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!

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!

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!

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???

Pins & Premier

Hi every one! How's your weekend going? Today I am off to San Diego for Comic-Con. I've always wanted to go but heard that the tickets always sells out quickly. But this year I got the chance to go. I'll tell you more about it later.

Last Saturday Mr. M and I went to Disneyland to celebrate my birthday again, since we will be having dinner with some friends later on at night. We tried to be there when CA Adventure opens so that we could get a fast pass for Radiator Springs Racers and then ride it, but we ended up being 30 min late. As a result, the fast pass for the whole day, yes the WHOLE day, ran out, and by then, the wait for the ride was already 3 hours long... -.- major fail... It's alright though, we got a relaxing Disney day. Just walked around, had wine, and I got some new pins.

My absolute favorite pins

World of Color: Glow With the Show

Hi every one! How's your week going so far? I know it's only Tuesday, but before you know it it'll be Friday! so hang in there!

So after the delicious dinner at Carthay Circle Restaurant, some friends and I headed over to Mickey's Fun Wheel to wait for the special showing of World of Color that's exclusively for passholders that have registered for it. Each passholders also gets these new Glow With The Show Mickey ear hats! Don't you just love free stuff??? hahaha. So Disney has this new hats with lighted up ears that syncs up with other ears, Mad T Party, and the World of Color show. Not only that it just lights up, when I saw syncs, I meant it glowed with the show! the ears were the colors of the fountain and it also goes with the song! It was truly amazing... Especially being around every one that's also wearing the ears, because not every one is going to have the ears on a regular showing. So thanks for my Mickey ear hat Disney!!!

A Disney 4th of July

Hello hello! I know it may seem weird that I haven't written in a while and then BAM! Post dump! I think I'm going to write quick posts from now on so that I can write more frequently.

So last week was the 4th of July holiday and it was right in the middle of the week, a Wednesday. Some people were complaining why it couldn't be on either a Monday or a Friday, and although that is ideal so that we could have a 3 day weekend, I though it was kinda nice. Tuesday felt like a Friday so it gave the illusion that it was a really short working week, and Wednesday the 4th, felt like a Saturday. Although it was a little bit of a drag coming to work the next day, I realized that it was a Thursday and that the weekend will come in no time.

Anyway, the boyfriend and I spent the 4th at Disneyland, surprise surprise, lol. We can't help it, we have Disney fever! Well, more than before anyway...  I was a little bit bummed that the weather was really cloudy and chilly for a Summer. We started by taking a look at the Castle exhibition, then we had lunch at the Carnation Cafe, and it was our first time there. It's a pretty small restaurant on Main St. and it has just recently been renovated. When we were waiting for our food, the Chef greeted us. Chef Oscar is the current oldest cast member, since 1956!!! Here are some pictures from our day.

Red, White, & Blue!

Disney Early Preview Part II: Cars Land

Hello! I hope everyone is having a great weekend! The boyfriend and I just got back from Disneyland again, but this time we just went to CA Adventure. Had dinner then spent most of the night at Cars Land just soaking everything in again and rode Luigi's Flying Tires. I saw pictures from yesterday's opening ceremony and from some friends who went and it was absolute madness!!! The Radiator Springs Racers wait time went up to almost 5 to 6 hours!!! That made my spending of $50 to go in a week early so much sweeter. Anyway, let's relive my time there from last week.

So after Buena Vista street, we exited and wound up right in front of the Carthay Circle Restaurant. We were so excited to see Cars Land and everything else that we forgot to check where to go in from. First we went by a bug's land, nope dead end, then we went around to where Ghirardelli is and still a dead wend, so we went back to  bug's land to check again, and yuppp, still a dead end. We went back pass Ghirardelli to Pacific Wharf and ta-da!!!

There it is! hahaha

Disney Early Preview Part I: Buena Vista Street

Hi everyone! Oh man I did it again... It's been a while since I've posted anything >< Remember when I was complaining that work has been boring? I shouldn't have said anything... Because now I actually have a lot of work to do! Also the weather in SoCal has been getting warmer and warmer, which is awesome except for the fact that it is FREEZING inside my office building! Which results in me getting these really bad headaches... Also my weekends have been pretty full lately and it leaves me tired afterwards.

BUT!!! Last weekend has been the most awesome one in a while. If you're a true Disney freak like I am, you know that Cars Land, the new land inside California Adventure Park, is about to open, on June 15, 2012 to be precise. But if you're an annual pass holder, Disney gave you the opportunity to experience Cars Land and Buena Vista Street a week earlier than the grand opening for a price of $50 (There's also one for $75 that includes a private showing of World of Color, and a $500 one that includes a mean at the new Carthay Circle Restaurant). So being a true Disney freaks that we are, the boyfriend and our Disney freak newlywed friends jumped at the chance. We bought the tickets the day we got the email.

At first I thought wow, I'm paying Disney even more money to experience something I already paid for, but then I realized how crowded it would be the first few months, and that will probably kill the good memories we could have had. I remember when the new Star Tours ride opened last year, I went on opening weekend, got there before the park opened in the morning, and we still had to wait about an hour. We came back later on in the day and wait time was 2 hours, and it was like that for a couple of months. So I figured this was a good decision.

Boy was I wrong... it wasn't a good decision... It was a GREAT decision!!! It was seriously the best $50 we've all ever spent! Since this is going to be a really long post, I'm going to split it by two. First up, Buena Vista Street.

They're bringing Oswold back since it's his era haha

Disney Weekend!

Hi everyone! How's your Memorial Day weekend going so far? I went to watch MIB 3 Friday night and then Saturday was my friend's birthday BBQ at her new house.

Wanted to share with you all my Disney outings last weekend, which was twice in a row! Saturday I went with my newlyweds friends that had just came back from their honeymoon. It was a really nice but hot day. We ate a late lunch at storyteller cafe inside the Grand Californian Hotel, stalked some Disney weddings like last time, and then we head over to the parks. Finally watched the ASIMO show inside Innoventions hahaha, I want one... We walked around some more but didn't really ride anything because it was way too packed >< But ate at Plaza Inn where they have the BEST fried chicken ever!!! And we were just in time to watch the fireworks after dinner. Overall a good Disney day =]

My stormtrooper and I ^^

And They Lived Happily Ever After...

Happy Tuesday everyone!!! Wow, I can't believe that it is May already!!! It's ridiculous how fast time goes by when you're all grown up... Feels like it was a lot slower when you were a kid don't you think? Anyway, what better way to start the new month by posting about the start of my dear friends' new lives as husband and wife! That's right! This past weekend was their wedding, and it was absolutely beautiful!!! And she planned every single thing by herself, how awesome is she??? She's definitely planning mine, whenever that is... hahaha.

Just a little bit about the newlyweds and the proposal, they've been together for 6 years now and they both LOVE Disney, as much as my boyfriend and I. So one day last April, we met up at Disneyland (all of us are passholders) for our usual double date. The whole day me and the bride to be were talking about weddings, what color schemes we wanted, how many bridesmaids, how big the cake, how big the dress, what neckline, and you can only guess what else, lol! Throughout the day, the groom to be wanted to take a picture in front of the castle, but she kept saying "Why? we always take castle picture... do we need to? no? okay then let's go!" He tried again later on at night right before the firework and I said "It's too crowded right now, everyone's waiting for the firework, let's just go after it's done" And honestly I didn't think we were going to because we'll probably be too tired by the end of the night. But as we were going towards the exit passing the partner statue, I remembered and asked if they still wanted to take castle pics, and he said yes. As we were lining up in front of the castle, we were still talking about weddings, then it was our turn. First it was me and my boyfriend, then we took a group picture, then it was them. I was walking away from where we took picture and when I turn around, he was already on his knee!

The Proposal...