Travelog: Disney World

Before we went on our trip, we checked out the weather app to help us plan our days.

It was predicted that it was going to rain all week...

We were devastated, but still kept our hope up high for on our first day, it was predicted to be sunny for at least half of the day. We decided to go to Disney World first because it was the main point of our trip and we hoped to at least have a few pretty pictures there.

That morning, we woke up around 6:00 am and went out of our room at around 7:30 am. A chartered van was available at the resort we stayed in but it was scheduled for 10:30 am. We decided to fork out extra money to pay for a cab so that we could be there before the gate opened (we could not wait any longer, we were excited kids and we did not want to waste any of our time).

The entrance to the ticket counters.

Our magical pass. I wished we had Pluto or Daisy instead of two Minnie(s).

I picked Mickey because duh, he's Mickey. We took the ferryboat to go to Magic Kingdom because we were early and the monorail has not started operating yet.

 

Our ferry looked like this. Cinderella's Castle in the background.

  The entrance to Magic Kingdom. Let the memories begin!

As we were early, we had the opportunity to watch the opening show of Magic Kingdom. It was awesome! I felt like I was a kid once again, grinning the whole time, watching the characters I grew up with in real life. :D

These kids must be the happiest, all dressed up in their favorite character! We decided to pick a princess ourselves. I was Belle for the day. :P

We went to Disney World during off-peak hours. Therefore, we were able to get empty shots like this. There are pictures of me as well, but I'll keep that just for me to see :P

One of the lands inside the Magic Kingdom. This was the first we went to, hence the picture. I did not take pictures of the rest of the land's entrance because I just could not be bothered to take one anymore. So much things to see!

Aladdin's setting. HEHE I love Aladdin because of the soundtracks. It has the best songs. One show that we watched gave us the experience of exploring Disney with Aladdin on his magic carpet. Needless to say, someone cried (not me!) because her dreams came true.

This ride was awesome because of the abundance of Orlando Bloom lookalike in it. They looked so real and so handsome even though they were just mechanical robots... ♥

This was my first roller coaster ride, ever. It was not quite a thrill ride but it was good enough for a beginner like me!

Rapunzel's Tower.

A Rapunzel themed washroom. The interior was pretty as well but I was not creepy enough to do that, yet.

A short drama by Peter Pan and Captain Hook.

The casts: beautiful and handsome! It was so hard to take pictures of Mickey and the gang because they blinked all the time! It was a lot harder to take good pictures of them than humans. -_-"

The only picture of Mickey and Minnie that they both have their eyes opened. Who cares about their weird robotic poses...

This was the Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin ride. We queued for 40 minutes to get into this and apparently it was famous because it was an interactive ride. You were a space ranger and were required to shoot the enemies. Look, someone got bored and was caught red-handed on tape...

It did rain for an hour or so that night but it was a nice day all day long. The rain stopped just in time for the firework show.

The firework was magical... because I got to see the opening of every Disney movie for real.

I was happy that I got to be a kid once again but it would be much more awesome if I could have gone here with my family. Gosh, it was an experience that I wished I could share with all of my loved ones. Kids, mommy will save up money for you!

Trip to Orlando III

 I broke my fast around this time. Pretty sky, eh?

 Thunder storm view. It was stunning.

Our flight arrived around 9 at Orlando.

As soon as we arrived, we started looking for Ayu that has arrived earlier as she was in a different flight than the four of us. Apparently, she was having the time of her life taking pictures inside the airport because the decorations are just amazing...

Inside the airport.

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We checked in a hotel and unpacked our stuff later that night.

A drawer full of food for five girls traveling in a foreign country -- a necessity.

Trip to Orlando II

Our flight to Orlando had a transit at O'hare Chicago International Airport.

It was a surprise that minutes after we got off the plane, an American woman greeted us warmly after recognizing us as Malaysians. She introduced herself as Fajar (real name: Dawn, geddit? geddit?) and we were amazed that she managed to converse with us in a very fluent Malay (her pronunciation was a bit off but hey, we all do that, don't we?).

We found out that she lived in Malaysia over 8 years some time ago and managed to learn Malay then. She has been missing Malaysia and was excited to bump into us as she got to put her Malay language to use. I have watched videos of Belacan and Paku but to meet a foreigner that can speak our mother tongue well by myself is a first!

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While looking at the airport map, searching for the place to go, we heard 'Ha, cari ape?'.

We turned around and saw a man in suit looking over us. We introduced ourselves and found out that he's a Malaysian that just got transferred to O'hare Airport. 9000 miles away from home and we still managed to meet our fellow countryman. Small world, eh?

He was worried that we might miss our flight that he offered to escort us to the gate. He wanted to buy us Starbucks drink while waiting but we refused, just because. We were going to board the plane soon anyway and I guess, we felt a bit weird? Heh. Awkward kids.

But you know what? Our flight was delayed... -_-

Travelog: Trip to Orlando I

I am the kind of person who tends to not sleep the night before a trip.

I do not know if it is my excited hormones that are kicking in or just the fact that I like to pack at the very last minute. -_-"

On the night before my trip to Orlando, I was anxious that I might not be able to wake up for our morning flight. The fact that I was living alone at that moment was a dreadful moment too. Oversleeping was a primary concern of mine!

Therefore, I reminded everyone (like I always do, because I cannot trust one person enough) to wake me up or check up on me to make sure that I was on schedule the next morning. However, I did not really help myself because I was not quite done with my packing...

I skyped my family that night and packed in front of them (because I am such a lonely soul). My mom commented on my choice of clothes because she said I packed too many when in fact, I brought just enough to wear. Such an exaggerator!

I slept around 3:00 am before waking up for sahur around 4:00 am. Yes, I decided to fast on the day I was traveling because I only had one day of puasa enam left and I was counting days to that time of the month. I just could not risk the chance of not completing the deed (kiasu side of me).

However, all is well and I managed to be at the airport right on time all by myself! *pats head*

All packed and ready to go.

Sixth Semester

It's that time of the year, again. School!

This is my sixth semester (two semesters more to finish, hopefully!). School life has not been easy for me. I have trouble coping up and figuring out how the system works, but I am struggling and surviving. Nothing is not worth the effort, I'd say.

This year, I hope and will study for real. Put in all my best efforts and see how it goes.

Bismillah to a fresh start. :)