New Year Eve in LA

New Year Eve in LA was simple and unique. Nope we didn't go for the countdown parties (too cowardly to brave the crowd) but instead we went horse riding in the day and had dinner at korean town!! :)) Just as happening in a different way! Happy day~~

K I'm starting to miss my friends back home quite abit over this festive season. Spending the new year abroad instead of counting down back home with friends while not too bad, also leaves this tingling feeling of the absence of something pretty important. oh gosh, i miss u guys!

anyways but i had fun horse riding today! i am seriously in love with this sport! and the horse i had this time is again a young stallion called Galaxy. Galaxy was pretty similar to Red (the one i rode in NZ), young strong and the alpha. So I had a really awesome time riding up in front leading the pack with Galaxy as the other 2 horses lag behind due to exhaustion. We rode for 2 hours this time and it feels really good. Very happy to have more time bonding with the horse, it feels like your own just for a while. And the guide this time was less stringent and allowed us to pick up speed with our horses if possible. We went up to the peak of the hill and the entire LA was within view. It feels pretty different from NZ. Not much awesome nature view but its also a total dif feel. Urban view with nature. Not too bad i guess.

Really yearn to have my own horse and pick up horse riding. And i discovered last night that it's not all that impossible a dream. There are horses up for adoption at the stables. Maybe in the future... maybe...

Anyway dinner was real yummy! korean food at K town!! FINALLY i visited K town! :D And the korean food is sooooo much better than back home! n yes my lil bit of korean was put to good use as well.

N now it's count down with my 2 friends in the motel haha. Watching the count down on TV, n munching chips, n waiting to pop our rose.

side note: security issue in LA is really no joke. one can meet at least 5 insane people in a day. there's always plenty of homeless on the street (tragic). And tonight was totally crazy. SO MANY pissed drunk rowdy characters off the street threatening our safety. It was the fastest we ever walked from the station to the motel after encountering all the oddballs along the way. People getting arrested. Weirdos flicking some weird gadget while stealing glances at us. Drunkard flexing muscles and working out on the train itself. :S