Basically PauAu

Have you ever encountered an actor who was a part of the supporting cast but later on found stardom in a major way? A perfect example for one would be Rob Pattinson. He played alongside Daniel Radcliffe in Harry Potter as Cedric Diggory and then came his big break as Edward Cullen in the film adaptation of Stephanie Meyer's Twilight Saga. This exactly how I found the new subject to my fangirling.

She's played along side Hilary Duff, Robert Downey Jr., Natalie Portman, Chris Hemsworth, Steve Carell, and even the ladies of Sex and the City. It's none other than her royal awesomeness...

As the semestral/ Christmas break rolled in, I have around a month and 2 weeks of doing absolutely nothing. So I figured, I'd catch up on my tv series. After finishing Pretty Little Liars and Suits up to it's latest episode I decided to take a chance and start on a new series and this is when I found 2 Broke Girls.

It's a story about Max (Kat Dennings) and Caroline (Beth Behrs) who work as waitresses at the Williamsburg diner while they try to start up a cupcake business which isn't as easy as it looks like. Together with the hilarious cast they embark on a roller coaster ride that focuses on friendship and goal -attainment while you're broke.

In the series, my favorite character is Max Black which is played by Kat Dennings. Wanna know why I love her character? Here are a few reasons why.

Here's a video from the show the shows her impeccable comedic timing.

This is one of my favorite scenes from Season 3

After finishing 2 Broke Girls from season 1 up to the latest season in, roughly, around 3 days, I had a field day in Kat Dennings IMDB page. Guilty of obsession/ fan dedication.

I literally ransacked our VCD and DVD collection plus the magical portal of internet and went through every single thing on her filmography. So I went with Sex and the City first. She was featured in the episode called "Hot Child in the City". (Season 3 episode 15) Thank God my mom had the complete series on VCD. :)

And then I went on a rampage and watched all other series she guested in like Without A Trace, E.R., CSI, CSI:NY and The Newsroom. From a person with a missing boyfriend to a rich kid hosting pharma parties, I really enjoyed watching all the series episodes she was in. I honestly loved her recurring role in E.R. when she was paired with Shane West, too bad her character needed to move because of daddy issues.

After all the series flashback, I went to movies. One of the first movies I've seen her in was Raise Your Voice with Hilary Duff where she plays Sloane, the quiet piano genius, and I love her already but this was waaaaaay back. I still remember watching it the first time and laughing so hard when she went on a date with Kiwi in that "dress". I also read from somewhere that she actually took piano lessons for this role. Geez. Talk about dedication. #SHEDOESN'TEVENKNOW

Then I watched the 40- Year Old Virgin and Big Momma's House 2. Somehow, I noticed that she's always playing a rebellious teenager. Well, she does an awesome job at it. Next movie was Charlie Bartlett. Okay, I have no idea where to begin with this one. Let me just say, "IF YOU WANT TO SING OUT, SING OUT." For crying out loud, the girl can sing too! I'm seriously recommending this movie!!

And then there was Shorts, The House Bunny and Defendor. Yes, not defender, it's DEFENDOR! Your modern day super hero looking for Captain Industry.

Next on the movie list was Daydream Nation. How do I describe this film? I found Josh Lucas' character very disturbing and it was creeping me out at some point but atleast in the end Thurston and Caroline ended up together even if it took them quite a number of events like a student getting involved with her crazy professor, some people overdosing, a serial killer being accidentally killed and crazy professor who bleached his hair and shot himself

End lesson: Don't get involved with your professor who has a lot of self esteem and attachment issues and then use a guy who actually likes you as a cover up. Don't do drugs. Stop partying when there's a serial killer on the loose. And probably a lot more.

Now, here's another favorite. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist.

In a span of one month, I've lost count of how many times I watched this movie. I sort of memorized it already. There were even weeks that I'd watch it everyday. Crazy, I know. But I love it especially the end scene and the scene before that. =))

Norah: Are you sad we missed it?

Nick: We didn't miss it. This is it.

I DIEE!!! Don't even get me started on the musical scoring for this movie.

I never thought I'd get hooked on a superhero movie but what the heck. I loved Thor and Thor: The Dark World because of Kat Dennings and her taser.

I personally believe that Darcy's character is the best thing that happened to the Thor franchise. When all the evil fighting and intense action reaches a certain level, a few smart ass comments or one liners from Darcy Lewis can never go wrong.

For Thor 3, I really wish Loki and Darcy get to meet and maybe even get together. Come on! He's sort of miserable so he deserves the lady. On the other hand, she's been working so hard while third wheeling on the Thor/Jane romance. So Loki/Darcy should happen!! One, I think it'll be sarcasm heaven and two, I think Loki will find his match in Darcy. Gaaaahhh!! Imagine the banter!

Me too, my dear.

It's amazing how Loki and Darcy haven't even met yet but the number of fanarts online are countless. See!!! They see it too!

So yeah, I spent one day blogging about my current attachment to Kat Dennings, her witty and sarcastic character and her awesomeness in general. There'll probably a part two fro this blog. I can sense it!

This is the point of no return. I am hooked.

P.S. All the pictures were found on pinterest and google. So i don't own anything. :D

- Basically PauAu

After 7 looooong years, we finally had another family vacay out of the country!

Thursday: August 21

NAIA Terminal 1. Okay. I would say a lot of bad things about our airport but that would just ruin the purpose of my happy blog post.

At 4:00 pm, through Singapore Airline Flight SQ919, we were bound to Singapore!!! The 4 hour flight wasn't as horrible as I thought it would be. At first, I was pretentious enough to bring out my Experimental Psychology reviewer which I thought would be helpful since I'm missing out on school but then I gave up on it. My seat was spacious and comfy enough for me to do other things than study. I managed to watch 2 in flight movies. The Other Woman and The Amazing Spiderman :D Also, they served a very tasty snack/ dinner. So who am I to complain about the 4 long hours?

This was dinner. <3

Finally, touchdown Singapore! Welcome to Changi Airport. The greatest airport I've seen yet.

This was around 8:30 pm so we took a taxi to our hotel. We were lucky enough to get a cool taxi driver who suggested good places to go while in the city and he had a really good talk with my uncle about food. Steve Lee, limo driver. Hi Steve!!!

We got to our hotel at Killiney Road. The Orchard Grand Court. We checked in and got settled in but there was no time for resting. We were out and about in a matter of minutes.

Killiney is just across Orchard Road so we did some quick sight seeing around the area and had a late second dinner. =))

Friday: August 22

So I'm absent from school but I was up by 7 am for the greatest reason ever! I am 18 years old but I was so excited to go to Universal Studios. Eeeeeekkk! I'm such a nerd.

We were out of the hotel by 8:30 am and off to Sentosa we go.

A little discussion with the map

Figuring out the SMRT route

Our MRT stations should be like this!!!

After a few minutes or should I say a lot of minutes figuring the map of the SMRT out we arrived at Vivo City station. It's really cool how their MRT stations are connected to the mall. From Vivo City station we tackled one of my mom's greatest fears. Heights. We crossed to Sentosa via a cable car ride. To everyone it was fun and the view was amazing, to my mom, it was drastic and torturous. Hahaha.

You can see, mom doesn't like heights.

Back on land, she's happy again

We went straight to the Waterfront Station and directly to Universal Studios! YAAAAYYY!!

Tita Jinky in line for tickets

Usually I'm the annoyed and KJ one when it comes to the number of pictures people around me would like to take but this day was different. I wanted pictures. And I wanted lots of them everywhere.

The first ride we went to was Transformers and can I just say, THAT WAS TOTALLY WICKED!! It was so cool I couldn't shut my mouth about it for days.

After the looooong line and looooong wait for Transformers we ate lunch at Loui's NY Pizza Parlor at the New York area (obviously) of the theme park.

We saw a show called Waterworld at the Lost World area after lunch. It's a live show which included death-defying stunts, explosions and a whole lot of water.

Discalimer: If you're going to watch this and you don't want to get wet. Don't sit at the first 10 levels of the stadium because they're really gonna go to you and splash you.

Our next stop was my favorite. The land of Far Far Away! Yes, it's Shrek and Fiona's home. While walking to this part of the theme park, I kept on asking, "are we there yet?" (if you watched the movie, you'd get it.)

Got a taste of Fairy Godmother's potion

Next is the land of Madagascar. I like to move it, move it! =)) Me and my 15 yr old sister were childish enough to ride a freaking Madagascar themed carousel on our own free will. :D

Mommy! <3

I love this family picture of ours.

Next stop is Hollywood. Another ride you shouldn't miss is "Lights, Camera, Action!". In this ride, you get to experience the function of an empty sound stage in the setting of a hurricane through the direction of Steven Spielberg. This is more than a 4D ride. You're actually there! It's awesome.

After the long day inside Universal Studios, before leaving Sentosa, we had to go to Candylicious. It's a "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" dream!! All kinds and types of candies can be found there and it was a tough decision to make.

This is her, confused.

Contemplating

To cap the day off, we met up with my uncle's friend for dinner at Somerset.

I already miss the home made lemon iced tea

Saturday: August 23

Wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy. I didn't drink but I felt hungover. I was sooo tired from all the walking yesterday but this day was another day of looooong walks.

We started early in the morning to travel from Somerset to Raffles Place to go to the Merlion Park. Any Singapore trip would not be complete without a picture with the merlion.

Quick fact to those asking, like me: Its name combines "mer" meaning the sea and "lion". The fish body represents Singapore's origin as a fishing village when it was called Temasek, which means "sea town" in Javanese. The lion head represents Singapore's original name—Singapura—meaning "lion city" or "kota singa".

Moving on, we then went to Marina Bay Sands and went up to the 56th floor to enjoy the view of Singapore from the Marina Bay Sands Skypark.

My mom, attempting a jump shot.

Next on our itinerary was Gardens by the Bay. We entered two domes. One is the Cloud Forest and the other is the Flower Dome. Know more about these domes at http://www.gardensbythebay.com.sg/content/gbb/en/the-gardens/gardenmap/map.html

Sofiiiiii!!

It was a tiring walk within the domes but we have to keep going. After taking a quick lunch at Food Republic in Marina Bay station, we went to Promenade, where in we can fine the Alive Museum inside the Suntec Mall.

This was a major photoshoot.

We finished at around 5pm and decided to go back to the hotel but before that we made a quick stop at Kopitiam along Killiney Road.

Kopitiam Menu

It was back to the ball game by 8:00 as we went around Clark Quay wherein we had dinner and quick tour.

Craaaaaabbbbsss!!

Sunday: August 24

By this day, everyone was pretty much exhausted but we had to maximize our last whole day in Singapore.

Someone's overly excited.

We first went back to Sentosa since we just passed by it when we went to Universal. First agenda was the Tiger Sky Tower. It's the highest observation tower in Singapore. It was 360ft high so by now you would know how my mom reacted to that. =)) From the top of the tower you would practically see all of Singapore.

Next, while my parents were at the Images of Singapore. Tricia, Tita Jinky, Tito Derrick and I went to Sentosa Skyline Luge and Skyride . It's technically an altered go-cart type ride. After the 1.2 kilometer track the only way back was through the skyride. It was either that or walking. So we took the skyride back. FYI, it was only me and my sister on one ride. Imagine the horror!

This was pretty fun!

Even the adults do it

We lunched at Vivo City and immediately went back to touring.

Little India was our supposed first stop but upon exiting the MRT station we found that it was raining so we couldn't really go around that much.

Happy with Sofi!!

Next was Chinatown. Finally, the rain stopped. Here was where we bought some of our souvenirs. They also had pretty constructions which I enjoyed while walking along the streets.

Here is also where we found the famous wafer ice cream that everyone told me to try. So at first I got a raspberry ripple on wafer for a $1.20 but after that I just had to try it on bread too. =)) So I got a chocolate mint on bread for the same price. :D

I scream for this ice cream!

That night, we decided to visit stores along Orchard road once again.

Monday: August 25

We're going hooommme.

After our fun stay in Singapore, it's time to say goodbye. :((