la trip: day8 and 9 las vegas

a place where you shop at new york


and dine in paris


totally no denial that this is indeed a 'sin city'.
GLUTTONY - and how can you not be a glutton when there seems to be no end to their desserts. wahh the thought of it now makes me hungry.




GREED - you cannot be not gambling if you are staying on top of a casino right. my budget is too low plus im a bit panicy to play on a table too, so i just went for the slots machine. i will call that greed because i refused to sleep till 3am hahaha which is again my normal sleeping hours.

LUST - and how about uniform girls with big bobby dealing cards for you and some girls doing poll dancing at your face on top of that. sorry even i stoned there to see. or how about all those posters and cards on the streets...




PRIDE - of course im staying in one of the high end hotel where the celebrities are. no joke this is where the hongkong celebrities go during chinese new year.




SLOTH - definitely i wasnt working the whole 13 days... sorry it was difficult. there are just so much to do. and this is my first holiday totally without work because i remembered i worked over my last few trips at bangkok and tokyo.

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the last 2 happens back here. many rose with WRATH and ENVY for having such a good time. muahahahhha...

day 8 - mostly night scene. a visit through all the concept hotels

day 9 - the m&m's shop and the streets of vegas

la trip: day7 walk of fame, the market and grifith observatory

morning at the walk of fame. i had been there before when i was kid but honestly nothing there looks familiar to me at all.

and because im now doing HELLO! magazine and am very much more educated with celeb news, i finally see with my own eyes the red carpet venue that had been frequently mention 'THE KODAK THEATRE'


we had some time so we moved on to visit a local market. the sun set was superb so i kind of love these set of photos. the sun had been great everyday but just that this set with the train track makes it looks extremely sublime.


seeing the local kids was kinda sweet too :) they started giggling after that and told their mum i took their photos hahah...


griffith observatory looks really far more better than what my poor little camera can capture at night. but who cares im not there to bring back a star (stardust) for love.

are you happy today?

"Happiness comes in many forms -- in the company of good friends, in the feeling you get when you make someone else's dream come true, or in the promise of hope renewed. It's okay to let yourself be happy because you never know how fleeting that happiness might be." lucas from oth

let us take a break from LA photos and go for some emo entry. a friend told me the other day im happy. i think she meant it, plus im in no right to judge her because only one alone can judge themselves when it comes to this question. but her statement led me to think of this word 'happy'.

busy is not happy. it can mean that im doing well in my social life or career but it doesnt mean im happy. but it is better for me to be busy then to remember im not happy. that's for sure. most of the time i barely connect with my own emotions and the best bit is im too tired to think at night. the next day come and the next day end. so it seems im doing well and that is probably just what i needed to get by the day.

so i ask myself what is 'happiness' then. is it a satisfaction of where you are, who you are with and what you have? so does happiness stay with you for a while, for days or for years?

the more i think of it the more empty i feel. i am not happy with the state im in but the worst point is i do not know what will make me happy either. so i try to figure out what used to make me happy. then i realised though it is a sad truth most of us do not know it when we are happy. we only recognised it when it is over. meaning it is in the absent of happiness that we remember we once were happy.

happiness in my words would be the moment you feel like the luckiest person alive. a moment you want to freeze. a moment you receive what you do not deserve unexpectedly. a dream you do not want to wake up from because you know that reality will kick in and you wont stay happy forever.

you might be holding to the same fortune, same job and same person the next day but you realised happiness fades away slowly. why? i think i know why. it is because as time passes we all begin to think we deserve what we have. also how will you recognise you are happy if you are always happy? so happiness is never a constant mood. we human being live most of our days not happy, just satisfied. happiness is when things come your way when you least expect it, when you do not deserve it or when the impossible happen after all your life pursuing that which you thought you will never live to see. *sob sob* that day you are truly happy. though short lived, it is worth living many unhappy days to enjoy.

honestly im not happy today and had not been for a while. i dont see the point denying that since more than half of the world population feels the same everyday.

"Sometimes pain becomes such a huge part of your life that you expect it to always be there… because you can't remember a time in your life when it wasn't. But then one day you feel something else-something that feels wrong, only because it's so unfamiliar. And in that moment you realize… you're happy." lucas from oth

la trip: day5 old town and 'buca' the italian restaurant

besides shopping and food. these were the other highlights:
1. discussion of the recent scandal
cy: now these women (recent edison's scandal case) will have a hard time getting someone to marry them
andrew: i dont mind marrying any of them

maybe this shouldnt be the way i introduce him to you. i think all my cousins are great deals. another single and eligible young man. pls drop me an sms, i will link you guys up on facebook :)


it seems like we are in a different ball game now

2. watching 'miss austen regrets'

"There are such beings in the World, perhaps, one in a Thousand, as the Creature You & I should think perfection, where Grace & Spirit are united to Worth, where the Manners are equal to the Heart & Understanding, but such a person may not come in your way, or if he does, he may not be the eldest son of a Man of Fortune, the Brother of your particular friend, & belonging to your own County."
jane austen

amanda: this is so sad isn't it. hopefully this does not happen to any of us
cy: God forbid... gosh this movie is so demoralising

3. playing 'catch phrase'



4. watching 'deal or no deal'

5. revisiting our childhood photos and stories

we really had a blast. this explains why i never touch any of my work when i was there. this was the home i grow up in. laughters was our way of life.

la trip: day4 disneyland

by halfway we were tired but we persist so that we can capture all these beautiful photos for your pleasure... and mine of course :)

funny how
1. these kids get all changed and lined up for this. was imagining how it looks like if i stand among them with that jedi suit muahahhahh



2. our cute ice cream turned up to be a disaster. cant stop thinking what a stupid idea it is... but i finished it up because it is too expensive. i am way smarter of course to escape from the camera


(she will kill me for posting this photo, but it is really ticklish)

3. they were shivering in the cold because none of us know how to turn the heater on, they were too lazy to move to the next table with the heater on and too embarassed to ask anyone around. couldnt stop laughing thinking how they rather freeze to death

la trip: day3 getty museum and the groove

i always say the sky is bluer when we are oversea. this is the prove.

i kind of understand why ppl can be so loving at the groove. it is really a pretty romantic place.

but we waste no time and find ourselves a hot dude too. the promoter from abercrombie & fitch. i unashamedly took a photo with him. im not sure if i can control myself visiting the shop each time i go there if we have one in malaysia. hit on my soft spot. topless 6 packs guy with jeans.... *hot* *hot* *hot*

something you need to know about me this week

1. one of my good friend proposed.
2. the wedding that i was planning just happened the night before. it was super chaotic but it turned up ok at the end. a couple that was checking the venue for their wedding asked for my name card. will i do it again? i said no a week before the wedding but i just might do it again. it was quite a great feeling at that night when it all takes place.
3. i slept for 16 hours today, unbelievably a lot. might be more than my one week sleep at times.
4. i learned how to play poker today.
5. i surprisingly quite free this week. i will clean up my very messy room, blog and post my LA VEGAS photos.

single emphasis day

Fireworks
Originally uploaded by StephTan. image displayed is not the real incident but a point of reference

i just need to be waiting for monica at curve to see couples queuing up for restaurants (yes we are smart enough not to eat there i was just there to get some stuff from mac shop), driving home using LDP highway with a big billboard of a guy proposing (click on the image to see the full size billboard) and reach the front of my gate to see fireworks at the sky just above me –- not it is not for me must be some dude pak toh-ing at the park right behind my house.

valetine's day sucks. when im attach and sucks even more when im not.

la trip: day1 and 2 factory outlet

our trip to the factory outlet


on a big nice highway


and here we are in the great anoited place


with outdoor shopping


this is to add to my first time list. i actually walk in CK, coach, AX and walk out with something.


im not overspending. even my 15 years old sister can afford AX. so it is really a great deal


the auntie on my left is the auntie that introduce me to coach, nine west and Ck bags and tops.


it's a fun girls time


sex in the city cover?

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starbucks

in hk airport transit


starbucks in old town before shopping


starbucks after church service

iced venti latte throughout though it is freaking cold. im just not really use to hot drinks :)

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food and family

first night reunion


first breakfast


sticky rice with yai char kwai and chicken floss... gosh it's so good


good food


i mean very good food

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results

this is the best photo we can get... a lot of stuff (this is 1 day shopping)


and a very tired body... *stretch*

it is holiday time again

currently in hong kong doing a transit to my next destination.

a place flowing with milk

and honey