纽西兰囧样奢侈的一天

来了这边整整两个月了，一事无成 XD
好啦，至少现在 cover 回来纽西兰的 expenses 正式往完成梦想需要的钱前进！

可是啊，真的可是啊，冬天就要来了啦！
总不想看见 Bell 婆婆每天每天穿着看到都闷的 almighty 粉红 jacket 趴趴走对不对？
再说那薄切切的外套能顶到什么时候啊
你以为那些几百块薄薄一层顶五层的暖暖衣咩

所以 hor，终于等到休假那天来个大-血-拼！
我有好好的 financial planning 的啦
真的
只是 hor....

你知道
血拼是女人的天性
好难控制
尤其买鞋子是在 check list 里的其中一项 must do
进到鞋店怎么可能轻易出来...
Melissa 你明白的对不对？
走这鞋店的时候我脑海里满满就是你啊！
若你来到肯定会发狂
我不相信你会 leave without 5 pairs in your hand!

Emerson Boot NZD39.99

一看到这双就发神经爱上她了！
不能脱下，脱不下来，怎么办？可是，这，高跟的呀！我是背包客要来干嘛？
我来自马来西亚，里面还是好-舒-服-的绒毛，我要来干嘛！
怕死得不到香港脚是不是啊！
可是...可是...

我有在犹豫的我有！ price tag 不敢拆下来...不懂下个礼拜会不会退回去咧？
可是啊！秋天，冬天，没有一双这样的 boots 我还要出来混吗？
（这句话是对还活在马来西亚的 Bell 婆婆说的，那个喜欢高跟鞋的变态高妹）

别问我那么普通的鞋为何爱得不可自拔。
爱-情-是-盲-目-的-
你不懂吗？
呵呵

再来。

Jezabell Dark Charcoal Marle NZD14.99

自从打了餐厅工后，我本来都不太白的白包鞋可以报销了
怎么没一份工都要报销我所剩无几的衣服鞋子呢？！


你总不会要我穿着上面有油迹，牛血，脏水....的“白->黑包鞋”出街吧？
我自尊摆哪里？！
（这句也是马来西亚的 Bell 婆婆说的。）
所以，这双 flat 本来就是一定要买逃不了的～
舒服咧～～～

再来。

Leopard Slip FOC

没错，免费，买上两双送一双，我很不随便的挑了这双只能在家里趴趴走的毛毛鞋。

看都知道温暖，不用问也知道舒服～

只是懊恼明明有 New Member Get 20% Discount 的好康，却因为忘了 print 出来

20% discount 没了

你知道，我是孤寒种。

好了，足部搞定。

接下来...

Navy Trim Style Cardigan NZD5

80% Wool 20% Nylon

Made in New Zealand

哈哈重点是最后的 Made in New Zealand

看到没有？

有没有人把这当作手信啊？

说真的，别看它好像没什么作用，今天多得它，Blenheim 劲吹风竟然不觉得冷

就是那个穿短裤的腿冷到麻痹...

Jay Jayo High Neck Covered NZD5

100% Acrylic

这件嘛，就是贪它高领，说保暖其实不太。管它的，外面多穿一件就好啦，反正它贴身 XD

Capture Knitted Long Sleeve NZD7.99

51% Acrylic 49% Lambswool

这间打底也很好咧～整个淑女掉 哈哈哈哈

重要是，也很保暖 <-- 看是不是我没乱买好不好

Be Forever U.G.I.Z Coat NZD19.99

标签一堆韩国字看不懂 @.@

反正就是人家冬天穿得烂有型的厚厚的里面是格子格子的外套啦

挡风保暖不挡水

不过，谁会穿着那么重的衣服出去淋雨....

好喜欢呢！！！

本来想买 Kathmandu 一件 NZD200 的 Duckdown 550

但是昨天看见别人穿着，好肿啊！天啊！我接受唔到咯！

整个好像会 blow up to the sky 那样！

不好看是一回事，要怎么拿回大马啊？！那么贵不能丢掉就算啊！

这间，“便便宜宜”就好啦，还比较有型～呵呵呵呵

Bell 婆婆就是烂有型。

H&R London NZD14.99

80% Wool 20% Polyamide 100% Polyester

Made in England

买这件是有两个原因的啦

陈蒂莹小姐你看见没？为了你我也要一件紫色的外套！

哦Melissa 小姐，就知道你喜欢紫色，怎么样？我买了～呵呵呵呵

下次冬天借你穿～

哦！忘了你太小只了，应该要买童装8岁的

不骗你

我在这里有一点难买衣服

这里的 size 都14 16 18 20 22 24

原来我只有 12，你还不是童装？！

Just Joddies Warmth Tight Legging NZD7.99

95% Cotton 5% Lycra

Made in India

保了上身怎能忘记双脚呢！

这超紧身但很厚的温暖裤，穿了外面还能穿多一件牛仔裤完全没问题

看不出来哟～

半夜穿着躲在被窝还会热到出汗 >.<

Renu Contact Lens Solution NZD34

妈的最贵竟然是这支神奇水！

一直这样的烂臭水竟然要了我马币90块！

不过提醒大家，买眼药水千万别到 Pharmacy，我在这个小镇做了个小调查，Pharmacy 比普通眼镜店平均要贵个NZD5。买之前多走几间眼镜店还是超市比比价钱吧～

相比之下这包装还算“超值”的， 355ml + 355ml + 120ml "才" NZD34

比起其它 320ml + 320ml 就NZD37 算是“超级 sibeh 值得” 的了

要节省用啊！

问我为何不带眼镜就算？

如果你看过我戴眼镜的样子， i bet you 肯定会把那句话吞回去。

 Transonic Stereo Speaker NZD6.99

没错，我还以为普通的 NZD17 已经很便宜了

一不小心在 Warehouse 看到这个

反正我只是因为 “电脑 speaker 坏掉不想一直带耳机搞到耳朵撞聋”所以管它音质好不好

便宜能出声音就好

没想到还不错哦！

Above my expectation 咯。

7 块钱的 speaker， 还不需要电池/USB/AC Adapter什么的, 直接 plug in 3.5mm 就能听了

小小只，方便携带！

买到好康～开心到～～

最后，背包客大概要骂Bell婆婆说我没有背包精神了

有哪个背包客是....这样的？

就是一人六双鞋。

唉，奢侈的不只这样！

就这么一天，让我放纵吧！

午餐时间一个人到这间 Maharaja India 享用午餐。

还以为它好像 Noodle Canteen 那样 cheap cheap take away 的

谁知道进到去有种脚软的感觉...

我...该不会吃了一天的工钱吧？

看那摆设，是我们（还是只是我这个穷鬼？）这种背包客玩不起的啊！

还酒杯咧！

点了份 Maharaja Pasanda

妈的超好吃好不好！

好啦，比上不足比下有余

我太想念 Roti Naan 的味道，太想念那种“大马三大民族”的味道

所以觉得超好吃

还很奢侈的吃不完，真是懊恼

浪费到！

结果一餐下来吃了我 NZD24

那一半还未吃完的饭与一半还未点完的 creamy curry 大概就有 NZD10 还给它了吧！

真是的！

电话又没钱 top up 了 NZD20，之前又不小心捐了一条小毛巾给背包旅社只好再买一条又没了 NZD2

我发誓！

接下来的日子不会再让自己好过！

但是啊，爽爽又买了蛋糕回家自己弄～

现在家里充满巧克力蛋糕香味～

爽～开心～满足～唔好諗佢！

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在纽西兰做餐厅妹

是的，自从上次那份很累人不要紧但是赚不到钱的农夫工作后（想了两下也别这么说，毕竟靠着农夫的收入我安安稳稳熬到不算富裕但不用仆街已经很好了）

说过在纽西兰这段日子要把人生中未尝试过的事情都敢敢去（前提是有钱赚的情况下）
所以这次敢敢死一个人来到这个城市， Blenheim 。

每次都说同一句话
“先让你看看xxx的照片”

这次也不例外

先让你看看我工作的“外带餐厅”是什么样子？

上载之前完全没留意过原来橱窗外竟是靓仔拿着可乐的广告啊 @@

So, 这是一间“外带式连锁餐厅” ，Noodle Canteen。

在纽西兰你很常看见这种外带式的餐厅，纽西兰人不懂事是太悠闲还是家庭观念很重还是怎样，很多人超喜欢来点餐然后外带，就好像我们的 Domino Pizza 那样，拿回家吃到撑死吧你！

你看见啦，所谓的“外带式餐厅“连桌子也只有一两张，椅子给你坐着等而已～

珰噹！每天早上你都会看见这些“新鲜的蔬菜与肉类”整齐的排放在 Tray 上，当然，只限开店前半个小时。午餐时间一到整个 tray 就会被我们翻个天翻地覆，惨不忍睹 >.<

转个身，就看见一堆锅子在后面，就是厨师表演身手的地方啦！
请恕我乡下妹出城，没见过厨房。

这里的厨师能同一时间照顾两三个锅，同一时间煮两三道菜 @@

对不起大佬，出卖你了。

Basically 我的工作就是打杂。
一进到店就准备这个准备那个，打开 tray 等客人（恐怖的是通常还未开店客人就在门口等着）
然后站在 cashier 前问 "How are you? What can I help you today?"
然后收钱。
过后就飞到隔壁的 tray 准备材料摆在一旁给厨师煮。
再不然就是飞到另外一边炸蜜糖鸡（哦这边的 top seller 就是甜到流的蜜糖鸡，鬼佬超爱！），炸估佬肉，炸云吞，炸蜜糖虾，炸春卷，炸炸炸的炸个不停就对了。


如果 tray 没菜了，就加啊加啊加的，你就会看见我一直往冷冻库跑，再抱着两桶菜飞着出来...


空闲时间就切菜啊，切番茄啊，刨萝卜丝啊，包虾饼啊，扫地啊，收拾桌子啊什么的...


到了晚上就一一收拾洗干净咯。洗 tray 洗 kitchen 洗碗洗桶洗地什么都乱洗就对了。
一天下来，都晚上九点多十点了。

回到家冲凉上网看戏又一天～

一个星期工作六天，每天 11am-10pm，还有什么日子可言？
（唯一觉得开心就是当美女帅哥进来点餐的时候可以眼睛发亮一下下咯）

这城市，好闷啊！

看！关门后街道都冷冷清清了！
基本上这里晚上七点后就是一个死城了呀～人都不懂死完去哪里了 >.<

快点存钱吧钱快点来吧！我爱你啊！
我等不及去跳飞机了啊！

冬天到了
我还是那件 all mighty 薄切切的 粉红 jacket @@

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第一次拜访纽西兰的 Pharmacy 记

不知不觉进入秋季已经一个多月了，从北岛下来南岛果然顶不顺这里的寒冷啊
我衣衫单薄，还是穿着我那万能的薄切切的粉红 jacket 打天下
结果冷出一身病来啦～
真是该死

咳嗽咳到鬼这样，连肺都差点掉出来了
在餐厅打工的时间又长，休息时间不多，结果礼拜天想要到 Pharmacy 买药却没开门
天知道我是如何熬过那几个咳嗽到头疼喉咙疼这边疼那边疼的夜晚！

终于今天能踏入药房
我多感动啊！

来分享一些对于在纽西兰打工度假的你们可能有需要的东西
（也就是我今天败的东西，我知道我很不应该，很败家，但是身体要紧啊～呵呵）

1. BENADRYL Mucus Decongestant NZD15.99

一进到药房服务员超热情的，了解了我的“病情”后，就介绍我这支咳嗽药。

我的情况属于睡觉前，睡觉时，睡觉刚起床咳得超厉害，都不能有个好梦呢！

咳下咳下就会有些许痰。

这咳药水不错哦，喝了不会眼睡，我第一次吃药那么开心。

味道其实和马来西亚黑棕色那个咳药水差不多，喝下去喉咙冰冰凉凉的，整个肺都得到解脱～

即时没咳得那么厉害了！

2. FESS Nasal Gel NZD12.50

不懂是不是鼻腔膜太薄还是什么，反正就是不习惯这里干干的天气，干得内鼻腔一直流血。
每天早上起床时鼻内总会有带着血的 mucus, 看了怪难受，鼻子也好像受伤了。
曾几何时我还 desperate 到把 Vaseline 涂在鼻腔内想说 moisturize 一下，总比涂 body lotion 或 face moisturizer 好吧？
这支 Fess Nasal Gel 好啊！不含 Petroleum 成分，不会像 Vaseline 一样形成一层保护膜让养分进不了内层（难怪我涂了 Vaseline 这么久不见效）
涂了一两天后鼻腔没血了，干干净净清清爽爽，正啊！！！

3. FRUIT WORKS BODY BUTTER GRAPEFRUIT NZD5.50

天气干干的，皮肤都脱皮了！看见这个就把心一横，买了吧！
回家冲完凉后迫不及待试了一下，哇，香香的，而且不油腻，涂了感觉就是有一层保护层但不会感觉腻腻的，不错哦！皮肤摸来摸去滑滑的，爽！


就是这样，不小心就败了几个小时的工钱啊！
但是可以捱过这个冬天，值得啦！


Anyway, 如果你知道在纽西兰随便发烧伤风头痛咳嗽看个医生需要 NZD 60-80 的话，你就不会剩下这笔自己当医生的钱了。

我说的，打死我都不在这里看医生！

看下次败到什么再和大家分享

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1 Day at Napier.

After Rotorua, we decided to pay a visit at this small town, Napier.

Napier is a NZ city with a seaport, located in Hawke's Bay on the eastern coast of North Island.

Nonetheless, Napier is a popular tourist city, with a unique concentration of 1930s Art Deco architecture. It also has one of the most photographed tourist attractions in the country, a statue on Marine Parade called Pania of the Reef. Thousands of people flock to Napier every February for the Art Deco Weekend event, a celebration of its Art Deco heritage and history.

(fr Wikipedia)

Not sure what others think about this city, but I know this city is famous for backpackers who want to try some seasonal works eg. apple/kiwi picking. Almost all people that you meet at local BBH worked for seasonal jobs too.

Pania of the Reef          

The romantic story between Pania and her lover, Karitoki.

According to Maori's mythology, Pania was a beautiful woman of sea. She swim happily in the ocean everyday with the little sea creatures (like Little Mermaid?) and in the evenings she would swim to the upstream and make a comfortable bed in the flax bushes.

Every night when she heard the sound of footsteps approaching the stream she would quickly peak out and stare at Karitoki, a Maori chief's son who come and drink the water from the upstream because it was the tastiest water of all.

Pania could not help herself falling in love with Karitoki. She cast a spell on Karitoki and her whispers carried by the wind and reached his ears. Karitoki turned around and saw the beautiful Pania coming towards him. They fell instantly in love and were married.

Pania lives in a whare with her beloved husband and refuses to go back to the sea, but the sea people were calling her back to where she belongs, the sea. She resisted their call for a very long time, but the lure of the sea people become irresistible and she swam out to meet them, just once.

The sea people came from the depths, surrounded her and drew her down into the cavern of the sea and never let Pania returned to the land of mortal.

We walked along the Marine Parade and accidentally found this haunted prison, Napier Prison.

But it costs us NZD20 / pax for the entry! Gosh I'm not going to spent any cent to see a fake ghost or what-so-ever so we turned around and came out, simply snapped a photo in front of the gate. 

Oh according to the visitors, it was so worth to pay a visit, and they always saw a shadow of a cat? at the corridor. They say it was the spirit of the dead bla-bla-bla.

All the way going up to the Bluff Hill (Such a Bluff!) and we took the alternative way into Centennial Garden, a reserved forest to have a break.

Don't know what am I doing, but that's the point! 

Special thanks to Dai Lou (大佬) from Malaysia...

and Jerick from Korea for accompanied me in this "special" day trip

We climbed up to the Bluff Hill (I'm not Bluffing you!) and reach the Look-Out Point. 

Port of Napier

Yes, please bare with me that this photo was so distorted. Just wanna show you how blue and clean the port of Napier was, unlike our Klang Port. Geli-brownies. 

There's a very special landmark on Bluff Hill Domain. From this little 3D Compass you can actually see what's waiting for you opposite the Blues. Argh....far...far...away from me....

So we didn't forget to pay a visit at Classic Sheepskins, followed a tannery tour which explained a lot regarding how they wash, clean, tan, dye, soften and finish the sheepskin. FOC of coz~

                                                            Wow! Chemical smell XD

And at the end of the tour, every one will get a free SheepSkin sample like this.

But I 烂大方咁 give this to my dear Japanese friend, Mika XD since she gave me a pair of slipper when I need it the most :D

到此一游是一定要的。

I know, this is boring. but consider it as an appreciation token from Bell popo okay? My life is really kinda boring here neh.....money money money, is so funny, in a rich man's world!


I NEED MONEY TO TRAVEL!

Alright, next week start working in a restaurant in Blenheim, it's a fast food chain restaurant, let's see how.

Thanks for reading.
Good luck.

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纽西兰打工度假 - 换宿记

我的生活真是变化无穷啊
一下在北岛一下在南岛的
在这里的一个月真是让我大开眼界
体验到纽西兰的美丽不在话下
却也体验到 “人，同时生活在一个地球，岂有不同之分” 呵呵
这么说其实有点过分啦

个人觉得
在旅游地区的当地人真的很友善，尤其在南岛的，超级热情
但在北岛呢，情况就有一点点不同了
人情味没那么浓，可能大多都是生意人还是什么的，感觉真的是钱钱钱钱...
阴谋好像还多多的
可能我小人之心度君子之腹吧，总觉得他们的笑容里怪怪的

我人生第一次 hitch hike 在基督城
我人生第一次换宿在 Rotorua, 给了这间名为 Astray Motel & Backpackers 的背包旅社

我想说，这里的居住环境真的很舒服，很干净，超级 sibeh 爽

比起 Rotorua 其他的 BBH 这里真的“高级/安全”很多

因为路过其他的，感觉好像烂烂惨惨的...

但因为是新的关系

老板 Frank & Sue 显得比较在意整洁咯

吹毛求疵到一个程度，是连一条头发都不能被他们看见啊

换床单是最辛苦的了，要拼命的把厚厚的 Duvet 塞进有限的空间里

我庞大的身躯真是很难塞进那个小角落啊

先让你看看，我与朋友们的房间

四人 Double Decker 房，这是我站在门口拍的照片..

让你看看我们这里很小但超级干净的厕所
当然啦！我们每天洗厕所洗得很辛苦的说！是真的哦！！
在这里要说一下

那些男生上厕所的时候可不可以瞄准一点啊？！！！
很恶心咯洗厕所很辛苦的知不知道！！！

再来，让你看一下普通双人房

很特别哦！这里的房间除了最 cheap 的背包cheap 房外，其他的都有自己的厕所与小厨房哦！

给你看一下全Rotorua最小的单人房

不是我故意不把门打开，我真的已经把门“开完”了...

是不是很干净整洁呢？
哦还有这里的厨房，虽然我忘了拍照，但我可以打保单说它“麻雀虽小，五脏俱全”呢！

看了以上超有空间压迫感的照片后，请想想，我们这几条水要在那么小的空间换被单，那个被单还 sibeh 厚，明明没有位了还要用尽吃奶之力把它给意思意思塞进角落。那个 duvet 又刚刚好，要塞进床底压着折好也是份苦差事，若单人床还好，double decker 上面那层真是要命啊！

厕所呢，都亮得可以美人照镜了啊！
想说为何有家里的大小姐不当要来这里洗厕所...呵呵

但，这就是珍贵的人生体验啊！
一生人也只有那么一次了！

在这里学会了怎么折床单，打理家务，做清洁工，才开始不明白老妈子平时是怎么干活的...
怎么能做了几十年还没怨言 @@

结果呢！换宿一个星期后，那个老板竟然假假这样说我们工作效率超慢
真不明白，我们明明在指定的时间内完成任务，为何说我们慢呢？
而且我们真得打扫得很认真超干净的啊！他们还要鸡蛋里挑骨头！
然后落下狠话说“如果你们不想干，今天就得打包走人”
当下真想骂粗口啊！！ &^&#$%#$!^&@$%


生气


不禁开始怀疑他是不是这么好人
因为我们到达的时候也有一对鬼佬 couple 在这里换宿，我们到达之后之间他们俩人没工开（因为我们抢了他们的工作？），还愁眉苦脸的在这里住了一个星期才苦瓜脸似的打包走人
现在轮到我们被逼要打包走人了，因为第二天会有新人来报道啊...
这是什么世界！无言...当然这只是我们的猜想，无凭无据还是不要当面指责的好


结果呢？相威胁我们吗？以为我们走投无路一定会留下吗？
老板你错了哦！
本来我们还烦恼要在你这儿呆三个星期真的有点长
现在我们能到另一个城市换宿了
感谢不尽啊！


你自己慢慢玩吧～

虽然这次换宿的结果不是很爽，但住在这里的日子真的很舒服
偷偷告诉你，这里虽然上网要钱，但若你到厨房上网的话免费能偷到外面的线哦！

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Short Sharing about Rotorua

Rotorua (from Maori: Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe, "The second great lake of Kahumatamomoe") is one place where the turbulent forces that formed New Zealand are most evident. This city, on the Volcanic Plateau, has one of the world's most lively fields of geothermal activity. Skyrocketing geysers, hot springs and boiling mud pools all tell you that this place sits squarely on the Pacific Rim of Fire.

(quote from Newzealand.com)

So I've been staying on this fire-hot-city for the past week but guess what, instead of hot, it's actually windy and the breeze of Autumn fresh filled with rotten egg smell (due to the Sulfuric down there) can't stop filling in my nostrils...(I know...my words are just ugly..I know..)

So I heard this little Maori city is filled with many love stories huh...(But where is mine?!!)

Kuirao Park

Tamahika, son of Tutea who was the first to set up permanent residence at the spot, had a beautiful young wife named Kuiarau. One day as Kuiarau was bathing in Taokahu a taniwha (legendary water monster) seized her and dragged her down to his lair below the lake. The gods, observing the struggle between Kuirau and the taniwha, became angry and caused the lake to begin to boil so the taniwha would be destroyed forever. From that time the lake and the land surrounding it has been known by the name of Tamahika's lost wife, Kuiarau or Kuirau as it is now known.

The boiled lake

Ohinemutu Maori's Village

Something happened when we accidentally bumped into this little village. We are just too amazed with the breathtaking scene and totally ignore that we are actually walking from their backyard, into their house area, and wish that nobody can see us until we reached the main road. Guess that is just not our day. The owner come back and was so surprised to see three of us coming out from his little garden and can't help himself to shout at us "PRIVATE PROPERTY!" So we quickly ran away without saying so-rry such a shame! LOL

And it's quite a scary experience coz Maori's has alot of DON'T and I'm so afraid that we already standing on the bomb without ourselves knowing it and I'm so afraid that Imma be the first Malaysian to be the menu on their Hangi. LMAO.

(Hangi - Maori's traditional way of cooking food using heated rocks buried in a pit oven)

Alas, all of these worth for throwing myself in horror situation XD

If you've read the book "273" you might probably know what is this building. Please forget me for forgetting it.

Maori's meeting place, which is a non-entry area.

So my friend told me that every flower in black is being cursed. So in the story of "Beauty and the Beast" Belle just need to do something to un-spell it. But it's not me ofcourse XD

Look at the spectacular BLUE! Opps....I didn't meant to be disrespect you...but the colour is just too awesome!

Maori's statue. Fierce face, red long tongue, big ling-long eyes, trying to scare people (like me) off.

Spectacular Mud Pool (Busuk sampai tak boleh tahan)

You've seen many normal hot spring pool, but this one, the very famous pool-type in Rotorua, is actually very GAO, is mud. So imagine you put yourself in this super muddy pool, whole body will become grey-avatar lo...

Don't think that in this angmo country people can get drunk anywhere ar.....kena saman baru tahu!

Lake Rotorua

One of the famous lake in NZ. I called it Black Swan Lake.

Many many many many black swan...And stupid me crazy ever dance ballet beside the lake (AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DANCE! just turn round and round like fat-ass-crazy-woman XD okay it's only 5 sec)

I think, this photo is so much like a postcard, my masterpiece!

I guess, I will be back :)

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