Cats who teach me to fly…

Mel and I went to Universal Studios last Sunday. Luckily it was not crowded. Before visiting Universal Studios, I had always dreamt of entering a castle. When I looked at the castle from far far away, I thought it was a museum or something is happening there. To my disappointment, the castle is just an attraction for people just to look at it.

Talking of “Far Far Away”, I saw Shrek and Fiona. Knowing that they are just a cartoon character, still I could not conceive the excitement in me. They were so real, standing right in front of me. Felt like slapping them to assure myself that they were real.

We saw Shrek, Dragon, Donkey, Pinocchio and Puss in Boots in the above photo. I did not see Fiona. Otherwise, it would have been perfect. This photo was taken at the parade which is held only on weekends. The parade was not as grand as the one I saw in Disneyland, Paris. Perhaps Singapore is just too tiny.

The first thing when I got into Universal Studios was to look for the Transformers ride. Universal Studios really makes everybody’s dreams come true. I felt that I was far far away from the hustle and bustle of city life.

Mel and I paid an additional $50 each for an express ticket. Mel said that I am impatient to wait for rides and thus suggesting an express ticket:p. So the waiting was less than 5 mins for the transformers ride.

The ride was fantastic and was the best ride I ever had. I felt like one of the characters in Transformers and Bumblebee and Optimus Prime were just fighting right in front of me! I was completely astonished. Though Megatron was a villian, he was all so real too.

When I got out of the ride, I asked Mel if there was another ride which was similar to Transformers. She said yes and brought me to the “Revenge of the Mummy” ride. I was all excited again. I thought it was another 3D ride.

It was not a 3D ride. However, it was exciting too. I nearly puked after the ride, feeling nauseous and a little giddy. Look at how fragile I am. Knowing my condition, Mel brought me to “Far Far Away” to watch a short Shrek 3D movie. I still felt uncomfortable after the show. Since it was still early, we went for a live stunt show. It was called the “Waterworld”.

After the live show, we decided to have lunch. We ordered a plate of rice to share. Knowing I couldn’t eat much under such conditions, I drank a can of Coke to help get rid of my nausea and it worked. I was normal again.

Once we got out of the restaurant, we saw characters from “Madagascar” singing and dancing. Do you know which character I like most? It’s Gloria:). She is just so adorable. Look at her!

She is all amazing and sexy, isn’t she? She looked so cute in her Hawaiian constume. Oh, we caught the Madagascar 3 movie a few days ago in the cinema. It was fantastic and funny and somehow touching. Mel and I took a photo with Gloria too. I am going to set the photo as a wallpaper on my ipad. Why is Gloria sooooo adorable?

Next we went to another live performance which was the “Monster Rock”. I didn’t quite like it.

Oh! We went to the “Lights, Camera and Action!” choreographed by Steven Spielberg. I put my heart to watch the whole stage on action. I want to feel how it was like to be a director sitting right in front of the camera. Every set up was so real. I was thinking to myself at that moment that I can also make my room into a small little universe too:).

Mel went for Battlestar Galactica: HUMAN vs CYLON ride. I didn’t ride. Not that I was afraid of the rides. It was the discomfort that I hate and I don’t think I enjoy such rides anymore. Mel was brave. She was ok. No nausea or giddiness. Very strong huh! She was all happy about it!

We had a light tea break and went for the “Donkey Live” show. It was quite entertaining.

We had another hour before the parade starts so Mel decided that we go for the Transformers ride again. Our express queue can be used only once. So this time, we had to queue and the queue was really around 45 mins. Just in time for the parade.

We have taken a lot of photos and these are the few that I want to share.

Li Ning Singapore starts this Tuesday and I am looking forward to watch the live matches at the stadium!