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Friday, November 17, 2006

New Zealand

Whoo... Back from New Zealand...
Haix, it doesnt seem de same again.
NZ rox more !!!
Going everywhere in de cold weather, beautiful scenery as u look out of de windows, mountains, rivers, streams, sheep, cows, etc...
Sigh... Miss all that so much.
Wearing like 2 to 3 layers of clothes daily,
cant imagine doing dat in s'pore. :X
Athough there were worksheets 2 do, it was still fun.
Sitting there, dozing off, chatting n writing...
Hahas... They love 2 eat bananas there...
Instant noodles 4 breakfast while staying at de BACKPACKERS...
4 ppl in a room
Hahahas... 4 beds but in de end only used 2 beds.
Lols. Seriously, it was very fun in NZ...
Its a totally different environment back here.
NZ is great, laid back n slow
time seems 2 pass slowly, not like in s'pore, rushing all de time.
There, time seemed 2 slow down.
we could do loads of things in 1 day.
So many different things, yet so interesting.

As much as de life in NZ was great, still missed ppl back here in S'pore...
Family, 2D, RvNp s3'07, etc...

New Zealand...
A great place, learnt so many things there.
Had fun. Interesting places 2 explore n see.

Day 1,2

Departed for Auckland
Sit in de plane 4 so long...
So sian, since de seats r all scattered de, not sitting 2gether.
Arrived at de hostel or u can say backpackers.
Shared a room wif mel, wt n hl.

Went to Howick College after dat
Saw how their Arts Night was like.
their sch was not bad... Quite interesting.
Got lost, seperated 4m de rest...
So went walking around wif hl, mel, wt they all, trying 2 search 4 de rest of de ppl.
In the end they were all oredi watching performance.
Their performance quite nice, except we all a bt sleepy, den they play de songs a bit like lullaby.

Lols, de guys were obviously dozing off in de last row.
Haix... But not bad lar.
Mel spotted 帅哥 s, looked quite ok. Hahahas...
Went back 2 de hostel quite late.
But nv sleep early, instead we talked bout weird things.
Lol...


Day 3

Went to Mt Eden. Extremely cold..
Shivering.. the view was great though.
Crater n stuff...
Saw a lot of volcanoes...




Day 4

Went greymouth, see "pancake" rocks at Punakaiki.
Haixx, only hl take pics cuz my cam no batt.
So no elaboration cuz i oso cant rem much.
Gold panning was fun.
Slept overnight at Frans Joseph Glacier de backpackers there again.



Day 5

Went 2 see glaciers, walked quite a bit.
Cool air once again n a bit of rain...
den i cant rem much.
all i can rem is dat de glacier was beautiful.








Day 6

Went to puzzle world.
it was a great place. Room of illusions, etc.
Haahahs, de tilted hologram house.
Made us walk funny. 15 degrees tilted.
a bit dizzy dizzy...

den visited an orchard, nth much, except bought toothpaste...
O ya, be4 dat go wad Kawarau Gorge, but cant rem much.




Day 7

Walked again, see de glaciers, rivers, majestic views...
Lake Tekapo, NZ's highest glacier lake... nth much, except tht de scenery is beautiful.

Day 8
Went to Canterbury university.
beautiful library...
Den go " the giant jersey" the knitting shop.
Real think de owner, Michael , is impressive.
Clever n amazing things created by him.
Puzzles, n esp de mosaic thing.




Last Day

In the morning we went walking around de streets again.
Looking for some streets, den observe de traffic, etc.
Hahahs... Saw dat we were going 2 be late, therefore we took a TAXI.
NZ's taxis r certainly more comfortable.
Almost same pricing as S'pore de. Seemed stupid cuz we only took de taxi 2 our destination which was like juz bout a 2 to 3 streets away... Hahas, nvm, it was a new experience. Saw Norine they all while sitting in de taxi. Me n hl were hiding 4m them, den mel n wt waved n said hi instead... Hahhas.
Ate fish n chips again 4 lunch. Only $4 for a big piece of fish n a load of fries. The fries r huge. No wonder they r called chips... =.=
Going home time...
Saying goodbye 2 NZ, such a wonderful place.
The plane got problem so in de end took de Gulf airlines...
Very squeezy, den slept throughout, only waking 2 eat a meal n drink a bit.
De pasta is totally horrible, weird taste.
Yucks..
Oh, n Happy Birthday to Norine.


Miss NZ so much, a beautiful place...
Volcanic hills, Maori culture, farmlands, sea, glaciers, everything.
Cool weather... Scenery... Kiwis...
Learnt many things there, done a lot of thinking there as well.
Reflect on myself, wad kind of a bad person i ave been...
Many things...
All of which will be forever remembered.
New Zealand, a beautiful country ...



to remember or to forget...; 11:51 AM

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