It was a work day when they arrived -- think it was Thursday, We Ee confused herself and in turn confused me as well with the arrival date -- called the hotel but they said Khoo guest has not checked in yet. But good thing I had Ah Ben's email, so emailed him and luckily he checks his email quite frequently and confirmed that they indeed were arriving on that day.
Took off from work and drove downtown where they stayed at The Millennium Hotel. Upon arriving to the hotel, already spotted Lee Ee, so I pulled to the curb and then saw the rest but the biggest hug was from Ee Poh hehehe it was almost like seeing Ah Ma! We proceeded to have dinner at a Mexican restaurant -- we each ordered an entree and everyone shared everything. They commented how cheap food was but debated about tips and taxes. They will be on a month long tour across the continental United States and also to Canada to visit Aik Ku. Lee Ee and Teik Ku would return to LA earlier while Ee Poh and Wee Ee stayed for additional couple weeks and then back to LA again before final flight to Melbourne. I did not manage to take any pictures that day.
After dinner, I dropped them back to hotel as I still have to go back to work the next day. They agreed to meet on Saturday so I can take them around, but they have also arranged to have a local tour on Friday.
On Saturday, they have to switch hotel so they can get ready for the Vegas trip with a local tour. After dropping off their luggage at a different hotel in San Gabriel Valley, we took off to Pasadena. Coincidentally, there was some sort of a fair that day. Just walked around and enjoy some Cuban pastries that I bought earlier in the morning.
Here are a couple of pictures, just random shots. They organizers were giving out freebies such as t-shirts and cold energy drinks which Teik Ku and Lee Ee got a bottle each for all of us.
Lee Ee gets bored pretty quickly so we moved on westward toward the beach -- I thought they might like the cooler temperature there and so we arrived at Venice Beach boardwalk... just went to access the beach restroom which had a line haha Ee Poh also used my hat to shield from the sun. They also made comments on how similar weather in Melbourne with Southern California.
We didn't walk too much at the boardwalk since Lee Ee got bored again so we started to make our way back to the hotel. I drove pass the famous "Little Italy" canals in Venice. It was still early, so I proposed to take them shopping at Camarillo. The freeway was jam-packed but we managed to get to the outlets around 5 which does not leave too much time for them to shop, just a little taste haha Of course they bombarded the Coach store and many others -- Lee Ee definitely loved the retail therapy as she put it.
After stores closed, we drove all the way back to SGV and I yelped on the phone to see which restaurants we should have dinner at. It took us to this shopping strip, there were a lot of Asian communities in this part of the town, most especially Chinese so we were not short of options. They decided to try another restaurant that looked like they have more authentic food. I remembered they kept commenting how cheap the lobsters were and that was one of the dishes we ordered.
After a fulfilling dinner with some leftovers to go, I dropped them off to the hotel and went on my way. It would be about a month before I see them again.
2 comments:
What's with Eepoh and the towel hahahahahha. So short nia this entry... kakakaka. Been very busy ah?
Ishq panas ma, you didn't see on the beach picture she had my straw hat on?
Happened almost a year ago, just go by what I remembered lah, sure foregoing a lot of stuff!
Super busy loh, good thing got 3 day weekend so trying to catch up :)
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