Journey to Nelson 1

After staying in Christchurch for one day, we all got drunk...... no no~~ i mean we get geared up for the trip to Nelson.. yay!! haha... There're 7 of us all together... me, Choon Seng, Angeline, Ben, Siew Ping, Li Ying and her brother... we rented two cars and both are of the same model la... it's a Toyota Corolla... that day when we're gonna start our journey, i had to wake up freakin early to go get the car~~ -_-|| my beauty sleep.... gone! but it's worthwhile la... =>This is the car la... haha... posing posing sikit tepi kereta (do some posing beside the car)... and that was the first time i drove in NZ... oh, my first time...... hehe...Along the journey, there are lotsa nice sceneries... mostly consists of mountains, grasslands, sheeps, cows, beaches and the sea la... not much human or buildings... hmm~~But then this is not smthg that u'll see in Malaysia... Traffic light in the middle of the motorway?! or to be precise, traffic light in the middle of nowhere~ haha... next, we stopped a while to rest at a beach... dunno the name... just a random beach la... it's quite nice one lo~ we did many thgs at the beach... these are just some of em':Some ppl get pretty emo and just look out to the sea....Some ppl see that there're lotsa stones on the ground and just started throwing em' into the sea...But then... most of us took photographs la... haha... the view there's juz spectacular lo~Group photo!! hehe... from left, Li Ying, Angeline, me, Choon Seng and Chin Kiat (Li Ying's bro)...

Well, we continue our journey after resting for around 10 to 15 mins... after ard 1 or 2 hours drive, we stopped by a town called Kaikoura... the main activity in this town is whale watching and i think dolphins too... u can see em' by taking a boat or even an aeroplane... had lunch here... fish and chips~ the shop attendant reli kinda unhelpful lo... smore her face like the bitter gourd one... nvr smile and smore like to jiak zuar (hokkien phrase which means didn't do work)...Encountered this in the fish and chips shop... some of the questions really dumb la... for instance, the prices are written down big big put in front of the counter but ppl stil ask... haha... ok la... maybe some cant read english lo... but really kinda funny that there're actually ppl asking this...In Kaikoura, there's actually a vy vy nice beach... we went walk walk there and the wind was quite strong... the colour of the sea's also beautiful... it's like progressing from a light tone near the coastline til a darker tone further away... nice, man! haha...U know, this beach is so nice.... so nice that i can even sleep there!I kinda like this photo~ =)After that, we head straight for Picton... to stay for the night la... and on the way, we pass by this place where there're many many botak (bald) hills... wonder how they become botak lei... haha... it's like there're miles of botak hills...And more miles of botak hills to follow... oh where, oh where have all the trees die to dy?? haha...Besides bitak hills, there're also snow-capped mountain tops... nice lei... i wan go skiing!! haha...Finally after all the botak hills, we reach Picton... hehe... stayed in this backpackers hostel, Wedgwood House... it's a YHA hostel branch... ard the same as YMCA one la... hehe... and that time was kinda dangerous for us... cuz there was a convict on the run, who has direct connections to Picton... but thank goodness we're safe and sound la... haha... stayed here for one night...Picton ar, i tell u all... is really like a dead town la... at nite nothing to eat one!! went round and round only can find a closed subway, a western cafe and one indian restaurant... we eventually went to the indian restaurant la... hehe... didn't regret la... the Rogan Josh lamb was delicious wor!! smore i vy vy long didn't eat spicy food liao~ plus that time was raining... so, it's just right la... and the rice they cooked also smelled nice...After dinner, we had basically nothing to do... so, we went to the games room in our hostel and played this puzzle... not bad lei, we completed it!! haha... in less than 30 mins... 7 brains... 5 engineering brains and two accounting brains... hehe... 6 younger brains and one older one... =PWe did some stunts also la... thank goodness the hostel not burnt down and there are no short circuits or flying sparks... haha... that nite, the gals actually played computer games while the guys sit and watch... terbalik (upside down) liao wor!! Angeline played counterstrike while Siew Ping and Li Ying played O2 mania... haha... k la... til here i type for 2day... gotta go sleep liao... if not, i bcome panda dy~~