Saturday, 22 November 2008 - :

I'm finally back from new zealand and this post is lag by 2 days. oh well.
Jet lag and laziness have contributed much to the reason why this post has been so lag.
and the above two factors will also explain why this post is going to be short.
more details on the so-called "holiday" to south new zealand will be posted in the near future (oh-not-so-distant-future hopefully)
quick summary first.
The scenery's breathtaking with all its clear blue lakes and snow-topped mountains, beautiful glaciers.
The population of sheeps and cows there probably outnumbers that of new zealanders but it also provides a very exclusive feeling, being the only car travelling on the road at times.
The countryside has a super different feel from the concrete jungle in Singapore. So much more relaxed.
The small towns there aren't that bad with supermarkets and stuff, though the buildings there are usually no higher than 3 storeys.
However, one super super unattractive fact about New Zealand is that I can't get used to their food there.
Every single meal is fried food, fish and chips or chicken tenders (which they give you 2 pieces of fish or chicken and the rest of the plate, filled with fries), or burgers.
Couldn't stand potatoes and bread much longer so we hunted down chinese or rather thai restaurants where we ate half the time.
Also, their food was super expensive. A plate of fish and chips cost an average of 14-18 singapore dollars and in chinese/thai restaurants, a bowl of rice cost 2-3 singapore dollars!
I'm never stepping in a fast food restaurant for at least a month.
And at Queenstown, I went bungy jumping! wahooo!
It was scarily fun, free falling down the mountain for 47 metres but somehow or rather, by some miracle I didn't back out in the middle of the jump and managed to complete it, together with a certificate and photos (hopefully i will upload in the next post).
Also did the Shotover Jet which was not that scary but really fun too!
Initially wanted to try skydiving (one-in-a-lifetime experience) or paragliding but there wasn't enough time to do all that. There was also rock-climbing, abseiling and loads of other fun stuff but again shortage of time.
Did a 4 hour glacier walk, walking, or rather climbing, all the way up the mountain up to the glaciers which was damn tiring. Had to lug a whole backpack of raincoats and crampons up the mountain too and hiking with boots that weighed a possible estimate of 1kg, it was a wonder that i actually made it up the mountain and back down intact.
the glaciers were beautiful and walking on ice was super cool!
oops i guess the "short" post has grown to be a tiny-itty bit longer than i expected.
and there were not surprisingly really funny moments with my parents too.
details shall be further elaborated on future posts.
And I got into OGL. wahoo! that was unexpected.
holidays are turning BORING! >.<
the dreaded holiday homework deadlines are closing in. and I haven't started. :X
Long week awaits.
tata.

NoViA hugged teddy at 05:10