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the many "first times"

i shall post date this entry to my trip in toronto and montreal, which stole one of my long weekends away from the great New York.. it was a trip against all odds, with everything which could go wrong going wrong.. yet it was an interesting experience with the many "first times" in my life..


first time i traveled on a significantly long trip under my own planning combined with the rest of my travel counterparts, of which my half hearted nature placed myself in many situations of uncertainty.. and hence many situations of choicelessness in the end.. i can only say its the frantic experience being a good lesson for my future trips.. in my attempt to save some money, we decided to take a grey hound to toronto.. overnight bus which lasted for 10 hours on paper, ended up as a 15hr trip to canada.. as a result of missing our bus from toronto to niagara falls, we decided to stop directly at niagara falls, which is in between US and toronto.. a well thought out plan because we managed to be at niagara at our designated time.. so when people are watching the falls with carefree and relaxing minds, we were doing the same, with slightly more burden -- our luggages.. vowed never to take the grey hound again, it was our choice of transportation back to New York from Montreal.. that's the power of a monopoly..

first time i got drenched in the rain.. with my jeans totally wet and my luggage and bag entirely soaked in rainwater.. and enduring it in the aircon of a train for the next 5 hours.. on a beautiful morning in toronto the group of us decided to take a walk to the train station to catch the train to montreal.. at the same time being able to appreciate the sights and sound of the city along the way.. stopping for hot dog as breakfast, little drops of rain started to patter upon us.. harmless we thought, it soon turned out to be a downpour which an umbrella can hardly save u from.. the last 5 minutes of the walk was completely unforgettable for me.. my passport got drenched and my travel signature which allows me to enter US got smudged.. my ipod was went but working, my camera was perpetually blurred.. my phone had water droplets condensed within..

first time i lost my phone.. first time i left the hotel without double checking my room.. and i left my phone in the room and only realised it when i arrived in New York.. it got pocketed i believe.. so i had to undergo a few days of depression before replacing my sim card and getting my extra phone out.. fortunately for my extra phone.. but my contacts......

first time i participated in active gambling.. one of which was extremely exciting, nerve wrecking.. i finally understood the mind of a gambler and for many moments in the casinos, i was one of them.. i never understood jackpots and the notion that people will involve themselves in a sure lose game.. but as i sat in front of one for the sake of manually pulling the shaft of the jackpot, i realised it was a highly addictive game.. especially when u taste ur first win.. greed is the driver which spurs you on to want to taste more of the sweet victory.. in turn what is given up is more than what is won.. i distance myself away from the gambling tables at first, but my risk adveristy was overcome by the idea that i should be paying for the adrenaline rush in a casino.. and a 20 dollar investment became 25 then 20 then in no time it was gone.. and my disbelief in the law of averages on the game made me decide to invest in another 20 dollars more, and in no time i was down to 5 dollars on hand.. it was hard to draw a stop at the "tolerance level", a limit on the amt of money to lose, because part of u believes that you can earn back at least some bit of what you lost.. well at least i won back a little.. so i did cut losses in that sense..

first time i went on a trip knowing i had a test the day later.. and my usual habit of bringing notes along didn't help me much during the holiday i had.. but the test turned out well.. better than i expected :)

rebec inspired @ 9:50 AM Comments: 0