it's snowing here!!!

it suddenly snowed one late afternoon.. it was coooolllldddd!!


the road surface was too hot for the snow to remain on it.. :S this means that there is no snowman for me!

kek deng deng wanna take away my jacket for photo... :p


snow frosted log.. looks like christmas log cake? hehehe....

Picture Post - Middle and Lower Geyser Basin , West Yellowstone

* not in the best mood today, being dissappointed by someone who did not keep his promise and displayed not a very good attitude upon being confronted*

random pics ( u can c i m lazy to type today)

Old Faithful

The place where i am now is called Old Faithful which comes from the Old Faithful Geyser.

The Old Faithful Geyser is actually not the biggest nor the most magnificent geyser of all. It is famous because of it's 'faithfulness' of erupting every 90-92 minutes, making it the most regular and easily predicted geyser eruption of all.

I first saw my first geyser eruption 3-4 days after my arrival in old faithful. Guess i was too busy working and resting to spend one and a half hour watching the geyser erupt.

I finally saw it erupt around 9pm one day after pestering my roommate to accompany me go see it. (most of them had seen the old faithful go off like countless of times, so they find it quite boring to see it again and again.. hahahaha)

The very first time i saw old faithful erupting at dusk.

Old Faithful in the Morning....

my work

The place where i work....


i work as a server's assistant in old faithful inn's dining room.. my work is to 'water' the customers that is seated, remove the extra placings on their table... then try to clear the plates when they finish their food... adding more water as they finish their drink.. when they finish all their food and leave..i m supposed to clear all the leftovers into the kitchen and set the table for the next customer.





sounds easy?





nah. it is definitely not.





it is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo tiring... and my legs hurt like hell.. :S


for the first few days i started work.. my feet hurt so much that i couldn't even walk properly.. but i m improving day by day... although i still have a big blister on mi feet now.. making me walk like a cripple... hahaha


we also had to balance a big oval tray with all the left over glassware above our shoulder.. it takes a lot of muscle strength to do it... hahaha.. maeb i'll get big biceps by the time i go back :p





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money wise....





my hourly wage is USD4.7.. which is actually low.. but it is supplemented by the tips we recieve from the sever who is tipped by the customer.


In US, it is customary to tip 15% of the total bill for the server.. hence dinner shifts are very lucrative.. the most i had in a night (4:30pm to 11:30pm) was around USD70-80 in tips alone.. wooo.. sounds good? ahahha.. but we have to work breakfasts and lunch shifts which are not lucrative at all.... in fact.. i remember getting 3-4 bucks for a whole day of work from 6:15am to 3:30pm... :S

picture post.....

more ramblings....

After a grueling night, finally we are set to fly to salt lake city from San Francisco....

We were very happy to leave that cold airport with expensive food... but however.. we were again delayed for 2 hours as there were some technical problems with the plane. The plane made some funny noises as the technicians checked for problems in the engine.. apparently there was a valve that was stuck!! it didn't help when there are no eye candies to look at like the china airline taiwanese air stewardess.. :p hahahah... one stewardess for Delta Airline even commented : i hv been working in this airline for SEVENTEEN years, bla bla bla.... , so it is up to ur imagination how the air stewardess look like for american airlines.. hahahahhaa...
it was only after another 1 hour plus the plane started to fly, and for sure we would have to miss our next connecting flight to Bozeman... arghhh.....
nonetheless, i was partly compensated by the beautiful views that i saw from the plane. As the plane was quite a mini one, it flew at lower altitudes allowing me to see more clearly the scenery below :)

Notice that the clouds in the sky is reflected on the lake.. ooo.. beautiful.. ain't it?

When we finally reached Salt Lake City around 11am, we were told that the next flight to Bozeman was at 3pm.. argh.. another round of waiting... n i had burger king for lunch! (the Whoopers are really bigger than the BK in Singapore n Malaysia, i start to worry for my weight :p)
Since we have time to burn... we were taking pictures around the airport...
Nice scenery with all those snow topped mountains... a typical site around these areas... and they have some interesting air planes!




The temperature started to go down... and it was getting COLD.... eee....
Finally.. we reached Bozeman around 4pm which was too late to settle our social security stuff.. ended up, we spent a night at Holiday Inn Bozeman which is right opposite the omnipresent - WALMART~ hehe




Realized that the buildings there are all wide and short.. seldom do I see any building exceeding two stories... hmnn.. maeb it is to allow people to enjoy more of the mountain scenes around?

More stories and pictures to come when I have more time.. would have to run back soon to prepare for lunch set up :S

First Post!

6th May 2007
After a few days of frantic packing with Lulu being utterly @#$%^& by me... i left for Changi Airport for my new adventure to Yellowstone.
The queue was super long at the China Airline checking in counter, was even more frustrated when BD was taking his own sweet time coming over from Terminal 1 (argh)
anyhow, I was super touched when Fernie n Yongjie came by to see me off, Fern even gave a book! What's more, Weijing n Chengchoon came ALL the way to see me off! very very touched... sob sob...


but i m most thankful for mi parents for driving all the way from home to see me off at the airport, also helped me get mi $$, cc and shades.. waaaaa...
then, i set off for Taiwan~






Had to transit at Taiwan... had some time to burn.. so end up.. i was online again! yay!
Thanks to some company that sells fish egg, i got to use FREE wireless.. hahaha..
The next flight to San Francisco was a long one, it took around 12 hours.. eeeee......
and... i celebrated my 23th birthday on the plane.. (Singapore Time)

However, when i reached San Francisco, it was still the 6th of May, yippie! i m still 22.. hahahha.. i hate getting old...


We reached San Francisco around 8:30pm, but had to wait for the next flight to Salt Lake City on 6:10am the next day... so we found a deserted terminal n tried to make ourselves comfortable n well... tried to sleep.... but before that...

I celebrated my birthday one more time! hahhaa.. this time i am really old.. hahaha... even time difference cannot save me now....
*and i haven't bathed for at least TWENTY FOUR HOURS!! eewww.....*

hehe... a bit tired now.. will save my description for my journey to Salt Lake City and Bozeman later on...
but before that,


Jayne with a jet-lagged face in front of the old faithful inn she will be working this summer :)