Sacramento short visit

Today I drove alone to Sacramento and I was so scared that I maybe receive a summon in short time because I did a mistake in one of the junction. I made a right turn where I was not supposed to when the light is red. There was a sign on top of the road "Photo enforced". If I really get a summon, I think I have to tighten my belt again for the next month because one ticket caused about 200 dollars and it is like rm630 for us in Ringgit Malaysia.

I kept driving in worrying position and I arrived at the governor mansion. A building which is in white and very Victorian housed 13 governors before untill the year 1967. The governor mansion is under renovation or you can say restoration. I hated it but no choice I had to proceed with my visiting to the next destination. I did not went in on the tour because there was nobody at the counter after I waited for 5 minutes for someone to attend to me.

So I visited the Leland Stanford Mansion which served as an office to three California early governors. I paid 8 dollars for a guided tour which lasted for about an hour. No photography was allowed in the mansion because the things inside the mansion was meant to be preserved and they want to avoid people reproducing what they see inside the four storeys mansion.

I took some photos outside the mansion and I saw orange tree!!! Can you believe it orange tree grows outside the mansion and some were falling on the ground?? :)


Next I went to the California State Capitol Museum. Actually I did not went in, I just walked around at the park and met a few groups of married couple taking their photos.

They were some interesting statues around and this one below was a mother and child grieving for their lost love one who battled in the war.

I did not feel like staying out for long today so I decided to stopped a while at Old Sac again because the last time I went there was after dark.

Took some photos and went back home.

Mystery Spot in Santa Cruz

I went to this place which they called Mystery Spot in Santa Cruz. It is located in the middle of the redwood forest and is isolated from other place. It is just a small place with a small wooden house which was supposed to be in the center of the hill but it slipped down to the mystery spot and was so happened to stop there because of a redwood tree grew at that point. They said the gravity level is different at here.

So we paid the fees and waited for about 10 minutes for the guided tour. The tour guide is kind of cute too. His name is Patrick. Haha. He places a plank on the table near the door and we witnessed a miracle happened where the bottle slided up to the higher point of the plank. So he tried with other stuff too, a ball and a chapstick lip mostourizer. Actually I was amazed in the first place but then I felt it is a bit lame because it looked more like an optical illusion more than the gravity which is said different there. You can look at the next photo where the house is in sloppy position.

But one thing that is hard to explain was I felt really easy to walk up the slope. It was like walking on a flat road than an inclined slope. Also when I entered the small house, I was feeling dizzy and nausea's.

So I end up believed that the gravity is different at mystery spot.

VERDICTS:

It was hard to push the metal ball towards the higher direction.

I could stand like this???

My body swing to the left side.

I lazy to think about it but I believe it can be scientifically explained.

Story back in Penang campus

Having to hear about the eerie story happened back in Pg12 level 2 restroom on Friday Penang time spoiled my night. I did not dare to go to my room's toilet and the sprung like rocket from the toilet seat every time since yesterday. I know I am a sea apart from Malaysia but still I am frightened after listening to the news. How a place I had always been could discover a hysterically hidden creature inside? But as far as I heard, the janitor is a Muslim and the creature is belongs to her community. A few strong hands tried to calm her down but failed. I did not know what left to her later on. Hopefully she is gone by the time I came back to Penang. Go go go away.. I am still scare. I had to use 5 pillows to cover my whole body and pulled the blanket up to my head to secure myself yesterday. I hope my boyfriend is here with me. Someone please send him here. I had to tell myself that nothing is wrong. I was terrified the other day too, because my room phone rang at about 3.10am in the morning and I was in blur condition answering it. It was an automated morning call from the hotel. I did not remember I request any morning call service so I marked that as an erroneous machine issue. So I quickly slipped back into my comforter and pull every pillow near to me, locking me inside the soft and comfortable hiding place of mine. I have the heart of a mouse. I don’t know why, but it is just like that.

The Sky Again

The sky on last Saturday. All photos are real and I really like the sky here :)

Exploring Point Reyes

Wild flowers along the road to destination. Spring is coming!!!

The place that we wanted to visit is called Point Reyes. It is basically a park for you to exercise because you need to walk a lot, really a lot. The thing is you will sweat, but sweat in you as the wind is so strong that you don't feel sweaty at all. Every point of my body which was not covered by relevant cloth was so numb.

The best place to begin is at the bear valley visitor center. I did not see any bear here but I think this place probably was once a time habitated by bears.

Our destination is to the famous light house which you will need to walk 300 steps (stairs!!!) equivalent to 30 storeys building. The view was impressive but the fog kept on blocking those magnificent view and failed my mission to spot the gray whales. They only had 1 whale count by the time I was leaving. The day before was 35 whales count!

The place where you can observe the migration of gray whales.

Foggy..

My legs were so weak when I first saw this. I had to squated down to familiarize myself at this height.


The view at North beach view. I was pretending to be cool in this photo. Actually it was freezing out there and I took out my jacket just for a beautiful photo shot because every photo of mine look like the last one -_-'''



On the walk to Tomales Point but we did not finish it because the whole trail is 4.7 miles. We only walked for 2km :P

Cheese Cake Overdosed

The weather on Saturday was far away from what was being forecast on weather forecast channel. It was a bright sunny day. So went for cheesecake treat in Cheesecake Factory.

This place sells all sorts of cheesecake which I felt I am overdose by the cheese. But truly, the cakes are very nicely made and taste good too.

It has a right environment for eating cheesecake and sipping red wine. But we only took the plain water because the two pieces of cheesecake is already expensive :S

I ordered two pieces admiring my own apetite after eyeing the cakes in the glass display counter. Then I regretted because I can only finish 3/4 of the first piece. I asked for Godiva chocolate cheesecake and Oreo cheesecake. The Oreo cheesecake is now still in my fridge. Pity the cake because I don't even want to touch the box after the overdose effect.

Old Town Sacramento

We went out for dinner on last Friday to somewhere far than the normal days. We were at the Sacramento old town. I have very little pictures as my camera is not good in taking pictures in dark environment. So here they are..

We did not eat at this place because it was so full and we have to wait for one hour to be seated. I saw the waiters and waitresses were dancing in the restaurant around their customers when we went in to check on the seats. :P very much alike cowboy type of restaurant.

This is just a street of the town.

Shops... Legacy feel

The bridge which we kept on taking photo with because it was the best view at night.

End of entry. Short and simple. :)