An educational bit of while we were in Los Angeles. No, going to iHop is not the educational bit.
Tag: adventure
N.E.mation: Universal Studios, the VIP Tour!
Why yes, going to Universal Studios is part of the “win a chance to go to the USA” bit in N.E.Mation. Not only that, we got on the FREAKING VIP TOUR! GASP! GASPTASTIC MAX.
A note.
If you are ever thinking of going to Universal Studios in Los Angeles aka Universal City aka where they freaking make the shows and movies, I would advise you to get the VIP tour tickets.
They’re much more expensive than the regular tickets but it is so verily worth it since you finish EVERYTHING in one day plus get catered food and exclusive access to some places with it.
If you’re just going to be there for one day and not to return to Universal until years later or something, just get the VIP tour tickets.
Another note: This is going to have quite a lot of pictures so if you want to see bigger details, just click on them and they’ll enlarge!
With that, let’s begin.
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N.E.mation: Load and Lock
And so I got to tag along with the champions of N.E.mation 6, 2012 to the USA aka Hungry Monsters from Dunman High! Here they are with their teacher in charge. We departed from Changi airport, terminal 3 on 2 June and that’s when our journey started.
Moving forwards in time!
It’s getting confusing for us since we’ll be heading to New York tomorrow. That’s 3 hours forwards from our current time in Los Angeles. This will also be the last post before I get back to Singapore! It’ll be super packed for us in New York since we’ll be finishing up our days there with museum and studio visits!
For the past two days, we’ve definitely hit Disneyland…
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art aka LACMA…
And Sony Pictures Animation studio! That one was in a super secret location…
ANYWAY! See you guys when I’m back in Singapore. Which would be a in less than a week!
The Story So Far… A teaser
Hey everyone! We’re doing pretty well and the weather’s pretty good! It’s like being in air con but… outside where it is sunny. So far we’ve gone to the Los Angeles County museum of Natural History…
To the Santa Monica pier/bay where the beach looks wonderful and there’s shops and a theme park on it…
And the California Institute of the Arts! We checked out more places but well, you’ll have to check the N.E.Mation facebook wall for the photos we shared to see them as we upload! Catch you later everyone, we’re going to Disney tomorrow! Wooooh!
Spore-con 2012!
Spore con is getting better and better every year! Held at Pasir Ris East Community Club, it’s quite a far off place to get to but there’s lots of participants and attendees going there since it opened in the morning at 9am!
I arrived at around 10.30am so close enough. We had a panel on writing speculative fiction in one of the rooms there.
Jo has more about this in her post here.
We’re here!
From Terminal 3 in Singapore, we travelled to Narita airport in Japan!
Then to Los Angeles airport! That was… wow, how many hours was that? I can’t remember, 18 hours? WE TRAVELLED BACK IN TIME! It was Saturday when we set off in Singapore and now it is Saturday here in LA!
And now we’re here at the hotel! It’s 11.26pm now so goodnight! Tomorrow we’re heading off towards the museums or science centres here.
This has been a short N.E.Mation post, whil I have time/wifi. See you around next post! I’ll be posting a super long one after the whole adventure!
I’m going AFK in the USA!
Will be back on the 14th of June. So comments will be put under only approval before it shows up in posts so that I won’t let any accidental spam through.
I have a post scheduled on Monday as usual! Heh.
Also, I’ll be posting a few short blog posts while I’m in the USA because… IT IS MY NEMATION TRIP! I’ll have a big post at the end of it but I’ll try to post as much as I can while I’m there because the activities and places we’re going to are pretty fun!
See you guys back on the 14th. Don’t worry about your comments, I’ll approve them (not that I get that many) eventually when I’m posting my short blog posts!
In the USA.
I am now Miley Cyrus.
The Hunger Games… Vouchers… and Diablo 3?
Like The Hunger Games? We’re holding a competition and an event at the central library!
Yes! The Hunger Games Singapore, Liyanaland and us from the HSWG will be hosting it. Click the picture for a larger version of the poster. Mainly though, you can RSVP for the event here. The competition itself will let you win Hunger Games merch and books. There’s the:
- Short story contest (500-2000 words) – Tell us how life in the Capitol would be like. Open to all.
- Costume art contest. Two categories: Above 16 years old and under 16 years old. Design a tribute costume with a short description of your entry. 800px in jpg format.
For both competitions, send it to DENG_Anqi@nlb.gov.sg with the email titled “Hunger Games Short Story Contest 2012” or “Hunger Games Costume Art Contest 2012” by 9 June.
The event itself will be on 17 June from 2pm to 5pm at the central library! Yes. Feel free to dress up as the characters too.
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Win Book Depository Vouchers!
Also, do YOU want to win Book Depository vouchers up to $20? Liyanaland has a competition on her website here for more details on that. Seriously, if you like buying books especially from BD, go look at it since the competition is super simple.
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Dog Days Are Over…
Volume 2 of Real Escape Game Singapore just ended. Considering this is posted on Mondays, yep, it has ended. Volume 2’s episode was “Escape from the Werewolf Village” and ran from Friday till Sunday at *scape warehouse.