As the title of this entry suggests, I am going to write in retrospect to catch up on all the “lost” days that I did not had time to blog on.
On Tuesday 12th May, K and I went to the Parnell Rose Gardens, which was supposedly famous according to the tourist brochures. K and I had argued much on whether we will be able to see roses at all since it was autumn. Stubborn me kept insisting that roses grow the best in cool weather, so K relented and we went. When we reached there, I was so disappointed. All the roses had withered and died. Only a few nice ones remained. We had packed sandwiches, with the intention to eat them at the gardens. But after a few bites, I feel so sad looking at the dead roses I decided to eat my sandwich in the car instead.. = ) We bought the BBH (backpacker's discount card) and the WWOOFing membership card as well on the same day. With the WWOOF membership, we will be able to search for hosts to accommodate us for free in exchange for our labour to help them with whatever work they have (gardening, picking fruits, housework etc.)
We had dinner at the Taiwanese couple's house on Tuesday. K had some problems with the Toyota Windom and had sent an email to Mr. Yen to ask. Somehow, since we didn't have anything to do that day, we text to ask if we could just pop by so he can have a look at the car. We ended up having dinner there. Mrs. Yen cooked stewed Satay beef and potatoes with rice, fried vegetables, sausages, prawn salad and also prepared pineapple and grapes for us for dessert. We also met their 2 daughters, and as usual, they were too kind to us. Before we left, we took with us 2 of their thick winter jackets, pants and gloves for skiing / snow boarding. Mrs. Yen kept insisting that we return them unwashed after our trip in 6 months' time. We are totally grateful for their hospitality and still wondering how we can repay them!! = )
On Wednesday 13th May, we met up with Pui and went out the entire day. We went to the famous Piha black beach. The view was gorgeous.. And the sand is really black and glittering like crystals! The place is so NOT commercialized (and hence extremely pretty) that we can't even find decent food there. At first, we thought since it is such a famous tourist attraction, it will have decent food, so we didn't pack lunch. Apparently, the people of Piha fought hard to prevent their home from being commercialized with shops and tourist cafes etc. We had to walk through fields of “lalang” and cross a small stream to get to the beach. I got my shoes and socks wet from crossing the stream, but it was worth it.. Even though we got caught in the rain in the middle of the beach where there was no shelter at all.. haha.. I am kinda getting used to being caught in the rain already these days.. = ) For lunch, we found a small pathetic cafe and bought one hotdog sandwich to share among the 3 of us, coffee and hot chocolate. We had a fat orange cat for company. I thought we will be able to find something more decent once we leave the beach so I didn't eat much. Unfortunately, I had to go without food all the way until 430pm cause we went to anther part of the beach, then the drive down took so damn long... We drove to a shopping mall to look for my boots at a clearance store, and had yang chow fried rice and sweet and sour soup for lunch. It was delicious. Not sure if it was because I was hungry though! And the soup only cost us $2 a bowl for a decent size bowl (enough for 2 people)!
I didn't buy any shoes in the end cause the range available at the shop was all crap.
For dinner, we had Italian at the same restaurant we were at on Monday: La Porchetta. This place sells decent pizza and pasta for a reasonable price. After dinner, we headed down to a bar called “Snatch” in Ponsonby where there was supposed to be a free stand-up comedy act by wannabe comedians who are still “under training”. We saw the advertisement at the backpacker's hostel where we bought the BBH card. We spent about 30 minutes at the bar, and had a good time laughing.. For free!! = P We left the bar around 930pm, sent Pui home and headed back ourselves.
So.. that's what I have been up to these days.. Feeling much happier now cause I've had much better food since I arrived!! = )
Period still not here yet though.. >_<
On Tuesday 12th May, K and I went to the Parnell Rose Gardens, which was supposedly famous according to the tourist brochures. K and I had argued much on whether we will be able to see roses at all since it was autumn. Stubborn me kept insisting that roses grow the best in cool weather, so K relented and we went. When we reached there, I was so disappointed. All the roses had withered and died. Only a few nice ones remained. We had packed sandwiches, with the intention to eat them at the gardens. But after a few bites, I feel so sad looking at the dead roses I decided to eat my sandwich in the car instead.. = ) We bought the BBH (backpacker's discount card) and the WWOOFing membership card as well on the same day. With the WWOOF membership, we will be able to search for hosts to accommodate us for free in exchange for our labour to help them with whatever work they have (gardening, picking fruits, housework etc.)
We had dinner at the Taiwanese couple's house on Tuesday. K had some problems with the Toyota Windom and had sent an email to Mr. Yen to ask. Somehow, since we didn't have anything to do that day, we text to ask if we could just pop by so he can have a look at the car. We ended up having dinner there. Mrs. Yen cooked stewed Satay beef and potatoes with rice, fried vegetables, sausages, prawn salad and also prepared pineapple and grapes for us for dessert. We also met their 2 daughters, and as usual, they were too kind to us. Before we left, we took with us 2 of their thick winter jackets, pants and gloves for skiing / snow boarding. Mrs. Yen kept insisting that we return them unwashed after our trip in 6 months' time. We are totally grateful for their hospitality and still wondering how we can repay them!! = )
On Wednesday 13th May, we met up with Pui and went out the entire day. We went to the famous Piha black beach. The view was gorgeous.. And the sand is really black and glittering like crystals! The place is so NOT commercialized (and hence extremely pretty) that we can't even find decent food there. At first, we thought since it is such a famous tourist attraction, it will have decent food, so we didn't pack lunch. Apparently, the people of Piha fought hard to prevent their home from being commercialized with shops and tourist cafes etc. We had to walk through fields of “lalang” and cross a small stream to get to the beach. I got my shoes and socks wet from crossing the stream, but it was worth it.. Even though we got caught in the rain in the middle of the beach where there was no shelter at all.. haha.. I am kinda getting used to being caught in the rain already these days.. = ) For lunch, we found a small pathetic cafe and bought one hotdog sandwich to share among the 3 of us, coffee and hot chocolate. We had a fat orange cat for company. I thought we will be able to find something more decent once we leave the beach so I didn't eat much. Unfortunately, I had to go without food all the way until 430pm cause we went to anther part of the beach, then the drive down took so damn long... We drove to a shopping mall to look for my boots at a clearance store, and had yang chow fried rice and sweet and sour soup for lunch. It was delicious. Not sure if it was because I was hungry though! And the soup only cost us $2 a bowl for a decent size bowl (enough for 2 people)!
I didn't buy any shoes in the end cause the range available at the shop was all crap.
For dinner, we had Italian at the same restaurant we were at on Monday: La Porchetta. This place sells decent pizza and pasta for a reasonable price. After dinner, we headed down to a bar called “Snatch” in Ponsonby where there was supposed to be a free stand-up comedy act by wannabe comedians who are still “under training”. We saw the advertisement at the backpacker's hostel where we bought the BBH card. We spent about 30 minutes at the bar, and had a good time laughing.. For free!! = P We left the bar around 930pm, sent Pui home and headed back ourselves.
So.. that's what I have been up to these days.. Feeling much happier now cause I've had much better food since I arrived!! = )
Period still not here yet though.. >_<
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May 24, 2009 at 1:48 AM
ya lor, it seems like NZ is raining all the time! Su and I are very excited for you about the missing period. hehehehe!