A brief one..

Actually nothing much to update la... just trying to type something out of nothing for the sake of it.. haha..

It has been a "quick" month... passing by without me noticing it. I'm glad it's going to be August soon. I'm looking forward to my Japan trip and of course HOME TRIP! Miss my family and dog so much, and my laksa... missing Singapore stuff so much that I go goo-goo-ga whenever I see a product of Singapore... just over the past 2 weeks and weekends, we actually bought the "Singapore Swordfish". Not too bad, taste quite fresh when we had it steamed. At least I feel safe to be eating something from home. Have been avoiding products from China with the recent spate of reports on how unsafe their seafood are. And we also borrowed the DVD of "The Maid". Ermm... it's kinda spooky. Might take me a couple of month or years to really shake off the images from the show. But somehow, it feels good that we can relate to the show, all the customs and beliefs that we have. Come to think of it, the Seventh Month is nearing again. Not sure if there are gates of hell here in America. Anyway, will try not to stay out too late. Better to be safe.

Got to know from Ma that Wangwang's number came out again 2 weeks in a row... this has been the umpteenth time his number came out just this year alone. It has been a good choice of name afterall... hehe.. Ma said Pa "ate" up the $100 stake I sent to him. If not, I would have made quite a hefty sum of winnings.

Okie. Think that's about all. Having a bad tummy. Need to go do my business... ;p

The Canyon

Got back from the trip on Monday. Actually planned to do a daily update during the trip. But tiredness and laziness got me over.

It has been a great vacation in all, except our flight got cancelled on the day we were supposed to fly in to Las Vegas. The pilot resigned!! Ha.. Not sure if we count that as lucky. Somehow, we would rather that he resigned than to fly the plane unwillingly. I mean who knows what he will do out of reluctance right?! Have always been afraid of taking small planes anyway, especially when I know the planes are of retirement age. I prayed through the whole flight, bugging Yoong each time I heard the engine went louder or softer. Yeah, I'm paranoia. Anyway with a bit of hassle and de-tour, we managed to arrive at LV safe and sound.

Las Vegas is amazingly hot. Temperature ranging around 40 degrees C in summer (which is now!). Never expect the air to be so suffocating. LV is basically a desert lit up by lights. The hotels along the Strip are beautiful, each offering a unique theme. Didn't have time to explore the whole of LV. Just managed to catch a few of the hotel shows and the Mamma Mia musical. Oh, we got to know that late this month, Sammi Cheng is going to perform at one of the hotels there too. If it's Lee Hom, I'll sure go. Haha..

The Grand Canyon is in Arizona, which is a desert area as well. Therefore we drove from one desert to another. ;p A 5 hour journey. Not much of a scenery therefore made the ride boring. A big contrast between NZ where everywhere is a beautiful sight. We went "Ooh Ahh.." along the way in NZ. But here, basically it's just... desert. *yawn*

But the view at the Canyon is beyond words. It's just awesome!! Countless of millions of years back, the sea was at the level where we were standing (over 4000 ft above the current sea level). There were residue of sharks and squids found on the rocks there. And we learned that the great sculptor which made the canyon the way it is now is none other than the Colorado River, which is still continuously doing its work on the canyon...

Very fortunately for us, we got to see both the sun set and the moon rise at the same time. To our right, the sun was there giving the canyon and the nearby skies different shades of red and orange. To our left, the full moon rose over the plateau of the canyon. I've never seen the moon so big and near before. It's as if we were closer to heaven. It's a superb wonderful feeling!

In all, throughout the whole trip, be it the heat of LV; the vastness of the Canyon; strength of the "mild-looking" Colorado River; or witnessing of the exchange of day and night, I can't help but to admit that Nature is indeed the most beautiful and powerful.