Sunday, June 8, 2008

Calforniaaa Caaalifornia

The wait is over boys and girls. Now you lucky people finally get to know how my trip to CaliforniaAAaa was. First of all, can I be mean and bitch about the effing long flight? Cheap tickets, and with very good reason I must say. Because of the stupid time difference between the East and the West coast, I spent like a day in the plane. And all they had to serve was some BAKED chips and juice. Over and over again after every stop. I now know why they call it an airbus. It literally felt like I was in a bus with 3 stops on the way. Thank god at least I dint have to change planes.
Anyway, once I reached I was d.e.a.d tired and slept like a log. A d.e.a.d log. I dint realize a 3 hour time difference would result in a bit of 'jet lag'. Which meant at 11 pm, 2 AM my time I was sleepy for the first two days. And I woke up at 8 30 AM which is actually 11 30 AM my time. That worked out fine for me. This holiday comprised of all the essential ingredients to have a great time. We shopped,ate, slept,visited places, partied, and gambled! SF was good, we dint get to see the golden gate bridge since it was foggy as usual. We drove to Napa Valley. Wine tasted and now I have a few favorites too. I realized I like White better than red, Reisling being my favourite and I absolutely LOVE dessert wines. The drive to Reno was perhaps the best part of the trip(apart from all the amazing shopping) and the Casinos even better! I won 30$ at the slot machines. Cheap Thrills!! It was all i expected it to be. Bling! Bling! Bling! People at tables, some of them with those suits and shades, some of them casual. But what I dint expect was the number of old people around.I guess they were the ones with the money. the 4 of us were probably the youngest in the place.
Now I'm back at School and back to the grind.The moment I stepped foot in College Park was when it struck me how much I have to do. Get back to school, attend summer class, assignments,project, work, sigh. But I love it. I'm not complaining. My week was so hectic I was determined to stay home this weekend and not do anything. I got to sleep in late,ate when I felt like, lazed around,watched a movie. The only productive thing I did was my assignment so I don't feel THAT useless. A bright new day and a new week from tomorrow. Lets see what it has in store for me! :-)

6 comments:

Bg said...

@Welcome back.Long time no blog! Ur CA trip sounded exactly like mine! i do the same thing whenever i go to sister's place(folsom). hey did you try tht Indian princess game at one of those Reno casinos? i made $$ in tht particular game!

Ne said...

oi! I was at Folsom too.That was where we were staying. And I had no idea what I played there. It was some slot machine spin thing along with a touch screen card game!

Schmetterling said...

Haha. Welcome to the world of cheap crappy flights. Now you know why I didn't want to go to Cali. Ann Arbor on the other hand is only an hour away *wink*

Bg said...

:)Oh nice! then someone ought to be working at Intel!

Ne said...

@shmet- AA plan in the pipeline! :)

@BG - b.i.n.g.o

i think therefore i am said...

hello..nice to have u back.. I had loads of fun at the casinos in Vegas.. Won like some 25 bucks and thrilled beyond words