The Gift of Flight raffle
Left home at 7am to catch the bus out to the office today, got changed and then went to the city Footlocker. Thought at 7:30am I'd be one of the first ones there, given the raffle would be at 8am, but there was already a crowd of about 20-30 people.
I decided to hang around instead of going away to grab something to eat, which was good because I secured a good position right in front of the store as people started gathering.
The raffle started at a bit after 8am. Although I told myself that I'd be cool if I didn't get it (since I had already gotten the Legend Blues and this would save me from spending $550), I found myself getting slightly agitated as each number called was not mine. What made it worse was that it seemed like the box was hardly shuffled and people were just picking tickets from the top, meaning numbers like 150 and higher. FML. If I do this again, I need to get a ticket somewhere in the middle or last.
To make things worse, towards the end, ticket 24 was drawn, and mine was 25. So it was the guy who got to the store just before me on Sunday. Fuck this shit.
I left, feeling disappointed, like so many others there. But it was fun nonetheless I suppose.
I went back to the office and spent the day half doing work, which was pretty impressive given it was the second last day of work. At 3:45pm I had a TI app with Wendy. I had planned to go to the gym after work but then thoughts of the casino entered my mind. I figured if I played colour/columns I could win back the Legend Blues cost, and plus today was Tuesday, meaning Julie wouldn't be around.
In the end, I gave in. I trekked over, telling myself to just win $300 and leave. I bought $900 worth of $100 chips and started playing. It didn't take long to win $300. I knew I should've left, but I didn't. I also saw Julie, she must've been on a break when I arrived. She was on a $5 table so she was easy to avoid.
I table hopped and was on a bit of a winning streak. It seemed that every time I lost, I'd win it back and more on the next couple of spins. At one table, 19 had come up twice in a row. I walked off and came back to see it had tripled. The dealer saw my expression and I told him I thought about putting it on 19 when it was a double. I was pretty happy just being there (winning helps), and at one point Julie turned and saw me, but I pretended I didn't see her. Though I did at one stage stand at the table behind hers and watch to see if she would look for me. She didn't, but then again, she seemed busy working.
I was up around $1100 then decided to walk around to see if Summer was about. I found her at the sic bo table. Without thinking, I walked up to her. Some guy had just put some cash on the table, and so I decided to wait for her to finish, but before she did, she saw me and said hello. She told me how sic bo was so boring and how she wanted to go back to roulette. I told her sic bo was the first game I played but wasn't very good at it.
She explained the rules to me a bit, and my ego got the better of me as I decided to flaunt a bit and play. I bet $100 on big. It came out triple 4. I thought I won but she explained that any triples negates the small/big bets. WTF. I placed another $100 bet on big and it turned out to be small. I told her this game was too hard and I was going back to roulette. She asked me to take her back with me, and I yelled out "I'll try" as I walked away and she laughed. Seriously, I think she'd be willing to leave her boyfriend for me. Too bad.
I returned to roulette determined to win back the $200 I just lost. Initially it was a bad idea as I lost on the first spin, but I kept playing. Eventually I got lucky and won. I even placed a bet on Julie's table when she wasn't looking. I wanted to see if she could recognise my bet - no one bets colour/columns. It landed on 18 and I won $100 and surreptitiously went to collect my winnings. I doubt she knew it was me. She doesn't seem that cluey.
I decided to leave when I was up $1300. That was a pretty good result, especially when my original goal was only $300. I figured this would pay for the Legend Blues and I would get back $1000 to spend in HK.
I decided to hang around instead of going away to grab something to eat, which was good because I secured a good position right in front of the store as people started gathering.
The raffle started at a bit after 8am. Although I told myself that I'd be cool if I didn't get it (since I had already gotten the Legend Blues and this would save me from spending $550), I found myself getting slightly agitated as each number called was not mine. What made it worse was that it seemed like the box was hardly shuffled and people were just picking tickets from the top, meaning numbers like 150 and higher. FML. If I do this again, I need to get a ticket somewhere in the middle or last.
To make things worse, towards the end, ticket 24 was drawn, and mine was 25. So it was the guy who got to the store just before me on Sunday. Fuck this shit.
I left, feeling disappointed, like so many others there. But it was fun nonetheless I suppose.
I went back to the office and spent the day half doing work, which was pretty impressive given it was the second last day of work. At 3:45pm I had a TI app with Wendy. I had planned to go to the gym after work but then thoughts of the casino entered my mind. I figured if I played colour/columns I could win back the Legend Blues cost, and plus today was Tuesday, meaning Julie wouldn't be around.
In the end, I gave in. I trekked over, telling myself to just win $300 and leave. I bought $900 worth of $100 chips and started playing. It didn't take long to win $300. I knew I should've left, but I didn't. I also saw Julie, she must've been on a break when I arrived. She was on a $5 table so she was easy to avoid.
I table hopped and was on a bit of a winning streak. It seemed that every time I lost, I'd win it back and more on the next couple of spins. At one table, 19 had come up twice in a row. I walked off and came back to see it had tripled. The dealer saw my expression and I told him I thought about putting it on 19 when it was a double. I was pretty happy just being there (winning helps), and at one point Julie turned and saw me, but I pretended I didn't see her. Though I did at one stage stand at the table behind hers and watch to see if she would look for me. She didn't, but then again, she seemed busy working.
I was up around $1100 then decided to walk around to see if Summer was about. I found her at the sic bo table. Without thinking, I walked up to her. Some guy had just put some cash on the table, and so I decided to wait for her to finish, but before she did, she saw me and said hello. She told me how sic bo was so boring and how she wanted to go back to roulette. I told her sic bo was the first game I played but wasn't very good at it.
She explained the rules to me a bit, and my ego got the better of me as I decided to flaunt a bit and play. I bet $100 on big. It came out triple 4. I thought I won but she explained that any triples negates the small/big bets. WTF. I placed another $100 bet on big and it turned out to be small. I told her this game was too hard and I was going back to roulette. She asked me to take her back with me, and I yelled out "I'll try" as I walked away and she laughed. Seriously, I think she'd be willing to leave her boyfriend for me. Too bad.
I returned to roulette determined to win back the $200 I just lost. Initially it was a bad idea as I lost on the first spin, but I kept playing. Eventually I got lucky and won. I even placed a bet on Julie's table when she wasn't looking. I wanted to see if she could recognise my bet - no one bets colour/columns. It landed on 18 and I won $100 and surreptitiously went to collect my winnings. I doubt she knew it was me. She doesn't seem that cluey.
I decided to leave when I was up $1300. That was a pretty good result, especially when my original goal was only $300. I figured this would pay for the Legend Blues and I would get back $1000 to spend in HK.
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