Almost famous

OH SNAP. We are even cooler now.

We made it to the Kogi website! YEYA.

I sent Alice the photo last night, along with an email attached letting her know that we are spreading the good word of Kogi around the island and thanking her for her home & hospitality while I was in LA. She replied me this morning saying she just got back from an international food festival and met 2 Singaporeans and we ALL HAVE DIFFERENT ACCENTS. She was thoroughly amused. Love it.

In the Kogi post she also added in the obligatory “la” to the end of the sentence, Singapore style.

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“How have you BEEN???  AHAHAHA.  I love, love, love that fact that there’s two people in Singapore walking around in KoGi shirts.”

WIN.

:)

Kogi love

We are the coolest people in Singapore right now.

…because I’m pretty sure we are the only 2 people on the island who own Kogi merchandise.

And its not even on sale yet in LA or on their website!

:D

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THANKYOU B! :)

Similar hand sign unintended. HAHA.

(Random: Alice made a very strange KOGIMISSESYOU video for YJ here)

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Peace out. Night.

A little lazy love

Today I woke up missing my bed in LA.

This is how it looked like on the day I left for the airport, so clean and pristine. The rest of the 9 days before that, however, my suitcases and clothes and items were strewn ALL OVER the carpet there was hardly any walking space. Anyhow. Look at how comfy the bed looks.. duvet, silk, fluff, feathered comfort. What a great sleep I had every night after a long day of adventure. Lots of HIMYM re-watching in that comfort as well. Tucked in, warm, safe, sleepy, hidden..

Ditch the plans we made,
rest your lovely bones,
spoon-feed these new daydreams,
a pajama holiday,
we’ll get stoned on love.

SALVATION MOUNTAIN

So, as mentioned earlier.. we drove 12 hours for TWO days just to get here.

Destination: SALVATION MOUNTAIN

Location: Niland, CA.

Besides the fact that I LOOK RIDONKULOUSLY BRONZED, please take a look at this amazing place! I came to learn about this place while reading this random person’s art blog, and I was so fascinated by the concept + images portrayed that it stuck it my head all the way till when I was in Cali.

You can read about it at its official website here.

I believe with all my heart that we are FIRST ASIANS to set foot in this forsaken destination in the middle of the farflung desert.

You can actually walk inside the little painted ‘mountain’..

This was where it got kinda freaky cos there was NO ONE around, and when we went into the little tunnels we saw this man sleeping on a table (whom I assume is the guy who did all the paintings/brainchild of the place taking a nap from work) – but it was still kinda scary.

Sorry if you can’t hear much cos of the wind!

LOOK AT HOW DESERTED THIS PLACE IS. In the middle of nowhere. And I kept wondering if this guy is trying to make a statement about God’s love, why is it in such an ulu place that is so inaccessible to people? Strange huh. Later Shawna provided some insight and suggested that precisely its in the middle of the desert, thats why the statement is more stark.

Now thinking about it, I’m suddenly enlighted. In the middle of nowhere where no one cares or bothers, God’s love still remains and doesn’t go away. It is an explosion of colours and paintings in the midst of a barren desert, it is unmistakably not part of this landscape, yet is firmly built upon it. I am liking this symbolism.

Fruits of the spirit, John 3:16, and the Lord’s prayer!

I found this short video on Salvation Mountain on youtube and it really says alot about the place, the man who built it, and our God who inspired it. CHECK IT OUT! (It also illustrates HOW ULU AND FAR WE DROVE. 120 degrees DESERT TEMPERATURE)

This old man is SO cute. Omged.

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Like I told Yong, I’m never going to come back here again, but its one of those things that you do once in a lifetime, one of those things you write on your bucket list and wonder if you ever cross out – I’m not exactly the kind of person that dares to dream big and does crazy things like drive 12 hours (essentially using two whole days) to see this little mountain that no one has ever heard of before, but hey guess what? I’ve done it, I’m so proud of myself for committing to do it, and I’m so glad that I did it with someone special. In fact, I can’t think of any friend or any person I know who would have indulged me in my absurd quest. I’m truly thankful :)

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This marks the END OF MY SUMMER TRAVELOGUE :( I’m sad to some extent, but hey its been super fun recapping everything. Now my blog shall go back to acquiring its longlost local flavour!

Roadtrip to Nowhere

LA TRAVELS RECAP 06/06 and 10/06:

ROADTRIP. TWICE.

And by roadtrip, I REALLY MEAN ROADTRIP. In total we drove about 12 hours. Our destination? SALVATION MOUNTAIN: NILAND, CA. (This shall be in the next post) It was 3 hours from LA, and so to and fro it was a 6 hour long roadtrip.

Why was it 12 hours? Cos we drove there TWICE. Once on a saturday and once a wednesday.

Why we drove there twice? Because the first time, we drove 3 hours, did a u-turn thinking that we had passed the destination, and found ourselves at a AMERICAN SECURITY CHECKPOINT. Of which they asked for our passports, of which we did not bring (cos we didn’t think we were going to be passing through a checkpoint!? This reinforces how ULU our destination was). This resulted in them having to call the Singapore AND New Zealand embassy to verify our visas. Which then resulted in the police officer questioning WHY I WAS STILL IN AMERIKA because my student visa had expired. In my bid to explain that I have a 30 day grace period according to Amerikan law, he said that this was “no laughing matter” and I could be “sent to immigration jail”.

OMGED CAN. I was like WHAT. How about I know my rights and I HAVE A 30 DAY GRACE PERIOD. But Yong was like aiya forget it we can come another day.. AND THE AGONIZING THING WAS WE ALREADY DROVE 3 HOURS AND WE WERE THAT CLOSE (cos later we found out we were 10 mins away) and WE HAD TO TURN BACK. Cos we didn’t wana risk getting stopped at security checkpoint again without our passports.

So technically our first roadtrip was a failure. Drove 3 hours to find ourselves having to turn back and drive 3 hours back to LA not reaching our desired destination :(

BUT we both concluded that we should look on the bright side, cos we actually stopped by the Salton Sea, which was an unexpected beautiful sight + my camera had run out of battery (AND I HAD TO TAKE PHOTOS OF SALVATION MOUNTAIN you shall see why in the next post) + after that we headed to the Santa Monica pier + we got to spend time together :) Lovely.

First roadtrip 06/06 (failed):

WE DROVE INTO THE DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS. I KID YOU NOT. WE EVEN MANAGED TO WITNESS A MINI-TORNADO IN THE DESERT!! + Driving along huge mountains feeling like we were a toy car + reaching WINDMILL PARADISE where there were millions of windmills all around! WHAT A SIGHT.

This was the Salton Sea. How beautiful. The sand was made of broken shells and there were dead fish all along the coast, but look at its breathtaking view – it looks like it came out of a Chinese water painting..

Other random roadtrip #1 facts:

x My feet hurt from the shell-sand, and I got piggybacked back to the car :)

x We discovered 100.5 DESERT FM, the best mix of radio that you can get in the desert!

x We heard MY LIFE WOULD SUCK WITHOUT YOU by Kelly Clarkson NINE freaking times on the radio (before we found desert fm!) We know the first few bars by heart now.

x Stopped by a DISNEY SALE + Jackinthebox snack where the man gave us a free soft drink! What a nice man!

x We love our little blue Nissan versa.

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Okay! Second roadtrip 10/06 (success!):

We drove to where the water touched the sky, where the clouds rested lazily on the peaks of mountaintops, and where the horizon blurred into one big piece of heaven.

Random roadtrip #2 facts:

x We heard HALO by Beyonce about 5 times on the radio (GOOD, BECAUSE WE LOVE THIS SONG!!! Can’t get enough of it) + heard POKERFACE by Lady Gaga about 4 times. (BAD, BECAUSE SHE IS PORNOGRAPHIC)

x On the 3 hour drive back, we asked each other about our favourites. 3 hours was too short.

x Conclusion: We’ve been to NILAND, CA okay. DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHERE THAT IS? DON’T EVEN TALK TO ME ABOUT WHERE YOU’VE TRAVELLED, SERIOUSLY. This was the most hardcore roadtrip to themiddleofnowhere that I could ever even begin to imagine. IN MY LIFE.

*this post is to build suspense for the next* :) WHERE DID WE DRIVE 12 HOURS TO REACH? And was it really worth it? Stay tuned! Hahahaha.

Theme park frenzy

MORE LA UPDATES (this is never-ending! hahaha)

08/06: SIX FLAGS

There weren’t alot of photos cos we had to lock our bags in a locker.. SO THAT THE CONTENTS WOULD NOT FLY OUT AND BE BLASTED INTO SMITHEREENS WHILE WE DROPPED 1092319231834 FEET FROM THE TOP OF THE ROLLER COASTER. Amagad. As I said previously, if you haven’t been to six flags, you haven’t REALLY sat on a roller coaster. The first ride we took was GOLIATH, and stupid Yong was like “oh this is the second scariest so if you take this you can take everything else.. and I won’t make you take the scariest”. And then after I DIED ON THE ROLLERCOASTER and was reserrected again, he was like “okay I bluffed you that was the scariest.” -_-

Conclusion:

x I am scared of scary roller coasters (not the mild ones that are in like HONG KONG THEME PARKS)

x I love water rides!!!

x Theme parks are ultimate ripoffs when it comes to food and drinks

x One more thing off the bucket list done that day :)

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09/06: SOAK CITY!

Probably our funnest day! We spent the whole day at Knotts Berry Farm SOAK CITAYE. SUPER FUN CAN. Please x-reference Fantasy Island/ Wild wild wet in Singapore. I haven’t been to wild wild wet yet though!

Highlights:

x THE TIDAL WAVE POOL. Oh so fun. And it got REALLY fun when we decided to compete with the kids in the front of the tidal waves for the PRIME POSITION. Oh man I had so much fun reliving my childhood. Even though in my head I was like, I’m too old for this.. BUT WHO CARES I AM NEVER SEEING THESE KIDS AGAIN. They probably thought we were uber psycho. I fought so hard I had such bad blisters on my toes can. HAHA.

x THE PACIFIC SPIN (refer to picture of colourful funnel-like contraption). The best water ride EVER created. We took it like four/five times. The water was icy cold, the best part was the sudden drop, and then it was UP AND DOWN AND UP AND DOWN DROP DROP DROP AAAAAAAAAAA SO FUN omged I want to ride it again!!!

x Standing under the big pail of water to get splashed by icy cold water TWICE. Freaking. cold. omged.

x A slow float through the park on the SUNSET RIVER. Ahahaha relaxing.

x Other tons of uber fun rides (and one that I thought I was going to fall off the slide and die omged)

x Watching small little kids run around. I could watch kids all day.

x BRONZED.

x SOAK CITY PURPLE BEAR FOR 5 BUCKS! I’m so glad I bought it. It sleeps with me at night, and reminds me of all the good times :)

KOGI BBQ

One of the other highlights of our LA trip was being exposed to Kogi BBQ, which is a fairly new taco truck business opened by Yong’s cousin and cousin-in-law, but has been all the rage in LA. They even appeared on CNN and the LA Times. I sat in for like one of their family dinners and it was like kogi business all over the dinner table. Very interesting. So obviously we had to go try it out for ourselves! On Tues (02/06), Alice brought us down to The Alibi which was like this little chic pub place which is kogi’s headquarters..

And IFC (Independent Film Channel) happened to be doing an interview there with Kogi’s chef. So we just hung around the Alibi, took a short walk and spotted flowers x100 and cupcakes.

Later that night, we followed the truck to The Brig, a pub place where Kogi was stationed for that night.. and lined up for the awesome tacos!

It is rather fascinating how people actually show up at different locations (as posted on twitter) which can sometimes be in the middle of nowhere and join the crazy queue just for kogi tacos. But honestly, you need to try it to understand it. The draw is that the tacos are Mexican meets Korean, with fillings like spicy pork and Korean beef, chicken and tofu. There are even KIMCHI QUESEDILLAS. Too bad we didn’t get to try that!! Yong is working on one of the trucks right now, so he’s going to get to try all the good stuff..

This was the IFC interview that was done at Alibi + The Brig the same night we were there! It was freezing can. And there was Korean drama that night as well.. IN THE COLD, LATE AT NIGHT, and almost unnoticed.

Venice Beach

02/06: Alice bought us lunch and cold stone, then brought us to Venice Beach. We just can’t get enough of beaches in LA!

Cupcake apologies :)

The O.C. huntdown

More LA recaps. THE GROVE (featured in I Love You, Man! Watch out for it if you’re watching the movie). REDONDO BEACH (apparently where most of THE OC beach locations were filmed according to this website). And last but not least, CRAB FOR DINNER. Which needs no elaboration. Crab has a universal reputation for gastronomical awesomeness.

First up, THE GROVE!

Such a super pretty, quaint place for the rich & famous of LA to stroll, lounge, chill, push their adopted Afrikan/asian babies around (I kid you not. I spotted at least 3 couples with such) and walk their pedigree dogs. Boutiques, green lawns, bridges, a farmer’s market!, a tram (just for kicks), and a fountain. Every good place needs a fountain, I say. If I lived in LA, I’d go to The Grove every other day. It reminded me somewhat of Holland Village but with a more polished touch. Snazzaye.

Then it was vrroom vrroom to REDONDO BEACH in Orange County! Love this beach.

Sorry you can’t really hear what I’m saying cos the wind is like really strong, but basically I ramble on about how THE OC FILMING LOCATION WAS HERE!!! *excite excite*

/edit I realised that at the end of the vid you can hear Yong’s attempt at an overly extreme Singlish accent – “O SEE VEE DEE YOOO!” HAHAHA.

CROSS-REFERENCED EVIDENCE OF THE PIER IN THE SHOW:

AND..

I FOUND THE BAIT SHOP!!!!!!!

It was this old abandoned building that wasn’t in use. But I had a hunch.

AND I WAS SO RIGHT!!!!! EVIDENCE OF THE BAIT SHOP IN THE SHOW.

I am content. I can die a happy person. THE OC, HOW I’VE MISSED YOU. WHY DID YOU HAVE TO DIE, MARISSA. WHY. A little of me died when that happened.. and as a result I refused to watch Season 4 cos I felt it wasn’t complete without Marissa :( However, Sarah Spottiswood has accused my OC loyalty as a result. Thus I think I might have to swallow the pain and cringe my way through Season 4, just to prove that I AM A LOYAL OC FAN! Okay enough fanfare, sorry about that.

The proper BEACH. We spent alot of time watching cute little kids playing on the beach. Sooooo cute can. Anyway if you are wondering what is that black lump of thing in the photos, and if you REALLY want to know – IT IS A DEAD SEAL.

OMGED. IT WAS SO GROSS CAN. THE GROSSEST THING EVER. It was like a dead seal washed up on shore. And the white thing that you see is probably its SKULL cos the skin had been like eroded off. Omged I’m getting goosebumps typing this. I was so in denial I was like HAR NO LAH CANNOT BE but Yong was like YES IT IS PLEASE LOOK CAREFULLY and I was like EAAARGHHHH I AM SCARRED FOR LIFE. And the worst part was the children were happily playing in the sand really near it, totally oblivious.

SO DISTURBING.

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Okay that aside, after the beach we had dinner at JOE’S CRAB SHACK (not the OC crab shack, sadly) and had glorious HUMONGOUS crab. We had crab until we could not have crab anymore. It was a dinner to remember.

Crab aka HAPPINESS!!! And pinkberry later on (DAPHNE! This is where we thought of you). And here is a video of the waiters at Joe’s crab shack doing their little dance. IT WAS SUPER CUTE. They did it like every half an hour I think. Hahaha very nice little dining gimmick.

What a happy place.

P.S. Check out super-into-the-dance asian dude in yellow cap. He must really love his job..

Getty Museum

On a perfectly sunny day, we decided to go to the Getty Museum.

It’s free entry, btw. That was probably why we decided to go. HAHA but it was really pretty and shiny and white and oooooooh and aaaaaah worthy (at least for me it was) and the huge garden was strewn with every kind of flower possible in every kind of colour possible. Ahhhh. It was just a pretty day to take a relaxing walk, talk, and enjoy moments together :)

If I’m not wrong, after this my cam battery ran out. But we had chicken&waffles for dinner and drove to Santa Monica pier, where we witnessed the most horrific face on a little kid being put onto a ride that he desperately wanted to get off. IT WAS SO CUTE. The kid was SO small and the terrified look on his face was SO priceless. Poor kid. Yong kept imitating the kid.. gosh super funny. It immediately got added to our list of hilarious moments with kids/faces to imitate to make me laugh :)

Singaporeans in LA

Sorry, its a very unoriginal title but it is the best fitting one I could think of. HAHA so anyway after Vegas we took a 5 hour bus to LA where I freeloaded in Yong’s auntie’s house for 10 days. I still feel superrrr bad about it :( They put me up in a pretty room where I was tucked into SILK sheets and Ralph Lauren pillows, fed me high quality expensive Korean meals and Japanese sashimi, and most importantly, provided me with AN ENDLESS STREAM OF MOCHI ICE CREAM. At least I bought her a nice gift for their beautiful home :)

Okay anyway so one of the nights we finally got to meet up with SHAMIL (!!!!) and his friends. WHO ARE CRAZY. HAHAHAHA. We had dinner at IHOP (International House of Pancakes hurhur) and went to a hookah place afterward (not all of us did hookah.. in case you were wondering). Let me just tell you that it was ONE OF THE MOST AWESOME NIGHTS OF OUR LIVES. Because of the fact that very simply, Shamil’s friends are MAD. Okay we heard of Mizra long ago (aka SATAN), so we should have been prepared. BUT WE SO WERE NOT. It was mad I tell you. I’ve never laughed so much in one night EVER. My jaws hurt after that.

Dinner at IHOP! The food took FOREVER to come. Meanwhile Shamil and I had fun re-living our days of arguments and taking turns to insult each other in front of new people. Most of them backfired on me, but thats cos he had an unfair advantage. WHATEVER.

The hookah place we went to was really nice to just chill and talk. Which was exactly what we did. Except we talked REALLY loudly and were like laughing super loudly half the time and the funniest thing was that the angmohs around us probably had NO idea what we were saying cos we were speaking Singlish. Awesome. We listened to Mizra’s corrupted stories of being a policeman driver, heard LIES about Shamil’s one year late entry into school, and stories of Saddiq’s days as a PTI in the army. Omged I love Singaporeans. They are SUPER. Awesome night. New friends, new fun.

Cross-cultural

My onthego life has been reduced to microblogging, hence the obsession with twitter – I’ve added it to the blog on the right column, but you can check out the nicer page in its full twitter glory here.

I’ve been updating pretty frequently.. one sentences do wonders.

We went to Six Flags Magic Mountain today, where I discovered that I do not take well to REAL roller coasters. By REAL I mean the ones that are in Six Flags, because all the other roller coasters I’ve taken in my life have been rendered lame as of today, and I always thought I was pretty brave cos I could go on those. Now I know that I have been living a lie. I took 3 really scary rollercoasters and emerged out of it alive and well, but while I was strapped on those seats and being flung into the air in every manner possible, I swear it was seconds of pure torture. I PAID FOR TORTURE. This is just screwed up.

Okay it wasn’t thatttt terrible I guess, there were fun parts.

In addition, I had awesome Japanese food today at an expensive Japanese restaurant of which I did not pay (guilt is gnawing at my bones), to celebrate the birthday of a dude that I only met today. After which I followed them to Caroline’s apartment (of whom I’ve only met once) to cut cake eat watermelon and sing happy birthday (to the dude I met today AND their grandfather omged Korean old men are so cute in their Korean old men hats). After which I followed them to their grandfather’s apartment to meet their GRANDMOTHER and sit with the rest of their extended family and drink Yakult and play with Diesel, the cutest dog in the world.

It was a verrrryy interesting experience. Why don’t Chinese people bow when they see their parents/grandparents? I think it is a very valuable tradition that the Korean/Japanese have. It makes kids these days (spoilt little brats that they are) more respectful of elders.

The day ended with mochi ice cream. Ohhhhhh mochi ice cream I need you.

Spring break in motion

HERE ARE VIDEOS FROM THE PAST SIX DAYS OF ROADTRIP. For your perusal and entertainment. I hope they entertain you as much as they have entertained me.

Walking down HOLLYWOOD, BABY!

Home videos: LOST IN UCSD.

La Jolla Beach: Seagulls take flight! It would’ve been a magnificent moment if Shamil was not whining about having them shit on us.

Uber cute kids at the aquarium.. okay yes stalker-paedo tendencies came out.

At the San Diego Zoo carpark. SHAMIL STRUGGLES TO PARK THE CAR.

And this has to be the highlight of everything. SHAMIL FALLING OFF THE SKATEBOARD OUTSIDE WALMART. AHAHAHAHA.

20/03-21/03

WE ARRIVE IN LA HOHO!!

It was really funny on the drive there when we were driving down the 101, immediately we had to play PHANTOM PLANETS AND SCREAM REALLY LOUDLY. WE’VE BEEN ON THE RUN DRIVING IN THE SUN.. LOOKING OUT FOR NUMBER #1.. DRIVING DOWN THE 101.. CALIFORNIA HERE WE COMEEEE!! CALIFORNIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA…

And of course we came all the way to do the TOURISTY STUFF WE ARE SUCH TOURISTS but we love being tourists. And so, where else but to HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD to see the Walk of Fame, Kodak Theatre, the Chinese Theatre..

WALK OF FAME BABY. Every star we walked past half the time we were like hmm uh dont know who this guy is. And every time we saw one we knew, we were like OH OH I KNOW!! TAKE PHOTO!! Okay yes such tourists whatever. JACKIE DOES NOT KNOW WHO IS CHARLIE CHAPLIN omged I made her take a photo with his star. And in the photo Jarvis and I are taking the star of KIEFER SUTHERLAND (ALL HAIL KIEFER SUTHERLAND) thats why we have a 24 sign but the star is cut off never mind it will be ON FACEBOOK. There are like a million star photos I took for no reason other than the fact that I AM A TOURIST.

Please check out the Jimi Hendrix dude. He is NOT A STATUE. He was a right on the streets singing and he looked EXACTLY like Jimi Hendrix wah so scary and cool. And PLS LOOK AT THE FREAKING SCARY CHUCKY DUDE. I nearly died when I turned the corner. And please spot Jesus. And The Joker who really looked like The Joker so scary so scary. And when he took photos with people he made this crazy Joker laugh SO SCARY faint. I wanted to take a photo with him but I had no money to give tips. Ahaha. But anyway the entire street was lined with people all dressed up, taking photos and earning their keeps through tips. Twas very entertaining. TWICE the same vampire dude came up to me and stabbed me with a sword.

CHINESE THEATRE!!! Hoho. Another ultimate touristy place and I took a million photos of peoples handprints and footprints and signatures. Significant ones include HARRISON FORD, TOM HANKS, BRUCE WILLIS and of course, the last photo we are taking is with ARNIE, our suedo-Californian governer for six months. HAHA.

After being tourists we went to have dinner at JOHNNY ROCKETS which is exactly the same as BILLY BOMBERS except for the name change. And we had the most unhealthy American meal in the WORLD with milkshakes to top it off which are little gumdrops of heaven. MILKSHAKES I want to have a milkshake now but it was SO unhealthy but soooo good. So much for losing weight aye. And the last photo is to illustrate how 1. we finished ALL the food (inclusive of fries and onion rings) and 2. Shamil’s ridiculous expressions when he tells stories.

That night we fell asleep watching SIGNS, the Mel Gibson movie.

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NEXT MORNING IN LA. MORE TOURISTY DEEDS! Okay Jarvis desperately wanted a photo with the Hollywood sign. So off we went.

I’m SUCH a good photographer geez.

So this was the closest we managed to get. Jarvis and Shamil tried the nooks and crannies and at one point Jarvis wanted to HIKE UP THE MOUNTAIN just to get a closer photo and we were like -.- omatian you have to be kidding me. But they failed anyway. HAHA. So yes. This was as close as we got to the sign.. and honestly it isn’t that nice and rather overrated. BUT it is one of those touristy things that you have to do. Just like going to see the Merlion in Singapore. Ahahaha. Aside from the Hollywood sign, the mountain top place we were at had SUCH a nice view from above to the valley below. Beeyutiful. The drive up was lined with extravagantlynice houses as well. Wretched rich people.

Hoho then it was off to RODEO DRIVE and BEVERLY HILLS – THATS WHERE I WANT TO BE YEAHHHH LIVING IN BEVERLY HILLLSSSSS.

Oh and we went shopping too at Westfield. Where I got conned into more Victoria Sekrets because of everyone’s very convincing theory about neverhavingenoughunderwear.

RODEO DRIVE.

Too bad we didn’t see any famous people. Darn. But we saw Heaps of sick cars which cost like 901019823123 million dollars. Every five mins the boys would be like omgosh look its a (insertnameofswankycar). That must’ve cost (insertexorbitantfigure) OHMYGOODNESS.

There we go. All our favourite brands that we so often frequent. This is where The Celebrities do their grocery shopping.

Ahaha at night the boys went crubbing. Jackie and I decided to have a quiet girls night with Popeyes chicken and a messy hotel room. Ahahahahaha and we didn’t go because of other reasons as well which shall not be mentioned hoho. But the boys spent SUCH A LONG TIME GETTING READY OMGED THEY ARE GIRLS – I have incriminating video proof. And Shamil and Jarvis have IDENTIKAL WARDROBES it is not funny.

They came back a few hours later desperate for food and sat on the bed eating remnants of our chicken dinner and dropped pieces all over the floor. We felt so sorry for the cleaner woman the next day.

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We left the next morning for San Diego! And stopped by Huntington Beach along the way. THE WEATHER WAS MAD THE WIND WAS SO STRONG MY HEAD WAS GOING TO BLOWN OFF ALONG WITH THE PALM TREES.

The boys had a very nice time doing boyband shots of themselves by the beach. Ahahaha. While Jackie and I ALMOST GOT BLOWN AWAY BY THE WIND. CRAZY.

My conclusion about LA is that it really is pretty overrated… except for the really lifestylesoftherichandfamous areas, everywhere else is pretty much not very impressive. As a global citizen (AHAHA) I can say that I have been there, done that. Aha! TAKE ME ON A TRIP I’D LIKE TO GO SOMEWHERE! TAKE ME TO NEW YORK I’D LIKE TO SEE LA!!! Okay I’ve seen it already. ON TO SAN DIEGO.