ok! shall make a short entry. so after Phoenix, we went to grand canyon! yeah, it's the grand canyon, but somehow i didn't find it THAT spectacular. maybe cos i'm too used to seeing such majestic sceneries. Nevertheless, it was still pretty and got to see the pretty sunset and sunrise there. preferred the sunset view more though and took a couple of nice emo shots. oh and there were a few singaporeans working at the hotel there and we bought ice creams from them. they were from NTU, just like what ah yin did that time.


grand canyon!

and then, we made our way to monument valley and took a jeep-like vehicle to enter the valley. it didn't appeal much to me though.


monument valley

and today we went to antelope canyon early in the morning to see the very artistic canyons. those wavy and artistic patterns were due to the annual erosion by flash floods and they were really nice. my 1st time looking at such stuff, so i'm quite impressed!


Antelope canyon!

and then we had a nice lunch at movie set museum where we were also involved in filming a 5 minute 'movie'. was a cheap thrill but was fun! and i was a soldier. took some beautiful photos with our tour mates.


our lunch movie

and then we made our way to bryce canyon which i thot was much more spectacular than grand canyon. we went all the way down to the valley and it was horrible climbing up cos it was not only high, but steep at certain parts. think my thighs will ache terribly tmr! haha. but it was really majestic i felt.


yes, bryce canyon!

but lately felt a little down, think i'm missing my sg frens especially at this time of the year. am quite sorry to my travel mates actually but then i really cant help it. and thinking back, i realised that i haven had a trip as good as the japan 1 (the 1 with my bmt mates) when all of us really had fun TOGETHER. and time never passed slowly then unlike now or the other previous trips, when i would sometimes feel that time is crawling and would want to be back home/london. and during this trip, i actually looked forward most to meeting liyu cos though i haven met her for so long (1.5 years), i still have much to talk to her. u know, old frens are always the best. i'm really yearning to travel with close, old frens but then i know i should not complain cos these frens who always travel with me are great ppl as well. oh well, should enjoy the remaining 1 week here. =)

ok i shall blog a little on my america trip now! shall be a short one with loads of pictures! ok, so after we reached LA, we had 1 free day to walk around and we went to the huge westfield mall beside our hotel to shop. and then visited the famous santa monica beach which was said to be frequently visited by stars. but we did not bump into any that day. and i spent a lot on that day, bought 2 hollister shirts and a pair of AX jeans at santa monica. AX jeans was cheap, for just US$86 and service was really good. 1 of the salesperson, called aaron or adrian (kinda forgot), came to ask my name and gave me a handshake. service was just really good.


at santa monica

then on the 3rd day, our tour guide brought us to san diego and the only thing i liked about that place was the old town. there was this very cute shop which sells really cute stuff and we sorta spent most of our time playing in that shop and lafing at grace at times. think the shopowner will think that we're crazy.


the old town

and that night, went to meet liyu for dinner at santa monica again. was very far away from my hotel but it was worth it! haven met this girl for like 1.5 years and i really looked forward to meeting her yesterday. felt really good catching up with her and yeah we really have not changed much. but she's more americanized now haha but still like the way she is. hopefully will meet her again on the 8th july when i'm back in LA.


with ryu!

then today, the 4th day, we made our way to palm spring where most stars will go to during winter cos its temperature is about 20 - 30 deg year round. nice place to chill at but think it's not too suitable for me. and then we made our way to Phoenix, arizona, and this is a desert area with lots of huge and cute cacti. really cute! and i like the photos taken there. the resort we stayed in was especially cool and had loads of facilities. it also has a casino and food there was cheap! ok, and tmr, we'll be going to grand canyon, the highlight of the trip!


lame shots at the desert


round and cute cacti!

yeah! am in LA now and will just blog about post-exams life since i have like 2h before shops are opened! yeah life resumed after exams and i had been eating out everyday! think i spent really a lot on food for that past few days.

k, so friday morning was spent with ant, yl and kelvin cos ant is going off for summer school in harvard. had a huge breakfast and chatted much with ant. hope he's good over there now! haha and we're both in the states now but at very different parts. haven met this good fren for soo long in london, but will meet him when he's back in sg! then night was spent with chem ppl at goldmine for a really big dinner to celebrate the end of exams! we ordered loads of food and was quite a boisterous gathering.



and then saturday was spent at that kc mok house. haha we had delicious bak kut teh (by me) for dinner and the self-proclaimed (by kc) very good fried rice which was quite charred and tasteless and i helped him to finish. had a very filling dinner again and then chatted with each other throughout the whole night, was quite a crazy long chat but a nice 1. =)


that kc trying to act pro.

oh, then sunday was dinner with ryan, laya, dan, terrence san and that kc san again. haha we went to ASSA for korean hot pot cos ryan was dying to try it and he almost died at 1 dish. but it was a really nice dinner with them, and then went over to an arcade and played bumper car which was really fun though i was just a passenger beside laya and did not drive. took some fotos!



oh then monday, was dinner with laya san and mr kc san at goldmine! gosh, we bumped into LKY and i cant believe it! he was just at the table beside us! and i blurted his name loudly a few times and he turned around to look at us. luckily i was back facing him. and we took some sneaky photos of him. yeah and we had old dutch after that for dessert.



oh, then tues had dinner at ASK which was not too bad! oh and today, i'm here in LA. there's a lot of malls beside us and i think i will get some Hollister shirts. yup, shall post more photos and blog along the trip!