off to hawaii

i'm flying to honolulu tomorrow for business, but before that, let's continue.

so we went to pechanga. i pledged to myself that i was going to gamble a hundred dollars max. no more, no less. i'm proud to say that i stayed true to that pledge. i played black jack for almost six hours (2 different tables. the first one was $10 a hand and my 40 bucks got screwed in a matter of minutes. five to be exact, the other one was $5 a hand and that's where i stayed really long.) of course, i was winning at first, but when greed happens, shit happens as well.

this is where the 'i-should-have-stopped-while-i-was-winning' shtick is inserted. i had my twin towers (more than a hundred bucks per tower of $5 casino chips) but then two terror planes (my friend's analogy, not mine) hit my twin towers one by one, i was devastated. the first one was named jim, and the other one was gary. of the two, i preferred gary. jim was really bad. his first 3 hands as a dealer? black jack. his fourth? 20. his fifth? 21. five cards! unbelievable. one of the players shouted, 'can you change the dealer please?' out of exasperation.

we got home sunday afternoon after some window shopping. yes, this is where we all were saying (while looking at the gadget of our choice) 'i should have bought this instead!' hah. anyhow, i had a great time. pechanga's really nice now, and it's just like vegas.

i've been terribly busy since monday since we were all agog preparing for our 15th anniversary supplement. tuesday night, got home shortly before midnight. wednesday, finished some of my pending articles, blessing of our new office in orange county (yeah! OC represent!) and bought some stuff for my trip tomorrow.

yay! i am going to hawai'i. my first time, so i'm kinda excited. it's gonna be work work, work but then, it's freaking hawai'i!

i'll try to update this, if i have internet access in my hotel...