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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Auckland @ 20 May 2013

Finally the day has come.

One working holiday visa
One way ticket to Auckland
Months of preparation and Google-ing.
New notebook, new camera, a clumsy huge powerbank, 3 unbelievable big luggage with about 43kg (insane right?!)

Finally I am sitting in Changi Airport, Singapore waiting for Ping to come, and together we will chase the Kiwi dream :D

10 hours of ass square-ing flight on the plane with super disgusting (talking about the taste) in flight meals. Seriously I rather eat instant cup noodle.

Arrived at Auckland International Airport.

Got my BBH card (10% discount on accommodation with BBH hostel) " at i-site counter. Collect as many maps and travel info as possible at i-site. Got a 2 Degrees simcard later with 500MB (ONLY) data plan but unlimited SMS to local numbers.

Called the car rental agent (Ace Rental), picked up by the cute blue car.

Buaya with the brand new pinky Nike, thanks to dad^^ Ping strongly insisted me to get another pair of shoes instead of wearing these to work in farm.

I was quite surprised with the cheap rate we got a quite nice/ pretty new car!

Bought a 2 Degrees simcard and return to airport to pick up Emay and her bf, Sheng Quang.

Look at the clouddddddd <3 br="">

Buaya a happy driver :D

Went to ANZ bank to open a bank account

Emay + Shen Quang = Big fans of RED

First meal in Kiwi's: Burger King

After we sent the couple back to their aunt's house at Remuera me and Ping checked into The Quadrant Hotel. Later after the shower, we met Stu from couchsurfing.com

He brought us to this quiet harbour with a row of restaurants / cafe

You Ping + Buaya Jess

First dinner in New Zealand: URBAN TURBAN - Indian cuisine

Buaya + Stuart

Am I still in Malaysia? Why can't get rid of Asian food yet? (Later home sick me keep looking for spicy food)

Thanks Stuart. It was a lovely (cold) night and thanks for showing us around :)

More stories coming.
The first 10 days in New Zealand was fun until I separated with my friends. Money stolen, stood up by CS host (not Stu), pokkai (fell down) on the street and hurt my right knee, desperately need a job but stood up by the job agent in Warkworth (I went all the way from Wellington on a Nakedbus and he told me the job is not available until another week).

It was quite an incredible bad luck. Till now I am still jobless. Job hunting in winter is harder that I thought. But I will survive!! Grrrrrr~~~~!!

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Weekend Trip @ Pulau Besar

Many pics have gone missing. This is the consequences of having too many devices at one time. Now I should focus on my camera instead of my 2 smart phones. It confused me with where I store my pictures and picture folders are not complete :(

Found a grasshopper in the toilet. Stay there!! FREEZE!

Someone put a hermi crab on the breakfast table. Let the poor thing go back to the sea!

Heading to second island: Pulau Besar after Pulau Sibu

I was cycling around but the suddenly rain dropped heavily and forced to stay indoor.

End of the story!!

Weekend trip @ Sibu Island

Famous nasi lemak @ Kluang before we hop on the speed boat to Sibu Island. Before that was a 4hours drive from KL.

It was an honour to travel with Tan Seri Abdul Kadir Syeikh. He is the owner of the resort we are going to stay. He plan to redevelop Sibu Island and Pulau Besar and attract more Singaporean tourists. Big projects coming!