Hey bro,

Where are you working? I'm heading to yellowstone.

Yup Vernie.

Hmm what bagpack arey ou going to buy? Any plans?

And what course are you studying?

Oh so you mean you will buy your bagpack there? I thought you are playing to buy from here. Where are you going to buy in there?

I need some info on travelling at San Fran

This is what I got after reading 5 pages.

Fisherman's Wharf
Golden Gate
Alcatraz Prison
Ghirardelli Square
Union Square; Chinatown; Japantown, North Beach (Italian Town)
Filmore Street
Napa and Sonoma Valley (Northern San Fran)
Highway 1 to Monterrey through Pebble Beach (South SF)
Silicon Valley

What's there to do at Fishermen's Wharf? Are there good restaurants over there? Are they cheap?

How bout Fillmore street? What's there to do? It seems it's just about history. Anything nice?

How bout the trip to Pebble beach? How far is it from San Fran's north beach? Is it advisable to stay there?

Hope that there's someone who can help me.
Thanks.

10 pairs of socks? so much?

and what do you mean by uncle sam?

Maybe I may be going again.

Haih now with the swine flu, parents start to panic abit. .Hopefully the cases die down within these 2 weeks.

Yeah next year june to sep, but am going this time anyway. So next year is my grad, depends whether parents let me defer my grad or not

Hey Charles,

How long does your visa last for?

YOu are working for how long currently in the US?

How to apply for 5 months visa? I thought our visa only 4 months? You are under Speedwing too right?

Lol, Vernie's memory is really good, you sure she cannot recognise everyone?

Lol, yeah. She is like the computer which remembers the ID of different ppl faces one. Damn geng. I respect her

Awesome, I just came back from the programme 2 weeks back.

Went to yellowstone, awesomeness.

Where are you planning to go?

I have joined WAT 2009 summer before and I went to Yellowstone. I'm glad to help anyone here on this forum.

Yellowstone is definitely an awesome place to go if you like nature. It's really somewhere out of this world I have to say.

I was working as a housekeeper and my pay was 7.25 an hour. I worked really hard, trying to reach 48 hours a week (I had to look for extra shift to reach 48) and I managed to recoup my initial cost. I didn't spend much as well, didn't buy iPod/iPhone/shopping. Just plain travel in Chicago and NY.

The hiking in yellowstone was really awesome and every employee was like a family there. It's a nice community and nature together living for 3 months. Friends come and go as well, so you make new friends and you will miss some as well.

If you can afford to go for work and travel, I do encourage you. It's really fun, but make sure the employers are good. Check with speedwing/ootb on how are they, because new employers are coming up and some of them have not had track record before with the agents.

Housing, you can try craiglist. It's a pretty famous place to look for just about anything in the US. Hope it helps.

Yeah some don't provide housing, they just recommend. Try asking if they will provide a place to stay for the first week, at least will buy you time to get the contract done and move in to the house.

All the best, but do note that there is no best job. Just don't want you to put too much expectations and get disappointed after that, cause the jobs are just so so. It's the experience that counts.

tishaban is right.

well, kampung or not it also depends on the restaurant. if it's a popular one then yeah you should probably get lots of tips cause there's a lot of ppl. if it's not, then probably not so much of a good idea.

you can try googling more about the restaurant to see reviews and all.

Is it the one near New York?

Yup I do agree with tishaban. Trust me, you will pick it up along the way. Just watch more american shows and series

I have friends who are working in Yellowstone as Server and they earn a lot of money. But you have to be consistently energetic cause you need to carry heavy trays and you have to attend to customers well. Remembering orders are also key. As long as you keep this up, I believe your tips will be great as well (depending on their business as well of course).

Hmm, yeah you can. when is your holiday?

Yes truly agree. Until today, I miss yellowstone so so so much. I really wish I can go back there again with a valid visa. hey you know whether is it possible for a non student to go back to states to work? Have been missing it so much.

Hmm, it would be best to apply about 5-6 months before the start of your long term break. during your final year, you have the final opportunity to go for the programme cause you are technically a student. so after your final sem of your final year, then you can go for it.

this applies to people who are non malaysian but studying in malaysia/singapore as well. meaning you dont have to be a malaysian or singaporen to apply.

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Anyway, anyone going for Speedwing's WAT interview session in ParkRoyal on feb 19th? I will be there helping out.