leaving for blenheim tomorrow.
small town.

here's one for the road.

cheers. =)
picture post below.

here's a picture post until i have time to write. sorry about the colors and stuff cause many of these were taken using my phone and all are direct from camera to com. means no photoshop. cheers.

i heard the instruments came. that's great. =)

there're lots of flowers like these here. and the wind is cold. even when it says 20 degrees on the weather forecast, and the sky is clear and sunny, the wind is still chilly.
that's how the weather is here.

this is in the middle of the arts center. we had fish and chips here for lunch.
the place is one whole street of medieval buildings and there're lots of art galleries and stuff here.
also there are artists who work here and display their work for sale in little "office lots" all over. pottery painting jewelry sculpture and the works.

statue.


the whole city is full of posters advertising artists and theater plays and performances and exhibitions.

we live on the first floor. this was taken on a quiet friday night, just before the streets go wild and mobs of literally hundreds roam the streets drunk and everything. i saw this girl who couldnt even wear her own shoes.

afternoon nap in the dorm.

this was a photograph of a man with no legs in the arts gallery. the description is below.
i shall let you read it for yourself.

click to enlarge.

weird orange clouds. it's not so apparent in this picture though.

christmas. the horses were pulling a wagon earlier.

glass window at one of the galleries.


the art gallery.

in the middle of cathederal square you have a large chess set. wicked eh?

more flowers.

the white stuff behind that looks like snow mountains? those are clouds. the rest of the sky was clear except for one huge mass of it coming over the horizon. this was the day before it started getting really cold.


we went to the beach. which was 15 minutes drive away.

this was to the left.

further left.

this was to the right.

this was in the middle.


further up the beach.

right by the beach were mountains so we drove up and this was the view halfway up.

my pictures dont do the view justice really.

the hills.


the roads leading up and down the hills.

where the hills meet the sea.


along the coast.

then we drove to new brighton where there's a pier.

here.

the pier lead about 300 metres out into sea. the wind, was like a giant industrial fan blowing right out of an industrial freezer. no kidding. continuous gale i would say. the whole time we were racing for time getting off at a place snapping pictures and getting back unto the car before our fingers got frost bite. so much for summer. it was so cold my ears hurt.

the edge of the pier. it says no fishing. but all people do out here is fish.

on the way back.

first night at melbourne airport. slept on the benches.

victoria market.

victoria market.
sorry i forgot to tilt it.

ate a doughnut.

street near victoria market leading up to the cathederal.

st. mary star of the sea.

there. they'll stone me for this but it's nicer than the christchurch cathederal.

christchurch airport. slept here.

cokers backpackers.

on my morning walk i saw this.

grocery shopping. the yellow one.
pak n save is like carrefour back home.

i love clean public toilets. =D
that's the bag i bring everywhere.

visited the botanical gardens. pictures to come later.

17-12-09
7.09 am
Cokers backpackers

The sun comes out at 5 am here, and I’ve been up since 3. Blame it on the extended evening nap I had last night.

Met up with mel on Tuesday at southern cross. Had lunch, walked around and did some talking. I’d like to say that it was refreshing, which it was, but at the same time it was, ahh. But maybe all conversations end up morbid when you talk to me so. Mm. it was good though.

That morning we’d come into the city at 6.30am since sleep was impossible. Walked around looking at bus stop maps looking for victoria market. The place is surprisingly like those you get back in Malaysia. Only difference being there are more Caucasians here.

Got the opportunity to walk alone much so I visited a cathederal, st mary star of the sea which supposedly was one of the largest around here. It was pretty. Shame on the oz people for not having seen this place before. Or maybe just mel.

Arrived back at the airport around 3, then got ready for the next flight. Flight was delayed bout an hour though, and while walking around we caught sight of crocodile jerky, which is basically crocodile meat ba gua. XD pretty freaky.

Arrived near midnight at Christchurch, 11 degree celcius. But if Melbourne was cold, Christchurch felt like you’ve been standing out there for three hours. We took a short walk outside and later my fingers had problems working the phone. Orion was 340 northwest if that matters to you.

There were plenty of people just sleeping on the carpet floor in Christchurch so we went right ahead and booked our spot next to the cleaners’ vehicle. Got three hours of solid sleep, which is the wonders compared to the one hour I got at Melbourne.

Got down to city central at 7 then went about getting things done. Got a new number, applied for ird, set up a bank account, and ate a 2.50 burger at burger king. In the evening we went to the super market to get groceries. walking doesn’t make you sweat here. Whee. Oh btw bmws cost under 38000 nzd.

It’s really quiet here in the night. I could listen to my mp3 at volume 1. At 5 I got up and went out for a walk. Chilly. Im shivering in my jacket with the hoodie up while I see people walking around in shorts looking at me funny.

That’s all for now. I havent bathed since the morning of the 14th. Gonna go get one now then have breakfast.

im at christchurch library now. yay for free wifi. but well unless i get a job here this luxury wont last very long, and the chance for that is slim. there's talk that we'll be leaving in two days. so yes. me at christchurch library:



for some reason some of my pictures wont load so i shall make a proper post tomorrow. and anyway i havent journaled cause i was too tired yesterday.

i know i should update but my brain really cant function now. sorry.


and someone said something about not looking nice in dresses? this is how thirteen year olds should look like. =p

im at mcdonald's beside victoria market in melbourne now. they have free wifi.

15-12-09
2.20 am.
melbourne

arrived at midnight. walked around a bit.it is supposedly 12 degree celcius here.
freakin cold.

it is still unreal.

as i boarded the plane this afternoon i asked, God what am i doing? but i know also that he'll carry me through.
up in the sky the earth and everything else looked so small. it made everything feel insignificant.

i guess for God our problems are small and insignificant like that too.

tired. gonna go sleep. i'd switched to melbourne time the moment the plane took lift so now im pretty much adjusted.
im smart like that eh?

sleep well tonight.

i think your insomnia has caught on with me.

on being twenty something

got this in my mail today. seeing as i despise forward mails this counts as rather unconventional, but oh well. =) and the reason i havent been blogging is basically hodgepodge-y but mostly cause im trying to adapt to a smaller keyboard and that really kills your partiality towards blogging. so.


They call it the "Quarter-life Crisis." It is when you stop
> going along
> with the crowd and start realizing that there are many
> things about
> yourself that you didn't know and may not like.
>
> You start feeling insecure and wonder where you will be in
> a year or
> two, but then get scared because you barely know where you
> are now.
>
> You start realizing that people are selfish and that,
> maybe, those
> friends that you thought you were so close to aren't
> exactly the
> greatest people you have ever met, and the people you have
> lost touch
> with are some of the most important ones.
>
> What you don't recognize is that they are realizing that
> too, and aren't
> really cold, catty, mean or insincere, but that they are as
> confused as
> you.
>
> You look at your job... and it is not even close to what
> you thought you
> would be doing, or maybe you are looking for a job and
> realizing that
> you are going to have to start at the bottom and that
> scares you.
>
> Your opinions have gotten stronger. You see what others are
> doing and
> find yourself judging more than usual because suddenly you
> realize that
> you have certain boundaries in your life and are constantly
> adding
> things to your list of what is acceptable and
> what isn't.
>
> One minute, you are insecure and then the next, secure. You
> laugh and
> cry with the greatest force of your life.
>
> You feel alone and scared and confused. Suddenly, change is
> the enemy
> and you try and cling on to the past with dear life, but
> soon realize
> that the past is drifting further and further away, and
> there is nothing
> to do but stay where you are or move
> forward.
>
> You get your heart broken and wonder how someone you loved
> could do such
> damage to you. Or you lie in bed and wonder why you can't
> meet anyone
> decent enough that you want to get to know better.
>
> Or maybe you love someone but love someone else too and
> cannot figure
> out why you are doing this because you know that you aren't
> a bad
> person.
>
> You go through the same emotions and questions over and
> over, and talk
> with your friends about the same topics because you cannot
> seem to make a decision.
>
> You worry about loans, money, the future and making a life
> for
> yourself...and while winning the race would be great, right
> now you'd
> just like to be a contender!
>
> What you may not realize is that everyone reading this
> relates to it. We
> are in our best of times and our worst of times, trying as
> hard as we
> can to figure this whole thing out.
>

*swoons*
i love regina spektor
=D