I am starting this vlog where I ended off in my Pasadena vlog.
My little road trip vlog.
I'm in the same parking lot because
I was just here visiting my friend again,
but, what was I going to say?
It's Thursday today, but my sister's coming to LA tonight.
It's like 11:53 pm, but she's about to land her flight,
so I'm going to pick her up at LAX.
And we're going to do like a whole very touristy weekend
because she's only here for the weekend.
So I'm really excited to show you guys around with us
because as I'm showing my sister around my campus
and the beach and also downtown L.A.
and hoping that I can also share all that with you guys.
And I haven't really been able to show you guys
around all these cool places,
so I'm really excited to share that with you.
It's kind of like, what it's like to go to school here in this area.
I hope you guys find it entertaining,
and I would see you guys very soon.
Probably tomorrow because I'm just going to pick my sister up.
Basically last night I picked my sister up.
We checked into the hotel
and by the time we washed, hopped into bed,
it was like 2 am.
So we passed out and my sister actually works on Eastern Time.
And she has to be up at 5 am.
So she got, like through the sleep, and then she woke up, started working.
And during her lunch break, we drove back to my campus.
So we are now both together in my room.
- First reaction. - Oh, my god! It's nice!
It's smaller than I thought it would be.
Huh.
- Truly nice. - Yeah.
- Like the bathroom and the…. - Yeah. My side is a little messy though.
I like it.
We're going to let her finish her work.
I have a class to go to.
And then we're going to do some touring around the area.
I think I'm going to get a couple of coffee for us.
I really want her to try the matcha cold brew I've had.
Before I go, get coffee though,
really hungry, so I'm going to eat this pizza bread.
And this is from 85˚C.
I don't know how you say it, but
I want to get breakfast food for my sister.
Yesterday I bought 3 bread.
And the total was like $6, so I was like,
'Am I, like, did she miss something?'
Because I couldn't believe it was not cheap, but….
- What's your thought? - That was so good.
- I knew it. - It's the best thing I've ever had.
Oh, my gosh! Me, too!
And I thought I was over exaggerating, but it's really being mine.
It's really thick and rich.
- Yeah. - The matcha and then the coffee's also really good.
Yeah. A coffee's like, sweet.
- It's also like chocolaty. - Yeah.
- So it's like…. - And sea salt though.
Sea salt and matcha, so it's a little salty and sweet at the same time.
It's like a combination chocolate…
- Yeah. - …coffee.
It's our no.1 pastry. It's a sea salt butter bun.
Already had that last night, so, and the second one was curry bun.
Bun?
That's the pork katsu bun.
I was going to say it's like tonkatsu.
Try it.
I feel like it would be pretty heavy though.
It's good?
There's, like, cheese.
I want to go there, like, myself.
- And see…. - It's really good!
It's like a hot dog with katsu.
I feel like a local here.
And I'm just like taking people around where I like.
I feel like you made a new life here and I'm just visiting.
I'm back from my economy class and I want to sound unrelatable
because trust me, I don't like school.
Also, but my economy class is so much fun.
So I actually enjoyed being in my class today.
Now I have to finish up one of my homework that I have to turn in today.
And I think I'm going to give my sister tour around campus
and I'm going to take camera with me,
so you guys can also take a look at my school.
We're going to go to Irvine and get Yeoptteok
because I've been craving Tteokbokki for a while.
And then we will probably go to the beach
because you guys have to see Laguna Beach.
And that's the plan so far.
I'm done.
We had a Yeoptteok which was really good.
And the portion size there was always so big.
We have the leftovers. We brought them.
So we can eat them later maybe.
But for a dessert, we got Omomo boba.
Our menu was one of the recommended ones.
Jasmine, milk tea.
About, it's under the cream momo menu
and has cheese foam
and the brown sugar boba pearls, of course.
It's so good!
The tea taste is really strong.
It's actual jasmine tea.
And you have to mix it more, so it's more cold.
Like, I can still, it's kind of warm.
Let's go to the beach now.
That side is Newport.
And then this side is called Corona Del Mar.
It's like a state park.
And then if you go down more this way, it's Laguna Beach.
But this is closer.
And I like this area.
Kind of came at the perfect timing.
When you go down these stairs,
and then there's a way to get on the rocks over there.
Hey, you have to slow down.
When we were getting our boba,
we also ran into Ralphs,
which is a grocery store here
and in front of the entrance.
There were girl scout groups
that were selling these cookies for fundraiser.
Frundraiser? For a fundraiser.
And we purchased this one that we've actually never seen before.
It's called 'Adventurefuls'.
It's brownie-inspired cookies with caramel flavored cream
and a hint of sea salt.
I hate this opening. I can't never get it right.
Or just me?
See, like.
The caramel smell is very strong.
I don't think I'll need to eat anything sugary for the next, like, month.
Had so much sugar today.
This would be good with, like, a coffee.
A black coffee.
My sister was like, I have to try tacos here.
So we just ordered from Taqueria Hoy.
And then we have our leftover Tteokbokki, too.
I'm not even hungry just because I think I just ate
a lot of tteokbokki for lunch.
And we have a late lunch, too,
so we're about to start the show.
25. What is this called? 25, 21.
See, I don't like that type of vibe.
Amazon package.
I have to tell them.
I want handgun empty Amazon package.
Isn't that so funny? Like, how has it happened?
But I think it happens pretty often because I recently saw….
You know there are several stories like a YouTube video.
There were like, casually talking about 'Oh, yeah, I've got empty parcels.
I have to request for refund.'
We are currently getting ready, so we can head out to LA
for a full day of LA activities
because this is like our actual first and last full day
doing touristy thing.
Yeah, today's going to be a busy day,
but I wanted to do a quick shout out to this hair product
because I recently got it and I really like it.
And I knew I would like it, too, because
this is all my hair stylist in Korea used to use on my hair, I believe.
The scent of it reminds me of the hair salon.
You know, think of very clean hair salon set.
You squeeze out like this much.
It's thick in consistency, so it doesn't feel sticky.
It's very light.
And it spreads evenly all throughout your hair,
which I really appreciate.
Good for protecting your hair from heat,
smoothing your hair, or not. Good stuff.
So that's our dorm recreation area, so there's a basketball court.
You can play volleyball there.
There's a pool all the way in the back.
And then this building is our engineering building which you'll like.
Let's walk this way.
There are little areas. Here we can work.
A lot of people actually sit out here because it's so nice.
This is the other side of engineering building where
I think it's all the science labs that are here.
You have a lot of good studying spots here.
So you can sit anywhere here.
Use the white boards.
So pretty.
This big building is called Argyros Forum.
And that's like, a lot of the students lounge area
and we have restaurants or food places that you can get food
and we also have bigger lecture halls.
This is my economy classroom.
This is what you'll probably see when you search up Chapman on google.
Currently at Jon & Vinny's,
which is a restaurant that I've been wanted to try for a while.
And we ordered all of their famous menus.
So I'm really excited.
So creamy.
The taste is very strong.
I think the cheese they use….
So good. Very worth it.
I don't know where was the last time I vlogged
but I think it was when we were getting Jon & Vinny's.
So after Jon & Vinny's, we headed straight to Maru coffee
which is a really popular place these days.
I feel like everyone knows where that is.
I wanted to try their malcha because I had a lot of caffeine today
already from this coffee I had,
and then my sister's coffee that I also tried.
We just shared a coffee together.
We also explored the clothing store
that was connected to the back of the cafe.
And then we came to our parking spot
because we did like paid parking
because we couldn't find any street parking.
And we came back like 20 minutes late
from the time we paid,
which is like our fault,
but within another minute, we thought straight. You know?
And then I got my first parking ticket, so.
I'm humble.
Do you feel like there's no one sitting in the front of the parking spot?
How are they going to know?
They will somehow know.
So if you're a local here, or if you're here often
and know all the parking tips and advice.
Please leave them in the comments below.
Because I would really appreciate that.
I kind of need it.
I'm in an outfit change.
Then I'm going to walk around fashion district.
Oh, my god! Looks so good.
There are chopsticks right here.
We're about to get dinner
because my sister really wanted to try the box sushi.
And on the box, it tells you like how to eat this sushi to
really get the full experience.
We also stopped by Mochinut to try them out.
And then we had to stop by this taco truck
that was on the side of the street.
And we bought
two tacos because just wanted to try
and I feel like something really good.
Smile!
That was necessary?
Even the rice melts in your mouth.
Oh, my god. It's so good.
Give me your shrimp.
This is the best sushi I've ever had.
No way.
- And I've been to Omakases, too, so…. - No way.
At least the raw fish ones. But fishes are just good.
The fish quality feels different.