Auckland Trip Part II

crane that belongs to Bob the builder. Not heavier than 2 elephants okay kids?

gingerbread man . auckland city . city of sails . auckland one tree hill .

One tree hill is famous worldwide (I THINK), only I suaku don't know about it. I heard from Ben's father that a few years ago the tree was struck down or cut down or something lah, so now it's not there anymore.

look at the boy on the phone booth. he was like shouting, "merry christmas to all of you too!!" and waving and blowing kisses to the people on the parade! so adorable rite?!

cutey patrick from SBSP . spongebob himself! . scooby doo gang . some super duper huge bear .

madagascar gang! . the lion (forgot his name!) . dancing gang . this Fruju van sprayed water to the crowd sia, luckily my camera was okay. lol

strawberriesss!

chocolate fountain used to coat sticks of strawberries with marshmellow. YUMMMMY.

strawberry jess . strawberry jo . strawberry field . strawberry eaten by jess .
poor ben had to use these ear plugs due to rapid pressure change during landing.. awww.

me in Qantas aeroplane in glee. yay! no ear plugs for meee.

The pictures I took didn't have lots of us in them. That's probably I was worried Ben's family didn't want to 自恋 with me, so I didn't play a fool during this trip. LOL! That's why only the last picture had me taking picture of myself on the plane.

I didn't buy anything AT ALL during this trip! We just drove around Auckland city to look see look see, bought LOTSSSSS of Manuka honey for family and friends back in Singapore. Honey from NZ is da best people. 1 bottle of manuka honey in NZ is around $15, while in Singapore it's 30 freeking bucks! So how? Wanna order from me not? Sorry ah, I'll be going to Melbourne for a holiday before going back to Singapore, which means I'll be happily shopping like a mad woman there, which means my luggage will be too heavy for honey. Haha, but no worries, I'll bring back chocolates and honey for my friends! Woohoo! NZ ROCKS! (esp. during the holidays!)

Auckland Trip Part I

Alrighty! I seriously have an urge to blog nownownow. Back from Auckland last evening, and Auckland is fantastic! So much warmer than Dunedin, busy busy busy, buzzling with flashy cars and towered by so many buildings. This is so different from plain ol' Dunedin. Okay, let the pictures speak!

On the day we arrived at Auckland, it was raining!! Horrible weather! But after the first day, the weather was all gooood.rainy Auckland . Ben the 'street directory' . Auckland city . traffic jam! . under the all famous Harbour Bridge . Harbour Bridge . Auckland - City of Sails . pretty view . stuck in the traffic .

We visited the University of Auckland the next day. The campus ain't bigger than University of Otago.. Hohoho. Now I'm proud of my uni. LOL! But despite that, the school's still nice.. Didn't wander around too much as we had more to do that day.

Auckland University General Library . Directory . Student Common Place . The University Of Auckland

Went to this Asian food court along Queen Street (something like Orchard Road in Singapore) and had the most disgusting cassarole (claypot rice) ever in my life!! Didn't show it here tho. Haha. But the bubble tea is yummy! My taro bubble tea was purple in colour! Hahaha.

My taro 珍珠奶茶 !

Walked around Victoria Park Market too!

We then drove to a place called Bees Online. We thought we could see a bee farm or something, but it was just a small cafe with see bees trapped in see through containers.

honey from the bees . pipes of bees!! . huge range of yummy honey . 'can you see the queen. she is wearing a red dot' .

Damn it lah, I couldn't find the queen bee! -pouts-

Then we continued driving and saw a vineyard. So we drove in!

filming in progress . acres of vineyard . huge ass chess set . natural beauty .

Apparently this vineyard is famous for its super yummy wine. However Ben's parents thought the wine must be really expensive, so we didn't get any.. Aww..

Maria(Ben) with Madam's(Me) bag

Tsktsk, Maria of the day! Why I call him Maria is because typical household maids are named Maria in local Singapore sitcoms. LOL!

On the same day, there was a Santa Parade along Queen Street of Auckland! So we went there to have a look!

balloons for the Santa Parade!!

dong dong qianggg!!

fatso Santa with tiny camera man.

magnificant view of Auckland city!

super enthusiastic All Stars cheerleaders

B2 from Bananas In Pyjamas getting all the attention . Rarr.. Pirates! . Monster Mash.. WoOooOoo . Bob the builder, YES WE CAN!

Too scary to be true.

"How are you, Jon? Got miss jiejie not?"

"Mm."

"Jon, how did you get into my flat?"

"Jon?"

Jon continues drawing on the doodle board. Jon looked too skinny, too obedient, too tall, too smart.

Not my real brother. Not my Jonathan.

-scene changes-

"The (something)瓜 (some food).. I'll never eat it again!" She exclaimed as her eyes widened and I gazed into her black black pupils, as if falling deep into a pit. Somehow, from the look of her eyes, she looked extremely frightened and started shifting her vision left and right. I had a feeling like she has had a bad experience when she was cooking that food. Something made her so afraid of consuming it again.

I tried grabbing her. I felt her arm, and it was much skinnier than expected. She was drenched with perspiration as she fell onto her bed. Her hair was messy and tied in a bun. Her unkempt appearance was a shock to me too.

"This flat... THIS FLAT IS HAUNTED!" She yelled to me, and she huddled herself into a ball.

I saw myself with opened mouth, with no sound coming out of it. I just stared at her, shocked by what she said.

I woke up abruptly. I felt my heart pounding like mad under my rib cage, pumping more blood quickly throughout my body. I felt frantic. I got up and switched on the lights.

It was just a night mare.

The look on my flat mate's face will haunt me, at least for this week. It's just too scary.

I don't know if it's normal, but I have dreams almost everyday, most of the time with more than 3 dreams in a night. I don't like it, because I feel like I didn't let my body rest enough for the night, and my brain has been running for the whole day without stopping to rest. Nightmares never visit me ever so often, and I'm thankful for that. I said a little prayer and switched on some Christian songs on Windows Media Player. Hopefully I can get to sleep, really soon. -points at time below.-

Am I Scary?! LOL!

You Are Not Scary

Everyone loves you. Isn't that sweet?

How Scary Are You?

Should I, or should I not?

The results are finally out, but why do I feel scared, anxious, and my heart rate goes up, adrenaline pumping like mad.

How?!!!!!!!!

I can't sleep due to the adrenaline rush. Geees.

Everyone says no matter what, the results won't change. I know that. But I don't think I'm prepared to see what's gonna happen to me in future, what I'm gonna do for the rest of my life.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

This is nerve wrecking! I hate this..

Let me try to calm myself with a bible scripture that we've learnt

Putting all your troubles on Him, for He cares for you. (1 Peter 5:7)

&

So will your delight be in the Lord, and He will give you your heart's desires. (Psalms 37:4)


If I were to check now, and my results are crappy, then I'll cry myself to sleep, and worry and worry and worry like mad, and I won't enjoy my holidays.

If I were to do well (which is highly improbable), I'll get complacent and think that I'm super smart and nothing can come my way.


This is making me old.. Think too much, wrinkles will appear (cos frown too much), hair will turn white(cos too stressed). I can't understand why I'm like that. It's always checking results that freaks me out the most. I never learn, I never change. I'm just like a leopard which doesn't change its spots.



I've made my decision. I'm gonna check it now.

I got rejected...

...by NZIS. My application for student visa has been rejected/denied! I thought I could finish this crap before I leave for Melbourne and Singapore. Oh well, guess I'll have to do it back in Singapore. This means I'll have to undergo all the medical check up and get my police certificate thing. Boo.

Today's the 22nd of November... right? Yup. Haha, I've been passing my days like everyday's a holiday (which is true!), lost track of time, lost track of what's happening in the outside world. That's because I've been indulging in the screening of Jewel In The Palace (大长今). You may think I'm like the most laggy person in the whole entire Earth, but hey, I've heard of it before, just haven't watched it yet. ;)

I managed to find some comics from daejanggeum.blogsome.com. If you have watched it, you may find these comics amusing. I have only watched these 2 scenes, some others can be found in that website. Don't want to know what happened after that. Haha. They are in Chinese. Sorry for those who can't read Chinese, but my translation is not very accurate.

























'Madam! You have fought so hard to become the Highest Court Lady just to write this on the recipe book?'

In the recipe book, only the names of the Highest Court Ladies in the past were recorded.

Haha, this is ridiculous. I don't know if it's true that only the names were recorded, but it would be stupid if it was.


























'Lian Sheng! My tongue has been swollen for quite a while! I have difficulty speaking...'

Damn! It's so tough translating this... The Chinese language is so profound. It gives more meaning than if I were to translate it to English.

Oh! And I found a picture of the leading female character! Her real name is Lee Young-ae, and she's really pretty! So unlike herself in Dae Jang Geum. Haha.

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Ben's parents arrived in Dunedin last Saturday, and brought so many presents for all 3 of us! They cook for us, and clean the house, and now the house looks extremely clean. Sometimes I feel like I need and want to give them something to show my appreciation, but somehow I always fail to do so. Take yesterday for example. I wanted to make some red bean soup for them, but in the end, they made it before I did! -screams out loud- Buying something for them is worse. I have absolutely no idea what to get for them. I feel like a lazy bum who doesn't cook and only knows how to watch 大长今 all day long. Sometimes I try to help in the kitchen, but it feels as if they've got sufficient help. So, I take every opportunity to wash the dishes and talk to them so they wouldn't feel too bored. Oh, speaking of his parents, we're going to Auckland! YAHOO! Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand. I've only transitted there once on the way back to Singapore, but haven't been out there to look see look see. This is gonna be so fun! I'd better remember to bring my camera, so this blog can have more photos again. Woowee.

Count downs:

• 2 more days to busy busy Auckland! (24/11 to 28/11)
• 9 more days to shopping paradise Melbourne! (1/12 to 10/12)
• 18 more days to sunny lil' Singapore! (10/12 to 15/12)
• 25 more days to chilly and fun fun fun Japan! (15/12-22/12)

-screams with excitement- I feel like the luckiest person on Earth. For now.

Stairway to Heaven

I was supposed to finish this seriously draggy Korean drama serial early this morning (4am), when we realised... THE LAST DISC IS MISSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!

We're gonna get the disc by tonight and we'll just finish this serial once and for all man!! I don't want her to dieeeeeeeeeee! I don't want the main female character to dieeee... Please give me a good ending please!! Haha.




















Aww, we realised that all sad Korean dramas are so similar.. Someone will get some disease and then will cry and cry and cry, then in order not to let their loved ones sad, they will run away. Man! We kept complaining this show is sooo draggy.. The girls keep getting PMS man.. HAHAHA.

This main female character (not sure about her real name) cries in EVERY SINGLE SCENE. Oh man... Her eyes are always so puffy cos' she cries too much.. In this show she loses her sense of sight, we were joking she cried too much until blind.. LOL. Actually she had a genetic disorder thingy from her mum, who died of this same eye infection. MAN! I WANNA WATCH THE FINAL EPISODE NOW!! Making me wait... Aww..

This girl is so evil in the show!!! My guy friend has been gushing over her sooooooo many times while watching the serial.. In the show, she's so evil that I want to strangle her.. Hahaha! How come pretty girls always play the mean roles...

The script of this serial is OK, it's just too draggy... Cry here cry there, cry over the same thing.. As we compared Korean dramas with Taiwan ones, Taiwan dramas has more problems, and not as draggy and sloooow. Haha, fyi, this lady's name is Kim Tae Hee, go check her out if you think she's hot... LOL.



AHHHH!! OUR LAST DISC IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!! -squeals like mad!- I'm gonna watch it and see if the ending's bad or not.. (:

My LuvLambs

My 2 lil' LuveLambs trapped in wine glasses..

MUAHAHAHA! Evil me... LOL!

Ben says I'm so mean, trap them there.. But they do look cute in there, don't they?

Pink one is Jasmine, Blue one is Liu.

Can you guess why the pink one is Jasmine? Haha, if anyone were to guess it right, I'll praise you. Smart ah!

The Ritz biscuits left on my table have all been gobbled up by greedy Jess.. *yummy* I can finish a tube of Ritz biscuits without stopping! Hahaha, I'm sure lotsa guys reading this would be feeling like this --> -.-

Hahaha, sososo? I'm proud of myself can already. Yippy!

Lalalaa~

Baking and cooking all day long. (: Chocolate muffins and Singapore's chicken curry (not spicy at all.. sian! haha)

:eifer -*07

Woo weee~

I just revamped the entire Ad Infinitum's blog, and it's now known as Eifer -*07, after the joining of 2 new members, Xue Qi and Mei Yi.. So proud of myself.. Although it's not all that pretty.. Hahaha.

Now, what should I do with this blog of mine.. After putting so much effort on that blog, I feel so lazy doing the same for this one.. Perhaps when I go back to Singapore then I'll revamp it.. Haha.

Claire!! What should we do with the fireworks!?!?! Ben says we can still play this week, just don't care those people.. Haha.

Dunedin people who needs a room please contact me lah... I need a person to fill in one more room.. Arigato.

Sian.. Gotta do the find flatmate ad now... Hate this. What kinda holiday is this..

恶魔在身边！

Muahahahahahahaha!

I finally finished the drama serial already!! I must say 杨丞琳 and 贺军翔 are so compatible in the show... Although he acted like some bad boy and she being a cute little innocent girl who is supposedly a year older than him.

The friend who gave me the serial said it was a sad show. Indeed, I teared a little at 2 or 3 scenes, but nothing more, nothing less. At least there is a good ending!! I HATE SHOWS WITH SAD ENDINGS!! They make me cry even more... Hahaha.

杨丞琳 is really adorable in the show, and she's got lotsa hairdos in the show which makes me feel so bad... I want my long hair backkk! Nvm.

贺军翔 is so cute also! Even though he likes to give the smug face of his... Initially when I watched the 1st episode I thought he's not cute... But in the end I still go crazy over him.. LOL. Am downloading some MV that both of them are in.. The song is sang by 杨丞琳 herself, one of the theme songs in the show.. Aww man... Why must the serial end so quickly... LOL. I'm really crazy.

Oh well! It's over and it's time for me to read my book!

Devil In Side

Okay, I know the title sounds abit wrong, but that's what they call it. It's e4 mo2 zai4 shen1 bian1 in chinese. In this Taiwan drama serial, it stars famous people like Yang Cheng Lin and.. Er, I think the more famous one is just her.. Lol! The rest would be famous after this drama serial gets popular.

In this drama, although I've only watched 1 episode this morning, I think it's about this girl (Yang Cheng Lin) who had a crush on this basketball captain in her Uni (or Poly).. So she wrote this love letter to him to confess her love for him. Unfortunately, when she wanted to give the letter to him, she was so anxious she accidentally offered the letter to another guy. She got so scared and ran away. This guy is the son of this super high position guy in the uni. He's rebellious, evil and mad... He likes to inflict pain on people and likes to see people sad.. He's like the Devil in this show. He got the letter and threatened the girl to join his gang, so she was being treated as a maid to him for 1 or 2 days..








Eventually the girl decided to finally confess her love for the basketball captain and told the Devil that she's gonna do it and that the Devil didn't need the letter anymore. In the end, he photocopied the love letter and put all over the school, making the girl embarrassed and angry. Worse is, her mother fell in love with a customer at the shop she works at, and planned to marry him! And the guy is the Devil's FATHER, who is the super high position guy in the school. Hahaha, I only know his position in Chinese - li3 shi4 zhang3... Not sure what he's called in English though. Anyway, my friend told me this show is very sad, but to me it's really funny, from what I see in the 1st episode.. Haha. Yeah, Yang Cheng Lin's really cute in the show, and the guys are oooooooook... Not very very very handsome lah.. My male friend thinks the Devil looks cool though... Haha, not to me! Well, I wanna finish that after the book. Apparently, the girl will be with the Devil!!! Whyyyyyyyy! The basketball captain likes her tooooo. Well, I'll just have to watch on. Hahaha.

A Game of Thrones

I've got so much to do... I've got anime to watch, drama serials to watch, read finish a book 800 over pages long, read the bible.. So much to do, yet so little time.. I hope I can finish reading the book by early next week, then the rest within few days can finish.. Lol.


The book I'm reading now is A Game of Thrones. Although it is not a book particularly for girls, it is interesting as I continued reading on. It gets more and more exciting and I turn the pages, making me want to read even more.

This author, George R.R Martin, writes in a way where the chapters are named by the characters. So for example, one chapter is named Bran, which means this chapter would be under Bran's perception and how he is thinking.

It is relly interesting because some characters are sooooo good, whilst some are sooooooo evil. The way George R.R Martin writes can make me feel angry sometimes. I've read only 80+ pages, and one chapter made me hate one character already. LOL. The characters can range from 7 years old to old people.. Which makes it even more special. When I finish the book then I'll rate it. Can't exactly rate it yet.. (: It's a fantasy, which I never thought I'd enjoy reading..

Frankly speaking, I haven't heard of this author before, probably I don't read much like many do.. Hahaha. But he is good! Well, won't say much.. Better go back reading. (:(:(:

This is the book cover of the book. Apparently there are many different book covers for this book.. I think this is the prettiest.. Hahaha.

Lol, there are also foreign versions for this book, which shows this book is realy popular.. This is the version in Taiwan. Very nice book cover too!! Can see the dire wolf on the cover.. So pretty. Lol.

Final Fantasy VII Advent Children

The more I think about FF, the more I want to play the game!!! How? But I don't have PS2 here, so it's no use.. Even if I want to play, I'll have to wait till I get back to Singapore.

Was surfing for some FFVII wallpaper.. And I found some really cool ones! The one on the left shows some of the characters in the movie.. Cloud is so pro!! He can fight even when riding his vehicle.. Especially in the tunnel when he fought with the 2 guys with white hair.. So prooo!!! Okay, why am I gushing over him.. And his hair is so cool! Tsk tsk tsk. Sephiroth is scary... -shivers- The artists for this anime is pro pro pro..






I like this picture best! Right from the movie itself. It'll be my desktop wallpaper this week! I want to watch it again.. Man, I'm crazy over anime already.. I still want to borrow more anime!! Naruto is one that I would like to watch.. My friend's gonna lend the series he's got to me.. Yayyyyy.

Untitled.

Am going to Japan instead of Hong Kong.

Mixed feelings with this change.. Cos I wanted so much to go to Hong Kong!! Haha, to mai3 dong1 xi1 chi1 dong1 xi1 (Buy and eat). I know I'll do the same thing in Japan, but I've got to learn Japanese.. From watching anime during this short month in Dunedin. Haha!! Ok, it's not as if my cantonese is all the pro, but I definitely will do better speaking Cantonese.. At least I can understand a bit.

I watched FF Advent Children this morning! Man, it's terrific! The animations and everything.. Too bad I didn't play the game so I didn't quite understand what was going on.. Lol.

Alright, Gotta go for dinner now.. Will update again later. (:

ARHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

NUMBER 1: I WILL NEVER EVER TRUST ANYONE ANYMOREEEEEEEEEEE!

My )@$*(@^@)#*(@^#!#-ing flatmate had been cheating me ALL the while, and I feel like a fool to believe her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-STEAM COMING OUT OF MY EARS-

SHE'S CHEATED ME OF MORE THAN $300 NZ DOLLARS AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET IT BACK FROM HERRRRRRRRRR! PLUS SHE HASN'T PAID FINISH THE RENT FOR HER ROOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOU KNOW SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS GONNA SEND ME BACK THE ROOM KEY WHEN SHE REACHES AUCKLAND, COS SHE SAID SHE PACKED THE KEY INTO HER BAG AND DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS?!?!??! AND MY OTHER FLATMATE FOUND THE KEYS IN THE TRASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

THAT MEANS SHE'S NOT EVER COMING BACK AND MY MONEY IS GONE!!!!!!

-takes a deeeeeeep breath-

Plus she told me she sent the application form for the flat a few months back.. Luckily my mum told me not to believe her.. Cos my other flatmate found the application form in the trash too!!

My flatmate borrowed the HEI1 DE4 $230 previously, and we don't know how to get the money back from her. We ganged up and asked her to sign a 'propsed statement' saying that she owes us how much each. But is it valid? Can we get back our money?

We found lots of stuff that she threw away.. She threw away so much stuff.. Which includes a whole stack of unused blank paper, LOTS of medicine and pills, letters, LOTS of clothes, toys, THE KEY, MY SMALL NOTES REMINDING HER TO PAY ME BACK THE MONEY etc.

Doesn't that mean she isn't coming back anymore?!?!?!

My flatmate and I plan to go to Auckland to look for her and get back the money from her.. But my other friend said it's quite impossible.. BUT WHY!! Why is it not possible?! I think she's psycho, she's sick.. She taking pills to keep herself sane, she's taking pills to slim down.. SHE'S MAD!!

What am I gonna do.. Should I tell my mum.. She'll scold me for being so reckless.. But it's not as if I didn't try getting the money from her.. I HATE HER!!! I seriously haven't hated anyone so deeply before.. It's so unfair!! Why are there such people in this world? My conscious thought says,"WELCOME TO REALITY, JESS."

She bad mouthed about me in front of my flatmates, and if they didn't tell me, I wouldn't know shewas so EVIL! She bad mouthed about my other flatmates in front of me too. My flatmate reckons she wanted us to make war and not believe anyone.. But who ask me to be so sociable.. Talk to everyone.. HAHAHA. I can't believe she told different stories to both my flatmate and me!!!!!

I haven't encountered any cheaters in my life.. Probably because I've been sheltered and taken care of by my family, so nothing serious would happen to me.. Now that I'm all alone in NZ, it finally happened to me. I always thought people who get cheated are really dumb and naive, but I was cheated nevertheless. I feel so.. helpless. I just want my money back, because it's my mum's, and I know very well that she worked really hard for the money.. To provide me for my education, my expenses, my accomodation etc etc etc. I really want to go to Auckland and get the money back. She may not pay back, but I'm sure I will do anything to get back my mother's money. She better watch out. I will not let this slip off my hands.

Fireworks!!!

-Wriggles up and down like a crazy worm-

It's 8:11pm, 1st November 2005.

My exams are overrr. (:

The long awaited holidays are here!

YAAAAAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

To give ourselves a pat on our backs, Claire and I will be playing with fireworks and chatting and drinking (NOT that kind ok..) all night long. It's now sold everywhere in NZ cos it's some celebration.. Can't exactly remember the event name, but ya, most people in NZ would be playing fireworks this whole week! At night, if you're watching FF Advent Children, surfing the net, sleeping, eating or doing whatever, you'll hear BOOM! more than 5 times every hour. Woohoo. I hope Claire charged her camera battery cos I forgot to bring my camMMM!

Well, ANYWAY, exams are finally over and I can start thinking of what to do! No, wait, I've got a list of what I'm gonna do. Okay, so no need to worry liao. I only have to worry about TOMORROW!!! It'll be my first time driving! Oh man! I'm quite sure I'll suck at driving..... You ask me to play Daytona still can, real driving.. Haha.. I don't know.. We'll see.. Tomorrow is judgement day. Lol. Am at the library now, so don't have the mood to blog.. Will blog about some stuff later this week.. I'm just too busy settling some stuff lahhhhh.

Anyway, for those people who will be taking their O levels or A levels back in Singapore: GOOD LUCK. You'll see a rainbow after the rain. Gonna go to Claire's place now. Ciao!