Winter is offically here!

Today is the first day of winter. Although winter has come, somehow you just feel that something is missing...and that is SNOW!!! Well, you all have guessed it! It doesn't snow in the place where I stay. So if you really wanted to see snow in Arizona, you have to travel to Flagstaff which is about 2 hours away from here.

I miss the feeling when you see flurries falling from the sky, touching and feeling the snow flakes. Where you can see snow piling up in your front yard and you are sitting inside your warm and toasty house drinking hot coco. Isn't that what it should be when you called it winter???

I kind of miss Clovis, where my first trip was. The winter there is so peaceful and the whole scene is so picturesque. That's what I called a White Christmas...whereas here is more like spending x'mas in Singapore.

Toti CrEatiOn

Has always wanted to start out something and one day my sister told me that she is very into jewellery making and decided to attend courses for it. So we decided to bring our actions to work and see whether does it really work out. So we started Toti CrEatiOn. It is named after my sis favourite plush toys which her husband get for her during x'mas a few years back. In fact, Toti is so cute that everyone in our family adores him. Well, so much of his introduction. Back to Toti CrEatiOn, we hope that we can start something first even though I am in the states. Now we can only rely on our families and friends to pass the words around. Well, you know lah, words of mouth is a very powerful way of advertising. So do check it out at www.toticreation.blogspot.com.

Viva Las Vegas!!!

It is going to be the end of the year and Jason is trying to clear all his leaves before they got forfeited. Since we can't think of where we wanted to go, (trying to save $$$ for our New York trip next year) we decided to go to Las Vegas (again). This is going to be our third trip to Vegas in this year...hehehe...and I think we both enjoyed going there too. There is so much stuff to do there...shopping, eating, gambling, site seeing etc etc...you name it and you'll find it there.

We spent a week there and stayed in one of the casino - The Orleans. Although it is not located along the strip of Vegas, it is only about a mile from the strip so pretty close for us. The best of all is that the accommodation is cheap...only US$18 per night. Where can you find such cheap accommodation? Only in Vegas, I think. Don't think that by paying only US$18 per night, you expect very run-down rooms...it is very clean and spacious and it meets the standard of a hotel. One more thing is that it offers very cheap supper - steak & eggs for only US$2.99!

Since we had been to Vegas for a number of times, we decided that this time we take it slow and easy. Most of the time we spent is gambling :p. We did do some shopping as one of the days is Thanksgiving and the sale is incredible. We also cover places that we missed during the last few trips. Generally, time passes very fast when you are enjoying and then it is time to head back home. Can't wait for the next trip to Vegas again but this time will be more fun coz we will be going with our family!

Beautiful Lake Mead...don't it look just like a painting???

A quick snap of Lake Mead while we are stuck along the way to Hoover Dam


@ Bellagio's garden where they will change the theme of the garden with the season


Don't think that this is fake...it is a real pumpkin and it's really heavy!


Bellagio's garden showing the theme of Autumn


Seafood buffet @ Rio...see how big the head of this prawn is...yummy!


Piling up our plate with all these goodies...


Hard to resist delicate desserts...too full for another round


One of the free show in Rio


Performing in the middle of the casino!


Dancers will throw out beads from the "steamboat" and the audience will try to catch the beads for good luck!


A look at all the slot machines in Rio casino