Kiwis are well known for their hospitality. On our 6th day in New Zealand, we were invited to Chi's house for barbeque. We picked the whole day with the folks till Chi came over to tell us dinner's ready! Chi is from Japan and her husband is local. A fusion of kiwi and japanese food was prepared - buns, salad, sausages, patties, yakitoris,...
People would always give me an unbelievable look when they found out I don't have a Facebook account. It reminds me of those days where all my JC classmates have handphones except me and they had to call my home number to contact me. My friends have been nagging at me to create an account for years. But I have been avoiding Facebook...
When I was working for the Corporation, work officially ends half an hour earlier on Fridays. I hardly get to leave earlier and I don't usually go out on Fridays after work. So I never really understand what's the fuss about shouting TGIF! except we don't have to work the next two days. Today is a Friday and we actually knocked off early...
Our first job in New Zealand was blueberry picking. It's considered the least physically demanding fruit picking job compared to other fruits mainly because blueberries are lighter than other fruits such as apples and kiwis. The method of payment at Mamaku Blue is by contract or a unit rate per kilo. The goal is to pick as fast and as much as possible...
12 bed mixed dorm costs $18 pp plus there's free wifi for about five hours! (Over here wifi is rarely free.) Not bad huh? But no free luggage storage and owner is quite anal. He comes up with equally anal policies such as you cannot extend your stay in the same room after you've booked it previously online even though there are empty...
Our friends made their way down to the airport to see us off and we really appreciate their effort. Our journey to Middle Earth started with a $100 penalty for overweight luggage (it's $25 per kg we exceeded by 6kg and Jetstar waived off 2kg) and gulping down our last fishball noodles (that cost $5 each and unfortunately they were not nice). We...
I recently renewed my passport and I didn't know I can just email INZ to update my e-visa with my new passport number. I got a cool seal at the back of my passport (which is now broken) but now I have to carry two passports for the next five years!!! ...
On the last day of 2012, I chopped off my tresses to start the new year. I drew a decent salary and had amiable colleagues. I could easily stay on this job forever but is this really what I want to spend the rest of my life doing? The signs were showing. I had no life after work. I was losing my dreams. I grew weary...
Many hostels in Melaka link up their guests to this cafe for transport to Singapore and other parts of Malaysia. Discovery Cafe is able to pull some tricks when all the local bus companies tell you there are no more buses to Singapore on a Sunday. Maybe they are a syndicate. The last time we bought our bus tickets from Melaka to Singapore...
