Christchurch International Airport

Continuing from my previous post (oh no you're going to write another review), not exactly a review today but 'about' Christchurch International Airport (CHC). See the difference? :p

As the bus stopped at the international terminal it was really convenient for me as I didn't have to go to the other end. But the international and domestic terminal are connected in one airport, which is different from Auckland International Airport which I'll talk a little more in my next post.

pretty sure it's Chirstchurch Air Traffic Control Tower. don't know why the photo is blurry :(

So you thought that at 3am in the morning there would be no people in the airport and no shops will be opened and etc but I was wrong. Most of the passengers in my bus were stopping at the airport, and there were many people in the terminal sleeping or doing their own stuff.

I went on and see if there were any foods store that are opened. Most of the shops on ground floor, the floor where you check in for both international and domestic flight were closed. Not too sure about the other side on domestic terminal but I would assume that it would be the same story.

However, Long White Cafe was opened at that time. I think it is open 24hours which is really cool especially for its location at the international terminal. (I thought it probably wouldn't be really necessary as I don't think there will be any midnight flights to CHC but again I heard there's lots of passengers that "overnight" in the airport though you're not actually allowed to sleep in the airport).

Airport prices as usual, expect about $3 on top of the usual prices. Prices for hot beverages were about the same.

I had a cup of hot chocolate. The lady aka the cashier aka the barista wasn't being really friendly maybe she was tired or whatever (hey it was freaking 3am) but she told me I could help myself with marshmallows so that was nice. :D

Nothing spectacular about this drink aside from the marshmallows that I took. I swear I wished to take all of them! lol

There were plenty of seats from the main entrance of the terminal but most of them were occupied. It wasn't really crowded but most were taking few seats to lay down hence there wasn't enough. So I thought why not have a hot drink to warm myself up a little and I could sit down and relax for a bit.

And... after awhile I got bored 'coz my phone battery was running low so I had to charge it before it dies. It wasn't my first time to the airport and I knew there is more foods and seats and plugs upstairs so I went up.

Most of the souvenir shops and stuff like that were closed but some food store were opened. Should've came up earlier for more selection eh.

I was trying to find a photo of the inside of the airport on Google but to no avail. I will snap some next time ok? lol

Anyway I will try to describe the place. It's like a food court concept with shops at the side and seats in the middle. There's some really nice comfy couches for you to 'rest'. So I picked one of those really nice sofa, sat down, switched on my laptop, clicked on my anime, took out my rice ball and enjoyed like a boss. :D

One warning though, please only use the plug near those high benches and stool where they are located not the ones at the bottom 'coz I got 'warned' by the cleaner saying that it's really dangerous as someone might trip over. 

You get free wifi in the airport for 30minutes. Just clicked on the network and you'll know how to get the free wifi. Why oh why its so hard for you to provide free unlimited wifi? 

The airport got busy at around 5am. The airport started to get crowded and you see shops opening and more and more people wandering around the airport. One thing I do notice, there was more business people than travellers. Another thing was, you will often hear announcement like "please do not let your children to play at the escalator. this is a safety airport" something along the line.

Departure gate for domestic flight is at the middle of the 'food court', and international flight is at the 'right' if you're facing at the domestic departure gate or next to Travelex.

I find the staff in the airport really friendly. I went to Travelex on first floor wanting to buy some MYR unfortunately she didn't have any she told me to buy some at Auckland airport but I told her I'm flying domestic so she was like "I'm sorry but maybe you could try the one downstairs but I can't guarantee you". When I went down the staff was really nice as well 'coz I asked her lots of questions and was taking my own sweet time to decide. It may seemed like it's totally their job to give me good service but it mean something to us customers when we get good services. :)

Knight Rider bus review

The other day when Jet Star was having airfare sale I quickly booked my air ticket back home and my flight was at 6 o' clock in the morning. Dunedin doesn't have direct flight to Singapore nor Malaysia so everyone that wishes to fly internationally have to transit in Christchurch or Auckland. I had my flight from Christchurch but unfortunately after many searches there wasn't any midnight flight or late night flight to Christchurch. So I'm left with 2 options, to ride a night bus or overnight stay in Christchurch, and I chose the first one.

I don't know if anyone is interested with a night bus ride review but I personally would find this quite handy for people with travel sickness, especially with bus. I had a horrible experience with a 3hr bus ride before hence I'm really cautious when it comes to traveling with bus. But I had no choice because I'm freaking poor to pay the extras for flight, accommodation and travel to airport in Christchurch.

This time I'm choosing Knight Rider. As I mentioned above, its a night bus. Student get student price for $52 from Dunedin North to Christchurch International Airport. Compared this to Naked Bus or other buses man this price is overpriced but I would tell you why I would recommend this to you.

The bus was scheduled to depart at 9.40pm but it was late for about 10minutes. I was kinda worried as I was running a little late to the bus stop (just opposite Hell's pizza) and it was my first time riding this bus (or any long journey bus in NZ) but luckily there was another guy that arrived 5s after me hoping on the same bus.

I was expecting a luxurious bus like this

to be honest I was a little surprised (or disappointed) when I saw the bus coming.

Of course the picture in the website was more flashy than how it really looked like, the real bus look like an old school bus. But the bus driver was really nice so that was good.

The bus was not full, was not even close to full. I guess it wasn't one of the peak period. Soon as I boarded the bus driver announced that we will be traveling straight to Christchurch with a break in Oamaru.

The bus was bumpy and to be honest it made me feel really uneasy. I had my travel sickness pastilles just before I ride the bus but wasn't helping at all. On top of that it was mostly hilly road adding to the bumpiness.

Till we arrived in Oamaru, we had a 30 or 45minutes break. I had to go down the bus and can't believed that I was shivering unconsciously. That was how bad I was feeling and I swear to God that I'm not gonna take long journey bus anymore.

And then there was no break in between from Oamaru to Christchurch unless the driver was told otherwise. I was praying that I could survive to Christchurch. For people that suffer from travel sickness as I do will understand how much I wish I could stop the bus.

Then I tried to "sleep" or "rest" by reclining the seat. and OMG the seat could be reclined to the point that its almost 135 degree. lol. I felt much better this way as I felt "more secure" when the bus was traveling on bumpy road. I don't feel like I am going to "fly" out of my seats anymore.

Thanks to the reclined seat I rested till the bus reached Christchurch city. :) and maybe my pastilles finally work. I think the bus did picked up and dropped off some other passengers along the way but I wasn't too sure.

Still, the bus wasn't packed. Good thing about night bus is that people often don't make noise and eventhough each seat has its own reading light I didn't encounter anyone that turned them on. Well I had two seats on my own but for leg room wise it was spacious, pretty sure it was spacious enough for people with long legs too (height 180cm above). There were curtains to block out street lights as well but I would suggest you to bring eye mask as I did. I tried not using eye mask but I couldn't fall asleep. And of course not forgetting my U-shaped neck pillow to help me to sleep. What else could you do on a 6hr journey if not sleep.

Despite having a rather long break in Oamaru and a short delay during boarding, the bus reached Christchurch International Airport on time (3am ish). 

It was stated in their website that one passenger could only carry 1 luggage not exceeding 25kg and a hand carry with them but I had a 27kg luggage, a backpack and a hand carry with me. :) The driver "ticked" my attendance in the bus without any document required, not even my student ID.

All in all, I am quite pleased with my journey this time. 

 

I wasn't even bothered to take this picture at first but felt much better after resting so I thought why not. The driver even offered to help me take a photo with his bus :D

Big Bad Wolf Book Sale 2012

I came across this Big Bad Wolf Book Sale in Facebook the other day and I had no idea what it is about but the 63hours non-stop sale caught my attention. 

I have always loved to go to book fest, book fair or book sale be it in KLCC Convention Centre or The Mines. But one thing that might scare you from going one is that it is always crowded just like PC Fair. Ok I exaggerated but it is comparable, you get the picture. 

So this book sale made me really wanted to go as I could choose to go at night, midnight or early morning to avoid the crowd. 

Without further ado I went at 10 at night on the first day itself. I was a little worried whether it would be crowded as 10pm was still quite young for a Friday night. As soon as I said this, I saw a huge line going into The Mines Convention Centre parking. But as soon as my worry came my boyfie turned into the parking lot for The Mines and we found parking in just less than 10 minutes (or lesser)! Lol smart him. But people its not just you have to queue before the parking, there was a loooooooooong jam after sungai besi tol too. 

If I wasn't mistaken the bridge to MIECC was on the same floor as the main entrance and right next to F.O.S. and Nichii. (boyfie directed me so I just followed lol)

And this was what I saw in front of the book sale entrance

What a cute kid!

We were greeted by the staff on the entrance, even at 10pm! that was quite surprising.

dialogue: OMG OMG Look what I've found! (lol)

So this was the overview of the place if you haven't been there before. This place looked quite different from last time (which was quite some years ago) but yea it isn't that spacious compared to KLCC Convention Centre.

some really interesting warnings in the hall

I like this!

There were books from wide range of genre including design, business, personal, romance, young adults, children and picture books. LOTS of book.

Sadly to say there was close to none Chinese books :/ 
But probably a very good news to people out there that enjoy reading English books.

My Uni spotted! :D

for food lovers, there you go. LOTS of Jamie Oliver's books on SALE. REAL affordable.

Another really special thing about this book sale is that you could bring your own trolleys. yes you read it right, I mean trolley. ANY type. Luggage, trolley for goods, boxes, and even baby carriages!
Well of course if you don't bother bringing one, they provide LOTS of boxes for you in the hall to grab one and fill all your books.
And if you're like me who just enjoy walking in a book fair, this World's Biggest Book Sale could be another past time for you. The book sale is until 23 Dec 2012, opening from 9am to 9pm.

that cute child inside the luggage!!

Lines weren't that bad given that it was probably close to midnight already.

Boxes of book ready to carry home!

It was a rather interesting book sale I would say. Even without any buying in my thought I spent almost one and a half hour in the book sale. 

I'm homeeeee

Hey peeps, long time no see! 

Its been exactly a month since my last post and I have no idea why I would unconsciously ignore my blog though I really love to share my stories here. Lol I'm pretty sure people is getting sick of me saying I'm back to blogging and nek minnit I'm gone for months and then I'm back haha so I'll just skip that bull shit and go straight to the main point. 

I'M BACK HOME!!! MALAYSIA I HAVE MISSED YOU MUCH!! 

Despite your hot and humid weather, I still love you xoxo
Probably no words can describe how excited and anticipated I was to come back after 2years! 
The moment I booked my ticket, to my exams ended and then to the 11days I had before flying, all in all the time seemed long but they were really "thrilling" lol

Honestly, nothing feels better than coming home. ❤❤❤

愛無國界 Love without borders

一直以來我都不覺得我是個很有愛心的人

不見得特別的喜愛動物

也沒怎麽抑強扶弱

今天課堂上看了一段紀錄片  忽然覺得  我是不是也該做點什麽

這短片說著一位澳洲醫生到西藏時 發現當地大多數的人都患有碘缺乏病

因而開啓了他的救濟生涯

紀錄片裏頭大概的述説了他的“旅程”  從他第一次拜訪當地的居民到提倡加碘鹽和一些過程中遇到的阻礙、文化差異、語言不通等等  都深深的感動了我

因爲他的這項舉動 在西藏人的眼裏而言 是一項多麽偉大的行爲

感動我的不僅僅是他做這件事的恆心  而是讓我感覺到作爲一個專業人員可以為這個世界貢獻到什麽東西  一個人的力量也可以做到什麽地步

我們可能都不會發現  衣食住行對於世界上一些人來説是非常難能可貴非常值得珍惜的

可能他們連非常基本的新鮮空氣及乾淨的水都沒得要求

或許這不是他們的選擇 

就像胎兒還在母體時更別無選擇

(如果孕婦在懷胎時期沒攝取足夠的碘可影響胎兒腦部成長而導致患有呆小症) 

片子裏看到他們無助的樣子  實在讓人非常難過

感嘆我們爲什麽不能為他們做得更多一些

可慶的是  在這活動實行了一段時間以后  得到的結果令人十分安慰

這是國際非政府組織防碘缺乏病的網站 有興趣的有時間的沒事做的可以去看看

p/s: 在youtube上沒能找出相關的短片所以很遺憾的沒有辦法和大家分享

Wondrous times

I wonder what blogger write about when they don't know what to write. Could they just randomly find a topic to talk about as if like there is a "blog index" in their mind.

I am not particularly interested in writing my daily life/journal/diaries in this blog as I realised this kinda put me off writing the blog after a while. .

BUT, since everyone seems to be interested in knowing how my uni life is, I shall, in good faith, fulfill your wish. *wink*

This year has been a hectic year as usual (though its not the end of the year already, but I can foresee the trend to be like that).

I have gotten more of a feel that I'm a nutrition students, doing some nutrition papers and some extras alongside. Papers have gotten harder and workload increased tremendously. Especially in semester 1, there was no one week without any assignments due or test, literally. Remembering there were so many labs in a week, some being really short and some went on for 7 hours long. Life has been good, despite all the hard work and stuff.

Other than that, I had also decided to make good and full use of my uni life, to experience (truly) how students life are. I made it to the Malam Malaysia 2012 (translated: Malaysian Night) audition and will be performing on the September 1st, for both modern and Chinese dance. And for the first time, there was Chinese dance performance on Malaysian Day, another event to raise fund for WWF Malaysia held in Dunedin.

Attended the first (proper) ball ever with Li Kee and Kah Yenn. From some hilarious conversation till we decided to attend and till I gotten my first proper gown (one day before the event). The whole process was rather rush but enjoyable. We had so much fun in the ball, ate like there was no food, captured photos like there was no one, dance like there was no tomorrow. The night wouldn't had been so amazing without the both of them.

My first road trip in New Zealand during the Winter break. Weather wasn't all great to shout about but the whole journey was relaxing and rejuvenating nevertheless. Plus, the scenery and people that came with the whole package were priceless.

Food venture started not long ago as well, with Li Kee and sometimes on my own. You never know how exciting things could bring you if you don't dare to take the first step. Having tried lots and lots of unfamiliar foods ever since I came to New Zealand. Though it's not new that I love foods but I definitely hadn't tried this much (new) food before. It's really exciting and will definitely continue doing this if everything's ok (student-budget you see).

Also, been cooking for myself for the second year already, things had gotten so much easier compared to the first time I tried cooking on my own. No more weird combination, bulk buying and the worst of all- burnt kitchen tools! Always enjoyed cooking as compared to baking (though I will not say I don't know how to bake by now after several successful attempts), and had managed to find a way to go around tight budget, delicious home cook, time and relatively limited ingredients (at home). 

This year has been really exciting and amazing, and I am anticipating to every single moment that is going to be happened. 

Photos and videos might not be uploaded by me if you've encountered problems viewing them. Thanks to fellow who had made effort taking down pictures and videos and uploading them!

p/s: life's too exciting till there's no time spare for blogging. :p

My return, really

Every single time that I mention something like "I'm gonna start blogging from now on!", and next minute you see me disappearing for another year or so. I officially give up on trying. haha.

Just to update you guys a little bit of my life (like you care):

1. I'm still in New Zealand

2. It's winter here (and yes, it should be cold)

3. I'm in my 2nd sem of 2nd year

4. I'm going back Malaysia at the end of the year!

'coz that's like what everyone will ask me so make sure you read 'em before you ask me or else I will know you haven't read this post yet and you should.

kthanksbye.

being the usual me

warning: you have 5 sec to decide to view this post or not, 5...4...3...2...1. ok go ahead and read but don't forget I've warned you! :P

Last night before I went to bed, I told myself...

Ok.. I'm gonna make a list of what I'm gonna do tomorrow as soon as I wake up, remember? Repeated twice.

What actually happened today when I woke up..

"We need to clean the place now! Brigit said we have to clean it now!" said Abby, my flatmate.

"WHAT?!! but I'm hungry...." I said.

We cleaned the place and I was hungry so I have to get bread from Coupland. Walking under the rain is a pain in the ass. I have to because I'm hungry. =X

I got back and I started eating and surfing the net....

Tick tock tick tock.. its 4.30pm now!

yea so what?

I am going out with friends!!

and....?

I DIDN'T ACTUALLY MADE THE LIST TODAY!

.....dang! -.-

Te Whare Wananga o Otago

I realised that I don't actually have a post about my university, what a bad student I am. (*knockonmyead*)

Not like I'm gonna write a a review about every single institutions that I've attended so far, but yeah I think this one is a little bit worth of mention.

WHY?

1. My first time away from home (such a typical line for an overseas student, but who cares, ITS REALLY MY FIRST TIME AWAY FROM HOME! *chillchill*)

2. Its a beautiful university (ok for the fact that its located in a beautiful city)

3. Seems like I'm homesick that I have to express everything out here. actually, I'm not.

4. Its a beautiful city that I couldn't stop writing about its beauty. maybe not, its more like a town to me.


If you've known me enough, I'm actually very lame. So by the time you finished that 4 points, I was practically crapping. (on your face :D) Ya, some are true points, some may seems more like a sarcasm, but no, its really a beautiful place.

Crap I always thought that I can write really fast but seems like I'm going away from the topic again. ignore me.

This is my university

Its actually a building that could resemble my uni. This Clock Tower is like a tourism spot in Dunedin. I remembered once a customer told me that "that Clock Tower in your uni is very famous huh?", I immediately go speechless. For the fact that I don't know exactly what's the building for. Probably an admin/registry building.
If I have taken that picture above when the weather is sunny and good, that picture will look so much nicer and much much prettier. (it wasn't a picture that I've taken off the net)
Despite being described as an XL size campus, I don't find this university that big. If I'm not mistaken, this uni is further divided into 3 campus: Central, East and South. My classes took place in Central campus thus far. East campus is the College of Education; South campus is the School of Medicine.

St David Lecture Theatre

This is the lecture hall that most of my classes took place. A very nice lecture hall, very new, clean and modern.

New building for Foundation studies opposite St David Lecture Theatre

Proctors Office beside St David

Food Science lab. Like a real kitchen!

Otago University Student Association

Central Libary. LOVE this place when I first entered!

There's still lots of buildings in the uni, but I've yet to take pictures of them.
The Chemistry building, and the Microbiology building are well-equipped and well-maintained despite its history.
I personally like the library the most, it gives me a really good feeling to just pick a book and sit there and read. Moreover, we're allowed to bring food and drinks into the library. No, not McDonald's or Domino's that smell. Maybe its just me, but I like to be surrounded by books, its a must-go place during the holidays. Just by thinking of it makes me feel satisfied, already.
I enjoyed studying here, for it gives me a really good student life. Being a campus city, the university gives its students all of the experiences that you could have, an once in a lifetime chance.

when exams are over

and now.. my final exam for semester 2 officially ceased!

*likeisaidintwitteriwasjumpinganddancingaroundlikenobodybusiness*

HOHOHOHO

I had a list of things that I sort-of plan to do during Summer... I don't know why but I can always thought of tonnes of stuff to do for holidays BEFORE the holiday even started, but as soon as I'm in holidays, I will literally do NONE of it.. ok its a little exaggerated, but its somewhere close to that.

For example, I might have 30 things-to-do, end up 15 things that were crossed out because I don't feel like doing them or so, 8 things that were done after the holiday, leaving only 7 things that were actually done DURING the holiday..

So this time,

I am gonna make sure I don't repeat the mistake..

I am gonna..

make the list shorter :))))

Sounds good!

but what if you have 15 things on the list, and according to the trend, you might end up only doing 2 or 3 things on the list? oh myyy... such a good idea huh..

so what's in my list?

To our long distance relationship

LDR, a.k.a. long distance relationship.

Malaysia-- New Zealand= approximately 5400 miles away (8600km)

United Kingdom-- New Zealand= approximately 11951 miles away (19232km)

As of the time I'm writing this, he'd probably just landed in Birmingham airport.

Where should I start this post from?

Showing you a photo I took when I took my flight to NZ..

no I did not take this. lol. Jakun like me will be all excited when I see sunrise/ sunset. no time to pull out camera ok.

When its still MY-NZ

Hard or not?

SURE hard..

I reckon, for every couple this is a definite challenge. For a newly couple, this obviously is a very very big challenge to us. Ever heard of the word "tong chi tao"? some phrase in Cantonese implying that two people that always and literally stick together all the time. Separating us is like a pain in the ass. (ok not exactly like that but you get what I mean)

time difference..

If you haven't know yet, NZ has GMT +12 while MY has GMT +8.

In layman term, NZ is 4 hours/5 hours ahead of MY.

Don't be shy to use your friend, Google, he does a really good job all you need is just search "Dunedin time" then it will give you the answer.

I have classes early in the morning at 8am (not I like I attended, well most of it), and probably ending classes at 1pm the earliest. By that time, he would probably just woke up.

Sometimes I stayed up really late until 4am in the morning; sometimes he woke up (or did not sleep at all) morning. (to be exact, I stay up late eventhough its not for LDR. yea very kns)

Its been hard, to stay up late/ wake up early.

I have two clocks on my laptop/in my phone, just to make sure that I am on the right time and to make things easier. (now I guess I have to add another clock showing UK time..)

wonder how will a person not confused by the bright pink clock I showed above.. at least I will be confused by it. So many "hands" wei. ok maybe I'm just dumb. *slapmyself*

get connected...

Everything seems to get harder when its on LDR. We literally have to chat everyday just to make us feel that we are with each other. Calling costs, still, he spent so much just to call me so that I won't feel lonely. We text everyday eventhough its not entirely necessary, just because we used to text so much back in MY so it had become one of our habit to have each others' text every now and then. Until one point that his phone bill had gone up so high that he has to stopped texting a while. Even so, we didn't stop texting.

because this way.. we feel connected. Being miles apart, we need something to make us feel we are connected in some way.

I believe.. keeping each other connected is important in LDR. Of all, I think being able to express or open up feelings to each other is utterly important in maintaining the relationship. Not just updating on everyday life, but also what you feel, your thought, your dream and etc. Doing that once in a while will make you realise a lot of your relationship.

well of course I did not ask you to "boil" your phone (direct translate as in talk on the phone) for several hours until your phone bill goes like that. Oh he's using Maxis not at&t. lol. Too bad Google doesn't have one for Maxis so just pretend that's Maxis logo you're seeing.

If that's the amount that he has to pay for every month or even only one month.. I guess he would already be more than crazy to handle this..

yea like this.. haha

Opt for cheaper way to connect if we run out of credit or what. Like snail mail.

LOL.

Not that of course, it would take forever to tell something that had happened like 2 weeks ago.

Just think of every way to connect each other like msn, skype, facebook, twitter, email and even blog.

not the "real" person..

Almost everynight, we have our Skype on and we will able to see each other. Even we have nothing to say at all, we just leave it on. At first we felt hard, we could see each other, we could hear each other, but we could not touch each other, could not hug each other, could not hold each other hands.

Often I miss him by my side, where I could really interact with him, in real.

I miss him (his shoulder actually), so that I could lay on his shoulder.

being in a LDR, I should be more than prepared to handle/overcome this.

Especially at night, when a sudden lonely feeling strikes me.

To the extent that we keep each other in accompany for too much that we have to let each other to have our own space with friends and etc.

Nobody asked me this before, but I think, many would be really curious, what makes me, or us, dare to try LDR?

He has faith in our relationship.

Notice that I said him, instead of us. I admit that I didn't really have strong faith in it at first.

because you never give up on me.. that we could overcome obstacles one after another..

because you're the light, that will endlessly guide me when I'm lost, bring me back on track to where you are..

and you ask, what about when its UK-NZ?

a trivia here: Name the city that is furthest from London.

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Google search it :p

Ok I will be kind here (kononnya).

Its Dunedin.

Its the 7th month that we are having this LDR. We don't know how long we have to be in LDR. We don't know where the future will be, to be honest.

We are like the ordinary couple that would have fight and disagreement. Argument and cold wars that follow.

既来之，则安之

To go with the flow.

After all, what we need to believe is that,

♥♥♥

photos credit to Google search images.

I feel like writing my blog today.. but where I should start from?

hmmmmmmmmm

$1.60 please

I finally get to ride the bus in Dunedin today! :D
I was all excited at the same time worried that I will board on the wrong bus.
Tick tock tick tock time passed and I was still waiting..
So many buses passed by but none to my destination.. =/
I started to get worried but the next second I saw "my" bus has finally come!

Boarded and it was all empty besides an old lady and I.
SO SYOK! I love the feeling when you're the only passenger in the bus. hehe!

The bus is clean and clean and clean! Loving it :D

After that I checked the bus schedule book only I realised that, the bus actually came on time (a little earlier if I'm not mistaken) so my worries were all for nothing. Another good thing here eh, punctual bus! (which you rarely get in Malaysia)

p/s:
Me: (smile) 2 zones
Bus driver: That will be $2.60 please
Me: (holding a student ID card) oh I've got my ID card here.. (showing to him)
Bus driver: Ohhh...! Child..! $1.60 please.. (smile)
Me: (stunned) oh..okok.. (get change, handed with receipt and walk away with doubts)


need proof?


LMAO!


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Bored

Its the last week of holiday for my sem break.
OMG
What did I do for the past 2 weeks?
Hmmmmmm the first week was pretty fully utilised with all the outings..
Well the second week.. I pretty much just stay in my ROOM the whole time I think..
=/
What to do.. no friends to go out with..
Been staying in my ROOM for too much until I started shouting its too boring and there's one day that I couldn't stand the boredom I even walked out to UNIPOL and back for nothing! O.O
Yes, too bored =/
Well, yea, because I stay in my ROOM the whole time, like literally the small room all the time, not even stepping out of my flat.
So pathetic..

But but.. thank you Code Geass for killing some of my boredom. Really, such an awesome anime!

See what I am doing now.. pretty much crapping here because I am too bored again.
lol

Random post

I saw this while browsing the net.. WHAT?! WHEELIE BIN STICKERS?!

Yes, indeed. ;)

A lil update from New Zealand

YES I KNOW! Ages since I update my blog right?! I am not going to promise anything to continue blogging but I may occasionally come here and write things down. This is my blog, I do whatever I want LOL

So to update about my current life. I am currently in Dunedin, New Zealand to pursue my tertiary studies. Few things about here: cold and unpredictable weather, clean, relax, and small.

First of all, its about the weather. Dunedin is famous for its unpredictable weather. One second it was raining, the next second sunlight comes out. Its windy here, so when it rains with strong wind, an umbrella couldn't do much. I am slowly acclimatise to the weather, though I still barely can stand at times.

Its clean here, the environment and atmosphere, despite the really strong UV light. You get to see broken glasses on the streets but there's people cleaning up and they practise recycling and reusing here which are pretty good. Personal hygiene wise, I have no comment as I am kind of clean freak LOL.

The shop opens at 10 and closes at 4.30 or 5pm, even the mall, or maybe slightly later till 6pm. Some shops do not open on Sundays. The lifestyle here is pretty laid back, very much suitable to study. I still prefer working in a city though, but Dunedin is definitely a good place to settled down.

Dunedin is very small, really. Its more like a town than a city to me. According to statistics, its roughly 120,000 population here, compared to Kuala Lumpur, 1,627,172 population, you do the calculation. Everything is within walking distance, I mean, most of them. I walk everyday, to Uni, to convenience stores, to town and to gardens.

Before I came here, I did some research about Dunedin, in a nutshell, they say its a pretty boring place. I was quite worried at the same time I was quite doubtful about this but I prove them wrong, in some ways. Dunedin is not like UTAR in Kampar. Well, I have never been to Kampar, but according to my friends, its quite far to get from one place to another. In Dunedin, you see alot of pedestrians, so its not just you that are walking on the streets. Many cyclists as well, as they have the cyclist path on the road. Dunedin has cinemas, though I have never been there. Dunedin has 3 supermarkets and 1 farmer market(on every Saturday unless Christmas Day or Anzac Day is on a Saturday), they are not too far to walk to, ranging from 20mins to 30mins. Dunedin has "malls" as well, do not compare the one that you see in KL. Although Dunedin does not have high buildings but you could see stores pretty easily within Uni area. If you're looking for excitement like the one you get in KL, no, you wouldn't see it here. If you're looking for a decent place to study and relax, yes, this is the place. I have classes every day until 6pm, thus I do not go out often at night after classes. So I don't really see the point where you find this place boring. Probably at times you wanna seek for some "exciting" relaxation off your studies. What I do is just by sleeping, so Dunedin is my place.

I am supposed to be on my lab report writing but look at what I am doing now. geez. I am so laid back today.

Ok that's all for this time. till then :)

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