Monday, June 25, 2007

random

typing this in my laptop again.
lazy to walk all the way over to use the internet.

got both good & bad news.

good news;
my usbank check card came!
there's hope for all the online shopping i want to do!
wetseal, ae, f21, anf, victoria secrets!
hehehe.

bad news;
inspection coming up tmr.
with 105 due outs.
long long day ahead.
bathtubs needs to be scrubbed hard,
luggage marks needs to be removed from the wall etc...
=x

today was a pretty slow mo(tion) day.
its slow mo for short.
hehe.
coz i got a 4 due out, 10 occupied list.
completed it by 1.30pm despite the fact tt i was really taking my own sweet time.
tired mah.
cannot blame right?
have been chionging tour rooms* for the previous 2 days.
so i guess the break was well deserved.

*tour rooms needs to be done by early afternoon so the tours can check in.

laogong's going to change his room w his bro.
coz his room was renovated and now become biggggg.
so his dad decided to change it for his bro's family.
venus is going to have a bed of her own! (i think?)
minz can confirm.
LOL.

minz & auntie has already found a bed for laogong.
was thinking of getting tris's (his diploma classmate) husband to help him with the interior design.
coz her husband is an interior designer.
and at a cheap price too... (important. LOL)
cool right!

have finished the shows i brought over.
war & beauty,
wei xiao pasta,
zuan jiao yu dao ai.

now watching;
qian jin bai fen bai.
this show was all the way from my jc days.
bought the dvd in taipei.
hehe.
just watched the first episode yesterday.
=)

read plenty of books too.
guys & dogs
sphinx
fever
the notebook
black hawk down
two dollar bill

laogong wise,
well, i dunno he finish how many seasons of his FM.
hahaha.
but he's now reading black hawk down.
& with the exception of war and beauty,
he watched the rest of the shows with me.
plus!!!!
he's eating salads now.
he used to hate all sorts of veg.
at least he's having salads.
(maybe becoz we're really sick of cafeteria food. LOL)

so u guys can imagine how free we are.
yet we refuse to work a second job to take away this freedom.
oxymoronic right.
we let off latest nowadays by 4 pm.
and have only a 5 days week.
lalala~

but i enjoy this feeling of slackness.
coz once the sch term starts,
all madness will ensue again.
enjoying the freedom, slackness & fun while i still can!

have been discussing on the bus ride back home from horseback riding.
our next short overseas trip.
would be to;
thailand -> bangkok or shanghai.
if we are going thailand,
have decided to employ xiang as our guide.
hahaha.
shumin when's ur holidays?!

i love thinking bout traveling,
love planning for it,
love the experience of being in another place.
(with the exception of saving up & paying for it =p)

hopefully can go germany for summer exchange next summer.
either that or internship in singapore alr.
dunno which one i'd want more.
coz its going to be the last summer hols i will have.
den i will be graduating,
which means starting work!

oh well.
i think laogong wants to play his FM.
better let him use the com!

Posted by jiawen at 4:40:00 PM

Sunday, June 24, 2007

horse back riding!

have edited the mystic falls post to include the last 4 pics.
go see go see!

the days lunch was pizzas.
and i can assure u guys,
its no where close to pizza hut.
so since laogong got the park perks,
which was cash which we can use anywhere in the park,
we went for geyser grill.
=)

the unsightly scene of laogong munching his fries & hotdog.
LOL.

me with the fries & nuggets!

the horseriding was at a ranch in west yellowstone,
which means its west of our working place.
ok, duh...
it was an 1.5 hr or so ride out.
and this time,
air conditioning was on..
so no car sickness.
=)

thats the trailer of the ranch we went to.

the horses were huge.
to say i was not scared would have been lying.
haha.

but it wasn't that bad...
at least the horses were well trained to...
erm.
follow the leader.
haha.
when the horse in front stopped,
it stopped.
and i din even have to prompt it to move.
it just moved when the horse in front moved.
=p

me on the horse.
mine was quite a lazy horse,
either that or it was worked too hard.
coz it was so reluctant to move...
poor boy.

and my sleeves were rolled up coz the sky was big & bright above.
din wan to get an ugly tan line.

but guess what?
i did not take out my watch.
=.=
so now i have a watch tan line.
UGLY!
but at least its not obvious la.

thats how we travelled.
in one straight line.
coz the trail was all too narrow.
hehe.
anyway,
we went into the woods.
=)

don't everyone look small on the horses?

the beautiful scenary as we reached some top of a hill..
and when we looked back,
it was breathtaking!

the horses were troting/galloping,
at some point in time.
at first it was fine....
until it got me out of breath,
and clinging on for me dear life.
(ok i am exaggerating)
it was fun,
though my butt was slapping up and down on the saddle.
OUCH.
laogong told me to stand on the stirrups.
but my knee was painful.
old injuries.
so i got to tahan the butt slapping saddle throughout.
till now my butt is still pain when i sit on hard plastic chairs!!!
and i haven recovered from the bike ride to mystic falls somemore.
=x

at the end of the horse ride.
me with one of the horses.
nop,
this is not mine.
they all look alike.
i lost sight of mine once i got down from it.
haha.
laogong with the same horse.
his horse was black,
so its easily spotted,
but its surrounded by the other horses!
so he can't get to it to take a photo.

thats laogong's horse in the middle.
the big black one!
his was one of the largest horse in our group.
guess its coz he's the tallest & everything.
hehe.

we were tired and thirsty at the end of the ride.
imagine.....
3 hours of riding under the sun w/o water!
so yups,
i was gulpping them down.
hahas.

headed to west yellowstone for a short stop for dinner/shop.
its just like khatib.
nothing much really.
we had kfc for dinner before heading back home.

p.s sis ar! sorry i din expect work to end so late today!
so when i came online its alr 7 am back home.
SORRY!

Posted by jiawen at 7:42:00 AM

Saturday, June 23, 2007

mystic falls

borrowed wingfai's bike for the day,
to cycle to biscuit basin!
else we'd have to walk a looooong way.
hehe.
(inspired by corner with love)
but i was sitting on the front of the bike.
my butt hurts most of the way.
=(

laogong taking a break,
in the middle of the bicycle trail.
(i must be too heavy for him. muahaha)

zhugong&zhupo!

the road beside biscuit basin.
laogong rode the bike till the roadside
and we just secured it to a tree.
hehe.

entrance to biscuit basin!

me with sapphire pool.
it has a very very pretty blue colour!


mystic falls is just 1 mile away!


but well.
stupid us went to the overlook.
which means climbing uphill.
i almost died going up.
but it was excercise i guess.
haha.
so we went a total of 1.7 miles?
or issit more?
coz we were going uphill mah.

the scenary when we were walking uphills.
hehe.

tt's me half dead standing at the overlook.

laogong sitting by the side of the trail.
nice?

another sign we saw as we were going to go downhill.
to mystic falls.
0.5 miles to go!

another pic of laogong sitting down at the edge.
i think these pics are really cool!

another view down from the trail.

know what?
the loading of photos is taking a really long time.
will complete this post again tmr or smthing?

and also the post on horse back riding.
we went yesterday.
another thing tt contributed to my pain butt.
muahaha.


the signs beside mystic falls.

and this is the fruit of our labour!
mystic falls!!!!

i can swear i was so scared when i was hiking down.
coz i am afraid of slopes!
and the loose stones would just give way,
our shoes were not meant for hiking.
=(

so i am glad i survived it.
and i really dun wan to go for another hike.
hehehe.
lazy me....

Posted by jiawen at 4:24:00 AM

random

theres no internet right now.
just typing into my laptop.
no photos for this week.
coz we've pretty much finished the tours we wanted to go,
and we haven been to much interesting places.

housekeeping was supposed to be overstaffed & overbudget.
coz 5 of them except for us,
nicole, james, lu, wing fai & josh,
are working a 2nd job in the employee cafeteria (EDR).
and jian niao got to pay them for the overtime they clocked.
and also becoz of this,
he is trying to cut back our hours of working.
=.=

so to get back to him,
laogong & i encourage them to work longer hours in the EDR.
to clock more OT to give him a gigantic headache.
we win. LOL.
childish yes.
but there's nothing else we can do right?
since we are leaving soon....
more OT also means they will earn more mah.
=)

time passes very fast when we are doing housekeeping.
coz one room takes us 30 to 45 mins to clean.
and time passes unknowingly.
i think u guys know what i mean.
=p

sometimes i wonder what others are thinking.
they say one thing & do the other.
...

i want to change my job to either mid-porter or night porter.
but the timing is strange.
though the pay is better.
it also means we'd be working different timings.
since its only 5 wks left.
forget it i guess.

i always think of alot of things to blog about when doing my job.
mainly coz the job is routine & mundane.
but i forget bout them by the end of the day.
haha.

planned my timetable yesterday.
should be trying to take:
german level one with laogong
lab in developmental psy (no exams, yay!)
some stats course which the prof says is REALLY IMPT.
(but i really dun like it...)
clinical psy
intermediate macro econs
political history of SEA.

that would be 6 modules in all.
3 psy, 2 econs & 1 language mod.
but lab & clinical only offers one class each.
which means i may not be able to get clinical psy for next sem.
i am crossing my fingers for that.
esp since i have lousy internet connections over here.
should be emailing troy (our admin officer) to help me get my mods i guess?
if not i would take a social psy module.

wonder if i can cope with the workload.
but i guess i should have faith in myself.
hehe.
looking forward to taking german lessons with laogong!
we haven been able to study together since he entered army.
LOL.

this post is really random.
forgive me for jumping from things to things!
and how come only so few pple did my quiz!
sobs.

Posted by jiawen at 4:21:00 AM

Sunday, June 10, 2007

white water rafting!

zhao lu, nicole, james & me in the employee rec centre.
just before heading out for white water rafting!

waiting to board the bus.
got kind of bus sick on the way down.
coz its those 'san lu' (hill roads)
so windy & the air in the van was stuffy!
but i din puke or anything.
luckily.
=)

jiawen&jinwei before we boarded the bus.
i look kind of ugly in this pic leh.
=x

the 4 rafts in the yellowstone river.
we're in the green one!
the one biggest in this pic.
hehe.

woah....
a huge wave swept up on us!



i really like the pictures.
coz it shows tt we're really really having fun.
=p
i hope to go for the class 4 one!

me in the wet suit & fleece jacket they provided.
this is alr after the rafting trip.
the sun came out for us that day!
so it wasn't tt cold!

me & laogong

yawns.
so tired after the trip hor?
but...
on the bus trip home,
i was the one who was slping.
not him.
hehe.

ok, thats all for the water rafting trip!

jian niao (the perfect name for our boss)
is selling his car.
ford escort.
1200 bucks.
me, laogong, james & nicole wld most prob be sharing.
for this one mth plus left.
hopefully we'd be able to sell it.
(which shld be pretty alright, coz his car looks new)
den maybe we can earn some money,
or just get back our capital.
hehe.

Posted by jiawen at 9:40:00 AM

continuation to the circle of fire tour

yellowstones waterfall..
kind of self-explanatory. =p



our next destination was the fountain paint pot area.
tt's where we can see bubbling mud pots!
clays at boiling point,
amazing!

an entire herd of bisons/buffulos
trust me,
we wouldn't want to be caught in the middle of them!



one of the pretty but BOILING hotspring.
haha.

i think thats all for the circle of fire trip.
next up,
white water rafting!

Posted by jiawen at 9:08:00 AM

Saturday, June 09, 2007

successful attempt to go for the circle of fire!

laogong & me on board the bus for circle of fire!

the bus-full of pple.
they paid 55usd each for this trip!
we get to go for it for free.
hehe.

the driver....

and we arrived in grant village to pick up more pple!

the company who owns all the national parks.
xanterra...
me with our tour bus.
the weather was supposed to be turning hot.
hence i wore skirt for the trip.
but the weather was really unpredictable.
at least i have my cardigen with me.
hehe.

pictures of the lake as we drove pass it!

we reached the yellowstone lake hotel.
its one of the oldest hotel in yellowstone.
how from the pics below,
u can also see its one of the most modern one!
and its really pretty!

the dining area in the hotel

the reception area.

the exterior of the hotel.
our bus is parked right outside.
=)

me with the lake.
its brrrr-ing cold!
i had on 2 jackets!

laogong with the lake.
pretty hor?

and next we went to the upper falls of yellowstones.




some pictures of it...
we can't take a photo with it coz,
our face would be huge & the waterfall would be tiny.
so the effect wouldn't be nice,
and i wld look fat.
haha.

den we arrived at artist point.
it was said by the bus driver to be the most photographed area in yellowstone!
and we are the lucky last few to be able to go there...
coz they are going to be closed in a few wks,
for renovations of the carpark.
haha.



its a valley!
first time i've ever seen one.
and actually...
the photos look really fake right?
but its real!
jiawen&jinwei with the waterfall behind us.



it really looks like those chinese feng jing hua.
with san shui shu mu.
(hills, water, trees & wood)
haha.
direct translation.

another picture with the waterfall.
nice!

after artist point,
we were all hungry.
reached canyon village for lunch!
(which was really disappointing =()
luckily we have much better food in old faithful snowlodge.
else really dunno how to survive!



just some random shots..

stopping here.
its too long & our stomachs are growling.
promise to continue when the time is right.
hehe.

Posted by jiawen at 6:34:00 AM