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[KarmaCruisers]

They must have bought Sriracha!

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Lunch..

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I also made a bowl of ramen once I found the sriracha! (Poor man’s ramen which I didn’t realize they have out every day actually; in front of the main food section there’s a small area with chicken broth, then all the ingredients for ramen…noodles, chicken, veggies)

Edited February 6 by KarmaCruisers

[Thrak]

38 minutes ago, KarmaCruisers said:

They must have bought Sriracha!

 

I've seen several different brands of Sriracha. It appears to be a "type" of sauce rather than a brand name.

[KarmaCruisers]

9 minutes ago, Thrak said:

 

I've seen several different brands of Sriracha. It appears to be a "type" of sauce rather than a brand name.

Yea, chili garlic sauce; often called “sambal” in Asian countries.

I’m just glad they’ve got it onboard now!

[New2cruise2022]

1 hour ago, KarmaCruisers said:

They must have bought Sriracha!

I’ll be looking for this when I am on Discovery in just over 2 weeks. 

[KarmaCruisers]

I took a nap after lunch (it hurts to stay up till 4am!) just milling around the room now.

Got a comp to Crown Grille at 7:30.

We’ll see; since I’m only a single, if I can get one more comp for Sabatini’s for tommorow night. (I don’t need one for Thursday as it’s lobster night in the MDR)

After dinner tonight I definitely wanna go to the main theatre, to see the Illusionist.

i MIGHT gamble after that (have $2500 in my casino bank from

last night; after that I’m fully tapped at 10k)…I dunno though, because we’re moving clocks forward AGAIN tonight, so it’ll already be basically 11:00pm when the show gets out.

I may go up to the Retreat tommorow after lunch; since it should be pretty empty since it’s a Port Day.

[mthomp5]

29 minutes ago, KarmaCruisers said:

I took a nap after lunch (it hurts to stay up till 4am!) just milling around the room now.

Got a comp to Crown Grille at 7:30.

We’ll see; since I’m only a single, if I can get one more comp for Sabatini’s for tommorow night. (I don’t need one for Thursday as it’s lobster night in the MDR)

After dinner tonight I definitely wanna go to the main theatre, to see the Illusionist.

i MIGHT gamble after that (have $2500 in my casino bank from

last night; after that I’m fully tapped at 10k)…I dunno though, because we’re moving clocks forward AGAIN tonight, so it’ll already be basically 11:00pm when the show gets out.

I may go up to the Retreat tommorow after lunch; since it should be pretty empty since it’s a Port Day.

Are the clocks moving forward an hour so you’ll be on the same time as the port stop (Puerto Vallarta)?

 

Just wondering for planning purposes for an independent group tour on a future cruise.  

[KarmaCruisers]

35 minutes ago, mthomp5 said:

Are the clocks moving forward an hour so you’ll be on the same time as the port stop (Puerto Vallarta)?

 

Just wondering for planning purposes for an independent group tour on a future cruise.  

Yea; we’ll be on CST.

[KarmaCruisers]

Stopped in the casino before dinner reservation..saw my friends still playing dragon link; I played some video poker and was able to run up a profit on the session of $800..chipping away at it.

[KarmaCruisers]

It’s so funny when I go places on the ship, and I say “just one”; the looks the staff give me.

but then again, family is super important in countries not called USA…so they probably wonder what’s wrong with me.

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I just realized no whwre in this thread do I have a picture of my slothly self..will post one after dinner selfie-style and let y’all see how I rock it.

Im literally the only dude in crown grille right now in shorts and a t-shirt, lolz 

fat guys just don’t look good in suit type clothes.

I always said for X amount of salary I’d dress up..turns out that’s false and there’s no amount haha

[KarmaCruisers]

This is hilarious..the people next to me are asking the waiter about meats; like they’ve literally never had a steak..”what is a ribeye? What is a New York?”

And these are old people..that’s insane to me.

[KarmaCruisers]

Black Prawn appetizer

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black & blue soup

[KarmaCruisers]

14oz ribeye with mashed taters and spergus

It was cooked PERFECTLY medium rare. Very good

[dog]

1 hour ago, KarmaCruisers said:

This is hilarious..the people next to me are asking the waiter about meats; like they’ve literally never had a steak..”what is a ribeye? What is a New York?”

And these are old people..that’s insane to me.

Brings tears to my eyes.

i count my blessings everyday.

 

Thanks for the great photos.

Good luck in the casino!

[KarmaCruisers]

Went to the casino after the illusionist…

again, played too long, lolz

it’s now 3am, and I’m going to bed.

i hit a couple small handpays..ended the night with $3000 on my casino bank. I think at my high water mark I was at $4000. I fired a $500 bullet into video poker and a $500 bullet into dragon link…

I am now at 40,xxx points; which is just MIND BLOWING for me. (Considering I know it’s $5 per point for video poker; so that’s probably $150,xxx coin-in on video poker I’ve done…

Got another comp; for Sabatini’s tommorow night.

here’s the jackpots 

[mtnesterz]

12 hours ago, KarmaCruisers said:

Yea, chili garlic sauce; often called “sambal” in Asian countries.

I’m just glad they’ve got it onboard now!

The word Sambal translates closely meaning a relish, which different varieties might have citrus, shrimp paste and other ground ingredients. The West by comparison is very limited in chili based sauces. Chili garlic sauce is just that. Sriracha is a style of sauce of sauce originating in Thailand.

Funny, you commented on people not knowing different steak cuts. Someone from SE Asia might have  said the same about your knowledge of condiments. Enjoying your posts. Hope you're having fun!

[c-boy]

15 hours ago, KarmaCruisers said:

This is hilarious..the people next to me are asking the waiter about meats; like they’ve literally never had a steak..”what is a ribeye? What is a New York?”

And these are old people..that’s insane to me.

HEY NOW ! being old got nothing to do with it. More likely that after the past four decades of being a vegetarian, they've decided that times runnin' short and  to live it up 😄

[KarmaCruisers]

7 minutes ago, c-boy said:

HEY NOW ! being old got nothing to do with it. More likely that after the past four decades of being a vegetarian, they've decided that times runnin' short and  to live it up 😄

I meant as an older person; they should have experienced all life has to offer.

[KarmaCruisers]

Woke up today at 11:30…didn’t really want to get up, lol; but I know if I didn’t I’d miss lunch.

forgot to get a picture of my plate..but it wasn’t anything spectacular (chicken, Filipino grilled vegetables, rice, and some pasta)

i think I’m going to grab my laptop from the room and find a place to work on some API stuff…maybe Crooners or something.

Id do it in the room but I want to get drinks at the same time haha; and maybe people watch.

[New2cruise2022]

2 minutes ago, KarmaCruisers said:

I want to get drinks at the same time haha; and maybe people watch.

If you aren’t people watching on a cruise, then you just aren’t working to enjoy it. 

[KarmaCruisers]

Did some work

stopped by the casino for maybe an hour before dinner (which I’m at now; rsvp was 7:30) hit another jackpot, $2800

this time. I’ve climbed back to $5300 out of $11,800. I’ve got 44,845 casino points now.

the dude next to me that saw that said “ohh man you’re going to get a suite and like $3000 freeplay offer!” 
i responded “I doubt it; I did 7000 points and got ZERO CBS offer” which shocked him..he said he did 5600 and got a balcony and $250 CBS offer..I asked “but did you win?” He said “yeah but only like $2000.”

I said “Ocean Casino uses oddball marketing tactics..also they want to entice WINNERS to come back, losers they alresdy got hooked”

we’ll see though..like posted  earlier, this may be my LAST cruise…hopefully not..but we’ll see..might have a chance to book that kind of baller offer…but may have to pay for the “girlfriend experience” to have someone come with me….we’ll just see what life has in store for me.

id be real happy to win a couple more thousand to get the loss down under $3000. (What I assume the “value” of the next offer would be; if I was lucky)

[KarmaCruisers]

Forgot my jackpot pic