wk8 off-day

today is my only off-day of the entire week. and the day that my no-tips curse broke. I havn't gotten a single tips for the past 6 days. Guess how much i got today? $1.21. People working in the F&B dept gets ten, twenty, even over hundred of dollars in tips alone per day. But i guess we can't compare since they have lower hourly rate. Well, i'll just treat tips as a bonus rather that keep looking forward to it. =)

Here's what I've budgeted. To earn US$3500 during my work here. Then US$1500 will be set aside for travelling in US (includes shopping & souvenier and everything else) for around 21 days (not confirmed yet, might increase might decrease). Another US$500 will be reserved for around a week in Taiwan. That will leave me US$1500 to take home. This barely can't even cover the expenses to get here, which is close to SD$4000, but at least it make sure my bank account(s) will not go on hungry stomach when i reach home. Plus i plan to find a temp full-time job (may or may not be an internsip) when i get back. *keeping my fingers crossed*

Anw just to update what we've been doing these few weeks. It's been full-house almost everyday at the hotel and our supervisor - Jean, had asked us if we prefer her hiring extra worker and we all get less hours or her not hiring but we work more hours, i.e. 6/7 days a week. majority voted for the latter option in hope to earn more money except for Selle and Christina, who preferred to have more rest. Shiwen voted for not hirng more because she din wanted house-keeping to end up over-staffed when the hotel's not so packed and may not have enough hours for everyone. Totally agree with her. I mean there's really nothing much to do i this small town even if we have more off-days. So far, we've been killing our time away with Bridge/DaiDee or watching dvds.

Just in case the couch potatoes (e twins) home might be interested, here's the show i've watched so far..

6/25: The Last Castle (TV)
6/24: Matilda, Finding Nemo (TV)
6/XX: Kyle XY Season 1 (Christina got delivered from Netflix free 14days trial)
6/XX: Parents Trap, Coyote Ugly, Hitch, Road Trip (TV)
6/XX: American Haunting, 13th Warrior, Lucky #Slevin, V for Venetta, Snatch, Thank you for smoking, Over the Hedge (Ditty's dvd)
5/XX: Harold & Kumar (Eunice's dvd), Material Girls (Selle's)

And I (+ Ditty, Meiyin, Eunice, Shiwen) also went to the theater at Fairbanks to watch Pirates of the Carribean #3.

I've just started watching The Cheat, a jap trickster drama that Selle copied from the twins long long ago. Needa stop watching and blogging now cos I needa faster go shower before everyone else get back from work in 18 mins time and the queue start forming.

ciao~