A New Chapter of Life

13th Aug 2006 - The day has comes!
Can you imagine how excited I am??? Sitting in the flight number Q511! And yes, the flight to New Zealand… The flight was long though, but the excitement keeps me stay awake throughout the journey! I then transit from Brisbane, Australia to NZ. Auckland here I come! Around 2.30pm, we touch down the airport of Auckland, immediately when i checked-out from the airport, I can merely feel the chilling breeze of NZ greeting & welcome my arrival. I then head to get a Airport Taxi, to ferry myself and not to be missed my backpack and luggage down to the city. I put up a night at Ponsonby Backpackers Lodge, it’s cozy, a slightly tatty colonial-style backpackers with a beautiful garden. The time when i reach NZ it's 14th (Monday afternoon) At night I was so drowsy, uneasy and a combination of different feelings that I ever could describe. Is that what they called Jet-lag??? My gosh…. I got Jet Lag? I was so tired, but can sleep at all. May be because it’s still noon time in Malaysia (the time different is 4hours). The night is so cold, so much colder that I could imagine! I just on the heater, and sleep soundlessly till the next morning.

15th Aug 2006 - A day to explore around the city of Auckland. We’ve got a list things to do i.e. opening a bank account, applying for IRD, shopping for some groceries and looking for accommodation. Our friend SooJen which the one who brought us around. We went to several places, which we had short-listed, however none of it meet our expectation. Either it’s too far, dirty, transportation problem etc. Soon the night catch up and it’s time for dinner, we went to a food court full of Asian cuisine. Didn’t we missed Malaysian food? Not really or perhaps not yet! Food here are pretty expensive, an average of NZ$ 7.00 equivalent of RM 16.00 per meal).

Tips for ordering : When you wanna order something, it's good that you have friend with you... pactically every meal comes to us in enormous portion, most of the time not being able to finish and have to force it down or just pack-away.

16th Aug 2006 - Looking for a home sweet home..... Aptitude - Kingston Street, there’s where our appointment was, to view another house (apartment). It’s not that big though but just nice for three person to stay. The moment I step forward to the balcony, I straight away agreed that this will be the place we gonna put up for the next six month. The balcony was just facing sea view and yatch harbor, the other side of the corridor were just facing the busy town area directly near the Sky City Tower. This place is so convenient, so much so that I can just walk to work, down the road to the city center and public transport everywhere the corner of the street. Immediately after we got out documentation done for the rental, we rush up to shop for more groceries. I just got myself a comforter and some basic food stuffs.