lalala...

been MIA for a week now. don't ask why. just blame e laptop.

anyway, 2nd day of official uni-day. so how did i find it? 1st thing: really tiring la... class starts at 9am every weekday (tuesdays r worse coz class starts at 8...) n finishes at 5pm. man... sigh. n mind u, it's still very dark at 8 in e morning during winter n gets dark again around 5. haha. so that's my new life here.

some classes are interesting, some are just drop dead boring. statistics teacher is an expert in making people fall asleep. and e only way i can stay awake during snz class is by pinching myself. esp when it's late in e afternoon. many many students r from mainland China, and gosh... are they filthy rich or what?! kinda paiseh owez need to say "hah?" or "pardon me?" coz the chinese they speak sounds rili funny n a lil too precise. haha. nice n sweet ppl though.

snz teacher is plain SCARY. she's just like a female version of prof. SNAPE. really. what kind of teacher frightens her students on e 1st day of class by telling them there's gonna be a report/essay consisting 15% of e final grade which needs to be at least 750 words??? aiks. wanna faint ar. chem n bio r still ok i guess, since it's same as form 5, just in english nia. phew.

right, that's all. cheers!

cold days make me LAZY...

(yesterday's post... had connection problems until just now. hmph!!!)

1st day of orientation this morning. a lil introduction, then (surprisingly) a maths diagnosis (pretty easy though...), after that campus orientation which was led by a few students in e Feb intake. Got to know a Taiwanese n Korean girl, found out that MANY students come from mainland China, and quite a number of Malaysian students too.

so orientation continues tomorrow and e day after, but there's holiday on Monday. Yesh! Wanna grab e opportunity to meet Rebec. So class will start offcially by Tuesday at 9 am. Uni's a huge place, got a bit lost this morning, but fortunately found e Chemistry block. haha! I esp love e library, which is 11 stories high, and it has e nicest view of cant uni from e highest level. just amazing. e teachers here are also very friendly and approachable, which is really good. hehe
hey it actually snowed in a few places further south! ahhhh!!! i'm just ecstatic about snow. hope that can see snow by the next few weeks. hehe. Heard that e UC malaysian club also organises outdoor activities like snowskiing n bungee jumping. can't wait to join it! =P

let it snow la...

It's safe to say it's pre-winter now. temperature continue to drop to below 10 degrees. it'll be about 1 degree tonite. aiks...

but morning was beautiful, Eric n I went to e university to get a head start on e orientation program. well, actually it was Ben (our agent) who thought class starts today. haha. anyway, met a few people and toured around e uni. nice place, def a great place to study. many cafes and many libararies, too. i esp love looking at e ducks cruising along e Avon river and see the beautiful trees (though they're mostly botak now...haha)

went back to e mall to get a winter jacket for dear mr. eric again. haha. i really pity him though. he had to spend so much here coz he didn't buy 1st at m'sia. surprisingly, women's winter clothing are mostly reasonably cheap and pretty! haha. good for me. will wait to go shopping with Rebecca. hehe. shopping with guys just doesn't feel right coz u can't gossip dat much. hehe.
sms-ing is EXPENSIVE here, man! 20 cents for 1 msg, which after converting to ringgit is about 60 cents. haih. at least local calls are free. bad news is phone rental is super high too. they do have telecom here too, but dunno y, many ppl hates using it and prefers vodafone.

oh yeah, the Chapelle Corby case is really hot here. the kiwis n aussies support e girl 100% and critisizes e indonesian government for it. n i dun think kiwis will want to go to Bali for a holiday now... even my host mum thinks badly of indonesia now. wow.

ok. so much of political issues. give me headache nia. need more rest. hehe.

it's so chilly here!!!

The weather's getting colder and colder each day. brrrr... yeah so cold that i'm wearing gloves now while typing this. haha.

anyway, went to the mall just now with Eric and his roomate, Jien (i think) who's also from malaysia. haha. what a coincidence. nice guy but doesn't speak chinese. poor Eric, he searched the whole Westfield mall for a warm jacket but couldn't get one that he wanted. maybe it's coz of the price here...things here are damn expensive, man. and after converting them into ringgit, the price is really unbearable. moral of the story: nvr shop in NZ, only if truly necessary. he bought a pair of adidas sport shoes, but dun think he can stand the cold here without a good jacket. hehe

Ben (our agent) will be taking us to the uni for a tour tomorrow. quite excited to go inside the uni. hehe. it seems that many malaysians have also chosen to study here. haha. not too bad. was thinking whether it will be a wise choice to choose flatting next year. Jien asked if i was interested in flatting with him and a few other people next year... hmm maybe it's still a lil early to think about that right now. oh yeah, my first ride on the Metro here today from the mall back to my home. it was quite frightening if there's no one with you. but thank God Eric and Jien sent me home 1st coz it gets dark here really early, which is around 530pm. bleh. mall closes early every sunday too, around 6pm. no fun!

still miss home, family and friends occasionally, but excited bout what i'll experience here also. hehe. hope for the best tomorrow. =P

a new lifein a different place

kia ora! well, that's supposed to be a greeting in maori language, if i'm not mistaken. haha!

anyway, i've arrived safely and in 1 piece (thank God) in Christchurch, New Zealand. phew. It's really really cold here (esp for a malaysian la...) It's autumn now, gonna be winter next week though. bad news is the weather here is often rapid n not steady. heh. dunno y. anyway i bought tons of winter clothing to keep myself warm during these 3 cold months.

i'm currently staying with a homestay family for at least 2 months 1st. then, i'll make a decision whether to stay or move to a hall of residence (basically a hostel in e uni). i'm fortunate to have a friend going with me to this foreign land... hehe. name's Eric, from Green Road. yeah, we've had some funny moments together... One of them was thinking we'd missed the flight from Auckland to Christchurch, then rushing to the CORRECT terminal, only to find out that e flight was delayed for half an hour. that was when i knew the meaning of "a huge sigh of relief".

class starts on e 1st of June, really excited yet nervous at e same tym. still trying to adapt myself with e local customs here. n e food ar... haiyo let's just say i enjoy malaysian food so much more than e food here. my hostmum did try cooking asian dishes e 1st nite i got here, but it just can't compete with mum's cooking. *sigh* not forgetting to mention e jetlag i got after being on e plane for over 12 hours. man... must have looked like a zombie after that.

so yeah... i'm beginning a whole new life here, trying my best not to miss my family n frens back home too much. it's hard at 1st, but i trust dat He'll always be by my side. =P that's all for now. will blog more if i'm not too lazy. hehe. peace!