Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Amazing Race - London (Madame Tussauds)

The next clue read:

Starry starry night.
Where bakers dance under the light.
Pose with stars that shine so bright.
Snap as much as you might.

It's 12pm. No stars. No moon. Where to find some twinkle twinkle little stars to pose with?

Alifa: We can fold some stars and took photo with it. Or are they asking us to go to planetarium?

Me: (me looking at the Tube map) Hmmm, stary night... bakers.... stars...baker's star.... Hey. I got it!! Let's go to Baker Street stop! It must be Madame Tussauds wax museum. What they meant are the celebrity stars!

So, our next stop. Madame Tussauds. Madame Tussauds is a famous wax museum in London with branches in a number of major cities. It was set up by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud. Known as "Madame Tussauds" museums (no apostrophe), today's wax figures at Tussauds include historical and royal figures, film stars, sports stars and famous murderers.

Do you smell it? Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is cooking.

Fire in the hole. It's a bogey shot, Mr Tiger Wood!

Fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee, Mr Muhammad Ali!

Ah... My football icon. Mr Beckham and his wife, Mrs Victoria Beckham. Everyone was afraid that these figures are for VIPs only and snapped photo from 3 metres away. Once I asked the staff there for permission and then posed with Beckhams, everyone followed. So for those who wants to visit Madame Tussauds, my advice. Just do it! They are wax figures. Not real human. Tickle them. Touch them. Fell them. Smell them. Do whatever acts you think you might not be able to do it on the real person without landing yourself in jail.

Hey, Mr Mourinho. You think you are the only "Special One" is it?

Go for some Bollywood touch. Mr Sharukh Khan.

And Miss Aishwarya Rai. Gosh, her father-in-law, Mr Bachan is looking at us. Sorry sir.

Mr Wild Wild West (Will Smith). As the museum is lightly lid, I suggest you better bring more battery for your camera. If every figures I snapped with flash, definitely I won't make it to the end. You can see that I need to limit the usage of flash in some photos.

Hey the new star, Mr Au Yong!! Thank Jim for introducing me!

Mr Justin Timberlake. He steps on a platform. Or else, he will be shorter than me.

The once sexy and beautiful Miss Britney Spears. I bet she can't do this pose anymore.

How can England wax museum opened without their famous band, The Beatles?

Brangelina (Bratt Pitt & Angelina Jolie). By the time they made these figures, she's still not pregnant.

Miss Kiera Knightley and "I don't know who the guy is as long as Kiera is besides me".

Mr Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp).

I'm part of the royal family. But where's Princess Diana?

Out of no where, this green thing, Mr Incredible Hulk grab me from behind. Look at the bulge. They really into this precise when it comes to art.

4 comments:

Jennifer said...

Wah! So cool la. More photos la... Tell us more about your trip...hehe! Glad you got time to look see look see in UK.

Au Yong said...

No problemo matey. but i guess you know I'm really busy with your sister work. I intended to finish the London blog asap before I forgot. Wait until you see me blog xxx on my London trip. You sure drop yourspectacles.

Qing Ying said...

you are too 'real' compared to the wax statues. Should put some wax on your face before you take the pictures, and make the pictures more 'real'.

Au Yong said...

sorry boss. next time i will do according to your request. sorry ah

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