Monday, February 25, 2008
auckland finally!
Auckland-The Beautiful City of Sails
hi everybody! here are some pictures for you:)
to start: emirates was late! we started boarding at 2120
when the departure was supposed to be 2105. tsk!
but i saw something pretty that impressed me. alittle. haha.
there were stars on the ceiling. it was really pretty.
here's a close up:)
then on the plane. my exchange friends:
aik khoon kim peng wan xuan
there is still a guy, ian. but he will arrive 2 days later.
here's me. i know its quite an ugly picture. haha. but whatever.
i was trying to cover the china guy seated next to me.
gosh. the plane was infested with china people at brisbane.
giving me a terrible headache with their loud voices.
you might be thinking why i am seated alone.
ill tell you why. its because of the dumb agency.
they are really super duper LOUSY.
never ever buy anything from there!! con $$ de!!
it's called mandarin world holidays pte ltd.
there were other issues too. boo. but i don't want to talk about it.
too sick of them to talk about it.
anyways, im sure everyone knows the device to use in a plane.
that is the tv right? or whatever you call it.
emirates has it touch screen. you must be thinking "wow".
but please don't. because it gives you a terrible headache.
especially when the fella behind keeps pressing hard on it.
it rocks my head forward each time.
imagine that for the whole journey.
gosh. was pretty air sick. lessons learnt:
1. to sit at the back if possible. 2. don't sit infront of violent people. i'm currently staying in a 3-room apartment.
with wanxuan & ian.
here are the views from my room:)
front view.
left view.
right view.
this is my room. looks big but its not la. just cosy:)
the kitchen area. a small one.
my beloved heater that's keeping me warm.
the loo.
the shower room.
that's all there is.
haha. looks big right. like so many things.
but don't be conned. its the camera angle.
haha. but i quite like it here.
despite the fact that we have to climb slope everyday.
it is only route out. sadly. i'm gonna be muscular soon. haha.
i tried my very best with the camera.
but somehow, the slope is not showing!
tsk. its really quite steep and LONG.
take a good look at it. haha.
anyways, my room light was flickering.
so had to change it. while waiting for the repair man to come.
i did a puzzle that my san mei, weiyi, gave me:)
its a farewell gift for me. so i was forced to bring. haha.
to save space. i took a picture instead of bringing the box.
but its really pretty. i always liked the little mermaid.
she bought me the frame too:) so sweet right?
so i picked out the borders and this is the very 1st jigsaw that i pieced!
shortly, i got everything. there's only 108 pieces.
i did not have anything hard. so i used my file as the backing.
and this is the 1st jigsaw after the borders were done!
heh. its really so pretty. it's the glittering kind. but can't really see.
and then i stopped and went out. there's so many things to buy.
really loads to buy & settle. like opening bank account.
buying the neccessities. feeding my stomach. prepaid cards.
and more. but my brain is too tired to think in detail.
just thought this place looks nice.
here's their bus stop. a rather mini one.
we saw this bar along the way too.
the white house. maybe will visit it sometime:)
looks very interesting.
for makaning right. a decent meal costs about 8 NZ dollars.
tsktsk. must go on budget. peanut butter bread daily.
but no la. me & xuan shared subway.
chicken & avacado. quite yummy.
but its totally covered with avacado! haha.
look at that!
here's xuan! haha. i think the picture very nice.
some other pictures to admire.
i'm not sure what building is this.
ill find out and update your. haha.
but its pretty! i always like buildings with clocks.
o yes. the rain here very gentle. unlike singapore.
u can't really feel it when it drizzles. very soft.
quite loving the weather now. super cooling:)
this old man, he played one.
he played knick-knack on my thumb.
with a knick-knack paddywhack, give a dog a bone.
this old man came rolling home.
haha. cute old man. but a pity i didn't take his face.
o yes. i don't what occasion it was last night.
but there were fireworks. and i could see it from my room.
it was for quite awhile. on & off.
but didn't manage to take more nice pictures.
make do with these two ba. pretty enough:)
dedicated to the one i miss most.
haha. these were the leftovers.
and then, last night we went to this silly place.
that was infested with MILLIONS of mosquitoes!
super ferocious. costing me 10 bites.
one was on my lips!
i'm never ever going back there again. i promise!
today was the official start of orientation.
we woke up early in the morning to attend some talk.
this is the business school.
and this is their toilet. so impressive! it's never ending!
there are almost 20 doors.
so we had to take a photo here. haha.
in case you forget:
me wanxuan aik khoon kim peng
actually. i have a video to upload. its the haka welcome dance.
it happened during the orientation. rather interesting.
to me, it means dancing and singing with an angry face.
it will take long to upload. so ill do it another day k!
it has been a long day. and i haven slept much.
im quite dead. need a good rest. so good night people.
missing you all lots! especially my love ones!
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