One of the much anticipated attractions here in Singapore, the Universal Studios will be opening it’s door officially on March 18, 2010. I am very excited to see it. I have seen the Universal Studios once in Paris when we were still living in Europe, it was our very first vacation. It was one of the best times in my life.

… that was seven years ago. I was hoping to see it again. I thought I would have to wait a very long time, travel several hours by plane to see such a cool park again but now we don’t need to go on an Orlando vacations to see these cool movie theme park. It’s just a 20 minute drive away from us.

Universal Studios Ticket Prices

Adult*(Ages 13 to 64) – 66

Child*(Ages 4 to 12) – 48

Senior*(Age 65 and above) – 32

Hours of operation
Weekdays: 9:00 hrs – 18:00 hrs
For this soft opening period, operating hours on Sat, Sun and Public Hols are: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm

What I can say is that I am grateful for having a good life and wonderful husband…all I want now is my baby.

I don’t really know yet what I am going to do for my birthday, we will certainly not be celebrating it in some fancy Toronto hotels unless somebody sponsor me and my family to do that.

I was thinking of cooking and inviting few family and friends here but then again I thought it’s my birthday, I shouldn’t be working so Ithought of just going to my favorite restaurant with hubby and my brother … still choosing between Serenity at Vivo City or to Fish and Co.

Nowadays, mail boxes are also filled by spams – all kinds of advertisement, it’s really annoying. I already get so much spam on my inbox and then I also have to deal with them offline.

I can’t wait to live in the middle of nowhere because I am sure when I open our Residential Mailboxes there, it would only contain letters that are really important.

I have been to Finland once to help out my brother- in- law build a house. I was  very excited to go there as that was my second trip within the EU countries. We stayed for a day in Helsinki.

It was a sort of work vacation for us. Well, we really didn’t got paid or anything but we did it just for fun and to help him out. We went to Saimaa, it’s a four hour drive from Helsinki. We stayed in a Mökki. It’s an house built with tree trunks. A mökki normally has a traditional Finnish sauna, a barbecue area, and is usually nearby a lake where you could easily take a dive or explore the lake with a canoe.

It’s so wonderful to be so close to nature. If you want to visit Finland stay in a Hotelli for a day or two but make sure you explore the surroundings.

2005 El Nido Palawan Ati Atihan

The Caribbean islands is just  surrounded by sheer beauty and it has everything one needs in a vacation. I would certainly love the relaxed pace of the island life, just being by the water and swimming whenever we feel like it.

There’s so many island in the Caribbeans, you will never run out of things to do. If you want peace and quiet, I am sure there’s an island there that can give you that. If you want activities, they have all kinds too.

But if I were to go there, I will go to the Cayman Islands. I want to check out the Turtle Farm they have there, that has  zoo and a breeding farm for the endangered green sea turtle.  I am also curious to see  the Conch House, a sweet little cottage with 2,000 pink shells that almost resembles a gingerbread house in the tropics.

When we arrived here, we stayed for 3 months in a serviced apartment in Orchard , all expense paid by the company. Great great time, free lodging and we dined out every night for free too. Ahhh the good old days.

Us three years ago

me with somebody’s Lamborghini

During the first two months we did house hunting. We didn’t find a place we liked immediately as most condos here are small, not enough to put all the stuff we brought with us. We eventually found a place, a landed house to be exact that’s big enough. It had 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. In front of the house was a pre school, I didn’t think that would be a problem.

We thought we really found a gem, what I realized later on was, the house was too big for me to clean and the noise from the pre school is irritating as hell. We were always awaken by crying children who didn’t want to go to school. Oh it’s just terrible. We survived for two years and then we decided it’s time to move, we need a change of environment and a good sleep.

We found a place we liked nearby the East coast beach park. We have been living here for a year now. I wish we had chosen to live in a condo in the very beginning. It’s so much better here. It’s nearby the everything, park, food establishments, and there’s even a convenience store right inside the condo compound.

And come June we will be embarking on yet a new adventure, we will be moving again but this time it’s for good. We are moving to the Philippines! I am very excited I am actually already looking for  long distance moving companies this early. I am  really excited about this move.

Will I miss Singapore?

Of course I will miss Singapore alot. I will miss the laksa , the duck noodles, visiting the Botanical Garden, the Jurong Bird Park and The Singapore Zoo and many more but anyway we are not moving on the other side of the world so I am sure we will visit once in awhile.

source: nydailynews

It’s my first encounter with cosplay peeps and I had fun snapping their pictures. You can see that they have been doing this regularly, they were all so relaxed in their costumes and even has props with them like a sword, balloon pet, cigar and etc. They were all very cute, approachable and friendly. It looks really fun dressing up. If given the chance I would give this a try.

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I wonder when the next cosplay event in Singapore is? I hope I am still here in Singapore by that time.

Thanks for all the Cosplayers that posed for me!

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