Saturday, February 13, 2010
The rest of the trip Sorry guys, very busy lately. After the trip, the internet connection was terrible. Before that, I fell stayed at Banana Bungalow in West Hollywood and I just fell in love with LA. Los Angeles, City of Angels where dreams come true, where the rich and famous live, where dreamers like me longed for. Ahh, Hollywood, I love everything about you, from the movie productions to the huge mansions. Everything is perfect. That is if I am a celebrity and have money to spend. Rodeo drive, the one place I can only do window shopping, one must have at least 1k USD to shop in a shop.
My passion for acting flamed up once more. The visit to Universal Studio, looking at the stages, Wisteria Lane from Desperate Housewives, I started to dream. I want to be an actor, why am I taking Communication studies? Should I drop out, go to LA, and try and make it big and famous. I was blinded by the rich atmosphere. So, I ended up very depressed and had to talked to my brother who made sure I know what I want. Mum wasn't very fond of the idea of me becoming an actor, can I even make a living out of it, she says. Surprisingly, I talked to dad and he say get my degree first, if I still want to go LA and become an actor, we will sort things out later. Whatever will be, will bel.
Then I moved to downtown LA, which was so ugly, voted worst place during the trip. The street is so dirty, with many homeless people wondering around. When I was in KFC, one hobo just came by and took my chicken, the manager had to ask him to leave and offered me another chicken. I stayed at STAY Hotel, which was the worst place as well in the trip to live in. Firstly, I got ripped off by hostelbookers.com because I got charged roughly $300 but in fact the room I live in was stated $200 in the Stayhotel.com and even though hours of argument, I didn't get my refund. Well, nothing much to say now because the weather was horrible, reminds me of Malaysia, heavy rain since a storm was coming.
Well, the flight back to Missoula was like a reunion. I met Maki Yoriyama on the plane, Sofia too and then we switched seats to chit chat. Finally, I meet.... Naito-sensei, what a coincidence. I guess she went back to Vancouver to meet her fiance, sorry guys, she is engaged haha. Ohya that wasn't my only excuse, you see the Communication Studies department here is so small and like 1 million people major in Comm Studies. So, all the classes were full, I wanted to minor in acting too which means taking another year here. After the professor told me it is hard to minor in Acting when I have 2 years left and lots of Communication credits to take, I died. My friends, Kanau and Dizhi and my family resurrected me.
Well, it make sense, Communication Studies is good for Acting too so less sad now, still can change direction. The second thing that pops-up is my minor. I want to have a minor but what? Mum said I am trying too hard, double-focus Interpersonal and Organization Communication and now want to minor in Anthropology. Yup so that is the story, to do everything, I have to take 20 credits this semester and 18 credits all other semester. Oh, I am working too, 7 hours a week and additional work when there is an event (5-6 hours per event.) I have very little time to blog now so please forgive me.
PS: Coming back in summer so let's meet up. Don't forget to come visit me too in Montana.
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