The City of Lost Angels
Dec. 27th, 2007 04:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
animeartistjoIt's my second day in the weirdly windy city of Los Angeles, and so far, all I've done with my family is it. This post is essentially a place holder one, for the full update will have PICTURES! Yes, I actually bought the camera with me to this trip and took some pictures! XDDD
First day, after a six-hour drive where we passed through a mountain range where there was sprinkling snow, we dumped luggage at the Hilton in San Gabriel and went out for fried fish with some of Mom's friends. One of them brought along her 7-year-old daughter Hai Ling and afterwards, us kids were dropped off at the hotel with a large mango pudding (con frutas) while the adults left for an evening of leisure with some cheap (relative to the ones in our hometown, of course) massagers. Dad said the treatment caused more pain than relief from it, but Mom protests. Says the pain is PART of the treatment.
Second day, today actually, I woke up grumpy since I did not look forward to eating fried fish again and my mother planned for us to eat Vietnamese cuisine the entire time we visited. The little things in life I usually ignore than only caused my irritation to grow. After a good nap while Mom's friend drove us to Santa Ana (Santana?) for lunch, my mood lightened, and after discovering that each of the four or so restaurants they all tried were still closed for the holidays and getting a good laugh from that, my mood turned good. The clincher was when our final restaurant, Favori, also served French cuisine. With Hai Ling along and wanting noodles, I got my non-Asian food craving satisfied.
I'm currently updating from Hai Ling's mother's office computer, so I probably won't be back until the end of December and I shudder (whether in joy or in horror, I can't say for sure) at how much of my flist I will have to get caught up on.
So, while I'm still here, Happy New Year's one and all! <333
First day, after a six-hour drive where we passed through a mountain range where there was sprinkling snow, we dumped luggage at the Hilton in San Gabriel and went out for fried fish with some of Mom's friends. One of them brought along her 7-year-old daughter Hai Ling and afterwards, us kids were dropped off at the hotel with a large mango pudding (con frutas) while the adults left for an evening of leisure with some cheap (relative to the ones in our hometown, of course) massagers. Dad said the treatment caused more pain than relief from it, but Mom protests. Says the pain is PART of the treatment.
Second day, today actually, I woke up grumpy since I did not look forward to eating fried fish again and my mother planned for us to eat Vietnamese cuisine the entire time we visited. The little things in life I usually ignore than only caused my irritation to grow. After a good nap while Mom's friend drove us to Santa Ana (Santana?) for lunch, my mood lightened, and after discovering that each of the four or so restaurants they all tried were still closed for the holidays and getting a good laugh from that, my mood turned good. The clincher was when our final restaurant, Favori, also served French cuisine. With Hai Ling along and wanting noodles, I got my non-Asian food craving satisfied.
I'm currently updating from Hai Ling's mother's office computer, so I probably won't be back until the end of December and I shudder (whether in joy or in horror, I can't say for sure) at how much of my flist I will have to get caught up on.
So, while I'm still here, Happy New Year's one and all! <333
