Highlights of my SoCal Trip

[Witnessing history being made]

I am speaking none other than the epic match between Federer vs. Nadal at the Wimbleton.  Their match alone is a record breaking event as the match became the longest running Men's Wimbleton Final. (4hrs 48mins)  My family and I were in our Hotel room and had just woken up from our first night in Irvine, and turned on the TV to find that the Wimbleton Finals was being broadcasted at the time.  At first it was *meh* but then as the it became very close for Nadal to winning, we started cheering (he always had a weakness on grass court) and was hoping that he'd overcome his weakness.  The points were already 4-6, 4-6, 7-6, and the fourth set was very close to a win for Nadal until he lost the tie break.  So we stayed in the hotel room an extra few hours just watching who would win.  We kept screaming so much throughout the last set, especially my dad (omg it was making me so nervous).  It got to a tie break once again and the tension was so high that I felt like throwing up.  The push and pull kept going and did not stop with Nadal barely surviving Federer's lead and amazing serves; however, when Nadal finally got the lead, the moment finally came.  Nadal strikes the ball to the opposite ground Federer had positioned himself to.  In Federer's effort, he tried to strike back but finally ended the game with him hitting the net, announcing Rafael Nadal the new Wimbleton Champion after Federer's 5 time straight wins on the court.

The people who witnessed it live in action got what they paid for.

[The shopping]

(Castlevania Judgement)

Though I did not buy that much, I did get some interesting stuff.  One thing in particular was the going to Barnes and Nobles and finding that the latest Nintendo Power talked about the much rumored Wii Castlevania game now named "Castlevania Judgement".

I was bummed at first to hear it was a fighting game, but as I read the description more, I started to like the idea.  Castlevania characters in a fighting game intertwined with elements of the past Castlevania games.

(Fossil Glasses)

I found a pretty cool looking pair of sunglasses that was on sale and looked pretty good.  I would post a picture up, but I'm too lazy to do that at the moment.  Instead, let me share something else with everyone:

(Tetris Cube)

I saw this a Puzzle Zoo, a toy store full of puzzle games, board games, and misc. stuff.  I didn't buy anything that day (Day before we left Irvine) and so I went and got this interesting little boxy thing that resembles the pieces of the popular puzzle game Tetris.

Little did I know that this was evilness in a box.  9839 distinctive solutions to put all the pieces back into the box, and I had to cheat (Youtube) in order just to find one of them.  If you want something to kill time, this is definately one toy to do it (it was either this tetris cube or a Rubik's Cube).

(In conclusion)

We mainly went down to Irvine and LA for my orientation and for a school tour of UCLA.  Irvine was more close to a homely type of place with flat grounds and everything close by.  UCLA was more of an extravagant campus with an incredible scenery everywhere and a lively enviornment.  It was a pretty good trip.  (I missed my computer a lot through those 5 days).