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October 22, 2006
The Happiest Place on Earth?
I had the chance to take a day off work to head down to LA this past weekend for Sam's 25th Birthday Gala. It was great being able to completely relax and enjoy the company of old friends without any agenda in sunny LA! The gala itself was a really nice, fancy black and white formal affair, and I feel blessed to have shared in the event!
I just wish I had remembered to bring my camera gear. I felt naked without my camera! =(
During the dancing part of the evening, I quickly discovered that in my "old age" - in the absence of enough alcohol, haha - I no longer care much for dancing to hip-hop! I still can enjoy the music and head-bob to it... but I just feel... silly dancing to it now. =P I guess it just doesn't feel "fun" to me anymore. I had a blast when they played stuff to salsa, cha-cha, swing and electric slide to, though! I also really enjoyed when they played stuff from the 50s - like Elvis, and other stuff that was just plain silly and fun. I got my twist on, and hopefully did my parents proud! =P
The second higlight of the weekend had to be going to Disneyland! Having not gone to Disneyland in like 15 years, I'd been wanting to go back like crazy! It was a surreal experience walking around Disneyland - remembering certain memories from my past and comparing it to how it had been updated since. It was weird how the place still seemed so huge to me! Then again, I probably didn't grow too much taller since my last visit, haha...
I had a great time (once I got over the sticker shock of food prices within Disneyland)... and it was very touching to see the "magic" that Disneyland still has over little kids. And not so little kids such as ourselves. ;P It just warmed my heart to see little kids' faces light up excitedly as "Ariel" or some other Disney character passed by, as they pointed and waved with a huge smile. =)
As a final note: I now have a new personal challenge: to come up with a more creative pose for the Space Mountain picture at the end! The ideas are brewing... muahahaha! I can see why NFL wide receivers get a huge kick out of coming up with touchdown celebrations!
Posted by stevelee at October 22, 2006 09:37 PM
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You have eventful weekends. ;D Party animal! I haven't been to DisneyLand for ages! I think I've grown "old" that the Magic of Disney doesn't have much impact on me anymore. :P Just send you a google chat invitation. I'm so low tech that I didn't use the free chat function until now with my gmail account friends.
Posted by: Anita Chik at October 29, 2006 08:53 PM
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