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Photos from that one afternoon we spent walking along Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. This place is one of the most famous tourist attractions in L.A. I remember the first time I went here, I was culture shocked. I mean, Vegas was shocking but this was even more shocking... the people walking there were the ones that were shocking to be fair - not the place entirely.


TCL Chinese Theatre

This place is also famous for the handprints, footprints, autographs, and notes on the cement floor outside the theatre. There were a lot of people in this area so we just took photos and left. 


It feels a lot different to walk here during day light... for that "Hollywood feels," it'll better to visit at night. It was crazy with all the people back when I visited here at night but yeah, I'd rather be here during the day 'cause I'm not fond of crowded places since I can't take decent photos. NYAHAHA!

Hollywood Boulevard at night link: here.
HAHAHAHAHA! Nung hinanap ko 'yung previous post ko tungkol dito, syempre hindi ko naiwasan na mabasa ulit. OMG?! Kakaiba 'yung nag sulat nung night post way back 2016. Bakit siya ganon?! Cringe worthy. Pero k, ganon pala nasa isip ko dati. Nice to know remember.


Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles (Hollywood Sign) link: here.


Walking along this Hollywood Walk of Fame, there will be a lot of tour promoters that would sell you tours around Los Angeles. I don't think they're expensive so if you don't have your own transportation but want to see more of L.A then you can start looking for group tours that you can join here.


I don't know a lot of actors and actresses but I always look for Christina Aguilera's star. Kasi nga Christina kesa mag bayad pa ko para lang makapag photo ops sa pangalan ko, H lang naman nadagdag sa Christina niya. HAHA


“Maybe it’s hard to believe what’s with my obvious charm and good looks but people used to think that I was a monster. And for a long time… I believe them. But after a while, you learn to ignore the names people calling you. You just trust who you are.” – Shrek


Madame Tussaud's labas again. I don't want to pay entrance fee so just took photos with the wax figures outside.


This wax museum has several branches all around the world. I've seen Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum LABAS again of the branches in Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, San Francisco, New York, and Las Vegas. 


Yes, Zac Efron? Pakapit naman sa arm mo. HAHAHA!

Zac's Backdrop is the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica Beach link: here.

Kinilig din ako rito sa post na 'to kasi na-mention ko that I'll be back someday to tour around the States and yesssssss, the universe made it happen! <3


Empire State Building with King Kong. 



A lot of souvenir shops in the area as well. Some stores have signages that they sell souvenir shirts for as low as 5 dollars. 


Kakamiss naman mag lakad sa labas. :( Kailan ba matatapos 'tong COVID na 'to? 


YAAAAAAAAAAAAAS for this.
Kailangan 'yan sa buhay. 
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Wait na lang for the second post. Better Griffith observatory but the Hollywood walk of fame is at the end of this post. Drama lang ung first part. :)))

'Cause for the longest time, I was wondering what is so "great" with Los Angeles. Rationalization. Ganyang phase. HAHA

 Don't get me wrong, finding that out wasn't my main motive why I went to the USA. It just happened that I was "blessed" to experience Los Angeles four times while living in Vegas. Yup, met two people who willingly drove for more than 8 hours (8 hours kasi back and forth) just so we can visit Los Angeles and Sta. Monica. Hehe.

Mixed emotions.
Of enjoyment because I'm finally there, of looking at everything I was replaced with, of hoping yet not hoping to see you.
Maybe fate will be generous with us and lets our path cross in this lifetime once again.
Or maybe it knows better.
Cause we did not.
We are better off this way.
No use watering a dead plant.
You can't revive something that has long lost its life.

I'm thankful for those months.

With all the places I went to, with all the people I met, and with everything that happened - I really wanted to stay. 


Yes.

I fell in love with a place. 

No.

You are not one of the reasons why.

It's not an issue of who took someone out of the equation.
It's not an issue of forgetting and regretting everything that happened.


It's the acceptance that we're living our lives away from each other and without each other.
Us whom grew far from the "us" who shared hopes and promises.

Us whom no matter how much we deny, aren't the same persons anymore.
It was something to able to see this in person after all the pictures you sent me.

It was something to drive around a place I know you're always driving at.


It was something to be finally at the same city with you again.


It was something though that I wasn't turning my head in hopes of seeing you.


It was something that I had no memories of you in a place that have and will always remind of you. 


Going to Los Angeles even if I was apprehensive.


Was something needed for me to confirm that I've moved forward.


I was no longer hurting. 


That the feeling of being replaced was just an excuse I kept making myself believe because I didn't want to accept it.


I welcomed that little sadness but I have also welcomed the fact that I have accepted that you will no longer be a part of my future journey. That letting go of you is the only way that the person who would give me the kind of love I deserve will have a space in my heart when the right time comes.
You were in one of those buildings.

So close but I intentionally didn't give you a heads up.


It's not that I didn't care nor because I hate you - it was unnecessary.



'Cause albeit being geographically close, my heart was too far away from you.

I've quit hoping long before I flew thousands of miles away from home.

 I've stopped thinking of the possibility of being with you again. 

I've given the closure to myself  'cause I needed it, cause it was unhealthy to hold onto something/someone that couldn't make me feel secure. 


We both know the level of indecisiveness that we've gone through. 


But within three months, I've thought things over.


The gray area became black and white. 


  I've let go of "us."


I just liked looking back at what we had because we were forced to stop even before we began and that had always left me wondering.


You were always my maybe, my what if, my what should've been...




This time...

No more what if.

No more maybe.
No more someday.


 FULLY. LET. GO
We were not together but there I was seeing the sunset at your side of the world.

You can't even guess how grateful I am for that moment. 


You can't even guess how happy I am that one of your wishes for me turned to be that ultimate driving force to power my "dreams" for my life. 


Dreams you're not a part of. 
It was beautiful.

But you can't stop the sun from setting.


All you can do is to watch its light disappear before our eyes.


We can't force something to stay when it's time for that to go. 


It was magical. 


But there's no use holding onto something that has long ended. 


We can't force something that's not possible anymore.


Let's not get stuck with the idea that the past was everything we asked for cause, like us, it was imperfect.


In short, mag move on na tayo. As in for real. Nostalgia na lang 'yan. Huwag mo na ko kausapin. Huwag mo na ko guluhin. Huwag ka na magbasa rito para maghanap kung nasaan 'yung bahagi ng kwento mo. Hindi sa'yo umiikot mundo ko. Kung uulit-ulitin mo sa'kin na para sa closure na deserve ko? Bakit ngayon pa? At para lang alam mo, 'yung closure na matagal kong hiningi sa'yo na hindi mo man lang naisipan ibigay, BINIGAY KO NA PARA SA SARILI KO. PARA MATAHIMIK NA AKO. I was never mad at you for making choices that you think were right for you, nagagalit ako kasi pinapamukha mong ako 'yung may pagkukulang lalo na kung ikaw naman 'yung unang bumitaw. Hindi ko ginagawa lahat ng 'to para mag habol.

Kung ikaw lang rin, wag na lang.



CHARRRRR. K. Bat ang drama, world?! Pag pasensiyahan niyo na kasi may babaeng nagmo-move on rito at 'yung isa naman, medyo stalker mode bigla kaya ayan, open letter para sa kanya kasi palagi siya nagbabasa rito para mag-feeling na tungkol sa kanya mga nakasulat dito. Pero okay, sige, marami naman talaga tungkol sa kanya pero sige rin kasi huli na 'to. Hindi ko maintindihan kung anong silbi ng mga pagtatanong mo kung alam natin na wala ng pag-asa kung ano man meron sa connection na 'to. Well, sana maintindihan mo na. Hindi ako naghahabol. Lalong hindi ako nagpapamiss. Hinayaan ko na lang kaya hayaan mo na lang din ako. 


Tama na hugot, Tintin...

Griffith Observatory is one of the places where you can see the Hollywood sign. Party in the USA ba ito?! HAHA!


 It's visible almost anywhere in LA 'cause it's in a mountain but this is one of the famous area for taking pictures with it. Sige na nga, of it kasi hindi naman kita masyado. haha but if you have better cameras, you may. :))


You can trek there though for a closer look. 


We weren't able to go in the Observatory the first time but I have pictures of some of things you'll see there in my second Los Angeles post. 'Yung post na okay na. 'Yung hindi emo. HAHAHA.

Overlooking the City of Angels

So after Griffith Observatory, we went to Hollywood Boulevard.
Sayang di ako bumili ng souvenirs ng best place on Earth. Haha

Okay sana 'yung I survived LA. HAHAHA. LA HEARTBREAK NA AKALA KONG MALALA, HINDI NAMAN PALA. Praning ko lang ng very light.

Back then still didn't know that I'll be able to go to Disneyland in Anaheim. Hihi

Living in Vegas for weeks before going here, I was kinda disappointed with what I saw in Hollywood Boulevard. 'Yun na talaga 'yun?


But Hollywood is Hollywood.

It's just that if you're a first timer, go to Hollywood first before going to Las Vegas Strip. ahaha.
Okay pa rin. <3 Experience.
I find it hard to look for the star of someone I know. Hahaha

Oops, I did it again. I played with your heart. Charuuuu. 
Thank you. <3
This was taken at TCL Chinese Theater in along the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Hihi. Got kilig when I saw this in Legoland and I recognized the place 'cause I've been there rather than recognizing it because I saw pictures. hehe. 
And this is me walking away from him... again. 


I UNFORTUNATELY GOT "REINTRODUCED"  IN OUR TOXIC CONNECTION after successfully walking away from all the bullshit some months ago. MUNTIK NA PERO PARA SAAN PANG NAKITA KO STAR NI BRITNEY SPEARS? I AM STRONGER THAN YESTERDAY.  HAHAHAHA. AY GUSTO KO LANG YATA MAG KARAOKE PALA. HAHAHAHAHA

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Good thing Disney Paradise Pier Hotel has a shuttle to Los Angeles Airport so I rode that. It costs $30 but the driver dropped me off exactly at the gate of Emirates Airlines - No hassles. 



HAHA. Imagine that I was feeling down while I was within the compound of the "Happiest Place on Earth"



The last time for that journey that I passed through the Interstate. If I were to rank the places in California by that which I like the most, it's San Francisco - San Diego - Los Angeles. Seriously left big pieces of my heart in Las Vegas and San Fo. <3



I cried.

Does it make sense that I cried?! HAHAHAHA.
As soon as I was walking to enter the airport, tears were falling. As I sat down waiting for the baggage check-in counter to open, I was crying too. HAHAHAHA. K, Tin. Last mo na 'yon.



I got there a little bit early for my flight so I looked around the airport first. Will this be my lucky charm to London?? haha!



I still feel awkward though whenever I take selfies and I'm alone but I'm trying to get used to it. I might get myself a better camera or phone for selfies just because. hehe. 


Bye, America!

I lost that bag tag already but it was, indeed, a lucky trip for me.



Ambition...



Emirates' Menu for that flight. It's a fifteen hours flight. Tbh, I need more getting used to with the smell of their food but those I had were all good. The whole flight was very comfortable. No wonder Emirates Airline is the number 1 airline. 



I was in the window seat though I practically had no window of my own. The cabin lights were off almost the whole flight anyway and it's sunny outside so no one of those from the window seat left their window open. I'm just glad I had this much legroom and I didn't have to excuse myself whenever I stand or go the restroom.



Got used to the lasinggera lifestyle, I needed to ask the stewardess for some Baileys and some wine so I can sleep on the flight. hahaha. Of course, same as my flight LAX, Lloydie was there with me. 

Also, there's wifi onboard for this flight so that made it more enjoyable. I mean, I was tweeting, talking to friends, and posting things on Instagram while up in the air. I even told someone that I was already in Russia. Hahaha! They thought that it was a stop-over in Russia when the reality was I sent that message while flying over Russia.


I was there looking at that view for a lot of times too. hehe! I'll miss you, Bellagio. You were the first hotel I visited in Las Vegas after all. 
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Griffith Observatory website link: here.

All information are in their website already and I got this as an introduction, Southern California’s gateway to the cosmos! Visitors can look through telescopes, explore exhibits, see live shows in the Samuel Oschin Planetarium, and enjoy spectacular views of Los Angeles and the Hollywood Sign. 

First time in Griffith Observatory Area, Hollywood Sign, and Hollywood Walk of Fame link: here.
So the Hollywood sign is that far from Griffith observatory.

You can get closer by hiking though. But we had no time to do that anymore so we had to settle for this. 
Unlike our first time here, we decided to go in and see the exhibits they have in Griffith.
Ceiling painting
The closest to stargazing activity that I was able to do. 
My body temperature for that day was 93.1 Farenheit. Literal na hot. haha. That was around 34 Celsius. 

Phases of the moon. 
Mawawala ba naman ang picture ng likod haha

<3 Being able to see the moon at the other side of the world hihihi. 
Foucault Pendulum

One of my favorite. This one demonstrates the rotation of the Earth. 
I have yet to visit a place wherein I can watch the stars all night. <3
Always in awe with our universe.

Hahaha.
And whoever is that photobomber guy on the left.
Los Angeles downtown and Hollywood Area.

Alam niyang kahit napakaraming tao ay madali ka naman hanapin, hindi lang niya naisipang gawin

Kaya doon sa malayong lugar na tuwing nababanggit ay ikaw pa rin ang tumatakbo sa isip niya, wala siyang alaala mo

Kasi kung sakit man ang nararamdaman niya, hindi na ikaw ang gamot

At sa isang tanong noon na kahit may pagpipilian ay ikaw lang ang naiisip niya, hindi na ikaw ang sagot

And moi, of course.

I need a photo remembrance from the Land of the Angels. HAHA
They have  a lot more exhibits than the those I posted in here.

Entrance and most exhibits are free but they have a show wherein you have to pay before getting in. 
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