Greetings from the Land of Angels!

Hey hey... much has been going on throughout these past few days!

Thank God that the four of us are able to meet 2 other schoolmates right in LA, and it's been a really great trip because we got the chance to travel to many different areas that we thought we'd never get to go.

The heart of LA might be Hollywood, but I think this place called Westwood (right next to UCLA) leaves a better impression of what LA should be. It's definitely cosier, and you don't see much souvenir shops like the ones in Hollywood (too much of it gets to lame). Food is cheaper, and there's an ice-cream shop that has a specialty sandwich consisting of two cookies and a whole lump of ice-cream placed right smack in the middle. And quite popular amongst the students (who I think make up the majority of the people staying there) is the hookah (Turkish tobacco steam-pipe).

We travelled to a mega huge factory outlet in Carmarillo (and contrary to the word factory, the entire place looks like a retirement resort, with each brand having their own store). Fortunately for these companies, they have people like Felice, Jia Hui, Ka Man, Elgin and I to spend sh*tloads of money on the lower-priced goods. GAP was amazingly affordable, and so was VANS... Three of them bought stuff from COACH... I got two pairs of shoes, one matching belt and two watches from Fossil!! 'Nuff said about being a shopping freak (my reason being - I don't shop in Singapore).

We had a wonderful dinner in Koreatown too, at this restaurant called Tofu Place that sold scrumptiously authentic Korean food. The four of us had Bimbimpap again, along with other side dishes that were included in our set. And just today, we had amazing Japanese at this shop hidden in the dingier side of Hollywood. (I prefer steering away from the hustle and bustle).

I gotta go now.. need to check on the laundry. So ciao and cya on Sunday at 2pm (the time when I'll be returning to Singapore)