sNOw SnOW sNoW

It snowed in Christchurch on Saturday. We don't get snow in the city that often during the winter so it was pretty exciting to get a dusting. Most people knew it was coming because it was it was strangely warm the day before and I think it went from 16'c to 1'c within the matter of minutes at about 4pm.

Its quite pretty ....






I'm not looking forward to this winter. It feels like its going to be a nasty one. Its my first winter in Christchurch in 5 years as I have managed to escape them. Bring on the woolies .... brRRRRRrrrrr

Jumpa Lagi Kota Kinabalu

SATURDAY 03 MAY 2008

Today was a rather sad day. It was the end of the our holiday and was time to say goodbye to everyone again. Like always, someone's got to cry and make it even sadder.

Our flight was originally at 8:30am but it got delayed for an hour so we had breakfast at this self service cafe which was not so self service after all. How can I serve myself when there is a glass bit in front of me? Stupid.

I also bought Steve the cute and furry turtle at the airport LOL

I was also quite excited to see what the new airport is like and it is 1000000 times better than the old one. Can't wait to see it when it is all completed next year....well...hopefully I will be rich enough to see it soon...I doubt it though LOL. NZ hotels don't pay a lot.



The flight was delayed again for another hour so I had plenty of chances to explore the new bit of the airport.

The funny thing was that when the plane arrive, clever Royal Brunei have flown in an A320 instead of a Boeing 767. My seat did not exist on the plane because it was not long enough. It turned out that several other confused tourists also had the same problem. We resorted to taking a seat where ever we could find one. Good job the plane was quite empty so we did not have to fight like we did on Air Asia.

As we flew into Brunei, we had a great view of the imperial palace of the Sultan of Brunei...nice....We had a 2 hour transit in Brunei and suprised suprised, the flight got delayed again. They did send us to the airport restaurant for a free lunch though which was great.

The delay in Brunei in KK and Brunei was actually quite good. It meant that our 6 hour transit in Auckland was cut to only 3 hours.

Check out this Hotel SO sign at Auckland airport! Its MASSIVE! Its almost too big to see it....it just looked like its part of the wall hehe

I arrived in Auckland at about 4am in the morning....about 5'c outside...in my t-shirt, shorts and jandles....Not wise hehe....I must remember not to do that next time.

I had a Fabulous time away. It was great to just go back and holiday, see a few people and enjoy some time off. The last few times we went back was because someone had passed away or someone was sick. I must also thank everyone who had put up with us LOL, driven us around, took us out for fantastic meals and loaned us cars over the last few weeks...You guys are great!!

So....end of one holiday and 18 more days till I start 7 day trip to Melbourne.....Great!

MmmmMMmm Island ......

FRIDAY 02 MAY 2008

They day has finally come for me to visit some islands. I just knew I wanted to visit some but I actually haven't made up my mind on which ones to visit. There are about 5 that you can visit I think ....

Anyway, I strolled to Jesselton Jetty to catch the boats that takes you across the water rather than using those ponsy ones from the resort because the ponsy ones charges you 3 times more. As we walked into the office at the jetty, there was a man standing there already asking us to go visit the islands LOL ..... I couldn't be bothered selecting one of the many boats that will take you there so I used him.

It was about RM$30.00 to visit 2 islands ... We've decided to visit Pulau Manukan (the biggest and busiest island) and Pulau Mamutik, which is small but has a nice beach and good for snorkling because of the corals there.

As we walked to the boat, we met up with Hello Titty .... It look like she was dead ... or may be she is just putting on a show for the tourists to take photos

The 15 minute boat ride was quite an experience. I've never had such a bumpy ride. My ass was sore by the time I got to the first island LOL

Just as we thought, Pulau Manukan was the tourist island, jam packed with tourists trying to feed the fishies under the wharf. I was one of them of course and we all played the 'lets put food between our toes so that the slimy fishes can eat off them' ... its actually funner than it sounds.


This one did not come and eat though .... I wonder why ....

After playing with the fishes for bout half an hour .... We did the whole relax on the beach, swim and relax more on the beach thing of course.




We then later took another sore ass boat ride to the next island for a week look ...

Pulau Mamutik was a lot more quieter with less people so it was quite enjoyable....Didn't get a chance to snorkle though....Perhaps next time...

The boat ride back to the city was a bit of a laugh. It was so slow that we all got drenched from the sea spay ... The boat also ran out of gas and had to change tanks half way through LOL .... It gave me time to take more tourist photos.....

Overall, it was a great day and nice end to the holiday. Sea, Sun, Sand and Tan .... can't really complaint.

Very Nice .......

A Day of Goodbyes

THURSDAY 01 MAY 2008

Today, we woke up at 5am to send Chico and Alyssa to the airport as they are going back to work HAHAHAHAH! (We still have a day extra here)....

I watched the sunrise today from the hotel balcony and the view was pretty amazing.


We also met up with my great uncle and his children for breakky today and said bye to him until next time ....

I've been wanting to go visit the islands just off the coast of KK since I've arrived but never go the chance. Seeing as I have one more day, I've decided that I will do that tomorrow. I went back to Papar to visit the grandad and said goodbye to him as well because I know I won't get time otherwise. He was happy to see me and thanked me for visiting him before I leave on Saturday.

Mum and dad stayed the night and I went back to the city to get ready for my island visit.

NICE........