23 Dec- First road trip!!

Still stuck in LA.
Interesting fact, our hostel was located right opposite a Gay Lesbian building thingy.






























Colourful flags, official colour(s) of the gay lesbian community? Idk..
Anw to drive, we had to get a Californian driving license.
Went down to the driving test place.
This is what happened.
On the spot, they give you a booklet to study. Then you just take the test when youre ready. Have to be done within the day.
I totally passed the theory on the first try. After like 30mins of frantic flipping thru the book.
We were kinda on a time constraint.
And the test is handwritten MCQ, and manually marked on the spot.
Totally tyco, and not like I drive. Take for fun.
Temporary driving license issued!!















So we had to wait for yx to settle some car stuff. Meanwhile, the rest of us just explored LA.
LA is not as glamorous as how the movies portray it to be.
Kinda disappointed, but well, its still a new environment in the paranoid state of America.





























Dirty streets of LA















Anw, the rest of the day was spent driving to San Francisco. Our very first road trip!
Everything was still exciting and fun.
First mountains we saw in US.
Was very fascinated by it.















Stopped by for our first lunch!!!
Haha today was a day of many FIRSTs.
However, first lunch was pretty pathetic.
Carl's Jr















Anw, road trip was really long, and by the time we reached San Fran, it was nightfall.
Had a hard time finding our apartment.
It was even colder in San Fran btw.
Cold and dark.

22 Dec- Day 1!

First day in the US was kinda awful.
Well, the first moment was pretty exciting.
Customs was a breeze, weather was chilly but bearable.
Everything was new and cool.
Then on the way to USC, it started to rain.
That was just the beginning of our bad day.
In a nutshell, we went walking around in the freezing rain to find the car we had bought.
Not very familiar with the roads, so we got lost a whole damn lot, sky was dark, rain was cold and wet, we were miserable.
More problems about insurance and Californian driving license surfaced.
Eventually, we managed to locate the damn car and drive to our hostel for the first night.
It was a pretty noisy hostel but well, can sleep can liao.
Oh, first meal in US.
Dinner!
Mexican food :/















What I had was basically just eggs, rice, and beans.
It was...edible..
Lets just say, Mexican food just doesnt do it for Singaporeans.
Cos theres Mexican taste which we're not used to.
But ok lah, still can eat.

So this special blog shall be all about how I spent my money and life in the US.
It all began on Dec 22.....