Yee to the freakin' Haw!

Oh, what a day it was.. =]

First off, I got up early this morning and remembered some of my brother's church people invited me to the rodeo..

I just wanna let you know I've lived in Texas for most of my life (20 years?) excluding the time I was in the military and stationed everywhere else and I've NEVER been to a rodeo. I knew of the rodeo events from TV and heard the advertisements on the radio, but I guess I was never really interested in it? Well, I made a pact with myself in the beginning of this year, for various reasons, that I will try new things and venture out more, so I rode along with my bros and few friends to the rodeo..And wow, what a cultural experience it was..

Upon arrival, it was pretty frantic. Crowded parking lots and traffic. There was a group of about 9 of us huddled around the admissions booth trying to figure out how much you pay for whatever deals you get. It was about a good 5 minutes of discussion about prices before we looked over and saw 3 receptionists peeking their heads out the windows laughing at us because there was a sign posted in bold letters, "Information booth" right behind us..

We decided to get $15 dollar tickets, which included access to carnival rides, prized games, petting zoo, live stock show, and concert. As soon as we walked through the entrance, I had my mind set on what I wanted to do first, so I told the guys I'm so buying a cowboy hat! (Just something to set the mood and I wanted a hat because half the people there were wearing one).

Plus, how many Asians can sport a cowboy hat and look as good as me, lol. Ladies and gents, introducing you the very first.. Korean cowboy! =D



We walked through the rodeo shopping center for the first hour we were there. Its been months I've drank, but I thought it was an appropriate time to buy a beer, so I got myself a nice cold Miller Lite.. which eventually turned into 6 of them by the end of the night.. I enjoyed buying the smoked turkey leg. Mmm. Oh, and wondering aimlessly around the carnival fairgrounds looking at different events and getting on random rides. I tried the mechanical bull ride too, but I failed big time after 6 beers.

By the way, I saw bambi at the petting zoo. Well, it was a baby deer that approached me for food and I decided to call it, bambi. After I fed bambi, I looked up to see this huge Llama standing in front of me. I couldn't recognize it at first glance, lol.



All in all, it was fun. Didn't quite make it to the Jonas Bros concert, but most of us weren't fans, anyhow. I'm proud to say I'm a veteran rodeo-goer now (if there's even any prestige in that, haha.)