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..

Juz another day

who is this cutting hair at 201B

Look like its a mess
Its Cathy cutting hair for Wan. Dangz.. What a mess.. but to be honest, Wan's hair turn out pretty well and it doesn`t look at all bad! Well done ger..
Juz another quiet day at 201B and the kids are bored with too much time on their hands..

Daniel and Meself at George Place..

Sam, George, Meself and Joben
Joben, Cathy and Sam..

Juz Another nite of getting together for some drinks and njoying the company of our frens.. Gd day gentlemen and lady

Time flies..

18th July 2008 marks the end of my Semester 1 in Massey with the completion of my PPL. Yes.. I finally done my PPL(R) and am certified to bring passengers up for flight as PIC. Anione interested in a flight down south? haha.. Next wld be to complete my cross-country nav soo i can flying even further away from Palmy with my PPL. Soon, believe me!

The wk that passed have been a tring and trying one for me with constant study and preparing for the test which Craig.W (CFI for MSY) asked heaps of questions. I also got myself confuse over my own ans. But it went well and all turned out okay. Weather over Palmy now is pretty crap with occasion overcast clouds at low level or strong gusting winds that wld really test the abilities of the student pilots. If only we can control the weather.. hehe...

To be honest, this sem have passed really quick! Rem coming in fresh from singapore, mind-set of an officer from the force and not stop reminder of my events in airforce kept me pushing till there was hardly ani room for air. Till things got broken and had to slow down my pace to amend the tracks. Come to think of it, its was really silly of me to keep up with the past! Hopefully, i wun have to run into it this coming semester.

Met heaps of new frens and made a list of those whom need to keep an eye on! Humans are as such.. But at least i can safely say that, people who have gone overseas for an education have alot more ideas and perceptions when conversing in a topic. Change is the only constant thing the world can offer and sometimes it can be quite hard to handle it. Aniway, frens who are sch back home ar sweet as well. No one is in aniway better or worse then anione.

Up coming semester wld be a packed one with more exams and more stressful flights out. Wish me luck bros and sis. Kina miss singapore again! Been lingering in my mind for some time already. Hope to see all my frens, bros and sis and family members soon.. Semester 2 here i come..

School Starts and a new beginning

Sch term have juz started and its back to the planning board for classes for us! The passed wk which was suppose to be holidays din really turn out to be much of a holiday due to the multiple of double turns and tut on days with bad weather. But so much so that i still manage to get some days off and travel down south for some visiting and juz chilling out!...

In the lift of Xbase Christchurch. Its a backpackers place and i`m staying on the top floor in a pentdorm. The view is not to bad and its pretty good deal for travellers who juz need a place to crash.

Went down to starbucks to meet Fave and Fiona(Wan's Sister) to go out. While we were juz plannning whats the next move for the day, i was invited twice to be part of some Coporate Treasure hunt thingy and they need a tourist. And the Tourist will get whatever they have hunted! dangz...
Fave and Myself with the stuff... Fave got somethings as well!
Fiona and myself outside starbucks.
Fiona brought us to the local University which is University of Canterbury. Its a little smaller then Massey Uni but it has a kick ass 11 story library and a beautifully build engineering building! The Law building looks like some hotel lobby as well.. Rich School...
We also went to the biggest high sch down south which is burnside high sch. They have 3000 over students and are divided into 4 division. Dangz.. dun even have 1000 in my sec school.. The school have their own indoor gym, 2 fields for soccer and rugby and outdoor pool.. haiz...
Althou the weather wasn`t that perfect, we went to sumner beach for a walk. Which i think wld be nice to go bring someone special to. Its a pretty nice place with the sunset in the background.
The houses at the back are all build on the hill itself. Talking about waking up and njoying the seabreeze and sun rise! Sharon and myself on Sumner Beach walkway.
Back to the Xbase! The bar that is run by the members of the base puts up ads. like this and drinks are really $4 throu out! drink till you drop..
Met up with Jess who is from chirstchurch! We went for lunch at some chinese dim sum place and the food wasn`t too bad at all! Her frens were as interesting as well and there are heaps of asians in chirstchurch. We went to this place call ancestral which is like the most updated KTV place in riccorton area and they have tasty bubble tea. Very Taiwanese.. haha
As you can see! It was snowing for awhile and wind speed on the surface was really strong!

Out Came the Sun and the Sq is once again fill with people and passerbys.
Last day in Christchurc was kina quiet for me! As the nite before i manage to meet up with Cathy and went for a drink down at coyote and liquidity. Nice place and good music to ease the nite away. Of coz company was good as well...

Went up to the Gondola with have a wonderful view of the entire chirstchurch and on the other side a township port over the mountains.
I can see the powder on the white mountains.. Shld go for a skii trip sometime soon..
Came down back to town and went for a walk. Came across this structure on the art street and the name of this art is called, falling in love!

Well, on the whole, the trip down is alot more interesting then my typing skills and alot of intresting happened down south. For now, i'm gona be putting myself and the books together for my upcoming PPL on Wed, hopefully if all goes well! Then i wld be able to bring passengers up for a flight. haha! Wish me luck my frens and wld be pushing myself hard this sem to go home early end of the year!...