~~ Kaw@ii LuLu no MiYa ~~

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'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!

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. 

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 fr...

  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 ...

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。

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! 

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

  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

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...

had an interview at Talley's this morning. a packhouse which is 11km away from the holiday park. hitch hike is the only way to get there. walked for 2 km. no car is willing to stop.  when we're about to give up, a truck stopped and offered us a ride to town. when he knew we're going for an interview at Talley's, he changed his mind. he decided to send us directly to the packhouse. such a kind man he is. he took our number as his son is also working there. so if we manage to get the job, he might be able to send us to work. thanks so much, kiwi uncle!  on our way back, we met a girl from czech republic, who's also going there for interview. she offered to send us back to town. she told us about the flat she's staying at currently. she suggested us to move there, so we could share transport to work. that's a brilliant idea, coz my rental is due tomorrow. i need to decide to stay or to move. and i need transport! working in packhouse has night shifts. ...

yeah people! after whining for 3 days, i have good news to share finally! i have been offered a job at the ski resort! yeah! Im going to north island mid June. hopefully by that time, i'll have enough pay slips to extend visa. then i can work at the resort till mid Oct. that's the best news so far! im truly excited with the job offer.  to celebrate this, I've made myself a super yummy breakfast. salami and cheese sandwich with ham slices. hot chocolate. and leftover feijoas from dai lou. definitely a good start for the day.  wanted to walk to the town, but i met a nice uncle who offered me a ride. so happy!  and with the free 200 mins on weekend, i have called some frens. to share the good news. to share gossips. haha. i love weekends! =)  looking forward to a better week~

the guys left ashburton an hour ago. this means we are back to square one. just me and jen, without a car. the good news is talley's called us for interview next monday. hopefully we'll be offered a job. but how are we getting there? it's 11km away from the holiday park.  and now im in the library, again. waiting for the phone call and email. ahhhhhhhhh... getting mad soon. why there's no reply yet? why?    从来都不后悔离开原本的工作 就算男生笑我傻，笑我把骨气看得比金钱重要 我都无所谓 打工度假的原意是体验人生，不是赚钱当百万富翁 我相信雨后一定有彩虹 只要耐心等待，奇迹会出现的  老天爷会保佑有骨气的小孩！

  to celebrate my one month's stay in NZ, we visited peel forest and rangitata river. but i think im the only one who enjoyed the trip. the guys didnt show any interest in hiking, we only completed the big tree walk which only takes 15mins. so the trip ended quite early and they sent us back to the holiday park by 2.30pm.  anyway, i had fun with the kids and some leng zai guai lou playing soccer in the evening. surprisingly my team won. my only contribution was kicking the ball twice throughout the game. and my less than 10-year-old captain said: great effort. hahaha... he's such a cute boy. he even prepared drinks for the team. glad to be in his team!  have been checking my phone and email every 5 seconds. waiting anxiously for the phone call and email. why there's no reply yet? whereas my competitor already got the job offer. i really really wish to get the job. anyway im happy that he got the job. at least one of us got it =)  data plan...

im currently in ashburton. have registered for jobs but still waiting for reply. it's quite tough to get a decent place to stay here. accommodation here is limited yet very expensive. finally managed to check myself in the holiday park.  it's time to get back to WORK. or else i'll spend whole day lepaking, eating and doing nothing significant. there's nothing much to do in ashburton town. as usual the most popular hang out spot is the library, people come just for the free internet. i have had enough of 'blow water' session with the guys. definitely need some ONLY ME time for myself.  hopefully i'll get phone call tomorrow. im all ready to start work!    visited the art gallery and museum quite interesting exhibits they have i like janet de wagt's paitnings!   and a lot of churches in town this is how i spent a day in ashburton

   on the way to akaroa   on the way to kaikoura  the advantage of roadtrip is you can stop whenever you want. thanks to the driver. for driving us all the way from blenheim to kaikoura, then to christchurch. and from christchurch to akaroa. what we did in the car was sleeping and snacking, haha!   not sure how long i'll tag along with the guys. just hope we can bear with each others' bad habit a little longer. as im not ready to lose the comfort of driving around with a car yet, haha. and i'll surely miss the yummy dinner prepared by dai lou =)

decision was made 3 days ago. am following dai lou's car this thursday as he needs to extend his visa in christchurch. didnt expect the whole gang is going together. just thought me and jen will tumpang his car to christchurch then we'll take bus to ashburton. called the office, 99% there's job for us. so it's time to leave blenheim. grape harvesting is ending soon anyway.  not easy to travel with 2 guys though. they're way too easy-going. every question i ask, the answer will be see how later lor, or i'll follow edward. please lah, you guys are adults, please make decision! sometimes i really feel like slapping them.  but it's so much easier to travel in car. and since they follow my plan, i have the final say on where to stop. so we'll be stopping by kaikoura tomorrow and akoroa on sunday! and they are quite nice to me lah. they cook super yummy food for me everyday, super like the sweet and sour chicken. haha.    last day at work. i...

  finally we made it to whites bay. a memorable outing  picking mussels is fun too bad it wasn't low tide. sky wasn't blue. weather was super cold we still had a lot of fun it's a shame that ming and edward didnt join us. lazy fellas PS: i had my phone interview with the ski resort by the beach. very cool

after the very adventurous going-uphill-with no-petrol incident, another random mission arose. i was asked to cook dinner for the housemates. luckily i have jen with me, or else i dont think they're able to have dinner that nite, haha. we cooked 3 dishes. with all the ingredients we have. it's our ration for a week! what to do. i ate their char siew last nite.  i believe my housemates are training me to become a professional housewife. thanks people. my dream is to marry a rich guy. so i'll have maid to settle all these for me.  and tonite im asked to cook 'gu lou yok', just because im not working. yea im not tall and fit enough to do wire lifting, so im off today. the rest of them went to earn money, leaving me and jen at home.  thanks to dai lou for pinjam-ing me his car. i get to drive in NZ finally! didnt waste the rm150 for international driving license. driving in NZ is as nervous as taking the driving test. i dont know who should go firs...

life have been good so far. with 6 other housemates around me, i feel too comfortable to leave blenheim.  i had bak kut teh last nite. thanks to the chef, dai lou. we went grocery shopping, wine tasting, window shopping etc together. it feels just like hanging out with frens back home. after dinner everyday, we'll sit around the dining hall to chit chat or more precisely 'blow water'.  no matter how hesitant i am to leave, i gotta leave by may. grape harvesting wont last long here. i have sent in my application for 2 other jobs here in blenheim but there is no reply yet. should i proceed with my original plan to picton? or choose another town? definitely wont go motueka. too many people there. i shouldnt take the risk since i have not secured any jobs. hopefully the interview for ski resort will be a successful one. at least i dont have to worry about winter.   my housemates, for now.  then - jerome - edward - chin - luyi - jen - ming