Saturday, June 30 | 8:28 am

yesterday was amazingly exciting!

so a bunch of us headed down to 3rd street promenade - for some suuuperb shopping!

the poor boys. i think all boys on trips should remember that whenever the girls plan a shopping trip, they should plan to do something else.. anything else. the boys can vouch for that.

but you can't blame us! everything is ridiculously cheap!! well, not dirt-cheap (some are) but like waayy cheaper than in Singapore. firstly because, they are American brands but more importantly.. SUMMER SALE!!

guess, aldo, everything you can name me.. all having summer sales - up to 70% off! i don't care if it's stock clearance or what, because back in singapore, stock clearance also i think twice before i buy! but honestly, the stuff on sale aren't all that bad. not like the stuff i see in sg during sales.

we first came to Santa Monica Place, a mall at one end of 3rd st promenade. biiigg mistake to start there. we spent like til 5pm there, and we hadn't even seen The 3rd st promenade itself! the boys got soooo bored shit waiting for us, they went off to 3rd st first. and we bumped back into them right as we left the mall - they had walked the street and turned back. NOT OUR FAULT! even one of them admitted, the sale is soo much better for girls than it is for guys.

we have a theory for that. you see, when men get something, it's usually something they need or really want. therefore, they don't have to think much about it. they like it, they get it. but for girls. we survey here and there, we look for the best prices (because it doesn't matter what we get really, whether we need it or not) and THEN we buy. so in order to get us to buy.. SALE SALE CHEAP CHEAP!

okay so anyways. back to the story.

i saw fcuk tshirts going for usd$14.99, i shit you not. the boyfriend is now preparing a list for me. guess jeans for usd$34.99. aldo shoes usd$29.99. i swear to god. we saw sooo much in the mall alone (which is why we took soo long) but we didn't wanna buy yet - cause we still had to check out 3rd st promenade!

but guess what we saw at the mall that i did not stop to think. bath and body works! like whooooot! one 500ml bottles of lotion, shower gel etc were going for usd$3!! gaahh!! and like a selection of smaller bottles at 2 for usd$5. like mega-gaaaaaahh!! and the flavours and scents.. like a dream can!! i got a set for myself in sweet cinnamon pumpkin. i let my friends smell first, they were blown away - and then were really surprised to see that that smell came from cinnamon and pumpkin. :D :D so asssiting, i cannot take it!

wanna see?

so here are the rest of what i bought..
room fragrance! like so yummy right their flavours!
google them if you wanna see the rest of their selections. (: (:

i almost bought aldo shoes.. but i held off. the guess on 3rd st didn't have too many nice bags.

i bought like 3 tops and a clutch from forever21 for like usd$50! in sg, one top is a good $48. hah!

i also got myself guess jeans, i love how these jeans make my legs and ass look. haha! that was on 75% off. so like GUESS lah how much! haha!

i also got an amazing pair of emma capris i think they're called. from ripcurl. they're like the bath towel shorts, only below knee-length. because i is good girl, am i not? right mars, right nad? haha oh yah - usd$19!

okay so here are pictures of the place.

that's xinglay, from ntu biz. (:

that's not all of us who were there. two others are missing!
gobi nus life science, xinglay, angelene also ntu biz and zul! a few people reading this should know zul.

some people doing tricks on 3rd st.

most of the day pictures didn't turn out too well - when we finally got out of the mall, the sun was going down already! like booo. so the buildings looked dark.

but fret not. we shall be going back there! so i can take more photos! but really, we're going back becaaaause - in the 6h we were there, we covered half the mall and a third of the street. NOT FINISHED! MUST COME BACK! hehehehhe :D

and guess what. don't kill me, people who care for me. because we got TOTALLY lost on the way back. can you imagine.. 10pm stranded somewhere in the middle of LA. no, not somewhere, in the gay part of town. tsk, tsk. we had a few cars yelling out their windows at us, while we stood at the busstop. one said "orgy!", another.. we couldn't decipher what. haha. now we know we're in america.

thankfully, we did get back in one piece each. but we were dead tired. the girls from all that walking (shopping), the guys not so much the walking, but i bet they must've gotten pretty bored. hahaha. well, at least they sat down, talked and bonded. haha.

but THANK YOU GUYS for getting us all back safely. it was cute, whenever we noticed something even the slightest bit unsafe (or unfamiliar), one of the boys would bring up the rear. haha. niicely done. (: i is very happy.

anyways, more happy things! today's zul's birthday, and we've a surprise cake in store for him! we're all eating in today. (:

and and more! tomorrow is universal studios day! (again, for me.) i'm so exciiited lah!

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Wednesday, June 27 | 1:22 pm

i'm like damn sleepy lahh. but here goes.

SANTA MONICA PIER & THE BEACH!

first look from afar. already looks so tempting!

we approach the pier.. whoo! doesn't it just scream funfunFUN!

anybody recognize Bubba Gump Shrimp?

as much as i'd like to say that i know that of my own accord.. i don't. someone told me about Bubba Gump Shrimp's significance. any takers? mars?

on the pier on the pier!

omg take me now!

this was pretty early in the morning, although we made sure not to leave too early for we might run into them blustery winds. this was i think, 10ish 11am?

look! the guard station! where troubled teens go to sit down and lament about their lame state of life. ala the oc.

finally, a picture of ME! yes i'm really in LAland!

spot the smog?

the little carnival-like park on the pier. we were pretty early, it wasn't open yet.

my hero and heroine! (:

can you almost feel the wind on your cheek?

that's the rides in Pacific Park. my brother, despite having been to Disneyland, Disney's California Adventure Park, Knotts Berry Farm AND Universal Studios Hollywood Theme Park in the 6 days before.. still wanted to do all the rides in there. i'm like.. laaaame lah.

yani picture again! so hard to come by these days.

my daddy found a police car on the pier. and immediately asked me to take photo for him. then proudly proclaimed that it was gonna be his desktop wallpaper. i bet if he had facebook..

i'm loving it. ;)

wouldn't you too?

up close with the pacific ocean.

so funky right my daddy.
until my mummy scolds him and he has to put the cap on the right way again.

hero and heroine again!

the park was coming alive!

as seen from the ferris wheel.

the pier!

the "roller coaster".. yawns.

the entrance of the park.
notice the growing number of bodies on the beach!

getting so crowded!

the other rides.

the other side of the beach. this goes down to Venice Beach.

with the playground and taller buildings, it almost looks like East Coast.
wait, throw in some grass and yeah, an expressway. that should about do it.

quite a happy place yeah. (:
but Disneyland takes the cake i tell you. actually i don't need to tell you. duh!

i love how the waves roll in.

fluffy and white.

so crowded!

LAland rocks!

and what do i spy.. shooting? not the bangbang on-campus kind, not at all.

it's world-famous y'all!

some parting shots.. loving the trees!
why does everything look nicer in a foreign country? how jaded are we back at home?

totally loving everything - the sand, the trees.
spy a game of volleyball?

we didn't hang around on the beach much - was with the parents, and so not their thing. but already have plans to come back this weekend, whooots! ;)

final view of santa monica pier.

bye, but not for long! i will so be back! ;)

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