hii everyone happy new year. :D
i know i havent been posting for quite some time, like since i left for new zealand. (and i didnt even post that i was going to new zealand) haha.
anyway new zealand was really really fun. and beautiful. :D
went there on 18th and came back on christmas!
heres a quick post about it and some pics. but the pic size kinda big so i wont post much cos i'll take super long to upload.

Day 1:
aeroplane ride.

Day 2:
arrived in christchurch and went to this wildlife reserve.
first thing we saw there was eels. they looked so big and fat and delicious which made me feel like killing them and eating unagi. (haha just joking.) they felt really slimy and jelly-ish.
then we saw boars which looked kinda ugly and parrots and kiwis and other interesting animals. :D


boars. oops camera kinda shakey :x


rudolf! without a red nose..

then we went to some museum. pretty cool stuff in there. (:


some cool bike with a gigantic front wheel and mini back wheel.

next stop, cathedral square.

church choir rehersal.


giant chess set.


lol sick. saw this at a souvenir shop.

Day 3
International Antartic centre:

Penguins!


in the snow storm simulation room.
it was really cold in there, around -8 degrees?
esp when they only provided us with one jacket and the rest of our clothes were not really meant for winter wear since it was summer there. but quite a cool experience. (:
oh and we took this hagglund ride. super cool. like roller coaster ride except that you're sitting in a van-like vehicle. :D

went for farmstay after that. but abit sian, didnt do much except to take a little drive round the farm.
dinner there was quite nice. we had lamb (fresh from their farm) and some steamed vegetables which was more delicious than i thought would be. I think i'll grow fat if i live in the farm for too long. xD
And after dinner the leftover lamb was fed to the dogs. lol. nothing else to do After that and we couldnt take a stroll around the farm cos it was raining and way too cold. so we went to sleep.
then woke up in the middle of the night. there total pitch black darkness, i couldnt even see my hand. super freaky. and it was really hard to fall back asleep cos i was so disturbed by the darkness ._.


playing cards while waiting for dinner. (:



Day 4
Drove to dunedin.
stopped at some railway station to take photos.
then went to cadbury factory! :D
toured for awhile then bought lots of chocolate. (:
drove to queenstown after that.

Day 5
Super long ride to milford sound to take a cruise. But it was very worth it. The scenery there was very very beautiful. (:




since it was a super long journey there was nothing much to do so we played cards on the coach. 9 ppl cheat/taiti with 2 decks of cards. quite fun but damn hard to win lol.
and the peter guy was trying to show me a magic trick but gave up cos i was being too retarded.
but in the end he still did. :D its super cooool. like he just asked me to write down a name then dont show him and blablabla. Then squeeze his hand and the first letter of the name will appear. and he actually managed to guess the name o.o reminds me of the magicians we saw last time during our vball cip. (:

Day 6
Went to Arrowtown, the goldfields mining centre. :D
jetboat ride there was th besttt! our driver totally rocks. Hes super funny and kept cracking jokes like how he accidentally crashed into the rocks before and broke the boat. Oh and the best thing, he totally got us wet. soaking from top to toe. Charis and i were like the wettest since we sat in front.
then went to Mrs Jones fruit Orchard. bought loads of cherries. (my faveee :D)
After that went to take a helicopter ride up to Mt Cook! :D


Day 7
Christmas eve was kinda disappointing.
drove like 2.5 hrs all the way to Kaikoura to take some whale cruise and in the end it was cancelled cos apparently the whales were also taking their xmas eve holiday and there werent any whales out there for us to see. So we drove all the way back to christchurch again. And did some shopping there.

Day 8
goodbye new zealand. back to singapore ):



okay orientation starts tmr. social ettiquette. right. i'm just trying to imagine how interesting it'll be ._. but nvm i shall look forward to training. and perhaps exploring the new campus with kimbo if theres time. (: