wellington.wellington.wellington

wellington

wellington

wellington

what can i say? generally i like it here.

civic

wow...

christine's recent visit

the weather has been great so far. of course i have to say the wind is crazy here but it is not so bad really. just don't bother setting your hair before leaving the house.

that field is where i play soccer..overlooking the city..super windy

this place is not only windy but hilly too. way too hilly i think. the other day i played soccer for the first time after like a month not playing(WOOHOO!) i had to walk like 15 mins to get to the field. i am not complaining because i have to walk to the field, but it is the climb to the field. it is like 15mins of pure climb. by the time i reached the field, i'm already tired. the field is pretty cool because it is like at the top of the hill and you can oversee the city. but no complains. at least got steady dosage of soccer.


jump!@botanical gardens

jump!@botanical gardens

scouts honour

wellington cable car

people are super nice here. mag's boss, ben, is super nice. he offered to come by town and take us for shopping because he know that we wanted to shop for things for our place and it would be hard for us to travel by bus. we even went for breakfast/lunch last saturday before heading to levin for a hot air balloon festival.

somebody call 911!

help is on its way

backup

lost driver

lift of at levin..nice..

mag's colleague, Sally, is super nice too. during the easter weekend, she and her bf, craig, brought us to small towns around the area for a day trip. at least now i can say i have real angmo friends. as in friend friend wan..not the ones just the hi bye ones..

kaitoke reserve: craig, sally & mag

first ever wine tasters in martinborough

imitating poses in greytown

people here are much more friendly i think because they are more exposed to asians here because alot of ppl here come from different places. so i guess they are more patient and understanding. haven't experience the"f**k off asians" or "stupid asians" or "go back home" those kind of stuff yet.

castlepoint lighthouse

lighthouse at castlepoint

sand dunes at castlepoint

as for food..there is lots of malaysian restaurants. it is a good thing. quality wise not all good but we know what dish is nice from which restaurant. we manage to find a roti canai place which actually make them fresh. one of our favourite places. really nice roti canai and curry. roti chennai, kk restaurant, r&s satay noodle house, kc cafe are one of our regular restaurants. ask me to recommend where to eat when you come down to welly.

they also got a sunday market in the city where you can grab fresh vegies and fruits. pretty cool and pretty cheap!

sunday market

we really need to find a new place to stay. the current one is like so small that we have to slowly walk around the room in order not to push something down or knock or leg on the table. if we can't find a new place, we might kill each other i tell you. seriously. not joking.

boom!

boom!

all in all, we are surviving here but we still miss auckland because we left our friends behind.

byebye!

Milo + Crackers

life's simple pleasures....ahhhhhh

dip it in and makan. anyone else enjoys this?

memories malaysia

This is long overdue...the trip back to Malaysia was as usual...GREATTTTT!

Some of the highlights were(in no particular personal favourite order):

1) Baby Jayden took up most of my time during my time back. He is such a cutie. His specialty is that he never stops smiling.

Another favourite trick of his is the piggy face. Everytime you say piggy mouth in canto he makes this face and then he will laugh because you laugh as well.

proud parents

oh so so adorable..i am missing him so much!

He also dont like to be left alone in the room. He will cry everytime you leave the room. So in order to not make him cry, you either take him out of the room and go out and play with him or you play with him in the room and hope that he will eventually fall asleep. But guess what? Most of the time I will be the one falling asleep on his bed and he continues playing by himself. There was once he bite my leg so that i'll wake up....cheeky boy!

2) Good old friends. They never fail to put a smile on my face. The countless futsal and mamak sessions it was awesome. Got the chance to catch up with almost everyone. Majority of them are all working now. Most of us are getting bigger and some skinnier. One thing i kesian about my friends are the late night hours they work. Everytime we go mamak, I'll see them coming in their working clothes and they will say they just came from work. Which is around 11pm?... kesian... crazy... but it's all good. Thanks for organizing all the futsal sessions, hangout sessions, cs sessions and the farewell dinner too. Thanks a bunch ppl. Love you ppl. =)

3) Food was of course another highlight. I managed to fulfill most of my food list...so I guess that was pretty good.

FOOD
Mamak(Murni)
Claypot Chicken Rice(Old Town)
Wonton Mee(Satellite/Old Town)
Chicken Rice(Satellite/Old Town)
Hokkien Mee(AhWa)
Prawn Mee(State)
Duck Rice(State)
Fried Noodles(OUG)
Ice Kacang(Old Town)
Beef Noodles(Jalan Silang)
Pig Intestine Mixed Pork Porridge(Old Town)
Tau Fu Fa
Egg Tart
Pisang Goreng
Ya Char Keow
Pan Mee(Lucky Garden)
Dim Sum
Crab + Seafood (Klang/Fatty Crab)
Steamboat
Pork Noodles(OUG/Near Seapark)
Sushi Buffet
Yoshinoya
Nandos
Pork Noodle(State/Lucky Garden)
Duck Noodle
Char Keow Teow(Old Town/SS2/State)
Keow Teow Soup(Old Town)
Curry Laksa(OUG)

4) Family of course the most important. Parents are getting older, aunties are getting older..it is good to catch up and spend time together with them. Just found out that mom is no longer hired by her company. She didn't even let us know. Had chance to meet some of my cousins and uncles which is also good. I realised that home is much more quieter now because my sis and I are away. But at least there is Jayden for them to take care and keep them busy.

I miss my mommy, daddy and aunties. =(

5) Holiday!! Managed to travel abit this time. Me and mag did lots of shopping in Malaysia and Bangkok. Mostly in Bangkok I must say. It was like 3D 2N of shopping. Shop + Tom Yum Gong + Shop + Tom Yum Gong + Shop + Sleep = bankrupt..hehehehe but it was so worth it. One crazy thing about Bangkok is the traffic. It is insane. Their taxi drivers and tuk tuk drivers LAGI insane I tell you. Taxi drivers speed like mad on highways. They go around 140kph - 150kph. Siao man...I wanna put seat belt on also cannot..because there is NO SEAT BELTS in the back seat. But overall the trip is awesome..food was super delicious and our hotel was great. If you look at the photo below, you can see our hotel bed was decorated with roses you know. So nice. This is because when we made the booking online we tick the box honeymooners...

Honeymoon Suite....lol

During my trip back in Malaysia, I played host/tour guide twice. Once for Mag's family and the other for a Japanese friend.

To tell you honestly, I actually enjoyed it. For so many years I've been in Malaysia, this is the very first time I've visited the Petronas Twin Tower Skybridge, Batu Caves, Tugu Negara, Masjid Negara, Istana Negara and the Indian Temple near China Town. Damn shy lar...this places are so beautiful. I'm ashamed of myself man...but it is never too late to go visit these places yourself!

That summarizes my recent trip back to Malaysia and I can't wait for the next one. Hopefully that will be the one where I'll be back for good. =) We will see how things will go eh? Go with the flow...

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