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go to rawdah's for updates. ;)

i will tryyy to do sthg abt my blog soon, but busy busy busybee lah. ;)

so vegas was the bomb. honestly, experience of a lifetime. thgs you thought you'd never see, never do.

SHOPPING'S BEEN CRAZYY LATELY! i just did the accounts last night, omg kill me if i shop again within the next year.

but i told my daddy, and he say oklah.. i thought you spent like 10 ribu. -__- seriously, daddy.

fashion outlets - primm @vegas, desert hills @palm springs.

i have bags and bags of shopping from GUESS, COACH, Boss, A|X, Nine West.. the likes. for peoplepeople around me - mummy, sister and the very lucky Bik Na because she is my favouuurite aunt because she is always the one helping my friends and i get tickets to fly everywhere (kiter kan global citizens). ;)

okay this is getting too incoherent already - i'm rushing, class in 20minutes! and i'm still going to drop Dahling somewhere in campus so she can look around and take photos! :D

okaayy photos should come soon. but if you're on my Facebook, you're way luckier! because photos usually go up there - esp stuff i don't want random people seeing. which reminds me - i better change that Facebook settings.

yikes - LATE! okaay toodles!

today's agenda - the Grove. check it out!

apologies for the neglect.

welcome to UCLA!

powell library.

as you walk around campus..

in the centre of campus

enjoying the sun and campus beauty.

we also must! ;)

on the grass.

you is totally gorgeous.

jamba juice is the rocks!

film school! melnitz hall.

signed.

and then one day, i stumbled on this little piece of heaven.
off-campus university housing.

enjoy! vegas this weekend, but first - RAWDAH ARRIVES! :) :)

career change?

maybe when i feel more inspired, i'll make this more exciting.

off to dinner, bye! (:

i have not been updating, and that is a good thing. ;)

i am really quite happy here, which is evident enough. and i'm really very thankful.

i'd hate to say bad things about london, but just comparing the two time periods.. the weather here is soo much better. london was kinda gloomy.

plus, i've met some really nice people here, so my dear loves should be happy to learn that life hasn't been lonely. (:

i loved London - the big city, the English living.. just paying in pounds was exciting enough. ;P there's just this charm about London that, despite the lack of sunshine or the abundance of black coats.. just thinking about it leaves a special feeling in me.

i couldn't possibly compare London to LA, they're each in a league of their own. everything that i couldn't find in one, i found in the other. :) like sunshine. the weather here is so perfect- the sunshine, the bright days and the blue skies. of course, i was at the two places at different times of the year.

Americans have also been really nice. i have had quite a few people come up to me and tell me my scarf is really nice/pretty etc. it still catches me off-guard every time though. :) people talk a lot, and they offer help really easily. they take one look at you and can tell you're not from around here, and immediately offer help. "you finding everything okay honey?"

of course i can't speak for the entire population, but i haven't had any particularly unpleasant experiences either.

one thing however - too many homeless people here. the singaporean kids i'm with, we cannot stand to see such things. it's almost painful, really. we wonder how they came to be like that, we wonder how they survive, how they see each day, how each day passes for them..

and then there's school. school is so wonderfully gorgeous here. before we start condemning our local campuses, i must say - not every building on campus will leave you in awe. some are pretty much regular - just like our science blocks. but of course, the skies seem bluer here, the grass greener and the flowers are just brighter. i have photos, but not today my dears. i'm reflecting today. ;)

i'm loving my classes. there are high school kids in my class, and forgive me, but i tend to classify them into groups that i've learnt exist in American schools - thanks to television surely. these kids are just clearing units in the summer, helps them move faster later on when they get to college i guess. there's a couple of sorority-like girls in my Psych class, but of course, i'm judging by looks. sororities and fraternities are everywhere. my first night here, the frat house opposite my block was having some party - music, booze and big-sized boys on the street. i see their letters on their houses, and i like to say them out - just to see if i know the greek alphabets.

life is exciting. :)

i'm really lucky to have chosen to do a film course at UCLA. like right next to Hollywood and all the studios. the film school is really cool, there are movie posters all up on the walls - and they're signed. the classrooms are really cool, because they are sound stages and animation studios. i was really excited when i first got to class. i'm also going to be watching a whole lot of classic American films - think James Dean and Barbara Stanwyck.

and then there's shopping! we finally cleared 3rd st promenade.. after 3 days there. somebody is so lucky, because he is going to all Abercrombie and Fitch, Banana Republic and Armani Exchange in August. i didn't even buy that much for myself. you know how when you're buying for yourself, you think and think about it - is it worth it, is it too expensive.. but when you're buying for someone else, you're just that much more generous.

i'm still itching to hit the beach. cycling, lazing.. the likes. besides Santa Monica and Venice Beach, i'm hoping to go either Long, Laguna or Newport Beach sometime. those are further down, so probably need the car.

oh and! we rented a car a few days back! 7 of us shared the cost, and therefore 7 people we squeezed into the poor Aveo. suuuper funny, we put the biggest guy and smallest girl up front. she was a bit paiseh at first, and then we went like "buay paiseh lah! just sit!" haha. poor thing. 4 people in the back, and zul drove (he got away lucky). haha. every car that passed us looked and pointed, laughed or gave the thumbs up. i think we must have been pretty impressive. at one point, we saw police! poor xinlei had to duck and gobi covered her with his hands. haha.

next time, we're getting a minivan. i'm serious.

and then today, zul and i returned the car. so sad. it was so fun and convenient to have the car. we've had a couple of late night dinners, thanks to the convenience of the car. i think the guys enjoyed it more. they went around driving while the girls were out shopping. the boys have been really sweet, always offering to carry our shopping, zul the driver dropping us off to shop when he could be sleeping.. and the boys will always drop us off right at our front door, even walking us up when we've got too much shopping.

yes before i forget, we wanted to spend 4th of july watching "the best fireworks". they say Santa Monica has the best ones. so off we went, 7 of us in the car.. and we never got there. first off, we finished shopping later than we should have, and then the traffic! we got there to find out that they had closed off some of the roads. but its okay, we sat by the road and watched the fireworks from far.. eating Krispy Kremes! the boys bought back for us! they searched for it while we were shopping, and bought a dozen back. didn't i say they were sweet? ;) when i saw them coming with the Krispy Kreme box, i asked "how many dozens did you guys buy??" then gobi gave me this horrified look. so far, i like the jelly-filled one. :) mmm.

okay so overdue photos include - Universal Studios, Disneyland, campus..

OH YA! (i keep adding on.) we're going to tour Hollywood tomorrow - Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Rodeo Dr.. these places are really near where we are, and in fact we've passed them soo many times. but what's different tomorrow.. is the stretch Hummer. yes we rented a stretch Hummer to tour Hollywood. ;) travel in style, baby. i think the boys were more excited about the Hummer than the touring. Hiro took one look at the glossy yellow flier, "what the hell, let's just do this one lah!"

i'll try to take more photos around Westwood and campus (esp of the frat and sorority houses), and hopefully i'll have time to put them up. :)

okay time to write paper! due on Wednesday! i am here for school, remember? ;)