Auckland 28 feb 2010
Well in the morning went to park and sav with my flat mates and there bought some items and went home to read up on chapter 3 of the strategic brand management then cousins called and chat with them and went out to the latern festival in town.
Its like the latern festival that we have in Singapore and its crowded! With performances from the chinese culture. PS: it’s the only time and place where you see the popular Asian street food or finger food with chilli! Noodles, mi fen, fried chicken at $5, Taiwan sasuage at $3, curry chicken roll at $2, candy apples at 2.50 and durian roll at $1.
Tried the chicken curry roll and durian roll. Not much durian in it! Cant even taste durian in the first place then the chicken curry roll? Its like spring roll just they replace the turnip with curry chicken used for curry puff. There is also fresh durians and logan and coconut but didn’t try it. Then one thing to know is the rubbish area, there be staff there to point to your where you have to throw your rubbish in the bins. A good way to recycle! Took some photos but have to went home early due to the last bus leaving on 8.30 so ya miss the fireworks.
Back home, I finish reading chapter 3 and then join my flat mates for beer. Drank like 4 and half bottles and went to sleep.
Its like the latern festival that we have in Singapore and its crowded! With performances from the chinese culture. PS: it’s the only time and place where you see the popular Asian street food or finger food with chilli! Noodles, mi fen, fried chicken at $5, Taiwan sasuage at $3, curry chicken roll at $2, candy apples at 2.50 and durian roll at $1.
Tried the chicken curry roll and durian roll. Not much durian in it! Cant even taste durian in the first place then the chicken curry roll? Its like spring roll just they replace the turnip with curry chicken used for curry puff. There is also fresh durians and logan and coconut but didn’t try it. Then one thing to know is the rubbish area, there be staff there to point to your where you have to throw your rubbish in the bins. A good way to recycle! Took some photos but have to went home early due to the last bus leaving on 8.30 so ya miss the fireworks.
Back home, I finish reading chapter 3 and then join my flat mates for beer. Drank like 4 and half bottles and went to sleep.
Auckland 27 feb 2010
Was suppose to study brand management during the day and then go to park and sav in the later afternoon but then may and rest ask me if I wanna go to new market so yup. Saw this puppy at school and went to play with it, his name is bluster and then I went with them to the train station and the station was closed for works, so we went down and up searching for a bus to the new market and find that the Lim’s market is down the road and what the map that unitec give to us circle at. Anyways walked back to the railway and hoop on the replacement bus that just come and off we go to new market. Season clearing is not everytime. We got our meals at mac and I got bacon, tomato and vege, coke and fries at $5 By now the clearing went less in farmers and we shopped around and I bought a checked jacket coat at $10 from the orginal of $30 at Valley girl. Then may, jimmy and I took the bus back to mt albert and went to Lim’s market where I bought like sweet plums 8 for $3 plus, corns at 4 for $1.50, soy sauce at 1.27, lamb shoulder at 3.56. There were all kinds of pork meat there but I got sick of it and want to buy lamb, those were like pig ears, heart, kidney, ox brain, kidney, tail or something and they have frozen durian at 10 plus! Here its hard to find bitterground, durian, trupid, rambuttan and bean curd or the ikan billies.Then we like went back home and I cut the lamb into pieces before I store them into the fridge. Got a new apartment mate and she’s from Russia. Anyways at night, Han drove us to town intending to catch the latern festival but we couldn’t find parking so we decided to go today itself at the last day and there might be fireworks haha!
Auckland 26 feb 2010
Well did study for strategic brand management today chapter 1 and make notes then for the afternoon, went to Auckland city to explore and found the sky tower. It’s a good thing that I am a student as I got $10 off from the usual price of $28. Went to the main obsever tower and the sky deck then there were glass floors which I have problems crossing over cos you can see what is under you! Its scary! Then after the skytower, went to walk around before I head home but Ahhhh! I miss my stop, lucky for me there was this ticket master that was going home so he drove me to my dorms! Lucky me if not I will have to walk to pak and sav and then walk home from there.
Cooked dinner again lol and the sweet potato is really cannot be cooked one -.- cos tasteless, you have to stir fry it to get some taste from it.
Cooked dinner again lol and the sweet potato is really cannot be cooked one -.- cos tasteless, you have to stir fry it to get some taste from it.
Auckland 25 feb 2010
If you asking when is the time I shop the most, I guess it be today! Went to top up my bus pass and borrow a book this morning and went straight to take 006 to st lukes with may. We walked for a while before heading to the bus stop where bus 11 comes and take us to ohangura. It’s a 40 mins trip there and once we hit there at dress smart, we were like going into one after another to look for clearance items and I just go try as I like. She bought her clothes from espirt and me well I see if I need formal clothes by there. There is no warm clothing as they were clearing out summer clothes and then we went to walk around the streets before going on the bus to get home.
Cooked dinner that night, slice the sweet potatos into thin slices cos its not sweet than the ones from japan and cooked mifen with garlic and fry an egg
rabbit in school
Cooked dinner that night, slice the sweet potatos into thin slices cos its not sweet than the ones from japan and cooked mifen with garlic and fry an egg
rabbit in school
Auckland 24 feb 2010
Well didn’t do much of a thing today cos I went to the library for research and to the computer lab to research too then got free bbq to save it for dinner and went back to the apartment to take my textbook and off I went to pt chavailer at the other end of the campus.
Saw this chinese shop selling clothes and stuff at reasonable price. I bought a haversack for $16 and the material was real good and light and soft! It turns out she has a place to rent for $80 per week lol.
Then went to green bay to buy sweet plums at $2. They’re really sweet and I bite one the juice flow out of my mouth! That’s cool!
Then went to countdown and want to buy chicken frames but they pack in huge amount at $4. The problem is that the fridge is too small to fit all in! so bought noodles, cream source and pasta.
Took the gecories to class and after class meet the girl to buy her textbook at $30 for a 7th edition one then its back to apartment for me. May showed me how to top up the power and ya I need to do my wil but I dun have the will to do it!
What you are seeing now is my class for business process management, its the largest class I have so far! Strategic brand management was just like 6 person in a class. Here the class are kept small so that you would not feel scare to speak out lol!
If you ever hit new zealand, this is a must try! Its really sweet here! In Singapore most of this are sour but here you feel the sweetest!
Well I not a pizza person so I pass this haha! anyway my fridge does not have space already!
I swear if my fridge was 10 times bigger! I would have bought this to store! Chicken frames! Its cheaper than meat. Even the pets are having good food! Big beef bones at 90 cents for the dogs and I mean really huge!
And yes! I did spend again but this time for this bag at $16 and a scissors at $3! This bag the material was so nice, soft and light that I like it the first time I touch it and since my sling bag is giving me a strain on my neck becos its too heavy, I decided to buy a haversack and use it for class so that when I need to carry textbooks, its in the bag!
Auckland 23 feb 2010
Attend strategic brand management and then its back to the books for me in wil. Manage to read some articles and put them into the essay and what is left is the recommendations on how I could improve part. Then have a walk at the waterfall to relax and refresh my mind before I go home to cook dinner and make notes for operation management chapter 1 on my course book. Manage to secure a lower edition of the textbook so that I can save $$ from buying the 9th edition at $121.
freebies from orientation pack
jump off water fall
the waterfall
at class
auckland 22 feb 2010
Well woke up early to go to st lukes before class starts at 5.30pm and do some window shopping. Bought this jacket at $20 which the material is really soft and nice and have subway of the day at $3.99 as lunch and dinner for the day cos my lesson is dinner time. Anways after that went to mt albert the Asian store there to see if there is beancurd but then there is none so went back to the apartment to put my milk and all that and then went to the bookshop to look at the books. Its omg one can easily cost above $100, I was like hell! Do they have second hand?
After that did some surfing in the computer lab and went to class. After class walked home and they were having party after I bathe so like join them for the party and got a taste of different wine mixed with spite or coke and red bull. Here you need to learn to drink. Party till 12am and I haven touch my wil today -….-
After that did some surfing in the computer lab and went to class. After class walked home and they were having party after I bathe so like join them for the party and got a taste of different wine mixed with spite or coke and red bull. Here you need to learn to drink. Party till 12am and I haven touch my wil today -….-
Auckland 21 Feb 2010
Left the apartment early to find my way to Pak and save the store that is renown for their cheap prices and I walked through the natural pathway that May they all taught me. Was at this junction where I need to ask for directions and there were this really nice couple with 2 dogs that drove me to the building. Pak and Save believe me is the food and vegetable version of Ikea in Singapore (the one at Tampines), their goods were like Ikea stack high up. I bought eggs at $2.99, instant noodles at $1.99, vermicelli at $0.89, chilli sauce at $3.49, oyster sauce small bottle at $2.49, Pork shoulder chop at $4.43 and dumping at$2.99 which is $22 in total when I bought hotdog for $2. One thing here is that the fish are expensive, chicken is considered too when there are priced similar to the rest of the meat. I didn’t find them selling beancurd. Lamb and Beef are priced at the same price with pork and similar in portion too, blue cheese were like 1 plus here and cheese was many here, milk was reasonable or cheaper than Singapore here. Pet food was in larger portion and their muffins and bread were in huge portions. Between the pig head in whole cost $7 so its not cheap k and dun anyhow buy and go hang in other people’s house!
After shopping walked back to the dorms and I stopped to pluck some wild apples on the roadside was busy jumping up here and there to get the apples.
When I am back at my apartment, I divided the pork into many portions and found a way to separate them in the freezer. Take one long plastic bag and put one portion of the meat for a meal in it then fold part of the plastic bag and then put another portion into another side and continue on. I used two bags to put the parts of meat together and minced meat is ex so I mince them myself haha! The apples were real sour as I pluck them from the tree so I threw them away -.-
Cooked dinner I have to finish my cabbages and carrots and then went to walk around with may and thong to pt chevalier where we went to the countdown. Saw the chicken for soup at 1 dollar plus I was like hell I been searching for this! Their lunch containers were really cute with puppies and kittes printed on them and their ice cream names was so amazing like gone fishing and money business lol! Ketcup rules over here so there is like little chilli and I have to buy another chilli cos the one I buy was too salty! Their egg were mixed white with normal eggs. Its was like cool why dun we have that in Singapore, and there was hocky poky favour in ice cream, not sure how it taste like lol
Bought a lunch box to put the frozen meat, some sweet plum and the chilli sauce! And we walked back to the apartment where we laid on the glass patch to rest. Its totally relaxing laying on the glass patch for the first time. After a rest, we went home haha
After shopping walked back to the dorms and I stopped to pluck some wild apples on the roadside was busy jumping up here and there to get the apples.
When I am back at my apartment, I divided the pork into many portions and found a way to separate them in the freezer. Take one long plastic bag and put one portion of the meat for a meal in it then fold part of the plastic bag and then put another portion into another side and continue on. I used two bags to put the parts of meat together and minced meat is ex so I mince them myself haha! The apples were real sour as I pluck them from the tree so I threw them away -.-
Cooked dinner I have to finish my cabbages and carrots and then went to walk around with may and thong to pt chevalier where we went to the countdown. Saw the chicken for soup at 1 dollar plus I was like hell I been searching for this! Their lunch containers were really cute with puppies and kittes printed on them and their ice cream names was so amazing like gone fishing and money business lol! Ketcup rules over here so there is like little chilli and I have to buy another chilli cos the one I buy was too salty! Their egg were mixed white with normal eggs. Its was like cool why dun we have that in Singapore, and there was hocky poky favour in ice cream, not sure how it taste like lol
Bought a lunch box to put the frozen meat, some sweet plum and the chilli sauce! And we walked back to the apartment where we laid on the glass patch to rest. Its totally relaxing laying on the glass patch for the first time. After a rest, we went home haha
My second time cooking dinner
the apple tree where i pluck the apples from
this is the one that i was looking for
ketcup rulz here
any money business?
the apples that i pluck
this is cute!
railway crossing
inside pak and save
inside the car of the nice couple who drove me to pak and sav!
Auckland 20 feb 2010
Went to walk around my apartment but then there isn’t much and the lady from the video shop called to say that the dvd I want is ready so walked back to apartment and then to gate 4 to go to mt albert station and to the shop to collect my dvd. It’s the bao lian deng prelude dvd and it cost $10 cos there is only 2 disc so then went to mt albert to wait for may where we took the train down to bitomart where queen st is ( the main street of Auckland city) and the train for weekends is like one hour per train so its better to visit the city during weekdays however if you not shopping for clothes then visit new market, there is more fashion wear there but like I say try is free so try to you like and like buy those that u really love it. Anyway saw this baby pink jacket in warehouse which is really sweet but didn’t buy it as it cost $23 and I not sure if it suits me. Bought a pair of star hair band which is hand accessory when I not tieing my hair as here its too windy and sometimes you have to tied your hair once a while oh and I bought a pink belt at $5 although its not very nice as its like pink and black strips which might not match with my clothes but then who cares as long as it do its job then it’s a good belt haha. Have my first ice cream at wendy for $4.20 and saw the pizza size, one slice is huge! Anyway went home after that and cooked my first dinner, cabbage and carrot. Put too much water there. If xiao bai was here, he be like ^ ^
Auckland 19 feb 2010
Been to the bus tour today and got to visit certain parts of Auckland city particular the mt eden and another submit. For the first submit, we have to climb uphill and downhill and then we got to eat fish and chips for lunch on the glass and its too windy to eat. After the bus tour its back to 48 for bbq and I am like exhausted from the tour. So went back home early to do wil feedback and upload of images but too lazy to do reflective paper what the hell!
Thought I might want to improve on my human relationship here so decided to head to margaux’s apartment for the party and have few first shoots of tequila and banana vok. Tried tequila for the first time, you suppose to lick sat, drink and bite lemon. And then they wanted to go to the waterfall at night, worried about them so went with them into the dark waterfall, the view of the stars up the sky was nice but then as it was too dark did not stay too long and went back to my apartment to sleep.
Thought I might want to improve on my human relationship here so decided to head to margaux’s apartment for the party and have few first shoots of tequila and banana vok. Tried tequila for the first time, you suppose to lick sat, drink and bite lemon. And then they wanted to go to the waterfall at night, worried about them so went with them into the dark waterfall, the view of the stars up the sky was nice but then as it was too dark did not stay too long and went back to my apartment to sleep.
