Thursday, June 28, 2007
1st trip to Fairbanks on 28 june
I woke early and was using the loo when the phone rang and my friends said that Jean wanted me back to work. I was like, OH disappointed and continued to wash up. Then Shiwen was talking with the rest that maybe she wanted me back cuz she requested for an early day so she'll talk to Jean about it and let me go Fairbanks cuz i habern been there yet and she went alrdy. In the end, shiwen talked with Jean and she agreed to let me have my trip to fairbanks while Shiwen had a full day.
so we had breakfast - for me, pancakes. then at 8am, Ditty, our trailer supervisor, drove us to Fairbanks using HUgh's car. Yuxuan slept on the way to fairbanks while Ditty and i listened to the Ipod on Hugh's car. I took a few pics of the sceneries and it was a beautiful day, sunny and with clear skies. We reached North Pole abt 11+am and took a look around Santa Clauz House. We also took a pic with the MR & Mrs Santa Clauz. After which, we went to the Regal Stadium cinema and checked out the movietiming. There was 12.25pm LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD movie that we all wanted to watch so we decided to catch the movie 1st before going to lunch and buying supplies. Yuxuan and i shared a hotdog combo US$8.50 and took toilet brk before gg to see the movie.
The screen is much larger and the theatre quite big too. However the seats are not very comfy like cathay ones. The movie was quite good - great actions and special effects! lolx after movie, it was abt 3pm, we went to get the supplies needed by the hotel and then when Ditty said he needed to go bank, i suggested that he let us off at Fredmeyer to shop for groceries. He gave us 45 mins to shop and went to his bank. We spent quitabt 1 hr in the supermart, buying alot of stuffs. Cookies, eggs, yoghurts etc. I also bought sushi and snacks for lunch, costing me US$10.40.
Then we met up with Ditty and rushed to Regal Stadium again to catch another movie. We caught PIRATES OF CARRIBEAN 3 while he watched SPIDERMAN 3 cuz he had watched Pirates alrdy. Our show was juz startin - 5.20pm while Ditty's show started at 6.30pm. so when our show ended at 8pm, we decided to crash another movie. We went to the restroom 1st before entering the Nancy Drew show at 7.45pm de. we watched from midway to end it wasn't very occupied so it wasn't hard for us to find a seat. Besides this show is shorter and i estimated that it'd end ard the same time as Spiderman 3. I was right and we met up with Ditty in the carpark.
We then went in search of dinner. He wanted to have Thai dinner at Sweet Basil but it was closed. so was the few other restaurants we tried. We finally came to a restuarant that was still opened at 10pm - THE AVIATOR STEAKHOUSE. I had prawns main course with salad, bread and veggies. The food was very tasty and delicious! However both of us didn't have enough money to pay for our shares but wellz Ditty was very kind to not ask from us.
By the time, we finished dinner and was on the way home, it was 11+pm. And we reached our trailer abt 3am. I slept on the way back but it wasn't the most comfortable sleep i had. I quickly kept the perishables in the fridge and took a quick bath before going to bed. It was a fun but tiring day! And the enxt day, i still had 8-3pm work.
LET ME FLY AWAY FROM HERE
- 9:01 PM
Thursday, June 21, 2007
I have spent most of my off days exploring the town i'm in - TOK.
The grocery store 3 BEARS is one and the most patroized place by us.
I went to ALL ALASKA GIFT SHOP, SNOW SHOE GIFT SHOP, GOLDEN BEAR MOTEL, TOK GENERAL STORE (selling organic and health food).
We went to Sourdough Campground where they had pancake toss and the winner of pancake toss receive free buffet brkfast the next morning.
We also went to Fast Eddy's restaurant to try their desserts - Peanut butter pie, fruits of forest pie and curly fries. some of the bulgarians are working there too, taking 2nd jobs such as dishwasher, bussers.
I also went to the Tok library twice. 1st time was on our 2nd day here and we met Denali and her mother, the library volunteer. We conversed with her, she was a delightful girl who tell good stories.
We also attended April (colleague)'s graduation party at her house, just some distance away from westmark. We met her dog, cats, friends and had bbq hotdogs and marshmallows.
On my off days, i also explored the remaining shops around here. Here's a list of shops ard here->
- A & j VARIETY
- WESTMARK
- ALL ALASKA GIFT SHOP
- TOK VISITOR CENTER
- TOK COMMUNITY LIBRARY
- YOUNG'S CHEVRON
- 3 BEARS GROCERY
- SNOWSHOE GIFT
- AUTO PARTS
- TOK STATE TROOPERS
- TOK GENERAL STORE
- TOK GOLD SOUVENIR SHOP
- TOK RV VILLAGE
- FAST EDDY'S
- SALMON BAKE
- FOOD MART
- cARIBOU BOOKSTORE
- TOK LIQUOR STORE
- TOK LODGE BAR
- GOLDEN BEAR MOTEL
- SOURDOUGH CAMPGROUND
- TOK SCHOOL
Not many shops available hor. MOstly gift shops. Our trailer supervisor also bought some bikes for us and i go cycling whenever i free or feel like. I even cycled the 4 miles to TOK river n back. I also cycled to MUKLUKLand 3 miles but i didn't go in. The sad thing is there's no public transport here except for the taxi and coaches. However it is not cheap to even go to fairbanks via coach - $70
On 26 May, we had a tequila party at our trailer where every live-in employees, inclding bulgarians chatted, drank and interacted.
There are many wild bunnies around here too esp the land behind 3 BEARS. MY and i were following the bunnies when we met this repair shop guy Brian. We had an hr chat with him.
We also spent our free time, watching the DVDs lent to us from Ditty, trailer supervisor. We watched 13TH WARRIOR, V FOR VENDETTA, OVER THE HEDGE, DA VINCI CODE. Eunice brought her dvd player too so we could watch on TV intd of only on PC/laptop. On TV, i also watched Charmed, Dark Angel, Shark Attack 2, Ice princess, KYLE XY. NOw on every mon, its showing KYLE XY season 2 but i signed up for 2 wks free trial with NETFLIX and rented the 1st season of KYLE XY - 3 discs ONLY. lol JUst finished watching all of it last night. Very nice and intriguing!
I also bought 5 books from Caribou Bookstore for only US$15.50. The 5 books are HORSE WHISPERER (NICHOLAS EVANS), CRAZY WILD (TARA JANZEN), THE OBSIDIAN TRILOGY (THE OUTSTRETCHED SHADOW, TO LIGHT A CANDLE & WHEN DARKNESS FALLS) by MERCEDES LACKEY.
I have completed reading HORSE WHISPERER, THE OUTSTRETCHED SHADOW, TO LIGHT A CANDLE. All these novels are great stories!! Fantasy but still captivated me. I even ordered 5 books online from eharlequin.com for abt US$26 and with order over $25 got free shipping. I can't wait to 
get those books! I'm trying to stamp down my desire to purchase as many books as i can as i will exceed my luggage allowance.
We also went horseriding at Roxy's house where we walked to her place and met her cousin, Alani who loves horses and riding them. Her dad, Todd helped us to get on to the horses Blue & Frosty. I rode saddle on Frosty alone 1st while MY & Shiwen rode Blue. We trotted around the fields and 'forests'. Then we went to talk with roxy and her family and they invited us to stay for cake and food. We agreed to stay for food den went off for another ride. This time, MY rode behind me on frosty and Todd even let me have the reins as i learnt to guide the horse where i want to go. However she became fiesty later on and suddenly started to turn round and round till MY & I lost our balance and slid from her back. Luckily it wasn't a hard fall. Nevertheless it was a fun ride.
On 21 jun, Ditty drove us to Tok River and Moon Lake. Moon Lake is beautiful with the sun setting over the lake waters. Some people were jet-skiiing on the water as we watched.
Now my desire is to find someone to get me into Fairbanks to watch my long-awaited movies as well as shopping! Hopefully my next off days i can do! Wish me luck!
LET ME FLY AWAY FROM HERE
- 6:59 PM
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Housekeeper is the title given to the person whom clean and tidy the hotel guestrooms. In Westmark Tok, this is a day in the life of Housekeeper...
7.10am - Wash up
7.20am - changed into uniform (grey tshirt and black long pants)
7.30am - breakfast with 2 bowls of cereals with milk
7.45am - wear apron, nametag and shoes/socks
8am - clock in for work and start stripping the assigned rooms' beds
9am - start making rooms
10am - 15 min break
12pm - lunch break
12.30pm - back to work, making rooms
2pm - 15 min break
4pm - clock out of work
5pm - dinner time
6pm - rest/tv/game
7pm - shower
7.30pm - rest
11pm - sleep
sometimes we do different stuffs such as playing basketball or cycling or do something else. but most of the time we are in the trailer. lolx. In every week, i got 2 off days but this week only got 1 off day.
LET ME FLY AWAY FROM HERE
- 8:31 PM
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Above pics are about the trailer i share with Mei Yin, Eunice, Shiwen, Adel, Yuxuan, Martin, Radostin, Ditty and Shannon. Love our kitchen with its stove,oven and microwave as well as the bathtub~ llol
This is the pic of meiyin, me, shi wen, yuxuan and adel roasting the hotdogs over the bon fire at April's graduation party on 18th May, sat.
These are the pics of the Westmark Tok Inn I'm working at. Its not a big hotel but quite rustic. Still the food is usually good with western and mexican food. Hahaz
LET ME FLY AWAY FROM HERE
- 1:45 PM
The screen is much larger and the theatre quite big too. However the seats are not very comfy like cathay ones. The movie was quite good - great actions and special effects! lolx after movie, it was abt 3pm, we went to get the supplies needed by the hotel and then when Ditty said he needed to go bank, i suggested that he let us off at Fredmeyer to shop for groceries. He gave us 45 mins to shop and went to his bank. We spent quitabt 1 hr in the supermart, buying alot of stuffs. Cookies, eggs, yoghurts etc. I also bought sushi and snacks for lunch, costing me US$10.40.
Then we met up with Ditty and rushed to Regal Stadium again to catch another movie. We caught PIRATES OF CARRIBEAN 3 while he watched SPIDERMAN 3 cuz he had watched Pirates alrdy. Our show was juz startin - 5.20pm while Ditty's show started at 6.30pm. so when our show ended at 8pm, we decided to crash another movie. We went to the restroom 1st before entering the Nancy Drew show at 7.45pm de. we watched from midway to end it wasn't very occupied so it wasn't hard for us to find a seat. Besides this show is shorter and i estimated that it'd end ard the same time as Spiderman 3. I was right and we met up with Ditty in the carpark.
We also spent our free time, watching the DVDs lent to us from Ditty, trailer supervisor. We watched 13TH WARRIOR, V FOR VENDETTA, OVER THE HEDGE, DA VINCI CODE. Eunice brought her dvd player too so we could watch on TV intd of only on PC/laptop. On TV, i also watched Charmed, Dark Angel, Shark Attack 2, Ice princess, KYLE XY. NOw on every mon, its showing KYLE XY season 2 but i signed up for 2 wks free trial with NETFLIX and rented the 1st season of KYLE XY - 3 discs ONLY. lol JUst finished watching all of it last night. Very nice and intriguing!
get those books! I'm trying to stamp down my desire to purchase as many books as i can as i will exceed my luggage allowance.
