This morning we trekked out to the T Mobile store so JT could get himself a phone. He didn't set up his phone for international roaming for some retarded reason so he had to buy a prepaid phone to talk to his parents.
I really wanted to get a Hiptop phone, but alas, I'm not willing to spend $450 on a phone I can't use on my current plan :P
Next we went to Maccas for some breakfast and found the menu a little unappetising. So we kept walking south til we found something we felt comfortable eating...which turned out to be KFC. Haha!
So I got a strip meal, which comes with 2 sides. This ranges from wedges to some sort of greens to corn on the cob to mac n cheese (theres about 4 more options other than those, too). I got wedges & mac n cheese. It also comes with a biscuit - exact same consistency as a scone, same taste only not as sweet. Pretty cool.
From here we kept heading South, walking along South Broadway St. Eventually we realised we were so close to the Staples centre, so we headed on over there. Boom, life was suddenly everywhere!
Somehow, as we walked from the Kyoto Grand side of 11th Street to the Staples centre side, we went from dingy scabby looking Mexican filled area to regular this-is-what-I-though-LA-would-be-like.
We found the ESPN building, the Nokia Centre, a bunch of massive advertisements and the Grammy Museum, which advertised a special on Michael Jackson and Neil Diamond.
So we went on in, $10 admission, and checked it out. It was a pretty cool museum. Not supposed to take photos in there but I took a couple anyway :P
The MJ stuff was a few outfits here and there, plus they were playing a concert in one section and his music videos in another. Not much, but the museum isn't too huge.
The MJ stuff was a few outfits here and there, plus they were playing a concert in one section and his music videos in another. Not much, but the museum isn't too huge.
I got an MJ t-shirt there which is nice.
After that we went to the Staples Centre store, JT bought a stupidly expensive Hockey shirt - LA Kings. $135! I was going to buy a Lakers (Basketball) cap but I couldn't find one I wanted to fit me. Was $38 anyway. I want a Chicago Bulls one more, though I don't think I'll be able to find one >.<
We headed out to find a cab (there aren't that many around, surprisingly) and asked the driver to take us to the nearest Walmart. He suggested one only 5 minutes further (apparently) which was a Superstore (the nearest one was smaller, I saw that on the website) so we headed out. $50 taxi ride later we're there. It was freakin' huge, but really - not that much different to a Big W or Target. The only difference was size and what they sold.
I contemplated a few expensive items whilst there but didn't want to spend the money :P
We left Walmart and headed to a cheapish shoe store nearby so JT could get some new shoes.
$50 cab ride back and we were soon wandering back through Downtown. Its amazing how different some parts of the city are. It really is like walking from Circular Quay to Mascot within 3 blocks...only worse.
On the way back I got (what I assume is) a large coke from Maccas (after edit: pretty sure it's a supersize). $1.09 for a 42 ounce cup. Thats 1.2L!!!! Holy friggin crap! Hahaha...yikes.
Checked out the Sprint store after that, but unfortunately they don't sell Nokia phones so we left pretty quickly.
Next we went back to the Pizza place and had spaghetti and meatballs for a late lunch. Pretty sure we'll be going back to Orochon Ramen for dinner again tonight.
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