US Trip - Vegas II / Final

did i forget to mention i went jackpot machine crazy while in vegas?? haha. i had tons of fun playing those jackpot machines, even though i was technically still underage! haha. everyone kept laughing at my obsession with the $2 machine. i just HAD to try it once a day.... more than US$1,000,000 ok! heehee. needless to say, i did NOT come back a millionaire. oh well!
vegas at night. all that wasted electricity! haha. paris; flamingo; us at the caesar's palace fountain; some of the yummy cakes we ate at the cheesecake factory!; us at the world's largest buffet; the paris fountatins

and poor dad, he had to work close to the entire vegas trip, since he was sponsored to come to vegas for the RFID global conference, and while he was working from 8 to 8 everyday, we were eating buffets and spending his money! heehee. sorry! but at least we managed to catch some super good shows. we watched 'Ka' together, this super nice circus type show that just blew me away. the entire thing was the best i have ever seen in my life. truly amazing. blew a cool thousand sgd on just our four tickets, and these were for the cheapest seats too.. but it was so worth it!! and actually, we planned to watch another show, but the tickets were sold out. managed to get only two tickets on the night of the show itself though, so mum and dad went to watch. another thousand sgd for only two tickets, but i heard 'O' was even better! so it was at least well worth it for mummy and daddy to watch. as i say, how often do we come to vegas and get to watch these vegas-exclusive shows? WTH rite? *grinz* haha. and no, i do not waste money, it's just that we should know when to enjoy right? :)
the lure of the lights and showgirls at the rio hotel -- their free hourly 'flesh' show.
can't you just hear the machines calling you?!?! heehee. i won a little!
and while the men were gambling, the ladies went to watch Chippendales, which duckie insisted was a must-see. well, it was a once in a lifetime experience i must say! and OMG. i am going to have to censor this part for your sake. wahhh!!! but heehee. you should have seen my aunt's face when we sent one of the strippers her way. she was trying to get the hands he grabbed and put on his chest off him! lol. she said he took away all her good luck. haha.
and the none too awe-inspiring view back to LA. our road trip was over, and soon, our entire US trip as well! lol. and i was so bored, i took a picture of the super cute eeyore fattie plushie i bought in disneyland while i was hugging it in the car. hee!
last night in the states, and we said goodbye to our cousins. we had dinner at a chinese buffet style restaurant, and i met so many people which i haven't seen in ages, even ever! it was really nice catching up and meeting my distant cousins, and everyone was so nice! well, that's it for my states trip, i'm off to shop in HK next.. and i can't wait! bye!

US Trip - Vegas I

So Daddy arrived in LA to meet us, and from there we drove down to Vegas. All i can say is, thank god for GPRS! if not for that mechanical voice telling us where to turn and which route we were on, i bet we would have been lost many times over!=]

our hotel - the MGM grand; pepsi billboard; coke building; friendly street protest; damn funny ass blowing bubble machine!
waiting in line for ANOTHER buffet; lovely glass flowers in the Bellagio (i think! can't remember..); froggie!!; lea and daph
we decided to hit the vegas shopping outlets! a drive out of the hotel gambling strip, but quite worth it. i got nice stuff from the levis factory outlet, plus the GUESS?, charlotte russe, and roxy ones!!=] taking a shopping break over a smoothies; us three in the roxy fitting room trying stuff
the M&M world. such a cute place! 4 entire floors of M&M goodness. no wonder i went trigger crazy there! i love the M&M coin purse and game cards i bought!
the M&M dispenser. it sells all these really cool colours that you can't find anywhere else in the world!; me with the 'pastel' range; M&M flip-flops; mugs; gingerbread house; bags
the star wars M&M range! these took up half a floor. so interesting!

US Trip - Disneyland!

Oh dear, been so busy and lazy lately, i kinda neglected the blog. And since i took off from work today, i decided to finish up posting my states trip photos:) haha, especially since i'm leaving for HongKong TOMORROW, which means even more photos to share when i get back! so here's the rest (kinda) of my states trip... enjoy!

-- DISNEYLAND!!! (we spent two days there, at the newly opened California Adventure Park, and the original Disneyland;)

a new themed 'land' - a bug's life!
and the new ride - with a haunted mansion/twilight zone theme, but free-fall
the incredibles, which, by the way.. were incredibly RUDE!!! grrrrlll...
the animation academythe new monsters inc ride. i loved the 'set'!
the brother bear fume style ride which we didn't sit. cos it was too cold to risk getting wet! hee. more Cali Adventure ridesme and lea with goofy; and at the muppet babies 3D theatre