I'm at Wellington now. Since the day I stepped into nz, this is the first day that I have seen more people than sheep. Also, I finally departed South Island, which means that there is only 6 more days before I'm back home! I'm really enjoying myself despite some problems, but I miss home so much. I miss the food, the air, the people, the smell of my pillow, chicken rice, wanton mee, mee pok ta, cha siew pau, hor fun, ban mian, masters milk... I tell you, when I'm back in Singapore, I'll eat chicken rice for a month and NOT eat fish and chips for a year (as if). Anyhow, the weather here is freaking cold. It's summer but every night we turn on the electric blankets and the heater to the maximum temperature:S And the air is so dry, my skin is cracking such that I can't make sudden movements because it will hurt:S And we travel for so many hours just to get to one destination. For the whole of South Island, we traveled for about 3100km. Which means, at 100 km/h (the maximum speed on the highway), we have spent at least 31 hours in the car! And since half of the roads are windy, the average speed is around 65 km/h which means we spent about ... you do the math(:

Just now, we went out looking for dinner and we settled into this Chinese restaurant. I nearly teared when I saw they had Hainanese chicken rice! And then I nearly teared again when they said they don't have it anymore :S

The fact that we are in North Island now means that I can get online more often for there are more hotspots in the city areas. (The north is more populated than the south) Tomorrow, I'm departing Wellington to go to Napier and then 2 more nights in Rotorua and another 2 more nights in Auckland before I fly back. Another thing is I'm going to be in Auckland during Christmas when all the shops will be closed and the city will be like a ghost town. How dumb:S Also, the shops here close around 5pm even though it only gets dark at around 9-10pm during summer. So, if we arrive at a city/town/village in the evening which we usually do due to the long hours of traveling in the car, we arrive to a dead place:S

Even though I really am loving nz and enjoying myself, I can't help feeling this trip is a wasted one. We spent so much time traveling and before we can soak up the atmosphere of any place, we have to leave. Trying to tour nz in 17 days is just terribly ridiculous and I wonder why I suggested nz in the first place. On the other hand, the idea of traveling for my parents and I are completely different. My parents just want to drive to said destination, come out of the car, take photo and go back into the car. Which to me seems really distasteful. I would rather prefer to travel less and use the time to get to know the culture, the people and their way of life. I can always say that it doesn't matter because I'm not paying for this trip, but the fact that I traveled so much, just to attain a fake impression of this beautiful place just seem extremely vulgar. Anyways, I'm truly thankful to my parents for bringing me here. Anyhow, nz is truly an amazing place and I would recommend to anyone to come here!

So what have you all been doing? Found a job? Christmas party? You can sms me, and I'll reply through a nz number. (We bought a pre paid card 'cos its cheaper even though we all have auto roam) I've been chatting with wenz and germs a little and its quite difficult because of the time difference. Oh, and because of the time difference, I'll be celebrating Christmas before you all do! (Although the fact that Auckland will be close to dead means that there isn't really any kind of Christmas to celebrate. I don't even think the churches are open to go for mass)

Oh, I gotta go. Another time(:

PS: Can somebody please tell me if Adam Brody dumped Rachael Bilson for Ashlee Simpson? I saw the "news" on a nz tabloid and I need to know badly! Also, why isn't there new eps of Greys??!!

ALSO, DVDs here are cheap. I bought Season 1&2 of Scrubs because I missed watching it on TV. And, its like really cheap (about SG$40 per set). Except the fact that I have to watch on His Highness' lappie due to the different region code. And the average movie on a DVD cost less than NZ$20 which is approximately SG$22. If DVDs were that affordable in Singapore, piracy wouldn't be such a problem! Although their music CDs are pretty expensive, about SG$33.

Lol, I really gotta sleep because its 12am in nz now even though its only 7pm in Singapore(:

17 December 2006