Here I am, lying in bed and blogging.. K is already sleeping, but I am still keeping the lights on.. Super inconsiderate woman ! = P
We are back to work again this week. Our off day on Sunday was not that bad after all, cause after I shut down the laptop and about to leave the Mount Action Center, we saw a couple playing badminton. I was too tempted. So I approached them to ask if we could join. They agreed. So we played for 30 minutes. Didn’t perspire a bead but my heartbeat increased so that’s as good as it gets. The center provides badminton rackets and shuttlecocks, but of extremely lousy quality. I had to ask the staff there to change 3 shuttle cocks for me before I decided to go into their store room and choose for myself. The first 2 he handed me were so bad I asked if he had any better ones. He handed me a plastic shuttle cock. I nearly fainted.. = ) But when I went into the store room to see, it was worse. The “best” shuttle cock I could find was out of shape and had missing feathers. Sigh.. Oh well, at least I got to play my fave sport! And made new friends. The guy’s from Texas, and the girl from Switzerland. And apparently, the two of them just hooked up on their trip here in New Zealand. Seems like a lot of couples we met here managed to find their other halves when they get here! Maybe it’s just for the company, then once the trip is over, they will go separate ways..
These past 2 days have been quite tiring for me and K. On Monday, we worked full shift at the on Monday cause the girl in front of me was transferred to do grading (QC check). It was quite an experience. I think I am becoming an expert now at packing and checking kiwi fruits. = )
Today, I again mended 2 lines. One for the huge ass jumbo size kiwi, and the other line for the really cute tiny baby kiwis. K was at the line behind me and we both worked like mad today. All the way until 630pm. This has been the latest shift so far. This morning around 11am, the assembly line malfunctioned and the whole thing stopped for about 20 minutes. It was a good rest break for us, and everyone started chatting cause there were no kiwis to pack. I took the chance to take pictures of me and K at the packhouse. Will post some on my blog soon.. = )
K and I have been cooking dinner almost everyday now since we started working. We had the best baked potato and ham ever yesterday. It was actually the last remaining portion of the baked potato we made on Monday night. We cooked too much so every night we just add more cheese and re-bake the dish. And yesterday was the best texture and crispiest version. We also made Campbell’s mushroom soup and had more of our cold pasta. K pan fried some lamb chops for his dinner. I can’t seem to get sick of my cold pasta despite having it for lunch and dinner for 3 days already! = )
After dinner, we headed to the supermarket to buy groceries for next day’s lunch. I made a salad of potatoes, apples, hard boiled eggs and celery, with mayonnaise. Then we used the internet at the guest house to check our emails. There was a sign beside the computer that says “$2 for half hour” and below the sign, a little “honesty box” for you to put the money to pay for what you used. So cute. Unfortunately, the CPU was locked so I could not insert my thumb drive at all to upload photos or my blog. Bummer!
During work yesterday, Adrena was mending the line behind me so we chatted for a bit. I thanked her for the delicious chicken soup, talked a bit about how I missed Singapore food, and also how I miss eating rice dumpling, cause last Sunday, I spoke with Dad over the phone and he mentioned that now is the season for eating rice dumpling. Adreana then mentioned that Ah Ming will be cooking glutinous rice for dinner that night, and she would bring some the next day if there are any left. I was thrilled.
And so today, K and I had glutinous rice for lunch. And stewed pork as a bonus. The rice came with mushrooms and small shrimps just like the way it should be. It was delicious. I never expect to have such wonderful home cooked dishes for my meals since I came. First chicken soup, now glutinous rice. Ah Ming is really a fantastic chef. I’m so glad we met this couple!! = ) We shared one box of my cold salad, and gave the other box to Ah Ming and Adreana.
During our morning break today, K finally asked Ah Ming if we could buy lunch from him. We figured it was the right time to ask since they voluntarily offered us food twice already.. = ) And guess what? He agreed!! So we are having home cooked mixed vege rice lunch tomorrow!! So happy… It’s really weird how I can get so excited over food these days. I guess this is what being away from home for too long does to me.. = (
We are back to work again this week. Our off day on Sunday was not that bad after all, cause after I shut down the laptop and about to leave the Mount Action Center, we saw a couple playing badminton. I was too tempted. So I approached them to ask if we could join. They agreed. So we played for 30 minutes. Didn’t perspire a bead but my heartbeat increased so that’s as good as it gets. The center provides badminton rackets and shuttlecocks, but of extremely lousy quality. I had to ask the staff there to change 3 shuttle cocks for me before I decided to go into their store room and choose for myself. The first 2 he handed me were so bad I asked if he had any better ones. He handed me a plastic shuttle cock. I nearly fainted.. = ) But when I went into the store room to see, it was worse. The “best” shuttle cock I could find was out of shape and had missing feathers. Sigh.. Oh well, at least I got to play my fave sport! And made new friends. The guy’s from Texas, and the girl from Switzerland. And apparently, the two of them just hooked up on their trip here in New Zealand. Seems like a lot of couples we met here managed to find their other halves when they get here! Maybe it’s just for the company, then once the trip is over, they will go separate ways..
These past 2 days have been quite tiring for me and K. On Monday, we worked full shift at the on Monday cause the girl in front of me was transferred to do grading (QC check). It was quite an experience. I think I am becoming an expert now at packing and checking kiwi fruits. = )
Today, I again mended 2 lines. One for the huge ass jumbo size kiwi, and the other line for the really cute tiny baby kiwis. K was at the line behind me and we both worked like mad today. All the way until 630pm. This has been the latest shift so far. This morning around 11am, the assembly line malfunctioned and the whole thing stopped for about 20 minutes. It was a good rest break for us, and everyone started chatting cause there were no kiwis to pack. I took the chance to take pictures of me and K at the packhouse. Will post some on my blog soon.. = )
K and I have been cooking dinner almost everyday now since we started working. We had the best baked potato and ham ever yesterday. It was actually the last remaining portion of the baked potato we made on Monday night. We cooked too much so every night we just add more cheese and re-bake the dish. And yesterday was the best texture and crispiest version. We also made Campbell’s mushroom soup and had more of our cold pasta. K pan fried some lamb chops for his dinner. I can’t seem to get sick of my cold pasta despite having it for lunch and dinner for 3 days already! = )
After dinner, we headed to the supermarket to buy groceries for next day’s lunch. I made a salad of potatoes, apples, hard boiled eggs and celery, with mayonnaise. Then we used the internet at the guest house to check our emails. There was a sign beside the computer that says “$2 for half hour” and below the sign, a little “honesty box” for you to put the money to pay for what you used. So cute. Unfortunately, the CPU was locked so I could not insert my thumb drive at all to upload photos or my blog. Bummer!
During work yesterday, Adrena was mending the line behind me so we chatted for a bit. I thanked her for the delicious chicken soup, talked a bit about how I missed Singapore food, and also how I miss eating rice dumpling, cause last Sunday, I spoke with Dad over the phone and he mentioned that now is the season for eating rice dumpling. Adreana then mentioned that Ah Ming will be cooking glutinous rice for dinner that night, and she would bring some the next day if there are any left. I was thrilled.
And so today, K and I had glutinous rice for lunch. And stewed pork as a bonus. The rice came with mushrooms and small shrimps just like the way it should be. It was delicious. I never expect to have such wonderful home cooked dishes for my meals since I came. First chicken soup, now glutinous rice. Ah Ming is really a fantastic chef. I’m so glad we met this couple!! = ) We shared one box of my cold salad, and gave the other box to Ah Ming and Adreana.
During our morning break today, K finally asked Ah Ming if we could buy lunch from him. We figured it was the right time to ask since they voluntarily offered us food twice already.. = ) And guess what? He agreed!! So we are having home cooked mixed vege rice lunch tomorrow!! So happy… It’s really weird how I can get so excited over food these days. I guess this is what being away from home for too long does to me.. = (
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