SUPER DUPER LONG POST!!!
Where do I start? Right now it's 9:36 pm Wednesday in Arizona. So many things have happened and I think I need to give an outline of what happened since I left Singapore (in order to refresh my memory too).
Sunday, May 6, 2000+ (Singapore) : THANK YOU ARTHUR, ROBINSON, and yes JOSEPH for helping me with my stuff. Couldn't have relocated my heavy stuff without you guys.=)
Monday, May 7, 1100 (Singapore) : I said goodbye to Ridge View Residences forever and boarded a taxi to Changi Airport.
Monday, May 7, 1450 (Singapore) : I flew from Singapore to Taipei
Monday, May 7, 1950+ (Taipei) : I wanted to sms my parents and relatives, and to my horror my prepaid credits have evaporated already. Fortunately (I THOUGHT), I have an unused Singtel hiCard with me so I could just top-up there. But for some reason I cannot, and thus asked for Wayne's help. I also emailed my relatives who will be fetching me about my situation. I wasn't sure if Wayne would get my email in time, good thing is that I found my TR3001 projectmate Nicholas so he sms-ed my relatives in the US too.
Monday, May 7, 1930+ (Los Angeles) Yes, by means of hocus-pocus it is still 7:30pm in LA, and it is still Monday, even after traveling for 10 hours plus on the plane.
*I hope people are not so gullible.*
*PEOPLE, PEOPLE...you must watch THE CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER starring Gong Li and Chow Yun Fat. It is..a weird movie I can't get enough of. It showcases the grandeur of imperial China during the Tang dynasty with all those elaborate costumes and mega bucks backdrop. However, story-wise, they all ended up whacking each other up to pulp but in a very...grandiose...manner. I didn't feel anything while watching it but I ended up tuning watching it over and over again, I don't know why.
Monday, May 7, 2200+ (Los Angeles) : Met my relatives, ate at Denny's. I ate only half of it, because I just ate BREAKFAST on the plane during the flight, then suddenly it became night. But at Denny's, I ate half of what they call Grand Slam breakfast. Yep so cool they serve breakfast 24 hours a day so you can have pancakes, bacon, sausages, etc anytime you want.
Tuesday, May 8, (?) (Las Vegas) : Sin City in the middle of nowhere. Casinos and gyrating girls everywhere with their boobs spilling out of their scanty top. My aunts also told me to pose for those Chipendale guys (nuff said, next time I'll put up the photos muahahaha. Sen, I love you very much okay =p). We drove to downtown Las Vegas and the Strip (I think)...in order for me to get an "overview", as Auntie Sally had put it. Saw Caesar's Palace, New York New York, Paris Las Vegas, MGM Grand etc.. Then we went down to the Mirage and watched the eruption of the fake volcano in front of it, and proceeded to the Venetian. Took lots of solo photos of me (harhar). But since they were tired already and we had an early schedule for the next day, we left at around midnight. They told me to come back after my work and spend two more nights there.
*BTW, we ate dinner at World Carnival Buffet. Next time I go there I would starve myself for three days to milk the money's worth. I think I ate only 1/8 of the food selection, and with that I felt sick already. I had to excuse myself from the table and rush to the toilet because I felt like puking, defecating, I had runny nose, etc all at the same time. It's like every orifice in my body needed to expel something else my whole body would self-destruct by gastronomic explosion.
*It was truly a food paradise.
*It was also here that I realized I LEFT MY PHONE BACK IN LOS ANGELES on top of Auntie Sally's bedroom cabinet. Gosh, of all times I can be irresponsible, why this time?????? So, I am terribly sorry for myself and for Wayne, because he just topped up my phone, right. (REALLY WANYE, THANK YOU SO SUPER MUCH).
Wednesday, May 9, 8000 (somewhere between Las Vegas, Nevada and St. George, Utah) : We ate at a certain breakfast buffet! BUFFET AGAIN!!! I had bacon, suasages, mashed potato, ham, pancake, french toast, even the good 'ol American steak, cupcake, whipped cream plus cheese thingamajiggy mousse in my plate (again, I didn't manage to take everything), fruits, plus orange juice..erm I don't know exactly what else I gobbled up...but assuredly, I felt sick again.
Wednesday, May 9, 1400 (I don't know what time zone anymore) : Auntie Norma had to lift up the heavy metal Road Closed sign twice along the way so we could proceed. When they described Grand Canyon as remote, they were not exaggerating. It is as remote as remote could get.
*There were still snow patches along the way and we stopped so we could take a photo of me holding the snow!!! Afterwards I think my hands got shocked for the unexpected coldness.
*Oh yeah, it is COLD here even if it's May already. Maybe it's just me. I feel like all the places I've been to so far resemble a gigantic fridge in terms of the temperature, but my aunties were complaining "It's so hot!"...Wow. If my cold is their "hot", then their "cold" is my what?
*I played Captain's Ball with the other people from Singapore at above 8000 ft from the sea level. The air here is so thin and cool and dry, and I was a bit alarmed when I found myself unable to breathe during the game. I stopped and drank lots of water, but I felt my nose bleeding inside. Back in Las Vegas my nose bled a bit too.
*After I emailed Sen, my parents, and ate dinner...I finally saw the Grand Canyon.
It is unbelievably beautiful.
We had this newfound friend Adam who led us to the viewing deck where the only thing that separates you from the 5,000 ft chasm are metal bars that run along the height of my waist. Along the way to that viewing deck is also very surreal, because you can see an almost panoramic view of the canyon.
(Sen would be the perfect companion for me eh. Previously, I asked him which place on earth he'd like to go to the most, and he answered Grand Canyon. Back then he didn't know yet I was going there for the summer.)
WELL YOU KNOW WHAT??? I DON'T HAVE A CAMERA.
Anyway, Adam, Shi Min, and I even climbed a rock and stood on it so we could see THE WHOLE THING unobstructed. There were no metal bars, no nothing, to hold on to. I think it is the most (un)crazy thing I have ever done so far, given the apparent dangers of sliding off the cliff and down into the abyss.
It won't probably be the last time I'll do that though. Haha=) (I think I must clearly state though that I VALUE MY LIFE. Yeah.)
Oh yeah, I am working at the Deli shop. I hope I get a lot of tips haha=)
PS
Lord, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I shall face the challenges head on, for I know I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength=).
I shall prove to everyone that 3 months without cell phone can be done. Haha=) Erm, even if I had it with me, there's so cell signal here too. That's how ulu this place is.
AND DAVE!!! Thank you soooooo much for offering to help=) I shall contact you most probably after my contract here??? Coz right now I think I am stuck here. Haha=)
THANK YOU GOD FOR THE WIRELESS INTERNET AND MY LAPPY!!!
Where do I start? Right now it's 9:36 pm Wednesday in Arizona. So many things have happened and I think I need to give an outline of what happened since I left Singapore (in order to refresh my memory too).
Sunday, May 6, 2000+ (Singapore) : THANK YOU ARTHUR, ROBINSON, and yes JOSEPH for helping me with my stuff. Couldn't have relocated my heavy stuff without you guys.=)
Monday, May 7, 1100 (Singapore) : I said goodbye to Ridge View Residences forever and boarded a taxi to Changi Airport.
Monday, May 7, 1450 (Singapore) : I flew from Singapore to Taipei
Monday, May 7, 1950+ (Taipei) : I wanted to sms my parents and relatives, and to my horror my prepaid credits have evaporated already. Fortunately (I THOUGHT), I have an unused Singtel hiCard with me so I could just top-up there. But for some reason I cannot, and thus asked for Wayne's help. I also emailed my relatives who will be fetching me about my situation. I wasn't sure if Wayne would get my email in time, good thing is that I found my TR3001 projectmate Nicholas so he sms-ed my relatives in the US too.
Monday, May 7, 1930+ (Los Angeles) Yes, by means of hocus-pocus it is still 7:30pm in LA, and it is still Monday, even after traveling for 10 hours plus on the plane.
*I hope people are not so gullible.*
*PEOPLE, PEOPLE...you must watch THE CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER starring Gong Li and Chow Yun Fat. It is..a weird movie I can't get enough of. It showcases the grandeur of imperial China during the Tang dynasty with all those elaborate costumes and mega bucks backdrop. However, story-wise, they all ended up whacking each other up to pulp but in a very...grandiose...manner. I didn't feel anything while watching it but I ended up tuning watching it over and over again, I don't know why.
Monday, May 7, 2200+ (Los Angeles) : Met my relatives, ate at Denny's. I ate only half of it, because I just ate BREAKFAST on the plane during the flight, then suddenly it became night. But at Denny's, I ate half of what they call Grand Slam breakfast. Yep so cool they serve breakfast 24 hours a day so you can have pancakes, bacon, sausages, etc anytime you want.
Tuesday, May 8, (?) (Las Vegas) : Sin City in the middle of nowhere. Casinos and gyrating girls everywhere with their boobs spilling out of their scanty top. My aunts also told me to pose for those Chipendale guys (nuff said, next time I'll put up the photos muahahaha. Sen, I love you very much okay =p). We drove to downtown Las Vegas and the Strip (I think)...in order for me to get an "overview", as Auntie Sally had put it. Saw Caesar's Palace, New York New York, Paris Las Vegas, MGM Grand etc.. Then we went down to the Mirage and watched the eruption of the fake volcano in front of it, and proceeded to the Venetian. Took lots of solo photos of me (harhar). But since they were tired already and we had an early schedule for the next day, we left at around midnight. They told me to come back after my work and spend two more nights there.
*BTW, we ate dinner at World Carnival Buffet. Next time I go there I would starve myself for three days to milk the money's worth. I think I ate only 1/8 of the food selection, and with that I felt sick already. I had to excuse myself from the table and rush to the toilet because I felt like puking, defecating, I had runny nose, etc all at the same time. It's like every orifice in my body needed to expel something else my whole body would self-destruct by gastronomic explosion.
*It was truly a food paradise.
*It was also here that I realized I LEFT MY PHONE BACK IN LOS ANGELES on top of Auntie Sally's bedroom cabinet. Gosh, of all times I can be irresponsible, why this time?????? So, I am terribly sorry for myself and for Wayne, because he just topped up my phone, right. (REALLY WANYE, THANK YOU SO SUPER MUCH).
Wednesday, May 9, 8000 (somewhere between Las Vegas, Nevada and St. George, Utah) : We ate at a certain breakfast buffet! BUFFET AGAIN!!! I had bacon, suasages, mashed potato, ham, pancake, french toast, even the good 'ol American steak, cupcake, whipped cream plus cheese thingamajiggy mousse in my plate (again, I didn't manage to take everything), fruits, plus orange juice..erm I don't know exactly what else I gobbled up...but assuredly, I felt sick again.
Wednesday, May 9, 1400 (I don't know what time zone anymore) : Auntie Norma had to lift up the heavy metal Road Closed sign twice along the way so we could proceed. When they described Grand Canyon as remote, they were not exaggerating. It is as remote as remote could get.
*There were still snow patches along the way and we stopped so we could take a photo of me holding the snow!!! Afterwards I think my hands got shocked for the unexpected coldness.
*Oh yeah, it is COLD here even if it's May already. Maybe it's just me. I feel like all the places I've been to so far resemble a gigantic fridge in terms of the temperature, but my aunties were complaining "It's so hot!"...Wow. If my cold is their "hot", then their "cold" is my what?
*I played Captain's Ball with the other people from Singapore at above 8000 ft from the sea level. The air here is so thin and cool and dry, and I was a bit alarmed when I found myself unable to breathe during the game. I stopped and drank lots of water, but I felt my nose bleeding inside. Back in Las Vegas my nose bled a bit too.
*After I emailed Sen, my parents, and ate dinner...I finally saw the Grand Canyon.
It is unbelievably beautiful.
We had this newfound friend Adam who led us to the viewing deck where the only thing that separates you from the 5,000 ft chasm are metal bars that run along the height of my waist. Along the way to that viewing deck is also very surreal, because you can see an almost panoramic view of the canyon.
(Sen would be the perfect companion for me eh. Previously, I asked him which place on earth he'd like to go to the most, and he answered Grand Canyon. Back then he didn't know yet I was going there for the summer.)
WELL YOU KNOW WHAT??? I DON'T HAVE A CAMERA.
Anyway, Adam, Shi Min, and I even climbed a rock and stood on it so we could see THE WHOLE THING unobstructed. There were no metal bars, no nothing, to hold on to. I think it is the most (un)crazy thing I have ever done so far, given the apparent dangers of sliding off the cliff and down into the abyss.
It won't probably be the last time I'll do that though. Haha=) (I think I must clearly state though that I VALUE MY LIFE. Yeah.)
Oh yeah, I am working at the Deli shop. I hope I get a lot of tips haha=)
PS
Lord, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I shall face the challenges head on, for I know I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength=).
I shall prove to everyone that 3 months without cell phone can be done. Haha=) Erm, even if I had it with me, there's so cell signal here too. That's how ulu this place is.
AND DAVE!!! Thank you soooooo much for offering to help=) I shall contact you most probably after my contract here??? Coz right now I think I am stuck here. Haha=)
THANK YOU GOD FOR THE WIRELESS INTERNET AND MY LAPPY!!!
2 Comment(s):
feels like im there by just reading the post! lol...
i want to see some snow too!!!
anyway, you take care! Be strong in the Lord! Yes you will definitely make it in His grace! So don't forget Him! In everything you do, do your best as if you are doing them for our Lord =)
HUGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Welcome to the USA. If I can send someone a message for you then let me know. I hope you stay in close touch and let me help when I can.
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