trans-canyon hike / death of an adversary

what am i to write today? i am so tired everyday, pulling sheets and scrubbing dirty toilets everyday isnt any laughing matter. Working under America's 3rd worst employer, you are paid slave wages of 6usd an hour, not alot by normal standards. plus management is so so screwed up. still, my job position gets me more dough than those who transferred out, so i cant really complain. its off day tommorrow. rejoyce.
i have decided to go trans canyon, from 8252feet high north rim all the way down to sea level a the bottom of the canyons, then hike up the south rim, a little 2000feet lower than the north rim. THEN if im crazy enough ill hike all the way back again.
High up here in the north rim the air is thin and really dry, so much so you get nose bleeds and cracked lips near everyday. if you were to take a short jog you'd be dropping and panting in 10 minutes flat. imagine you were carrying a 15kilo load down the steep switchbacks and narrow corridors, on one side sheer rock cliff and two meters right you see an astonishing drop down to nothing. add in crumbly rocks all around and yeah you get plenty of fun. Now imagine going up this hellderado.
we will be doing this hellish trek come july 17, and that is when it is the hottest, unfortunately. near everyday now you see NPS choppers and ambulances medivacking heat exhaustees. And down in the canyons there is no respite, the cool air that is heavensent up here on the rim will be heated by the rocks that emcompasses the route, turning the entire place into a furnace. thankfully though there are numerous springs around and these do provide temporary relief time to time. one good thing though is that its a warm 90F at night, so it'll be just like at home while you sleep. all ill bring for that is a bedsheet and canvas to keep the bugs and snakes away. there be rattlers down there but this warm down in the canyons i doubt that they will tend to seek human bodies as sources of heat.
two days later we will make it up to the south rim, and maybe stay for a few days. some will want to take a 35usd shuttle back to north rim, but im thinking of hiking back to the north. at least id be travelling light then.
preparation has already begun, so stay tuned to updates.

oh, by the way, melvin died today. we had put out mousetraps to catch some vermin but the silly chipmunk got too greedy and sprung the trap instead. so i went into the room and saw the poor critter curled up and twitching. no one else wanted to touch it so i had to perform mercy killing and dumped it unceremoniously into the trash. oh well at least i wont need to worry about shit in my rooms or torn up trashbags again.

im finally beginning to miss singapore. or i need a change of environment soon. wanderlust picking up again. LA, LV, San Fran, gosh i cant wait. ooooh.

whats happened to nana's and jet's blog? cant seem to get to it? did you guys de-blog again?

and if anyone can please tell me please please please, when is bidding, and if there is, when is pre allocation? my NUS mail is rather wonky and i cant read anything. help please~!