Sunday, September 30, 2007

it never rains but pours../祸不单行

it never rains but pours.. shortly after my previous entry - the one with the burns...
I went out for brunch and sprained my ankle.. in the most totally unglam and stupid manner. I mean, if you were hurt in an heroic cause, then ok la.. But if you sprained your ankle real bad when walking and you missed a step and thus the sprain.. there is only 2 words to describe - sibei suay (in English, ultimate unluckiness)
sigh! ting gong por bi ah!! Let me HUAT AH HUAT AH! Arbo let me soon soon li li! Peng peng an an!
presenting...pig's trotters!

normal pig's trotter - right foot


abnormal pig's trotters - Left ankle swollen


can spot the difference not? One can see the ankle bone clearly defined. The other is a big mass of ^&@#^@&#(.
Did i 犯太岁 this year?

Friday, September 28, 2007

13th august2007. a day to remember!

the most suay thing had to happen to me on the fateful 13th. No, its not friday the 13th.
The most unlucky thing happened. I was working the morning shift in the deli...and come 1040am, the lunch/dinner food were ready for pickup. So I retrieved them from the oven and brought them up from the kitchen to the deli. I was balancing piping hot chili on my left hand, and meatballs on my right hand.
On the last step of stairs, i felt a burning sensation. Yes, the chili spilled on me.
@$#%@*&)@#(*@#_@#_@
Nahbei CCB! then i dropped both pans of food. nahbehs.
All of my head was swimming with:
1. WAH LIEWS! Nahbei it is f***ing pain.
2. Faster cook replacement for chili and meatballs.
3. Clean up the overturned food on the flight of stairs.

Just so qian my boss walked past. Of cos my dear boss was very very worried for me!! I could see it... but I was more worried for the food la.. 'cos I am a responsible worker..
What happened next truly touched my heart.
Just 3 days ago, Micheala was torched on the left elbow by the oven at the kitchen.
3 days later, it was my turn.. only that my condition was more dire.
After I settled all the remaking of food, cleaned the stairs, Micheala took a plastic bag, filled with ice, and wrapped it round my sore arm.
**touched**
a simple gesture that touched my heart.
presenting..
the heroine.

and the nasty burns:

the acme of photography. psst!! the steering wheel is blurred, but my burn is focused. pretty ah!! picture of burn is taken 3 days after the unfortunate accident

2 days later.. i was undressing and the shirt sleeve caught on the blister and torn it.. :(

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

29th july 2007 - Hiking with Amy aka my boss

4 days after cheemin n gang's departure from GC, i seem to have gotten used to being the ONLY asian in GC.. and.. now i have become a rare species. Haha, cool.

Went for a hike with my boss-Amy[cum good friend, cum ET(Evil Twin), cum B1/B2(banana1/banana2), cum Mother 'cos she always calls us(mary, corona, cheemin + me) Get to work, children! Cheh you think you very old meh? Mahahah **winks**]

I can only agar agar remember the places we went to: Cape Royal, Cape Final, Angel's window, Roosevelt Walk...not alot of pictures, cos my boss ain't a fan of photowhoring.. haha.


now you see me, now you don't!!


Angel's window.


Group picture!!






time for lunch!!

eh why you take my sandwich????

Impending imminent rain


And then we went to the Cliff Spring Trail.


ehhh.....where's the spring?? I only see a pool of water...

we hiked for abit before the skies got real dark...... and then it started to drizzle! We faster make our way back to this cliff spring place to take shelter!

mudslide...
rain until the scenary become blur!
and so we are stranded, eh??




after about 40 mins, the rain stopped and we continued to hike somemore...
At Wahala Overlook:

the tall and the short.

25th july 2007 - the last of the cheemin n gang in GC.

I was scheduled to work the morning shift this day so I didn't have the chance to send them off...
which is in a way good... 'cos I have work to keep my mind off this issue....
I can remember that I vaguely say at 1++pm..
(to amy): They should be at Las Vegas now...
I can't remember what happened to me after work... cos if you realised, I am writing back in time.. er.. like backlog like that..
But i think i did my laundry...walked the empty corridors, go and stare aimlessly at cheemin's door... and then had dinner.. nothing much la.. "trained" for dismissal already what. First time shirlyn it was the hardest.. then korinna's was hard but not as 心酸, then cheemin n gang... ok lor, we can meet in singapore... no biggies! heh heh!

Harry Potter Movie - 23rd July 2007

We are left with 2 days before cheemin and gang leave Grand Canyon... And yea, I am gonna miss them... and I am tad worried of the empty corridors of my dorm as all the singapore students would have went back already.. To walk past the corridors and hear no more....sound from the rooms, to have no more doors to knock for 'after-work banter' cum 'after-work-bitching' sessions... feels kindda empty.. literally, and physically. BUT at least no one will fight with me over the washing machine and the dryer! Haha! Bleahs.

Fill your stomach before watching movie!! (in clockwise direction starting from me: Me, Amy, Martyna and Duygu)

After movie, group picture.


Scrambler!!
alamak..timing buai zhun.. picture blurred sia..


and then we got bored waiting for the shuttle to come pick us up... so.. some silly poses to pass time.. haha!

don't ask me why I am in this weird pose. chio ma...haha



dedicated to my piggie! your fav. ah bean!

zion trip - 18th July 2007

Many thanks to my boss for covering my duty for that day so that I can go to Zion National Park!! pictures>>















Martyna and me









Me and my cowboy hats! Don't you just lurvveee them?? So stylo-milo hor!












The infamous picture which Haskell kindly puts across as "the couple and the third party". Who's the 3rd party? Go figure! No prizes for guessing it right!!

As we are deprived of water back at North Rim, we decided to do All the water trails. Starting from: Riverside Walk





Next Stop: Canyon or Cathedral?

Can you picture this?


Next Stop: The Rock that weeps..

Shadow-play @ work. Martyna+me

a small stream of water..

my sexylegs!! **whistles**

i just like the effect of water running against the rocks.. and the ripples..


Weeping rock: (enlarge to see droplets of water. Captured using slow-mo mode)



my picture perfect friend, Martyna, with my amateur-ish, almost there but CMI photography skills. Haha


Chess, anyone?? I just like the serenity of this picture...Can you feel it??

Soon it was time to go back to North Rim.. Goodbye waters, we had a good time!
Enroute, we spotted some rainbow...so here goes:

L-R: Jojo, Challey and me aka 祖师奶奶,师母,我!

3+1, 三不缺一!可开麻将台咯!