las vegas trip

Sin City..the city that never sleeps. 24 hrs running..filled with sinful activities..filled with an aura of heat and uneasiness. yes..uneasiness. 1 startling observation is the people in Las Vegas look more weary..and more zapped up. the place is mainly made up of concrete. casinos, hotels, motels, more casinos, bars, clubs line up the area. With a desert atmosphere, i wouldn't say Las Vegas is one of the freshest place i've been to.
We spent 6 days there..i really don't know how we did it.lol
I recollect gambling at circus circus casino. being the samll time amatueurs that we are, we headed for the $1 black jack table after losing at the $3 table. Oldie kenneth, do u remember the friggin banker who got 5 21s in a row??yeah that one..that one with the smug look after he flipped his cards over for the 5th time and proudly announced with a smug look on his face (with a condescending tone) "21 AGAIN......*yawn*" yes thats the bugger u wanted to smartly tap on the head with ur fist. corrupt la..that one. haha. but there was a nice blur lady (first timer) who came and helped us earn back some $$ cos she kept bursting. love you lady *muah*. hahahaha..

the hostel was probably one of the best i ever lived in during my travel phase. the room was sufficiently spacious, with really gd internet, and most imptly AIR CONDITIONED! with a pool, a bar, scantily clad foreign gals walking around, pancake breakfast, a 24hr convenience store just outside, life was gd. meals-wise, we subwayed again. haha. relentlessly, i have to admit. still refusing to budge from our scheming $$ saving tactics..we subwayed and wolfed our way through. old ken..other things u did were shopping..(remember the victoria secret embarrassment??), lurking around aimlessly, take long walks which u regretted halfway cos of the scorching temperatures, bars, chilling out, taking skinny dips with the hot irish babe etc etc. hahahaha..okie dun steam la u oldie..that didn't happen.gotcha..haha

1 thing remarkable about the las vegas leg would have to be the trip to hoover dam and grand canyon. yep.we got a car..got a gps..and set out. u may have wondered why on earth we did that right after our car accident in DC rite? fools..clowns...but yes..i was a fool and i was a clown. haha. we still went ahead. hahaha..okie enuff said. the trip was gorgeous nevertheless. we reached hoover damn in the early afternoon. it was about a 2hr drive from our hostel (fremont street), and we lingered ard. the weather was so hot that some of us even took of our tops. took photos, walked ard, laughed, attempted to scale some mini fake mountains, dranks lots of water. after that we went back to check up on tommy, and headed for grand canyon.

grand canyon. grand is an understatement. when we first arrived, i glanced casually to check out the canyons, and i was momentarily paralysed. yes..cos it was something i could never quite put together. the natural architecture, the array of colours that lay out b4 the horizon, the fresh air, the brown long ranges of mountaineous geography, the valleys and the ridges..the animal life in the sky. everything worked together for a bigger picture..a picture that is painted with just pure beauty. we were all just sitting along the edge gasping for breaths..taking short hard breaths trying to soak in the sights. haha..okie that was just a comical vision i had. no we weren't doing that. what did we do? grabbed the 8 cheeseburgers and 4 mcchicken burgers we had and the drinks and started our picnic. the serene atmosphere got a little overwhelming..i distinctly recall thinking "if only the gal of my dreams was here with me now..we could just hug and enjoy all this together" it was somewhat touching..the view of it all. God made this geography for a reason..it's too beautiful to be something thats created simply out of the coincidence of nature. in my opinion, Grand canyon has definitely earned its reputation as being 1 of the 7 wonders of the world. i also recall when we admiring the view in silent awe, a line from a hillsong somewhat came into my head. "From the mountains, to the valleys, hear our praises, rise to you..." i thanked God at that moment for giving me that chance to be up on the mountains looking down at what i was seeing..giving praise to Him.

Las Vegas..a blurred rojak of emotions. it's a hot place...too hot for me. need to go off to LA..Taipei..if i were to sum up my experiences in Las Vegas in something short and sweet, it would be " play and siam..don't stay too long there"

Cheers
Ken