Tramping 21/10/09

What a great week it has been, even though it's only Thursday. Sunny and eventful Monday, relaxing and chilling Tuesday, exciting and windy Wednesday, studious Thursday. I feel good and just wish that time will slow itself and allow me a bit more time to soak into the wonderful life in Wellington. Like what most exchange students will tell you, I'm just about enjoying the life here, other than the food and cost of living. Friends are awesome, life is just about of the right pace and work is almost perfectly adequate. But reality tells me that my time here is going to come to an end. A mere 3 weeks is all i have. However, life tells me that i have to look forward to what's expecting me. Life has to go on and i am very damn sure that i have so much more to look forward to.

Wellington isn't going to disappear when I leave. In fact, i guess it will only get better. When i am done with school and my bond, perhaps I will come here to work and live for a couple of years. Living in farms is just a bonus, perhaps a possibility. I'm not going to lose my friends ; Fabien is coming over to Singapore for a week, Alise will come Singapore for her long-wished summer breakaway, Tim will be exchanging in NUS, I will head to HK soon, Germany, England, Italy, France during my grad trip and the states to visit my dear American friends when i am in the peak of my career. Nothing's lost really. Let's not lament on the remaining days in Wellington, let's rejoice the fact that we will meet up again and life will be even more exciting than ever.

To life and the greatness it brings, cheers.



xoxo,
Nd

Many Good Reasons Why I Want To Be A Kiwi

I feel compelled to come up with this list of reasons why i want to become a kiwi, all because i will be leaving here in a month's time and also all the different experiences i have encountered throughout my fulfilling time here.

1) Kiwis speak with a really cool accent, with words that i've used them in typing but never in speech.
2) Kiwis do not judge you by whatever that you wear. Put on really shabby clothes to school and no one bothers.
3) Kiwis are really friendly, when they are not wasted on alcohol.
4) They are not as competitive or kiasu like Singaporeans, i mean this in a good way.
5) Kiwis are chill, not as chill as the Aussies though.
6) Kiwis do not care about hierarchy. We don't call our professors SIR.
7) Kiwis do not rely on technology so much, which means they do not stay infront of the computer the whole day.
8) Kiwis really treasure days with sunshine, they will give up whatever they are doing just to soak themselves in the shine.
9) Kiwis, most of them, are not pirates, they rent DVDs and watch them. Streaming online is just too slow.
10) Kiwis, are no racists, at least for Wellingtonians. They embrace Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Indians. There is no need for racial harmony, it's automatic.
11) Kiwis do not go shopping at 9pm at night, they simply can't.
12) Kiwis love drinking so much because it's cheap. I love this but not the binge drinking part.
13) Kiwis simply love their rugby team. They will die just to watch them. Come on Singapore, flood the national stadium.
14) Kiwis do not need to fulfil U/Es, S.S or any breadths, they simply do their major courses.
15) Kiwis do not mind themselves being named after an endangered species of animal.
16) Kiwis produce really interesting advertisements. Dig that.
17) Kiwis (at least those whom i've heard of) love Singapore.
18) Kiwis stay contented with whatever they have.
19) Kiwis have a good sense of environmental awareness : They reuse, recycle and reduce.
20) Kiwis do not need use hair gel/wax because the wind simply destroys your hair.

More reasons will be uploaded whenever i think of something new. Cheers!

重色轻友

还以为我以经是个非常重色轻友的人，但是我刚刚才发现有个人还比我更重色。 他是个法国人。现在我是在第三者的立场上说这些。 他知叫女孩出们， 完全没友把男性朋友放在眼里。 好disgusting.

Ngomong-ngomong, aku baru bermain sepak bola dengan teman temanku. Ini adalah permainan terakhir kami. Aku senang sekali karena aku main sangat baik hari ini. Walaupun hanya memasukkan satu gol, saya membantu teman saya memasukkan kebanyakan cita-citanya.

Tonight is a party night and i bet a lot of people will be hanging around the waiteata area. I'm kinda excited but also disgusted at the same time because it means a lot of noise and all. I'm going to shower now because of the soccer game which i just had. Cheers!

Life of a Slack

Today has been really lazy. Did practically nothing other than attending boring classes, sipping coffee with Vanessa, talking about life as a VUW student and other issues, buying bread ham and wine, watching 2 splendid movies, drinking a cup of beer, listening to radio on my comfy bed, blogging and finally preparing to go to bed.

One of my very good friends has some problems and i offered my pair of listening ears. The problem sounded really serious but i didn't probe much because maybe she was really feeling lousy and i will not want to ask more and hurt her more. But i am sure things will work out to be fine.

Chef Loh got her article on the magazine and i am very happy for her. She asked me to take up a photography course with her and i readily agreed, after knowing it's free. Great! Looking forward to it badly, since i am harbouring the thought of downgrading to the prosumer. And of course, good to go with her too.

Time flies and it's already the 9th of October. One month 3 days later i will be at the airport with my luggage leaving this wonderful place. I will definitely miss this place badly, for the wonderful and ever changing weather, for the good people and for the unbelievable experience this programme has offered to me.

Emily left me a message on FB saying she got my card and it made her day, it certainly made mine too. I'm glad that my friends are happy receiving cards for me. If only postage was cheaper, i will make sure every Singaporean friend back home receives my card.

Tomorrow will be a crazier day i think, with my neighbour Daniel celebrating his 22nd birthday. Although he can be really an asshole during soccer games, he is still nice outside of the pitch. Guess i will hang out for his party tomorrow, fully utilising my rock beer and white wine.

My hair's so messy i don't know what to do with it. It's so unkempt and thick, if u bury an ants' nest inside you probably won't be able to find it. I cannot really believe i haven't cut my hair for the past 3 months. Pearlyn's really right, i look like a caveman now.

My sister's A levels are coming real soon. Hope she is coping really well. Hope brother's work is going well and parents' work as well. Cheers and good night!

Sunny Windy

The best weather for the past week, sunshine with breeze. Did my assignment, went down to the harbour bay to skateboard, practised ollie umpteen times, visited the city gallery for some art exhibition, shopped for groceries and cooked a good dinner. This week has been awesome. Totally slacked it off, no regrets in enjoying this kind of life. Totally amazing. My room is like a heaven now, so brightly lit and comfortable. But reality check, one more month to leaving Wellington. There have been down times while staying here but definitely the up times make up for it.

The art exhibition that i went to today is sort of weird. Almost everything is made up of dots and colors. It makes me wonder,"hey i can do this too. Am i an artist?" But of course, i am not fit to call myself an artist, i can hardly draw or paint. I enjoyed it nonetheless, because partly it was free and also i saw this really attractive girl who queued in front of me. As usual, given my timid nature, i did not get myself to talk to her. But who cares?

I seem to not miss Singapore that much now, maybe because i'm almost done with all my work, other than exams. I wake up at 10.30am, sip my MILO, ate my breakie and did part of my assignment. I am happy. If only i could do this for the rest of my life.

Life's so slack, i kinda forgotten that today is a Wednesday. I've lost the urge to party, i just want to sit down and chill. Sip beer and talk cock. Miss the times like this with Mario. So chill. Anyway, i am juts very happy. Cheers.

Good week, bad day.

The week has been awesome. Finally completed my lab reports, my essays and stuff like this. Met up with friends, chilled, jammed, skated, etc. I've finally realised that i am a goofy skater, i skate with my right left front. I went to the skate park, tried some slopes and it was fun. Jammed with Lenny and Bryce and we played a certain progression for 14 minutes non stop! The next day i jammed with Jocelyn and tried some jazzy pieces. It was really cool. Sounded really bar-like and omgeesh, nearly professional.

Today has been a very bad day, Things happened, upset everybody but at least it got salvaged when i saw friends at Sampo's birthday gathering and also spoke on skype. Malaysian food was a bonus, but it wasn't as great as Satay Kingdom.

Right now i'm just chilling, drinking my honey water and preparing to go to bed. Hope tomorrow will be awesome, making up for the lost day. My stay here is soon coming to an end and i hope things will be good from now onwards. Peace out, mates.