Ski trip and tons of photos...

Hahaha... I just love killing people's bandwiths... But I really wanna show how much fun I had on the ski fields. It was just AMAZING!!! However, skiing is really not me thing. Kept falling on my side, if not on my butt... I can't seriously stay on my skis. Sooner or later I'll just keep falling. I think my instructor got really sick of making me stay. He's this really weird as Swiss guy WHOM I've really bad luck of getting cz of his weird-as accent.

It is fun when you ski downhill but somehow I keep accelerating and not slowing down at all... And then crash into something or fall somewhere... The staffs keep having to pick me up... Really not my thing though but the experience was worth it.

Our first night at a local pub (restaurant)... 5210

Jess, Linda n me...

Lamb shanks and mash potatoes... It was huge and nice... *drools*

Skiing morning... Sunrise... The mountains in the back... ^^
I was still sleeping. Mel took this.

Tongariro Chateau. That's Mt Ruapehu behind it. The ski fields are located on it.

Part of one ski field... I think this is the lower mountain ski fields. Lots of people snowboarding which is like way cool... ^^

Me with my skis... HAhaha... I'm actually quite short. The guy gave me the short skis... And he said: "Hmm... You are short." He measure the skis against me when he said that...

View from my chair lift... It's amazing but scary...

Posing against the mountain in the highest cafe in NZ.

The view is just breathtaking...

Me and Linda... ^^

Posing with my skis... ^^ They didn't want to ski.

Jessie n me... She's so cute lah...

Both of them behind me with my poles.

The view of the village and people waiting to go up.

Mt Tongariro (I THINK!) It was in the LOTR films.
I think where they filmed the mountains part...

Snow is thrown at Jessie... I'm trying to escape.

WHAM!

The view from the Chateau

Mt Ruapehu... Leaving it behind

Back to our accomodations...
Had dinner consisting of instant noodles. It was really embarrassing cz everyone around us were cooking pasta or baking lagsane. The guy next to us was actually making a pizza from scratch as in making the base and putting toppings on it... T_T

Linda hiding behind a bag of chips in her bunk

Jessie playing with her phone in her bunk... HAhah...

Me? Listening to songs... Hahaha... My bed is on top of me.

Introducing my dog, the flower one...

It was real mean of blogger to say saved but actually never saved it... Sigh... So sorry for the really really late photos. I've got tons but not in a mood to upload every single one of them. Hahaha...

Winter nights...

They make me cold but I still insists on wearing shorts in the house and to bed.

They make me feel crappy as it is never warm enough...

They make me famished as if I've never eaten in my life...

I'm eating supper in front of the screen right now.

I've got hash browns, 2 eggs, a bowl of instant noodles and a cup of milo. Ah, and two pieces of cheese.

Yes. I did have my dinner.

I'm just hungry after work.

No wonder people gain weight in winter but I do not. HAHAHAH!!

HAIRY POTTY

I guess I would be one satisfied person this weekend.

I've just finished Harry Potter!!!

It was awesome.

I would not kill it for you guys.

MUAHAHAHA... My checkout manager actually wanted to finish reading it and then tell the whole checkout and anyone about who died. ^^

I did not bought the book though. So try guessing how I read it.

Hint: My friends didn't buy the book also...

Insecurities

ARGH.

We all lose track at what we think. The world evolves round us. It is always us, us and US.

Or should I say, me, me, me...

Sigh.

Been insecure lately. OBVIOUSLY I have to stop focusing on myself. *Sigh*

And stop swearing and stop sighing.

*SIGH*

I feel that my friends are all at the tips of my fingers. They do not want me anymore.

No, correction. Jesus is always there. *smacks forehead* You silly girl. Stop letting everything evolve round you. YOU ARE JUST TOO... THICK?? HAhahhaa...

Ah well... Laughing at yourself do help at times.

People laughing at you... Doesn't feel good. So... Hmmm... Just take it one step one time.

Ramblings...

This is one of those days I really wanna smack someone's head from behind. SUCH SENSITIVITY he has.

WHO CARES.

STOP RUBBING IT IN.

I BOUGHT IT SO WHAT??? If I get a better deal so what? I wanted it that way so I WOULD NOT REGRET IT.

I've done it and it's done. Telling me how stupid and how ripped off I was DOESN'T HELP AT ALL THANKS!

Just shuddup and let me be happy with what I have. You didn't even helped much when I asked for your opinion so YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO BLOODY SAY ME STUPID.

I will be happy with what I got.

You, on the other hand, OBVIOUSLY need to work on your sensitivity.

BKT session

LOL.

Our BKT session. AGAIN.

I cooked this time. HORRIBLE MAN.

T_T

But it was worth it. LOL. I think I'll like cooking a lot more if we do more of this loh...

Oh, btw, June n I were "competing" each other at swear words. According to the others.

I'm loud but I don't swear as badly as June... June pointed out that she swears a lot more uh, tougher but softer whereas I emphasise my swear words. LOL. Mine's harmless k? MUAHAHAHHA...

Sylvia Park's Hoyt's Cinemaxx (the largest screen in NZ --- mebe world?) WAS AWESOME!!! HAHAHAH!!! SO worth watching but the movie was CRAPPY CRAPPY CRAP. Hairy Potty is really... sigh, I guess, it's NORMAL. DISAPPOINTING. It never was as good as the book anyway so WHO CARES.

TRANSFORMER WAS AWESOME!

... spider pig spider pig... (Simpsom's movie trailer was hilarious)

FED UP!!!!!!!!!

I've actually posted most of the photos of the ski trips... BUT... My laptop when wham, crash, bang and died on me. SIGH.

SAD.

I'll do it when I like it k?? Pity lah... Sigh... I uploaded them slowly and painfully.

On a side note, June who is soooo bored that she decides that we need to chereograph a song/dance and we have to dance that number when someone marries...

This is June:
IM BORED
LETS CHOREOGRAPH A DANCE/SONG
SO next time
should anyone of us get marries
the whole gang have to perform tat song

Uhm.... Can I get out of it? Hahahahha... I can't imagine egg tart dancing to a song lah...

And she decides that Lady Marmalade would be the perfect song choice for the number.

Tsk, June ah June... I think we all will be very siasoi after the dance. Hahahaha...

TagGed by KimMie...

Kim... I'm so gonna kill u cz my desk is like the width of my arms... You think my room is like Kuching one ah... Big big one put anything also can... This is gonna take me ages to answer...

What's within arm's reach on your desk, without leaning forward too much?

• Novels from the library
  
• Papers - notes from Semester one I've yet to sort out
• Earrings... Everywhere... In their respective boxes but on the table too
• Clothes - strewn over from my chair onto the table
• My 3 broken free mp3. 128MB nia lah...
• Camera cable - My camera is still at Brad, left it in his car
  
• Snacks - Chocolates.
• Laptop (sometimes cz most of the time on my bed)
• Stickers & scrapbooking stuffs
• Photos
• Photo frames
• My old Nokia 3310
• Pencil box
• Pens & Pencils
• One huge book of children atlas
• Box of junk - cables, pens and more junk
• Pen drive - under the junk of tons of papers
• Magnetic cow Eleanor gave for my birthday
• My rubbish
• Wires
• Plastic bags
• Files for my papers
• My tests notes
• Notebook

LOL... Ok. I tag... Hmm...
Ying, Nai Chen, Nicole, Lucy Gay, Clarence & Cynthia

My column for Stampin

(Psst... I actually thought that I lost this as I've crashed my HDD, AGAIN, but found it in my gmail when I sent it to my teacher... I think I was really sarcastic in writing this. May be a touch of narcissisticsm)

Tena koutou katoa.

Greetings from Aotearoa. No, this is not from the land down under but from a much nicer and sweeter place, New Zealand. I guess that my name would not ring many bells in Stampin after left school in 2004 to come over to Auckland to further my studies.

Studying in NZ has been great fun for me. It is very different from what I am used to back home and trust me, the weather is also much kinder to us. We have natural air-conditioning. I guess studying for five subjects in high school is much easier than having more than 10 subjects (and more from what I have noticed from the recent SPM results) piled on us.

Well, I have gone past those five subjects a year stage. I have already entered my second year of university life and enjoy it immensely. It is much different from my first year and now, I am more confident of myself in doing things. I spent most of last year finding my foot around university as things are much different that what we had expected. No honeymoon year as some predicted but again there is never a honeymoon year. It sounds sad but its reality.

I have been having some of the best times of my life in university. It is really, when you start socialising and make new friends. I mean, studying overseas do have its perks like meeting Malaysians here. We are one united group. Singaporeans stay aside. Just kidding. I have Koreans, Kiwis, Chinese (Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau) as my friends. We do try to stay in our own cliques but I do not want to come over here just to meet Malaysians. Come on, IT’S NEW ZEALAND!! However, I do want my own Malaysian circle of friends, preferably Kuchingnites so we can talk and joke in our own brand of talk.

Did I tell you what course I am doing? Pardon me. Well, think about the most rewarding job and I am on my way to be one. No, it is not a doctor. I am going to be a teacher. Some of you might look down on this profession but hey, where would all the engineers, doctors, and architects be without teachers? Think how much teachers have contributed in your life, albeit the negative ones. Who influenced you the most after your parents and idols? I have gotten raised eyebrows about my choice of degree but I do not regret it at all. I LOVE IT! I really find my calling in teaching and the satisfaction of teaching really assures me that I am on my dream profession. It is weird to fly so far from home to do a course I could do in Malaysia but I do not have regrets. I love learning how to teach here and getting a different perspective on how teaching should be is totally refreshing.

Being a primary school teacher (which I am specialising in) is not just teaching one subject. In New Zealand, a primary school teacher is expected to teach all aspects of the curriculum (seven in total) and get expert help whenever needed. It is really a cool way to earn money, rather than being stuck at an office desk everyday. I am excessively energetic to sit down. Being a teacher helps me get rid of that problem and gives me a chance to talk my head off to children who would listen to me. I think that is why I wanted to be a primary school teacher rather than a secondary one. I really salute secondary school teachers because they have to face a rebellious sullen group of students. Do not shake your head and say that it is not you. I went through that stage and I think I am still in that stage. Haha! Another thing that my course mates are really impressed with is my multi-lingual skills.

Living life in NZ is very different. No cheap food, shopping. Basically, nothing is cheap. However, we do have many activities to fill out our spare time and having a bunch of new Malaysian friends help fill up most of them. My batch of friends who got the scholarship to study overseas are here and one of them is in Auckland. I am glad for more Malaysian companionship as I was quite deprived of them in the last two years. It was fun bringing them around, looking at Auckland and New Zealand with new eyes. One thing they did complain a lot about is the cool weather and the ferocious winds we have. I prefer colder temperatures but not winds.

Well, I have gotten off a great start for the year and accomplished many things. Went to countless beaches, did my university orientation all over again, had BBQ with friends, walked round Devonport (notice the WALKING part?), tramped the Coromandels, which almost killed my legs and had karaoke sessions with my friends. I am also currently volunteering at a primary school as a teacher’s aide to get more experience and I love doing it.

That is enough for me for now. I have written enough to fill the whole board and put people off reading this.

Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa.

Esther Song
Grandaunt of 5 Beta (2004)

p.s. I am really nobody in school. Therefore, do not bother delve deep into school magazines trying to find me. =) I do not hold any post at all.

Thanks Edmund for telling me about my column in Stampin. Actually I don't think anyone would read it at all... HAhaahhha... I really wonder how many do actually read the columns.