Las Vegas: The Party

The girls organised a partying trip over the weekend to Las Vegas at the end of June, and while it wasn’t the first time I’d been to Las Vegas [see here, here, here, and here], it definitely was the first time I had gone with the purpose of drinking and dancing like the locals do, instead of the touristy stuff I did at the more populated end of the strip last year.

Day 1: Light Nightclub

Our first night on a Friday was to the much-anticipated Light Nightclub. Lilli had previously contacted a nightclub promoter who was referred to her from her friend to arrange our free entry into the club; it was fascinating to me, since I had never heard of such a thing as a promoter before. Apparently, they’re the middlemen who earn their commissions by the number of girls they get into the clubs that they are affiliated with. I never heard of them back when I used to go clubbing in Singapore donkey years ago. But anyway, here was Day One:

Ela, Ssen, Lilli, Jen, Liz, Angie, TJ, me.

^{F21 dress + Shop Notice necklace + Cotton On bangles + Dr. Martens boots}

Our tickets for two free drinks to Light Nightclub!

The feature wall was decked in lots of display screens, which was pretty cool, if only the visuals were more interesting than what we saw that night.

Light Nightclub is known for its Cirque Du Soleil performers gracing the dance floor. It was so cool to see them in action! They were everywhere- lining the sides of the dance floor, suspended from and flying across the ceiling… there was even a king who just sat on the throne overseeing the dance floor through the night.

Me and Lilli, while Ssen laughs at something in the foreground. They helped me with my eyeliner, since I’m horrible at makeup.
^{Photo from Lilli.}

Caught in action. A guy actually came up to me and said that he wanted to dance with me but I danced too crazy. Not sure if insult or compliment. XD
^{Photo from Lilli.}

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Day 2: The Other end of the Las Vegas Strip

The next day was split into two groups. Most of the girls went to Encore Beach Club, the party that happened in the daytime, while Lilli, Ssen, and I opted to hide under the shade of the Fashion Show Mall opposite Trump Hotel, where we stayed at.

^{Cotton On shirt + F21 hat & shorts + Dr. Martens boots + T-shirt & Jeans bag}

To be or not to be: that is the question.
^{Photo from Lilli.}

I spied this Starbucks cart in the middle of the atrium, and we loitered around it, wondering what it was for, until they started giving out free bottles of coffee. There were three different flavours to choose from. How awesome is that?

Ssen, me, and Lilli with our free coffee.
^{Photo from Lilli.}

After that, a lady stopped me and beckoned for me to go to her shop cart. Lilli and Ssen were skeptical at first, until the lady proceeded to give me a free nail pattern with the technology that her cart offered. We all got patterned nails!

Ssen and Lilli got a second one each after they discovered dinosaur patterns on the metal plate that was part of the nail transfer technology.

We later ventured out of the comfort of air-conditioning to get ourselves some tacos of the famed Tacos El Gordo. It was delicious.

And then we decided to pay a visit to Circus Circus, where the arcade games were in Vegas:

An acrobatic showing happened while we were there, which was pretty cool to watch.

We passed by Gordon Ramsey’s newly-opened restaurant, Gordon Ramsay BurGR, at Planet Hollywood.

Got myself some free samples of Lobster ice cream at Planet Hollywood too.

And a delectable dinner of Caribbean Jerk Chicken sandwich at Earl of Sandwich. Om nom nom.

Apparently, Justin Bieber was in town for a concert, and these jokers decided to parade a blow-up doll with his face pasted onto it down the strip. It was so amusing.

View of Vegas from our hotel, right before we got ready for Day Two’s partying.

Day 2: Surrender Nightclub

Day Two was spent at Surrender Nightclub. It turns out that Surrender was the exact same venue as Encore Beach Club, which the rest of the girls had gone to earlier. Lol. Here was my very bling space-themed outfit.

^{F21 top & shorts + Cotton On bangles + Dr. Martens boots + Steve Madden bag}

^{Photo from Lilli.}

I didn’t fit in with the kiss train. >_<
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Fooling around while waiting to enter the nightclub.
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So according to Lilli, I had danced nonstop for five hours. I also apparantly gathered a few fans at the end of the night when I continued dancing while everyone else was chilling.
^{Photo from Lilli.}

The indoor dance floor with lots of styrofoam strobe lights! We were passing through the floor and I made eye contact with a guy brandishing one, and he gave his to me. Yay!

Ssen, Liz, Jen, Lilli and me. My strobe light had three light settings and it was so cool.
^{Photo from Lilli.}

The morning after, where I obviously am not a morning person.
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Hanging out with the girls has opened up so many sights and eateries for me in both Los Angeles and the surrounding areas. I’m really glad I was able to spend time in their company. When this has posted, I’d probably have reached Singapore. So let me just say this in advance:

I miss you California! It was an amazing experience and I’d do it again if I had to start over. ♥

[edit] I forgot to mention that we were there in the middle of the heat wave that struck California! It was an eye (and perhaps, pore)-opening experience to be stuck in the desert at 117 °F (47 °C) temperatures.