Gateway Orientation

It has been 16 days since I landed here in Malaysia and so far I am having the time of my life! I remember my last few days in the US and I remember seeing my mother's face filled with tears over not being able to see me for a whole year, but also gleaming with pride at her daughter's accomplishments. After a few delays with my plane I finally landed in Los Angeles where I would have my gateway orientation. There I met students from all over the US who were on the YES Abroad scholarship. I was among the only two who were going to Malaysia on the BP scholarship. At first I was a little scared because the YES students had received much more training then the BP students, but in the end I relaxed because the the orientation went over a lot of the information that was given to the YES students.

On the second day of our orientation, we were taken to Hollywood to get our last experience in the U.S.

The Hollywood subway station is designed as an old movie theater 

The minion bus!

Historic TCL Chinese Theater open since 1922 

Fun fact: In January 1976, following the passage of a state law decriminalizing marijuana, vandals altered the sign to read ” HOLLYWeeD."