4 nights in LAX

well well this was in my draft like a month ago. Did my 1st super long flight direct to los angeles early june. was lucky to have jen with me. way up was fine cos the flight time was just a little longer than london. on the way back was so busy and i couldnt sleep during my 2nd rest, so when i touched dwn, i m literally paralysed for the whole day. Hoh even had to bring me dinner, cos i m jus a lump of flesh that couldnt even move.

Also its my 1st time driving in states! ..wow. its really quite an experience coping with jet lag and left hand side driving. I forgot how many times i wanted to signal but end up activating the wiper. well, we saved at least half renting the car to the factory outlet compared to getting a private transport there.

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on the way to desert hills.

its really a factory outlet in the middle of vastness!

What 5 gals did at the outlet malls.

happy with purchase and getting ready to head back for dinner. jen was in the toilet.

Dinner at joe shanks if i din remember wrongly. our bib are so cute!

Gigantic crabs.. but nt as juicy as i expect it to be.

Say bye bye to our 1 day car.

2nd day , me and jen took a train down to downtown LA from Anaheim.

40 mins train ride and an hr bus ride b4 we finally reached santa monica beach.

santa monica bld

And i was thirsty.

the classic california beach. dream houses by the beach..if only...

pacific park amusement park at santa monica. a very old park.

n i saw shark foetus in one of the stalls..so cruel

interesting face craving on clay. ok the gal spotted me and dio me.hahaha

i so wanted to play this. am quite sure i can make it to the top.whaha but too bad i was wearing a dress..kaoz.

the 2 hums on ferris wheel. very small one actually

beautiful view frm the wheel.

the alluring sunset.

i loved the relaxing ambience along the pier.

was a drama way back to anaheim cos we missed the last santa monica bus to the train station. we could have catch another bus but this ang moh author was talking to us for a whole 45 mins and promoting his new book that we never realised the last bus timing had left. -_-

we had no choice but to take a cab which is an hr by bus away to catch the last train. n it came up to a freaking amount of 60 usd my god!!!! but wat to do, we dont want to be stranded.

dearest woeiling touched dwn, so we went cheese cake factory .yummy,.

had mongolia bbq at westfield mall. nt bad!

and steph touched dwn, so after a day of shoppin at westfield, we pigged out in jen's room.

we ended my trip at I hop , good breakfast and great company. steph n wl continued their shopping while i had to drag myself for another 17 hrs flight.

the pool which all of us wanted to dip in but simply have no time.

hopefully, i will have my july trips up soon.haha

Tour Italy

This post has been in my draft for nearly a month. So it's like Finally finally.

Anyway it was in mid april when i was there with woeiling. My procastination style is procastinating.

15th apr- Milan

E galleria again in spring

The dirty n old train station near our hotel.

Centraal station..Woeiling me and our colleague setting off to Lake como!

We tried our arms and legs @ this.

Taking turns to be the driver.

Me trying my best to chase the swan in front.

Scenic Como which reminds me of Lucern though.

A candid pic of the handsome guy who worked there.

The theme was pink and black.

Missed the tulips season in Amsterdamn but caught a bunch of them at como.

The big fat swan.

N it slimmed down within seconds.

Some cathedral @ como.

Gelato is a must for a sunny day in italy.

Time stops for nobody.

One of the nice graffiti i've seen around Italy.

Back at Duomo milan again.

My next milan flight wasnt far away. so i was there again in early may. this time round, good weather permits me to visit Pisa and Florence. We rushed both within a day. Not a wise choice cos our stay at Pisa ended up being only half an hr due to an unforeseen train delay.

Along our way to The leaning tower of Pisa.

The must go spot in Italy but nope, i got no time to take the standard picture of pushing the tower. It was really a crazy rush to catch the next train. What a pity.

Pisa station b4 we set for Florence.

The cheeky angmohs stealing a shot with us @ Duomo of Florence.

The neo gothic marble Facade..Check out the crowd!

My sightseeing buddies for that flight.

Me , my travel book and Brunelleschi's dome

the campanile

Me and jasmine @ piazza della repubblica

The inspiring street art

The crowded street of florence during visiting season.

The ever famous David of florence and now I got him~!

Ooooo...

Us at neptune fountain.

Something interesting i saw @ the Ponte Vecchio bridge. Seems like some messages or vows.

My Gelato and the Ponte Vecchio bridge. Frankly speaking, nothing fascinating about the river Arno. Maybe not very clean? Opps

Our last day in Milan with my team.

Hhahaa.. i brought part of David back!