Halloween

On Saturday (which wasn't well, Halloween day itself) I headed to Hazel's house & we changed into our costumes! We got them super last-minute from local online retailers :/ While Singapore does have rental costume shops with a HUGE variety of both fun & er... sluttier costumes, they cost a bomb at Halloween ($60-$90 for one night).

For local online shops, they tend to be er... for roleplay/cosplay hahaha. So we picked the most decent/least weird ones & paid for registered shipping! All in all it only cost us $30 each to BUY the costume. Not that I intend to wear it again next year but oh well! Still cheaper!

So anyway we headed to White Rabbit at Dempsey first! I've only been to White Rabbit for lunch/dinner & never knew they have yearly Halloween parties that are pretty popular!

Hazel (Strawberry Maid) & I (Gypsy) & Hannah (Hipster aka didn't-bother-to-dress-up haha).

The crowd inside White Rabbit (which used to be a chapel, converted into a restaurant)!

The outdoor bar was even more crowded!

Took the picture above mostly to show the Lady Gaga outfit on the bottom right!

O.O Can't imagine being in that full bodysuit that even covers my face the whole night O.O

And wow only just noticed the giant cat cartoon over the door.

Spot Where's Wally! Oh, there.

Quite a lot of makeshift Wallys haha.

With a boxer, Psy & pharaoh!

Saw A LOT of Psys that night too, simply because it's so easy to do I guess haha.

:O Stewie & Lisa Simpson! :O

Ok then we headed to Zouk & met the rest of our friends there!

With Kalyn & my stupid floppy purple hairband 

(technically I'm supposed to wear it like a headband but erp...)

Mysterious-finger-over-flash

Haha with a life-sized McDonald's fries! Not sure what we were laughing at.

And a texting Hello Kitty in the back!

Dunno what Kalyn is dressed up as either hahaha.

Check out the creepy dolls hanging by the side!

The theme at Zouk for Halloween was The Dollhouse!

The staff really puts in a lot of effort to do up the whole place for the night :O

Another one with no costume... pft!

With Yutaki & Sofie!

Haha luckily I told Yutaki that he HAS to scrounge up with something to wear because most people at Zouk do dress up & you don't want to be left out. So he came as a sailor! 

(Not sure why he has sailor-ish clothes if they're not a costume...)

Oh and poor Sofie's eyes got infected from the fake blood O.O

Originally both eyes had fake blood dripping down!

With Wonderwoman Sophia!

Mysterious Green Wig Man & Creepy Smile Elvin!

And the problem of having a flip-out-screen camera is that people look at that screen & not at the lens!

Hehe hope everyone had a fun Halloween!

Last year I was stuck at home with a deadline >:(

This year I had fun Halloween days! Happy ^_^

Oh & in the end I re-wore my gypsy outfit for the Sociology Honours Halloween Party

(yes we have class/cohort outings hahaha we're er cool/uncool like that?)

So I made good use of the $30 (compared to rental) #victorykid.jpg 

Perfect Balance

... joined the MARIGOLD HL Perfect Balance photo contest? :)

You can read my previous post about it HERE, especially if you haven't seen my balancing acts ^^

Prizes involved:

There will be FIVE winners & it's really, really easy to join! :)

All you have to do is submit your photo entry & you stand to win $1000 cash!

And it's even easier to just VOTE for an entry :D You might win $100 cash!

Take a photo based on the theme PERFECT BALANCE & upload it with a short caption to:

1) The contest application on their Facebook Page

or

2) Instagram (remember to hashtag #HLperfectbalance)

*You have to login to the FB app to claim your Instagram entry*

Perfect balance of Highs (calcium, protein, vitamins) & Lows (lactose, fats)!

Remember, you DOUBLE your points if your entry features MARIGOLD HL Milk pack(s)!

So I'd recommend you do it haha #kiasu.

You don't have to show PHYSICAL balancing acts!

It can also be a photo of you showing how you balance e.g. work & fun in your life!

Here are some of the latest entries to their page:

Go in & vote for your friends/favourites!

Or better yet, submit your own entry!

The judges score (60% of your total points) based on creativity so have fun with it!

The remaining 40% comes from votes so get your friends to support you! :D

Here's my entry, which features two mini HL milk packs prominently!

*kiasu* The more milk packs the better *kiasu*

Balancing work & play! ^_^

And I'm showing real physical balancing too ^_^

Contest ends 08 November 2012!

Submit via:

MARIGOLD HL Facebook Page

or

Instagram, with hashtag #HLperfectbalance

- remember to claim your photo in the app afterwards -

Halloween USS

Went to USS for its Halloween Horror nights on Friday! :D

Was super, super excited & happy that we got tickets to go!

And plus we were given the VIP tickets, which means we have an actual tour guide to bring us around!

Here's the ticket breakdown for your future reference:

Normal ticket: $68

Student ticket (Thurs/Sun only): $48

Express Pass top-up: additional $40

VIP Tour top-up: additional $40

This means that the VIP ticket is $68 + $40 + $40 = $148

Pricey I know, but if you can afford it it's REALLY worth it!

The guide brings you around & you DO NOT QUEUE AT ALL.

This means you cut even the queue of the Express Pass-ers ($68 + $40 = $108).

You also get a $10 food coupon each + 10% discount (photo-taking, food... etc).

If you get a normal ticket, the average waiting time for a haunted house is 130 minutes!

With an express pass my friends said they queued 15 minutes for popular rides like the Cylon. Not sure how long it would be for the haunted houses, but even half the 130 minutes is way better!

Outside USS with Daphne! Both of us wearing ears ^^

Her sequinned furry ears are from Accessorize & my Hello Kitty ones from H&M.

In the VIP (R.I.P) Tour area where you wait to meet your tour guide!

We asked Daphne to look scared & that was her face hahaha.

Anyway on Halloween Horror nights there are 10 rides open, which includes the 3 Haunted Houses as well as popular attractions like Transformers, Cylon/Human, The Mummy... etc

Most people without the Express Pass are only able to cover one Haunted House & maybe one or two other rides due to the time spent queueing! The park is open from only 8pm - 1am for this event.

With the VIP tour it lasts 3 hours (before/after is free & easy) & you cover ALL the rides!

We sat on all the rides open (even went on the Cylon twice) & still had time to eat/take pictures!

If I were to go next year I would definitely at least get the Express Pass because queueing really ruins the experience & it isn't worth the money if you only cover 2 or 3 rides. 

I'd either spend more for a good experience or not go at all.

Daphne's boyfriend XL, in the "coffin".

Hehe me

Ok better this time round!

So we met our tour guide & joined some other visitors! 

In total our group had around 12 people so if the majority are your friends it would be really fun!

We all got a special lanyard+pass with a glostick so that our tour guide + park operators can identify us easily (so we don't get lost/to give us discounts/quick access to the rides). We didn't actually know we could get discounts for food but the vendors would mention it & deduct the amount for us.

Getting briefed:

Spot the creepy doll mascot hanging out with us hahaha.

The amount of effort & detail put into the set-up & costumes is really impressive!

Creepy giant voodoo ragdoll thing!

Hahahahahaha

Wah can't imagine the poor guy has to sit there for 5 hours O.O

All the park staff are really sporting! They all really get into their roles although I can't imagine how tiring & boring it must get after a while to do the same thing day after day!

Creepy giant doll thing.

Zombie infestation area:

"Soldier" marshaling people in the infected area

Really quite realistic! :O

Sorry I couldn't take a picture of a lot of stuff because we were moving around in a group so I felt bad to make people stop & wait for me! Plus it's dark so I don't want to blind everyone with my camera's flash (which also kills the whole creepy, misty vibe anyway).

Death Valley!

Feel free to tell me what the Chinese words say.

The 3 Haunted Houses in order of increasing scariness:

1) Death Alley : Open-air Chinese-themed

Creepy prostitutes, butchers, old ahmas, little girls...

2) Insanitarium : Indoor "mental hospital"

Crazy prisoners, grotesque lab experiments, disgusting prison-conditions...

3) Dungeon of Damnation : Air-conditioned!

This had no real theme except maybe entering some kind of "hell"

This haunted house was the best one because it was the most interactive! Like you'd have to walk through this really narrow alley which had hands sticking out on both sides of the wall, so you're trying to avoid touching them but at the same time the floor has these "plates" that move as you walk!

Lots of hanging dead bodies & stuff like that too that you had to avoid walking into!

I went with 4 other people & in the end only 3 of us sat on every single thing haha. Daphne walked towards the first haunted house & said she couldn't do it & sat out ALL the haunted houses lol.

One of the other guys went into the first haunted house & sat out the rest too. Tsk!

I would say the haunted houses were really well done & executed, however it's just too crowded to be scary :/ We were basically walking in a single file so there's people in front/behind you. If you had to go in in small groups where you can't see other people THEN it would be really scary!

Headed to Mel's Drive-in for dinner!

The staff there all have painted faces too although I don't really see the point of it so FTLs haha

Here's the 5 of us (Leon, XL, Daphne, me & Jielun) with our tour guide, Si Ning!

On non-Halloween days she also does the VIP tours for the day visitors (which is a 5-hour tour) & the rest of the time she's an NTU student haha.

You have to queue (but VIP no need lah) to take a photo with the puppet-master!

And here's the printed photo we got! ^_^

It's $10/each but for VIP it's $10 for 2 so we got it! Lazy to scan it in at the moment so just showing you guys the border with the creepy puppet-master figure O.O

So overall I think USS Halloween Horror Night was really going for!

I'd definitely want to go again next year if I can & if I do I'd get the Express Pass at least! 

(the VIP ticket at $148 is really quite heartbreaking hahaha)

Would recommend everyone to go for it at least once but make sure you don't chicken out of rides ok if not it's really not worth it! Don't worry it's not scary if you're with other people (which you are).

Will be blogging about my actual Halloween next!

Actually I already edited & uploaded the photos haha but I'm gonna be busy with school the next few days so I'm putting it in a separate post to cover my "blogging duties" (I don't have to lah I just do haha)