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piecesof-meg
Tuesday, July 03, 2007

sorry for the long hiatus. i was sooo busy with pupillage applications! and before that, internship was also very tiring:( after all the stress and rush leading up to yesterday, i really thank God that everything went quite smoothly in the end, and i managed to get what i wanted:) i hope this is what He wanted for me too!

and yes.. i will continue to updating my very long overdue posts..

::abbott kinney & westside pavillion::

named after the founder of the venice canals, this market street is bustling with local shops and restaurants unique to the area. the abbott kinney blvd is lined with one-of-a-kind boutiques and cafes - there are no chain stores/restaurants there!

one of the more interesting chic boutiques - which dominate the street!

there was even a characteristic-red-london-telephone-booth model outside the uk fashion apparel boutique!

more sights along the abbott kinney.. which has a very bohemian yet neighbourhood feel to it!

at the end of the street, we came across a scientology temple. there are so many scientology temples around LA! i cant remember if i mention this before, but in hollywood, there are even advertisements, to attract people to join scientology. its followers are also stationed along the hollywood blvd, where IQ quizzes are handed out for people to take, to determine if they are suitable to join the scientology church?! madness. LA is really a place where scientology thrives!

ACCIDENT!! after we covered the abbott kinney, the other half and i headed down to the westside pavillion, an urban-style shopping mall in west LA. on the way there (when we were just outside the univ of santa monica), the bus that we were on, got into an accident with another car (as shown on the picture above)!!

there was a loud thud and the bus shooooook. the (rather nasty) lady driver of the white car came up the bus and made a lot of noise. the poor busdriver (who really wasnt at fault) was dragged down the bus to assess the damages and settle the accident claim form with the lady:/

because the other half and i were sitting at the 2nd last row on the bus, we sorta saw what happened. in a nutshell, the lady who was driving behind the bus wanted to overtake the bus. because of her miscalculation, she caused a side swipe with the bus. her driver's side mirror was crushed and her right front door was badly scratched and dented. thank God no one was hurt! the busdriver later got the other half and i to be his eye-witnesses, and made us fill out this form! it is interesting how the other half and i ended up getting involved in this! but we were happy to be able to help (or rather, defend) the poor busdriver:) how drama..

the damage sustained by the white car - i was hiding behind the other half, while taking this photo - coz i was quite afraid that the nasty lady would come after me upon seeing my attempt at taking a photo of her damaged car! haha. man i felt like a paparazzi/reporter/photographer?!

after taking my photo, the other half and i hurriedly got onto another bus and finally arrived at our destination - westside pavillion! i think the best thing about this shopping mall is that there is a guess boutique there - that sells apparels and accessories at really-low-factory-outlet prices!! much thanks to amy who shared this shopping tip/secret with me;) heh.

other than that, it was a quite an ordinary shopping mall..

dinner was at apple pan - a highly recommended restaurant in our LA travelling guidebook!

i really liked the typical american diner set up of the restaurant! as u can see, it was full-house at this very popular diner! the other half and i had to wait for about half an hour just to get seats!

to think that the antiquated cash register box is still in use!

the other half and i - at the apple pan, eagerly waiting for our food to be served - coz we were famished!!

food oh glorious food!! typical diner foodfare - burgers and fries. the burgers were sooo delicious! this is by far the best american diner that i have been to (in terms of food and ambience!) :) since we were at the apple pan, we couldnt resist trying their specialty namesake dessert - the apple pie!

interestingly, drinks there are served in a funnel-like holder!

we love apple pan:)

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