04 Oct 05
I'm finally going off to the States~!!!! Whoo hoo.. din really sleep... think i only had about 2 hours of sleep.. woke up at 5+am to get ready... Dad was up.. he was sending us to the airport.. his flight was in the afternoon.. he taking business class on SQ... while me n me mom taking economy on CI... so Sad man.. but wat can i complain about.. hahhaa...
On our way to the airport..
mom's sandals gave way..
our little plane to taiwan..
CI or China Airlines have the cheapest deal to the states.. but had to transit at Taiwan... for 4 hours~!!!! the captian landing a bit the CMI~!!!! dunno y got e brake de.. eh.. the only thing i can think of y he e brake was that he was running out of the runway.. haha.. Argh... the airport i think too much money le.. so freaking cold.. sat on the chair n slept.. damn tired...
Taiwan's international Airport
A bigger plane to L.A.
the Gate to the StateS
finally can board the other plane and fly for abt another 12 hours... went on board.. watched the longest yard, batman begins, Mr n Mrs Smith.. den sleep... finally after 12 hours.. made it there to L.A.. mom puked after we landed.. my god.. thought i was going to puke too.. but thank god.. i did not.. went through the immigration.. fingerprint lah.. take pic using web cam lah.. aiyo.. so ma fan.. den walked to their terminal 1.. to find American West airlines (HP) bought the tickets on the same flt as dad.. actually wanted to take the eariler flight.. in the end we decided to surprise him..
1st glimpse of US soil..
While waiting for dad to appear in LAX
Still waiting for him.. freezing liao..
he was surprised to see us still sitting at the terminal instead at the hotel.. heehee.. boarding time.. it took about an hour to reach Las Vagas (LAS) from L.A (LAX).. took a cab to the Venetian.. the hotel which i was goin to stay in..
The Lobby near the front desk
Closer view
The Shopping Area at the Venetian
the hotel i stayed in
saw the strip.. was WOW... saw the limos.. wow... saw the guys.. WOW...*drool* muhahaha.. dad says.. if u dun see a limo in Vagas.. it's not called Vegas le.. hahaha.. kinda agree with him on that.. once checked into the hotel.. took my bathe.. damn it man.. the batheroom so big no bathetub.. den i realise that it was a handicap room.. muhahaha.. dad asked me if i wanna go out to buy food.. but i was halfway to lala land le.. so he went out himself.. bought back burgers for all 3 of us.. n hot chocolate.. yummy.. my fav drink overseas.. heehee..
my Bed
05 Oct 05
Still in Vegas.. went out to walk... went down the strip.. den up again.. saw Mirage.. saw Caesars Palace.. Treasure Island... went to the Bellagio to watch the fountian.. damn nice.. den walked all the way back to the hotel to rest.. damn tired.. in the morning and afternoon was hot.. cos of the sun.. no clouds.. wat the hell do ya expect of a dasert~!!! DUH... hahhaa.. night was cold..
further down the Strip
The famous palace
Am i in Paris??
Nah.. i'm at Paris.. the hotel.. muahhaha
The Bellagio
While waiting for the show to start
It's starting..
Wah...
Whoo..
Nice.. nice..
Finished.. *clap clap*
The Mirage
half the time.. it was only me n mom walking around.. dad was at the convention which his company send him to attend as well as to take care of his jap client.. who was damn important cos he was going to sign at a $1 million euro deal... hahaha..
Walking along the Street of Vegas
While mom was walking down the streets
after dinner went over to Treasure Island to watch the free show Sirens of TI.. was drooling at the guys bods.. hahaha.. after that went to play some jackpot.. played until 2+am.. mom dun wanna let me play blackjack.. she say will lose money.. okie loh.. fine.. haiz.. i dun really like Vagas.. cos too much static.. a bit only kanna ZAp.. gosh.. i comb hair also.. my hair start to rise... never go down.. Damn it man..
Sirens of TI
Another shot of the Gals..
06 Oct 05
getting a bit bored in Vegas le.. did a bit of shopping today.. bought somethings for my some of my frens.. walked about again.. *yawnZ*
Fashion Show Mall
One of the shopping malls...
some stuff i bought
who collects shot glasses?? answer is in the pic
Playing cards from the different casinos..
07 Oct 05
woke up.. mom said that we were going to take the bus to find the greyhound station... bought a day pass.. the journey not too bad.. got to see somemore hotels like Circus Circus, Sahara, Stardust.. as well as all the wedding chapels.. the greyhound station was near the old original Vagas.. b4 the strip came up...
found the station.. bought 3 tickets to San Fancisco (SFO).. den took the bus back to the hotel to meet up with dad to have dinner with him n his Jap client.. we went to the food court to eat cos.. dad had no idea where else had good Jap food.. he actaully wanted to go to Hard Rock Cafe.. but his client wanted to eat Jap food.. think he was craving for Jap food.. haha.. the food court Asian food was not very great.. it was okie.. but the taste a bit wrong.. like not Asian enough.. haha..
after dinner went to buy myself a pure chocolate n a cafe latte for my dad at Coffee Bean.. den went up to the room.. mom stayed downstairs to play jackpot.. after drinking his coffee.. dad went down to join her... while i stayed in the room n watched tv as well as to pack up my stuff as we had to check out at 11am.. dad requested for late check out.. but they say cannot.. cos the hotel is fully booked.. due to the Sumo Wrestling Competition...
08 Oct 05
After we checked out of the hotel.. we left our baggage at the counter den we took the bus downtown.. cos mom wanted to show dad the older part of Vegas.. from there we took the bus back again.. n stopped at MGM Grand.. we took a little walk inside.. den we soon headed back to the hotel..
Harley Davidson Cafe
New York-New York
Monte Carlo
MGM Grand
we took a cab to the greyhound station.. traffic was bad.. but we still made it on time.. so far.. both of my parents have been complaining that the Coffee was BAD.. unless they bought the coffee from Starbucks or Coffee Bean.. haha.. i dun drink coffee unless it's ice blended.. bleahZ
we boarded the bus.. and it was a long long bus ride to SFO...
Out of Vegas.. on the way to San Francisco
09 Oct 05
reached SFO at abt 5+ almost 6 in the morning.. dad found a backpackers hostel.. USAHOSTEL.. not bad.. got free tea n coffee the whole day as well as all u can eat pancakes in the morning (of cos u cook it yrself lah.. haha).. my parents also bought the bus tickets back to L.A..
the logo for the bus
Dunno wat the hell i did.. anyway.. this is the pic of the our bus..
dad bought a map.. and it was time to walk there.. did i say walk?? i meant hike.. gosh.. it was a long long hike.. up the slope.. den down the slope.. tiring ar.. i really can see the difference from Vegas and Frisco.. ppl in Vegas most of them are older and they were all in told auto wheelchair.. while in Friso.. ppl there were slim.. think it's partly cos they have to go up the hill n down the hill.. and boy.. some of the hill there is damn steep loh.. damn chuan man.. haha..
Streets of SFO
once we reach the hostel n checked in.. we all took our bathe.. and den we headed to the tourist infomation centre 1st.. we bought a 1 day MUNI pass.. which allows us to take any pass or trolley about the state for one whole day.. 1st stop was to fisherman's Wharf.. we took a bus or rather a simi trolley there..
Hard Rock
it was actually fleet week... OMG.. so many people there.. saw the Blue Angels performing air stunts.. nice.. the navy people were there too... was toally drooling... omg.. MS.. i think u would have LOVED it there.. haha.. had the clam chower in the bread bowl.. yummy.. but i think it was too much people for us to enjoy the whole place.. so we took a bus to the golden gate bridge.. traffice was bad.. cos everyone was going home.. by the time we got there was in the evening.. n it was freaking cold..shivering ar...
View of Pier 39
Fisherman's Wharf
The navy ship
Lot's of people..
Carousel @ Pier 39
Blue Angels.. damn nice man their stunts..
Sunset over the Golden Gate Bridge
Sunset with the golden gate bridge
Turning the cable car
took another bus back to hop on to the cablecar.. damn fun.. got off near chinatown.. went there to eat dinner.. not too bad.. think it taste better den in Vegas.. haha.. den took a slow walk back to the hostel..
One of the Cable Car Lines..
Chinatown
Taking a rest..
10 Oct 05
went for a pancake breakfast.. mom did the cooking.. haha.. think finally my parents tasted the best coffee ever in the US.. haha.. after breakfast we took our shower den went to checkout.. we were taking the bus in the night back to L.A...
Bookmarks..
Bubblegum for colin.. if i ever meet up with him again.. haha
magnets from SFO
Shot glasses again..
we went back to fisherman's Wharf again.. had another bowl of Chowder... yummy.. den saw some of the Navy personal singing on stage.. not bad ar... the guy also kinda cute.. haha.. saw the sea lions barking away.. den walked further down the wharf.. there was this guy selling tickets for a boat tour which consist of going under the Golden Gate Bridge and going near Alcatraz (this is the island where they used to keep prisoners, also known as the Rock cos not many people has escaped from there n lived) it was 10 bucks per person..
The residents of Pier 39
Navy guy singing.. not bad..
Clam Chowder.. *yummy*
The city of SFO...
We went under the bridge
Alcatraz
the tour was not too bad.. interesting.. after the tour.. we walked to the crookedest road in SFO.. hahaha.. damn nice ar.. cos the cars was coming down the road.. nice nice.. den it was time to head back to the hostel to get our stuff and took a slow hike back to the bus station.. during the hike.. dunno how my mom fell.. in the middle of the road.. mmm... thank goodness she did not really hurt herself too much..
The crookedest road in SFO..
The long long long road..
waited for the bus.. and time for another long journey back to L.A...
11 Oct 05
back in L.A.. dad called this hotel and we had free transpot to the place.. it's called Adventure hotel.. we reached the hotel.. but the room was not ready yet.. so we went to have our breakfast 1st.. after breakfast we all went for our shower den took a nap..
we took the free shuttle to L.A's fisherman's village.. in the shuttle... dad was talking to one kiwi guy.. nice guy.. came to Singapore b4.. and he loves to eat nasi lemak.. haha.. for those who dunno wat is a kiwi guy means.. it means the guy is from new zealand..
damn it.. was bluffed to go there.. nutting at all de.. think the only thing which intrests all 3 of us was the 2 guys fishing by the dock.. they were catching smelt (dunno how to spell the fish lah).. it's less den 5 mins b4 they caught the fish.. and they caught a lot.. smsed XQ happy bday.. cos in SIN it's 12 Oct le..
Some kind of expensive boat
the back view
mini subs
Fishman's Village
Plucking the plants... caught in the act
finally the shuttle came.. n boy were we glad.. the kiwi asked wat was there... answer.. nuthing.. hahaha.. went back to the hotel to eat dinner.. dad had the today's special which was southen fried chicken.. which come with soup.. portion was big... n it's quite a good deal... i had a small cheese pizza and mom had a burger.. dad had a glass of red wine.. n i had my strawberry maragrita... damn full ar.. rushed back to the room to watch amazing race.. den fell asleep after that..
12 Oct 05
today going to the shopping mall.. it's called Robinsons May.. had a debate on where to go.. dad wanted to go to Venice beach... but i said let's go to Robinsons May.. cos if he wanted to buy some stuff for his office.. he better buy it today.. den can pack.. think logically.. if go to the beach den the nezt day buy the stuff.. how to pack.. somemore 2molo going home liao..
bought chocolates.. n some stuff... n i bought a fossil watch.. nice nice.. mom also bought a watch... dad asked me n mom to go shopping.. haha.. while he sat outside n waited for us... caught him eating fries when we came out.. heehee..
my new watch.. nice??
the tin which my watch came in..
the shuttle came at about 3.45pm.. we took it.. and we went to the other places to pick the other people up from the other locations.. went back took my bathe.. and den time for dinner... had their daily special... today got salad... wah.. so full...
went back to the room to watch tv.. watched CSI.. heehee..
body glitter
Chocolates...
13/14 Oct 05
it's my final in the US.. packed our stuff.. and put our baggage into the locker.. and den we headed to Venice Beach..
think Venice beach is a much better place to go den fishman village.. much more things to see too.. walked up n down.. mom went bonkers again.. throw temper again.. me n dad heck care.. walk ourselves.. heehee.. could feel my face burning.. which was not a good sign for me.. cos i'm tan now.. haiZ.. only my face a darker shade den the rest of my body.. bloody hell man.. wanted to stay in the shade.. but the wind so chilly.. den stand in the sun so hot.. so mao dun sia.. cannot take it..
Muscle Beach
Venice Beach
somemore shot glasses
den it was time to go back to the hotel.. we had our final dinner there.. had something light.. me n dad had the soup of the day.. n mom had her apple pie with ice cream... after that we headed to the airport.. dad's flt was at 9.15pm.. me n mom 's flight was at 1am on 14 Oct.. dad had to check in 2 hours earlier.. he checked all our bags with him.. cos he travelling business class.. so good ar.. me n mom was left with a little bag.. with most of it was food.. haha..
after dad left.. we sat at the airport.. i was brain storming.. cos we had to transit at Taiwan again.. but this time for 7 hours +.. brain was thinking.. wat we going to eat if we hungry.. told mom.. lets buy a burger each n bring it to taiwan to eat it.. cos we dun have the taiwan currency n i dun think my mom will want to change any money there.. so we each bought a chicken sandwich from Macdonals..
flt was quite full.. ohhh.. our flt caption was a female... n boy was her landing good... i watched a korean movie innocent steps.. damn it.. so touching till i cry.. mom said i was crazy again.. fine.. watever.. hurmhp... den listen music until i sleep..
When can i get off this plane???
View of Taiwan from the plane..
As the sun comes up
Taiwan.. home of China Airlines..
14/15 Oct 05
once in taiwan.. we went to find out about the free half day tour.. amazingly we had to go though immigration.. haha.. so i had an extra stamp on my passport le.. the tour started at about 8.15am.. there were abt 6 different nationailities on the tour bus.. haha.. Singaporean, Australian, Indian who was holding a canadian passport, Japanese, Korean n German.. if include the bus driver n the tour guide den 7 nationalitites.. we went to see the Longshan Temple 1st.. there we lots of people praying.. the tour guide explained about the Yin n Yang..
LongShan Temple
the koi pond in the temple
after that we headed pass the presidential office and down to the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall.. nice nice.. the feeling i had there was very peaceful.. very calm.. cos the area there was so big.. and they had many plants n flowers.. saw the changing of guards ceremony.. impressive ar..
Presidental office Building
late president chiang's car
monument of the late president
changing of guard ceremony
view of where the monument is facing
in the tourbus..
to stay there.. told her next was the 101 building.. did not go in but took some pics from outside.. den it was off to the Martyrs' Shrine... den the Grand Hotel.. the hotel was a bonus.. cos the germans were actually staying there... looked like a temple man.. mom asked me if i wanted dun wan.. cos too grand liao.. dem it was back to the airport.. traffic was terrible~!!!
101 Building..
Martyrs' shrine
the gate back home to SINGAPORE
My Passport n my boarding pass
But managed to get back on time.. flt was also full.. i can't wait to go back home~!!! once touched down.. on my hp.. XQ asked if i was coming to her party.. told her yes.. i'll be there.. went to DFS.. bought my Absolute Raspberri.. damn it.. wated to buy another bottle.. but dad asked mom to buy martell for his brother.. argh... pissed off man.. i paid the whole bill.. 100+.. i'm broke..
Raspberri
rushed home to bathe n changed.. by 9.30pm.. i was out of the house n on the way to Costa Sands Pasir Ris resorts... damn shagged out.. hahha.. but it's XQ's birthday chalet.. gave her the puzzle.. saw Yun yun, nih ning, vanessa, chunwai, Andrew and Weising.. damn surprise to see him there.. hugged the birthday girl..
XQ's cake
birthday ger
Group Pic~!!!
missed out on shanez.. came a bit too late.. haiz.. asked vanessa to pass her her birthday present.. hahaha.. a bit late lah.. hahaha.. Kevin came.. he came at abt 10+.. eveyone was waiting for him.. haha.. den we took pics.. den sit down n toked.. long time never talked to my sec sch frens le.. esp kevin.. seen him online.. but never really chat with him.. unless i got something to tell him.. hahhaa..
the four guys..
Chun wai, Kev n weising
Me n Van
think the flash too bright for kev..
1, 2, 3... SMILE...
Drew giving his best dun come n take a pic of me impression.. haha
Who's that Choking Kev??
we left the chalet at about 12.55pm.. i was shagged out.. walked out with Kev, Van n Drew.. took a cab back.. Ron called me to chat.. chatted until about 1.45am.. den fell asleep.. totally knocked out.. heehee
i will try to put the pics once i get the bloody cable from my dad.. haiZ.. so watch this space guys~!!! mean while this are the pics which i took using my phone.. hahha
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