Visit to CSULA and California Science centre

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Yesterday was spent travelling from SF to Anaheim, LA. It was a tiring trip. The highlight of the many hours of travelling - yep around 10 hours or more (what with traffic jam the way it is at LA) was the 2.5 hrs we had at Gilroy Premium factory outlets...where many of us spent our time happily boosting the american economy with our christmas shopping. I was happy that Derek, our TSO, was so meticulous in planning for the trip that he had actually downloaded coupons that offer great discounts for our purchase!! hmmm..he's really a great guy to have on this kinda shopping trip.

Also we were given a real treat when we walked back after dinner to our hotel. The dinner was interesting...imagine eating naan and curry in an authentic indian restaurant in Anaheim!

On the way back, we were greeted by loud bangs and a dazzling sky..shooting rockets and stars...aha...it was the disneyland fireworks display which we managed to catch when we walked back to the hotel. The gals were so excited that they forgot the cold and stood there watching...gaping....snapping pix...and soaking in the magic of disney *grin

We visited California State University, LA on Thurs instead of Friday as it was veterans day - a public holiday for the university. Pearl Chen the assistant prof, had a great programme lined up for us...including talks, makan and tour of the university. It was really nice to see Pearl again after all this while and to have them spent the morning with us. The gals also got a chance to present their portfolios using Think.com

Lunch on Thurs was at California Science Centre and we managed to catch the exhibition on animation by Cartoon networks. For me, it was the first time i tried to do music synchronisation with the movie....

what a day...tomorrow we go to the famed hollywood and avenue of stars..beverly hills...and UCLA...cheers!

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Photos

enroute to LA
the picturesque San Luis lake...a man-make lake that supplies water to SF..

group pix at the Golden Eagle
a group pix at the landmark of CSULa, the golden eagle....

another group pix
this time with Pearl and the teachers

the campus tour
an attentive audience? the gals do look kinda tired in this shot...

listening to the Prof
one of the many talks that they have prepared for the gals...

listening to the Prof2
this prof has never left CSULA...he was here as a student and remained as a lecturer after he graduated...wow!

presenting our portfolios
shimin and christal joy presenting their portfolios using think.com
can u make out their silhouettes? *grin

presenting our portfolios2
another shot in the dark? shimin explaining how the stickies work in think.com

the winning entry
CSULA - solar car which tops the competition and is now on display at California Science Centre

behind the scene - IMAX
a behind the scene tour of how IMAX movies are shot

behind the scene - IMAX2
gals are shown the different film formats

rose garden cafe
decided to take a pix here as the rose and taco bell logo seem so large and obiang here..very unique to see this at the entrance of a cafe...where we had taco bell's for lunch!

rose garden cafe2
and poor frankie was "forced" to take a pix here...at my suggestion..

cartoon network exhibition
who can resist a good cartoon...even if u are old ..ha ha..we were fortunate to catch this exhibition which is on a tour round USA!

who says we can't draw
hey! look who's not paying attention?!

look ma! our cartoons
who is the better cartoonist? hmmm..is it jia en or shi min?

a shot of a shot
having fun with the colourful displays

dinner!
the fabulous ribs..drool..drool..it's so good that u can't help but go for seconds!