As redundant as it may seem, I’ve been back from Aussieland for a while now and only now that I realize (since this blog was started when Melbourne City was just there), that blogging here, on WordPress, has never been done in Boleh-land. Well, here I am, doing the long overdue and the short supplied – feeding my pet goldfish.
Fortunately for me, this pet goldfish can’t actually starve to death and unfortunately for this pet goldfish, it can’t actually starve to death. Little fishie here may have been kept hungry at best but hey, 10k visits translate to a pretty admirable amount of attention. I’ve decided to change the outlook of the blog at every 10k milestone provided the streams of traffic remain as unsurprising as it has been. Let’s not make this blog like Kenny’s one (not that it has the potential to anyway). I don’t relish the thought of appealing to absolutely anyone and everyone. Let’s keep this between you and me =).
Right, the trip. Of course.
The day we rented the car, a Toyota Carib. Freedom. Yes it tastes sweet, we know.
Rapunzel personified. Yes, I insist.
There Kat, you get to be the tall one in this picture.
Fai, Kat, Apple and Lake Taupo.
All three of us went together so we didn’t actually have a chance to take a video of ourselves but this baby, looks like this when in action. Needless to say, it wasn’t us but you would’ve seen something like that.
Rafting was “one of the best activities we did in NZ.” (Su Lin, 2007) Well said.
And of course, there’s the made-famous-by-Kenny-Sia, Zorb. Only in NZ, people. Monopoly bs.
The Maori Cultural Village showed us how a bunch of carvings can all stare at a piece of rock and make funny faces… forever.
Berry picking is evil I tell you. It exposes your inner cravings for berries and most (being the 3 of us) would succumb to a frenzied state, wildly rampaging through the garden of berries. In words: best strawberries I’ve ever tasted.
In picture. This oughtta pop some heads. Well maybe not yours, Sam.
I didn’t know Middle Earth was full of Hobbit droppings.
[Translate to Manglish]: Why so many goat shit wan?!KNS!
Little Hobbit holes. Bilbo and Frodo’s is the one on the top right.
The other side of the ‘Party Tree’. It’s the one where Bilbo made his speech in ‘The Fellowship of The Ring’.
And this is where Gandalf sat with Bilbo and smoked their pipes. Blardy smokers.
As a LOTR fan, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! full stop
Kat: Fai you look damn ugly!
Fai: Well somebody has got to spoil the picture.
They should come up with a word that means “Goddammit NZ is beautiful”.
Made our way to Cathedral Cove and what’s that word again? GoddammitNZisbeautiful!!
Heh… I can be such a poser at times. *blushes*
Kat, why you so poser wan?? Lol
Looking at it now, it kinda looks like Megatron’s foot.
Kat says she’s proud of herself cos she took those pictures wor… I’d say the model made her proud. *giggles*
Say oni 45 minutes, took us blardy 2 hours plus.
You see, when you’re in NZ, there’s always something out of the ordinary to see.
And the favorite-stop-of-all award goes to: Opononi.
We weren’t drunk but we managed to lose one of those property ownership cards. Strong wind mah..
Sand-boarding. 2-minutes walk up the sand hill that makes you wanna die, 2-3 seconds down the slope (which is amazing), 15 minutes sit-down-cannot-move-adi-lah-wanna-die-adi-lah. You think running on the beach is hard, try climbing a beach.
Some freshwater lake somewhere that’s really nice. No need for the latter part I guess.
Kat: Cannot find the market la, how??
Fai: Just walk towards Sky Tower la no diu adi la…
FAI FINANCE. For all your FAInancial needs, at the most FAInancially affordable rates.
This block of transparent concrete is supposedly as strong as the other non-transparent ones that are easily presumed ‘very safe to walk on’. Should I feel safe or should I feel like I’m standing on one whole floor of ’strong’ glass?
They have this thing called ‘SkyJump’ and you can actually see people gliding down from 300+ meter. Siao lang.
Well apparently having stage fright is not enough to save your ass from getting a boot from behind.
Let’s not forget about ‘The Baby Factory’!
“Oh, so this is where they make babies…” (Kathryn, 2007)
All in all, really enjoyed NZ. Hah! Since Su Lin does not maintain a blog, this makes me the first one to blog about our NZ trip. Kat, lazy la you Kat. Haha…
Anyway, will be back for more enthralling adventures of that Ipoh fella! Well not always enthralling, there are the stupid, random, suddenly-out-of-nowhere posts once in a while. Ok fine, most of the time they’re all stupid, random, suddenly-out-of-nowhere posts. Haha…
We’re (Kat, Su Lin and I) at Auckland International Airport now, awaiting our flight back to Melbourne.
Blarrrdy ass flight is at 7.00a.m. next morning and we’ve been here since 10.00p.m.
Been traveling round the north island of New Zealand and it’s been a mega, mega BLAST so far.
Anyhow, the pictures will come very soon and with the delightful assistance of free internet at the nearby Samsung booth, I wish all a Merry Christmas and a happy happy New Year! Folks back in Melbourne, Malaysia and of course, the blogosphere will be seeing my ulgy face (yes, against all your will) pretty soon I suppose.
Well, the realization did not barge through my head as crudely as it did to him and needless to say, Fai doesn’t get this kind of realizations anyway. I’m sure many of you are already nodding in agreement now. =)
I suddenly became conscious of the fact that I no longer write fancy and I always go straight to the point nowadays. It’s probably because most of the time I leave the talking to pictures (obviously they’d do a better job) and maybe because I find it very tiring to read a blog that is crammed full of ‘wordwordwordwordwordwordwordwordwordwordwordwordwords’. I (erm…kinda) find it pretty boring lo… Mel I blame you, you bitch!
Looking back at the things I wrote in Tancube (Jinn you should do that since you’re so free) and earlier WordPress posts, I was pretty amazed that I actually wrote the things I wrote. I told Kah Wei earlier today that I think I lost touch with my writing sense. I don’t know whether it’s just me or what but writing actually just comes to me like how you feel a gush of emotions taking over you. It’s like how Peter Petrelli can unconsciously call out supernatural powers (oh I took the test to find out which hero I was – Matt Parkman).
Well I’m telling you I lost touch and I can’t call out shits now. Shiaat!! Kena Shanti virus!! NOOOBB!!!
As much as I don’t wanna admit it, I’m just so damn lazy to blog now [applies to Jess, Sam and Kat (more of Sam and Kat)].
On the other hand, reality yet again failed not to rear its ugly end when I came across this picture.
Do I bark so incessantly that reading my blog actually annoys and distresses people?
Should I just do it in the backyard instead and have metal bins and the occasional passing bunch of flies as audiences?
Those, are questions people like -a—a- and XiaXue should ask themselves.
Yea that’s right. Do it in YOUR own backyard instead, bitch.
No thanks I’m good.
That was random. Anyway, below is a summary of pictures depicting my (our) holiday so far.
[Oh and I know that somebody is pissed at me for not calling her up. Sorry la boss.. Honest mistake. Next CNY go back Ipoh I belanja cheong kong white kopi ok boss?]
Mount Dandenong
Williamstown
Great Ocean Road
Dream World, Gold Coast
Surfers’ Paradise, Gold Coast
Brisbane City
Sea World, Gold Coast
Movie World, Gold Coast
Wouldn’t make anybody proud unless I did the above post with a keyboard like this.
One word: Pro
Qwerty is now known as qerty as far as my laptop is concerned.
Mum and Bro came to Melbourne for a little long long.
Showed them around and traveled a little. Mum said my room looks more like a dog’s kennel. Hah… I rest my case. In fact, Bro and I are leaving for Gold Coast in a few hours (for a week). He’s excited, at least.
Call this a filler but I believe the absence of internet should let me off the hook.
Lecture Me