we arrived at Changi Airport rather promptly at 7.45am, checked in our baggages and went off to Burger King for breakfast. :) should change venue to somewhere else the next time, seems like we've been eating BK everytime we go on a trip :x shortly, my sis's friends came to see my sis off, she had a wonderful surprise, cos she didn't know that her friends actually asked Dad on our flight details despite her desperately keeping mum bout them. tsk*

boarded the Cathay Pacific plane bound for HK and had chicken pasta for brunch. :) the transit at HK was rather boring. oh but as i recalled, there was something maddening that happened. when i was clearing their customs, this female officer actually asked where i was going..so i said, "Toronto" (in Chinese)..apparently either she didn't understand/ don't know what is "Toronto" or she was TRYING to demonstrate that she's doing her job very well, she ordered me to stand wif my hands up and searched my body! s.e.a.r.c.h.e.d = touch my body everywhere. horrible ok! afterwhich she asked me to open my bag and she dug out everything from there and checked each single pouch! finally when she surrendered, i glared at her before i went off in a huff.

another 10 hours to stopover @ Anchorage (Alaska). was served beef stew with pear and bacon bits and mashed potato. this was yummy! :) after we left Anchorage, it was another 6 hours to Toronto. we had omelette mushroom laid wif a layer of sinful cheese, hashbrowns and a mini crossiant for brunch. this was yummy too! =p apart from the long hours, i guess there's nothing much i can complain about Cathay flights. :)

arrived at Canada with aching butts and dehydrated skin. managed to hop on the complimentary shuttle bus to reach our hotel Econo Lodge Inn and Suites (currently still here!). the room is pretty cosy, and has more than what it should have! wouldn't imagine me ironing clothes there yea? but i just did a few mins ago. :)

Day 2 (22 Aug):

Breakfast was simple at the restaurant @ the hotel. it was continental buffet (though i wouldn't consider muffins with bread as "continental"...) and we helped ourselves to the toasted bread and english muffins spread with peanut butter, strawberry jam and whipped butter. :) simple but good enough.

made our way to Canada Wonderland and was shocked to see mobs of ppl at the amusement park. goodness, it's only friday! can't imagine the weekend crowds! took a few coasters (mine train, lie-down coaster that had two 360 deg turns, etc) and had my mum to join us on some of them. so steady! haha. lunch was kfc-like chicken combo wif fries and drink + chicken wrap shared among us. not exactly tasty, but can do. after an ice-skating theatre performance, we sat down to have dinner - pizza! huge pepperoni pizza cut into 8 slices, we could only manage a 3/4. i don't wanna think about the calories that came wif those generous layers of melted cheese :( goodness!

back to the hotel, all tired and sweaty. took a good bath and most of us fall in by 7 plus, including myself. i took a short nap and now i can, come online to blog for a while. :) it's bout 1023pm over here now, waiting for mr tham to come online hee. have the technology to thank for this - able to talk over skype without the over-costly telephone bill and even see each other via webcam. how amazing is that!

alrighty, shall upload some pics and to be continued again!

hopefully some shopping tomorrow! oh goody!