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！

i am finally home!!

dear all my dears!
I am backkkkk!! Yes, back home in Singapore!!
Updates! updates! backdated stuff! Expect this space to explode.
watch this space!! Listen to my adventures!! Wheeeee!

last day in US.

As i am typing this from my hostel-slum room, i keep having recollections, thoughts, reflections and introspection.
I remember how excited I was when I first arrived in San Francisco. But 5 days into it, I decided, there's no place nicer than Grand Canyon. Sure, San Frans is a pretty city/town, but when you have one of the world's wonders at your feet, it just feels magical.
I will be leaving the US for Taiwan soon (and home afterwards).
Yes people, I will continue my tour to Taiwan for 9 days.
Will be back in Singapore, 24th September, Changi Airport, 1340
And then, back to my mundane, boring, and possibly, rat-race life
God help me!
The idea of an adult life scares me. Just tell me frankly, how many good people are out there??!Everywhere and everyone is like a transaction deal. They weigh your usefulness, and then decide to use/exploit you. Perhaps its just me, I paint a too dark picture of the working world.. But how many times have I seen people backstabbing each other? If it was prominent at school, the working society is very much worst.
Right, this entry shouldn't be me complaining about my about-to-happen-adult-life-which-I-can't-control.

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This summer has been the most...awesome, magical, smashing, great time of my life. I am glad I made this decision to come to US, and not go straight into working life. Even though I had to fork out money to come here, work for a meager pay when I could have been earning more money, but hey, how do you measure money with something that is intangible?
Magical summer - I am glad I chose Grand Canyon. And not Yellowstone (just so I can be with my friends). I am glad I was courageous to come on my own to Grand Canyon. Put aside all fears (of traveling alone, no friends, blabla). If I hadn't choose Grand Canyon, I wouldn't have made such good friends - 'cos its only when you travel alone that you start making friends. Who would make close friends when you are already traveling with close friends? - Right???
My Singaporean friends - CheeMin aka ET, Korinna aka Corona-cum-Bimbo Queen, Mary, Shirlyn, Tai ma aka Pearly, Shushing, Ning+wendy, feny+anggi, haskell-cum-he-likes-to-imitate-Alma, fabian, etc..
I am glad I got to know you guys!

And after they left, I forged closer friendships with Amy, Judy, Alan, Mia the dog, Pearl the cat...
which is another reason I am glad I stayed on after the sgporean kids went back home. If I hadn't stay, I wouldn't know these friends in depth, did some pretty crazy stuffs with them. And had a smashing 23rd birthday - thank you Amy + Judy. AND lei for the present!! I like, very pretty!
my 23rd bday.

In a day's time, I will fly back to my side of the globe. No longer would it be Night for me, Day for my Singaporean friends. It would be Night for my US friends, and Day for me.....
Adious US. Till we meet again
to be continued