the start of my holiday in the USA

Hello everybody! I’m in wildwood, New Jersey!
Here’s the map of where I am…see the star?

I’m here for this program called Work & Travel USA
We work for about 2 and a half mths and then get to travel ard the US of A
I’m working for this company called Morey’s Piers, and amusement park & water park
Gonna be a Life guard for the water rides as well as a ride operator…
It’s called the boardwalk, cos it’s really a whole stretch of boards beside the Atlantic Ocean
Now how cool is that right?
The temperature here is still quite cold..abt 12-18 deg C, but it’ll get warmer cos its supposed to be summer
It can get quite warm in the day when the sun shines on you, but when the wind blows, you can freezeeeeee
I went for a jog today along the boardwalk and realized I was running beside the Atlantic Ocean!!!! Amazing….
Here’s a photo of the park from a far

the Atlantic Ocean

boardwalk

not very nice these pics cos i didn’t take much yet..more will come soon

think I shall talk abt the loooooongggggg journey here
left spore on the 12th, Saturday afternoon, 1440
watched music and lyrics as well as letters to iwo jima.nice..
China Airlines flight to Taoyuan International Airport and touched down at 7plus
That’s abt an hr away from Taipei
Made new friends too…xian zhen (who’s my roomie now) & Ben who was Ramesh’s (a friend we (me and Derek) made during the interview last yr) friend
Stayed at Tao Yuan Hotel
Shilin was too far away for us to go that night, so we just went to the Taoyuan night market…very small place
The nxt day, my dad’s friend, Uncle Samuel, drove us to Taipei
Visited the famous 101 and a few other places

lazy to load the taiwan pix here..will create an album soon

Took the transiting flight at abt 4plus
It was an 8hr flight to Anchorage, Alaska
Almost died on the plane cos there was NO IN FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENTTTT!!!!!
Slpt most of the time and it was soooo uncomfortable cos we didn’t get the window seat and so I had Derek on my left and another old man on my right
The view at the stopover at Anchorage was worth the 8hr flight
Check it out….

After gg throught customs, we had to wait for only abt 40mins
Another 6hr flight to JFK Airport, NYC
This time is wasn’t so bad, cos the uncle got off at anchorage
So I had 3 seats to myself, so I could lie down to slp
Shiok
China Airlines SUCK
My luggage got spilled with some STINKINGLY SMELLY CHUP from prolly some auntie of uncle’s sauce
Really smelly man! Even after multiple times of wiping with soap and the wet towel, it still stinks
And some of it got onto my brand new crumpler bag!!!!!!!

Spent a night at Holiday Inn, JKF which was near the airport
Had really gd food for bfast
Pics nt with me so can’t put it up yet…
Then cabbed to the Port Authority Bus Terminal
Took a bus to Atlantic City, NJ
Then changed another bus to Wildwood
We were all so tired of traveling and were so relieved when we finally reached
Sat on gum at the Bus terminal and some of it got onto my not so new crumpler bag :(

Staying in a cosy little house, 2 levels: downstairs guys, upstairs girls..
Each level has 2 sides, with 3 rooms each side, a toilet and a kitchen
Total of 19 of us in this house
So many PRCs in this batch..only 4 of us non-PRCs
The other sporeans stay in the house beside or a few houses away

It’s been good here so far
Supermarket and shops nearby, within walking distance
The workplace just a few minutes walk along the beautiful boardwalk
Many new friends as well as some old ones like daryl chee and enoch from VJ
Cooked dinner today, simple meal of pasta with tomato sauce and broccoli
Stuff here’s really expensive…
Starting work soon
Just cleared all the paper work today
Moreientation tomorrow as well as the Ride Operator Training…
Gonna get busy…

Guess that’s all from me for now..more pics of the house and all will be up soon as well as updates!
Oh anyway, it’s a 12hr difference between spore and NJ

my body clocks still a bit screwed up.haha