Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Forest Fire

We may have to evacuate from North RIm grand canyon. I have packed my stuff last night. There is a huge forest fire down the canyon and it is blocking the only road leading to North Rim. Right now everything is uncertain. We will have to wait for the meeting at 930am to know if we are leaving off for the nearby town. If leaving, we are staying for about 3 to 4 days.. Till date, the fire has burnt more than 25,000 hectares of land in just a short span of 3 days...

THe next lodge that is near to us have already evacuate yesterday. All the guests at grand canyon have already left North RIm at 7am in the morning. But i guess the situation yesterday was much worse yesterday as the roads were closed and no guests could come in or leave here. But now the guests could leave, so i presume it is not so bad after all.. heee...

Thursday, June 22, 2006

First Sunrise and 4th sunset on 19 June (mon)

We woke up at 4 am in the morning to catch sunset..Nothing fascinating.. We were so tired. April drove us to Bright Angel Point to catch the sunrise.. Yawn yawn.. Our reaction was " the sun rose!nothing else..." heee...

The Magnificient sun... sun rose at about 5.11 a.m.


THe moon and sun coexists..


April,Wei ming and me...Their workplace.(sells pizza and drinks)


Me and Ed posing in front of the lodge.. North RIm is basically the grand lodge, which includes the front desk and restuarant, the EMployee dining room and the General Store. Full stop.. THat is about it..



At Point Imperial(about 15 min drive)




AT Cape Royal (about an hour drive from North Rim)






The Sunset.. Not much difference compared to the sunrise...

Sunday, June 18, 2006

Typical "party" at night...

Online shopping- Liying and ME


Chess activities are prevalent, especially at night..


Free Pizza from the Deli, brought back by Wei ming and Yu Hui.


Partial group photo... see the majhong card games that we were playing...

Saturday, June 17, 2006

Liying's birthday

Guess she must be real diappointed now.. She's taking a nap right now while I am using the computer.. I am delegated to be with her so that she wont move around and notice the surprise we have planned for her.. heee...

I hope that she will be surprise! haaa.. cant wait to see her reactions later.. She must be thinking that we are a bunch of unloving frenzs that are nonchalant about her birthday..

Many thanks got to Joey, who is the main organiser! heee.. Cheers to all.. and

HAppy Birthday Zhenqin...

Friday, June 16, 2006

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Third sunset at Bright Angel Point on 14 June(wed)

I cant believe that i am tracking the number of sunsets that I have been to since i am here... there is really nothing much to do over here...

I was actually quite disappointed and angry yesterday as originally I have my off days on thu and sat, where I could go out of Grand Canyon to town and Bryce. In the end, when Liying came back from work, she told me that Alma(our manager)screw up our time table again and she said she could do nothing about it... Arrrg!!! i hate it when people lie to me, especially when she claimed that she tried her best. You know what, in the end a gal that never request for sat got it instead of me (I have been asking her for the last 2 weeks)

Poor Liying, she originally had today off where she could go to town. In the end, her off day was just cancelled the day before she sets off and there goes her trip!! Imagine the management system down here... sien...

There are all sorts of people down here.. fights are quite common down here. I just heard about 2 fights within the last 2 days.. One was a fight between a couple and there was blue black and red eyes in both of their faces.. Rumour goes that they have since left grand canyon.. People come and go over here.. But i cant just pack my stuff and leave here.. Two consolations are that the scenery and most people (except for a bunch of handfuls) here are nice.

Better dont disappoint my off day again! Heee. here are some photos that we took yesterday.. cant really catch the sun set.. heee.. but is still pretty...

The Grand Lodge... Heee.. All except Wei Ming


Heee.. This is the highest point of Bright Angel Point. I did it! This is the third time that I scale up.. haaa.. so proud of myself! heee.. (is actually nothing much)


Wen hao and me. Poor him, this is the first time that he is one the trail since he arrive together with us.. His work shift starts at 3pm to midnight.. So he cant really join most of the activities that we have at night...


My shopping Khaki, Liying and me... She's really tall and slim.. Envy.. haa.. A funny gal and nice person to shop and gossip with.


See how strong the wind is... heee..


Weighing ourselves on the "Mule machine" It is actually a machine like those of big vernier callipers one.. hee. You have to weigh on it to see if u r of acceptable weight before u can sit on the mule. I Have gained 3 kg since I reached US.. Must be all the nice ice cream that I eat over here almost everyday... Abstain, cindy!!! you can do it.. heee.. I know is hard, but i wil try..


The sunset team posing for a picture in the Grand Canyon Lodge.. See the lighting.. Is warm and cosy right?


Haaa.. 2 thiefs and 1 robber.. Kiansoon got caught for "stealing" the ice cream at the Deli.. Liying and I ran out quietly before the supervisor saw us.. Haa.. We, employees are entitled to free drinks at the Deli( cafeteria) but not the ice cream.. Haaa.. Clever Wei ming and Wen Hao get the ice cream way before us.. Haaa.. When the supervisor saw kiansoon, she joked," Did u pay?" Kiansoon say, "Noo. then he goes, "haa haa" and scuffled quickly." He was still ignorant about the fact that the gal has just been promoted.. so funny.. Liying and I were laughing to our tears when we saw it.. heee..

Oh ya, forget to mention another point, the 3 of us are housekeepers.Job Is quite enjoyable with their companion.. We will discuss about how many rooms, beds and toilets and dustbins we have to clean.. Haaa.. We fight to gain the credit. So funny. Recently we got new plastic bags for the dustbins then Kiansoon was telling us what's the nicest and fastest way to put it in. Imagine it, we were discussing it after work and we even have a demonstration. Job nature ya.. so funny.


Poor ed, he has been working yesterday so he cant catch the sunset with us.. hee. He is working real hard oh. I am also working hard too.. heee

Thursday, June 15, 2006

Ed and photos..

Ooops.. i realise that he is seldom in my photos.. hee. so dedicate a blog to him... He went to Cape Royal and it was so pretty.. take a look ya...

Our ipod.. he will try to take a photo of the ipod with the place that he have been too.. Interesting ya...


You can see the colorado river from here...


3 parks get together on 9 June (Fri)

MY First trip outside of grand canyon to Fredonia, which is a small town, about 1.5 hours ride from North Rim... Haaa.. This outing is a gathering between Bryce, Zion and North Rim.. We are suppose to interact and mingle but we just end up sticking to our own people and taking photos... Unlike Singapore, the park here has softball court, swimming pool, animals....

The vast land...


A playground


The swimming pool.. Is so smalll.... heee..


The sheep.. Is was just wandering on the road...


The horse. Haa.looks like an animal farm to me...


Us posing!!!

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Uncle Jim Trail on 8 June (Thu)

Is was both Liying and my off day so we decided to trek... Uncle Jim here we come!!

These are the mules that you can ride on.. but is $$$$$


15 mins from the start and we finally reach the trail start..




Is forest everywhere....


Look carefully at the picture... Is a lizard.. Different from those back home..


A common sight... the tree bark..

A typical party after work

Haa..we are practically having party everyday after work.. And guess what kind of party is it... Haaa....

1) Watching DVD on Wen Hao's laptop.. haa.. We 3 plus Ed are inside their room without the owners in at all!! haa.. One went to catch the full moon and the other is still working...



2) In Cheten's room watching her Tibet video clips






3) Playing chess
This is the most common party that we have.. Boring right.. haa.. I will be using the computer while they all are playing..Aeroplane chess is in the trend too oh...

I cant believe it...

I am collecting rubbish!!! haaa.. the thrill about housekeeping is that you dont know what is instill for you each day.. So far these are what I am collected in a month.. Haaa

1) Tips...
2) Clothes?? Haaa.. i pick up one clothe for edward..
3) Beer
4) Food, of course they are unwrapped
5) A dream catcher
6) A walking mile detecter.. Is meant to track how far you have walked..
7) June magazine of reader digest, Marie Claire, and InStyle (my frenzs collected those actually)

Here are some of the photos...



Sunday, June 11, 2006

Online Shopping



Haaa... I find myself a new shopping freak... Liying! haaa. We are into online Shopping now.. We just bought ourselves T-shirt from American Eagle..So cheap.. Clearance sale.. Haaa. But i only bought one cos I dunno what size I should wear.. hee..

SO interesting.. Can save on shipping. But cant buy too much also cos need to carry it around for the extended trip.. Haaa..can also buy from AMAzon too...

Any US websites to recommend?? Some are too expensive while others are not nice.. sob sob.. Oh ya the photo beside it is the T shirt that i bought.. Hope it fits nicely on me... *Cross my fingers*

Thursday, June 08, 2006

Second Sunset at Bright Angel Point

June 4th, Sunday at Bright Angel Point...


Scenery before the sun sets...



This is the picture of a fossil!!!Found it on top of one of the boulders that we scale.



My sunset khaki... heee...



The sunset...Think is more of like the twilight zone..

Friday, June 02, 2006

Photos of the sunset

Heee.. went to catch the sunset yesterday with the frenzs that I made over here! A bunch of fun-loving people.. hee. Poor Kiansoon... He's not in a single group photo cos he's the Photographer! haaa..

We cut across this to see the sunset.. I cant believe it!! haaa.. is the unwalked trail behind our dormitory..


The center gal is from Nepal.. Cool ya..