Sunday, May 11, 2008

Cold and wet trip

Aiya~~ too long never update my blog... seemed to have collected some dust alrdy~ haha... anw, I'm back here to do some cleaning up... the past one week has been a hectic one for me... some unfortunate events happened but no choice la... have to accept it like a man!! => well, where did I stop?? hmm~~~ oh yea... we went to Abel Tasman National Park, hoping to see some nice views... unfortunately it rained... well, we still continued with the journey... the guy said the rain will stop by noon but then this was what happened:

Woke up early and drove there from Nelson... and i say early, is really early lo~ haha... bout 6 am plus alrdy have to wake up... -_-|| and these two guys really very tired... slept throughout the journey... haha... funny position... aparently, Choon Seng wanna reach for Ben's shoulders but could not reach =P
Finally after about 45 mins of drive, we reached the beach... hehe... we actually planned to only do the cruising activity out of kayaking and coastal walk... and thank goodness we only did the cruising activity... only that alrdy cost us a big bomb!! haha...
This is a view out of the sea... very foggy~~ cuz of the rain... aiz~
Well, without wasting time, we got onto the boat that's gonna bring us cruising around the coasts of Abel Tasman... since it's raining, the captain gave us some disposable ponchos... some people like Choon Seng had a hard time finding his way through the thing la... haha!! as u can see, Ben as usual, is really really afraid of the cold... though he has his sweater, he's still feeling kinda cold... haha... it's written all over his face... oops~~ poor him...
Group photo!! haha... everyone was so excited at the beginning... from left, Li Ying, me, Choon Seng and Angeline... all with ponchos on! Choon Seng's head eventually found its way through the hole... hehehe...
We did not really get to take lotsa photos here... such a bummer!! aiz~ as u can see, the views are all covered by thick fog... it was cold, a bit dark and it was even drizzling......
After a few minutes of boat-riding, the rain finally simmer a little... and the captain bought us to this place... he told us the name but i forgotten what is it... so, i just called it biji dibelah dua (ball cut into halves)... wonder how it formed... well, that's the power of Mother Nature!! splitting balls into two wor... haha...
A closer look at biji dibelah dua...
Some of us got quite hungry and demanded for some cookies and drinks... hehe... the cookies are nice... Ben is still cold......
Since there aren't many things to snap, we didn't do much... bored, Choon Seng tried out some new angles to take photos... haha... this is called the seductive from below technique... but he's not really seductive la.... haha... he's just obscene... oops~
30 minutes later..... still so foggy... aiz~~
But then... by noon, the rain really stopped wor!! haha... we stopped by a beach and had our lunch there... This is Anchorage Beach... one of the many beaches u can find here... the sand is so smooth... when u step on it, u can feel that it's juz so comfortable... no pain at all...
The view out to the sea from the beach...
Group photo on the beach!! hehe... from left, Siew Ping, me, Li Ying, Ben, Angeline and behind, our boat... Ben's not very cold anymore... haha... ok, maybe still feelin a lil' cold but not as cold anymore...
Where is Siew Ping posing at?? the camera is behind u la... -_-||
Next, we just did our own stuffs... some of us walked along the beach... went exploring...
What were we three doing?? hmm~ interesting..... haha...
Since there's so much sand, Ben started to wanna build a sand castle... haha... unfrotunately he had to leave it as we left him alone... sorry, man~ =P
Next, we walked along the beach with all the others to this place.... nice rock formation eh?? on the rocks, there are many writings from sprayed to inscribed... but the most amazing thing like i said before, is the formation of it...
Soon, it was time to go back onto the boat... we still managed to do this on the sand... hehe... can u read our names there?? from left, Kien Seng (vertical), Angeline (above, horizontal), Benjamin (below, horizontal), Choon Seng (topmost, vertical), Siew Ping (top-right, horizontal), Li Ying (bottom-right, vertical) and Chin Kiat (bottom-right, horizontal)... after that, we went up on the boat, bidding Anchorage Beach bye bye~~
Some of us were so tired, we tried to sleep on the boat... but this looks more like sun-bathing lei... hehe... anw, soon, the weather started to change again... aiks~ and this time, the rain became heavier... we were soaked wet from top to bottom... and it's so so cold!!!!
took this by accident.. hehe... looks like what u'll see on newspapers... title reads: illegal immigrants caught on-board a ship towards Malaysia... haha... Choon Seng even suggested that this looks like prostitutes got caught by the police... aiks~
Some signs that we are feeling cold... some went to hibernate by sleeping...
Some just cuddle together while feeling a lil' emo~~
But the most ke lian (pitiful) one is stil Ben la... aiz~~ he just sat there quietly, by himself throughout the journey back to shore... he was so cold he could not even move or speak properly... fortunately i still have the energy to move around taking photos... hehe...
That's why i said thank goodness we did not go for kayaking~~ haha... Heng ar!!!! Soon, we reached the shore and Ben was so thankful... finally reached land... then, we drove back to Nelson... that night, we slept quite early but i was still doing my assignment la... aiks~
One of the views on the way back that i think is nice... last but not least soli for the late late update o~ hehe... was kinda busy and maybe i won't be able to update very often from now on... hmm~~ will try my best though... c ya next time!!

6 comments:

LiMiChi said...

First here!! biji dibelah dua?! =.="'
haha siew ping is very funny, pointed somewhere else to the sky but u guys busy taking photo behind her...LOL
so cold eh! can feel the coldness especially when u guys were drenched and the wind blew on u guys..it is memorable though!! muz bring me to all these things when i have a chance to visit NZ!! wish i have

Anonymous said...

poncho peoples =D

Rique K Swee said...

to limichi: erm... yea... biji dibelah dua... anythg wrong with it? hehe... or u want an even closer look? i can send it to u o~~ hehe... aiya~ throughout the journey, Siew Ping has been really really funny... It's like she's drunk or smthg la... haha... aiyoyo~~ the trip was definitely memorable lo... it's so so so vy vy the cold lo!! no worries, i'll bring u there if there's time and chance... u will have one la... no worries... smday i oso wanna go see the lap cheong heng dai!! hehe... new hit at the box office??

Rique K Swee said...

to anonymous: poncho peoples are cute! haha...

put said...

nice post nice post!! so funny..

i think u got all the funny fotoz corz they all noe they hav a lame fren that will put all the lame captions.. haha.. so nice eh.. i haven seen sea since i came here n i miss sea dearly!! ahh my island..

post more posts like tis la.. u study in nz, i oso study in nz, u took so many fotoz liao, i still like where oso never visit yet..lol..

Rique K Swee said...

to put: thanx 4 ur compliments ar~ haha... but hor... the 2nd line is a compliment or a sentence to bomb me? haha... anyway oso ok la... i stil wanna thank u 4 ur support of my freezer ar~~

the sea will be near u if u sit down, relax and picture it in ur mind~~ hehe... come auckland! here got sea... u wil go visiting during winter right?? dun 4get ur rain clothes o... it's gonna b rainy season soon...