My winter, Queenstown

Although we spent two nights in Queenstown but precisely saying we only had one day for activities in Queenstown and we were short of time for more activities so the night before we had to plan ahead for the route and activities we were more interested in and get the plan done so that we wouldn't be wasting time on discussing where and when to go. 

I don't want to but I couldn't help to show off how large how comfy and how great was our room in Queenstown Scenic Hotel. Wooops! 

Nahhh don't think that we are that rich and generous to pay that much for it, it's definitely a big nono for this, we were just lucky. We were actually pre-arranged to a 3 star hotel instead of this 4 star suite but thanks to the lady who missed out that we were checking in on that day and there wasn't any room left for us and so they kindheartedly upgraded us to this 4 star suite. She kept apologising when I was waiting for the check in but I didn't feel sorry at all and of course I was happy! Who would ever feel sorry for an upgrade and we were paying less for what we've got. Duhh! =p

The street view early in the morning when we went for breakfast. Ughhh I'm sick of western breakfast which typically comes with bacon or ham, sausages, eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms, spinach on toast. Moderation is good but too much is just unfavourable.

Okie I'm here to overload you with stunning panoramic view again! They're all gonna be large photos from now on oh yeshhhh I just learnt from LiYin! I'm gonna change the previous posts pictures to this huge huge pictures woohooo!

Gondola Ride

I love this picture! Alright I love all the pictures but this one just simply attracts me a little bit more or maybe it is the glass house that is more eye catching?

The Luge Ride

Don't we look like the Mario family? Okay only if you know the Mario Kart it's very very cute heheheh :D Mario Luigi Daisy Peach Yoshi, anyone? :) :) :)

The Shotover Jet

Very very the expensive oooops yes indeed it is for the 25mins jet ride :S Fast, cold and freezing, even my jaw was half froze, the strong freezing wind's fault!

On the way to our next destination - Wanaka.

You can see me with two layers and a scarf only but don't ever underestimate the temperature at the moment it was in fact super freezing but I was just too lazy to put on my winter coat and thought it's just a few minutes to the public toilet I could endure the coldness. The truth is right after this shot I hopped into the car immediately and kept shivering with heater switched to the max.

The Puzzing World

On the way back from Wanaka to Queenstown, snow is everywhere!

I find this picture lovely hehehehe :) Love it!

Driving in the snow mountains along the edge and the mist was so thick that I barely could see and what adds to the worst is it was raining, it is... terrifying. To be frank my heartbeat was slightly abnormal for the whole journey especially when I felt the car had just slipped a little until we got over the snow mountains. All I hope was the car braking system not to go malfunction and if it slipped and we were at the edge, goshhh imagination serves you best at this point. I know it sounds a bit ridiculous but that was what in my mind at the moment. What could I say to end this eery paragraph? LOL. This would stay long and be part of my best memories. :)



Photos courtesy of KhaiChi, Siang and ShihYen :)

My winter, Te Anau and Milford Sound

This post is gonna start of with snow, snow and snow!

Yes talking about snow definitely we were very excited for people like us whom never experience winter with snow. We only feel the cold during winter but never physically see the 'evidence' of winter like snow except the bald trees! I mean it's so real that I don't have to go to the ski mountains to see the snow but we can see snow everywhere along the road. At the moment the magnificent stunning view came into my eyes I really feel thankful that I've parents that generously supported me for the opportunity to explore to NZ. :)

Can you imagine while you're driving passing by the trees and bushes and the stunning view of snow mountains just come right into your eyes at instance after the greenery view? Yes it's very mesmerising and I was in deep of speechless seriously, the feeling was awesome!

And you can see the mist is just beside you and it's so close to you.

At the moment we saw the snow mountains, we never expect we would have the chance to drive into the snow mountains and have ourselves indulging in the whitish scenes where snow is covering everywhere up. They looked unreachable, so near yet so far!

Mirror Lake

Don't you think the pictures look so fake that we only get to see this kinda scenic pictures at art gallery or drawing exhibition? It's way too pretty that even we think the pictures are so fake. A drawing, it's just a drawing.

0˚C! Hua tried hard to capture this when I was driving, the temperature kept fluctuating to 1˚C and 2˚C :p 766.4km, that's just the 2nd day, just a small case.

Here we are, starting our journey in the snow mountains. I still feel it's so cool to drive in the snow mountains :D :D buwahahha. It's very slippery with the black ice on the road but we didn't use chain even we were driving in the snow mountain. Hmm I would say it would be very good experience if we had the chance to put on the chain ourselves but too bad there wasn't any need of that. :(

Milford Sound Cruise

Seal!

Photos courtesy of Khai Chi and Siang :)

My winter, Christchurch to Dunedin

It's time to blog about my winter holiday spent in South Island of New Zealand! I'm back from Melbourne for more than a week already but I'm definitely still in a super duper holiday mood. With the never ending activities going around with my buddies here, my holiday isn't about sitting at home and having my every meal with series marathon. 

And you know, it takes time to collect and sort out thousands of pictures.  ;)

The picturesque magnificent scenic view of the South Island is undeniably mesmerizing! It was such a wise decision to proceed with our plan to New Zealand despite the fact of the outbreak of H1N1 which had nearly stopped us from visiting NZ.

Again, it's always pictures that best served our satisfaction. :)

From Christchurch to Dunedin, looking at the itinerary given by the travel agent, 5 hours of driving of 362km was something very challenging to start of with. Oh yes we took the self-drive 5 days 4 nights package with 3 cars for 9 of us, it was gonna be a very fun journey. We didn't have to squeeze in the car but rather a quite relaxing journey despite the long-day-to-night drive. So eventually you could imagine we were in the car most of the time from day to night until we arrived at the destination of the day - our lovely hotel!

I drove!! :)  Frankly it was fun driving ups and downs from mountains to mountains although it was very tiring. Despite the annoying GPS which mislead me for numerous times and confusing my friends following behind U-turning together with me (it was somehow cute to see 3 cars making the same way together :p), it was all fine. And it's cool to see 3 cars in white driving on the road together! :D

Edinburgh of the south - Dunedin. 

The Scottish city of Dunedin is set amidst a magical landscape and spreads around a sheltered harbour and is edged by the sea. Victorian and Edwardian spires and towers, neo-Gothic buildings and stately homes punctuate Dunedin's cityscape. 

Larnach Castle

Finally we arrived at our very comfy hotel at night and only 3 persons per room, you can imagine how comfortable we were! :D With the "Bronze" package we took we thought we would only be given some kind of motel rather than this 3 star hotel that definitely enlightened us, no doubt we were so excited! Hehehe!

Photos courtesy of KhaiChi :)

Gonna miss LiYin so much!

The MJ-feel LiYin with me :)

9 days in Melbourne is going to an end and I'm going back Newy tonight, yes so fast I know and I didn't do much in Melbourne. All I did was meeting up with friends and eating eating and eating only!

I've been eating lots of sweet stuffs here, egg tarts, cookie puffs, taro milk tea, taro bun, crepes, es teller, black sesame rice ball, red bean/taro pancakes, ice creams, scones, San Churro churros, KokoBlack chocolate affogato, and the best part is finally I got to try Max Brenner's Belgian waffle! Awesome!

Sluuuuuurrrrp Waffleeeeeee!

Too much sweet treats until LiYin surrendered of me and she even reckoned that I should visit Japan with so much varieties of desserts over there. Ohhhh.. I also came to realise that everything with the word "Taro" would definitely catch my attention first whenever I look at the menu. That's why I've been eating various taro flavour stuffs! ;)

All in all, I've been eating a lot in Melbourne but who cares since I'm holidaying and travelling means eating and eating, a very good excuse to eat! Trying out stuffs that I couldn't get in Newy, an even better excuse? Teehee.

Alright, I'm leaving this city and my dear LiYin in few hours' time! In fact she hopes that I can leave earlier =p Hehehehehhe. Back to Newy with my buddies tonight and we have plans upcoming already, cool? Bunch of busy buddies, nope we are just fully utilising our free time! :D


Xoxo

A little update from Melbourne

For the sake of updating after a long disappearance I'm now in Melbourne having my dear Liyin babeh beside me! Finally finally.. I was seriously worn out after returning from New Zealand and the first whole day walk in the Melbourne city, that was really an extreme to me and I hit bed for a whole 10 hours long sleep that night.

I hardly could find a slightly-able-to-see photo of me and Liyin in her photo album now. This is so shit man. Our unplanned-weight-gain-plan started after the very last paper back in 23 June. It's winter but winter doesn't mean it's necessary to gain those unfriendly elements in the body. How can my face be so 'pong'? Not only this I'm now having serious deteriorate skin problem now after the freezing weather in NZ and I can feel my hand is so rough. My eye bags and dark circles are......... I'm seriously speechless of how sad I look now. Words can't describe anymore. :S

How's Melb? So far so good but I'm too tired and lazy to join any day tour to visit here and there. Just simply spending the 9 days here to enjoy the city life and meet up with friends and I wanted it to be a very relaxing life for this 9 days but too much walking end up exhausting me.

And yes, resutls are out this early midnight. I survived - this is what I can say. :)

Although it's time to stop consuming excessive fats, holiday is meant to be relaxing, enjoy and eat whatever whenever wherever you want right? I shall go to get some egg tarts now maybe while waiting for Liyin to come back from working and Yes I'm home alone now.