last weekend was a long weekend, labour day yay! and we drove 8 hours to LAS VEGAS!
haha still remember watching this when i was primary six. seeing las vegas with my own eyes is pretty unreal...at night we watched the blue man show in the venetian. It was out of this world, nothing like anything i've seen before. ahh i din not bring camera to the venetian. basically they recreated venice and there's a indoor water channel where the guest can tour thru the shops on a gandola. There are many shows that I would really like to watch like all the cirque du soleil shows and the penn & teller show and criss angel show.

our room in MGM grand!

lobby of MGM grand

in bellagio

slots! lost 10 bucks on them

bellagio ceilling damn nice

bellagio buffet, this is why you guys will not recognise me when i get back

wynn hotel...there's another hotel that looks exactly the same that's called encore.

ok nope i was not playing on this machine

vegas at night


THE BELLAGIO! the water body in front of the hotel houses the bellagio fountain featured in ocean's eleven! the faountain show is super duper nice!

another interesting hotel called paris. yes that is eiffel tower. there's a arch of triumph as well.

caesars palace! as featured in hangover!

mgm mirage..the beatles love show is actually a show by cirque du soleil imagine circus with beatles music.



crazy sculptures

caesarrr!


no head one wor

merlion's long lost brother merhorse ok what a lousy name

inside caesar

casinoo

there's actually lions in MGM grand. but they are perpetually sleeping whole day. kinda like me.

the windows are gold in colour

luxorr! looks like a pyramid buil by aliens. yes that is the hotel the rooms are on the sides of the pyramid.

i think this is my favourite casino called new york new york. full furnished with empire state building and statue of liberty! and yes the hotel rooms are in the new york sky scrapers! best thing is that you can take a roller coaster around the casino.

one of the shows at new york new york called zumanity by cirque de soleil as well. a very funny poster haha
las vegas is almost magical and i don't mean it in a good way. here you see what money can really buy you. everything is so exagerated and expensive. everything is so posh and highclass and gold and shiny. but you can't help but feel empty because you know at the back of your head that everything here is man-made and they are all but an empty shell, a hollow facade trying to put a pretty face on the ugly truth. vegas is able to warp your senses, and in casinos you will view money as game credits instead of something that can be exchanged for something that is valuable like food. there were many times i see my friend's "crazy eyes" and saying that "just one more try, i will win back all my money" and end up getting burnt. vegas is also haven for pleasure seekers. worse still, pleasures are easily accessible even to those who are not looking for it. seriously i believe that indulging in all these will mess yourself up. not that i think life should be boring and without pleasures but there must be a reason for pleasure itself. It's like how sex is meant to be enjoyed by people in marriage. seeking pleasure and pleasure alone will just leave yourself empty and screw up the values on how you view relationships and money etc. not trying to be preachy or saying that i am not tempted in anyway but this is kinda what i feel at the end of the trip. however the scariest part about vegas is that you do not feel wrong doing all these vices because it is so accessible and everyone is doing it. i guess it resonates with the saying that "the best lie Satan can tell you is that he does not exist". with that said, i guess vegas is still a fun place to hang out with friends and all the shows are pretty interesting. i will definitely come again if i have much much more money to burn (stay in bellagio penthhouse!!)
bonus!
Tearin' up my heart along Las Vegas Strip
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