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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Juang's visit part 1

It was a mixed feeling of happiness and sadness about a very precious visit from my bosom friend from Christchurch aka Miss Ai Bin. Lols I was very happy when she first arrived and felt heavy when I sent her off at the bus stop. 


She is a friend who I can do anything with ranging from heart-to-heart conversation to shopping.Err..not going for a hard out marathon with her but am very happy to be her personal photographer. HAHA. With her around, there will always be laughter and she never fails to make me ROFL cos' she is really funny with a great sense of humour. When we meet, we can just catch up non-stop with endless conversation till we get very exhausted even on skype!

Since I have to work on my off day tomorrow, I am just going to blog about days1 and 2 of her physical presence in Whangarei for the time being. On 7th Jan, I was exceptionally happy in the pharmacy especially when the clock struck 7pm. So excited that I left the pharmacy on the dot to pick her up from the bus stop. Really appreciate the money, time and effort spent for her to come here. 

When I first saw her, I was so high! *hugs* Then we went to Killer Prawn with Pheb in my tut-tut car. Chinese cuisine was initially the choice but the restaurant was closed and therefore, we went to one-of-the-must-try-restaurants in Whangarei. 

Please go to www.killerprawn.co.nz for more information about this well known restaurant

Killer Prawn — the dish that made the restaurant famous!  Prawns in a herby, spicy, tomato and rosemary broth, served with oodles of chunky bread for dipping and a bib.  
I tried a bit and it is absolutely yummy!

Phoebe and I ordered the same thing. 
The return of “The Pleb” — huge steak with eggs, chips, onion rings and mushroom sauce (I reckon that it still cannot compete with Angus Steakhouse if you wanna order steak)

Close up of "The return of the Pleb"

Requested the waitress to take photo for us :)

Love onion ring. 

Look at her bib! There was also a bucket that come with this dish for her to chuck the prawns' shells. 

Drooling looking at food. No? It is the girl in this photo that makes people water at the mouth! Too beautiful pheb. 

One of the staff was very friendly to show us around upstairs.

On second day, I had work till 7pm. On that day, Pheb made a suggestion about having Pizza and hence, we went to Domino's to do takeaway to settle our dinner. On top of this, we went to Pak n Save for a tub of hokey-pokey ice cream and Juang's Tabasco

The flavour of the pizza was ...err...i just remembered that it was newly introduced. We also ordered garlic bread, wedges, chips and TINY lava cake! The cake went very well with the ice cream. *yum*

We were still in our unappealing work uniform

After a satisfying meal, Juang had her fringe trimmed by our professional hairdresser. 

Snip Snip Snip

After the work of the pair of miraculous scissors and of course, miss Pheb..Ta da!!!

hairdresser and her model

To be continued...

Saturday, March 5, 2011

My lover

Very happy and excited that my lover is coming up to visit me next week! La-li-la-li-da-da-da-da . . .
*counting down to her arrival*

-The End-

Friday, March 4, 2011

New Year 2011

Here I stand today to declare that this week has been a hectic one in terms of working. Even now, I have yawned umpteen times while writing this entry. Glad that it is my off day tomorrow for sleeping in without the "melodious" alarm to interrupt my beauty sleep

Without further ado, I shall start writing about my New Year 2011 (I know I should have done this before any other entries this year). On New Year Eve, I worked till 7pm (And if you ask me how about New Year . . . Yes, I worked on 1st Jan too) -_-" Rushed back home, washed my face, get changed and went straight to the restaurant, Dickens Inn, with Phebs. 


The reason this restaurant was chosen was the word CREME BRULEE on dessert menu when we passed by during Christmas Eve. 

As usual, I ordered steak (A big lover of mooooo mooo)
 

 On the contrary, my flatmate is very fanatic about oyster which I don't eat . .HAHA

Pork Ribs
BBQ Pork Spare Ribs
Roasted until tender with our BBQ sauce - Messy but oh so tasty!


 Frozen Margarita 

The cool citrus flavour of Mexican Tequila, Triple Sec, Lemon and lime juice blended till smooth. 


 yeah, the cocktail was hers

 I prefer non-alcoholic to alcohol and hence I had Mocktail

 Beach Hut 

Pineapple juice, coconut cream and ice cream, blended until smooth and yummy. 


 It's like drinking coconut cream "santan"

Next was dessert. Both of us ordered Creme Brulee but the waitress said it had run out so we were not satisfied then told her that we came here cos' of Creme Brulee. She was really nice to help us check the kitchen and told us there was only one left. Of course, we took it!

 Creme Brulee was just alright because the bset one I have tasted was the one from Nova in Dunedin. Would definitely drop by Nova just for the Creme Brulee if I ever step into Dunny again

 Hot chocolate Brownies

 Esther joined us for dessert


Feeling bloated, we went for a walk from bars to bars. Nah, just 3 altogether. heee




 We had our New Year countdown at Salut. Err... it was filled with "matured" people *urgh*




 Look so elegant even when drinking out of the bottle

 Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Si-Do Do Do




 In terms of club, I still prefer the ones in Dunedin. Not that I club a lot. It is just the feeling.

Monday, February 28, 2011

Road trip up north

One road trip after another . . . 
On the same week of beach marathon (previous entry), a Saturday, after eating my instant noodle for lunch, I asked Phoebe if she's keen to explore Paihia which was about 1.30-2 hours drive up north. EXPLORING is always in our dictionary and hence, off we go! Oh, my whangarei mother joined as well! Boom Zoom Zoom

 The chauffeur, passenger and driving instructor. Since mother tagged along, she saved me from using my little helper (GPS). She was our tour guide, photographer and driving instructor for the day! I really thank her for being so nice, helpful and informative! She makes an excellent and efficient tour guide cos' she know so much and I love listening to the story behind every places I go. Since I don't have miang king anymore, my mother can replace him in terms of exploration *not the miang-ness hee*

On the way, we stopped at the Limestone Scenic Reserve. 

 My baby


 They are all formed naturally that way. It is just like everyone of us is a unique creation


 Phebs, Sexy legs! *adrenaline rush*

 Continue driving up to Paihia


 Yes! We reached there finally after much talking and laughing in the car
Paihia is just the north island version of Queenstown! I never thought it to be so beautiful. Well, I mean i knew that it was but this is not only beautiful, but also radiant!

Officially starting our adventure in Paihia
This was the first shop we went into






 This bear is not for sale because the "badges" that were pinned to the bear indicate the places that the owner had been to. 

 Part of the town

 Chocolates/ fudges!




It is so hard to choose the flavour but in the end, I made my decision to get Maple and walnut on waffle cone


Trust me, the ice cream is really cooling and not that sweet so overall, VERY GOOD!

 Wish that I live in one of the units here

 St Paul's Anglican Church


 Errr...ice cream in hands while praying?



 Cool right?







 The interior of this restaurant is fabulous! Apparently, the glass walls were used to be an aquarium.







 Would want to ride in this one day!




A chinese restaurant in Paihia

Hop into the car now and off to the land where Treaty of Waitangi was signed! I'd love to know about the history of every possible things. Well , if you let me choose between history and Science, I'd say history cos' it is interesting. Behind everything, everyone (including Science) is a history but I am not a big fan of books! Better for people to tell me. HAHA. i will research about it once I have been there 




 It is such a pity that we did not explore the treaty grounds because it is more worthwhile to come another day and do all the activities included in the package. Yes, we need to pay. Anyway, I hope to go back one day for this. My mother also wanted to take us to the other side of Paihia which was the Old Russell where you can get there using the ferry.

 Once upon a time . . .

 . . . there were a lot of "black" cows 

 This is another tourist attraction - The Haruru Falls



 I look like "sa po"

After this, mother asked, "you have two options now. 1 - go back to Whangarei or 2- drive up to KeriKeri"
I am sure you know my answer *wink and smile*

I am glad with my answer because I get to sample the BEST chocolate I have ever tasted. No jokes! I am being VERY SERIOUS HERE! Go to www.makana.co.nz 
They are all hand-made which partly explain the very costly price. The one I tried were with walnut/macademia and the truffles as well. (I like the nuts better but both were heaven!)




 Love this!





On the way to Keri Keri, we saw the sign "avocados" and look at my flatmate smiling with great joy!
 She is the Avocado Queen! Omg, she really loves Avocado!

Oooo...We reached KeriKeri after about half a 25-30 mins drive


 The stone store. The first store in NZ which was built in the 1830s! 


 Hunting for HOT KIWIS?

 Always use that to make suspension in the pharmacy :)



 The  kemp Mission House - The oldest wooden building still standing in NZ! 

 See that lady in green top and long red skirt? That was what the clothing is like back in the olden days!



The last stop - Kawakawa! Wanna know what is popular here? Continue reading or scroll down . .

 See that coloured poles there? That is the famous construction ...


 Pretty, isn't it?

 Keep reading . . . 

 Ta-daaa! Exciting? No?



 Got a clue what the popular building is?

 Not this one. 

Not this either

Answer: The toilet! It is known as the kawakawa Toilets designed and built by Hundertwasser! Check on the net to read more about this unique toilet! 

-The End-