so the premise is that today was disneyland day, and david, jen, dewi and i were there from 0930 until 2300 today. that, and i took lots of pictures.
here are some great lines from alladin musical that we randomly went into and turned out to be surprisingly good. and these are all uttered by the genie.
"oh snap girl, you didn't!"
"you know, if your last name were peppershaker, you'd be SULTAN PEPPERSHAKER!"
"you look good in your dress from up close... but you look better from JAFFAR!"
"a princess marrying a street rat?! that's exactly like britney spears!"
"you are getting married? that's quicker than tom cruise and katie holmes!"
great genie, great musical. if you go to california adventure, definitely go see that.
david wanted to try the new space mountain, so we did. last time i went to disneyland was about 10 years ago so i don't really know what things are. but as we were waiting in line, i remembered perfectly: exactly ten years ago, my family and i were at disneyland waiting in line for space mountain without having the slightest idea that it was a rollercoaster ride, which both of my parents hate. all hell broke loose. my sister was crying, my mom's hat flew off somewhere, and i was shocked. first rollercoaster ride ever.
now, armed with years of physics knowledge, i bravely stepped into space mountain and actually enjoyed it. i had much faith in the conservation of energy device and the only thing that frightened me was the fact that it could anytime turn into a projectile motion device. but putting aside that fear, the ride became very enjoyable. the ironic thing was that since that fear was the only fear i had, the ride became not scary at all. we rode it twice, the first time i had my OH-SHIT look during the final drop, but the second time i managed to give my ZZZZ-drools look. much like the following:
went to innoventions and saw asimo. it amazed me how smooth that little shit could move; it was almost frightening at the same time. it could walk up and down the stairs smoothly too. honda has definitely achieved something great.
i also took some movies of asimo, but due to my lack of knowledge on movie editing, you will have to tilt your head to the left to watch this, and i suggest you mute the volume, because the sound is pretty shitty.
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fireworks was great because dewi and i get to mess with the park people who were trying to regulate the flow of people. basically we were told to keep moving, but everyone just decided to NOT listen to the park people and just kinda stood around watching the fireworks and completely ignoring the screaming and yelling park people. dewi and i were doing the exact same thing but they decided to be annoying too by waving flashlight in front of our face, so we moved. THREE STEPS TO THE RIGHT. then we stopped again and enjoyed the fireworks until the next annoying park person arrived to wave flashlight at our face again. we repeated the process several time until the fireworks eventually ended, but the best part was watching visitors arguing and bitching at the park people.
i approached one of them, a girl, and offered, "how about i take over your job, that way i can actually watch the fireworks?" which was then responded by something completely unexpected, and caught me off guard.
"please? i'd pay you, too."
inner laziness took over and i was completely silenced. then i walked away thinking "shit."
star tours was fun. they had yoda, too.
dewi and i had coffee for lunch, while david and jen decided to try out the clam chowder. this was their reaction; you decide for yourself how it tasted:
if there was anything that made my day, it was the fact that some parents love their kids so much they would do just about anything to protect them, including treating them like dogs.
poor boy. i hope this does not scar him for life.
interesting things happen all the time when i go with jen and david. today was one of them. david and his sisted bought a stone in disneyland, and it's supposed to be carved with their names, so we went to look for it. took a while, but we finally found it. here is the stone:
and here is david with the stone:
jen, being the abusive girlfriend that she is, decided to pour water on david while i was taking this shot. then david, being the abusive boyfriend that he is, decided to take revenge. he managed to tackle her and got his revenge:
and jen ended up wet.
indiana jones was a cool ride. too bad the line was extremely long. even with the fastpass, it still took about 5-7 minutes walk before one can actually get to where the cars are. but i liked it, especially the indiana jones theme song playing. i would not mind going on that twice or more next time i go to disneyland.
switching to california adventure, jen insisted on going to the tower of terror. david hated drops, but he's whooped, so he went anyway. i don't like drops either. in fact, i hate rollercoasters, but i was curious enough to go on this one because i would like to experience something that einstein could only experience in his mind: being in a free-fall frame. david said it would not be free-fall, for various reasons, but then it would be lame. so i told him that if his foot or butt gets off the floor or seat, then it is most definitely free fall.
it did.
our butts were suspended in mid-air for about a good half a second on the first two drops. the last drop, however, we were freely falling for about a good two seconds before the seat started to press against the butt and deceleration took place. that's about a 20m-drop, which is about stories. imagine that: two seconds of free-falling and you've already passed through six stories of a building. frightening idea, and i guess that was why david was holding on to jen so tight and screamed like a woman. i was too busy thinking about free-fall frame and general relativity to be able to scream. damn physics, taking away all the adrenaline and enjoyment from me.
just for fun, i borrowed jen's bobblehead hairband thing.
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