Nagasaki, Japan

So I'm on vacation, thus far it's not feeling like a vacation yet so I am REALLY, desperately trying to relax my mind....

Anyways, I am loving Japan. I am in Sasebo visiting and that is where the navy base is located which is nice because many people know a little bit of English here.

View of Sasebo from atop the mountain 

I have had some cool experiences but I am really loving to explore the areas around town.
My favorite locale so far was Nagasaki where we went to see the atom bomb museum,

A to scale replica of the actual bomb

The inside of the to scale replica of the bomb

These glasses really hit home for me. When you see an article that actually belonged to someone you feel the gravity of the death of these people. 

Extremely sad... :(

In these wooden steps from an elementary school you can see shrapnel and LARGE shattered glass fragments that were deeply embedded by the explosion. If there were any children outside they would have most certainly been struck by these items.

Flying Cranes of peace

Statue representing a mother holding her dead child, 70% of all victims were women, children and the elderly. 

The crater in which the bomb made, any humans nearby were immediately vaporized. 

All in all, it was great to learn about and of course very sad. This land is very beautiful.

ALL pictures on this post are mine.

L.A. Photoblogging

Ok so I'm getting the hang of uploading photos on this thing :)

Here is more of my Los Angeles trip...

The drive up to La Verne! Check out the mountains in the back :) They are gorgeousness in real life!

That light again, I don't know but it just spoke to me and i have got to use it for wedding cake design when i get married....

CALAMARI, I am absolutely in love with this stuff and I could eat it every day, for real EVERYDAY! I was sad that I couldn't watch the Clipper/Laker game but this cheered me up :)

Great steak house in West covina

Racist bobble head in the hotel gift shop

The hotel lobby! I stayed at the West Covina Raddisson Inn, cheap (58$) and nice looking :)

View out of the hotel window, these are all taken on my phone camera and it is a great view.

I liked the iron bars again :)

Me waking up in the hotel... FRESH DAY

getting ready for my interview :0) BTW thanks be to GOD, I rocked it out!!!

L.A. Vacay!

Ok so I went to L.A. specifically to visit a college for my masters. I want to attend the UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE for my masters in Child Life Sciences.

Ok I have not figured out how to integrate these pictures in very well so I will just have to describe each one LOL

#1.This is the view as you drive up to the school....

Breathtaking huh?

#2. This is the one picture I took on campus while my interviewer stepped off to the side.

So I stayed with family most of the time for my visit. Check out my family! My 2 sisters and my nephew :)

#4. Now one night in order to be close to the school I felt I needed to stay at a hotel in West Covina. The next morning I went to go eat brunch at the hotel restaurant (Hamilton's Steakhouse) ANDDDD I will say the food was divine! I had a club sandwich and calamari YUM ! Anyways I looked up and this was the light above me. STUNNING. I am sooooo using this as a wedding cake design










#5. Hollywood sign as I was driving to visit a friend.