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Monday, August 25, 2008
Bonjour! Hello everyone! Greetings from Montreal. :) Arrived on Thursday night after a grueling 13 hour train ride from New York. I'm liking the place so far. It was surprisingly pretty hot the past few days. Felt totally like Singapore weather, minus a bit of humidity. Cooled down a bit today (like 20ish?). The apartment's nice and I do like it here. My housemates are nice and pretty fun people. Imagine 6 people shopping for groceries, 6 people in our little kitchen. Can be pretty chaotic but we always have our fair share of laughter. 4 days together and we have already starting jacking each other on sensitive issues like height, nationality, school etc so its really funny at times. There's a bit of language barrier here cos people here predominantly speaks French and even at the banks, some of their English really cannot make it. So its quite frustrating trying to settle important stuff with this language barrier. Hopefully at the end of this exchange, I can communicate with them better. For now, its just Bonjour and Merci. heh. Orientation has started but it is really damn disappointing. I guess the main attraction is the nightly (yes, I do mean EVERY night) parties at different clubs. I think we had our expectations too high so we found the clubs pretty disappointing so far so we only attend the parties selectively. Haha. Oh well, there's one more week so hope it gets better. The kingston brothers are here, so hopefully both of them (not just Jason, but both) can join us for the tmr night's party. :)))))))))))))) pegs Awesome Americanos @ 9:23 PM Friday, August 22, 2008
San Fran - boy do they have hills... hey everybody.. just doing a short entry to put in some photos on this blog!! =) Jason and I covered part of San Fran which includes Union Square, Chinatown and Fisherman's Wharf yesterday. Boy is San Francisco hilly lah!! Freaking uphill and then downhill, uphill and then downhill again.. phew... my legs was just killing me yesterday... And also a trivia pursuit: San Francisco has one of the highest prices for gasoline over here in the US. It is really quite cool to see their efforts to be green and all with lots of smaller cars here (compared to other states), toll-free passing if you car pool as well as the utilization of renewable energy as seem by the wind turbines "farms" along the way. With that being said, here are the photos (i especially like the b/w ones) :   Cheesecake Factory!!!   Photos of Alcatraz / Streets of San Fran:
Awesome Americanos @ 9:24 AM Thursday, August 21, 2008
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGSTERS!! + SAN FRAN first of all.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGSTERS!!!!! HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT ONE OVER THERE!! =) I think you were sorta high when Jason called you last night! After a fantastic dinner and drinks session at LV, i must confess i did get high / dizzy from Grey Goose vodka and Barcardi rum from a mad 3 loss in a row playing Indian Poker in the room ok that was a lot of information so let me break it down. a. GREAT DINNER b. DRINKS SESSION on top of the Mandalay c. DRINKS SESSION back @ the room d. Grey Goose Vodka and Bacardi Rum being the poison of choice e. Loss 3 times in a row f. Got smashed and dizzy Boy was that night crazy! haha.. and well.. that nights dedicated to: 1. Yiwei (Yiwei is first cos our brotherhood got to a new level!) 2. Clara / Peggen 4. Jason (Jason is last cos claiming to be tired, he spent most of the night in his own world) Moving on, Jason and I are now in San Francisco after a 8.5 hour drive.. To be fair... driving to San Fran was actually quite a nice experience. Starting from the desert region in LV to a cooler climate up north in San Fran, it was interesting to see the scenery change as we move on: From the cactus decorated fields of sand to agricultural plantations growing everything from pistachios, oranges, roses, cherries and tomatoes, the world is really one huge place man.. This is especially augmented by a seemingly myopic Singaporean upbringing where far means having to drive for 25min to Changi V to get that elusive Nasi Lemak. From here on out, i have come to the last leg of the West Side story and well.. i will miss this one. With that i leave you guys with a few phrases / scenes of the trip and off the top of my head: 1. zzzzzzzz! (sound of electric stun gun) 2. you will see him when you see him ("duh" kinda philosophical outburst from one Universal Studio dude) 3. the P, KP, FP rating system 4. getting wet (i mean really wet) at the Jurassic park ride in Universal Studios 5. SANTA MONICA BABY (need i say more) 6. white and green things... at Santa Monica beach 7. Fuscia at LV 8. That one mad night in room 10316 =) All right that's all from me now.. going to Chinatown in a bit! bobbs
-For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain- Awesome Americanos @ 9:00 AM Wednesday, August 20, 2008
hugs and kissesssss Special dedication: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DEAREST SERENE!!!   I miss miss miss miss miss youuuuuu. Miss our lil chit chat sessions over 2am, booze and even uncool places like picks and kops. Can't wait to take more huggalicious photos with you!Thanks for being the sweetish, happyish-go-lucky girl around me and always making my day. Glad that you are having fun and taking good care of yourself. Hope you like the present. heh:)  You know I love you and I know you love me too!xoxo, pegsters Awesome Americanos @ 8:59 PM Saturday, August 16, 2008
Penning down some thoughts in the cool crisp LA morning In typical bobbs fashion (the uncool kind.. haha).. i am here blogging and awake after the rest have came back from a night of drinking which i abstained from (yes yes.. holy gucamole syndrome.. haha) .. and no, the peeps are not drunk..unlike in a certain service apartment some time back.. HAHA.. but i did get a call from Pegs while i was sleeping and i was half ready to go out and drive some friends back to the hostel already.. but no it wasnt for that.. it was an invitation (which i rejected cos i was sleeping) for supper at the International House of Pancakes (i think i am regretting favouring sleep over food at this point in time as my stomach cries out in protest) nights have been weird in NY and LA: i have been striving on less and less sleep every night taking a max of 6 hours a day. Maybe there's something wrong with my sleep cycle somewhere.. haha The 5 days (has it only been 5 days? feels like forever already) has been really great and eventful. I have witnessed how big God's created world can be and i stand in awe of it! =) to this i praise Him and what comes to mind is this verse from Romans: For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. - Romans 1:20Well that being said, attached are some photos from the 5 days of traveling that we have done. It will be up on facebook soon (hopefully)  Dicky this one is for u bro:  Universal Studios, CA:   SANTA MONICA, CA    Finally, Jason and Yiwei checking eh.. insanely hot things at the beach... for those viewers whom wanna have a close up look of whatever these 2 dudes are pointing at.. please email me.. =)  Some last words :
I pray and hope everyone out there is doing good! =) Especially my family and friends.... bobbs -For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain- Awesome Americanos @ 5:37 AM Friday, August 15, 2008
Santa Monica Babyyyyyyy Hello my dears in Mexico and everyone back home. (and the 2 guys a few metres away) We just came back from the beach at Santa Monica and omg, my tan can confirm last me till I get back in January. Bobbs and Jason are probably a bit burnt. Haha. It was quite nice. The sea water was super icy cold but we had fun playing and riding the waves. Just that after every wave gotta make sure that my bikini is still in place. Haha. We had some alcohol too. Not supposed to actually, its against the law but we put them in pineapple juice cartons. Sneaks to the max right? And yesssss the hotel in New York is damn gross. To everyone reading, please DO NOT go back there. Apart from the santanic pictures (which I'm actually fine with), its just quite dusty and not very comfortable lah. I drove the car for the first time today. Haha. Virgin left hand drive attempt. Quite exciting. I think it wasn't too bad cos Jason was sleeping quite soundly at the back. lol Okay, pictures time  I forgot how this pose came about. Haha, quite retarded right?. The hollywood sign was directly behind us =) At the beach with our pineapple juice. heh.   Serene, Jason says this is for you! This is one part of the wall of our room in NY. Kinky right?Okay, thats all from me for now. Wished you guys were here as well. Miss youuuuu. Pegs Awesome Americanos @ 7:46 PM Thursday, August 14, 2008
West Side Story =) Hey! How's it goin everybardeee. Yo Aiiiight. Finally got my hands on some decent wireless internet! Yo. I'm in LA now and its 15 hours behind Singapore. The weather here is really nice...about 17-28 degrees. Quite hot during the day but the nights are very cooling. Before LA, we spent 2 nights in New York at a DAMN CUI hostel called Olde Art Hotel. But since its a VERY budget hotel, no choice. The room super dusty, keep sneezing, then the walls got some satanic paintings of naked women. Really damn scary to sleep in the room. When you see the photos you'll understand. (Will post in due time) We spent our time in NY walking around the bustling city. Its really a city which never sleeps. Very high energy level and the pace of life is very fast. We walked to time square and also visited the new york national library. Really very nice. Our tummies were kept full by eating chinese food cos it was slightly cheaper + its the most healthy thing around. On the 13th morning, we took a 6 hour flight to LA, where we are now, joined by Clara. After touching down, we walked around the central area of LA a.k.a. hollywood boulevard road! Our hostel in LA has a damn good location. Its only a 2 min walk from central area! (Bobbs +500 points after minusing a million for the NY one. lol kidding.) We caught the play wicked on the first night (VERY SORRY GROSS. We will watch lion king with you). It was simply breathtaking. The stage effects held us spellbound and the storyline was both clever and entertaining. Well worth every single dollar that we spent. Today, we went to Universal Studios and spent the whole day there! The rides and shows were fantastic. Tmr, we'll be heading down to Santa Monica Beach for the entire day! =) Time to get the party started heh heh SO MUCH MORE to write at every juncture but gotta sleep now! Hopefully we will have time to blog in much more detail after this! Or we will get to webcam soon and tell you our stories =) Bye for now. Cheers, Jason Awesome Americanos @ 11:54 PM Wednesday, August 13, 2008
do you know that the passing mark in UDLA is 75%?!?! hi hih ihihihiii im all alone in zhicheng's dorm cos winny and zhicheng are at their spanish oral comms class right now while im waiting for my spanish grammar class to start in half an hour's time.guess what we have been doing since 12pm guys!!we were watching the channel 8 show from mobtv!!! AHA shows how much we miss singapore.and becks we saw you on it! haha so cute you are fann wong's rival heh.ahhh everytime after we are done with one episode of it, we feel like we are in singapore again:) such a nice feeling! okay back to the purpose of this post, i had international marketing class this morning and GUESS WHAT, we found out that the passing mark in UDLA (i digress, the mexicans are dam cute they pronounce UDLA as ood-la) is 75%?!?!?!? so much for hoping to skip weeks of classes and slacking our asses off!urgggg looks like we gotta do some major planning of our schedule so we can secure our 75%. but so far, we haven't had travel plans yet cos we (at least i am) are enjoying this whole dorms lifestyle and we take each day as it comes heh.doing it the mexican way:) plus our passports are still with the school due to some admin stuff.so guess we are gong to be stuck in Puebla for the next 2 weeks!which is of cos a good thing.ahhhh okay i think its time to grab some potato salad from the fridge now before my class starts! til then adios x serene Awesome Americanos @ 12:35 PM Sunday, August 10, 2008
HOLA CHICAS AND HOMBRES hello guys! on behalf of zhicheng, i apologise for the lack of news from this side of the continent.whoops our days have been really packed the whole week, and the only times we are in our dorms is probably when we have to go back to put our stuff down, or when we are going to sleep. anyway classes are starting tmr so im hoping that we will have more time to give you all more updates!:) ahh you know, i really really wished you all are here too.its been so good so far, everyone we have met have been so friendly and helpful, always trying their best to help out with directions even though there is often a major communication breakdown cos of the language. but its all good all good, cos we are learning more and more spanish each day and hopefully by the end of our exchange we could have a proper spanish conversation with a mexican. okay to start off, il tell you how our day is usually like. so basically it will start off with each of us making a bowl of cereal (cornflakes and milk=muchos satisfaction) and for lunch, we usually head out to the zocalo (town centre) of puebla/cholula to have some typical traditional mexican cuisine (ie soft/crispy/rolled up/flat tortillas).omg let me tell you, ive never known that there can be so many different kinds of tortillas.always thought that all are the same kind but there are so many different names of each tortilla.the names on the menu always drive me crazy and i always need to have an american/european student to translate it for me haha whoops.but its really worth going through this whole trouble cos i tell you, the food is AWESOME.the flavour of every dish is always so savory and fragrant, really good stuff. as for dinner, we usually do our groceries in walmart, and so we get to enjoy some familiar singapore food!so far we had bakuteh, chicken curry and normal tze char. AHHHHH all thanks to zhicheng and winny's lil kitchen that they brought with them in their luggages, we get to enjoy such luxury.and GUESS WHATS GUYS im finally learning to cook! heh zhicheng's been such a great chef, and a great teacher too.so im slowly learning..learning to cook tau kay, potato salad (haha okay i know its probably dam easy for some of you so shuttup) AND RICE hahah how much water to put how to cut the potato how much sauce to add what to add blahh blahh blahh...its been a really fulfiling experience so far and im enjoying this independent lifestyle. which also includes being able to do my own laundry, plan my day and get to interact with so many different pple from different parts of the world to find out their kind of lives.its really scary how i start to realise how ignorant and naive we are, esp since we have been stuck in our own comfort zone in this small lil part of the world. honestly im glad we are all going through this together, and most importantly i absolutely cannot wait to show you guys (pegs and gross, hopefully bobbs too!) around puebla.im pretty dam sure you all will love it too:) and lastly, just so you know we are happy and safe, here is a photo of us in puebla:) will upload more photos soon, but that gotta wait til another day cos im heading to bed now! its 1.27am now and ive got classes at 10 tmr so i need my sleep. ahhhh adios (bye) and buenas noches (goodnight)! xxx  Awesome Americanos @ 11:09 PM Friday, August 8, 2008
-HELP!!- AH!!!! ONLY 2 DAYS MORE AND I STILL HAVEN'T PACK YET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - RUNS AROUND PANICKING- ok breathe bobbs breathe.. everything's gonna be all right... breathe... breathe... ah there we go... to my friends who might happen to read this.. i am not schizophrenic but yes.. i do talk to myself... Angster is one such victim; she was visibly disturbed when i started to talk to myself in the midst of either AA or AT paper.. haha.. bobbs -For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain- Awesome Americanos @ 12:08 AM Wednesday, August 6, 2008
- Kingston brothers Kinks up the competition- Yes i am going to blog about this cos hey.. its not everyday we win something! =) Last Saturday, Jason and I (the Kingston bros) won a FX competition!! and we are on the Business Times! and for once... i think i look better than JASON!! HAHA Jason looks kinda pale like a ghost!! haha.. and the photo didnt show my belly!! YAAAAYYYYY!! But this win is dedicated first and foremost to God To God be the Gloryand to the Awesome Americanos and Friends!! HAHA LOVE U GUYS!! 4 more days before flying!!! also want to say thanks to Pegs (my secretary) cos without her.. my life would be in an awful shamble! thanks for helping me print all those important documents!! To the peeps over at MEHICO: how's the guacamole coming along people??? we will be coming over soon k?? (ok not to visit but hey at least we're on the same continent!) bobbs -For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain-   Awesome Americanos @ 3:23 AM |
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