Birthday Week at Tokyo DisneySea | 東京迪士尼海洋慶生

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十幾年過了，再次來到東京迪士尼！還記得那時我和我媽來，我媽怕高所以無法陪我坐刺激的遊樂設施。我媽為了彌補我失落到爆的心情，幫我和一堆迪士尼人偶合照要簽名，還買超多我到現在還留著的玩具、玩偶、餅乾（吃光餅乾留了鐵盒）。最搞笑的是我媽那時一直幫我和遊樂設施拍照，然後硬要我想像坐在上面很好玩的感覺（難怪UN說我想像力豐富）。

回歸正題，我們搭上東京迪士尼海洋九月十號換成萬聖節主題的第一天，可愛到讓我們在商品店買了一堆懷疑自己是不是太衝動（例如超大玩偶吊飾，還差點把最大隻Duffy帶回家）。

以為週間來比較不擁擠，完全錯誤！如果你有追蹤我的Instagram，盲從夫婦一直在排隊。好險票已在沖繩買好，不需在入口排隊買票，不然大熱天真的很不舒服。但為了吃光東京限定迪士尼食物，我們必須忍熱等。食物推出萬聖節限定設計，必須說東京迪士尼食物果然名不虛傳，好吃又可愛。好開心能在生日這週來玩，謝謝UN在我們的東京行程加入這驚喜。

P.S. 我好像要長智齒了！最後以牙齒痛吃不了收場。

10+ years later, I’m back in Tokyo Disney. When I came with my mom, because she was afraid of heights, we couldn’t go on most of the rides. To make up for my disappointment, she took many pictures of me with the characters and asked for their autographs. She also bought me many toys, plush toys, and cookies (the empty boxes I still keep). The funniest part is she would take pictures of me with the rides and asked me to imagine how fun it would be to go on them (maybe that’s why UN thinks I have very fantastic imagination!) 

We arrived to Disneysea on the first day of their Halloween theme. The merchandise were so cute that I had an internal struggle with my compulsive buying behavior (almost took home a giant size Duffy). 

We thought the park would be less busy on a Tuesday, we thought wrong! If you follow me on Instagram, you saw how many queues we stood in. Thank God we purchased the tickets back in Okinawa and avoided the line at the entrance ticket booth. That heat and humidity was trying, but in order to eat all the recommended Tokyo Disneysea exclusive snacks, we persevered through it. The Halloween special treats lived up to the hype, delicious and cute, definitely worth the wait. Very happy I could spend my birthday here, thanks UN for including this surprise as a part of our Tokyo trip. 

P.S. I think my wisdom tooth is coming out! I had to stop eating because of the pain!  

我們把活動清單第四樣劃掉！

We cross out activity list number 4!

Zip lining in Okinawa | 沖繩高空鋼索

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第一篇沖繩系列我們把活動清單第三樣劃掉！

我們真的不知道這次高空鋼索這麼難！和UN玩了好多次高空鋼索，這次最靠體力和意志力。老師解釋如何操作鋼索時突然蹦一句“我們不會一起上去”，我看著UN小聲問我們要自己上去嗎？我們從來沒自己掛鋼索過，一直是工作人員在每個定點幫你把鋼索掛好確定無誤後，自己在滑到下站。除了高空鋼索，還得攀岩、過平衡橋、泰山式懸掛等等的過程才能完成。我在泰山懸掛時把我嚇慘了，遲遲無法跳下去。但破過心房，其實那關很好玩！UN超強的，他懼高但為了不讓我更緊張一直幫我加油打氣。太愛我老公了！

這裡有超美海景還有深山大自然，雖然超難但我們覺得很好玩，非常推薦要來沖繩的朋友。園區有小腰包可以攜帶水和貴重物品，我建議要帶防曬油隨時補擦，不然會像我一樣大曬傷！希望別被我上面敘述嚇到而不去，路線圖裡有比較簡單輕鬆的關卡。

Let’s cross out activity list number 3!

Totally did not expect this level of difficulty with ziplining! Of the various ziplining places we’ve been to, this one is definitely he most physically demanding and mentally challenging one. After the instructor explained to us how to operate the equipment, he then informed us that we will be navigating through each course in the park by ourselves, me and UN looked at each other stunned. We’ve never hooked up our own zipline before, there has always been staff at each station to help us. All we want to do is slide. In addition to ziplining, there’s rock climbing, balance beams, and Tarzan swings as parts of the adventure course. I got so scared at the Tarzan swing that I couldn’t move. But to be honest, having done it, that part was very fun. Despite being afraid of heights himself, UN cheered me on to help me cope with my fears. I love my UN so much!!

It’s very scenic here, you have views of the ocean and the mountains. Highly recommended for all those who visit Okinawa. The park provides fanny packs for valuables and water. My advise is to bring lots of sunblock, reapply often, or risk getting sunburned like me! Throughout the course there’s alternative paths that are more palatable for those who are more risk-adverse. 

NYC Summer 2019 | 夏日紐約 2019

滿滿的四天行程，是我們完全沒預料到的大驚喜！最後一秒和朋友們約見面，感謝大家抽空出來。 這趟真的很趕，週一下午決定開車上紐約，抵達紐約時已經週二凌晨了。一上路，立刻聯絡在紐約的朋友們，完全不想錯過任何機會！

在郵輪上寫這篇文章覺得特別感恩！六月底時還不知道七月的行程，兩個禮拜前根本不知道我們什麼時候會去日本，也還沒訂郵輪行程。記得當時和朋友討論我們最理想的時間規劃，現在竟然夢想成真！感謝神這一路上的驚喜，我們真的很感恩！

We had an eventful four days in New York City that was to our surprise it could’ve happened. Thank you to our friends who were able to meet us on last minute notice. We rushed to New York from Virginia, left on Monday afternoon and arrived past midnight. I was making calls and texting people during our drive. Didn’t want to miss any chance to hang out with friends!

I wrote this post on our cruise with so much gratitude. Towards end of June, we still had no idea what our July schedule is going to be like. The last two weeks in Virginia we had no clue how we were gonna get to Japan, and we didn’t dare book our cruise. We were shocked that everything happened according to our ideal plan. Praise the Lord for the many surprises along the way!