Santa Barbara

Hey all! Wanted to update my blog on Sunday but was too tired. Went down to Santa Barbara (about 4.5 - 5 hrs drive down south, near L.A.) to sing for an ex-mendicant's wedding. It was a REALLY nice wedding reception. Think it must've been real expensive. Anyway Santa Barbara was beautiful. Check out the few photos below:


This is a picture taken from the beach which was walking distance from our motel (our motel's straight up the small road at the center of the pic). The beach was fantastic, much warmer than Santa Cruz, very soft sand, awesome weather. So Santa Barbara is a small beach-front city, and on the other side of the city are mountains (which you can see in the pic). Breathtaking scenery.



Another picture of the beach. Like I said, awesome weather. =)

This is a view of the downtown. Much nicer and more happening than the Palo Alto downtown, there's a lot more things happening there, and it's really very pleasant. Went there for dinner just before going to the wedding.

We rented a 15-seater van and drove down on Saturday, drove back up on Sunday. And of course, being myself, I couldn't help not taking a photo of the van. *grinz* So here it is...


Spent Saturday night at University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) where we met up with a friend of one of the guys in the group, and bumped into a somewhat drunk friend of another guy in the group (the latter was a lot more amusing than the former - no offense Greg... haha...). Sunday morning I went with one of the guys (Solomon, a Korean kid from nearby Stanford whose Dad's a pastor) to a church nearby called Harvest Christian Fellowship. Enjoyed the service, thot it was pretty gd though again a lot of the ppl were a little non-participative. Drove back to Stanford in the afternoon, met with heavy traffic so the journey took 6.5 hrs. XP Took the time to learn some music in the van. haha. So anyway u can see why I was tired on Sun. :)

Flying to Denver tomorrow with the mendicants to sing at an alumni function. I think we get to stay at the hotel where the banquet for the alumni is being held. :) Just found out from one of the guys that it snowed in Denver a day or two ago. So I think it's gonna be cold. Will be back on Saturday, going to Berkeley to sing at the west coast a cappella showcase on Sat night. So it's a pretty packed weekend.

Gtg for class now... my IHUM discussion section is from 6 - 7:30pm. Thank God it's the last class of the day. haha. Kinda tired now, stayed up late last night doing math problems and my music take-home midterm. Had a headache just now but it's a lot better now, thank God! Will try to post pics of Denver when I come back. Till next time! :)