Updates on the weekend

We went to LA last weekend. This time we decided to roam the suburban area.Yeap, those not so famous attractions...SO dun expect big shots like Hollywood, Universal Studio etc.

We took an early Metrolink train from Riverside to LA. It is a 2 hour ride to LA.

Then yeap, we reached LA at late morning. The first place we visited was the "Original Farmer Market". As you can tell from the name, it is a MARKET.BUT it is a market where you can find all sort of food, a market where you can just stand in front of the candies store and start drooling. Those typical English style of Market. In fact, this place is filled with locals and tourists during weekends. We had a sumptuous lunch (Beef with potatoes..those super big portion of western food). And well, then we spent the whole afternoon roaming the market.

Not to mention the nearby shopping place, "The Grove". It is very pretty with all the lighthings at night. We went to a very interesting store, "The America Girl Place". It is a 3 storey store selling DOLLS. Well, it was pretty crowded. Guess what?! They even have salon, hospital, cafe for the dolls. The merchandise for the dolls ranges from head gear, clothes, furnitures, story books (with story about the doll), shoes etc. Anything we human being need, the store will have it for the dolls. Talking about the hair salon, parents n kids do queue up to get their dolls a nice hairstyle. Well, the price for the service differs. So lets say you just want to tie a ponytail..it costs 10 dollars. A slightly more sophisticated one like all the braids cost about 20 dollars. Well, I dun even spend that much of money on styling my hair. Lucky DOLLS! Parents in the states are quite generous/ willing to spend on their kids. We saw a few other stalls selling kids stuff too and the price for all these aren't cheap.

Victoria Secret is everywhere here. HAHA. The bra size is really scarily big over here.

For the second day, we went to the LA County Musuem of Art. Seriously, the musuems here are much better than those in Singapore/Malaysia. The collections here are pretty impressive. Not to mention the very engaging and interesting guided tour. All the speakers know the collection really well, and they actually try to analyze/discuss about the art pieces. Well, I dun think I am an Artsy kind of person but I did enjoyed the musuem trip.

We went Ice skating too. That was my first experience of ice skating. Quite scary but yet quite fun. Poor friends! They have to keep accompany me for the ice skating. HAHA..

Looking forward to the next trip. We probably going to LA this weekend again.
Touring every weekend definitely makes me having a severe Monday blues.
I dun want to study. BUT I have to.
70 pages + 40 pages of readings are waiting for me :(