Pre-conference @H-O-L-L-Y-W-O-O-D (6 Jan 07)

Jan 6, 2007

Hollywood: The MOVIE world

After having had the 5-year US visa without any use until expiring in Feb 2005, I finally stepped on the land of freedom with its 10-year visa issued in Osaka in early 2007. And, it was Los angeles, the city of angel in spanish, being my first city in America. Actaully, the main reason for this trip was to participate a conference in Ventura, north of LA about 1.5 hr by car, but it started from Jan 7. So, we stayed overnight at LA first and it was Hollywood which was chosen by a professor in another lab who my lab friends and I sticked to. It would possibly say that Hollywood movies have much influence on lots of people in the world, also Thais. So, when I had stayed there, I can feel that I really get used to this kind of living style through thousand films that I used to watch so far. Because travelling is not the main reason for this trip and I cannot manage schedule on my own, so I had to follow others. So, I could just hang around Hollywood Blvd. which has footpaths with Hollywood movie and music stars in the stars as you might have seen on TV before, eventhough I really wanted to separately go in LA downtown and have cheap and yummy dinner at Thai town. The only surprise for me was that I hadn't seen any Thai travellers or residence during one day one night in LA, eventhough most Thai people in in the US live in this city.

Go to pictures....

Its landmark...which always seen in films

Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywood Bl, I stayed here.

In front of Chinese Theatre, lots of footprints and handprints.
This is Alnold's, Big boss of California state

If I am correct, it is Jack Nicholson's fitted to mine.

Asian Hollywood star, Jackie Chan...No Tony Ja yet..haha

Shelly cafe, it was on the movie 'Million Dollars Baby'.
I had breakfast here in the morning before leaving to the conference.

Moving to Ventura for the conference by Airport shuttle

3 more posts will be continued for this US collection.
It will consist of 'Ventura', 'Santa Barbara', and 'Ojai'
All are small, nice, and historic cities... try to come to update asap...

A short message from Author

More than 2 months that I have not come to change anything in my blog.
Thank you everyone who usually comes to visit my non-updated blog.
Lots of things happened to my life during the year-end and let me think over again and again about my future life.
Life is not always beautiful and easy as one's thought, but we can make it pass thorugh.

Anyway, My journey must go on. Before the new year, I went skiing with always-warm Kyoto family, eventhough that was my worst experience for a ski field with grass and rain.

Then, I went to America for the very first time to join the conference called Gordon Research Conference (GRC): Hydrocarbon research. I went there for poster presentation and listening to several lectures in this field. This was also my first international academic conference experience. Many questions and thoughts popped up in my mind about how to be a good researcher and doctoral student in this acedemic field or Do I really suit to what I am doing now?

But, life goes on. I have 3 more years to train myself and time will proove it.

If I have time, I will come and update USA photos and story later.......
(Hope that it will be very soon..Haha)