Funny Weather

It is Fall in America, but strangely enough, the weather in Los Angeles is weird. After a couple of weeks where the temperature has been a high of 23 deg C and a low of 13 deg C, the past 2 days have had a high of 31 deg C and a low of 13 deg C. A look at the weather forecast shows that the weather is going to be this hot for the next week at least, which is HOT. Funnily enough, there have been reports of winds at 40-60mph that are going to happen for the next few days at night, which is actually quite interesting. I never had to contend with forces of nature at home, now its actually quite a new experience to be somewhere that there is a possibility of new weather experiences, at least those that are unexpected.

Here are the pics as promised from the Rose Bowl.



Trying to be clever to catch "UCLA" formed by the band.



Getting sunburnt :S



Entrance to the Rose Bowl



Action



Final Score



Go Bruins!!!!!!!!!!!

On another note, I've come to realise that despite Singapore being chastised as a country that has little political freedom, or stifling human rights, we are constantly a focus in the international context. The text that my roommate is reading for his International Political Theory/Economy class, has a lot of mention of Singapore, and we are always used as an example of growth and success, in spite of our supposed stifling environment. Of course, I'd try as much as I can in our conversations to dispel any misbeliefs that people have of our country, there must always be a balance struck between individual rights and the common good. Great, now I sound like I'm an advocate of National Education. Wait....I was actually working there once. HAHAHA.