Sara said yes! Bachelorette party with Leggo @ Mandarin Oriental

Disclaimer *Posting this draft I had since 2021..can't believe I missed this post argh.

As I'm writing this, she has already gotten married and moved to JB 😅 My super late update in 2021 as I am currently again, in another Lockdown due to covid. 

We were super lucky to be able to spend a lot of time together before another MCO. I booked 2 rooms at Mandarin Oriental on the 10th and 11th April, the last weekend before Ramadhan as Sara planned to get married on the 3rd of Eid (which got pushed due to MCO 😂 - again)

 

I wish we had our rooms on the higher floors but these are fine too. 

I'll update more photos if I can, I..somehow did a stupid thing which made me lose all 7k photos I had aiya..

xoxo

 

Japan Trip October 2018 - Day 8 - Tokyo Night Photography Experience & Shibuya Crossing

This will be a very short post 😅 I just wanted to share the lovely photos we got from our photographer during this experience. We found a photography experience in Tokyo under Airbnb where we could get a professional photographer to take our pictures in hotspots in Tokyo and especially in Shibuya. We were pretty excited however the sessions start around 7pm, hence we decided to stroll along the Shibuya street and to try the famous crepe.

p/s: this whole quarantine thingy has been affecting us all mentally :(

Japan Trip October 2018 - Day 6 & 7 - Shinkansen to Tokyo & Disneyland Tokyo

We had a blast in Universal Studios Japan and also sore feet the next day. We didn't realize that we walked almost 15k steps that day alone. So we were already planning to sleep in the shinkansen and explore the place nearby our Airbnb in Tokyo. 

We actually circled around the place for quite some time since the subway exit is confusing! 

Decided to dine at Malaychan, we crave for Malaysian food after 5 days. Typical Malaysian LOL

We don't have that many pictures in Disneyland, I would say probably USJ is better compared to any Disney's theme park simply because it feels like it is more mature. Well, Disney is..300% cute. 

xoxo, 

the shortest post i wrote (in 5 mins)

Japan Trip October 2018 - Day 5 - Universal Studios Japan (USJ)

Like seriously, I can't believe I have been procrastinating writing the favourite part of my Japan trip. With the car accident and fever, I can't wait to write this post the most! 

P/S: I couldn't upload my pictures and videos since the iPhone somehow has a different format from my windows laptop. So recently I purchased Mac and hence explained why I suddenly got the urged to continue writing this post. This draft has been kept for so long! 

9th October 2018 (Tuesday)

So we started the morning early, getting up as early as possible, I'm wide awake at 6am. We went out at 7am to take the earliest train. Universal Studios Open at 8.30am and it means that we have to be there before that! It is not surprising that even on weekdays, the theme park was so crowded. I have been doing my research months before buying the tickets, and I have been dreaming on going to USJ literally because they have the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, considering that I'm a Potterhead, it was...a dream came true!

I vividly remembered us being so excited early in the morning running! I wouldn't say Disneyland is the happiest place on earth, for me its definitely USJ =) 

(I tried to attach the video of people running (RUNNING ...SERIOUSLY) when they opened the park. and a lot of them ran towards the Harry Potter world but there's an error on downloading them so I'll try to do it again later. So, guys, you don't have the time to study the theme park map there! do it before or else you'l' have to queue!)

The famous car! As soon as you enter the theme park, run to your right. Then you'll see the familiar trees as in the Harry Potter movies, just run along with other people.

Well of course I studied the map months ahead to make sure we got the best from our limited time there. When the park opened, we quickly ran towards the right of the park where The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is. Now the tricky part was identifying the entrance. We nearly got lost and almost lose our chance of being the earliest while queueing. 

Universal Studios Japan Park Map

 

My tips would be..run as fast as you can, take pictures along the way so by the time you're done with your rides, you will get the chance to leisurely enjoy the park. We're so lucky to have a sunny day during our trip, all of our pictures turn out great!

There is nothing better than to be able to ride an attraction twice! When we first got into the park we quickly queue for Harry Potter and the forbidden journey 3D ride. Although we also bought our fast pass, we decided to use it later in the evening for the same ride. 

When you got off the ride, you will enter the shop where they sell all of the Harry Potter merchandise. Bring a lot of money if you are a Potterhead like me. 

*Some of the merchandise sold in Filch's Emporium of Confiscated Merchandise

After that, we went to queue for the next ride which is Flight of the Hippogriff

The best part is that this is an outdoor ride, so if you have time in between the screaming while on the roller coaster, you could actually get a whole view of the park. Well, I certainly didn't! 

Then we went to Ollivanders to buy a wand so we could actually try to cast spells in 8 designated area in the park.

Well, you know that feeling when this is all you remember about in your childhood and finally to be able to experience all this :') not crying, you are. 

Honeydukes is what I expected it to be, the brightest shop amongst all Harry Potter world. I didn't buy anything from here though (most of them are snacks) since I'm Muslim and I couldn't read Japanese, so I skip buying these. 

Later we head to the Three Broomstick to have our late lunch/early dinner before going to wait for the night parade. During our trip, it was early October so Halloween is around the corner. The night parade has an additional showcase of zombies and ghost. I mainly sit around the corner or near the entrance of any shops so I can straightaway flee every time I saw zombies coming 😂

Memories at the Three Broomstick restaurant with the castle as the background 😻

We decided to head back at 8pm since we need to depart early in the morning to Tokyo and didn't want to risk missing our shinkansen. 

xoxo, 

Ayie 💞