C-L-O-S-U-R-E!

C-L-O-S-U-R-E ! ! ! :)

Hello all!

I'm so happy. We are closed for the Summer at long last. I'm glad to say that I've survived 6 months of overnightys. And so glad to be done with them. Haha. Back to a regular sleep schedule! YAY!

Christian's last day a couple of days ago. The top pictures are all taken at our Room Service department. I love that department. Free food all around for us hungry overnighters. LOL! And I so have to get new pants. Look at how low they fall in the 1st picture. Haha. But I'm so glad that we are getting new tops. The picnic pink has so gotta go. We're now moving on to green! -.-'

Ok, so it's now a few days of relaxation and catching up on my dramas before the long awaited holiday!

海派甜心!

桃花小妹!

下一站, 幸福!

Beyond the Realm of Conscience!

Born Rich!

Bye! I love Justin Bieber!

Last Week of Summer

Hello all!

Back again. We're finally in the last week of operation for the Summer. Closure in 3 days. Holiday in 10 days. Home in about 80 days. Can't wait! =D

The newest Nicholas Sparks novel that came out last month. Finished the books in just 2 nights. It was long. 177 pages. A4. It made me cry while I was reading it at work. Can't wait till the movie comes out in April 2010. Though I really can't see how Miley Cyrus is able to portray the lead character, "Ronnie". Hmmm. Oh, and an interesting fact. Nicholas Sparks first wrote the screenplay before the novel. And he was told to base the lead character on Miley Cyrus. LOL.

Another Nicholas Sparks novel I read a few months back. The movie's coming out in Feb 2010. I didn't like the ending in the novel so I'm hoping the director made some changes cos the trailer didn't reveal anything. Hahaha.

So, quite a number of interesting news in the paper these days. But the number one on my list definitely has to be the one where a Northwest Airlines plane heading from San Diego to Minneapolis accidentally overshot its destination by 150 miles. Reason: "The pilots told the National Transportation Safety Board that they missed their destination because they had taken out their personal laptops in the cockpit, a violation of airline policy, so the first officer, Richard I. Cole, could tutor the captain, Timothy B. Cheney, in a new scheduling system put in place by Delta Air Lines, which acquired Northwest last fall. It also said that the pilots had heard voices over their cockpit radios but ignored them." -.-' Look at the flight path. LOL.

This second piece is kinda stupid. At least the parents were. "Richard and Miyuki Heene reported their 6-year-old son Falcon had been carried away by a homemade helium balloon Oct. 15; he was later found hiding in an attic at the family home. They caused a public panic when they allegedly knew he was safe in their home." But surprise surpise, all this was actually a planned hoax by the parents in a bid to shoot the family to stardom and have their own reality show. Guess now, the only thing this family is gonna be shot to is the court with fraud charges. Dumbos.

And now for life's updates. Nothing much in these 2 weeks though. We had dinner at the Westbank Grill to celebrate Pei Ting's birthday. Complimentary glass of champage. =)

The appetizers. The soup was so good, we ordered another bowl. Haha.

And the main courses. Chef Simon was nice enough to split the 3 courses up so we don't have to dig into them at the table.

And a little birthday surprise for the birthday girl. I handmade the designs on that pumpkin head ok? Haha.

My new baby has arrived! It's the second most expensive purchase I've ever made in my life but I love it soooo.

Some test shots I took at sunrise after work one day.

Yawn. Ok, back to work. I can't wait for this to be over!

Bye!

5th Time to Yellowstone!

Hello all!

10 days without an update. Tsk Tsk. Haha. Oh, remember I said this Sunday would be my last overnight shift for the season? Well, not anymore. They're making me come back to work as the overnight bellboy/girl for 9 nights! Hahaha. It's gonna be fun, I hope. Not to mention, I get to earn some more holiday money. =D


So, it looks like the Hilton Hotels Group changed its name, logo, website and slogan. It's now called Hilton Worldwide with not really a new logo because it's basically taking their oldest logo (not the blue one with the H in a cirle; the red one [go Google it]), inverting it around and colouring it gold and silver. And what is up with the slogan, "Filling the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality". I'm so glad I'm not working for them. LOL.

Oh, did I forget to mention? I have only 3 months left! Whoopeedoo!

Anyway, we went to Yellowstone again yesterday. Last time I'll ever drive in because no cars are allowed in during the winter, only snow mobiles and snow coaches.

It was cold yesterday. Raining and snowing too. If the clouds were dispersed and the sun was shining down, this scenery would be even prettier. Hahaha.

The top photo reads, "Look Ma! 5th time to Yellowstone!" LOL. No seriously, it was my 5th time there.

First stop was to West Thumb Geyser Basin. Lots of elk there. Warming up by the warm geyser steam as the temperature starts to drop. Look at those antlers! If he were to charge, we'll be human kebabs on a stick. Hahaha.

The sky started to clear up. Pretty pretty.

Wanted to warm up by the hot geysers, but even the steam came up cold! The temptation to jump in is indescribable. Hahaha.

Bison (again). Haha. We were the only car right by the road. And we did something we shouldn't have. We came out from the car even though we were just less than 8 feet away from the bison. Haha. Oops.

Next up was to Hayden Valley. Saw tonnes of bison on the opposite ledge. And a pile of poo.

The Grand Canyon. Couldn't walk down to the edge of the waterfall because the trail was closed due to ice and snow. Bummer. Oh well, we explored a top part of the falls this time.

LOL. Yin Yin says the last photo is my classic, "Hou Jia" pose.

The Mongolian influenced huts are warming huts that visitors use in the winter. And while waiting for the Old Faithful Geyser to erupt, we went into the visitor centre and saw a whole table of taxi dermy animals. Poor things.

4.27pm eruption. We took a quick photo and went to reserve first row seats. Haha.

It erupted about 5 mins past 4.27pm. I think I have more than 50 photos of the geyser erupting in my laptop. Hahaha.

Ended the day with this beautiful sunset on the drive home. Wished I had a better camera to capture the exact colours we saw.

Speaking of cameras, I so want to buy a new camera lens or even better a new camera. But they're all so expensive!! Christmas present volunteers? =)

Alright, I'm going to check on the soup I was boiling, have myself a good lunch and glue myself to the computer for the next 10 hours or so. Tata!

Four Seasons Bestowed Holiday!

Hello all!

Argh. Blogger is so irritating. Keeps shifting my pictures to the left. I don't like. =(

Believe me. It's Autumn right now. But the snow makes the trees look pretty eh? Hahaha. I took a 30 sec video of me driving home too with the snow pelting down. No joke seriously. Good tires and a good car heating system is a must here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYv2rW0sqH8

Poor Obama. Everybody's criticising him in the US now. Oh, congratulations Rio De Janeiro for winning the right to host the Olympics in 2016..

It stopped snowing this morning and up rose the sun in all its magnificence. Sunrise in the mountains is very different from sunrise by the beach. Hahaha.

Sadi's leaving in a week. =( Everybody's leaving. *Sniff* Oh, and that's me rockin' the overnights at 4am in the morning. Typing in the bloody reports with fonts the size of ants. It takes a lot of skill to be awake at that hour and inputing figures and numbers ok? No joke. Hahaha. I love my front desk and it's all mine! Muahahaha! Ain't my lobby pretty?

So it's that time of year again when the resort closes for the season. And that means it's travelling time again. But that also means money out of the pocket and not in. I'm going to be out of employment from 19 Oct to Nov 20. Hahaha. Oh well. But, what do you get for working for a luxury hotel brand? You get to stay in their hotels for free!

Since the girls and I have passed the 6 month mark of our employement, we qualify for 3 complimentary nights each! Yay! So here's our holiday plan.

First up, we're going to use my 3 nights at the Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco from 6- 9 Nov.

Flying to the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills on 9- 11 Nov using Yin Yin's comp nights.

Moving to the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim on the night of 11 Nov.

Then we're taking a bus down to Carlsbad in North San Diego for Yin Yin's last comp night at the Four Seasons Resort Aviara on the night of 12 Nov. Going to crash at some cheap end hotel in Downtown San Diego on the night of 13 Nov.

And lastly, the highlight of our entire vacation- The Four Seasons Hotel New York. Pei Ting got 2 nights there from 14- 16 Nov. Most probably gonna move to a hotel in Times Square for another night on 16 Nov.

We actually wanted to use Pei Ting's last night at the Four Seasons Hotel Houston but they ran out of availability! =( So now we have one last night unused and we really wanna do another city before heading back to Jackson Hole. Oh well, we'll see how it goes.

Counting down to my last night of closing the bloody batches! 12 more days to go! Whoo hoo!