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Saturday, June 5, 2010

Dylan's Candy Bar NY

At Dylan's Candy Bar,
you don't have to go far
All things sugary and sweet
is here, what a happy treat!

R-E-P-R-E-S-E-N-T: PHILIPPINES. Too bad that in the Asia section of the store, there were no candies from the Philippines. I hope in the future Dylan's will have chocnut, pastillas, cocobar, tira-tira, etc.

Cute candy/chocolate wrappers

I need this!

Eating chocolate candies is dangerous to your girth, so ladies, use the proper control.

If it's sour, it's toxic for me

The zexiext candy on the shelf

Take a bite at The Big Apple

Passport to chocolate bliss. The coolest wrapper on the shelf.

Asian chow

Aside from eating Filipino food in my auntie's home in LA, we got to eat at number of restaurants serving asian food from Japanese buffet in NY, Chinese buffet in Burbank, to Persian food in Glendale. (We also had a brazilian meat-all-you-can feast) Too bad, I was not able to take photos of the food we all ate. Here are a few though:

East Coast

Vietnamese restaurant in New Jersey. It is the first time that I appreciated Vietnamese cuisine.

Hearty noodle soup

Pork chops

Spicy Squid

Vegetables with dry noodles

West Coast

Filling breakfast at San Fo Chinatown. The food here was delicious and an added bonus: this meal was one of the cheapest we had in our trip.

Fried tofu

I'm a sucker for cute siopaos

Disneyland Park, California

Disneyland Park California is divided into two big attactions: Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure Park.

Disney's California Adventure Park is adjacent to Disneyland and has a separate entrance fee. But there is a ticket that allows one to hop from one park to the other, of course, for a more expensive price. The adventure park's theme is the different famous culture, landmarks and history of California like Golden Gate Bridge, Hollywood, etc and it has restaurants, rides and recent movies from Disney like The Incredibles, etc.

Shuttle that would take us to the park.

Some of the attractions in the California Adventure Park. This is like Mickey's Philharmagic, only less amazing.

Mr. Incredible himself

Mickey's Fun Wheel. The sliding gondolas creates a unique twist to this otherwise boring ride (there is an option for a stationary gondola). The gondola slide inward and outward or swing back and forth as the wheel rotates. It can be frightening, I actually squeal everytime our gondola slides and swings. From afar, it looks boring but when you're in the sliding gondola, you are in for a fun surprise, no wonder it looks like Mickey has a mischievous smile here.

One of the highlights of our visit in the park. The show was freaking hilarious, thanks to the Genie. He was super funny and the script or his ad libs were updated with the latest Hollywood buzz. J said that Disney could make this into a Broadway bonanza just like The Lion King.

Welcome to the happiest place on earth!

The Haunted Mansion. It was not scary but the high-tech special effects were amazing like the floating ghosts and dancing mannequins, the ones we saw in movies such as Beetlejuice and Capser. It was fun seeing those movie magic up close.