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mr wink eye

bumping into mr wink eye during smoko is my favourite activity! and today he not only spoke to me, he came to the factory and 'gili-gili' me. i was totally surprised. according to my french friend, gili-gili is an international language. so if u wanna know what that means, get a french friend, haha!  ok back to the story. i have asked him to take a picture with me before i leave. i have asked him how old he is. he is the only management staff who knew im leaving. and he's happy for me that im going to work at ski field. he remembered how i did for my IQ test. wow, it really made my day. im a super duper happy girl today! yay! 

i'll be back

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  i've heard so much about lake tekapo before visiting NZ. finally yesterday i visited the lake and the church of good shepard. the landscape is totally amazing. enjoyed the trip a lot as it's my second month in NZ celebration trip. plus we have very good travel mates.  we went to the hot pools as well. very well spent 20 dollars. with 3 hours of chatting and relaxing in the pools. that's the best outing so far. nothing is better than dipping in hot pools after washing down a freaking factory.  i'll be back for sure!

last nite shift

today marks the last day of night shift for me at talley's. i still haven't informed my team leader and supervisor that im leaving after queen's birthday.  a dramatic and eventful night for crew one. the machines went crazy. the belts stopped. line one got stuck (again). thanks for making my last night so memorable. i will definitely miss night shift, haha. 

nite shift-farewell-new friends

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this will be my last nite shift rotation as im leaving in 3 weeks' time. kinda excited yet feel a little sad. i know i'll miss the colleagues after i left. i have met people from uruguay, romania, brazil, argentina, scotland, sri lanka, czech republic, south africa etc at talley's. and they're really nice and funny. especially my team. i just started to know them better and i'll be leaving soon =(  on the other hand, a lot of people have left the holiday park. max from germany and paddy from ireland. both of them are my library / grocery shopping kaki aka drivers on sunday. their jokes are super lame yet very funny, haha. i missed saying bye to them coz i was working, arghhhh... amy from UK left too. love the way she indirectly shoots ET whenever he asks lame questions. and the french couple when missing when we were on night shift. hope to see them again as we believe they're still in ashburton.  some new friends moved into our Asian room. myra from ch

2 months in NZ

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  BBQ area at tinwald domain am enjoying my stay here met lots of people with interesting stories to share   my french driver Thomas sent him to the hospital on monday nite, he injured his fingers at work my first time admitting someone to the hospital was so worried. i nearly cry when the doctor poke to needle into his nail according to him i had a fight with the doctor because of him, so he's very touched and we become very good frens now that's not a fight la, but the doctor is rude i just did what i should do for my friend   thomas and his fren peter i have a bunch of new frens from france after the fight with korean crazy man i should learn french, so i could communicate with them =)   gimma and lauren my first friends in ashburton they invited me to play soccer on my first day very adorable twin sisters  everyone says ashburton is a boring place. but i enjoy my stay here more than blenheim. i enjoy cooking at the kitchen.

我遇到神经病

在NZ一切都很顺利,虽然有时候会遇到一些不那么如意的事,但我都可以应付。但最近 Holiday Park 来了个韩国神经病,他搞的大家都快发疯了。现在大家对厨房都敬而远之因为那是他出没的地方。 昨晚他一直批评我煮晚餐的速度慢得惊人,可是那关他屁事呢?就连法国人也听他说教听得厌烦了,就帮我出头叫他别再念了。但那顽固的神经病还不死心,叫法国人不要插嘴。法国人脾气好,不想吵架就说这只是误会,然后出去抽烟。神经病当然不放过他,也跟了出去。Jen 为了不要双方失和气竟然去跟神经病道歉。神经病得逞了还要喋喋不休,说是为我们好才开口教导我们。Jen 觉得受委屈就哭了。 我真的受不了啦! 如果不是那群男生拉着我,我肯定去臭骂神经病一顿然后给他一个拳头。 他是我现在最最讨厌的人!但因为他,我和其他人的感情变好,大家都很团结,为对方说话或解围。希望神经病快快搬走啦。

im still alive. doing great

am working on 12 hours shift now. 6am to 12 pm and vice versa. no time to get internet at the library. work is ok. working long hours shift is not as tough as i thought. i quite enjoy working at the potato inspection lines. i have time to think about a lot of things. make plans. and decide what to eat for smoko. haha.  am lucky to have met my drivers. thomas from france and joe from UK. thomas sends me to work while joe sends me to the town on weekends. they're very nice gentlemen. unlike some of the malaysian guys i have encountered here.  and im getting better in cooking. i can cook rice using a pot. bake fish. chicken. etc. not forgetting chocolate cakes and dessert. kepong gang, i'll cook u guys a feast when im back!  gotta go. another long day tomorrow. miss you guys! 

a new start

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tomorrow is the first day of night shift at talley's. got some advice from my only friend who works night shift on how i should plan my sleeping hours. haha. thanks mun seng. you're always the best person to count on. unlike all the guys here who always make fun of me.  kinda excited and nervous. working long hours equals to earning extra cash for the travel plans. that's good! but how long can i stay awake at mid night? seriously need some training. we'll see tomorrow.    my new employer

what does a potato harvester do?

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  going to the farm as early as 6am this is taken at 8am. can see sun rise at 7am very pretty view. but you need to battle the cold weather   the digger im working on im based in the white cabin the driver will drive along the lines the machine at the end of the vehicle will transport potatoes along with  mud clot, stones, grass, etc to the conveyor belt in the cabin   the conveyor belt usually it'll be filled with mountains of potatoes my role is to pick the rotten and ugly looking potatoes,  and all other articles that are not recognised as potato   the typical potato harvester look  it's freaking cold, trust me i wore 3 layers underneath the jumper 2 pairs of leggings with long pants 2 layers of gloves and a beanie

i got the job! after 2 interviews

after working at potato farm for 3 days. i seriously cant stand the cold weather. it's super freaking cold from morning till evening. and i dont understand why we need to start work at 6am. it's too dark to even view the potatoes clearly. the only happy factor working there is the super yummylicous looking german guy. and we stay at the same holiday park. so i can see him day and night, haha!  hitch hike twice today to go  for job interview at Talley's. (will blog about our hitch hike experience later). this is our second time going for interview there. guess they wanna test our determination in getting the job =P the interview was a proper one. asking me my 1 year plan and 5 years plan. took about an hour. i have no idea why hiring factory worker also need such a detailed interview. the job scope is just to inspect the quality of fries.  the good news is, we got the job offer. long term job for the next 2 months. the problem is how are we getting to work? takkan w