Saturday, April 28, 2007

day 2
the other half was busy on call at the hospital today - so i went exploring the city myself! that pretty much explains why i don't appear in any of the photos below.. haha.

::touring ucla campus::

the uber modern ronald reagan ucla medical centre!

other medicine/health-related faculties/schools!

ucla's version of our woodbridge hospital!

ucla's very cute emergency telephone booth!

::hammer museum::
the hammer musuem - an art gallery created and funded by mr. armand hammer, an (obviously very wealthy) art collector and philanthropist.

the open courtyard of the musuem - which has a very serene and tranquil feel to it

it was a pity i couldnt take any photographs of the artworks/exhibits (the curator very candidly warned me (albeit jokingly) not to try and sneak anything behind him!) - so this was the best (or rather, the only) picture i could take of them!

the museum also houses the billy wilder theatre, which showcases various international films - brought by the ucla film and television archive.

::randoms - in westwood village::

interesting signposts of the public buses!

the grand entrance of the postal office in westwood


ucla film students lying on the streets - as part of a project to see how people would respond to their antic. they even asked me to help pose for their video while i took a photograph of them!

some random art gallery - the arts scene in LA appears to be quite vibrant eh?

a fire-engine of the LA city fire dept (LAFD) - it was quite funny how the firemen were taking a break by the roadside..