This is the ultimate New York post.
It’s going to be the longest ever cause we packed all these activities in three days before we left the USA.
As usual, to enlarge the photos, click on them.
First, we got ourselves a Metro card which is what they use there for the trains.
A note, some of the machines only take credit cards and it’s pretty annoying that you can only buy the cards or top them up one by one. There’s no multiple purchases like our own machines! Oh well.
And we’re finishing up in Los Angeles with a trip to Sony Pictures Animation! You can see them amongst the Hotel Transylvania characters, heh.
No fancy titles for this post. We’re going to Disneyland. Or rather, we have gone to Disneyland. YAY! YAY! That’s the tram to get there from the carpark or Downtown Disney which is quite a distance away!
An educational bit of while we were in Los Angeles. No, going to iHop is not the educational bit.
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.
Continue reading N.E.mation: Universal Studios, the VIP Tour!
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.
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!
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:
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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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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Ok so there’s this yearly blog awards that’s happening right now and a lot of people on twitter and such have pretty much said that they don’t fit in any categories (including me).
It’s always the usual foodie/lifestyle/fashion whatever blogs. Surely there’s more blogs than that! If it were only that, I’d be totally bored. So I decided to do this.
No prizes since this would the first time trying this out. Unless by the middle of this whole experimental thing, people start to donate prizes and stuff.
We’ll see then. However, with all the listings, we’ll finally learn more blogs than the usual ones we see in the news/media/linked to us. So that would be pretty neat, wouldn’t it?
For now, here are the deadlines:
Categories submission: 27 April – 11 May
Nomination of blogs: 18 May – 8 June
Voting of blogs: 22 June – 22 July
Alright, now I need YOUR help! I have planned down some categories but I know I might be missing out some, click on read more to see and also COMMENT with your suggestions!
The categories will then be finalized for the nomination of blogs on 18 May.
Continue reading The Singapore We’re Not The Usual Blog Awards 2012 – Categories!
It’s that time of year again where you ESCAPE THE WEREWOLF VILLAGE! We went to the first one and it was FUN and awesome in puzzle solving and code breaking. Here’s a teaser:
Check the facebook of Real Escape Game Singapore to get more info. Meanwhile, if you guys want to know which session my crew and others would be going for, it’ll be the 12 May, 7.30pm slot! Tickets run out quick cause really, it is that fun.
MEANWHILE, another challenge!