Finally...
Hey all, i've finally gotten my lazy arse down to blogging about thatdamn US trip.. hahaha..oh well here goes..19 May We haul our sleepy asses over to the airport to get ourselvesairborne... was rather apprehensive to go at first (u can ask myEnthusiasm Coach, Hole) but it got better when i met up with the other 2.
Highlight of the period : KY almost getting his ass hauled into Private Search for answering "Do you have anything sharp in your possession?" with "Yes, my wit!!!"
20th - 22nd We stayed mainly in LA over these few days. U can read the previous blog entry for the first 2 days. On the 3rd day, we went a-shopping! haha! Walked down Santa Monica Promenade and saw street performers, nice shops, etc etc. Spent almost the whole day there actually.. so much to see and do. In the evening, went over to Bryan's house in the suburbs for dinner. He just graduated and was throwing some family party...so we got invited! haha..he's some secondary school acquaintance for me...but got to know him better this time.Oh..we caused his fren Carol (who picked us up to get to Bryan'shouse) to get a parking ticket... becoz she got booked while waiting for us to haul our ass from the hostel room to her car. BUT! We didgive her the money to pay for the ticket..so there, we made up for it.. haha. Might i say i'd wanna stay in the LA suburbs some day.. itzreally nice... great weather, nice scenery.. everything i'd like in a place to stay.
THe next day was spent at Beverly Hills and Hollywood... saw Rodeo Drive... yes ladies, ALL the major brands are there.. too bad we were3 guys.. so we got really bored after a while. Moved on to a shopping complex called Century City. Shopped a while then off to Hollywood.Did Mann's Chinese Theater..etc etc.. also did a bit of shopping. We were quite reserved about our shopping liao.. keeping in mind we stillhad Las Vegas to go to.. heh..
HIghlight of the period : See the previous post about going down those 2 bloddy rides.
23rd - 28th May We set off for LV on the 23rd. Total journey took us about 3.5 hrs, when it was supposed to take 4-5 hrs. This was due acertain Chimp doing 160 km/h on the freeway. (Never let a monkey drive u ard) haha.. we were almost at LV when we got distracted by somefactory outlets. Might i say, LV is the TRUE shopping paradise. ForgetThailand, forget Malaysia.. LV has it all. The real deal.. but ofcourse, ya gotta get there first lah..
So we stopped and shopped...again... (A whole lot of shopping for 3guys huh?) 1 thing i must add is that Las Vegas is FRIGGIN hot! almost40 deg celcius!! The sun beat down mercilessly upon us and we got atan jus by walking ard! Luckily the air was dry so we didnt pespireall that much. Next few days were spent pretty much shopping and touring the casinos. Oh yes, and stuffing ourselves with the cheapcheap buffets availble to those people that are able to tear themselves away from the slot machines. There are slot machines everywhere!!! Even in the confounded petrol kiosk and K-Mart!Well, we did try to visit Hoover Dam but that was a shortlivedendeavour. When we got there, we realised it was jus a dam. haha.. sowe quickly got back to shopping and casinos.
Highlight of the period: Hilfiger jeans at 40 dollars, Levis at 40 and50 dollars..... and our bagel slicer. =)
28th - 29th May We realised that our reservations at Yosemite wereonly on the 29th of May while our accom. in Vegas ended on the 28th.That left us with 1 night without a place to stay. So were tornbetween staying put in Vegas or trying our luck on the road, and get a motel somewhere along the way. By now, we were kinda sick of Vegas sowith the now-immortal words "Let's wing it!!" ala Terry, we set offtoward Yosemite with no bookings. All was well on the drivethere...the weather got cooler, the scenery got greener. We even stopped along a mountain pass to take a piss.. hahaha.. But when we got to our supposed stop (Bishop City) we saw that all the motels hadtheir No Vancancy light lit up... So we stopped to ask.
Apparently, that day (28th May) was the day 60,000 people made theirway into the town for something called Mule Day.. where they buy and sell mules. 60 friggin thousand. That meant that there was no motelvacancy within the radius of 200 miles!! ......................... wewere so screwed.
Resigned to sleeping in the car, the motel owner where we stopped toask offered to let us sleep in his pool house. Hey that was better than nothing huh? Then, his 2 little kids asked if we could sleep in their lounge instead! (I think they never seen 3 Asian dudes in their motel before... felt abit like Night Safari animals for a bit...buthey, beggars cant be choosers) So we got upgraded! Then the motel owners told us to go grab a bite while they waited for 1 final guest,who had made a reservation but didnt turn up. We could have his roompast midnite. So we went to the Festival to get us some food. So therewe were...3 Asian guys in berms and slippers in the middle of CowboyLand..... feeling very vulnerable.
HAhaha...but it all turned out well when we found the food tho. FriedBIGASS asparagus, garlic fries and FINALLY, Thai food. We missed Asianfood so much..it didnt matter it was total crap..hahaWhen we got back to the motel, we got upgraded again! The guy actually managed to find us a room at this place called Boulder Lodge. But itwas an hour's drive away.. so we made our way there. But who knew...it was THE best room that we stayed in our entire stay there. It had a kitchenette, sofa, 2 Queens, a dining table! FWAHHH!! Wished we could have stayed there longer tho..
Highlight of the period : The entire fiasco... cowboy land... SMLJ.... hahahha
29th May - 1st June Ahhhh...beautiful Yosemite. I shan't comment too much on this as u HAVE to see the pics to believe the sights. All i'llsay is that this is a MUST go for all u people out there.. Also, do engage in your spot of "rock climbing" , namely going off the well travelled road and bashing thru the vegetation. You'll get to some wonderful sights.
Oh wait, i do haf to say this. Upon reaching Evergreen Lodge, we had with us 3 bottles of wine. This we promptly opened after dinner... all i can say is see the pics for what happened and the end result was a complaint letter from our neighbours... hahahahaha..
Highlight of the period: KY performing an amazing balancing trick withan armchair... see the pic.
2nd June - 5th June Ventured onto to SF! Nothing much about this cityto write about tho... jus that the gay district was a real eye opener.Men wearing skirts?? OMG!!! But i'm pretty tired of blogging liao...so too bad guys.. hahahah..jus look at the pics lah.... any questions...jus post...
Oh wait...last but not least, we got delayed in Narita overnite, so we technically got a night in Japan for free... hahaha..plus we got bumped up to buxiness class on the way back!! hehehe..
Actually have alot more stories to tell u guys, but i'd totally bore u by writing them down. Rem to ask when we meet! hehehe...
Highlight of the period: Going home... hahahah...
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