decisions.

4 days in vegas without bloody internet connection has put me off blogging about my trip.

i'm sorry readers. this blog is now "as and when LT wants to blog".

check back in periodically. maybe at the end of the trip. i dont know.

sorry.

DAY 2: Downtown Los Angeles

i sit here at a total loss of what to say because today passed by rather quickly. but i found today that Downtown Los Angeles is rather boring, because it's so vast, and today is memorial day, and so many shops and other attractions were closed. so. for today, we shall take it easy and look at just pictures. so that i can recap and give you a good idea of my day today. :)


Breakfast! at this awesome place called "House of Pies" which apparently had world famous pies. but we were having breakfast and my dad didnt think it's right to have pie in the morning. i think it's ok to have pie! but well. this is my breakfast. it's an omelet with CHEESE, MUSHROOMS, SAUSAGE and TOMATOES. i dont think it gets anything better than that!

beverly hills people! next stop after breakfast we drive up to Rodeo Drive and hit what they call the Golden Triangle, an upmarket shopping district in LA.

i have alot more photos taken of thie place, but i think you can see Versache, which is that building with the columns. :) the highlight of the trip to Rodeo Drive, by the way, was this:

welcome to the cheesecake Factory, AKA heaven. :) we decided that a tip wasnt worth the amount we would be paying for the cakes, which were really ex, but then again it's also coz we're singaporean and cheapo. :P we ordered the white chocolate latte cheesecake and the *drum roll please* Godiva Chocolate Cheesecake.


yes friends. GODIVA. i said GODIVA. :)

so we pigged out on cheesecake and i went on the ultimate sugar high. we decided to go to Griffith Park, which is suppsoed to be a really great local attraction, but the planetarium and observatory was closed, so we didnt get a chance to do anything productive there.



at 4 o clock we end up at MOCA, or the Museum of Contemporary Art. photos of the exhibits were restricted to the first 2 rooms of exhibits, but they're not worth much so i wont put it up. :P i did take some random shots because we were in the city area (finally!) which was empty because it's a holiday. did see another attraction though: the Walt Disney Music Hall.

i like photographing architecture, especially interesting architecture. this was the most interesting i could get in this city. there is this one place with a GIANT binocular, but didnt get a chance to head there.


this here was the next stop. China Town. can i just say it's some kinda extreme tourist attraction thingy that doesnt seem to attract anyone. it was quite dead. then we drove around, and we found THE REAL china town. and we decided to have dinner-lunch. we found a nice roasted meat restaurant, and pigged out. the potions are so big i almost died trying to finish my food. it was a gorgeous meal and i swear i would have finished her dinner too if not for the fadt i had my own.


Peking DUCK! :)

ok so we visited a coupla more places, then we decided to head to sunset boulevard. i now know why it's sunset boulevard! :D there is a setting sun as we go down the freeway. :)
rather nice huh? this was one of my moments.
anyway, i gotta go. :) LV tomoro! :D

DAY 1: West Side Story

Liting has descended upon LA and it's FREEZING!!! it's 17 degrees, not that cold, BUT COLD when you're wearing bermudas everywhere! :) i'm loving it though. thought it'll be hot and what not, but it's actually kinda cold. so. dont be fooled by the months and the seasons. they are no longer what they're supposed to be.

anyway. a delayed flight and taking forever to get through customs, we took a shuttle BUS to get to the CAR rental which seems to be very far from the airport. Budget car rental, but rental really isnt that budget. it comes though, with one of those nifty GPS systems which we have to stow away in the dashboard so that the car doesnt get broken into. i didnt take a picture of the car because it'll appear randomly by itself.

So after waiting and waiting and waiting for almost forever to get the car stuff done, we finally drove to the hotel, and before it gets ravaged by my family, here it is. the beds are ridiculously high, and it kinda feels like something out of the movie "Psycho". i hope there aren't any norman bates lurking around trying to kill people.
so we took a drive to hollywood boulevard from the hotel. parking is VERY expensive here, so we parked somewhere where we could pretend we were eating so that we could at least have an hour of free parking. we took a walk down hollywood boulevard. the weather is perfect here by the way, at this time i mean. it's like aircon everywhere, but it's very cold, i think my cold-sensitive friends would not be too happy, especially when you pack for summer. in this photo you can see the hollywood sign far off in the horizon. look CLOSELY. i swear to you it's there. just look closer!!!
walking down the street, and because it's a sunday, there're lots of things going on. i saw at least 3 Jack Sparrows, Micheal Jackson and a VERY distorted spongebob. didnt want to spoil stef's image of spongebob, so i didnt take a picture. but i did take a picture of something very nice!! look!!!
what a way to be welcomed into this city, dont you think? i love free hugs!

so it's a short day today. spent most of it in a semi-conscious state. i'm gonna sleep and prepare for a new day tomorrow, which we have not planned for. we are going to, so i gotta go now.

hey unlawful, i miss you. :) check your email!

LT is in the west side! :) will keep blogging! :) bye bye! :D

A Blog is BORN!

dear friends.

LT attacks california in a week and so, this travel blog has been set up so that i can update regularly and keep in touch wit all ya'll! i'm heading to the west coast to the sunny state this time so it'll be a different experience from New York and Boston. :)

check back in when the trip begins. will upload pictures and stuff :D

in honour of this, here are the lyrics to California Dreaming :)

All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray.
I've been for a walk on a winter's day.
I'd be safe and warm if I was in L.A.;
California dreamin' on such a winter's day.

Stopped in to a church I passed along the way.
Well I got down on my knees and I pretend to pray.
You know the preacher liked the cold;
He knows I'm gonna stay.
California dreamin' on such a winter's day.

All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray.
I've been for a walk on a winter's day.
If I didn't tell her I could leave today;
California dreamin' on such a winter's day.
California dreamin' on such a winter's day.
California dreamin' on such a winter's day.

check back in soon! :D

he knows i'm gonna stay.