day 4: rainbow spaceinvaders!

we were in a bestbuy.

my brother is a drummer.

and my dad is a calafare~

29th November: Farmer's Market, Third and Fairfax

brunch was:

roast beef + corned beef + sides

yumm yumm. the parents actually like that... boiled cabbage. :/ i refused to waste my side choice on it. LOOK AT IT man~ it's as big as my fist!

in a bid to be stereoypically asian with the darnest poses.

i think i will continue extreme-posing for the rest of the trip!

makes the pictures so much more exciting than the usual tourist-in-front-of-attraction shot. ((:

see?

yes i know, pretty place.

but boring much?

still pretty wowed by the fact that people can take their dogs everywhere!

seriously, it's ubercuteness overload!

like TTM~

okay, father shot:

we then went post-thanksgiving sale shopping!

kinda sorta missed black friday, so we did our shopping on sunday at:

Camarillo Premium Outlets, Camarillo

and this, is a happy woman.

who saved a bundle on gift exchange.

so yepps,

it's true.

retail therapy is good.

the best deal of the century? vans hi-cuts @ USD19.99 = SGD27.60.

WHAT IN THE FREAKING WORLD?

the wardrobe's gonna evolve.

ch-ch-ch-changes~

california day 3: pedal box.

28th November: (still) Slovang, Santa Barbara

i was convinced that this mirror was here for this sole purpose:

self-portrait!

peanut brittle ice cream!

ice cream in winter = crazy cold that chills you to the very core of your bones.

but how can i resist my happyfood?

/tortured scream.

one thing i realised about the states,

people get to walk their dogs anytime! anywhere!

i guess, they don't really have to be religiously/racially sensitive.

cocker spaniels?

like whoaa~~

the man in the background is a big man.

and i have absolutely no clue what these are.

uhh...

crowd stoppers?

they look so entirely fierce

while traversing the streets,

i spotted a cutie!

omg, it was sucha darling~

and it looked so damn eager to get out! poor baby~

this is brother,

pretending to be a cutie:

... ... ...

?!?!?!?!

okay artistic shot time!

bad composition because people KEEP walking into the frame! raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

somewhere between the streets,

there lies a little courtyard called "secret garden".

and then....

- the wheelbarrow toppled

- brother stood up in surprised and toppled the reindeer, twisting it's hoof

- the mother yelled

- the tourists in the background turned around

- store attendants and patrons came out of the shops to stare at us.

AWESOME.

trying our bestest to put it all back together, amidst crazy giggles:

and then,

we left slovang for the 2 hours drive back.

the sun sets really early here... about 4pm. and at 6pm it's as dark as 930pm sg time. really throws your body clock out of whack.

a pit stop pose:

and then...

seafood dinner!

om nomnom!

close up!

black bean sauce lobster!

the end.

california day 3: follow the yellow brick road.

dumdumdum~!

stalker alert!

haha my dad totally looks like a creep/an assassin, and the brother looks like an extra in a horror film. changchangchang~!

28th November: Slovang, Santa Barbara

roadtrip through winding roads around the mountains to a little Danish town, that only spans 3 streets. it was totally worth the 2 hours drive!

hello parents~

look!

they actually look like they smell good! mm,mm!

while exploring,

i stumbled upon someone lonely:

on a bench,

along the streets,

alone.

)):

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okay lunch!

everything about this place is so quaint!

even the entrance to a cafe~!

so then,

my dad kinda went crazy with the picture taking:

and here:

and a close-up even!

eyeliner gao4gao3~

this is lunch:

and it was absolutely mindblowingly fantastic.

ikea's "swedish" meatballs can kiss solvang's danish ass beefballs!

yea man,

solvang FTW!

solvang exudes this...

old world charm.

like, look at the architecture!

pretty much?

and of cos,

a windmill of their own.

oh yes,

the signs!

gothic font, yo~

and the things that you'll find in the shops:

they look like they're from a yester-century.

of cos, they do sell regular stuff:

rainbow socks,

mother-ex,

never buy,

haven't regret.

take that, cognitive dissonance, take that!

the father.

is extremely amusing.

if you can't tell, he was trying to imitate the sign hanging above him. my mum told him that his legs were wrong, but he insisted on doing the flamingo-stance because he thinks standing like the graphic was "boring."

ohkaaaaaaay~

and he actually ran to grab an empty chair while yelling to me to take a picture of him, then promptly sitting down in the pose below:

WIN.

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okay, brain dead.

more tomorrow.