Sunday, November 8, 2009

seeing new zealand my way - auckland

auckland. quite a quiet city. not a place to do exciting trendy shopping but u will lov it if u r into vintage stuff. a lot of green. and i love the pink.


after 4 years!!!! finally met my dear yaya in auckland!!! she is still as beautiful and adorable as ever. we properly screamed when i reached her doorstep. oh my god i miss you! althought the next thing u told me wasnt realli the most favorite thing i wanna hear on a holiday. look at the mess below u will get it.


so yaya said "ai ling sorry lah we have to move out in two days. so u hav to giv us a hand at night ya" i almost fainted. i hate moving house!!!!! but then since it was free lodging so ok im not complaining more.




we took a ferry ride to reach a small island, the davenport. it was a small town. yaya n i were walking up mount victoria before a stranger stopped his car to offer a ride. so, PLEASE LISTEN, if ur mom tells u not to get into a stranger's car, u just dont do it. she is nagging for your very own good i can assure u. below was a story of how a nice helpful stranger who turned into a weird stalker.


in the car. weird things going to happen.

so we tot, the man looked pretty friendly. n there was a japanese gal in the car. he must b alrite. so we hopped onto the car. and guess wad when we finished looking around on mount victoria and about to walk down ourselves he offered to bring us to another mount and we were stupid enough to not refuse. and there he brought us into a tunnel and began to show us some pics on his camera, mumbling that those were his tenants and they were getting along well. it kinda freaked us out so we tried to walk away from him. but guess wad, after 20mins we somhow met again and this time he brought us into more tunnels, and in there it was total darkness we couldnt see a thing. n it was realli doggy that eventho it was so dark he could actualli tell us all the directions in the place, like where to turn when to turn. then after a very long while in the tunnel we tried to leave and he finally agreed to leave. the place was quite far away from the city so we had no choice but to hav a lift to the town. then in the town he offered to bring us to icecream house. omg he js wouldnt let us off. we said thank u and jumped off the car. thinking we must b safe already after walkin in the town for half an hour, guess wad, we met him again. and this time he offered to take us all the way home so as to save us a ride on the ferry. n he even asked for our phone number and address. we quickly ran off for our lives to the ferry. he was a stalker!!!!! so ppl, realli, don even get into a stranger's car!!!!!!!!!!


well, despite the horrifying encounter, the place was beautiful. we would have enjoyed it more if those weird things did not happen tho.



we went to the auckland musuem cos yaya said the maori performance is a must-not-miss. the musuem was exhibiting a lot about the maori history. omg they js reminded me of the kadazans in malaysia. the cultural dance, the singing, the costumes were so similar.


and look at their house!!!! exactly like those rumah panjang in sabah or sarawak! altho i havnt visited one myself lol.


i wonder why the maori like to stick out their tongues. they say it is meant to scare the enemy but seriously, whenever they did it, i just burst out laughing. nothing realli scary about a tongue sticking out rite?

thanks yaya. it was a good short stay and u had been so lovely. will be bac for more lol.

seeing australia my way (sydney)

hello sydney. so metropolitan, so crowded, so sunny. after an overnight flight and barely any sleep, i still could drag myself out to see the busy sydney.


everything was like a picture. like those pictures u see on postcards. and suddenly they are all standing right in front of u.


the very magnificient sdyney opera house. i had such a drama, such an experience with it. i got lost in the tour i joined; basically got left behind when other visitors together with the tour guide moved on to another spot in the building as i was too engrossed with my hearing guide. when i turned around, gosh i was sitting all alone in the auditorium. luckily a staff saw me n brought me back to the reception where i got my second tour (ya had to start all over again) and the receptionist was putting up a stern face telling me "dont get lost again miss". i realli think me can do all the impossibles. and hello dear jeremy, u should hav realli looked for me!!!!!


ok. u cant realli miss the harbour bridge if u see the opera house. tats wad makes sydney sdyney.



bondi beach!!!!!!!!! ok so i tot it was winter i couldnt get into the water anyway so i was all armed with boots and jackets as i left the house. guess wad, it was as sunny as u can imagine, so wallyo couldnt care much and got herself a pair of pink ripcurl sandals, got rid of her legging and all jackets just to feel the water and the sand =) sydney has a funny sense about winter!



ok highlight of the trip-- THE CHOCOLATE MAN!!!!! i was wondering wad the hell this fella was doing. he was all covered with chocolate and kept on asking strangers to touch him. guess he was promoting some chocolate brand. i happily volunteered to hav a picture of cos lol.





a short visit to the nearby manly beach. it is apparently a hot spot for surfing but wad a shame it was pretty gloomy so nothing realli exciting in sight.



this was like the fun part of the trip. so i was bugging to jump on the cruise to go to the open sea to see some wild whales in action. and then jeremy being the good host agreed to keep me company. the sailing was realli a rough one. so shakey i couldnt realli stand still when we reached the open sea. half the people on the cruise were puking (ok not a good scene it made me a bit sick looking at them too especially when i just finished a whole big meal of McDonalds). but then the whales were adorable =) it was worth all the mess. and poor jeremy puked sooooooooooooo much. heyy jer u know being a good gal like me i wont post any pics of u being sick in the cruise (well u made good breakfast so i will spare u this time wakakakka).

thanks for everything. sydney was amazing =)