in search of dessert

after being here for about 3-4 weeks.... i was craving desperately for yummy dessert of canele's standards.... after searching online, i found the patisserie that pang recommended me of his friend's here in LA. thankfully it was really close by to school. it really abt half an hour, but in US standards its close by heh

while driving in search of this patisserie, i spy this statue.....

on top of a pharmacy!!!

thing is jin patisserie is in venice a part of LA that is near santa monica and its full of really artsy little houses and shops. its really like a cute little village full of artists.

walking in......

there's a tray full of pretty little chocolates to see.......
and i bought these back to try

i was really looking forward and secretly hoping that i could find another canele here. good chocolate a small little shop to chill and eat and get my birthday cake from. but upon tryin their gorgeous cakes.... i think i'll leave the cakes to be admired rather than eaten :(

i have yet to try their chocs but their macaroons were ok. nothing special.... it was a rather disappointing trip

talking abt birthday......

mine is coming up really soon and at the rate things are going i dont think i want to celebrate it. might haf some friends over for drinks but other than that there's really nothing special planned. i think spending time with sarah, gina, johan and my other guy friends back home haf really spoilt me... its no longer all that special without any of them around. no pretty and yummy cake to order from, no good clubs to get drunk at. and to make things worse i think im still in my 2 month depression mode after a change where everything now is so blah.

am really tempted to jus fly to ny to visit matt over the weekend to get away from it all......... or even arizona to see brad but even then the chance of it doesnt look too promising.

for some really odd reason, i feel as if the friends i made in hk, i am so much closer to them. if i were to be in hk this semester i think i would haf thrown a huge party unlike now in cali