New Zealand

Hello everyone! I know, it's sunday and it's almost a week since i've been back, but i didn't really have the mood to blog. Actually now i'm superbored that's why i'm blogging as well. *yawnz* Woke up at an amazing 9.40 even though i slept at 1 last night. Can't be jet lag is still around? Anyways, I shall blog about NZ though i'm not even sure anyone reads this thing anymore.

28th May Day 1.

We got to the airport at 5.30pm. That silly tze wei actually wanted to arrive at 6 "because there's no point in going early for 3 hours." Ok whatever. Anyway, his sis was driving so they left the house at like 4.30, so of course when i arrived, they were already there (how slow can she be driving man?). Yeah, so then bummed around, got green ribbons from mrs chong to tie on our bags to recognize the RI bags. Ya, then after that hor, she go say what my handwriting very nice so ask me to write name tags for everyone. SOO gross la the name tags, imagine us like those kindergarten kids wearing name tags, and it's not even those small primary school ones, it's those giant ones la. So anyway, starting writing the names etc, while everyone else went and queued up to check in la. So like yeow hua jev and me were left behind, while i wrote, yh took out the paper from the plastic, and then put it back all those and jevon read out the names. So ya, halfway through their mums took over la, while we went and queued up to check in. So wahhh, take super super long lor! By the time we got to check in, it was like 6.50? I think so. And we were supposed to meet at the gate at 7. So rushed up to the food court and bought food, with yh and jev and my parents then hurry ate and then rushed to the gate lor. And that was like 7.15 and the gate wasn't even open. *rolls eyes* Ok so then just bummed around, bugged bennett, then went on plane. I think none of us sat at the original seats la, but yeah, managed to grab a window seat with yh. XD. So the flight was quite ok, managed to find a particularly comfortable position in which i could sleep. It didn't require leaning on the windows, on the arm rest or on the person next to me. XD. Basically just listened to ipod, later on watched a bit of elektra (is that how to spell?) then ya, slept a lot and woke up, breakfast then finally we landed.

29th May Day 2.

Day 1 was totally wasted right, so much for 10 day tour man. *rolls eyes*. Anyway. We landed, not as groggy as melbourne since i managed to get some sleep on this flight. We went to our coach, or bus and met our tour guide there. Her name is michelle and ya la, she's from new zealand. We also had a singapore tour guide, but he's quite useless la. I think he does more of the internal work, like our accomodation, who sleep where but other than that not much la. Michelle was more of the talk-a-lot-on-the-bus type. A real tour guide la basically. So we got on the bus, and our first stop was.... The supermarket!!! *beams* Which was like a 5 minute drive from the airport la. Muaha. We also had to take orders for our subway lunch when we alighted the bus la, so ya, i think i probably just bought water inside. Nothing much. We then went to this Mount Eden volcano next. Whee and it was super windy up there!!!! Come to think of it, i think it's the windiest winds we ever got in our entire learning journey. Haha. So we could see the entire of auckland from there. It was quite nice la, though the weather could be better. Everything actually looked rather dull, though still can see quite far, and of course the most prominent was the sky tower la, which is this supertall tower. Dunno what it's for la, maybe just for tourist attraction? Perhaps. I think we went for lunch after that. Not quite sure leh, ya, then ate the subway lor. But so lousy la, have to sit outside and eat, no seats one. But it wasn't very bad weather la, so quite ok. We then went to our lodgings, which was this Auckland Central Backpackers. Whee. The room was suuupersmall. In fact all the rooms except 2 nights were supersmall. No toilet nothing, just a tiny table with a fridge underneath, and the fridge didn't have anything inside either. *rolls eyes*. And then disastor struck. There were NO towels. And i couldn't bathe!!! Ahhhhhhhh!!!!! Wah i totally panicked la. I mean, if everywhere else didn't have a towel, i was going to DIE for the trip! *gasps* Ok so panicked and went to tell the jimmy the singapore tour guide la. Then he and michelle said to go to front desk and borrow one. So while lining up, just stood there panicking. And then jimmy came by and just swept me and yh into the lift and next thing we knew, we were on the streets. I was just wearing a t-shirt la, no jacket. Yh also, and he was wearing slippers, even worse than me. Anyway, lucky he came along la, then got company, or not go alone so scary one. So the shops around all didn't have, then finally we walked right to the end of the street and met ron, yj tw all those. Didn't really talk to them, just walked to the warehouse there. And it was closed. *stares* I nearly wanted to cry la. Then luckily at the side, we saw this litttttle sign which said, 24 hours warehouse, then an arrow pointed to a side door. Whee! I was superhappy la! So we went there, took a lift up to like the 2nd floor and then went in and bought TWO towels! Hehehe. Not that ex la, about 6 plus dollars. We then trudged back to the hotel, and just bummed around in the room. We were rooming with jev and bennett. I didn't want to room with yong jing, coz he would obviously room with tze wei, and tze wei would obviously room with ron which was BAD. So nevermind. We went for dinner downstairs, chinese buffet, then i think we went to the sky tower. It was very nice view from up there la, coz at night then got all the different colour lights, probably more fascinating than seeing it in the day. I think that's about all. We returned to the room, and then bathed lor. Then hor, that bennett was SOOOO horrible i tell u. He's super irritating la. We wanted to sleep, then as usual he was the last to pack up, then ok, he turned off the lights. Then he go say "eee, so dark." Then "SHUT UP LA BENNETT!" Then after that "eee, so quiet!" Then "tsk! What's your problem la bennett!" Then after that say all sorts of nonsense, until finally i said "Bennett! You better appreciate that you're in HERE with us and not rooming with Ser Zheng!" Then muaha, that shut him up.

I think i'll stop here la, my fingers are kinda tired liao. Well, dunno when i'll blog again, but yeah, see ya all!