Two more weeks in Hiawassee

It's been more than a week since the last post... oh well... I was too lazy to update sometimes and I was just too busy last week =p

I had Monday and Saturday off last week and I ended up working in Hiawassee on Monday. 8 girls from Thailand came on Wed and we had a good time on Thu night having dinner together and playing Twister. They look innocent and young although only 2 of them are under 21, the rest are about the same age as me.




On Saturday morning, Bill took me and Jiliam to Atlanta for the Auto Show. We took Marta (same as the MRT) to the town instead of driving all the way. It's a very very long and hectic day for me and Jiliam as we gotta get up at 5am in the morning, had breakfast in the Huddle House before we departed. The cars in the auto show are all very shiny and nice. I think I get attracted to red sporty cars most of the time. Haha... The whole day just taking pictures with all the nice cars (as if I own them :S) and we had lunch in the Applebee's. The food there were really nice but the service was not as satisfying.




Throughout the whole way back, I didnt sleep at all in the car but talking with Bill. Oh well, I cant say he's weird or anything because he really takes a lot care for us who came from far far away and appreciates friends a lot. However, one thing I do really learn here was, most of the families in the united states are having different problems. A lot of youngsters like me starts working in very young age, had complicated relationships, had kids at very young age, had been in the jail because of some stupid reasons and etc... These facts are kind of unacceptable for me sometimes but, oh well, I dont know how to say, just feel sorry for them and feel truely appreciate of what I have, a warm and happiness family.


We got home around 6pm and rest till 10pm before we went to Mermaid again. This time, I really had fun and dancing like crazy in the club with everybody. I think the main reason was 3 thai girls were with me and I felt more comfortable to dance and have fun with someone I know and as crazy as I am. hahaha...



After the club, we went back home and I got shocked because there were other people in our house who want to have after party. I was not very happy about that because they had waken up those poor Thai girls who were actually in the middle of sleep. Fortunately, Travis and Jimmy managed to get everybody out from our house and leave us peace... I went to bed at 3:45am, woken up by phone call at 7am on Sunday morning and ended up, I went to work in Hiawassee from 8am to 11am and them 12:30pm to 7pm in Hayesville. Tired~


Frankly, I dont dare to trust anybody here. Espeacially the american guys. To me, I just cant figure out what they said is true or a lie. Therefore, everything they said, I will just listen and leave it aside. Ofcourse there are also really nice people here and I really do enjoy my time in McDonald's more than what it was 2 months ago. Everybody in Hayesville McD are friendly to me and I can see that they slowly accepted me as part of their life already. =) I'm really glad to hear them saying "we'll be missing u when u go back" and I know they meant it.


I've took videos and photos with some of them and gonna upload to facebook soon =)
The nearer to the date to leave this place, the more complicated my feeling is right now... :S
oh well... it's LIFE.... I know. Right now, I just hope we can fix a date to go Gatlinburg, Tennassee for snow tubing/skiing and maybe go walk around in Helen before I leave. I have only 2 weeks left and I would really like to do whatever I can when I'm still here. =)

non-stop partying was tiring

Oh well.... I'm sooooo tired after 3 nights continuously partying :p

On Wed night, we had a little party for Henrique and Camila before they leaving. I think I'm kind of lazy to write anything right now so... just let the pictures tell the story ok?





Then on thursday night, I went to the biggest club in atlanta called Wild Bills Club to have a look. Well, didnt dance much on that night, didnt drink as well, just to have a look. =p It's different from clubs in Malaysia, plenty of seats, lots of hot, crazy girls. It's real big but the rest is basically the same. haha...

On Friday night, it was Kimberly's birthday party, so I brought Jiliam along with me. We went to the Yacht Club, I had a Jager Bomb (first time ever, felt so scary before I drink because I had nothing for dinner) and a cup of long island. The taste of Jager Bomb was alright, basically I can taste the red bull more. LOL... The we went to 2 clubs in Helen (30 mins away) and ended up went back to the Mermaid in Hiawassee... swt... Just because there were not as fun. And I met a lot of my customers from Huddle House in Mermaid. It is a really small club though... (der~ in such a small town like Hiawassee, what do you expect??) and the whole place is just like this>>>






Birthday girl, Kimberly (I finally can treat her as a woman... LOL)



Basically I've forgotten what to write for this post... haha... so many things happened in this week, and right now I'm in lazy mood... so...

Anyway, Silvia just left this morning and right now, there's only me and Jiliam staying in this big blue house... =( I wonder how the Thai girls will be when they move in in about a week time... Hopefully everything will be ok. And seriously, I can't wait to home....

By the way, I had a nice chat with Zoe last night and this morning, as well as my dear... I miss him.

Officially done with job in the Huddle House

Today I had a wonderful dayoff after a terribly tiring weekend.

Friday 11am-7pm in McDonald's, 8pm-9pm in a cool theatre watching show called "the problem with pluto". It's a cool show by using digital projection onto the dorm at the top and thus, it looks like a 4D motion movie instead of just a normal screen. I got a little bit dizzy at first but overall it's still a cool show in which I really amazed by the technology.

Then I had to go in and work in the Huddle House at 9pm-6am because 1 girl called out sick. On saturday morning I work 11am-7pm again in McDonald's and 10pm-6am in Huddle house as always. The only tiring part was, I gotta work in McDonalds again on Sunday 12pm-8:30pm, having schedule in the Huddle House till midnight as well. Well ofcoz, in the end, I was so exhausted, I didnt go and continue to work till midnight, I went back home rest instead. >.<

It was so freaking busy in McDonald between 7:30pm to 8pm and we have not enough people working. The manager was busy counting $ for the drawer, left me making sandwiches on the table and Philip cooking, Carrie at the drive through taking order. So, in the end, I run like crazy, making burger, making french fries, drinks and handing them out at the drive through window; while philip cooking the hamburger meat and taking order from the front counter. OMG I'm so proud of myself for doing all those neh! Finally it was over and I got off at 8:30pm, Josh took me home and before that, I droppedby Huddle House and talked to the manager so that I can go back home and rest and luckily I have Lori to stay 2 more hours to cover my shift.

Today finally I have a full day off and I'm happy that I've got a lot things done. I got my laundry done, booked room for Miami, ticket from Miami to Orlando and some research for flight to Miami and accommodation in Orlando. Then I went to the bank and bank in my cheques and cash from my tips. However the restaurant that I wanted to go was close at 2:30pm for lunch hour and only open at 5pm for dinner, therefore, I went to Asiano with Brandy and Denny instead. They are the assistant managers in the Huddle House where they are actually getting in the Huddle House same time as me. I've finally got to talk to the owner of Huddle House and gave him a 2 weeks notice for me to quit. However, he "set me free" right away. Meaning, I'm officially done with the waitress job and no more night shifts for me. =p

I don't know how should I feel at the moment, but, it's definitely good for me, for my health and for the "party" that will be going on this weekend. =p Henrique and Camila are going back to Brazil and I've got time to spend with them on Wed night since I'm no longer on schedule. I'm able to attend Kimberly's birthday party in the Yart Club and stay until 12am since I'm no longer need to work 3rd shift on Friday. I'm able to have a lot more fun before I leave Hiawassee since I'm no longer need to work all the time.... The only thing that I need to take care now is to spend wisely since the travel plan to California is still on after I talked to Lee Yiung this morning.

Tonia, Richer and Eddie came over to the blue house and hangout with us just now when I was in the middle of writing this post. She is the nicest and friendliest manager so far and she really care of what we need. Unfortunately, she left mcDonald's a couple of weeks ago when we were down in Orlando. Anyway, she will be coming here again and maybe she will bring us out to the club on Thu =p. See, I quit at the correct time so that I wont miss the fun! Hahahahahaha....


Oh well, I think there's something else that I wanted to write but I guess I've already forgot what was it... So... gotta go sleep le. Night....

Daytrip in Atlanta to CNN, World of Coke and Mall of Georgia

Today was a very happy and fun day to me =) totally relax!


We had so much fun during the CNN tour and visiting the World of Coca-cola. Surprisingly, the CNN in Atlanta is the biggest in the whole united state and the one in New York city is the 2nd. 40% of the news were broadcasting from CNN Atlanta and I feel it's very interesting and fun to learn something about TV broadcast =)




The World of Coke was just amazing. We got to see the Coke history and watch a cute introduction of "inside the happiness factory" and then took some photos with the Coca-cola polar bear.




We had a 4D movie of Coke's secret and after that was to get a real and close view of the bottling process and then the last part was to try out the Coca-cola over 64 countries all around the world. They were categorized into Asia, Latin America, North America, Africa and Europe area and the one from Italy called Beverly is a must to try. (everybody said so that's a must to try... LOL..... )



Those from Africa really have their specialty and style because most of them have fruity flavour added. I like the one with pineapple flavour, it's good =) I like peach too. The coke with peach flavour are sold in Brazil and today only I heard from my boss, John, that peach is a simbol for Georgia because they grow a lot of peach trees in Georgia. No wonder during new year eve they dropped big peach to count down and celebrate. Haha...


After that we went to have truly american food (not fast food). LOL... always I have the impression of american food = fast food. But today the restaurant we went, was really really good. But I think the most happy part of today was meeting an american guy who was born in Indonesia and had stayed in Malaysia (Pulau Pinang) a couple of years before. We were talking about how we missed our Malaysian food and things like that. It was a very wonderful "lunch" and I'm really really happy for the whole day trip.


Then we went to the biggest shopping mall around the south part of US, the mall of Georgia. However, I still think that maybe Sunway Pyramid is still bigger than this mall. LOL... Anyway, I enjoyed my shopping today and bought lots of souvenirs for my family and friends =)


Well, here comes to the not-so-happy part of the day. I was late for 15 minutes after shopping and the Brazil kids get mad at me. WTH. Always I'm the one who is punctual and waited for them 30 mins also never say anything mean or get mad at them. This time because one of the girl need to buy her laptop and scare will be late for going Best Buy, so everyone of them go back to the meeting point on time except me. The way she talked to me was not good at all and after that we dont have any conversation at all.


I know what time the shop close and thus I know I can afford to be 15 minutes late. I dont think I deserved to be treated that way but, I dont care. I dont give a damn.

Some little facts in the usa for share

Today first time I called in sick for my second job, lol.... not really sick but felt a bit dizzy at mcD around 5pm, so I decided to call in and not going for work tonight. Moreover, the business was so dead that I dont think it's worth to go work for $2.5 per hour with only $10+ tips. Therefore, I ended up watching movie in the cinema with my brazil friends. hahahaha....


That's how I got this time to update my blog. =p Staying at home and chill is the best! =p


I've been here for almost 3 months. Time flies.


What I've learnt the most was: not to put too much trust on anybody. Whatever they said, true or not, sincere or not, it all depends. Seriously. It's just their culture to greet you nicely and sweet talk with you, whether or not it comes from their heart, it's up to your ownself to judge.


Anyway, I'm not trying to say that I dont like the people here or whatever. Just writing out what I've seen. There are nice people who are really nice here. =)


The second thing that "amaze" me was, the divorce rate. It seemed to be very normal to have a "ex-wife" or "ex-husband". I'm really speechless for this. And it seemed to be normal for a girl to have a lot of bf at the same time as well. @.@ what world is this???


Oh ya, another thing, people in america like to talk on the phone and smoke when driving. I'm surprised that it is legal to use hp while driving in such a "strict law-dependant" place while it is illegal in Msia. The legal age for getting a driving license is 16 over here and a 14-year-old kids can even drive with a companion with license @.@ I wonder how the accident rate would be...


Working in Huddle House made me meet a lot of different people. As practical as the other job like a sales person, the main aim is $$$. A sales person will lie and try to "trick" you in order to get higher sales. Same goes to a waitress here. How do you get good tips? Ofcoz by serving them nicely, greet nicely, take care of their need all the time... but other than this, what is their trick? Here it is:

1. when a whole table of guys came in, flirt as much as you can.
2. when a couple came in, talk to the girl, not the guy.
3. when a whole family came in, flirt with the kids.


Maybe there's a lot more, but these are what I've heard from them so far.

Valentines Day

Tomorrow will be Valentines Day, and I'll be working from now till the next day, and then tomorrow noon to the next day... again. :S just like how I've spent my chinese new year...

Every year's valentine me and my dear will definitely be far apart, either one of us will be in KL and JB and this year, even further, 1 in USA 1 in Msia... well at least every year, we got to spend time together either before or after 14 Feb.

I sent my valentine card and gift to him 2 weeks ago all the way from USA because I thought it will probably take more than 2 weeks to reach. Surprisingly, he received it the next week after I sent. swt....

I just chatted with him through msn this morning, but this time, neither me nor him feel happy, I guess. I cant feel any care or love from him this time. And I'm disappointed.

I guess I'm affected by his personal message "looking for potential candidates for valentine dating (terms and conditions apply)"



I know he is just being naughty and put that for fun.
But still, I'm not happy.

Backed from Orlando, with lots of thought and gladful for having wonderful friends around...

I'm backed!!!.............to kampung again. LOL....

After 2 weeks continuous working without a day off, finally I got to escape from the works and had a 4 days 6 nights trip in Orlando, with my beloved friends from Monash. =)

The first night in the bus was horrible because it's a 2-by-2 coach and it's super hard to sleep and the seat is sooo narrow that I couldnt even straighten my legs. Immediately when we arrived Orlando, we took a cab to the Orlando Vista Hotel and had Burger King for breakfast. After breakfast, I took the free shutter bus to the Disney transportation center and met Hao Zhi over there. Without wasting time, I didnt go back to their house right away but instead, heading to Seaworld and start my journey with my short heel boots. (crazy me)

The animal shows in seaworld are fantastic although there's not much on the crazy roller coaster rides and mainly for site seeing. The first time I get to touch dolphins was when I fed them with fishes ($7 per tray of about 5 fishes.....). Some of them were so aggresive that I got scared and it's recorded in the video :S hahahhaha...




Well the whole day in Seaworld I was just following Hao Zhi wherever the route he planned and with my boots, it was hell killing painful. Anyway, I enjoyed the shows and the ride Kreken. Those rides in msia are far no way to be compared. LOL....

After the whole day out, we finally went back to Cumberland and altogether 10 ppl in a dining table finally got to fill up their hungry stomach. It's good to know more friends in a foreign country and I really enjoyed knowing them =)

I spent my second day in Bush Garden with Hao Zhi and Fanny and I think this would be the craziest day ever, freezing cold and I had ride on 5-6 high speed crazy roller coaster rides. The most memorable one must be the Shiekra already, 70 miles/hour with 90 degrees steep, straightdown from dont know how many floors height. I can still remember on the ride before dropping, they paused there for 3 second for u to see and I was shouting like a crazy woman "oh my god!!! Help!!! we are crazy, we are crazy!!!! why are we here on such a freezing cold weather on this ride??!!!!??? ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

And before I got to calm down, there came the second drop... If you want to see how the Shiekra like, go search in youtube and you will know why would I have such reaction on the ride. LOL...



On the 2nd night, because I wanted to escape from being a super bright light bulb, I went down to MunHou's unit and met their seaworld boss who came for a chinese dinner. It's pretty awkward at first and I felt a little bit paiseh for being there, using their internet while they having dinner. After that I got to join them, talking and laughing together as if I was a seaworld worker too. LOL... anyway, they are pretty nice people and we had some group photo together. =)

The 3rd day morning I went shopping with Stacia, bougth myself a nike shoes because I couldnt stand walking with the boots anymore. LOL... and in the end, I realised shopping is still my favourite! LOL... kidding kidding, because I dont get to shop much in Hiawassee you know?! hahahah... I bought quite a lot of stuffs, cheap stuffs basically =p Then we went to the Wonder Works and Ridleys to go see see those interesting stuffs. After spent the whole day out, we had our dinner in a China Buffet Restaurant. I was very happy at the begining but slowly getting unsatisfied because the food there was just... so so only la. That night was freaking cold especially when waiting for the i-ride trolley to go back home.

The 4th day supposed to be the most relax day ever, because all of them are working, and I gotta just chill and slowly think of where to go when browsing the internet in their house (they left their keys for me before they go out, how nice they are =) ). In the end I called Chieyan and got to chat with her for about 45 minutes before she went working and Mun Hou called in to take leave and came back just to accompany me. I felt very pai seh because they dont get as much hour as I have in McDonald's and the money they earn in Seaworld is just enough for their normal spending over there. That's why I thought of paying for their meal when they accompany me as a way of appreciation for their accompany... so MunHou, dont grab the bill when I go back msia ya. =p

My last day in Orlando was really relaxing. Thanks Mun Hou for accompanying me walking all the way from Cici's pizza to the Prime outlet. LOL... It's nice to walk around and I dont really think that is crazy to do so la. hahaha... Anyway, I enjoyed it. =) Although ended up I dont get enough time to shop in prime and nearly cannot make it to greyhound station on time, I was still happy to be care for by so many of you, my beloved friends....



You know, it's hard to describe my feelings in words over here... it's hard to describe how touch and gladful I am when I see you all done so many things for me and care for my feelings.


Lots and lots of thought I wanted to share and write it out but I just... cant and dont know how to express all out...


Well, the first night and for the following 2 days, I was pretty upset due to some reasons, some action and some disappointment... However, I tried thinking it in a good way. Although I was unwilling to accept to see your truth self at first, but I think what you did is not a total wrong. It maybe good for me eventually, to know that you have let go of everything in the past, and for me to be gladful of making the right decision. Although it seems that I've lost a close friend, someone that I trully appreciated for the past few months; I'm still gladful of what you had done for me and I do know that you still treasure me as a friend. Well, anyway, things will not be the same from now on and some of them should be erased from my memories.


After this trip only I realised who is the one who is trully kind and care for their friends and I am really glad to have learnt all these. I'm sorry to my dad and mom for letting you all worry for the 1st 2 days but I'm really glad to receive that international call from you all that morning. kakakaka... I dont mind paying for that phone bill, as I know all of you care for me and I do know you all miss me. =p Life is short, live life to the max! I'm living my life with colorful experience and I'm learning to be independant, to be tough and to be wise. =)


p/s: Although I cant wait to go back home soon and kind of regret why should I chosen to come work for 4 months... argh!!!... hahahhaahaha...



Gambate Celeste!!!! 1.5 months more and I will be free to travel all around the states with Lee Yiung and Li Wei! weeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Once again... I miss my family, my dear and my friends in msia...... and ofcoz, msian food!!!! I'm looking forward for the day to go back home =)