Sick on OFF day

Hello all!

Yes, I fell sick on my OFF day. What a bummer. Hahaha. Oh, I bought tonnes of US snacks and drinks today to bring home. Just hope that the Aussie Quarantine and Inspection Service won't seize them. Totally forgot about that. If you guys want anything, please lemme know ASAP so that I can buy and pack. No branded stuff please. Jackson Hole has none of these. Only food or souvenirs. Want brands? Wait till Nov. I'll buy them for you them. Not FOC of course. =D

Ok, off to bed. Need to start packing tomorrow because I need to work for 8 days straight before my arduous journey back to the other side of the world. Overnights are coming to an end! You have no idea how happy I am right now. Hahahaha.

All in One!

Hello all!

Alright, I'm officially back with a proper entry. Can't believe it's already the end of August. Fall is coming and you know what that means? Gossip Girl Season 3! Sept 14! As well as 90210 and Vampire Diaries! =) =) =)

Anyhoo, it was Tatiana's 23rd Birthday the other day and we got invited over for the party. Bummer I had to go to work right after that. Booo.

And the 2 girls and I had a common day off the other week and we took a teeny weeny roadtrip down to Idaho Falls for some big big shopping. I wasn't that deprived after that Las Vegas spree but the girls were. LOL! Tan Glow! =D

Dinner at T.G.I.Fridays that evening. Was deciding between that or IHOP. Actually, we basically wanted to eat everything cos we don't have these big brands back in Jackson Hole. Haha. And that is one retarded photo. LOL!

Oh, the Jack Daniel's Glaze. So good. And the mashed potatoes with cheese and butter. Even better. The steak. Ooh la la.

We were stuffed from TGIF but how could we miss out KFC?! No, I'm not kidding. We purposely made it part of our itinerary. Even more important that making it back home before dark. Hahahaha. I'm so desperate for it that I might even make it a must eat when I go home. Oh, the gravy is different. Taste like beef. Hmmm.

Even though I said I'm not that deprived. I still bought 5 pairs of shoes. =X They're so pretty.

And the must have apparel.

So the next day after Idaho Falls, Kevin invited us to go tubing with them and a whole group of Four Seasons staff. That's the new tube I bought. It even has a pillow and a cup holder. =D

Dunno what tubing is? Here you go. Basically, you chillax with a bunch of friends down a river drinking and chatting while you flow with the current. We flowed to a cliff and did some cliff diving. Crazily fun. I jumped twice. =) And we also passed a hot spring. We floated for a total of 4 hours. -.-' So now I've been thru the burned and itch. At the peeling stage now. Yay!

Just last Sunday, we had the Employee Party. Monica was the Employee of the Month for Feb 2008 so the RAMs came up with this impromptu rap. Crazily funny.

They organised some relay games and of cos, the Front Desk took down the house. Yay!!!!

The Dance Offs!

Met up with Yinyin for the best Thai food in the whole of Jackson Hole. Totally yum.

Rosalie invited us to her house for dinner tonight. So Yinyin and I decided to cook some real Singaporean + Malaysian cuisine for them.

I cooked the fried rice, beef and soup. =D Yan Wan can cook ok? Don't look down on my cooking skills. Hahahaha.

This is Rosalie's daughter, Summer Rain. Super friendly and not afraid of strangers at all. She kept wearing my Hurley's and walking to her Mummy. Damn cute.

And this is a real antler that Rosalie's husband found on the grass while he was hunting one day.

Group Photo!

Whoo! That was a long one. Hahahaha. It's 145am. Time for bed. No overnights tonight! Yay! Toodles!

The Number Post

Hello all!

OMG OMG OMG! Just 5 more months to go. Whooooooooooooooo! Adelaide is just 17 days away and 48 hours of Home in 20 days. We had an Employee Party yesterday and it was damn good. Nobody expected it to turn out so well. =) Photos when I have time which is like never? I've slept for only 10 hours for the past 2 days and it's not a good thing seeing that I work overnights. Hahaha.

And I wanna wish a Happy 21st to a couple of people. Actually 4.

1) Cecilia!
2) Alrina!

3) Yanqi!

4) Xuemin!

Enjoy! =)

Now back to my phone calls. Still have 2 more to make after making 3. My blood is still boiling from speaking to both the UA and SQ reservationists. The Oakley representative is still the best. Alright, ciaos.

Grand Canyon!

Hello all!

Alright, back with the last of the Las Vegas entry.

Now boys and girls, see what too much drinking does to you? You think the carpet is comfier than the bed. LOL!

Got picked up around 630am from the hotel to the tour centre. Collected our stickers and grabbed the complimentary breakfast.

Picture time with the very nice wall.

Boarded another duper cool bus with a duper cool guide, Gene and then it was the long drive to the Grand Canyon. Desert wasteland everywhere. But we did pass by a few cities that were at most a block long. LOL!

Presenting, the Hoover Dam! Cue Transformers. I remembered that bridge being something really impt but can't rmb any of it now. Something about a Christmas present?

20 mins photostop and shopping. Snapped like crazy and quickly went to buy souvenirs.

A lone lizard and some cows on the run. Tonnes and tonnes of Joshua Trees. Did you know the more stems they have the older they are?

The duper cool comfy bus on the left. We had to switch over to the other older one on the right because we were going on some dirt road and couldn't ruin the $250,000 bus. The orange entrance ticket which was our meal voucher, shuttle bus ticket and certificate voucher as well. The Grand Canyon West Rim station where all the shuttle buses, private planes and helicopters were.

We signed up for the helicopter and boat ride so up and away we go. They had to measure how heavy we weighed before seating us. Balance the copter out. The liftng off was damn cool. You felt like you were flying!

The helicopter took us to the bottom of the Grand Canyon on the Colorado River where we proceeded for the boat ride. Look at how red and murky the water is. Wouldn't wanna go Whitewater Rafting down this river. Hahaha.

So hot so hot! 40DC! Believe it or not. Hahahahaha.

Rocks and Water. More red rocks.

And then we flew all the way up the Grand Canyon again back to the station.

Boarded the shuttle bus towards the first stop- The Grand Canyon Skywalk or Eagle's Point. Can you see the eagle figure naturally carved into the canyon walls on the bottom left picture?

The Grand Canyon Skywalk opened on March 28, 2007 and rest 4000 feet above the Colorado River. It took 2.5 years and $30 million worth of hard work and engineering to build it. This structure weighs an astonishing 1.571 million pounds, and was built to withstand an excess of 71 million pounds in weight on top of it.

We weren't allowed to bring any belongings onto the skywalk so we stored them in a locker. And to protect the glass bridge, we had to wear a pair of pokka dotty slip ons. I brought them home. =D

The photographer made me and my sister do that weird stance. Some cartoon action hero. LOL!

Once again, I did not take that photo. Hahaha. It came in a CD with a package we bought.

Stupid me left my shades at the giftshop. Dang. Las Vegas without shades equals death for the eyes.

2nd stop, Guano Point. Guano actually means bird, seal or bat poo. Haha. I forgot why they called it that already. The bus guide said if you climbed to the top of that pointy hill in the bottom right picture, you can see a full unblocked 360 degree view of the Grand Canyon. But it was a long long walk and I was wearing flip flops so nope.

There were 3 places that we could use our meal voucher at but we settled for the cafe at Guano Point where they served traditional Native Indian Hualapai food.

We rushed back to the station after that for last minute souvenir shopping and back onto the old bus to transfer back onto the duper cool bus to bring us back to Vegas.

Bighorn Sheep on the drive back. Sunday evening traffic. Very bad. We were supposed to be back in Vegas by 630pm according to the itinerary but because of the jam, we got back only at 8pm. Lucky we didn't schedule any shows and such.

And the Grand Canyon Skywalk package that we bought at the gift shop. US$75:
1) 4 blown up pictures with frames/ablums

2) All the pictures that we took saved on a USB
3) T-Shirt + Cap
4) Free Certificates
5) Memories of a lifetime

Overall, Las Vegas is one hell of an exciting city that I won't mind visiting again in the not too distant future. But I don't think I would stay there. Too complicated and not a very good place to raise a family etc.

Alright, it's 1134am. Time to brush my teeth, scrub my face, put on some body cream to ease the sunburn and off to lalala land! Bye!

Las Vegas!

Hello all!

So here comes the Las Vegas entry! It was to me a dangerously exciting city with drunkards and porn card distributors roaming the streets. And not to mention lots of shopping. But again, I've been away from the city for too long so that's why everything seemed so exciting to me. Hahaha.

At Denver Airport again for the XXth time.

The state of Neveda and Arizona. Desert wasteland. The landing was by far the best because the airport was just next to the Las Vegas Strip so you could see all the beautiful hotels and buildings.

Jackpot machines welcomed us at the airport! Hahaha. The people of Las Vegas are really proud of their airport.

Yes, I wished the limo was our ride too. We took the airport shuttle instead that used poker chips as ride tokens. And we kinda got cheated into using this company because other shuttle companies were offering a roundtrip ticket for $2 less. =(

And voila, our hotel for the next 3 nights. Comfy enough and really cheap with a fantastic location.

The casino in the lobby that still had people playing at 6am in the morning. -.-'

First stop, The Forum Shops @ Caesar's Palace. Pretty interior and loads of branded shopping.

The interior of the shopping mall reflected the culture of the Roman Empire. That horse was cool.

Lunch @ The Cheesecake Factory. Damn good.

Second stop, The Venetian. Since it reflected the culture of Venice, the gondola rides were a must.

But I wouldn't want to ride the gondola here. Totally not romantic at all because the gondola brings you through the centre of the shopping mall where shoppers are just standing by with their cameras ready to shoot a picture of you in it. Oh, and every good show in Las Vegas is "Rated #1 Show in Las Vegas" so not a very strong tagline there. Hahahaha.

Sunset! And we took a super duper long walk towards the MGM Grand hotel. Up overhead bridges with non-working escalators. Oh, did I forget to mention? The temperature was 29DC at night.

No lions. =( Totally waste my time to walk all the way there. Oh, but we did see bar top dancing though. And the dancers all turn out to be the bartenders! So cool!

On the long walk back, out of pure fate and chance, I bumped into my Sec Sch friend, Leticia! Stunned and shocked are the only words to describe this meeting. =)

The Fountains @ Bellagio. It's free, runs every 15 mins and has a different show every night.

Big damage already on the first day. LOL!

Now, lemme present to you the various hotels on the Las Vegas Strip. They are attractions themselves because there were so many shows and attractions within each one. Not to mention having great themes.

Caesar's Palace. There was even a colusseum which I'm guessing could be the conference halls or theatre halls?

Flamingo's. It housed a great restaurants and pub called Margaritaville.

Harrah's was just weird. Hahaha. Weird theme. Too colourful but there was a Starbucks and roadside stalls though.

The Mirage. I think there was a really pretty garden in there with a volcano show.

Treasure Island. The idea was taken from the Peter Pan story so there was a pirate ship and show there.

Paris. Needless to say, it reflected the one in France. Just that the tower was half the size.

Bellagio. One of the most expensive hotels there is in Vegas. Not sure if I wanna stay there though because the fountain show was just in front of the hotel and it runs every 15 mins till late so wouldn't it be really bright and loud for the guests inside the rooms?

MGM Grand. The largest hotel in the world. 5000+ rooms.

New York New York which of cos reflected New York City. There was a roller coaster there too! And Excalibur Hotel which was kinda like medieval style.

Mandalay Bay. It housed a Shark Reef Aquarium and the Lion King musical.

And of cos, the company. One of the few non- casino hotels in Las Vegas. But super bad location though. Far from everything.

Luxor which reflects the Egyptian culture.

The Stratosphere. Located on the far north of the Strip.

Now for hotels in downtown Las Vegas. Sahara which is like Middle-Eastern themed.

Now that is one ugly Hilton. Hahahaha.

Circus Circus. It was one of the best themed hotels. The entrance of the hotel was the Big Top of a circus.

I shall go ahead and skip the entire Grand Canyon entry for now because there's far too many photos to post for tha too.

Dinner on Day 2 was at the Rainforest Cafe. They used to have it at Liang Court but it closed. =( The theme was really good with the animals coming to live, fog and even a thunderstorm every 30 mins or so.

We bought Krispy Kreme Doughnuts at the Luxor! =)

The bathroom.

Damn good but expensive food.

On the 3rd day, we went shopping! I spent over $200 there. >.<

The rest of the Las Vegas sights. The company has its own drive! But not too big a deal because there were roads called "MGM" and "Paris" which were the roads leading up to the hotels. You get it right?

We had complimentary tickets to go up to the top of the Eiffel Tower.

Nightview of Las Vegas.

Ended the day with dinner at Margaritaville.

My mum ordered the 45oz margarita just so that we can bring the glass home. -.-' But the 3 of us managed to finish it. I think I drank half of it. =x

We ordered mainly appetizers because we had a really late lunch like around 2pm. Oh, what shopping can do to a person.

Alright, off to bed! Work tonight. Sigh. Bye!