Despite having a good heater to warm up the room and a comfortable bed to lie on, I did not sleep well last night. K's heavy snoring totally kept me awake. Plus, I got up several times to adjust the volume on my windows media player, which I had set to play classical music MP3s throughout the night. The stupid thing about classical is that every piece can go from very soft at the beginning to very loud in the middle, then suddenly soft again. To put it short, I don't think I slept much at all.
Today was chocolate and theatre day for me. The 4 of us skipped breakfast and indulged ourselves in delicious dim sum in the city center. Regardless, this is still the second best compared to the dim sum we had in Wellington. After dim sum, EK and S went shopping around the city center, whilst K and I rushed off to the University of Otago to catch a short play called “Paper Cut”, performed and produced by their theatrical students. The play tells 3 different short stories about the brevity of passionate love, coffee and baby Jesus. As we walked through the campus which was buzzing alive with students from all nationalities, I suddenly felt a strong urge to go back to my studies again. I missed campus life so much!! We paid $10 for 2 tickets for the play. It was all very good acting and production given that the cast and crew are all students, and the limited budget they had. The only props they had were 2 chairs. And the play didn't even take place in a theatre or on a stage but in a lecture hall and on the floor. Nonetheless, we thought it was good.
After our play, we met up with EK and S, who had bought themselves some sandals and boots from Number 1 Shoes. We walked towards the Cadbury chocolate factory and spent the next 2 hours there touring the factory and learning about chocolate making and the history of chocolate... During the short 1 hour tour, we were given about 4-5 different types of Cadbury chocolates. Plus extras that the guide gives out to those who answers her questions correctly during the tour. My favorite Cadbury chocolate now is Snowballs: Marshmallow coated with chocolate and sprinkled with coconut on the outside. We also witnessed a whole tonne of pure chocolate cascading down like a waterfall into a huge bucket for 30 seconds. That was so cool! Too bad we can't take photos during the tour!!
Me with thousands of gold foil covered Cadbury chocolate bars
K and I posing with one of the earliest Cadbury delivery trucks.. Its top speed? 20km/hr.. = )
We bought ourselves more Cadbury chocolates after the tour, and then walked around the visitor center and immersed ourselves in the history of chocolate before heading out for dinner. The 4 of us split up again for dinner, cause I felt like having Jap food whilst S wanted Thai. Because we were the first customers, the restaurant gave us a complimentary plate of Gyoza. So nice right! Between the 2 of us, we had Japanese vege patties, 8 pieces of sushi and a teriyaki chicken bento set with tempura, more Gyoza, spring rolls, salad, fruits and miso soup. I think I am hooked on miso soup these days.. Always feel like one bowl is simply not enough!
After dinner, the 4 of us met up in one of the shopping malls and planned our trip tomorrow. As of this morning, workers were still clearing the 1 metre thick snow from the avalanche at Milford Sound. So most likely we won't be able to go. But we are still heading down South anyway cause otherwise we have too many spare days left before K and I fly back to SG. I bought myself a cookies & cream and chocolate ice cream cone at the mall, and ate it in the cold as we walked along the city streets. So shiok!!
After walking around aimlessly, K and I decided to head to the public library which closes late at 8pm today. EK and S had split up from us by then, and we were to meet back at Hogwarts. After about 45 minutes of free internet browsing at the library, K and I strolled back to Hogwarts. Tomorrow we will all wake up early at 7am and start our next road trip to the town of Te Anau. Goodbye Dunedin, I'll be back!! = )
Today was chocolate and theatre day for me. The 4 of us skipped breakfast and indulged ourselves in delicious dim sum in the city center. Regardless, this is still the second best compared to the dim sum we had in Wellington. After dim sum, EK and S went shopping around the city center, whilst K and I rushed off to the University of Otago to catch a short play called “Paper Cut”, performed and produced by their theatrical students. The play tells 3 different short stories about the brevity of passionate love, coffee and baby Jesus. As we walked through the campus which was buzzing alive with students from all nationalities, I suddenly felt a strong urge to go back to my studies again. I missed campus life so much!! We paid $10 for 2 tickets for the play. It was all very good acting and production given that the cast and crew are all students, and the limited budget they had. The only props they had were 2 chairs. And the play didn't even take place in a theatre or on a stage but in a lecture hall and on the floor. Nonetheless, we thought it was good.
After our play, we met up with EK and S, who had bought themselves some sandals and boots from Number 1 Shoes. We walked towards the Cadbury chocolate factory and spent the next 2 hours there touring the factory and learning about chocolate making and the history of chocolate... During the short 1 hour tour, we were given about 4-5 different types of Cadbury chocolates. Plus extras that the guide gives out to those who answers her questions correctly during the tour. My favorite Cadbury chocolate now is Snowballs: Marshmallow coated with chocolate and sprinkled with coconut on the outside. We also witnessed a whole tonne of pure chocolate cascading down like a waterfall into a huge bucket for 30 seconds. That was so cool! Too bad we can't take photos during the tour!!
Me with thousands of gold foil covered Cadbury chocolate bars
K and I posing with one of the earliest Cadbury delivery trucks.. Its top speed? 20km/hr.. = )We bought ourselves more Cadbury chocolates after the tour, and then walked around the visitor center and immersed ourselves in the history of chocolate before heading out for dinner. The 4 of us split up again for dinner, cause I felt like having Jap food whilst S wanted Thai. Because we were the first customers, the restaurant gave us a complimentary plate of Gyoza. So nice right! Between the 2 of us, we had Japanese vege patties, 8 pieces of sushi and a teriyaki chicken bento set with tempura, more Gyoza, spring rolls, salad, fruits and miso soup. I think I am hooked on miso soup these days.. Always feel like one bowl is simply not enough!
After dinner, the 4 of us met up in one of the shopping malls and planned our trip tomorrow. As of this morning, workers were still clearing the 1 metre thick snow from the avalanche at Milford Sound. So most likely we won't be able to go. But we are still heading down South anyway cause otherwise we have too many spare days left before K and I fly back to SG. I bought myself a cookies & cream and chocolate ice cream cone at the mall, and ate it in the cold as we walked along the city streets. So shiok!!
After walking around aimlessly, K and I decided to head to the public library which closes late at 8pm today. EK and S had split up from us by then, and we were to meet back at Hogwarts. After about 45 minutes of free internet browsing at the library, K and I strolled back to Hogwarts. Tomorrow we will all wake up early at 7am and start our next road trip to the town of Te Anau. Goodbye Dunedin, I'll be back!! = )
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