well, say your flight gets delayed… like mine yesterday…I knew I missed my connection flight in Las Vegas, after 3 hours of delay in Atlanta… my plans were burning with every word of indifferent flight attendant, that was making new itinerary that sounded too complicated . I did not want to fly to Phoenix and then to San Diego and then… not sure where else… So I proposed my version – just take same flight tomorrow and stay in Las Vegas for a day… easy. I have never been to Las Vegas before and was not particularly planning a visit, but it did sound as an attractive option.
I touched the pillow at 5 in the morning the time my body got used to over this month… I was staying in the hotel across the Strip – Las Vegas Boulevard that holds all its treasure – casinos!
The sight of the hotels and casinos opens right from the airport… so I guess visitors hit the ground running…to meet their hopes for attracting easy money.
Well, I do not believe in easy money, but I believe in value of experience. I would not be able to explain this to my parents maybe… so I would not be talking much of playing in New York New York or MGM to them when sharing the experience of the city. (You play small, win small and lose small… you lose until you hit initial investment and stop… then you are good – you are even… and you have control…)
But I would tell them how artificial those billion dollar hotels and casinos are…some holding shark aquariums some small zoos to attract more and more people… more and more money… they lose their identity on the gambling side. It’s just people spread around machines and poker tables… with hunger in their eyes and hope in their souls… Greek columns and statues in “Caesar”, imitation of NYC streets in “NYNY”, French style in “Paris”… but on the playing carpet they all have the same face… the green one with $ sign.
So… I was saying, there is no point of getting frustrated if something goes wrong. It might seem wrong for the moment but we never know what it will result to be in the future. Maybe it will happen to be the greatest adventure, maybe not… but until then no frustration.Btw, I reached my destination a day later, experiencing all the pleasures of the first class.
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