TBT: Disney World & Disneyland in One Day!

Hey guys! Happy Thursday! I know you probably would rather hear "Happy Friday" instead, but look at the bright side! Just one more day!!!

You're probably wondering if the title really means what it says it is... YEP! Mr. M and I went to both Disney World in Florida and Disneyland in California in ONE DAY!!! This has been something we wanted to do for a while, sort of a Disney bucket list. This was on our last day of the November trip and it was a last minute idea. We realized that we still have a little bit of time after we landed at 9 PM in LA. We were hoping that Disneyland would be closed at midnight, since it was Veteran's day, but it closed at 10 PM instead, which meant we only had an hour to get from the plane to Anaheim. We had our doubts, but we made it just 15 minutes before it closed! Well, enjoy the pictures!

TBT: The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights at Hollywood Studios

Hey all! Sooo sorry it's been a while since my last post! >< There was a mixture of a short summer break (so I was a little lazy) with a mixture of "Ohhh crap! School is starting and everything is due!!!" Oh boy... first week of school is always the toughest... This quarter I'm taking 4 online classes and 1 in-class. I was very nervous after reading the syllabus that it's going to be a tough quarter, but so far it's been okay... Wish me luck!!!

Anyway, continuing with the crazy frequent trips to Disney World pictures, this is the second day of the November 2012 trip. Mr. M and I started off at Magic Kingdom to pick up some Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom trading cards that you can get for free once a day at the fire station on Main Street. After that we met up with our other crazy Disney couple friend at Hollywood Studios to see The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights. It was amazeeeeballsss!!!! Everything was sooo pretty!!! And it was snowing too!!! Afterwards, we headed back to Magic Kingdom to have dinner inside Cinderella's Castle (you don't get to say that everyday... lol). Had some good food and took pictures with Cinderella and some of her Princess friends. Enjoy!

TBT: Christmas Tree, Animal Style!

Hey guys! It's that time of the week again! Throwback Thursday! How's everyone's week been going? Mine has been slow lately at work... But I have a feeling it's about to blow up soon! Well I'm just really looking forward to my 4 day weekend next week for 4th of July, and yours truly's birthday! I can't wait to celebrate it at Disneyland with Mr. M and spend some time with my friends!

Anyway, this is from our third WDW trip of 2012. We went during Veteran's day weekend, which was actually only 2 weeks after the October trip, and it was awesome! Hahahaha! I know, we're cray cray... We caught the last few days of the food and wine festival at EPCOT, and the Christmas decorations were just put up that weekend! It was also a half marathon weekend, but we didn't participate, we are this year though! Enjoy the pictures!

TBT: Remaining Days at Disney World

Happy Thursday!!! How's your week been going? Mine's been great! You know why? Because I just survived my first quarter as a full time student and full time worker! xD It hasn't been easy of course, and I do not handle stress well... Poor Mr. M... I took out my stress on him during my finals week >< But nevertheless, I got through with it and so far I've gotten 2 As. 4 more quarters to go until I graduate!!!

Anyway, here are the rest of the pictures from our October 2012 WDW trip. There's some goats, more foodie pics, and Mr. M taking a nap. Enjoy!

A day at the water park

TBT: Halloween Time at The Magic Kingdom

Hi everybody! Happy Thursday! And you know what that means.... Throwback time! Since Mr. M and I were there during Magic Kingdom's Halloween event, we decided to dress up for the whole day! I dressed up as Minnie Mouse and he dressed up as Goofy! I know what you are all thinking... Why Goofy??? Minnie is supposed to be with Mickey! Well, I'm not sure how much truth is in this interesting story, but apparently Minnie has been cheating on Mickey with Goofy! I looked like a total cheater the entire day >< But it was still a fun day, seeing all the different Disney costumes that people wore. We also ate at Liberty Tree Tavern for dinner and at the time, they had a special Thanksgiving feast meal, it was DELICIOUS!!! Enjoy the pictures!

TBT: EPCOT's International Food & Wine Festival 2012

Hiya folks! Sorry it's been a while, my schedule's been super hectic with projects and finals coming up... >< But just two more weeks of spring quarter and I'll survive my first quarter as a full time student and worker!

Anyway, more catch up post! This is from the same October 2012 trip that Mr. M and I went for our 5 year anniversary. We were there during the food and wine festival at EPCOT and OMG! Everything was sooo good!!! They had booths set up all around the world showcase that has different small plates and drinks from different countries. If you're planning a trip to WDW, I definitely recommend to plan it during this event, and you'll probably need 2 days in EPCOT so you can try out all of the booths. I hope you guys enjoy all the mouth watering pictures =P

FBF: Mr. M and I Celebrate 5 Years

Hi everyone!

How's everyone doing today? TGIF right? Sooo ready for a 3 day weekend! So since I forgot to post this yesterday for Throwback Thursday, I'm so glad that there's such thing as Flashback Friday, lol. This is from our trip last October to WDW, it was to celebrate our 5 year anniversary. We arrived in the morning because we took a redeye flight. The first thing we did was to hit the water park! We've never gone before so it was pretty cool. We chose Typhoon Lagoon because they had a shark reef attraction where you can swim in a salt water pool with live fishes including sharks! Anyway, after the water park we had to get ready for our anniversary dinner at Victoria & Albert. Here are some pics from our dinner!

Im Back!!!

Hi guys! I'm back! I know I know... I haven't been consistent with this blog... >< It's been too long! Right after the last few Disney World posts Mr. M and I went on a several more WDW trips and it was getting difficult to keep up with that and my school work... (first world problem, I know...)

So let's play a little catch up! Right now I am working and going to school full time. Actually I'm in class as we speak! My group and I are supposed to be working on our power point presentation, but we're procrastinating a little bit, haha. My schedule's been pretty hectic lately, and on top of that I got pretty sick just last week during another WDW trip, and that didn't help... Juggling work and school full time is no joke, and that's why my diet's been going down the drain. But if I can tell you one thing about myself, is that even if I get discouraged at first, I usually end up surprising myself by accomplishing goals that I really set my mind to. The most recent example of that would be... I completed my first half marathon!!! I love how my first was a princess theme ^^

Disney World Trip 9/2012 Video

Hey!!! I'm on a video! This is the video Mr. M made from our trip to Disney World. It's his first time making one but I gotta say, I'm pretty impressed! Enjoy!

Love, Jess

Disney World Trip 9/2012: Day 3: Magic Kingdom

Good morning everyone! I can't complain about Mondays right now because I am currently "funemployed" lol. Today I will be going to Disneyland for the whole day again with some of my friends! I hope it's not crowded at all so we could ride the Radiator Springs Racers... Yesterday Mr. M and I wanted to ride it but the wait was 2 hours long! Yea, I don't think so... it was way too hot to be waiting in the sun. But anyway, here's the pictures from day 3. It's our last day at Disney World, but since our flight wasn't until 6 PM, we went to Magic Kingdom first. It was raining pretty hard and my little umbrella kept getting turned over >< why didn't I bring our ponchos instead... But it stopped around noon until we left, so I guess it wasn't too bad. Plus we got a sunny day for Magic Kingdom last year. Enjoy the pics!

The sight of the Cinderella Castle is still amazing in the rain...

Disney World Trip 9/2012: Day 2: Hollywood Studios

It's Sunday Funday! I went to Disneyland today and it was fun! Still very hot here in LA but it's cooling down. I'm going again tomorrow too hahaha... Seems that I can't get enough of Disney! Any who, right after Animal Kingdom aroudn 3-4 PM, We left to go to Hollywood Studios. This park is very similar to CA Adventure because the new renovation at CA Adventure resembles Hollywood Studios. Both parks also has Tower of Terror ride, but it is slightly different. Here are the pictures, enjoy!

The park's castle is the sorcerer hat haha

Disney World Trip 9/2012: Day 2: Animal Kingdom

Hello! How's your weekend going? Mine's good, but I wish I'm back at Disney World... Anyway, here's day 2! We decided to go to Animal Kingdom first because Hollywood Studios opens until later. Last year when we came to this park, it was raining really hard, so we didn't spend much time there. Thank God it was sunny this time! unfortunately I'm not made to be in a super humid environment... The whole day I looked like I just came out of the shower and my hair was flat and lifeless. If only Florida weather was like California weather... Anyway, enjoy the pictures!

Disney World Trip 9/2012: Day 1: Epcot

Hi everyone! Happy Friday! If you recall from one of my birthday posts in July, Mr. M and I have just upgraded our Disneyland annual pass from a premium to a premier! That's the pass for both Disneyland and Disney World. We couldn't wait to use it, so when we found a fairly cheap flight for a weekend, we started planning! That weekend was last weekend. We took a 6 AM flight from John Wayne Airport on Friday to Houston, Texas, then changed flight to Orlando, Florida!

The Good Idea

Hello everyone! So if you've been reading my blog, you know that I've done several 5k runs. My first one was last November, the USC prostate cancer run.

Good Idea, Bad Idea

Hello world! Yes I still exist, LOL! I'm sooo sorry that it's been so long since my last post. A lot of personal things happened and I just couldn't get myself up to write anything. Beware, this is a super long post! But I promise it might come in handy! On a lighter note, I hope you like the new blog layout! I was only using a template before and though it was nice, it wasn't very original. So here's a simpler one and more me. =]

Did you ever watch Animaniacs when you were little? It's a cartoon show about a lot of different side stories. One of my favorite was this skit about good ideas and bad ideas, and it was the first thing that popped into my head when writing about my "coming back" post, hahaha.

Birthday Dinner at House of Blues

Hi everyone! I realized that I haven't finished my birthday story, actually this is the last part of it. After spending all day at Disneyland, I went back to the car to change into my birthday dress. Then I met up with some of my friends at House of Blues in Downtown Disney. Funny thing, I was actually going to make my 21st birthday there. Here are some pics that my two photographer friends took, enjoy!

NSV: A First Time S6

Happy weekend!!! Update on my weight loss journey! By the way, NSV means non scale victory. I finally got my self into a size 6 pair of jeans!!! This is the smallest size I have ever been! Well maybe since I was like in 9th grade... Yea I know, I was big already. The thing is, when I was little, I was really skinny. To the point where you can see my rib cage.

SD Comic Con 2012 Part 3: True Blood

Happy Friday!!! Phewww... Finally, part 3! Right after the Vampire Diaries panel, it was time for True Blood. There was another small break and this time Mr. M stayed in our seats so I could look for one closer. But still no luck, because I think the people in the front has been there all day. So I went back to our seats feeling defeated. But then I thought, it's only my first time there and I go to see the mail panels, so I guess it's alright.

SD Comic Con 2012 Part 2: The Vampire Diaries

Good morning! Ready to read all about part 2 of my first time at SDCC? After Mr.M and I parted ways with N & G, we headed over to ballroom 20, where they usually have panels for the really popular movies and TV shows. What I really wanted to do at Comic Con was to watch the Vampire Diaries and True Blood panels. Because these are the main panels, my friend suggested that  we wait 2-3 hours before hand. Since the Vampire Diaries panel was at 3:30PM, I thought going around 1PM should give us enough time. But since we were finished with shopping at 10:45AM, we decided to go early anyway, just in case. Wow, that was a smart move. The line was so long I didn't know if we were gonna be able to go in there in time. While waiting in line, the girl in front of us dressed us as Kitana from Mortal Kombat, and she got a lot of picture requests. Then N & G called us to let us know that they were going to wait for another big panel. It was for WB's showings of their 5 upcoming movies and the Iron Man 3 Panel. We finally got in at around 3PM and got to watch the last half of the American Dad panel with Seth MacFarlane and the rest of the cast. They were extremely funny. Sorry if the pictures are bad quality, I had to zoom from my seat ><

The American Dad Panel

SD Comic Con 2012 Part 1: Exhibition

Hi every one! So on Saturday, Mr. M and I along with our two friends N & G, made the trip out to San Diego for the 2012 Comic Con. I'm a nerd at heart, so I've wanted to go for a long time, just haven't found any body to go with. I grew up reading lots of comic books, mostly Japanese love stories, Doraemon, and of course, Sailor Moon. Also I'm a big Anime fan. But I've noticed that over the years, Comic Con showed a lot of popular movies and TV shows, including my absolute favorite, Twilight, True Blood, and The Vampire Diaries. So I was excited to read that the cast were going to be there. It was a long day! So I'm going to have to divide it in 3 parts. First up, the exhibition!

What time is it???