Hollywood and a Taste of Home

The weekend wasn't spent in vain as you'd imagine boring me holed up in my room buried in books, the computer and youtubing my life away.

I went to Hollywood. Other than being able to now say, "Been there, done that", nothing much about Hollywood I particularly enjoyed? It was alright. Hahaha. Didn't see any stars. Nothing was being filmed at that particular time.



Hollywood Sign



Storm Trooper and Darth Vader



Hollywood Walk of Fame



Tigger and Barney?!



Met up with the Singapore Student Association at UCLA. Suddenly you started hearing abit of the "lahs", "lohs" that characterised Singlish, and for awhile, that made me feel quite at home. But then you suddenly realise that everyone is starting to have a little of the American accent, and it colours their speech. Then the verbal jousting that you suddenly think you can have with fellow Singaporeans suddenly seem gone. But still, it was good. It did feel like I was back home for awhile. There were the usual questions about which JC you were from etc. Got to play some basketball with some of the people as well. It really is important especially if you are here for a long time to find a support network of students from your home country, where shared experiences bring a douse of familiarity in this otherwise foreign land. I think I will try to attend the activites that the SSA organises.

If I don't start getting too lazy and fond of my room. I can be such a loser sometimes. =D