So here goes the rest... lemme start with a couple of shermans prize anecdotes..
"I need to goto the gym everyday.. its my duty to keep my body in good shape. Its like wot spiderman said - With great power comes great responsibility"!!!
The second act of sherman came when he discovered Sephora.. For the uninitiated, Sephora is a cosmetics chain, and Sherman, previously unaware of a garden of eden such as this, took a leap into a new line of mens cosmetics, and came out a new, metrosexual and rejuvinated man. He also, during the couse of our vacation, discovered conditioner. With his exfoliated skin, and silky smooth hair, watch out ladies, Sherman is on the prowl :-)
The third act of sherman began on the first day of our trip, and ended somewhere near the end of it. For those of you who know sherman, its no suprise that he likes to sleep. It was a suprise, however, jus how MUCH he wanted to sleep.
At the grand canyon, I decided that since we've come all the way, it would be pretty cool to walk along the rim as the sun rises over it. I suggested we leave the room by about 5am. Sherman laughs it off saying that I would never be awake by 5 am!
4.45am - I wake up, take a quick shower, change, and get ready for the hike.
5.00am - Try to wake up Sherman and Rashad
5.05am - Rashad gets up and startes getting ready.
5.15am - Rashad is ready
- Try to wake up Sherman
"get up"
"mfft"
"sherman, get up or we're gonna leave without you"
"mfft"
"The bloody sun is going to rise.. get up!!!"
"mfft"
I now proceed to jump from one bed to another trying desperately to get him out of bed. To give him credit, he did wake up eventually.
Back at Las Vegas later that morning, we get back to our hotel, and much to my horror and disgust, BOTH sherman and rashad decide that 11am is an excellent time to take a nap.
Sigh. Whats the world coming to :-)
Rashads acts of Brilliance.
Part 1 - Cranky at mealtimes. Rashad needs to eat every 4-5 hours witohut fail else all bedlam breaks loose. I, being the dense little boy that I am, was totally unaware of any form of crankiness untill it literraly, almost hit me in the face.
Part 2 - The face that launched a 1000 ships. Rashad discovers make-up. Again at Sephora. The emerged a new woman, with a TINY bit too much make-up on her face. We of course, told her she looked wonderful, but truth be told, she looked a bit like dame edna.
Now lets get to Hamlet..
Flavours.
Thats the name of the restaurant. And for 12 dollars, they had the most supremely awesome buffet. I started with a plate of seafood, a plate of grilled meat, a plate of fajitas, a plate of sushi, and a plate of chinese food. This was topped off by 3 scoops of ice-cream with chocolate sauce, and a rather large slice of chocolate cake.
Obviously, I felt sick and very nearly threw up over the other two. Needless to say, I learnt my lesson and ate significantly less the next few days.
All in all, the vacation was a huge success. We gambled at a little casino called "Casino Royale", made a decent amount of money, and then lost it all. Met some interesting people at our poker table, many of whom, lost a LOT more than we did, and one woman who won about $1000! The Korean dealer lady was the one who christened Rashad and Sherman with these delightful names!
We saw the cirque du soleil and the incredible David Copperfield (and for those of you who get the opportunity to watch either of these, make sure you do!), we obviously went to a Las Vegas Srtip show called "Bareback'.. Suprisingly, most of the other people in the audience were above the age of 50! Maybe they need a lil impetus to get their sex-life goin!
And finally, we walked around in the scortching hot 50 degree celcius heat!
And here ends our vacation. along with our savings :-)
