Wednesday, July 18, 2007

bozeman, montana, holiday inn.

i think its really typical of us.
to walk all the looooong way,
when holiday inn provides shuttle service downtown.
but well.
in the first place we din know US Bank is in downtown i guess.

deposited half of the money on us in the bank.
a huge relief off us.
coz we were carry near to 5 digits sing on us!
now we feel soooo much better.
LOL.

had famous daves for lunch.
which has a really hugeeee portion.
so i am so full now.
yellowstone employee dining room (EDR) has really reduced my appetite by alot.
so now i get full really really easily.
& my stomach is popping out.
haha.

should reduce my appetite for buffet in vegas.
else when i reach florida,
i can't wear my bikini to the water theme park.
muahahah.

shopped at walmart after lunch.
scary to say that with nothing much in mind when we walked in,
we walked out like 100 sing poorer.
opps. =x

may not be able to upload anymore pics online for our vacation,
coz my laptop refuses to charge itself,
despite the fact that the charger is working.
so i dunno whats wrong.
=(

and i'll be getting reception in 5 hours time?
for my handphone..
so u guys can sms me if u miss me.
hehe.
coz its 5 cents per sms for u guys,
but a dollar per sms for me to reply.
(so i dun think i will reply. haha.)

ps. sis, gotten ur twister. & i got another pedometer for myself again. haha.
and wetseal & victoria secrets arrived. cheerios!

going to take the shuttle to the airport.
*crossing my fingers my laptop will be fine when we are in vegas*

Posted by jiawen at 6:01:00 AM

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

last day in yellowstones!

more like the last 4 hours here.
=x

going to miss everyone so much...
we all bonded though we work alone most of the time!

jen, lauren, tiff, danielle, rebecca (the americans)
cheng, ely, yoli, barry, jason (team leaders & managers)
carol, chloe, claire, ken (the taiwanese)
nicole, james, lu, wingfai, josh, yingying, tianxing (the asians!)

ya i know,
we are one BIGGG group.

gave out postcards to everyone (just)
and got a perfect gift for barry.
our pics with him & a yellowstone photoframe!
we are so going to miss him..
he is like the best manager ever!

took so many photos & we gathered everyone's photo too!
headed to west 2 days ago for dinner.
it was the americans treat.
so paiseh coz its really expensive?
like 3 tables of 8 course dinner leh..
and we had ice cream (HUGE) after that.
it was so filling! its chinese food again!

we prepared a farewell dinner for them yest.
ate at lodge cafeteria.
we had a looooong table!
it was fun, chatted for so long.
=)

but we are still really sad that we're leaving.
hopefully there will be a reunion in asia next yr!
hehehe.

photos will be re-sized & up in 12 hrs.
coz we will be in holiday inn & theres free internet connection!
YAY!

Posted by jiawen at 1:07:00 AM

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

BAH

waiting for my sis to wake up & come online.
which i seriously doubt she would right now.
would you, sis?

and i miss pepper lunch lah!
just read ur blog.
haolian bout chicken & steak.
& i am having crappy food here.
zzz.

i am getting a bad stomach.
i eat a bit, and i feel very full.
i mean REALLY full.
but 2 hours later,
i get hungry.
but theres nothing to eat.
=.="

but i think my mom would be proud of me right now.
coz i wake up early daily (almost);
except for our off days.
& i eat breakfast everyday.
at least forced myself to have toast and potatos.
else i would get giddy from hunger before lunch.
hehe.

its 5.45 am in singapore right now.
& u are still not awake!
(thats beside the point.)

would really love to travel with sec sch besties.
have been saying it for ages.
but our furthest action was a chalet,
which was hard enough to handle.
LOL.

lets see...
egypt, australia, penang, langkawi?
long & short trips.
haha.
siling & ah ni wants to go hongkong.
can we go other places?
=(

its 6.01 am & u are still not online.
fang wo fei ji!

after much thoughts & everything,
i have pretty much decided to get motorola v3 in red,
when i get back to singapore.
=p

most people has been telling me motorola is a lousy brand,
it spoils easily,
has really bad internal systems & everything.
but here in yellowstone,
so many people are using the phone,
and saying its good!

so i decide to give motorola the benefit of the doubt.
since i have tried siemens, panasonic, sony ericsson & nokia anw.
oh yah.
and i just recalled.
my very first phone is a motorola!
T2688, ancient.
no colour, no games, no nothing.
LOL.

Posted by jiawen at 5:22:00 AM

Monday, July 09, 2007

really bored.

rodeo yesterday.
wasn't as nice or fun as expected.
it was freezing.
& i was in polo tee & the really short shorts.

it wasn't what i thought it was as well.
but it was something worth going for.
at least i have seen cowboys riding horses & bulls;
in rodeos.
haha.

am really tired right now,
coz the night before yest,
jen, rebecca & 2 of their friends came over to our cabin,
and we watched the chronicles of narnia.
so we slept late.

yesterday night was rodeo.
so we slept late again.

*yawns*

8 days & counting.

Posted by jiawen at 6:44:00 AM

Saturday, July 07, 2007

bored.

was doing a mosaic* jigsaw yesterday.
completed like 30%?
and i left it on the table.
came back today & someone broke it apart.
and another person was working on it.
-heartbroken-

*mosaic puzzle is square. not like normal puzzles.
super difficult lor!

anw, laogong & i really like the way the americans teach their kids.
no screaming & scolding or what nots.
but lots of unconditional love.
its sweet to look at the way they teach their child.
and how their child respond to their parents too.
=)

our last two off days of this week.
and another 10 days straight of working,
we're off to las vegas!
no more off days for us...

its jen's birthday today.
happy birthday jen!
got her a grizzly bear soft toy.
its cuddly & huggable.
hope she likes it coz she loved the bears we saw on the roadtrip so much!

calling home tonight.
morning in singapore.
tata!

Posted by jiawen at 4:17:00 AM

Friday, July 06, 2007

july fourth, FIREWORKS! (:

jennifer asked us along to jackson hole for fireworks;
on july 4th,
INDEPENDENCE DAY!
(:

laogong & me on the car,
we are on the way to jackson hole.

passing by grand teton national park,
which is just south of yellowstone.
jackson is below grand tetons.

jen, our driver & friend!
we are the ROOM AGENTS.
LOL.

and guess what we saw!!!!!
we were SOOOOO EXCITED.
thats mother bear between the cars!

mother bear crossing the road.

and her three baby cubs,
okay,
maybe teenage cubs?
followed along!

p.s we stopped the car for them to pass.

mother bear & her 3 bear bear's backside.
hehe.
trust me,
its not an easy thing to spot mother bears & cubs.
they shy away from humans.
so we were really really really LUCKY!

views along the drive of grand tetons.

reached jackson,
jen & vicky caught dinner at taco bells,
before we walked around looking for the best spots for fireworks.
in the end we sat in front of the baseball field;
that has the best view of the entire town.
(it was someone else's lawn. they were kind enough to let us sit there!)




and the fireworks lasted for half an hour!
hehe.
pretty!

headed back after that & we reached yellowstone at 2.45 am.
jen must be soooo tired.
(she's the only driver)
i slept the entire way back.
-OPPS-

Posted by jiawen at 3:25:00 AM

Monday, July 02, 2007

roadtrip to devils tower!

note: LOADS of pictures!
& many pictures w/o people in it.
dunno why but we took very few pics of ourselves. =x

this was taken from a picture.
we din really see those bears by the sign,
wish we did though.
=p

thats our destination!
devils tower,
US's 1st national monument.

this is the near the east entrance of yellowstone,
that's rich,
our driver for the 2 days..

the entrance to the lodge.
we passed by to use the rest room,
& to stretch our legs.
hehe.

their cabins..

our roadtrip partners,
rich & cheng (left to right).

guess their age?
rich's 32.
cheng's 29.

they are practically our elder bro.
and they have volunteered as teachers in africa before!
and....
rich's going back to law school,
cheng is taking his masters in developmental economics.
say WOW....

i think to them,
we are really kids.
opps.

we stopped for a picnic @ this picnic area.
felt kind of guilty,
coz we forgot to sign up for our box lunches,
due to the west yellowstone outing the night before.
opps.
so we had theirs...

rich's car.
honda civic,
with a sun top.

scenary along the drive to cody.

buffalo tongue!
its a shape along the mountain la,
not the real thing.
hehe.

me with the scenary in front of the buffulo tongue thingy.

laogong with the view at the opposite side!

and finally after a looooong drive.

a peep at devils tower!
(from our campsite)

our tents.
the left: rich's & cheng's
the right: zhugong's & zhupo's

another view of devils tower at the visitor centres entrance.




thats the various view of the natural wonder.
we hiked the 1 point something miles loop to get a 360 view of it.
not bad.
there are people rock climbing up the vertical slope.
i dun think i can EVER do that.

devils tower as we were leaving for dinner.
tried a small town 15 mins drive from devils tower.
but they were all closed.
their towns only has like 200 to 300 pple.
real small!
to make us feel worse,
the only places open were pubs.
AND.
21 years & above only.
=.=

we went back to have sandwiches.
*guilty guilty*

our tent.

our camp site.
B5.


entrance into cody!
another town 3 hrs drive from yellowstone.

lunched at granny's family dinner =p

charlies grilled sandwich with potato salad.

the food was goooood.
=p

next up was buffulo bill's historical centre.
buffulo bill = william cody
the founder of cody,
the town we were in.

free admission to xanterra employees!






the above summerizes the places we went to in the historical centre.

the scenic drive back to yellowstone from cody.
and we stopped for dinner at a lodge in cooke's city.

thats the interior of the lodge.
its kind of ex though.
maybe coz its next to yellowstone.


had a fulfilling dinner before beginning the final drive back;
to old faithful.

this time round we entered through the northeast entrance.

and guess what?
we saw a black bear walked by our car!
somewhere near roosevelt village.
it was a major OMG.
some pple dun see bears the entire season they work in yellowstone!
and one walked past our car,
and past laogong's car door.
*faint*

BUT BUT BUT.
our camera started to slow.
it slumbered into the tall grass at the side of the road.
*damn*
why can't the side of the road be a meadow?!

hehe i think thats all the photos i have.
its a loooong post.

Posted by jiawen at 8:01:00 AM