Monday, June 26, 2006
LoS AngeLeS
20/06/06
WooT WooT!!! Finally! Arrvied in LA! WoW! Cant believe it. I'm finaly in LA! 18Hrs of flight. Cram! Upon touch down, we headed to our apartment at Gayley Avenue. UCLA campus is just right infront of our apartment! CooLe. We reached the apartment and then there were 5. Vince, Rachel, Anna, Boon and me. Didnt have much rest that night. Had to pack for out trip to San Diego.
21/06/06
The next day, sandwiches were packed and we rushed off to San Diego.Boy was the bus ride long! Backside pain man. Took the Greyhound bus service and headed off to San Diego. We arrived there in good time. Checked into our rooms at Hosteling International. We met up with an old friend Alex, who happened to be touring that area. We headed off to SeaPort to soak in the sights. We had our first meal in San Diego at the pizza store by the sea itself. Boy was the pizza heavenly! We then went to the stores in the area to walk about. Headed into a hat store, and all hell broke loose. We started trying on many different hats and laughed out heads off. Its was really such a sight. There i got my first duckie! WooT. Quackies its called. Its the TY easter edition duck! lol. Well since Alex was with us, we decided to cook in the hostel. Headed to Ralphs and bought grocceries for the meal. Man the chicken there are really huge. Back at the hostel kitchen, Rachel started to prepare the chicken for the curry while i marinated the chicken. Hee.. thank God everything turned out nicely. Pancakes was for breakfast in the morning. On seeing that we had a kitchen in our room, i went and stunned the frying pan. LOL. First day went pass quite eventfully. Oh only sad thing was that i broke my camera lens. Oh well.. haha
22/06/06
The area we stayed was really happening. Pubs in the area were really nosiy. Couldnt get much rest. Kinda got up to a surprised on seeing alex and boon coming back to the room with a huge bag of pancake mix. oh boy.. pancakes for the rest of the time in USA. hehe. Today we decided to head down to San Diego ZOo. Wow.. wonder when was the last time i visited the zoo. Alex couldnt join us as he had some problems with his air ticket and hence had to cut short his trip. We headed off to get the daytrip passes. There we chanced upon a farmers market. The wares sold there were really a sight to behold. The rich vibrant colours were astounding. Flowers were sooo pretty and colorful. Friuts and vegetables too. Soo fresh. We got a bunch of strawberries and had a quick bite at Wendys before we headed off to the zoo. The zoo is huge. Many stuff to see. Had strawberries along the way in the zoo. We ate the berries till we got quite sick of them. LOL. Vince ate till he nearly exploded. For dinner, we set of to Little Italy. We had a wonderfull meal at a Italian restaurant, Boun Appetito. Food was great, Company was great, amibence was great and the service was great. Seems like we have a lot more to learn back home. Bad part abt today? My camera charger didnt work as the adapter couldnt convert the 110v to step it up. oh well.
23/06/06
Morning. Wheee.. Strawberry panckes. LOL
Mexico here we come! We headed off to Tijuana, Mexico. Let the power of bargaining begin! Boy oh boy. Should see Boon and Rachel "tock" the sellers! hahaha. Bought quite a number of stuff! Heavy! Some of the sellers there were really friendly. haha. We drove really hard bargain. The end of the trip was the real piss off part. Kinda got conned by a restautant owner to eating his expensive burritos. Argh. And he still insisted of us tipping him. We got so fed up we just paid and left. Bleah. Oh we bought tequilla! hehe. wheeee!
Okay its getting real late now here. Will update tomorrow then. Cheers!
Nites!
Peace y'all!