Over the weekend, I met up with a cousin whom i think i've met less than 5 times in my entire life cos he's been in new zealand since he was 12.

yup. this is him! he looks cuter in real life. hehe

anyway, he brought me out for lunch & to see some of the sights of Wellington.

This is the view from Mt Victoria which i presume is the highest peak in Wellington city since i dont see any higher ones around.

the view after i made a 90 degrees turn.

another 90 degrees turn

& another 90.

He also brought me to his home in a quiet suburb away from the city which is really very beautiful. When you look outta the window you can see serenely majestic hills and tall, silent trees standing guard. With a view like that, it's no wonder he doesn't wanna leave NZ. He also said i'm the first member of the family to see his home. Yay!

In the evening, my friends & I went to watch the All Blacks play against South Africa.

My tickets. The cheapest but the view was pretty good.

My memorabilia from the match.

As i wanted to enjoy the match & not have to worry about losing my stuff, i didn't bring my bag ... & my camera. So unfortunately, i didn't take any pics of the match. hehe.


This picture is kinda blur, it's taken at a cafe that plays live jazz.

THE END.

Those who know me well will know that i dislike blogging about the stuff i do.

But since i'm in another country & everyone's dying to know what i'm up to (or at least i like to think), I shall do just that.

with minimum number of words & maximum number of pictures.

That's Lella, Me, Dominique, Elvin, Joanne & some random pretty girl that Elvin has the hots for. I dunno what i would do without these people. :)

Took a drive out of the city & i finally saw my first sheep in NZ!

hahah.. & O0oo.. rolling hills & green pastures..

can you see the rainbow?! It was like the most beautiful sight ever,

rising from the hills into the blue & white skies

i took quite a few shots but this was the best.

nothing beats the real thing tho.

the stupid lamp post spoils the whole picture. hmmph.

Some more lovely people.

Joanne, Joy, Shan, Me (i know i look funny! heh) & Mary

Me enjoying the hugest most yummy ice cream ever.

White Chocolate & Raspberry as well as Honey & Figs!

Sounds good eh.

Room-mates Katarina & Kata. Kat's from Germany & Kata's Fiji-ian.

Anyway, i got an invite from Kat for lunch.

LUNCH!

According to Katarina, this is Chili from Mexico. (Pun intended. hehe)

It's supposedly very popular in Germany but more importantly..

it's YUMMY.

haha.

i'm gonna try cooking it one day soon.

just so you know i'm thinkin of you guys.

I'm not much of a photographer but i think these turned out quite alright considering they were the only shots i took.

View of Wellington Harbour

2 hours later

the 3 musketeers.
(nope, i'm not one of the 3, they're just some random strangers)

I keep on thinking about updating but somehow once i log onto blogger, i have nothin to say.

hehe.

wet, dry, wet, dry, wet

Everyday day i wash my hair, condition it, dry it, comb it
& when i step out of the building.. it gets wet.
when i reach my destination, it dries up.
on the way to the next super-fun place on my list of activities, it get wet again.
& this happens everytime i go out. hai.

Someone pls tell me why i even bother to wash my hair.

Anyway, its super cold & windy here & its been drizzling alot too.
The cold & the wind is actually alright, its the drizzling that's an irritant.
Using an umbrella's useless cos' it'll just get blown away or get bent.

Other than the weather, everything else is fine and dandy.
The other day, i was standing at the bus stop, and i saw smoke coming from somewhere around me.
Thinking that someone was smoking, i looked around me.
but there was NO one!!
It was coming from ME!!
hahaha..
My breath condenses like a dragon. :)

more soon. take care people!

Settling Down

After months of planning & preparation (not that i did much! i just did whatever whenever i thought of it.. haha.. ), I've finally arrived!

So far, everything has gone quite smoothly.

Initially, when i bid my family farewell in the airport, things felt quite surreal, as though i was off to the supermarket or something. It still hadn't registered with me that i wouldn't be seeing them for the next few months. haha..

But that lasted just a little while.

As I started pushing my trolley away, i started feeling more and more overwhelmed, like, "Wow! This IS happening!"

After that time just flew, despite my wish to be seated next to hunks on my flight, Esther's prediction came true. I was seated in between these 2 bearded Australian uncles, one of which walked to the toilet in his socks (haha.. like Eunice!).

When i arrived at Wellington, the custom officers unpacked all the stuff from my huge 28kg luggage cos they wanted to X-ray the bag cos on its own it was already real heavy & the fruit of my hours of packing was destroyed! hehe.. I had to just stuff everything back in record time after that.

A few other exchange students also took the same flight as me so i got to talk to some of them but we're all stayin at different places so I'll only be meetin them tomorrow during orientation.

Anyway, I've moved into my place. It's quite a nice place.. looks a bit bare but ok la..

got the zen look mah! hehehe..

I've unpacked all my stuff. Obviously.

My bed. I didn't have a duvet n pillow last night so i nearly froze my butt off even though i was wearing 2 warm trousers, and 3 sweaters.

Yup, so the first thing i did today was to go get a set!

My study table!

As you can see, I made sure I got my internet activated as soon as I arrived.

The fully-equipped kitchen!

My first meal in New Zealand! Cooked by my two lovely housemates from ...

... ... ...

Malaysia! Jessie & Joyce.

That's Jessie's arm you see in the corner. heh.

today they brought me for a walk around and showed me part of the school, the library, the shops. We also had chinese food for lunch, which was rather expensive at NZD8.50! (for a plate of sweet & sour pork rice! but to be fair the portions were huge la.)

yup.. that's it so far! nothing much has happened. I'm feelin quite happy so don't worry!

(yah Ma... I've taken the vitamin C tablet & ginseng pills!)

hehe