Hello all,
Been long gone from here. Time flies and its already my 7th month here in New Zealand and also my 2nd month of traveling alone.
Left my last job at the South Island and traveled up to the North Island last month. I've finally got the guts of travelling alone and also taking a flight on my own for the first time. I also slept at the airport for a night.
For this whole month i've been pretty much spending time just doing nothing much which I'm a bit not used to after all the long hours work I used to do previously. Did 2 days of grape picking at the vineyard. It was one of the best experience I could've asked for. The job is fun and we got to sit on a trailer to move around in the super big vineyard. Have you ever wonder why is the desert wine tasted to good and sweet.....because it is made outta moldy, rotten grapes which worms and insects inside. Heheee
I've finally purchased my air ticket back home. Finally finally.....and now i'm really counting down the days to be home. I really really misses the family, friends and the food.
*I've been sitting at Mcd Taupo for like a good 3 hours now and gotta wait for another hour till my friend comes here to pick me up. Oh god, can we fastforward the time for abit now?
Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together. Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.Where words fail, music speaks.
Saturday, May 05, 2012
Friday, March 09, 2012
What i did in NZ (Part 1)
Hello people, it's been so long (3 months) since my last update.
I miss blogging though i tend to get lazy in updating stuff. One thing here in NZ is that we don't get internet or free WIFI easily and hence the lack of update.
And so I quit my first job in the mussel factory as a grader as well as working ot cleaning the machines at the end of December.
One of my best friend/ colleague. Marion from France
Behind is the locker where we put our belongings during work
Traveled for 2 weeks down to West Coast, Southland and Otago.
Settled down at a lil' town called Roxburgh in Central Otago and started hunting for jobs.
Did one day of raspberry picking in a small orchard. That was my first time trying out an outdoor job.
The raspberry trees were almost the same height as us human and we sometimes had to squad up and down to pick the berries hidden below. After the whole day of picking my knees were aching like crazy *ahem sign of ageing probably ;p
Few days later we got a job in a pack house packing mainly apricots and some nectarines and plums. There were this sign in the pack house saying no eating in the working area but after some time of working everyone started to just take the nice fruits to eat while doing our work half way. *wtf who can stand the temptations of all these yummeh fruits especially when they are right in front of you.....gulp.
Work in the pack house for 1 month+, quit the job and me and Chris went to travel again, doing the Southern Scenic Route, Dunedin and Oamaru.
Had the time of our life during this trip.....every place is so beautiful and special in its own way.
We initially planned to head back up to the Northern part of the South Island for apple packing job. Unfortunately, because of some certain reason we had to cancel the plan and came back to Roxburgh.
Here, we got a new job in another pack house packing nectarines and apricots as well. Since the fruits season are reaching its end, we were asked to wash the crates which they use to put the fruits in. I think i've washed over hundred of it in the outdoor no matter rain or shine. The weather was crazy. It can be so cold in the morning and sometimes in the afternoon when the sun is out it gets crazily burning hot or even rain.
During the weekend, we went to the orchard for picking, this time around we picked green cages and plums. We were enjoying ourselves eating the fruits there rather then working hard to pick more because we don't get any GREEN CAGES back at home.
Monkey in action ;>
Green cages and plums that we picked!
Ohai, i is plum picker =}
Got tired of washing the crates in the packhouse partly because my hands were aching and so we quit to travel again for another 4 days.
Now i'm back at Roxburgh again and starting the apple packing job next monday. Fruits oh fruits, i can't wait.
That's all for now. Hitting the sack and going hiking tomorrow.
I miss blogging though i tend to get lazy in updating stuff. One thing here in NZ is that we don't get internet or free WIFI easily and hence the lack of update.
And so I quit my first job in the mussel factory as a grader as well as working ot cleaning the machines at the end of December.
The view from our mussel factory's smoko room facing Port of Havelock
Okay...don't laugh when you see this picture!
Haha this is basically our work outfit in the factory - gumboots, white top and pants, apron, earphones with built in radio to protect our ears from the noise of the machines and this i dont know what you call thing that we have to wear to cover our hair.
It's freaking cold in the the grading room and i always wear like at least 3 layers of clothes
Haha this is basically our work outfit in the factory - gumboots, white top and pants, apron, earphones with built in radio to protect our ears from the noise of the machines and this i dont know what you call thing that we have to wear to cover our hair.
It's freaking cold in the the grading room and i always wear like at least 3 layers of clothes
Benefit of working there is that we get to buy cheap mussel from the factory at 1.70 NZD per kg.
In this pic, I was cooking seafood porridge
In this pic, I was cooking seafood porridge
One of my best friend/ colleague. Marion from France
Behind is the locker where we put our belongings during work
Traveled for 2 weeks down to West Coast, Southland and Otago.
Settled down at a lil' town called Roxburgh in Central Otago and started hunting for jobs.
Did one day of raspberry picking in a small orchard. That was my first time trying out an outdoor job.
The raspberry trees were almost the same height as us human and we sometimes had to squad up and down to pick the berries hidden below. After the whole day of picking my knees were aching like crazy *ahem sign of ageing probably ;p
Few days later we got a job in a pack house packing mainly apricots and some nectarines and plums. There were this sign in the pack house saying no eating in the working area but after some time of working everyone started to just take the nice fruits to eat while doing our work half way. *wtf who can stand the temptations of all these yummeh fruits especially when they are right in front of you.....gulp.
Apricots going into the grading belt according to their size.
Different sizes of apricots will then be sent to its own belt
From there, we will pack the fruits into the overseas, local and jam bins.
Fruits are then kept in the fridge and will then reach overseas in 3 days time.
Fruits are then kept in the fridge and will then reach overseas in 3 days time.
Packing the mini ones which will be sold in the local supermarket.
Work in the pack house for 1 month+, quit the job and me and Chris went to travel again, doing the Southern Scenic Route, Dunedin and Oamaru.
Had the time of our life during this trip.....every place is so beautiful and special in its own way.
We initially planned to head back up to the Northern part of the South Island for apple packing job. Unfortunately, because of some certain reason we had to cancel the plan and came back to Roxburgh.
Here, we got a new job in another pack house packing nectarines and apricots as well. Since the fruits season are reaching its end, we were asked to wash the crates which they use to put the fruits in. I think i've washed over hundred of it in the outdoor no matter rain or shine. The weather was crazy. It can be so cold in the morning and sometimes in the afternoon when the sun is out it gets crazily burning hot or even rain.
During the weekend, we went to the orchard for picking, this time around we picked green cages and plums. We were enjoying ourselves eating the fruits there rather then working hard to pick more because we don't get any GREEN CAGES back at home.
I think i'm good at climbing wtf ;p
Monkey in action ;>
Green cages and plums that we picked!
Ohai, i is plum picker =}
Got tired of washing the crates in the packhouse partly because my hands were aching and so we quit to travel again for another 4 days.
Now i'm back at Roxburgh again and starting the apple packing job next monday. Fruits oh fruits, i can't wait.
That's all for now. Hitting the sack and going hiking tomorrow.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Motuweka Pathway, Havelock [2]
Continuation of photos taken at Motuweka Pathway, Havelock (where I am staying at currently).
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Motuweka Pathway, Havelock [1]
Motuweka Pathway located at this little town(Havelock) that we are currently staying at.
Spent a leisure sunday evening there with the girls.
Its just a short walk along the pathway which will take around like half an hour or less.
Spent a leisure sunday evening there with the girls.
Its just a short walk along the pathway which will take around like half an hour or less.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Chc NZ
Continuation of photos taken in Chc.
Too lazy to write tonight much....a picture speaks a thousand words ;P
Our dorm room at Rainbow star
there's only a word to describe our room ~ messy-ness !
Alpacas farm near the homestay and its my first time seeing how an alpacas looks like
A day where we walked under the rain for few kilometers hunting for jobs
The owner of this motel must be a big lover of Heineken beer!
Flowers flowers flowers bla bla bla
Too lazy to write tonight much....a picture speaks a thousand words ;P
Our dorm room at Rainbow star
there's only a word to describe our room ~ messy-ness !
Alpacas farm near the homestay and its my first time seeing how an alpacas looks like
A day where we walked under the rain for few kilometers hunting for jobs
The owner of this motel must be a big lover of Heineken beer!
Flowers flowers flowers bla bla bla
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
The Broken Pieces...Christchurch
Our first homestay when we arrived at Chc,
Living room of our homestay at Rainbow Star 十里香
The star gazing hut where you can see tones of stars in the sky at night. The night sky in this piece of land is just way too beautiful. We didn't stay in this one though.
Heading towards to main road from our homestay
Thinking of hitch hiking but we ended up taking a bus to get our stuff done
Cross sign along the road where we waited for the bus, not sure whether its a random cemetery sign though
On the Metro bus to the city center from Riccartion where we were staying at
The power of 6.3 magnitude earthquake on 22nd Feb 2011 in Christchurch
Free bricks sign
Broken houses are still under construction.
We saw some flowers at a damaged house site and there were notes written there, I didn't take a photo of it but its something like ' mummy....we will miss you'
Is was so sad to see that.
One of the road along Christchurch city center. Some parts were closed for re-construction work and there weren't a lot of people on a weekday afternoon.
According to one of my friend, the city center will be open on March next year.
Living room of our homestay at Rainbow Star 十里香
The star gazing hut where you can see tones of stars in the sky at night. The night sky in this piece of land is just way too beautiful. We didn't stay in this one though.
Heading towards to main road from our homestay
Thinking of hitch hiking but we ended up taking a bus to get our stuff done
Cross sign along the road where we waited for the bus, not sure whether its a random cemetery sign though
On the Metro bus to the city center from Riccartion where we were staying at
The power of 6.3 magnitude earthquake on 22nd Feb 2011 in Christchurch
Free bricks sign
Broken houses are still under construction.
We saw some flowers at a damaged house site and there were notes written there, I didn't take a photo of it but its something like ' mummy....we will miss you'
Is was so sad to see that.
One of the road along Christchurch city center. Some parts were closed for re-construction work and there weren't a lot of people on a weekday afternoon.
According to one of my friend, the city center will be open on March next year.
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