the ride, and you go in the special Fast Pass lane. So our return time was between 10 to 11pm.

So we walked around some more, took pictures, and just felt like kids again. And at night, it was time for the fireworks! And that was one helluva firework display! The best I've ever seen so far. Everybody was filled with awe and all you could hear was 'Oooohhs'...and 'Aaaahhhhs'. :) It was really really nice. They had it at the castle, and there were light displays on the castle as well. And Tinkerbell came flying from a mountain nearby too. Haha. Right after the fireworks ended, we started walking back toward the Space Mountain ride. After like, 2 minutes of walking...we were wondering...hey, why is everybody going in the same direction too? Isn't the exit the other way? So we got excited by all the bustle and running, so we started running too. Haha. Looks like we weren't the only ones who had the idea of going on that ride before we went home. By the time we reached, the line was already super long! Good thing we had Fast Passes! Haha. So one last ride...and then it was byebye Disneyland.

The three of us got kinda psyched about the rides and all, so we decided to take it one notch further. Magic Mountain. :) Exactly one week after Disnyeland, the three of us drove to Anaheim, which was about 1 hour away from Westwood. As we approched the park, we could already see the rides from far and *gulp* they looked scary!! We started walking around the park to check out the rides. My bf (who was supposed to be the most chicken of us all) wanted to get on ANY ride we saw...while my roommate wanted to try the milder ride first. So we finally ended up going on Riddler's Revenge. And man, that was a mistake. We couldn't see the ride before we went on, so we didn't know just how scary it was gonna be. This was a ride where you're sorta sitting on a seat as big as a bicycle seat...and your feet juuuuuust brely touch the ground. So you're half sitting, half standing. And before we knew it, we were shot off into the sky. Up up up then whooooaaaaaaaa....twirls and loopy loops and up and down and left and ride. I was so scared I didn't dare to open my eyes!!! And that made me even more dizzy...toward the last 15 seconds, I seriously felt my cereal churning in my stomach! So after that, we were all still kinda dazed by the ride, so my roommie and I decided to sit the next one out while my bf, the daredevil, went on the next ride 'Scream'. He kept calling me chicken after that. Hmph.

After that, we went on rides like Batman, which was one of the milder ones...and then we decided to go to the latest and main attraction, Tatsu. My roommie said no, uh uh and off he went to a differnet water ride. Haha. After waiting for an hour or so, we were finally strapped into our seats. At first it looked like the seats on Batman. Where the car was basically hanging from a rail and you sat on a small seat with shoulder straps and stuff. But before the ride started, we felt our butts being lifted into the air and we were face down! Then we started the slow climb up...usually during this climb, you'd be looking at nothing but skies, since you were sitting facing front. But this time, you could see all the people on the ground, getting smaller and smaller....and there was basically nothing between you and the ground. (!!!!) Before we could even take in the beautiful scenery we saw, everything became a blur. We saw skies, ground, skies, trees, up down, round and round. It was crazy!!! But super super fun. And the shoulder straps were super comfortable and secure. Heh. Anybody who needs some thrills in your life, go ride Tatsu.

We also went on rides like Superman, where you're accelerating so fast and then get shot off into the sky...where you see SUperman right on top of the tower....rides like Ninja, Revolution and oh, also water rides! We got soaked but dried off pretty quickly as it was HOT that day! I got a major tan just from walking around that day. Even after putting on sunblock and sunglasses and all. Heh. Yes, it was even hotter than in KL!! But the weather has cooled down a bit here in LA. Gets pretty chilly at night now. Which is good.

So, yeap. That was my two Wednesdays in a row, back to back. Heh. Work wise, I FINALLY finished my copying gig for the musical thing. After sitting in front of the computer for like 8 hours non stop everyday, I finally finished extracting all the parts and sent them to the composer. And since I ended up doing more work than I was supposed to, he compensated for my time and paid me a lil extra. :) whoo hoo! And I should be getting more work after the musical is done, as he has more songs to be transcribed into Finale and all. So, yeah, I'm pretty much set for a while.

As for my lil doggie, my bf and I finally decided to stay in our current apartment. It was getting too stressful and it was hurting our relationship. But we have a short term plan though. He just started working in school and is going to try to keep that job through school. And I will be starting my internship somewhere around mid September. I will be focusing more on trying to get a job that will actually give me a work permit once my Optional Practical Training is done. Yes, that might mean a 9 to 5 office job, but as long as it's related to the entertainment industry, it won't hurt. Any sorta experience here helps. Once I have THAT secured, THEN I can slowly hunt for composition gigs to do part time. But anyhow I'll be needing the full time job to support myself here...without asking ol Daddy oh for money every few months. Heh. So once I find a job...hopefully sometimes next year...then we can hunt for apartments again, since at that time, I will have proof of income and all. And then we can get Vader back...since my bf's family has been so nice to look after him for now, we plan to get a puppy for his sister when we eventually take Vader back. Heh. Why not get a new puppy myself? Nahh...I'm still attached to my Big Boy...and I miss him so much! But right now, school and work comes first.

Alrightey, I'm getting hungry. So I'll leave you guys with some pictures and I'm off to hunt for food! Cheerios!