C'est LA viE

We have a new flatmate moved in today =)

finally, our 3 flatmates life end, our mandarin speaking environment halfly gone, and ya, we need to spare out our kitchen and fridge space.

Well, at least finally we got to clean our disgusting kitchen.....phew....

Ok just a quick introduction:

My new flatmate is a vietnamese, she is just 19!!! GOSH, I am so OLD now....

She works at the plaza, in the shop which make-up nail, so u can basically conclude her as a nail stylist. So can I get discount when I got my nail made up? haha....

Haha, I know, I out very frequently lately, so today I went out with Nicole to Wellington again. LOL

This time actually, yes, is for the Macaroon again, but actually the box I bought today was considered a failure.

I guest, not every trial will success, oh probably the unpleasant issue was She should have not sell it to us....

Yea, the macaroons were faded in color, and soft texture, and with kinda off-flavor.

Anyway, I am alright with it, well better than nothing right??

Then we went for dim-sum, ya was kinda looking forward to it, but at the end, another failure....

Guest we shouldn't have that high hope...=(

Then we hanged around at wellington, and have a short tea time at the Butlers chocolate cafe. We had a good time, but I think Nicole might got another speed ticket on the way back home, TT

hopefully the camera dint catch her, and I was too tired, slept the whole way back home =P

No picture today =(, just this

Is it like a present?? haha

So, one is never enough? Haha, I baked another cheese cake for Qing for his birthday~

Well, this time I think was not that great as compared with last cookies and cream cheese cake I baked last yr for my parents when they came NZ, bt wit my full-heart wishes, it's still tasted good! =P

Happy Birthday, Qing! =D

So, we had to leave earlier to catch the bus and to return Palmy in the evening. Yes we took another 7-hours bus back home again, tiring trip...

Anyways, is a very enjoyable long weekend, good to meet up with Jessie and know that she is coping well with this big city. I wish her all the best and stay healthy and happy for her career and life in Hamilton, she is such a good friend.

I will miss her, as well as Hamilton. =)

Note: there were actually some places that I really would like to go, such as the Hamilton river walk, and fan zone, and the rest of the city. Seriously, the image of Hamilton city was very blurry to me, I just remember the garden and waitomo cave in this trip, pathetic~

What with the city? I had no idea....I would like to come again. Next time will be the hot balloon festival 2012, finger crossed.

This was the hot balloon I saw on the second day of Hamilton trip, I would like to see many of them fill up Hamilton's sky~=)

Finally I got to visit the Waitomo Caves! Yes, there were many opinions before especially when come to driving. As Jessie was still a fresh driver in NZ, she was very scared to drive to Waitomo, so I checked and asked about the road, and it was relatively easy to drive.

we missed the shuttle to Aranui cave, so we just spent time taking photos!!!

all black's support everwhere~

and then we got into shuttle! ^^

And finally we get to go to Waitomo! It was one hr from Hamilton, and we did one of the cave: the Aranui Cave which we were able to see the glow worms and the unique stalactites formed by the natural~

Our tour guide was very friendly, and explained very detailed, I learnt a lot and was really amazed with the great natural power to form such beautiful stalactites! I felt really thankful that I got this opportunity to come to this heavenly place and also appreciated those workers who built this stable platform for visitors like us.

with flash light~

and without flash light! is not that white actually....and is dirty (my first thought), then i found that: make sense right? cz they are rocks as well!

I just found out that how fragile were these stalactites, we are prohibited to touch them, because it will make them discoloured and break....and actually I accidentally touch some of them when walking in the darkness...sorry....=( I hope they were alright.....=(

beautiful!!

For the glow worms, amazing! It was the first time i saw them, although there is actually one tourist attraction for glow worms in Kuala Selangor, oh pathetic me....

these are glowworms!! They will secrete some liquid-silk liked web hanging from the stalactites. And cz I took it without flashlight, so u cant see them glowing~

Anyway, glow worms in the Aranui cave were so beautiful, they shine like stars in the darkness, the bad thing was I was not able to capture them, as we were not allowed to do that, especially with flash light. Nevertheless, some Chinese (I mean from the mainland/ other places) were really annoying, they just turned on their flash light and snapped like how many times, gosh, we were telling them not to (in both English and mandarin) and they just ignored us. People, don’t bring your bad habit to here, NZ don’t need it!

Oh well, I didn’t want them ruined my mood, and we decided to walk back to i-site instead of taking the shuttle we previously taken. We had a great walk, down to the valley and farm, and up to the top of mountain, nice breeze and walk. Recently i was so in love with tramping, so I was glad that we chose to walk back. It took us like 1 hr and a half to back I site.

snapshot outside Aranui cave

Have the Ruakuri bush walk loop first~

haha, see, he is humour right. Have a rest before continued walking back to I site

haha, we had so much fun!

we got to cross into the farm!

  first time get to take photos with meeeeeeew~ haha, actually it was kinda scary, cz weilin was wearing red that day, we just afraid the cows will attack us~

on the way up to hill~

also, first proper good jump snapshot!

Then, we finally back to isite, and we did a picnic beside the i-site. Relaxing afternoon....

 Then we headed back to Hamilton, and I found that the Asian groceries store in Hamilton sold the Asian-style bakery from Auckland!!! ARGH!! I am so excited, I missed the bakery so much!!

We were supposed to watch the rugby final – All black vs. French in the Hamilton fan zone tonight, however, they refused to do that....and that’s a decision, not a discussion, that’s really ruined my mood. I mean come on, is the final, probably is the only final match I could watch in NZ! That’s sucks!

I think the main reason of not watching the match at the fan zone was because of someone who willing to cook dinner at Jessie’s flat, and hard to find parking in the city, ok whatever~ So we cooked and we watched TV instead, boring......

Anyway, the match was actually intensed, and I was pissed off because Geng kept on blaming Wheepu for missing 3 kicks. Why don’t u go to kick the rugby then?! Last time he was so high when wheepu scored like more than 10 points in the previous match and he kept on saying Wheepu the best and he liked him....You just switched to the better one, don’t u?

Oh well, I nearly fall asleep in watching the match, the atmosphere just made me mad, I rather sleep. But of cause I dint, just I was not concentrating. It was a tight match, very tight. I never thought French were that strong, and of cause was very worried if All Blacks lose the final.

And I was so nervous in the last few minutes of the match, All Blacks were just one point ahead! And, yes, the referee blew the whistle! Yes! ALL BLACKS WON!! It was the second champion for NZ since 1987! And I got to see this historical moment! =D Thanks All Blacks! You guys are the best!! Thanks for the effort, you guys deserved it ! Have more rest, and have fun on the celebration!

Despite of dissatisfactions of the location watching the match, and annoying complaints, the glory of All Blacks had made my day!