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Auckland 31 March 2010

I did not go out for the whole day and was at my room reading and attempting on business process management report and at noon went out to get my flim! Its dry up and 2 weeks later it will be printed haha!

Then went to surf around and then to class. Cooked and eat dinner at 3 plus and then went back home and finish my bread that was due today haha







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Auckland 30 March 2010

Well the days are getting colder hence after class at 12.30, I made my way to new lynn. Didn’t have the patience to wait for the bus so ended up walking 10 bus stops to the shopping mall. On the way, I walk and shop around the local Chinese clothes stores to see if they got any jackets at affordable prices. Saw one at $35 white and with the fur at the back but did not buy as it was the last piece and the owner only give me a 5 dollar discount since the sleeves got dirty but washable. Went to lynn mall and shop around, the jackets weren’t exactly warm and those warm ones cost huge! So I got my hoodie a bit thicker than my thickest jacket from lp zone and a t-shirt at jay jay again. Sorry folks but the clothes here are rather dull in their design and jay jay is like the Singapore version of like say those money tshirt shops in bugis shopping center.

Well the t-shirt is hello kitty. Before you throw at me, here the design of kitty is really nicer than snoopy so at 10 dollars why not? I waited for this t-shirt, the last time I saw it was at $35 and now at $10 (its purple by the way)
Oh and I gained another 2 kgs haha!




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Auckland 29 March 2010

Well edited wil 2 and research on operations management then as my eyes felt a bit blurly, went to school area to return the camera and to the lab to print the paper and I got told off for printing double side as it was not allow. What annoy me was everything I want to talk the person just bug in! then why do you have the function of double side printing in the first place and why do you not put a sign at the lab that is either large enough for people to seE? I feeling that I’m becoming a bitch at times now a days.

After the annoying incident, went to the library to borrow 9 books and home to surf and cook dinner and to class!



Auckland 27 and 28 March 2010

27 March 2010

Its mass cleaning for us in our apartment! We clean the bathroom, kitchen and the toilet cos the officer are coming tml! Not forgetting the windows

Then went to mt albert to get a cheese bun for 50 cents and took the train to the city. Went up and down to spend time and then to the warehouse to get the pail and the sponge to replace the mop. Then as usual went to hang out in the ware house and this time together with the pail and the sponge, I bought a bag of candy and skinny jeans at $19 from the usual price of $35 ( dun be mistaken, the size here is big hor) Their I-touch was selling at $348 and with 30% off apple items it was about $250 lol but didn’t buy cos no use for it la! Went to check out my items and for the first time in my life, I was carry the pail like those handbag and walking down the streets to do shopping!

Went back to mt albert and got bread and chest nuts! Then went home to cook. Sometimes I think I prepare too much dinner -….-

28 March 2010

Well did wil 2 to 2 am in the morning and went to sleep. Then woke up in the morning for the Sunday market went there to buy mi fen and got 2 dramas from there then walk to park and sav to buy pasta, shampoo etc and by the time I got home was like to 3 and went to cook lunch and surf the net -- ____-- then went to cook dinner and then search google!







Auckland 26 March 2010

Well it finally come true! My trip to Auckland Zoo for free due to the pass that I got from the sky tower which I need to use it by end of March haha!

One thing about the Auckland Zoo is that the enclosure for its animals were huge! but the animals were few. Like in the pride lands, there was like 3 zebras, 2 ostrich and 1 graffie and the baby graffie was enclosure in one area which it could not join the others.

Then there is the lions 2 males and 3 females and they were sleeping. One thing I found on my coverage is that the 300mm is actually not enough here. They had red pandas which is not found in Singapore and Kiwis! but the kiwis were in a dark area that it was so hard to take a picture of them!

Other than that, Singapore got more animals than Auckland zoo, probably becos we did try to set up artifical surroundings for the animals but here, they just want them to adapt to the environment.

Oh and the baby tigers got blankets to sleep on haha! Then we like went home at 2 plus haha it was a short trip not much as there was no sheep, horse or cows there haha







Auckland 25 March 2010

Well went to borrow camera in the morning and the technician was out so have to wait till 12. Anyways went to eat main meal small @$4 and it was real small haha! Then went back and saw a class mate of mine in photography she was from china and been here for 7 years. Her name is Jie and we were like borrowing cameras flim ones cos I have to redo again and she was like only able to borrow a pentax one and return it tml and me I was served by the same guy who loan me the canon camera and I got back the same camera eos 500 and return on Monday and she was like 0o! and I was like omg so embarrassing! Cos I can have it over the weekend with the canon camera and she cant with hers.

Anyway she drove me to Apix to buy the film. I was like been a white carrot! The film that I need to buy was only 6.80 and I pay $18 for one that I need not! She was asking me which brand of camera to buy cos the lecturer told her to buy either canon or Nikon so I suggested that since she is advancing to photography 2 next semester to buy Nikon as this place here is occupied by Nikon! You see fewer Nikon second hand than canon -…- and the school only loan out Nikon lens cos they dun have canon lens.

Anyways I was suggesting if budget was not a problem get d5000 cos of the tit LCD for better perspectives convenience and the store only has d3000. After debating and asking her to have hands on herself, I think she should get d3000 if d5000 she might relied on the view finder too much and the video is not a need for her. She got d3000 at 1050 with a camera bag (not those Nikon ones), uv fliter, memory card. Ready to get started and she drop me off later at mt albert to return my dvds. She is driving an audi car lol

Went to return my dvds and got xia yi zhang xin fu cos heard before a lot of commotion about it and after I borrowed it rained heavily. Luckily I was wearing the purple jacket and did not get wet cos its waterproof!

Then went home and like work on visual diary and watch awesome hubby to the end and shit! I almost spoil today mifen again! Then its like white white so I ate it with chilli! Haven start on tying my wil 2! And the others!omg!







Auckland 24 March 2010

Well woke up and cooked breakfast and then like read on composition and then cooked curry chicken while the rest weren’t home haha! Boiled the potatos and then cooked the curry chicken for my flat mates. It was my second time attempting it! The first time was a total disaster in Singapore!

Then the accommodation officer came, they are coming back on Sunday to see if everything is clean again!

Well went to st lukes to get 100 photos printed for $29, mostly to add to my visual diary and then walk around. Went to K mart and bought tissue, chocolate and sweet. Went into Jay Jay for the first time. In case you not know what is Jay Jay, its like 77 street that kind where they sell t-shirts and jackets at $25 to $50 range. Bought a t-shirt at $10 cos they are clearing and a hoodie at $44.50 haha not telling you what it is!

Then went to class and after class back home to work on my visual diary!







Auckland 23 March 2010

Class starts at 930 in the morning so I was there in class listening to the guest lecturer speaking and then rushing back to the dorms after class as the accommodation officer was coming to check today! Waited till 3 plus and went to cook dinner. This time I accidentally cooked the vegetable version of the black minced meat in a less salty way haha with purple cabbage!

Then went to class but before that went to shop around at pt chevalier and bought ingredients for curry chicken! Hope it works ok! And then went to photography class where we are introduced to the various forms of cameras and then to the dark room where we are introduced the equipments and the process and you need to work with no light cos the film cannot touch light or the picture would be spoiled.

Got an assignment from the course which is take a sequence or series and got to borrow books from the library. I choosed mainly composition and learning to see creatively books as I feel that choosing one that introduce you to the dslr would not help me much! I lack photos with souls! That’s the most important thing in the photos. A photo without a life of its own, a story to tell is just a photo not photography!

Was told that the accommodation officer are coming tml 10 am to 1pm instead lol@








Auckland 22 March 2010

Today’s the day to hand in training and development assignment 1 and I was like reading through it, turn it to turn it in and went to return my camera afterwards. So purposely walk to building 1 and then to pt chevalier, from there I decided to explore so walked all the way to the colye bay that’s 2 stages from unitec haha! And then sort of have early dinner there and walk around to collect seashells. Walk back from there had an ice cream on the way and walked to building 180 to print and do last min editing of my assignment and drop it into the digital drop box. The branding lecturer was so fast in his marking and I got a 79 for my first assignment, might not be the highest in class but its like the highest one that I got since rmit studying. Then went to class! So happy as I talked to more people. The classmates from china were speaking to themselves if I was from Malaysia and I sort of answer them back in Chinese that I was from Singapore haha! And did explain to them on some words that helped them to answer the questions and was like did much talking to them which I like.

Since class ended on the dot, I miss Sandra and waited for magrux and her boyfriend to go with them back to the dorms since it was like so dark! There was like this cat and I petted a cat for the first time! Its fur was like a leopard! That’s cool!

So went home bathe and sornzzzzzzzzzzz haha







Auckland 21 March 2010

Today is the day that I go to the Sunday market at Ash street! So I did the impossible and that is to walk all the way there. However I got lost and end up walking to reach lynn mall which I turn around and walk back to the market. The Market was as crowded as the first time I went there and I saw this person making clay and bought a little cute white horse at $10, the price depends on the artwork of the figurine and then went to buy head set. When I got home, I found that it’s a counterfeit of Mix style , a popular brand that cost almost $100 original.

Walked back to the apartment to do my research but got notice that the apartment manager is coming to inspect at Tuesday so clean my room and Kristina told me that the flat was invaded with worms. So I rushed to throw the rubbish to the garbage to the den and to vaccum the worms from the apartment and hung took over the second half and I clean the rubbish bin and the towel bowl. Then empty the dust on the vaccum, there is a worm still alive inside the rubbish and then rush to throw them in the den haha.

Cousin called and chat with her then mum called and chat with her. By the time I chatted finish its 8 close to 9pm and bath and by the time I cooked it was 9 close to 10pm. Purple cabbage is hard to cook haha







Auckland 20 march 2010

Well today is Rangitoto island tour day! Yes! I rushed through my training and development project to get myself to the trip!

My gear packs for the trip are the slr camera! Yup I doing my assignment in Black and white! So its like bring homework to do in the tour! Holga camera to do double and triple exposure and my ixus to take pictures!

Walked to building 48 to got on the van that would take us there. WE arrived in the city and then catch a ferry to the island! The ferry that we got on was a huge one so we can like stand on top of the ferry to view the islands!

Its was a short ride and next thing we land outside in Rangitoto! Its Auckland’s youngest volcano and is said to erupt every 500 years, the last one was like 700 years ago. Its strict there as you have to check your bags and shoes to see if you are bringing dirt or pets to the island as the island is pest free and they dun want you to contaminate the island and also no rubbish on the island!

We got on this train like vehicle that took us to the close to submit part where we have to climb 374 steps to the submit and the road were of lava that has been dried up and were so dusty that we were dusting ourselves when the train stopped.










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