Alton Towers @ Staffordshire, UK: Awesome Dry & Wet Themepark for Familia

Before the year 2014 comes to an end, I ma gonna blog to recommend about this theme park which I think is best for the whole family to relax, enjoy and bond themselves closer together! :) ♥

On the way to Alton Towers, County of Staffordhire, UK from Birmingham. It took us an hour and a half drive there.

Passing by Hawthorne Close, the village area to get to Alton Towers.

Shop houses at the village area.

The front map shows some magical of Alton Towers Resort

Now, back to ma grandmother story telling....:P
Well, when I was having my summer holidays in the Europe, guess what?! 
I got to stop by Alton Towers during the weekend! wheeeeee~

At first, my elder bro was suggesting to be it on a weekday, so we may predict to be able to enjoy more rides, cause as we may all know, it might not be that packed during weekday. 
Woahh, I ma tell you that it was freakin' packed with humansss on weekends (babies, kids, teenagers, big small adults)~ LOL~

Regardless if you're a kiddie, an adrenaline junkie or whatever it is you might call yourself, I think this place which is located at the county of Staffordshire, United Kingdom (under the flagship of Merlin Entertainments) has a lot to offer! :D

From my search, the theme park has been opened for almost 3.5 decades since 1980, can you believe that? Just 2.5 decades after Disneyland California has been opened.

I was told that this park is opened at a village area, in order to develop the village place. I think this is a great idea. 
Besides, one will get to see green pasture along the way there, and I really think that it's really breathtaking & refreshes oneself, unlike the city centre! One may develop the area, but don't totally destroy the whole mother nature ya! ;)
I believe that both the city centre and the village area have a lot of things to offer, just in different ways.

Welcome to Alton Towers, at the entrnce to the magical land!

At first, upon hearing this name "Alton Towers", I was like judging the book by its cover. I had this thought that went on like this, "What is that Alton thang? Nice? Oh, a theme park like Disneyland ar? Really? Sure?" 
I've learned to be damn critical these days, especially when ppl you met or came across acted so critical. Eventually....... you will become like one. wth~ haha~

What do you need to know? Some tips for you guys, in order to be able to enjoy to the fullest, one may need to plan well too. Just like at work. wtf. LMAO~

The whole map for your planning.

My big kid has been there before with his colleagues. He took me there as his second time. So, he told me that he kinda know the way to it. All GOOD!

The view you see. when you entered the entrance. Overlooking Alton Castle.

We wanted to start at the Sonic Spinball roller coaster as this was the first roller coaster we saw quite nearby to the entrance. However, there were too many ppl queuing up. 
So, we went further to the park section known as the Dark Forest area. Trying to queue for Rita, when we queued halfway, we've been told that it's undergoing an emergency maintenance at that time, something wrong was spotted with its rides. They were doing some testings. We continued to wait and wait. I think we had wasted around 45 min waiting and the maintenance was unresolved. We walked out from the queue and went to the TH13TEEN roller coaster ride nearby. Supposed to be an eerie feeling-kinda ride as we rolled through some total darkness under tunnel. It was like a blackout moment for just a few seconds. I supposed it wasn't that scary and that this ride didn't bring on much adrenaline rush to me. LOL! Anyway, it was a good start off I think. ;)

Next, we went to queue for a bit at the Katanga Canyon section. We wanted to go for another ride,recommended by my big kid, called Congo River Rapids (I think...trying to refresh my memory), however, it was totally closed for that day, one hunk working there was standing directly in front of the entrance stopping anyone entering it. 
We went on to the oldest roller coaster in the park, Runaway Mine Train. Oklah. another ride to acclimatise ourselves. hehe~

Then, we went over to get ourselves wet at Mutiny Bay with the Battle Galleons water ride! 
We got on this boat as pirates. There were several boats circling the allocated area and we would need to keep shooting other boat riders and the passers-by on land with the mounted water guns, just like the pirates bombing others. Otherwise, you'll get wet instead cause the other pirates from other boats and those passers-by could stop by to shoot you back with the mounted water guns on land. It was like a time to release all your stress and anger on ppl that were not related to you! Everyone was like willing to shoot and be shot. LOL~ 
I ma tell you, we were all soaking wet and I got my legs bruised up coz I was trying to hide myself at the bottom while trying to shoot those enemies~ YOHOHO~
Later on, we went for another water ride, it was made like a bathtub, The Flume~ 
Each family gets to have an individual bathtub, without sharing. It's privacy when it comes to making your business at the toilet, right? lmao~
It feels and looks like a safe ride, coz even kiddies went on it. A bit of an adrenaline rushed though as we just only got to hold on tight on the railing at both sides in our bathtub as the water gushed us down our ride. I could feel that my heart was pouncing out and then pouncing back for a minute. lol~ I'm a bit chicken at heart but I still wanna play to enjoy myself. I told my big kid to grab me tight on my waist using his knees in order to make me feel secured, as he was just sitting at the back of me. However, most of the time, during the rides when it was like gonna fall or roll down, he liked scaring me by laughing and talking non-stop. shhheeesh~ haha~

Next, we went on to get our wet self dry now. We chanced upon this castle called Hex- The Legend of the Towers. 
It was about this crazy chained oak story, just the kind of ghostly environment that was trying to spook you out. You enter into this dark area with clips about the story of creepy science and ghost story. The feeling while I entered the area really made me had more expectations, thinking that some ghost will pop out at anytime soon. NOlahh..no such thing. then later you will be led to the this seats like you're gonna enjoy some 3D or 4D experience. The whole so called tower room will try to turn you into madness slowly in 360 degrees. A motion room to be exact. That's all. Anyhow, it was wayyyy better than the one I experienced at Ramoji Movie World, in Hyderabad. *seriously*

Then, it was time to enter the Duel- The Haunted House Strikes Back. This was really fun and unscary. hehe ;) 
We went on a slow, dark ride, sitting side by side with each other. Then, just concentrate shooting lasers towards the lighted up LED lights in green or yellow. There were graphics, freaky dolls and decorated ghosts on walls. Red means someone had shot it. So, this LED lights represented the lives of those ghosts. I totally had no time to fear for anything, just wanted to shoot them down. haha~ 
You can also see your scores,just in front of your seat too. 
I scored around 21000 points, not bad for a newbie right? ;) When I got on, there was the points of the previous rider, it was shown less than 1000 points. That was why, we said we were not bad. LOL~ *self-praise*

Finally, we went for the terrifying rides at the Forbidden Valley. Got into the Nemesis:Sub- Terra. Some drop towers housed indoor at underground. It was like the army-military kind of thang with some hunky-strict-actors leading you with their "yellings" into this underground maze experience. Then later, we took our seats and enjoy some dropdown experience in the dark, saw some graphics of the alienated huge egg exploding with some irritating thang poking you at the back of your waist and there were some kind of shredded paper feeling trying to ticklish your legs while the dropping experience was in placed. LOL~
I only discovered that I have this underground phobia thang cause immediately I got out from there, I was having this kinda mild puking feeling. After that, Alton also has the Nemesis roller coaster ride at outdoor. My minor puking had gone to a bit severe. darn...but still wanted to force myself to go on with the next forbidden ride. Terrible me ~.~

Too much of story-telling, me & the sub-terra fighter tank picture found outside the Nemesis section.

The Air, the flying roller coaster.

I fully recommend this Air ride, supposed to be known as the flying roller coaster too. I headache was quite great and  could just stare at the ground while in queue. My big kid promised that this was the best. I think I will call it a momentum-less kinda ride? as you wouldn't feel a thing, just flyingggggg.... You will be seated then tilted at 180 degrees until you're lying on your tummy before the ride totally started. Honestly, I was a bit worried thinking about the safety to be dangling like that, scared that I would be thrown away. 
I think, final verdict - safe! 
The worker also took time to check twice to make sure that our seatbelts clicked correctly. 
To tell you the truth, I really salute those families who brought their semi-paralyzed teenagers/ kids on wheelchairs. They actually went on these terrifying, adrenaline rushed rides with us too! 
I've seen quite a number of them, while I was there for one whole day. 
The theme park is made in such a way that it's also for those ppl in wheelchairs. Wheelchairs friendly. Kudos! 
IMHO, even though you may be paralyzed, the sky is still not the limit. :)

The Ripsaw, ripped your heart out if you open your eyes during those ride. :P

We did stop by to hydrate ourselves with some bottled drinks. We actually had a very light breakfast. So crazily enjoying ourselves and refusedto have lunch. 
The terrifying rides made us all had headaches eventually. hahaha~ 
One mistake we faced, next time, make sure you eat something, but not too much and not too little as well!
Too much will make you throw up. Too little, will make you feel hungry later, and get headache or motion sickness IMHO.  

Our last adrenaline rushed ride was Ripsaw, at nearby to Air. I just closed my eyes during those ride. Opened it when I was at mid-air for a few seconds. Otherwise, I will puke out my drinks due to my headache. LOL~  It took us for a 360 degrees ride. To add on it, it had a mini 360 degrees turnaround while doing the big 360 degrees turn. I couldn't feel the mini 360 degrees as I was closing my eyes. Too headache to feel the mini circles turnaround. LOL~

Stopped by a restaurant which served fish and chips. I supposed it didn't taste good and the fish wasn't fresh as well as it smelled a bit fishy kind of smell. It didn't have any weird taste though. So, no need to complain. Places like this, one may not expect the restaurant to be specialised in serving fish & chips. The price was expensive than the usual price too!
What to do, need to have late lunchhhh. But we shared our meal, luckily. Had choco drinks to ease the headache first. Big kid had beer~ *sigh*

CBeebies Land

Before the clock struck 6pm, we got onto a kiddie Treetop ride as big kid and small kid at CBeeBies Land to sum it off as our Alton Towers day affair! jajajajajaja~ 
It was simply relaxing and there was no age limit. 
I felt a bit embarrassed though as I felt guilty towards all the kids queuing behind us, although big kid wanted to try on it so badly before leaving the park~ :P 
Well, it was truly a park for everyone, indeed!!

I went there without much expectation. But it turned out that it was really a "Disneyland" in UK, unexpectedly IMO!!! 
I have not been to a disneyland before, but my senses are telling me that it is really an awesome place here in UK too. 
Disneyland is just another one of those broadly franchised and advertised attractions. Wait till I get my feet to step on disneyland, and I will do more justice for both~ 

I have tried to gather some news/ information about any mishap or unwanted accidents to see if it did happen at this theme park before. It was mostly just minor thang. I think the management and their team take things seriously & responsibly to maintain & upgrade their theme park especially on those rollercoasters. All these dangerous rides, if one were to take things lightly, it might bring unpleasant impact to everyone. 

Therefore, I'm keeping my fingers crossed so that they will continue to maintain their magical theme park and I hope to go back there again next time :)

Individual admission price is quite expensive, I supposed.
So, coincident, we saw a promo from the cereals. And so we got our special discount from Kellogg's cereals box cut-out.
Buy 1 free 1. I think it was a great, don't you think?!
They even plan for the Halloween & Christmas 2014 event, with some fireworks, I guess.
Get yourself ready and visit to this theme park with your family!

During the summer when we went, they opened the theme park until 6pm. 
I've been following its updates in facebook, it seems like they have extended their opening time. 
As for me, it would be wayyy better if we get to enjoy on all rides. XD

One bad comment was, our parking bay was located at the section "H" area (if i could still remember freshly on that particular alphabet) and it made us searched for "H" for almost an hour over at the parking area. We've been walking round and round at A, B, C, D, E, F, G....and H signboard was really hard to find. It was getting a bit darker and we were all so tired. Thus, because of finding this parking lot at a tired moment, we bickered along the way as how could we have lost our way in such a huge parking area. This wasn't a pleasant moment though.
Lastly, we decided to ask at the hotel resort reception, and finally we found it as according to the guidance informed to us. It turned out that the H signboard was hanging slightly lower than the rest of the other alphabets parking section area. :/ 

Some green pasture pictures, on our way back, real farmville.

Sheeps grazing the grasses ;)

The beauty of sunset.
I believe that light gives me hope, even as the day draws to a close, not only sunrise could give hope, sunset could also gives you hope for another day, which is tomorrow~ (my own quote, do you think it sounds nice?)

City centre view, back in Birmingham.

Till here, see you guys in Alton! ;)

How to get here:

Alton Towers 

@ Staffordshire (County in the West Midlands of England)

Opening hours:

10:00 - 17:00

(Do check on their website at www.altontowers.com as I think it would differ during Summer, Winter and etc.)

Edgbaston Indoor Market @ Birmingham: The Fresh Seafood

Fancy eating some fresh seafood when you're in Birmingham, Britain? 

Then, head to the city centre's indoor dry market~ :D

Anyway, I like eating seafood and moreover Penangites like me, always have an easy access to seafood as we're living nearby the sea (just like Venice is in an island by itself and surrounded by the sea). 

My plan here was to hunt down for some huge & reasonable priced fresh oysters (the powerful aphrodisiac from the sea) caught from the English channel.

The exterior look of the Indoor Market, located just across the street from Bull Ring.

When you're in Britain, do as the Brits do. with the Great Britain flagsssss.... ;)
Here at the indoor environment, you can find meat stalls selling poultry meats too apart from seafood stalls. There are several stalls selling the same kind of items too.
So, you can choose whichever stall you are fond of to buy your fresh food from.

Stopping by at the Gary Barlow's (kidding~ he's an English singer & song-writer, used to be from Take That group in ages ago) stall to buy some fresh fishes.
You may read from the blue signboard which says A.J. Barlow.
I was told by my sis that their fishes are fresh and they are selling a whole lot of varieties here.
Cheers to them (the friendly fishmongers showing their peace sign).~ ✌

These are some of the fishes that they were selling at that day.

Next, now it's my turn to grab some aphrodisiac to make me an Asian Aphrodite (the Goddess of Love, Beauty & Sexual Rapture)~ lmao~

We got a dozen (12 oysters) for £9.25 (take out).
So, technically, 1 oyster was equivalent to  £0.77, which was 3 cents cheaper than buying it individually. lol~
If I were to convert to Malaysian Ringgit (RM), it would be RM 4.23/oyster. It's around the same price in which I could get, back in my home country. OK, I will tell you guys later if those oysters were really worth the price I paid or did we get cheated. :P Stay tune~~~
Not sure if these were the cheapest one could get in the city then.
Since I wanted to eat it, then no choice la. Take it, or leave it.
The lady who served us wasn't that friendly though. ugh~ :/
It would definitely be nice and brighten up the customers' day if one served them with a smile. From that, one could attract more customers too, right? :D

I got a bit confused at that time and I thought this sumuri flavoured lobster tail was really from the lobster. Actually, when we purchased it, I just realised that it was a flavoured lobster. So, it's a fake one!! Aiya~~ foolish me~
Luckily, we just got one to try. I was and am still tempted to eat lobsters.
I could get flavoured lobsters at anytime & anywhere.

Fancy how to open the aphrodisiac oyster? Follow the steps above, just like my oyster expert did it. XD

1. Get ready your oysters & a screwdriver.

2. Break open it using the screwdriver at the middle of the oyster, the place where the two shells connect with each other. (You may need a lot of strength...biceps, triceps...lol)

3. When you're almost there, then you may use your hands to open it easily.

4. When you've successfully achieved that, use a spoon to scoop the fresh oyster out and squeeze either a cut lime or lemon (to kill any microscopic microorganisms attached to the oyster)

Yum Yum...here's one of my fresh oyster!
Damnnn, they were all so juicy and sweet as if you've added some sugar in them. Believe it?! Unbelievable right?
To compare, usually, the fresh oysters I had in low class or high class restaurant hotels, they were all tasteless and you may also need to shake a bit of Tabasco sauce (prepared by the restaurant hotel) on it before eating, apart from the lemon squeeze.

We bought a pot of sweetened herring to try too. I think it was around 1 pound something.
It was not bad la. Tried spreading on a slice of bread to eat it together.Otherwise, I fancy that the taste was too strong.

Some real nature flowery decoration along the Bull Ring side walk.

Zoomed in effect of the nature shot.

That's all about the Indoor Market, fresh seafood & Aphrodisiac. Cheers~ 

Wicked Musical @ Hippodrome Theatre, Birmingham: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz

While in the UK, I took the opportunity to go for this musical performance called Wicked at the Hippodrome theater in the Birmingham City Centre which my sista bought for me as a gift. :)
I had no idea what it would be all about as I only know from the surface that it's related to the inside story from the Wizard of Oz.
So....it turned out to be an awesome, interesting musical performance! =)
The whole performance lasted for almost 3 hours and was conducted by Dan Jackson~
I particularly like their costume designs (medieval flare dresses/ gowns) and their musical songs too.

                                     The banner at outside the theater.                                         

The signboard which list out all their casts and with their roles.
Apparel - simple solid green blouse type of shirt from Dorothy Perkins
Flowery pattern leggings from Uniqlo.

At the theater, looking at the Emerald City stage. :D

The summary of the untold story IMO goes like this (I think the musical performance and the book storyline differ slightly, as informed by google search :P. Anyway, the storyline performance was for an entertainment. So, don't bother that much.):

Glinda, the Good Witch (she studied about magic too and holds a wand in her hand), imo, she's the one who will dress up like a Cinderella. LOL~  She's the rich and pretty girl in school and therefore, everyone looks up high upon her and likes her.

Elphaba, the so called Green Wicked Witch (physically she was borned in green colour and she always dresses in black colour apparel). Since she looks green in colour and also looks differently than others, sure enough this will make ppl around her to despise her, thinking that being friends with her will bring bad lucks to them. Even her father thinks the same cause apparently her mother died during the delivery of her. But then, actually, she is (and still am) a good hearted person.
The wicked witch has a wheel-chair bound sister named Nessarose.
Later, she casted a spell to enable her to walk (that's when Dorothy's red coloured magic shoes came in).
Her sister's love interest, Bog, was turned into a Tin man btw.

Both of them, good and wicked became good friends in university at first as they were also room mates. Then, eventually they became rivals because of having the same love interest for a guy whom both have interest for, Fiyero (who is turned into The Scarecrow, to be disguised later on. That's how it got related to The Wizard of Oz). However, the guy realised that he actually fell for the Wicked (so fairytale. LMAO~).
So, through all these, Glinda's popularity, personality differences, misunderstandings and without confrontation, they became enemies within their hearts and in the eyes of the public.
Lastly, they managed to solve their misunderstandings but Wicked requested Glinda (since they are still good friends) to promise not to expose both of them (Fiyero & Wicked) to the public that they are still alive. Wicked appeared to be killed and vanished along with Fiyero by Glinda.
It ended with the citizens of Oz rejoicing and celebrating while Glinda was actually mourning secretly cause she would never see her good friend again.

Here's the list of some musical songs which were featured in the Wicked performance and you can bet that they were actually good to the ears:

1. Defying Gravity 
2. For Good 
3  Popular 
4. What Is This Feeling 
5. I'm Not That Girl 
6. As Long As You're Mine 
7. Dancing Through Life 
8. The Wizard And I 
9. No One Mourns The Wicked 
10. One Short Day 
11. No Good Deed 
12. Wonderful 
13. Thank Goodness 
14. Something Bad 
15.Sentimental Man 
16. Dear Old Shiz 


That's all for tonight~~ Good night!

Flying with SIA: Penang to Singapore & Singapore to London

Today, I will blog about my flight via the Singapore Airlines. 

I was on my summer holidays in the UK. I just decided to take leave (supposedly to claim my annual leave & it was approved 3 weeks earlier before my departure. However, due to some management problem, I had a last minute thingy changed to an unpaid leave. wth~ 
If I knew this would happen, I would take a longer unpaid leave...fts) and be a hawt nanny for my nephew & do some holiday thingy as well too.
Anyway, I bought my flight tix around 1 1/2 months earlier, so unfortunately, I didn't get to buy those tix at a cheaper price. Besides, it was almost fully booked. :/

I will blog more about my flight meal with SIA and how much I enjoyed the food served.

The Silk Airlines from Penang to Singapore.

 Flight from Penang to Singapore was via Silk Airlines. It is a subsidiary or a sister company to SIA. Silk Airlines is a smaller aircraft which serves shorter distance destinations (from my understanding).
Flight journey was around 1 hour and we were served a warm delicious chicken puff and a small plastic "glass" of orange juice (cannot be entitled as a cup cause there weren't any handles for me to hold but in a transparent plastic container which looked like a glass).
Sorry, no pic taken. Sometimes I do feel weird that I keep taking pictures. Ppl might be thinking that I'm a crazy person? Actually, nowadays, a lot of ppl like taking pictures. Just that one hardly notice them. But anyway, pictures are taken (particularly for some special occasions) which are for me to do some bloggings in order to improve English, recommend places of interests and for memory keeping.

For your information, the whole flight journey was in the Economy Class la. Next time, when my life is in the higher status, I will go for a Business Class flight then. *dreaming*

Me in the Sky Train to the Terminal 3 airport area. At the back of me is also another Sky Train which is going to the moon. :P

When we've arrived at the Changi airport, it was at the Terminal 2. However, since the next flight will be departing for the international flight, we had to change to the Terminal 3 by using the Changi Sky Train.
Well, one thing that I dislike was that the transit time was just for 1 hour and to get from Terminal 2 to 3 needed to use another form of transportation which was the Sky Train and that the Changi airport is a huge international airport. Therefore, one needed to walk for a distance to get to the next departure hall. What if you have got a senior citizen person with you?!
As I was traveling with my mother, so, I was facing this difficulty. When you've managed to reach the terminal area, you have got to pass through the security search checkpoint too. Imagine if there were a lot of ppl. We will definitely missed our flight.
I didn't inform in advance for the caddy airport service cause I wanted my mother to exercise.
This was the crazy experience that I had to face. LOL~ *what an experience, it will teach us that time and tide wait for no men* :P

The huge airbus fetching us to London Heathrow airport.

SIA flight from Singapore to London was serving the International food and a mixture of Chinese style food too (referring to the menu). The journey lasted for around 13 hours long.

My journey was started with a refreshment (I was waiting to get myself tipsy in order to make myself sleep> LOL).
I ordered the cocktail specially created by the Singaporean called the Singapore Sling to try it off. It has the concoction of of dry gin, Dom Benedictine, orange juice, liquor, cherry brandy and some squeeze of lime & pineapple juice. It was not bad for a first try. But mostly, the taste was overpowered by the liquor, orange juice and the lime juice, I would say. Anyway, it also depended on the flight attendant's skills in mixing the cocktail.

The menu. I think the menu will be changed after every month or so.
Overall, the food was good. I swept all of the food completely clean. So, what do you think about the taste of the food would be? :P


I love the cold dish starter, the Thai spicy seafood which was some shrimps & cut squids with some glass noodles salad.
I chose the beef goulash with sauteed vegetables with steamed potatoes. I took the bread to mix with some goulash sauce to eat too. *yum yum*
The petite glass served was my request for the Chardonnay white wine. *cheers*
After that, I ate the cheese and crackers.
Lastly, after everything has be walloped, a few moments later, I was served the tiramisu (if I'm not mistaken, I can't remember already, no pic to support too) ice cream separately.
Then, just drank the plain water to end my hearty meal.

Overlooking Thar desert in India!

Can you tell where were we now? ;)

Overlooking the London Eye and the great River Thames~

A fleet of the Virgin airlines~  We've reached Heathrow!



The meal was served around 2 hours before touching down at the London airport.
This meal was without any pic taken. A bit lazy by then though. I ordered the panfried chicken in basil sauce with roasted vege and potatoes. me & my potatoes. gonna be a couch potato soon. LMAO~
Actually I would prefer the pork over chicken but i wouldn't want to have the rice. If only I can mix and match. darn~
And again, I love the appetiser cause it had the marinated yummy shrimps. :)

All in all, SIA is actually a good airlines which I like about all these while (apart from MAS), with their flight services from the indoor services, their cleanliness of the wash cubicle and seating to the punctuality of their departure and arrival time. However, (sometimes) you might be served by some ego & proud attendants as well, seeing that they might have known that their airlines company is well-known across the world.

Caffè Bene @ Ground Floor, Gurney Paragon: Sweet Tooth for the Sweet Souls---> Desserts :)

Caffè Bene, a famous Korean coffee house chain outlet has reached Georgetown, Penang. Yayyy~
The popularity of this coffee house outlet in Korea is similar to the US Starbucks Or Coffee Bean.
I think I prefer to refer to it as dessert house cause they are selling a whole range of desserts, apart than coffee.
If I'm not wrong, one could find this kind of outlet at almost everywhere when one visits Korea.

The newly opened dessert house outlet.

So, this coffee house has just started its operation exactly 3 weeks at Gurney Paragon mall, the latest happening mall in town which is located at Gurney Drive.
Besides selling coffees, they also sell desserts like ice-shaved dessert, the Korean style, waffles, tea and ice cream.
If one is S.T.R.E.S.S.E.D out in life, all you gotta do is have some D.E.S.S.E.R.T.S :)

The queue. Since it's still new and I guess that there were lots of stressed out ppl, I had to queue for like 10-15 min in order to get to the cashier counter to place my order. lol~

Since it's about desserts, I went to check this outlet out last week.

This is a display of their ice-shaved dessert called Bingsu. This shall be my next target when I visit them again next. I want the green tea Bingsu!! XD

The ice-shaved dessert.

The desserts for the sweet souls. Are your souls considered as sweet?
Then, you're at the right page. LOL~ ;-)

Currently they are doing a promo for their latte.

 I ordered their special latte, which didn't have any relation to any coffee flavour. Mmmmm.....one must be wondering about it. Well, I'm not a coffee person, so, the name doesn't bother me much.
Their lattes are sooo special and they are called the Misugaru flavour and the Sweet Potato flavour.
And currently they are doing a promo for this latte for customers to try them out or to test out their drinks. Buy 1 free 1 latte (until 30 September 2014).

Misugaru latte (left side) and Sweet Potato latte (right side)

The drinks were really fragrant and extraordinary, unlike the normal tea flavour. Misugaru flavour is made from the Korean multigrain which has rice, sesame and soybean in it. And the other sweet potato drink has the sweet potato smell and taste in it. Both drinks tasted creamy with some melted marshmallow flavour, I think.
Overall, it was tasty and me likey!
If you think that you may need some water to drink after having your sweet desserts or drinks, there's a corner prepared with a jug of water for you to self-service.

That's all for this week. Good night!

Wilber Pan in Penang @ Gurney Paragon: Album "Clown" (小丑) 2014 Promo

Hej hejj, sorry for my long absenceeeeee...I just got back not long ago from a month-long summer European trip! hehe~~ and I've been busy occupying myself with a lot of sleeps. XD

Okay, right now I'll be blogging about my encounter with an idol whom I've known (I know about him, unfortunately he doesn't know me. LOL~ aaaawwWW, one sided love) since a decade ago.
Actually, in general, I once used to idolize lots of singers & actors..such as Korean Rain, American Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Taiwanese Jerry &Vanness called F4 and many more... that was in my teens.

A bit of history which I observe all these years of my life. So, 20 years ago, Penang was just a town, not so popularised as compared to now....and I remember that 15 years ago, singers from the UK 911, American group 98 degrees started to stop by doing their promo in Penang after stopping by in Kuala Lumpur, the capital city for Malaysia.

Anyway, this Wilber Pan, a Taiwanese singer whom I think is really popular currently in Asia. He is an American-born Taiwanese singer, in which I just got to know about that. I liked a few of his songs in the past. After that, I never bothered getting to know about his updates for a decade.
It was just a couple of weeks ago when a good friend of mine informed me of his appearance which will be at a latest happening mall in Penang, Gurney Paragon on the Malaysia's National Day!!
This is like a lil' part of our silly dreams came true again, just to see an artist after sooo long (we call that for actors/actresses who are singers as well, not so much of the art painters of artists)?!
We used to chase after an American-born Taiwanese actor @ singer Vanness Wu who came over a decade ago to Penang, too. He was her idol, but I was just accompanying her to join in her escapade. ;-)
Eventually, I got myself excited too. LMAO~
Now, she is organising this event. hehe~ cool right?!
I was like ohh, cool, Penang is just an island, a small state in Malaysia indeed, but....it's now a popular destination for holiday goers and I bet it could be in the running, to be comparable to this island of Singapore in the near future too.

The stage for Will to perform.

The crowd started to crowd the area in the evening.

The banner for him by his great fans.

The crowd was waiting for him at the other floor levels.

Me selfie with the stage!

His first appearance on that stage!

Apart from him on the far right, there were the host and the fans participants to dance on a short dance for his song.

His album signing appearance on the stage for the second time.

His avid fans....with cardboard made emitting light of his name, with special fan club t-shirts worn on them and bla bla..:)

I can't believe that in such longgggg years, I haven't have the chance to chase after any artists since Korean Rain held his concert in Kuala Lumpur which I needed to travel for at least 4 hours by bus to see him.
Now, I feel lucky that an artist came to me instead, in Penang. Yayyyyy & Cheers~.~
Of course, I must blog about this. haha~

This latest album of his, Clown (I went to youtube search on all this album and I find that most of his songs are not bad, nice but it's in Mandarin language though! Well, I'm not a Mandarin speaking nor listener (I can listen maybe a bit lahh) but I can tell you that music is universal. Agree with me right?
His style can be in the pop, ballad and hip hop genre & I'm an eclectic person anyhow!
If I'm not mistaken, he's a talented person (that's why i like him) and most of his songs are composed and written by him! :D

A collage of me and all~ woot woot~~

Gurney Paragon mall by night view to end this blog! Adios~
(pictures shot by Samsung Galaxy S5 mobile phone)

p/s: There's a short dance clip of him teaching his avid participant fans on how to dance his Clown song, in which I shot. So, feel free to click on the title of this blog to view. Cheers~