Trip to ohakune

It was an unplanned and min. time preparation trip out to Ohakune township which is one of the town under Mt. Ruapehu. One day before the departure, we decided to tag along with Joe and his family to drive up to Ohakune which is close to 2.5 hr drive North-west of Palmy. Drive up was pretty cool but was kina tiring and sleepy due to the cold rainy weather. But nevertheless, we got there safe and sound with juz a few sore back and aching knees.. haha..

We dock ourself outside Beef and Bar, where joe and his family are staying for the nite. Catching a breather from our drive up and planning whats the next course of action. As for the 5 of us, we found ourselves at a backpacker place juz 5 mins walk down the road from Beef and Bar, call Matai Backpackers. Its not to bad a place with comfy beds and warm rooms for the nite.

There after the guys decided to sing for the souls on the road to earn some skii fund.. haha.. Massey Acapellas all the way from Palmy.

We checked out the 2 skii fields and to our dismay, they were close due to the weather that is coming in. So we decided to take a drive up to the barriers to take a look, both at Whakapapa and Turoa. Which prove to be a fantastic drive althou' we met up with heavy rain and snow along the way.

Driving up to Whakapapa the following day and taking a moment to njoy the view..

As most singaporeans hav not really seen such a view before, we decided to do what most people wld do, which is to stop the car by the road and start cam whoring.. haha.. Trust me, i think we have taken heaps of photos juz for 2 stops..

The wind is pretty strong soo tim and I decided to test how far we can go!

The three jumper.. Whats that.. Where.. huh? I dun see anithing...
49's having a time of their own at the back of a RVR.. which is pretty cool as well..
Since we can`t go for our skiing and snowboarding, we decied to hang around at the small town juz slightly below whakapapa.. Playing snow and having some fun. What most important is juz to relax and njoying the company of the frens around us.

Rolling up a gaint snow ball.. Who shld i throw it at? hmm... Its really snowing hard out and the wind is really strong, it feels like the snows are hail and hitting on our face like a rock. Not funny! But Cathy is having a gr8 time..
The group enduring the stong wind and snow.
In such a cold weather, the best way to warm yourself up is to have some drinks.. Soo I did and got meself a Jager-bomb. But the shot juz dun wanna go down.. dangz..
Thereafter its more photo taking and having fun! Life is too short not to have fun and make full use of the time we have!
After a long day, we decided to settle down at one of the pizza joint in town and juz chill the nite away. Not like we are not chilled enough! haha

After dinner, we went to meet up with Joe and his family for some desert and it was fantastic! Ice-cream in such a cold weather is juz the way to go! We drove down a the local bar to catch the Rugby match, NZ All Blacks againest Aus Wallabies. The wallabies are really good and i guess its juz unluck for the all blacks to loss in that game.. Gd wkend i wld say...

Up coming wld be Nav flights and night flights for the first flight test for this sem. Pushing hard to complete what i need to to go back home early. If all goes well, i will see you guys mid of Dec and hope i can catch you guys before you all go for your holidays somewhere out there..