American Idol Live in Manila 2011

American Idol Live in Manila

Smart Araneta Coliseum

09.21.2011

I like watching American Idol and yes I'm a fan of this show, watching it on TV and hoping that my bet will win the number one spot! ^^

Then I learned that American Idol Season 10 will visit Philippines for a two days concert, well that's great!

Good news that "Groupon" (online deals) had their ticket deals for American Idol Season 10 concert, well the tickets are kinda pricey. I bought a discounted ticket for Upper Box worth 1,480php only (original price is 3,700php)

Yay~ I'm so excited to see them!!! I like Paul McDonald, though he's not the biggest winner of this season, he was a winner for me, he's my typical type of musician (rock star type ~ yeah!)

Paul singing "Maggie May"

I love the collaboration of Pia and Stefano singing California King Beds, they were both great singin on the top of their lungs! Amazing!

Everybody goes gaga over Stefano who took his short off! Yay ~ every girls were screaming load at the big dome! (yeah I must admit I'm one of those ~LOL~)

hot perf from Stefano ^^

Just see how cute Thia singing and enjoying the crowd!

Haley so sexy singing with Casey!

The guys!

Sexy girls!

Save the best for the last solo performance of American Idol Season 10 winner! "Scott McCreery"

American Idol 2011 Tour Set list:

Born This Way by Lady Gaga - AI Girls

Empire State of Mind by Alicia Keys & Jay Z - Pia Toscano

California King Bed by Rihanna - Pia Toscano and Stefano Langone

Maggie May by Rod Stewart - Paul McDonald

Who Says by Selena Gomez - Thia Megia

Tightrope by Janelle Monae - Pia, Thia, Haley and Naima

Grenade by Bruno Mars - Stefano Langone

DJ Got Us Falling In Love by Usher - Stefano Langone with the girls of AI

Animal by Neon Trees - AI Guys (except Scotty)

On The Floor by Jennifer Lopez - Naima Adedapo

This Time - Pia Toscano

Firework by Katy Perry - Lauren, Pia and  Thia

Smooth by Rob Thomas & Santana - Casey Abrams

Moanin' - Casey Abrams and Haley Reinhart

Harder to Breath by Maroon 5 - Casey Abrams

Forget You - Group Number (except Scotty)

Flat on the Floor by Carrie Underwood - Lauren Alaina

Like My Mother Does - Lauren Alaina

If I Die Young by The Band Perry - Lauren, Haley, Thia and Stefano

Sweet Child o' Mine by Guns & Roses - James Durbin

Uprising by Muse - James Durbin

Never Too Much by Luther Vandross - Jacob Lusk

You're All I Need To Get By by Marvin Gaye & Tami Terrell - Jacob Lusk w/ Pia, Naima & Stefano

House of the Rising Sun - Haley Reinhart

Bennie and the Jets - Haley Reinhart

Your Man by Josh Turner - Scott McCreery

Are You Going to Kiss Me or Not by Thompson Square - Scott McCreery

I Love You This Big - Scott McCreery

When You Say Nothing At All by Alison Krause - Scott McCreery & Lauren Alaina

Gone by Montgomery Gentry - Scott McCreery with Lauren. Thia, Pia and Haley

I enjoyed the show so much, definitely worth watching for! I'm happy that I was able to wacth them perform live! Thanks to Ovation Productions for bringing American Idol Season 10 finalist here in Manila!

Hong Kong Day 2 - Disneyland (Part 2)

After exploring Ngong Ping Village, a glimpse of Giant Buddha and the scary cable car, we head off to our next destination "Hong Kong Disneyland"

From Tung Chung MTR Station to Sunny Bay Station, going to Disneyland you'll ride the specially designed and cute train! More kinda looks like Mickey Mouse train ^^

Finally we are now at Hong Kong Disneyland! As expected even on a weekday like this, there are lots of people visiting this theme park!!! We are both excited!

I bought the tickets online and exchange my confirmation number at the ticketing booth on the park.

The Mickey Mouse landscape will welcome you and even it was so sunny that time we still took some pictures on it ^^

Hong Kong Disneyland wasn't that spacious but it is nice and beautiful, kids will surely love this place and adults too :)

My excitement fades due to so much crowd, queuing to the rides and the hot weather! But since we are here, we just have to enjoy! ^^

Our first ride "Tarzan's Tree house"

Here are some of our photo ops, we decided to just take photos first and then ride some attractions.

Every ride is queuing, like you have to wait for 1 hour! We ended up taking more pictures and wait for the parade.

Disneyland Parade

Our video of the parade:

I love the parade! Disney Princess' were so pretty and cutie Tinker Bell! I noticed that most of them were Filipinos, specially the band. I just learned that 50% of people working at Hong Kong Disneyland were Pinoy! 

We watched the "It's a Small World", you will ride a mini boat here and watch different version of "It's a Small World", it was cute!.

It is so cute to hear the Filipino version of "It's a Small World" ~ "Kay Liit lang ng Mundo"

We are still in Fantasy land, so we also watched "Mickey's Philharmagic", it is a 4D show and the main character is Donald Duck, it was a funny show.

After watching Mickey's Philharmagic we queued for Mickey and Minnie Mouse picture taking. The line here is long (again) , they also take a break like 3 minutes, I guess they are changing. With that costume, I'm sure it was hot in there. 

For me and my sister, falling in line that long was really worth it,even it consumes us a lot of time. We both love Mickey and Minnie! 

And of course taking pictures with Tinker Bell, she is so cute ^^

We ride the Fantasy Land Train Station.

Disneyland at night

We did not watch the fireworks, we leave the theme park around 8pm because we still want to go at the female market. 

It was fun spending time at Hong Kong Disneyland, we enjoyed it even we didn't get a chance to ride all the attractions. A whole day wasn't enough for this, maybe we can visit again some other time, when the weather is not really that hot so we can enjoy more!

Universal Studios Singapore VS Hong Kong Disneyland

My take: I like USS than HK Disneyland, why??? Disneyland is more on kiddie rides, as well as the attractions. USS have more extreme rides and they have express pass, so you don't need to queued so long.  It is both very attractive but USS is more appealing for me. On the other hand Disneyland have parade, which I love most and they have Mickey and Tinker Bell, but still I like and love USS than Disneyland! IMO only ^^