Little Tokyo at Downtown LA, California

Midland domestic flight to Houston.
The plane is so small, I could reach the overhead compartment.
The plane is so small, I can be a Stewardess.
But it was stable, smooth, and we were lucky we didn't encounter air pockets nor turbulent.

I've always had California patch & print clothing, not knowing that I've probably called myself into reality, visiting the place. See my jeans and T-shirt both have California prints. I will go hunt for New York, London, Tokyo prints now. LOL.

Totally shagged face, slept and woke up at 3am, forgets what day it was or what day it is in Singapore. All I know is that every morning, I could Whatsapp call them and it would be evening in Singapore. Free Wifi at the hotel. 

Goodbye, Christopher Robin.
Movie that made me cry............ while watching onboard Houston to LAX.

DoubleTree @ Little Tokyo, Downtown Los Angeles, California. 

When I explained to Kiki that "Little Tokyo" is a small community where Japanese living in LA go there to get their local stuff, or eat their favourite local dishes, meet fellow Japanese etc, she said she gets it, it's like "Little India" in Singapore, where the Indian community meets while in Singapore.  Ya man, she got it right.

Didn't know the portion is so big. 

It was for 1 person. 

I ended up eating only the fatty parts. 

 Barber Shop 

 Starbucks Breakfast almost every day

 Street Art

Tacos

 You can stick Stickers anywhere and don't have to worry about going to jail.

 $6 for plain, drinking water. 

 Really wanted to buy this for Kiki but didn't $$$

Texas, Odessa

The moment I woke up at 6am on 18th August, I sprang into action (work), non-stop until I got back to Singapore on 27th August. I have never worked this hard from dusk till dawn for 10 days & nights in a row. It was tiring but fun. I had very little time to myself as I had to work and also to entertain the key, important customer. I had only remembered I didn't take a selfie on day 4 of my trip..... so you can imagine I was seriously very occupied with work. LOL.

 SIN to LAX, transit via Houston to Midland, Odessa (Texas)

Sky of Midland 

Was 11 pm,  after 24 hours of travelling, we've finally reached our motel that didn't have a minibar..... no food for I lost count of the number of hours I had not eaten. AND, there is no water. Had to buy from vending machine at USD 2 per bottle of plain water, all using my own money.. tips and small food items & water.

 Cozy lobby

Perspired so much that I had to do my own laundry as soon as I had the chance.
Again, all these misc expenses are on my own. there aren't receipts for self-operating laundromats. Anyway, I am lazy to keep tracks of misc expenses. I don't have a habit of tracking expenses.

 Where we stayed.

Sharp Objects (episode 7)
I was watching this before leaving for Texas. Was surprised to catch the next episode there.

Roaming Rabbits

 Day 1 Waffles

 Day 2 Waffles

 Day 3 Waffles

Day 4 Waffles
I will miss the Waffles and the Odessa Skies the most.

 But I won't miss the sunburn (94 fahrenheit = 34.4 deg)

Food & Transportation are two big hassle at Odessa.
There is no 7-11 convenient stores, the Taxis when booked, doesn't show up, the restaurants are constantly full house, the delivery service takes 3 hours; we are left with the 'best' option which is to order take-out, which also takes averagely an hour.

I'd requested the Inn manager to open the Breakfast Corner for us so that we could all eat there instead of going back to our rooms to eat because I don't want food smell in my room..... and I feel that we should eat together. You know, eating together creates bond.
I bought Coke from the vending machine and laid out the table.

 
 Our Manufacturer's equipment (Workover Rig)

I shouldn't have joked about it (Oops)

Almost right away, we dived straight into getting things done..... there were a lot of missing matters and we didn't leave till 9pm +++ and I didn't eat till 11.30pm.... it was a very long day. No one expected that there were so much work needed, but everyone chipped in, everyone stayed.

 Sustained by 1 hot dog bun

 and 1 lunch which I couldn't finish eating (perhaps due to work stress)

 Our Baby

Solving problems after problems.
Incredible us.

 Finally, my customer's customer invited me to take a photo when we were generally done.
"Generally done"; because there are still very pressing outstanding matters to be completed within 2 weeks.

The Guys & I