smallminitiny: BIG, LARGE, HUGE, ENORMOUS, HUMONGOUS... balloons.....

aka HOT AIR BALLOONS! :D I got the chance to go to the International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta in Putrajaya back in March. OMG! Now only I'm blogging about it. #fail
This year is the 5th year running already and of course a lot of people also went la. Cause the admission fee is FREE. Cause the word FREE attract us, Malaysians like how sugar attracts ants. This event was only for 4 days [there's 2 sessions each day, the morning one at 7.30am and the evening one at 5.30pm] and I happened to go on the wrong day. And wrong time?

Arrived there with dark clouds looming over our heads, after some time it rained (heavily T.T) and then it was okay already. Reach the place by around 4 something? (idk, can't really remember) And one of our main reasons to go there is because we heard that we can pay some money to sit on the hot air balloon. Which will go up in the air okay? Not just sit there at ground level. Zzzzzzz Wellllll, according to the website, visitors can start going up at 6pm but the counters will open at 5pm and tags (with numbers) will be given out 30mins before the counters open, which is at 4.30pm. [Only 300 tickets will be sold per session] So we thought that if we reach there by 4 it'll be okay but we were dead wrong man.

Turns out that the line was so long we initially couldn't see the end of it. Our eyes slowing trace the line and it already stretched halfway around a field. *Some people start queueing up as early as 4am wtf?* Okay lo, nemermind! We just hang around waiting for the hot air balloons to get inflated up (is that the right term anyway?) Some youngsters came up with the genius idea of renting simple equipments to make giant bubbles.

The free giant bubble. See how dark the sky is? >:(

All it takes is only 2 sticks tied/connected to a thick and long piece of rope and dipped into the soapy solution. You just have to hold the sticks apart and wait for the wind to do its thing. Just remember to stand at the right position. Impossible to blow a giant bubble out using your own breathes. Trust me, I've tried. Felt so stupid.

The 2 little ~~monsters~~ cousins trying them out

One of the spectacular views of that day! Btw, we got to try out the big-golf-ball-look-a-like-thingy. It's called the Hamster Roll according to the website.

Grass sticking to the ball because it rained heavily before we got the the Extreme Zone. Its very stuffy inside there but other than that, its fun especially when you fall. One of the staff guided us across the area, and then we have to move the ball to the starting point. The adults watching over us told us that I looked very funny when I fell down because my body just sort of stuck to the walls while it rolled. They said they were laughing too hard to take a picture. -_-

Mountain Dew gave out free samples and also sold them at a very low price *happy*

So after that we were strolling around and then we spotted a spot with a big orange thing. Went closer to take a look and it was a hot air balloon ready to be inflated up :D Number 21 and 22 are from China. The orange one was a cat while the other one (Number 21) is a colourful one. Prepare to be amazed! HAHAHAHA

You're welcome... for being able to witness such an amazing sight. Stood there trying not to move so that I can get these pictures and string them up into 1

It's finally up!!! :D Ahhhh like a new born baby :')

LOOK AGAIN.... TAKE A SECOND LOOK... IT'S NOT A PICTURE OF ONLY TREES AT THE BOTTOM.... NOTICE THE 4 MICRO-TINY BLACK DOTS?

Yeah. They're paragliders....