lost into the movies..

I just had the most amazing weekend. i went to orlando, florida and had to take a peek at what universal studios had to offer. at first i didnt want to come since i just didnt have that enough budget, knowing that i have to save up for my new york trip the following weekend. tight as my budget could be, i just had to be there.

With me were my officemates from cebu (who are also my apartment mates) rica, mylene and naomi. Together with us are our now favorite ncr atlanta officemates (dan and steve) and with dan's girlfriend, debbie and steve's fiance, demetra. We rented this huge bus.. ugly on the outside but very comfortable on the inside. just the eight of us starting our 9 hr drive from atlanta to orlando. Mylene's brother, glenn and sister in law, christina will meet us at the hotel the next day already. So there's ten of us on this weekend adventure.

We left at around 6:30 pm friday night. i wasnt feeling very well during the trip since i just had taken the day off, so i slept most of the time during the travel. we stopped by a mexican restaurant somewhere south of georgia for dinner. i could not exactly remember the name of the place. nweys, i had some beef quesadillas and guacamole :) which was a huge serving. we were supposed to order the children's plate but the mexican waiter would not be fooled by us passing as 12 yr olds :) nevertheless, the dinner was great. i love mexican food anyways as long as they are not so spicy :)

We got to the hotel at around 3 am coz we kinda missed an exit and had to take time to get to the hotel. We had to wake up at 7 am to start our adventure early. The parks open at around 9 am so we had to be leaving thirty minutes before to maximize our stay.

When i saw the sign "welcome to universal studio orlando", i knew i am going to have the time of my life :) and i got my camera ready to freeze the moments of this great weekend.

We visited the two theme parks for a whopping prize but was all worth it. On the first day (saturday), we visited the universal studios theme park and got to feel what a twister and earthquake would be like. we also got the chance to kill some aliens on our MIB alien attack training, ride the time travel machine on the back to the future ride, experience what brandon fraser had to go through in the mummy, see the jaws still alive (and i thought he was dead already after that many jaws movie), and laugh with shrek and donkey as they rescue princess fiona from lord farqaad.

There were still other movie attractions that we went to but we weren't able to go through everything since we were si exhausted, we had to go back to the hotel and take a quick break. we planned to go to universal city walk that night and check what it's like to party in orlando. but we weren't able to. we, girls just had to take our beauty sleeps and prepare for our adventure the next day. but the other four (dan, debbie, steve and demetra) still partied :)

We went to the universal studios island of adventure theme park on sunday and had a more thrilling adventure with all those marvel comics heroes. But had fun with the water rides at the toon lagoon with popeye, olive and bluto. Just scared with the being almost devoured by the t-rex at the jurassic island river adventure. Wowed by the dueling dragons ride at the lost continent and sinbad's adventure :) But the best feeling was when i had to remember the child in me once i stepped on suess landing. i was like in candy land and seeing cat in the hat with thing 1 and thing 2 was just a dream come true. i was like a part on one of my favorite cartoon shows :)

i just didnt want the weekend to end. my energy was yet souring high on our way home that no matter how many hours the drive took, i just couldnt sleep and couldnt help smiling. the whole experience just made me realize how blessed i am and now i am more appreciative with the things that has been happening in my life. how i wish i could just let my family experience all this with me. Everything would just be in a totally different fun level experience if you were able to share it with people closest to your heart.