Day 232 - 241

Day 241 - study ... work ... sleep

woke up & went to buy some stuff for the shop before driving me home.

NZ petrol pricebuy breakfastur dream car?
good ad!but i can't live without meat .... im sorry mr. cow, mr. pig & mr. chic!

Day 240 - yahooo .... finally today all bus services back to normal. no need to walk to school anymore. so bad luck today.i left my room key in my room!!! its already 1am when i finished work. there will be no receptionist to help me. can't get to my room :( so i overnite at boss's house. how terrible i am!!!!!

Day 239-236 - study ... work ... sleep. because of the bus drivers all on strike, I had to walk to school. it takes around 35 min. the weather is bad. windy and rainy and cold. sometimes i just get fed up of using umbrella coz the wind will just blow it another way round and i get wet. so i just put on my jacket's hood and walk fast. easier.

Day 235 - today got buddhist exam, so practice was cancelled. woke up at 2pm. such a nice sleep ever. went to work at 5pm.

Day 234 - woke up at 8.30am. together with Tiffany, I went to Howick to shoot a Thai restaurant's boss's birthday party till 12pm. had sandwich and hot chocolate for brunch in the car. then rush to North Shore to shoot a wedding from 12.30pm - 9pm.

Day 233 - from today onwards till further notice, all bus services will be cancelled. haizzz .... since i came to NZ, it has been several times this happened. what to do, they have so much freedom to strike. so poor us citizens had to walk, cycle or carpool. i don't usually have breakfast but after walking, I just couldn't resist from stepping into Subway and get myself a SubOfTheDAy.

Day 232 - study ... work ... sleep

Day 231

its still very cold today but luckily it didn't rain. when i came out from class, the right side of me was ..... gloomy & cloudy
but the left side of me was ..... clear sky
this is New Zealand weather. it can change so instantly!

when i came from work at 1am, i checked my mailbox & i found an envelope for me. i can recognise its Bee Peng's writing. immediately i opened it and ......

sob .... sob ..... its a birthday card from my dear band members in Penang! thank you so much guys for the wishes!!! really happy to recieve this surprise!!!

miss you guys!

Day 225 - 230

Day 230 - its still very cold today. when i go to school, its about 12 degrees. its 6th Oct, uncle's birthday. called home to say hi.

Day 229 - suddenly the weather changed! from the usual 18 degrees, it dropped to 7 degrees! damn cold man! it's almost as cold as winter. plus the raining & strong wind, its like staying in a freezer.

Day 228 - woke up at 8.30am. took bus with Wendy to World Peace Chanting. it was gokuyo day as well. after that, went to buy lunch and continue practicing till 4pm. Sam took some leftover cakes for us. yummy!!! went to work at 5pm til midnite.

Day 227 - its Mooncake Festival! so sad im not at home to celebrate my lunar birthday. anyway, i had a great day. went to practice till 4pm. then, we head to Sam's house at North Shore to celebrate his birthday. lotsa delicious food & drink. so full. came back home at 10pm, do my laundry. about 12am, went out to have a hot drink with my Philippine friend.walked around the street till 2am. saw many many people clubbing. all these while, i thought its a boring city because i don't see anyone on the street after 10pm. now only i know, they are all at the lower part of the city clubbing. it was so packed with people. and the unfortunate (sui) thing is that i saw two guys peeing on the street! yucks!!!! went back and straight to the bed. so tired.
(photos coming soon)

Day 226 - work from 12pm to 12am

Day 225 - work from 12pm to 12am

Day 222 - 224

Day 224 - went to work at 12pm. went out at 7.00pm to attend gosho meeting. it has been ages since i went for gakkai activities. glad i did tonite. all thanks to my leader Vikki who never stop encouraging & reminding me bout meetings. went to the meeting place by bus together with Wendy(M'sia), Satomi(Japan) & Vikki(Scotland). learned a few gosho passage of 'writing letter to my brother'. some inspiring notes that i would like to share:

1. the purpose of faith is to pass through the valleys of hardship.

2. the process of changing karma forges & polishes our lives to the highest degree.

3. trial(obstacles) will prove(test) your faith.

4. you may hate this world but you cannot escape it. so, face it!

5. you must neither show nor feel any fear. you must grit your teeth & never slacken in your faith.

6. be the master of your mind, don't let your mind be your master.

me & Wendy on the bus. (look at the lady behind us ~ staring at these 2 crazy gals)

awesome view at the meeting place. can you see all the yatchs harbouring?

then 9.30pm back to work till 1.30am. supper for auntie heng's husband~ ROTI CANAI *chef: Angie Ong [auntie heng smiling for the camera too]Day 223 - work ... sleep

Day 222 - work ... sleep

Day 216 - 221

just received an email from Mendy. its my birthday card from my dear Andy. thx sis 4 the photo! Day 221 - about 7am, suddenly there's a man came knocking on my unit's door. i guess it was the same guy who did that stupid thing 3 times before over the past few months! i didn't care about it but it lasted quite some time. in the end, my flatmate came out to check on it & i came out too. i told her quitely that this is not the 1st time this fella came. it seems that he's looking for someone. we can't ask 4 help coz the reception only opens at 10am. his knocking began to be more hard and he uttered vulgar words. so scared till cannot continue sleeping. previous 3 times i was just alone and u imagine how scared i was. he tried knocking hard, turning the door knob, kicking the door, shouting .... etc. luckily this time my flatmate is around. i better standby a knife by my side!

Day 220 - woke up at 2.30pm. clean up my room and then went to shop for grocerries at foodtown. had cheese & ham burger for my 3-in-1 meal.

Day 219 - work 12pm - 2am ... sleep

Day 218 - work 12pm - 1am ... sleep

Day 217 - went to school to help Tiffany with her assignment before going 2 work at 5pm.

Day 216 - work 12pm - 12am ... sleep

Day 215

ooooo .... its my bday!had a long video chat with my family members last night. thx to all my family & friends for your wishes. :)

my school holiday starts today till Oct 5th. yeeehhhh ........

today was supposed to go to school to help Tiffany with her assingment but she was bz and we postponed it to Wed. so i went to work at 1pm. during lunch, boss bought a mini kumara cake for me. at night, Nigel & friends suddenly showed up at my workplace for dinner, bringing a cake & a present. geeeee .... thx so much!

i asked permission 2 go home early as they are waiting for me since 8pm. so by 11.30pm, Wendy & I went to Nigel's apt for the party! after eating the cake, we played poker for awhile before ending the party at 1.30am.

cake frm boss

party photos. photographer:Nigelit is indeed a very nice birth day!

Day 204 - 214

wwwaaa .... 10 days i didn't blog di. gee ....... ok .. lets start now!

Day 214 - its sunday! go to practice as usual. played Centuria & Forever Sensei. then went to work straight. its cold today. kanasai ... the wind is so cold, i didn't wear my winter jacket out! ggrrr ..... shivering!!!!!

Day 213 - today got extra practice but i only went with Nigel for about 15 minutes & they finished practicing. hahaha ..... well, at least we DID practiced. 1st time taking a bus to kaikan with Nigel. we had a funny experience. we told the driver we wanted to go to Ellerslie and he charged us 2 stages only. i did not realise it when i paid coz everytime i pay 3 stages. so, when we went down, the driver told us we are supposed to pay 3 stages if we wana stop at this bus stop. lucky he did not ask us to pay the outstanding. thx driver!!after practice, i went to boss house as usual. before dinner, we went to Conwall Park to see the sakura. it was beautiful. feel like being in Japan. after dinner, we went back home to continue watch The Little Nyonya. had a bottle of beer & some rempah udang. then .... tidur loh ......

Day 212 - 208 yyyeeehhhh .... finally handed my overdued assignment!yahooo ..... Tiffany brought me jalan jalan to Mission Bay. nice beach with beautiful houses. how i wish i strike 4D & buy a house there!Day 207 - go practice then work.

Day 206 - went shopping with Tiffany. she wants to survey the price of D300, D700 and some lens. she din buy anything but i ended up buying myself a small Lowepro lens case which cost $29.

Day 205 - 204 study ... work ... sleep