Friday, June 13, 2014

outlet shopping at Citadel

all 3 of them suffered from jet lag...woke up at 3am and had a 'meeting' in the living room, tried to go back to sleep and then woke up again at 5am again while i slept like a log throughout and got myself adjusted to local timing the very next day... wahahahaha.... 

At brekkie place 1 - Starbucks
Sleepy head 1


Sleepy head 2



the well adjusted one , though I didn't look like one with my permanent eye bags and dark eye circles... =S 
having a tall caramel macchito at usd$3.75 at 6am in the morning...


picked up the 1st batch of starbucks gift cards for PTL and Alvin... hope to find more different designs at the different outlets.



Sleepy head 3 with my spects at brekkie place 2 - subway


bought 3 subway cookies at usd$1.50 as my breakfast

headed to supermarket to stock up on bottled water before our drive out of los angeles




a carton of 24 bottles of 500ml water cost usd$3.99 after adding in the crv tax...

Alvin requested for sweets so this pack of jelly beans at usd$2.30 shall be the first out of the many that i got for the 3 As to share....




self-check-out system ... scan, slot cash, collect change




 fun!!!!!


Anyway, this supermarket was located at Hollywood Blv, right next to the avenue of stars!!!!



din have time to explore the stars one by one so just took a pic of one of the few that i know.... wahahahaha..... 





first official activity of the trip.... outlet shopping!!!!!



the whole Los Angeles / California state was lined with this species of tree

clean and pretty toilets they have... 😍😍😍


selfie time... 


do remember to pop by the customer service counter to collect the vip card... participating outlets will allow customers to enjoy further discount on top of the sale they offer

tax at this outlet is at 9.5%.... and was upset to find out that COACH is not one of the participating outlets.... so no additional discount... but still, managed to help 洪 mama got her bag, original price at usd$268 at a terrific discount... =) 
Her criteria - not too big, not too small, best to be just nice for a water bottle, an umbrella and some space for wallets + phone.... =) 

bought a cardholder, original price usd$78, for Mr Ang... to be ready for his new job as a Sales and Application Engineer... =) 


bought lanyards, original price usd$48 each, for michelle and mab



Anyway, we only spent 4 hours at this outlet as we needed to make our way to our next destination, which was 4 to 5 hours drive away, so that we would reach before the sky got too dark....

 lunch was a simple fare at the food court where i paid usd$12 for this gigantic plate of grilled shrimp fried rice.... so so only though...


 awesome pics of the view along the drive to our next destination



highway lanes set aside just to encourage carpooling... 



 metal 'cows'...


sunset lo.....



 and then it's VEGAS!!!!


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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

to USA i go

The 4 participants, Kim, Casper, Joyce and me, in our super free & easy self-drive USA trip....


It has always been my habit to have a pre - travel trip post to share info on my flight, the accommodation booked and the research done on the places to visit but somehow, i din have much to blog about for this trip cos of 3 main reasons;

Reason (1) : Joyce was the one who booked my air ticket... we took cathay pacific airline, ticket cost $1652.40 with a stopover at hong kong....
what surprised me was that food served was horrid and both our flights were delayed... =S



Reason (2) : Casper was the one who booked the transport from Avis

we took the free shuttle bus from the airport and within 10 minutes, we were at the rental centre to pick up our dodge caravan which we paid usd$896.40 for 2 weeks...



my seat for most of the days.... =)  


this vehicle was finally chosen after a second upgrade... we kept upgrading our ride just to make sure that it can ferry 4 of us and 6 pieces of luggage. There are 4 here with another 2 within 2 of these and of which will start appearing after our outlet shopping days....



Reason (3) : Kim was the one who booked our first night accommodation at S$245 per night via airbnb... this apartment was just minutes away from Hollywood Blvd. And this was the only pre-booked accommodation for this trip.... the rest will be made on the go based on our location at the end of each day.... so exciting!!!!





my 'bed' for the night ... it's one of the couch in the living room...


due to our unbalanced combi of 3 gals n 1 guy... and since xt wasn't feeling well due to his flu and lack of sleep, I volunteered to be 厅长 of the day... which turned out to be a great choice as the rooms were too stuffy during the night... it always pays well to be nice.... ;p 


 Joyce's and Kim's room for the night 


Xt's room for the night 



The toilet in the master bedroom 

the view from our apartment

forgot to take pic of the whole living room and the second toilet which was decorated with a 'Paris' theme... =S

To conclude, I m the leech of the group la... the only one who din contribute pre-trip and during trip cos I happen to be the only one without a driving license too.... oopx.....


Anyway, i woke up at 5+am,
took photos with my baobeis
check in at 6+am for my flight at 8am, and after a total 18 hours on the plane with a transit at Hong Kong, 

we reached los Angeles...Met with intimidating custom officials and a welcome message from Mr Obama


and a colourful string installation at the airport....




First stop after getting our car was to get to T-Mobile to get the data plan for Kim's phone.... it cost usd$90 for unlimited data for a month... and another usd$30 for her ipad which was our saviour when it came to our on-the-go accommodation booking  

settled our lunch at shaky's which was just next door

food was way too salty for our taste buds and service was pretty slow ... =S

having fun playing with my shadow on the wall.... heee


Checked into our apartment at about 4+pm, laid flat on my 'bed', missed being in a horizontal position after being on the plane for more than 18 hours that I concussed almost immediately.... woke up 3 hours later and were delighted when Joyce & Kim bought ramen for me for dinner.....


And it was bedtime again after dinner.... I sure did sleep alot that day....


end of day 1 in USA.... simply sleeping the time difference away... =D
 
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Singapore's E stands for Esplanade - Happily ever Laughter 2014

Upon Mr Ang's invitation, I attended my first ever stand-up comedy at Esplanade Theatre in April.... yah, i know.... a super late post.... and yes, i am indeed that busy till i am neglecting this blog of mine.... =S


surprise surprise was that the famous ones/hosts/celebrities such as hossan, adrian and even kumar didnt make it into my top 4 out of a total of 13 comedians who performed that night.... 

anyway, sharing my favourite 4 for the night that tickled me so much till i was suffering from side stitches..... =D 



(will be right side up after the 50 seconds) 

none of these videos belong to me... though we were invited to do any recordings and were also encouraged to post them online as part of free publicity for them... =) 

i dun mind catching them in their next run oh.... quite entertaining... i do enjoy these kinds of lame jokes, racist jokes, political jokes..... =P.... oopxy!!!!

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other posts in the Singapore's A to Z blog challenge series:

X stands for ?????

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