Saket Vora

10:00am

The day starts slowly. We take our time, heading down for brunch at 11:30am and using a dining credit Naman scored when booking the hotel, all four of our stomachs are full for just $6.00. The three of us were in Las Vegas not two weeks ago with our uncle’s family, so there is hardly anything new for us. Naman had been to Las Vegas often when he used to live in Arizona. Plus, we grew to realize as we gazed over the glitz and the glamour…we just aren’t the kind of people that this place caters to.

3:00pm

We won some stuffed toy animals for Naman’s cousins in San Jose, in the Excalibur Hotel only. Then, we wanted to make use of the matching money Naman also got during the booking. Blackjack proved to be the game of choice…we entered with $20 and came out with $170. A leisurely walk across Las Vegas Blvd to the MGM Grand followed, to see the lion exhibit. At first we were taken aback by the exhibit, but a description of it assuaged some but not all of our fears. Game 5 of the Stanley Cup playoffs was scheduled for the night, and Sachi and I definitely wanted to watch it. After that heavy brunch, we didn’t feel very hungry so we picked up some snacks and went back to the hotel room. The game was great – Go Ducks! – and afterward we went downstairs to the casino but didn’t have much luck. Before going to bed, Naman taught us a card game called Poison and that occupied us for a long time. Sachi won such an extraordinarily number of rounds, that Naman was speechless by the end.