I love the state library coz of the free wireless~ ha
30 min left to the library close, gotta be quick.
The day before I left for the Active Earth trip, I met River and Wing in the YHA hostel, who are from HK as well. They are here for Working Holiday~ And after dinner we went to play firework. Coz it's the firework festival in Auckland~
The 5 days Active Earth Hiking trip was one of my best time in NZ. Guided by Pip and Ash, team with Carolino, Sue, Wells, Karen, Judith, Cyril and Sabrina finished an amazing trip. We are just like a family. I miss everyone....
As I said before the weather wasn't that good. But it's even worst than I could imagine.
Day One~ We started at Auckland and drive to Rotorua, we decided to go rafting but due to an accident happened on the river we changed our schedule to a 1 hour hike. After that we went to a Māori* concert, it's so interesting to understand another culture.
*Māori is the people of New Zealand, similar to the aboriginal in Australia.
Day Two~ Weather getting worst. We went to Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland and saw a lot of thermal activities. The smell of a many thermal activity is just like "Rotten Egg", it's actually a chemical called "Hydrogen Sulphide". After that we gear up and start our first day hike. Heavy rain and strong wind, rain cover is useless because the wind can blow it away... I've a so called water-proof hiking shoes but I still get really wet... and the feeling was just BAD....Luckily I bought a wool sock just before the hiking, or else I may lost a few toes. We stayed in a hut with gas supplied. So we got warm food and air. At around 8 pm, it start to snow! my god it's my first time to see real snow!! But it's really cold!! The heater cannot turned on overnight, so that night I couldn't sleep due to the freezing weather.
Day Three~ Weather getting much worst. We just simply hike to another hut for 3 hours. We don't have any outdoor activity because the wind was so strong and so cold. Luckily our professional guide brought us some game idea, and we spent the day pretty quick~
Day Four~ Weather turning good, but still bad. We started our Tongariro Crossing which is the main "Objective" of this trip. Snow fall down to 600m (Ash said 1200m is already abnormal). Some part of the path got half meter deep of snow. VERY COLD! And when we walk up to the mountain, the wind are just so strong that sometimes you can stand still. Luckily, we made it. Well... Just don't know how to express the experience via language. May be my English is not good enough... XD
After the hiking, we had a HOT Shower which we all wanted for 3 days. And the Wells and Karen made a very very delicious dinner for us~ Have some beer and games~ And time to sleep.
Day Five~ Weather was perfectly well... -.-" We have a short walk around the village we live in, then we drive to the national park train station. Sue and me were returning to Auckland, and it's the time we farewell each other... A great hug, and a good bye....
Then a 5 hours long drive back to Auckland.
That's all for the Active Earth trip, but it'll stay in my mind for ever.
Sunday, 1 day trip in Auckland, don't really like "city" now.... so just walk around, took a few photos, go up to the sky tower, then back to hostel prepare for the flight to Brisbane.
And that's the END of the NZ trip.
I really love New Zealand, especially the south island. The people are so nice, the scenery are so spectacular, the water tasted so good~ But still, I got to go.
I hope you enjoyed the trip with me, I hope you understand what I have written, I hope you can feel my happyness, I hope the information with a bit helpful, I hope.... you'll love New Zealnd too..... coz I love it :p
Well.... After flight NZ135, I'm now in Brisbane, had a walk here this afternoon, not much feeling. Waiting for the tour depart tomorrow to The Great Barrier Reef, Fraser Island and Sunshine Coast. Then will go to the Surfers Paradises..... c if there are any chance to update you all again.
16 days left in Australia, and I'll back to Hong Kong.
See you all there.
Sorry all, no time to post photos here, please check http://picasaweb.google.com.hk/mail.to.alm
oioi : I just addicted to aviation.
c : I don't wanna see you in "Green Hill" doh.... and the hiking experience was just so great...
mudfew : Work hard on your exam ba....XD c u very soon~
Raymond: Sure I will miss them.... I'll remind myself through photos.
perry: will be back at 26 Nov ~
Monday, November 10, 2008
Flight Report : NZ135 - Auckland to Brisbane
General Flight Information
Flight number/Date/Time: ___NZ135_____/____10 Nov 2008____/____09:15____
Aircraft type: ______Boeing 777-200ER________
Departure Information
Airport: _____Auckland ______________
Parking bay: ______10_______
Runway: ____05R______
Cruise Information
Cruising altitude: ______FL400________
Arrival information
Airport: _______Brisbane International___________
Runway: ____19______
Parking bay: ___79________
That's all I know..... XD
Photos : http://picasaweb.google.com.hk/mail.to.alm/NZ135AucklandToBrisbane#
Flight number/Date/Time: ___NZ135_____/____10 Nov 2008____/____09:15____
Aircraft type: ______Boeing 777-200ER________
Departure Information
Airport: _____Auckland ______________
Parking bay: ______10_______
Runway: ____05R______
Cruise Information
Cruising altitude: ______FL400________
Arrival information
Airport: _______Brisbane International___________
Runway: ____19______
Parking bay: ___79________
That's all I know..... XD
Photos : http://picasaweb.google.com.hk/mail.to.alm/NZ135AucklandToBrisbane#
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Back from a snow mountain hiking trip
Unexpected cold, it's lucky that I didn't freeze to death.
So busy yesterday for souvenir, and got to fly to Brisbane this morning.
Don't sure if I will I get on to internet over there coz I need to pay for it, I may wait till I return to Sydney before I update again.
Current schedule will be :
Nov
10 Auckland to Brisbane
11-16 Local tour to The great Barrier Reef, Fraser Island and Sunshine Coast
17-18 Surfers Paradise
19 Back to Sydney
Will try to get internet anyway. But schedules are really tight so may spend more time on traveling.
Got to catch to bus to airport...
Feel sad about leaving New Zealand.... :(
BYE NZ!
And can't wait to see you all too...
Take care! and I'll be back soon~!! XD
So busy yesterday for souvenir, and got to fly to Brisbane this morning.
Don't sure if I will I get on to internet over there coz I need to pay for it, I may wait till I return to Sydney before I update again.
Current schedule will be :
Nov
10 Auckland to Brisbane
11-16 Local tour to The great Barrier Reef, Fraser Island and Sunshine Coast
17-18 Surfers Paradise
19 Back to Sydney
Will try to get internet anyway. But schedules are really tight so may spend more time on traveling.
Got to catch to bus to airport...
Feel sad about leaving New Zealand.... :(
BYE NZ!
And can't wait to see you all too...
Take care! and I'll be back soon~!! XD
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Coming few days..
will be on a tour which may do some camping outdoor at night, so will not be able to update till may be Sunday. I'll be OK~ No worries everyone~ XD
Have a good day all! See you all later!
Have a good day all! See you all later!
Monday, November 3, 2008
NZ Trip Day 18 & 19 - Wellington and flight to Auckland
The weather in NZ just the same as AU, it could change so fast.
Day 17 feels like a storm, but day 18 was the best weather I ever had in NZ, strange huh~?
Woke up at 9 at start my one day city tour, first went to the cable car station by bus, which cost just NZ$1 because it's in the city sector. But when I arrived the cable car was CLOSED! what the hell... Well...safety test from 31 Oct to 3 Nov... sigh.... So I decided to walk around the city. Well...The complexity of the street is comparative with the street in Central of Hong Kong... but of coz there's no problem for me... XD
The Old Parliament House of Wellington had a nickname, " Beehive", due to it's shape and appearance. Visited the church, the train station... well.... those kind of stuff... XD
After that I walked down to the waterfront park. It was so nice, so relax, people were playing different kind of sport on the grass~ oh my god~ I gonna miss these after I returned to HK...
For dinner, I used a lot of oil to cook some beef and Onion~ Is it more oil = taste good? I'm not sure before but now I started to believe it. XD
6 people in the room, one of them was snoring so LOUDLY! and everyone can't sleep... -.-" Annoying... but that's a dorm room...
Day 19, got up at 9am to catch the bus, route 91, to the Wellington airport.
I was on flight NZ426, from Wellington to Auckland. The Air New Zealand have a baggage tag machine which you could print the baggage label for yourself... And the Domestic flight are just so easy, simple security check in front of the gate, then jump in to the plane.... that's it....
The flight was done by a Boeing 737-300, depart from gate 17, push back and taxi to RWY 34, take off without any problem, chips and coffee and tea were served when the plane stabled, and candy. The plane started to descend very soon after reaching cruise level, I didn't have time to finish my Sudoku! Feels like use POKOM arrival, runway in sight, make a right turn to align runway 05R, keep descend, touch down, air break, reverse throttle, taxi to gate 32, left the gate area, take the backpack, that's it~
Jump on a bus from airport to the city which took around 20min~ then arrived YHA~ Easy~
Well, got to find something to eat doh~ Can't wait for the hiking in the coming 5 days, but the bad news is, it's going to rain, heavy rain! well...See one step, walk one step... XD
c : You got to try to relax also~ Don't wanna see you in 青山~
oioi : I've arrived, where are you~? XD
Raymond the rich : Is there any blue sky in Hong Kong? XD
may goo je : 6 days left :(
Day 17 feels like a storm, but day 18 was the best weather I ever had in NZ, strange huh~?
Woke up at 9 at start my one day city tour, first went to the cable car station by bus, which cost just NZ$1 because it's in the city sector. But when I arrived the cable car was CLOSED! what the hell... Well...safety test from 31 Oct to 3 Nov... sigh.... So I decided to walk around the city. Well...The complexity of the street is comparative with the street in Central of Hong Kong... but of coz there's no problem for me... XD
The Old Parliament House of Wellington had a nickname, " Beehive", due to it's shape and appearance. Visited the church, the train station... well.... those kind of stuff... XD
After that I walked down to the waterfront park. It was so nice, so relax, people were playing different kind of sport on the grass~ oh my god~ I gonna miss these after I returned to HK...
For dinner, I used a lot of oil to cook some beef and Onion~ Is it more oil = taste good? I'm not sure before but now I started to believe it. XD
6 people in the room, one of them was snoring so LOUDLY! and everyone can't sleep... -.-" Annoying... but that's a dorm room...
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| From Wellington |
Day 19, got up at 9am to catch the bus, route 91, to the Wellington airport.
I was on flight NZ426, from Wellington to Auckland. The Air New Zealand have a baggage tag machine which you could print the baggage label for yourself... And the Domestic flight are just so easy, simple security check in front of the gate, then jump in to the plane.... that's it....
The flight was done by a Boeing 737-300, depart from gate 17, push back and taxi to RWY 34, take off without any problem, chips and coffee and tea were served when the plane stabled, and candy. The plane started to descend very soon after reaching cruise level, I didn't have time to finish my Sudoku! Feels like use POKOM arrival, runway in sight, make a right turn to align runway 05R, keep descend, touch down, air break, reverse throttle, taxi to gate 32, left the gate area, take the backpack, that's it~
Jump on a bus from airport to the city which took around 20min~ then arrived YHA~ Easy~
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| From NZ426, Wellington to Auckland |
Well, got to find something to eat doh~ Can't wait for the hiking in the coming 5 days, but the bad news is, it's going to rain, heavy rain! well...See one step, walk one step... XD
c : You got to try to relax also~ Don't wanna see you in 青山~
oioi : I've arrived, where are you~? XD
Raymond the rich : Is there any blue sky in Hong Kong? XD
may goo je : 6 days left :(
Saturday, November 1, 2008
NZ Trip Day 16 & 17 - Christchurch to Wellington
A early start in Christchurch in order to catch a train to Picton. This train ride was similar to the one on Day 4, but now as stunning as it. While I departed from Christchurch YHA, I met a Germany girl Susanna, she's traveling alone New Zealand. Unfortunately she's not going to Picton but Kaikiura :\ anyway it's always good to have someone to talk along your journey~
Most travelers will go directly to the ferry and don't stop at Picton, but I decided to stay there for an hour to have a look to the town. But it's actually a "One street town", small and nothing much to see. Had a lunch in Subway then head to the ferry terminal.
The Interislander is a ferry service between Picton and Wellington, or say, the North and South island which transport passengers, cars and also cargo. Everyone said the view during the cruise was really great and yes that's true! Same as other place in NZ, the view is just spectacular.
On the ferry, I met a Mexico couple which I first met them at Dunedin, and also my room mate in the Doubtful Sound overnight cruise. All of us got our own schedule but we met on a ferry. What a small world!
A bit sad when I look back the south island, I had fallen in love to it and I just don't wanna leave. But I can't. Bye South Island!! I'll miss you!!! ~o~""
Arrived Wellington, well, back to a city, feel not really good doh.... Modern, tall building, crowd, traffic, I just can't really get use to it... ( What's gonna happen when I returned to HK?! )
Jump on the shuttle which brought me to the train station, then take bus no. 2 to Wellington YHA. It's already 7 o'clock. Settled down and went to super market to buy some stuff to cook~ OH I miss supermarket!!! Bought a lot of stuff including things that I can't finish in 2 days such as oil...bread.... And used a lot of oil to cooked some pork with onion~ The taste for the pork..err... ok la... But the rice mixed with the oil tasted so so so good! May be becoz of the onion..~ ha~ Haven't eat such kind of Hong Kong's food for so long~ 正!
After I finished my dinner and started to clean up my dished, a guy suddenly come and ask if I'm Chinese or Korean. And I said I am from Hong Kong. oh... the guy was a Korean and he was arguing with another Chinese about where am I from... LoL.... well they then invited my for a beer. Two Korean, Joo and Mer-Lin, and a Chinese from Shadong, Yang, are studying in the same English school, and they're having a beer coz it's Friday night~!
Well they are all funny people~ We had a nice time till 11pm and they got to go home~ What a wonderful time~!
Take a shower and went to bed at 12am.
The fire alarm started at 1 am... -.-
I wanna stay in bed but one of the alarm located inside my room that force all of us to leave :\
And it's a false alarm :\ :\ :\
Woke up at 11am, had a great breakfast then it's time to go out!! But the weather was so bad today, similar to a Typhoon signal number 9 in HK, but there was actually no typhoon -.-"
Planned to go to the gondola with cable car, but the view won't be good so I decided to go to Te PaPa, Museum of New Zealand. Te PaPa was the second best Museum I have visited, the best one is still Melbourne Museum, and it really worth a visit. Didn't take many photos coz museums are more or less the same. XD
When I was on the way back to YHA, the gust wind blown my glasses away on to the road! I told my friend, "雖然我很輕，但我下盤還算紮實" XD But the wind was just so strong! that I can't even stand well! Luckily there was no car. After I managed to stand and walk I went to pick up my glasses which was 20m away. -.-" (Imagine how bad is the weather!)
Quickly walk back to YHA, good, another lazy day. XD
The weather should be fine tomorrow, at least I can't hear the wind shacking the window now.
Tomorrow, the last day in Wellington, and will up to Auckland on Monday~
Bye everyone, have a good day!
OiOi : Yes... come next time when you visit Australia~
c : Need some lazy day after so many stuff, coz I'm lazy~ :p
Most travelers will go directly to the ferry and don't stop at Picton, but I decided to stay there for an hour to have a look to the town. But it's actually a "One street town", small and nothing much to see. Had a lunch in Subway then head to the ferry terminal.
The Interislander is a ferry service between Picton and Wellington, or say, the North and South island which transport passengers, cars and also cargo. Everyone said the view during the cruise was really great and yes that's true! Same as other place in NZ, the view is just spectacular.
On the ferry, I met a Mexico couple which I first met them at Dunedin, and also my room mate in the Doubtful Sound overnight cruise. All of us got our own schedule but we met on a ferry. What a small world!
A bit sad when I look back the south island, I had fallen in love to it and I just don't wanna leave. But I can't. Bye South Island!! I'll miss you!!! ~o~""
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| From TranzCoastal and Interislander |
Arrived Wellington, well, back to a city, feel not really good doh.... Modern, tall building, crowd, traffic, I just can't really get use to it... ( What's gonna happen when I returned to HK?! )
Jump on the shuttle which brought me to the train station, then take bus no. 2 to Wellington YHA. It's already 7 o'clock. Settled down and went to super market to buy some stuff to cook~ OH I miss supermarket!!! Bought a lot of stuff including things that I can't finish in 2 days such as oil...bread.... And used a lot of oil to cooked some pork with onion~ The taste for the pork..err... ok la... But the rice mixed with the oil tasted so so so good! May be becoz of the onion..~ ha~ Haven't eat such kind of Hong Kong's food for so long~ 正!
After I finished my dinner and started to clean up my dished, a guy suddenly come and ask if I'm Chinese or Korean. And I said I am from Hong Kong. oh... the guy was a Korean and he was arguing with another Chinese about where am I from... LoL.... well they then invited my for a beer. Two Korean, Joo and Mer-Lin, and a Chinese from Shadong, Yang, are studying in the same English school, and they're having a beer coz it's Friday night~!
Well they are all funny people~ We had a nice time till 11pm and they got to go home~ What a wonderful time~!
Take a shower and went to bed at 12am.
The fire alarm started at 1 am... -.-
I wanna stay in bed but one of the alarm located inside my room that force all of us to leave :\
And it's a false alarm :\ :\ :\
Woke up at 11am, had a great breakfast then it's time to go out!! But the weather was so bad today, similar to a Typhoon signal number 9 in HK, but there was actually no typhoon -.-"
Planned to go to the gondola with cable car, but the view won't be good so I decided to go to Te PaPa, Museum of New Zealand. Te PaPa was the second best Museum I have visited, the best one is still Melbourne Museum, and it really worth a visit. Didn't take many photos coz museums are more or less the same. XD
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| From Te Papa Wellington |
When I was on the way back to YHA, the gust wind blown my glasses away on to the road! I told my friend, "雖然我很輕，但我下盤還算紮實" XD But the wind was just so strong! that I can't even stand well! Luckily there was no car. After I managed to stand and walk I went to pick up my glasses which was 20m away. -.-" (Imagine how bad is the weather!)
Quickly walk back to YHA, good, another lazy day. XD
The weather should be fine tomorrow, at least I can't hear the wind shacking the window now.
Tomorrow, the last day in Wellington, and will up to Auckland on Monday~
Bye everyone, have a good day!
OiOi : Yes... come next time when you visit Australia~
c : Need some lazy day after so many stuff, coz I'm lazy~ :p
- Raymond : Can't wait to go to the volcano, but at Te Papa I understand how powerful is a volcano eruption.... err...
Thursday, October 30, 2008
NZ Trip Day 13,14 & 15 - Lazy days
Well... These 3 days are mainly for traveling. Left Queenstown at day 12, then stay 1 night in Dunedin, 1 night in Lake Tekapo and 1 night in Christchurch.
I like Queenstown, it's not a city, it's just a town. But everything you need is already there. Lot's of activities you can resist~ Beautiful town lay beside a lake, and surround by mountains and mountains. I just love it. 3 days are just not enough but I gotta keep going... :\
Day 13 I arrived Dunedin, boring city, sorry~ Visited the Canterbury factory which now understand how they made my favorite chocolate~ ah yes~ the milk come from NZ itself, and not China~ XD After that.... nth to do in the city, not enough time for wildlife tour, so head back YHA hostel and watch Cast Away.
Day 14 we started our journey to Lake Tekapo. First stop at the world most steepest street, then stopped at a cafe for breakfast, passed thought 3 dam which have been used to generate power to the town, then arrived the beautiful Lake Tekapo. The Lake was just so beautiful! The water is so clear, and blue~! The photo you saw is the same as what I saw, yes it's just so blue~!
But then there was something happened which was the first thing made me feel unhappy along the trip so far. I planned to join a scenic flight which depart from Lake Tekapo and fly around the Mountain Cook and Glacier and return to the Lake. I arrived the office but the staff said the weather is not good. Well.. Yes I can see the weather is not good but it's not BAD! and there was a notice outside saying that there was flight today! They asked me if I can fly tomorrow morning but I said I gonna leave at 8am. From the conversation between the staff I can feel that they were not flying was because I am the only one wants to fly. Which I guess, flying with one customer is not cost-efficient. Anyway,that's my last chance to see the Mountain Cook and now it's gone... what a shame~ :\
Anyway, I joined a star gazing tour which depart at 9pm. Lake Tekapo is one of the best place for star gazing because the weather is always good as it's surrounded by mountains~! You can even see Venus and Jupiter without a telescope because they are so bright at night~ And I never saw so many stars in the sky~ But there was some cloud at night, and we're not able to see all of the sky. But the tour guide said they were going to refund 30% to us due to the cloudy weather. Well...for sure i don't really mind~ XD
Day 15, Lake Tekapo to Christchurch. A lazy day for relax, and to do some laundry.
Tomorrow will go to Wellington by train and ferry, will stay there for 3 days then go to Auckland by plane. I planned to go to Auckland by train but time is just not enough. So I gave up the 12 hours train and go for the 1 hour flight :p
Looking forward for the volcano hike~ Can't believe I've passed half of the NZ trip....time just never stop.
I'm OK so far~ enjoying the trip, so no worries everyone and take care!
c : Yes....again.... cc
Raymond : Hard to not to believe. XD anyway, I can't worry coz I just don't really know whats happening in HK and how worst it is... anyway, take care my friend, you should have more than enough money in your saving~ HAHA
OiOi : So far so good...it's the 15/26 days in NZ.... Will end very soon but I';ll never forget it.
Mudfew : Can't wait to see you too. Well yes just try to imagine you're in a car running 200KM/h and you put your head outside the window... XD
Perry Lo~ Oh man~ I missed your Englsh! no Chinglish! no... well your word!!
I like Queenstown, it's not a city, it's just a town. But everything you need is already there. Lot's of activities you can resist~ Beautiful town lay beside a lake, and surround by mountains and mountains. I just love it. 3 days are just not enough but I gotta keep going... :\
Day 13 I arrived Dunedin, boring city, sorry~ Visited the Canterbury factory which now understand how they made my favorite chocolate~ ah yes~ the milk come from NZ itself, and not China~ XD After that.... nth to do in the city, not enough time for wildlife tour, so head back YHA hostel and watch Cast Away.
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| From Dunedin |
Day 14 we started our journey to Lake Tekapo. First stop at the world most steepest street, then stopped at a cafe for breakfast, passed thought 3 dam which have been used to generate power to the town, then arrived the beautiful Lake Tekapo. The Lake was just so beautiful! The water is so clear, and blue~! The photo you saw is the same as what I saw, yes it's just so blue~!
But then there was something happened which was the first thing made me feel unhappy along the trip so far. I planned to join a scenic flight which depart from Lake Tekapo and fly around the Mountain Cook and Glacier and return to the Lake. I arrived the office but the staff said the weather is not good. Well.. Yes I can see the weather is not good but it's not BAD! and there was a notice outside saying that there was flight today! They asked me if I can fly tomorrow morning but I said I gonna leave at 8am. From the conversation between the staff I can feel that they were not flying was because I am the only one wants to fly. Which I guess, flying with one customer is not cost-efficient. Anyway,that's my last chance to see the Mountain Cook and now it's gone... what a shame~ :\
Anyway, I joined a star gazing tour which depart at 9pm. Lake Tekapo is one of the best place for star gazing because the weather is always good as it's surrounded by mountains~! You can even see Venus and Jupiter without a telescope because they are so bright at night~ And I never saw so many stars in the sky~ But there was some cloud at night, and we're not able to see all of the sky. But the tour guide said they were going to refund 30% to us due to the cloudy weather. Well...for sure i don't really mind~ XD
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| From Lake Tekapo |
Day 15, Lake Tekapo to Christchurch. A lazy day for relax, and to do some laundry.
Tomorrow will go to Wellington by train and ferry, will stay there for 3 days then go to Auckland by plane. I planned to go to Auckland by train but time is just not enough. So I gave up the 12 hours train and go for the 1 hour flight :p
Looking forward for the volcano hike~ Can't believe I've passed half of the NZ trip....time just never stop.
I'm OK so far~ enjoying the trip, so no worries everyone and take care!
c : Yes....again.... cc
Raymond : Hard to not to believe. XD anyway, I can't worry coz I just don't really know whats happening in HK and how worst it is... anyway, take care my friend, you should have more than enough money in your saving~ HAHA
OiOi : So far so good...it's the 15/26 days in NZ.... Will end very soon but I';ll never forget it.
Mudfew : Can't wait to see you too. Well yes just try to imagine you're in a car running 200KM/h and you put your head outside the window... XD
Perry Lo~ Oh man~ I missed your Englsh! no Chinglish! no... well your word!!
Monday, October 27, 2008
NZ Trip Day 11 & 12 - Jet boating, helicopter, rafting and skydiving!
Spent a lot of money in Queenstown~
Jet boating~
Traveling over 70km/h on water, the feeling of speed was just great! The jet boat can turn very quickly, and even do a 360 spin on the water~ ha
The driver was so professional, he can drive very close to the rock without hitting it~
No photos, well coz it's not allowed~ Anyway, must try once in a life, but once is enough~ XD
Helicopter~
A short ride (too short) to the starting point of rafting, which took like 5 min only. Much stable then I thought... best moment was when the helicopter descend to the valley, and made a sharp turn which created some G-Force on us. Wuhoo~ A bit headache but it's cool~! ha~
Rafting~
My first raft in my life, really fun and easy actually...haha~ It took like 1 and a half hour to reach the end, not many falls in between~ Start getting fun after we passed 70% of the route... Well....Definitely will try other river if I can~ Same, no photos~
Skydive~
YYYYYYYYYYuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
HHHHHHHHHHHHhoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's just awesome! GREAT! AMAZING!
The whole procedure is just so simple.
Paid for it at the shop, sign those agreements, short briefing, go to the airfield, dress up, another briefing, jump on the plane, take off, climb to 15,000 feet, door open, jump out, scare for 5 seconds, enjoy 40 seconds, deploy parachute, fly around for few minutes and land, that's it!
The most scary thing is the moment you try to imagine how scary it is, and the first 5 seconds only. Other than that, you'll enjoy it.
It's so cold at the 15,000 ft, but luckily it didn't last for long~
You can actually heard the one before you screaming after they jump off the plane.
When you jump off the plane, you need to hold your head and leg backward, which they said, imagine yourself as a banana.
My Tandem Master has done a very very good job~ After the parachute deployed, she done a few sharp turn which create a lot of positive G-Force on us~ And that was so COOL!
The camera man did a great job too~ Beautiful photos~!
The free fall doesn't feel like 60 second long, and I want more~ :p
ok....let's stop bull shit~ Photos time!!!
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
Frank Herbert
Moving out Queenstown tomorrow morning, and next stop : Dunedin, for one night~
Take care everyone~ Have a good day!
c: Best day ever~ XD
Raymond : I didn't care of money right now, coz I've earned quite a lot in Australia that enough me to travel along~ Man! You got a lot of saving too I'm pretty sure! Come after you got fired~ LoL
OiOi : Thanks Aunt Joyce~ Ask Mudfew to come too~ haha~ He'll enjoy it~ XD
wf : ok ga~! XD I did it!
Jet boating~
Traveling over 70km/h on water, the feeling of speed was just great! The jet boat can turn very quickly, and even do a 360 spin on the water~ ha
The driver was so professional, he can drive very close to the rock without hitting it~
No photos, well coz it's not allowed~ Anyway, must try once in a life, but once is enough~ XD
Helicopter~
A short ride (too short) to the starting point of rafting, which took like 5 min only. Much stable then I thought... best moment was when the helicopter descend to the valley, and made a sharp turn which created some G-Force on us. Wuhoo~ A bit headache but it's cool~! ha~
Rafting~
My first raft in my life, really fun and easy actually...haha~ It took like 1 and a half hour to reach the end, not many falls in between~ Start getting fun after we passed 70% of the route... Well....Definitely will try other river if I can~ Same, no photos~
Skydive~
YYYYYYYYYYuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
HHHHHHHHHHHHhoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's just awesome! GREAT! AMAZING!
The whole procedure is just so simple.
Paid for it at the shop, sign those agreements, short briefing, go to the airfield, dress up, another briefing, jump on the plane, take off, climb to 15,000 feet, door open, jump out, scare for 5 seconds, enjoy 40 seconds, deploy parachute, fly around for few minutes and land, that's it!
The most scary thing is the moment you try to imagine how scary it is, and the first 5 seconds only. Other than that, you'll enjoy it.
It's so cold at the 15,000 ft, but luckily it didn't last for long~
You can actually heard the one before you screaming after they jump off the plane.
When you jump off the plane, you need to hold your head and leg backward, which they said, imagine yourself as a banana.
My Tandem Master has done a very very good job~ After the parachute deployed, she done a few sharp turn which create a lot of positive G-Force on us~ And that was so COOL!
The camera man did a great job too~ Beautiful photos~!
The free fall doesn't feel like 60 second long, and I want more~ :p
ok....let's stop bull shit~ Photos time!!!
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| From Skydive |
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
Frank Herbert
Moving out Queenstown tomorrow morning, and next stop : Dunedin, for one night~
Take care everyone~ Have a good day!
c: Best day ever~ XD
Raymond : I didn't care of money right now, coz I've earned quite a lot in Australia that enough me to travel along~ Man! You got a lot of saving too I'm pretty sure! Come after you got fired~ LoL
OiOi : Thanks Aunt Joyce~ Ask Mudfew to come too~ haha~ He'll enjoy it~ XD
wf : ok ga~! XD I did it!
Sunday, October 26, 2008
NZ Trip Day 9 & 10 - Doubtful Sound and the Glowworm caves
Early start in the morning, woke up at 6am and jump on a bus to Te Anau. Te Anau is a middle stop for tourist going to Milford Sound and Doubtful Sound from Queenstown. I arrived there at around 9:30am, had a cup of hot chocolate, a small breakfast, and wait for the tour which begins at 11:30.
Why is it called "Sound"?
In geography a sound or seaway is a large sea or ocean inlet larger than a bay, deeper than a bight, wider than a fjord, or it may identify a narrow sea or ocean channel between two bodies of land (see also strait).
from Wikipedia.
Well...
Anyway, a coach brought us to Lake Manapouri, then we cruised over Lake Manapouri, traveled across the Wilmot Pass by coach, and finally boarded the Fiordland Navigator, a traditional style vessel which can hold up to 70 passengers.
After a short brefing, we moved to our accomodation to settle down our stuff. I'm in a Quad-share room which as my room-mate said, just like a high school event, coz it was a tiny room. ha~
We had a afternoon soup while we cruise to the Tasman Sea. Weather was great. After we arrived the exit of the Doubtful Sound, we stopped there for a while and take a look at the seal. We tried to look for penguin and dolphin but failed. Then we turn around and look for a place for our night.
The steering control of the ship is no longer the LARGE wheel we saw in movies and cartoon, it's now a stick which is smaller than a McDonald chip. ha... And it's located on the armrest of the captain's seat, so it's actually very easy to sail.
The activities started after we found a location for our night. We can choose to get on board the tender craft, kayaks or either swim. Well, the temperature was around 15C and the water is much cooler, swimming is not a good idea so I went for kayaking. That's my first kayaking, well it's a lot easy then I thought, and it was FUN!~!!
After about 45 min of activities, we had a dinner buffet which were really really great~ At least I feel really satisfied. After dinner there was a slide show about New Zealand creature, and it's time to sleep~
The next morning it started to rain. Wook up at 7:30 and had a great breakfast, then we cruised to Hall Arms. The captain stop the engines and generators, request everyone to keep silent and listen to the nature. It's just 3 min but the feeling was just great...You can hear the sound of birds, water falls, wind and the creature in the forest. That's really great.
After that we head back to Te Anau, and that's the end of the journey to Doubtful Sound.
After 1 hour 30 min, the tour to the Glowworm caves started. We jump on a boat and cruise over the Lake Te Anau, and arrive the Glowworm caves. We entered the caves, jumped on the a boat, and entered a complete dark and silence cave. My eyes just can't get used to the darkness, I still can see some light even it's completely dark. After a few min, my eyes feel OK and I saw the glowworms, they were over the roof of the cave, they were just so small, and amazing...
We then left the cave, study some history about the glowworm and head back to Te Anau, then Queenstown. The trip was short but well~ it worths ~ :)
Arrived Queenstown at 7:30pm, so cold and raining.... I guess the temperature was around 7-8C. Bought a bag of fish and chips at the A&J in the Queenstown center, a must try fish and chips!! Then head back to Lake Front YHA.
So far.... so good!!
Today afternoon, jet boating then a helicopter ride for rafting~ wuhoo!!
Tomorrow, a visit to the Gondola and 12,000 ft skydiving!! ah wait....it's now 15,000 ft after sister's encouragement. haha~
I am alright everyone! Enjoying my long holiday~! Tons of activities~! and most important, still healthy~! hoho~!!!
oioi: yeah, I'm just not sure if I can still do the same after I returned HK~ so got to enjoy it~!
c : ok ga ~~ Come join me~ XD
Raymond : Come join me too~~ haha~~
Why is it called "Sound"?
In geography a sound or seaway is a large sea or ocean inlet larger than a bay, deeper than a bight, wider than a fjord, or it may identify a narrow sea or ocean channel between two bodies of land (see also strait).
from Wikipedia.
Well...
Anyway, a coach brought us to Lake Manapouri, then we cruised over Lake Manapouri, traveled across the Wilmot Pass by coach, and finally boarded the Fiordland Navigator, a traditional style vessel which can hold up to 70 passengers.
After a short brefing, we moved to our accomodation to settle down our stuff. I'm in a Quad-share room which as my room-mate said, just like a high school event, coz it was a tiny room. ha~
We had a afternoon soup while we cruise to the Tasman Sea. Weather was great. After we arrived the exit of the Doubtful Sound, we stopped there for a while and take a look at the seal. We tried to look for penguin and dolphin but failed. Then we turn around and look for a place for our night.
The steering control of the ship is no longer the LARGE wheel we saw in movies and cartoon, it's now a stick which is smaller than a McDonald chip. ha... And it's located on the armrest of the captain's seat, so it's actually very easy to sail.
The activities started after we found a location for our night. We can choose to get on board the tender craft, kayaks or either swim. Well, the temperature was around 15C and the water is much cooler, swimming is not a good idea so I went for kayaking. That's my first kayaking, well it's a lot easy then I thought, and it was FUN!~!!
After about 45 min of activities, we had a dinner buffet which were really really great~ At least I feel really satisfied. After dinner there was a slide show about New Zealand creature, and it's time to sleep~
The next morning it started to rain. Wook up at 7:30 and had a great breakfast, then we cruised to Hall Arms. The captain stop the engines and generators, request everyone to keep silent and listen to the nature. It's just 3 min but the feeling was just great...You can hear the sound of birds, water falls, wind and the creature in the forest. That's really great.
After that we head back to Te Anau, and that's the end of the journey to Doubtful Sound.
After 1 hour 30 min, the tour to the Glowworm caves started. We jump on a boat and cruise over the Lake Te Anau, and arrive the Glowworm caves. We entered the caves, jumped on the a boat, and entered a complete dark and silence cave. My eyes just can't get used to the darkness, I still can see some light even it's completely dark. After a few min, my eyes feel OK and I saw the glowworms, they were over the roof of the cave, they were just so small, and amazing...
We then left the cave, study some history about the glowworm and head back to Te Anau, then Queenstown. The trip was short but well~ it worths ~ :)
Arrived Queenstown at 7:30pm, so cold and raining.... I guess the temperature was around 7-8C. Bought a bag of fish and chips at the A&J in the Queenstown center, a must try fish and chips!! Then head back to Lake Front YHA.
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| From Doubtful Sound |
So far.... so good!!
Today afternoon, jet boating then a helicopter ride for rafting~ wuhoo!!
Tomorrow, a visit to the Gondola and 12,000 ft skydiving!! ah wait....it's now 15,000 ft after sister's encouragement. haha~
I am alright everyone! Enjoying my long holiday~! Tons of activities~! and most important, still healthy~! hoho~!!!
oioi: yeah, I'm just not sure if I can still do the same after I returned HK~ so got to enjoy it~!
c : ok ga ~~ Come join me~ XD
Raymond : Come join me too~~ haha~~
Thursday, October 23, 2008
NZ Trip Day 6,7 & 8 - Ice climbing Fox Glacier, and the way to Queenstown
Day 6 was just a waste. It's the day I travel from Franz Josef to Fox Glacier. I arrived the destination at 8:20 in the morning, staying in Ivory Tower, and got nothing to do for the whole day. Well... I could save 1 day for other place... anyway... Ah...Be reminded that Ivory Tower don't have lock in their dorm room..
Day 7, finally arrived the day for Ice-Climbing. 8am I arrived the Fox Glacier Guiding building, together with other 3 teammates we entered the "preparation room". We gathered and test our gear such as boot, crampons, backpack, helmet, rope, ice-axe, and socks, then we jumped on to the bus and start our 1 day ice climbing adventure.
The bus stopped at the car park, which is 10 min walk away from the glacier. When I first saw the glacier, well, pretty dirty coz the glacier removed lot of rock and mud from the mountain and the ice is actually gray in color. But it's HUGH!
We didn't climb the glacier from the terminal face because the front of the glacier is very unstable, it could collapse anytime. We need to walk from the mountain to may be 2-3 km from the front before the ice get stable. Although I didn't have much sport the last year but the hike was still OK for me. After we arrived, we equipped out gear and start walking on to the glacier.
The feeling was so good. If you are wearing normal shoes you could never walk on it coz it's really slippy. But with the ice boot and the crampons, my leg were just nailed on the ice, ha~ nice~! We found a good spot for climbing after one hour. Our professional guide Matthew setup everything for us and we started climbing.
I was the less experience guy along all the team mate, but I was the one who climb first. Well, OK~ Matthew asked me," Alan, are you ready?". I looked at the ice wall and I said," Give me 5 more seconds." haha.... After 5 seconds, I said, "Here we go!!........and Don't look down!!"
With the guidance of Matthew, the first climb was just great! I done it in like 5 min. When I arrived the top and look downward, I was just thinking, oh... did I really climbed that? Yes I did! Cool!! hoho~
The first wall we climb was quite easy because it's a not really 90 degree vertical, but the second was. It's completely straight when you look from the bottom. Well I still did it~ Wuhooo!!! But the second time I climbed my arm were so tired, I lost feeling of my arm! Lucky I my team mate hold me for a while and gave a a chance to reload, then, I was on the top again~! :)
After the second climb we began our way home. Matthew didn't choose the way as we start, he chose some more difficult and direct way to get back. Well, it's now pretty easy for us.
I was so tired after I returned to my hostel, I could barely walk. After a hot shower, got to stay on bed and sleep early. But the whole trip was just awesome! unforgettable! I'll try again if I have chance~ May be I'll do rock-climbing when I returned to Hong Kong~ hoho~
Day 8, Fox Glacier to Queenstown. I spent most of the time on traveling coz the distance between is pretty far away. Took some photos in the "Mirror Lake", saw someone play Bungy Jump, well I didn't play because for Bungy jump, $160 for a 3 second free fall, and for skydive, $300 for a 45 seconds freefall, I would prefer a skydiving, which has planned on Monday~ :p
Got to sleep, going to Doubtful Sound tomorrow, start at 7am again~
Enjoy the photos and have a good day!
OiOi: If I didn't put my SD card into my camera, I could take one photo only untill I copy it to my computer XD
c: 唯有啦~~要留都留唔住ge...
Andrew: It's because u told me I'm wrong. :)
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| From Fox Glacier Township |
Day 7, finally arrived the day for Ice-Climbing. 8am I arrived the Fox Glacier Guiding building, together with other 3 teammates we entered the "preparation room". We gathered and test our gear such as boot, crampons, backpack, helmet, rope, ice-axe, and socks, then we jumped on to the bus and start our 1 day ice climbing adventure.
The bus stopped at the car park, which is 10 min walk away from the glacier. When I first saw the glacier, well, pretty dirty coz the glacier removed lot of rock and mud from the mountain and the ice is actually gray in color. But it's HUGH!
We didn't climb the glacier from the terminal face because the front of the glacier is very unstable, it could collapse anytime. We need to walk from the mountain to may be 2-3 km from the front before the ice get stable. Although I didn't have much sport the last year but the hike was still OK for me. After we arrived, we equipped out gear and start walking on to the glacier.
The feeling was so good. If you are wearing normal shoes you could never walk on it coz it's really slippy. But with the ice boot and the crampons, my leg were just nailed on the ice, ha~ nice~! We found a good spot for climbing after one hour. Our professional guide Matthew setup everything for us and we started climbing.
I was the less experience guy along all the team mate, but I was the one who climb first. Well, OK~ Matthew asked me," Alan, are you ready?". I looked at the ice wall and I said," Give me 5 more seconds." haha.... After 5 seconds, I said, "Here we go!!........and Don't look down!!"
With the guidance of Matthew, the first climb was just great! I done it in like 5 min. When I arrived the top and look downward, I was just thinking, oh... did I really climbed that? Yes I did! Cool!! hoho~
The first wall we climb was quite easy because it's a not really 90 degree vertical, but the second was. It's completely straight when you look from the bottom. Well I still did it~ Wuhooo!!! But the second time I climbed my arm were so tired, I lost feeling of my arm! Lucky I my team mate hold me for a while and gave a a chance to reload, then, I was on the top again~! :)
After the second climb we began our way home. Matthew didn't choose the way as we start, he chose some more difficult and direct way to get back. Well, it's now pretty easy for us.
I was so tired after I returned to my hostel, I could barely walk. After a hot shower, got to stay on bed and sleep early. But the whole trip was just awesome! unforgettable! I'll try again if I have chance~ May be I'll do rock-climbing when I returned to Hong Kong~ hoho~
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| From Ice climbing @ Fox Glacier |
Day 8, Fox Glacier to Queenstown. I spent most of the time on traveling coz the distance between is pretty far away. Took some photos in the "Mirror Lake", saw someone play Bungy Jump, well I didn't play because for Bungy jump, $160 for a 3 second free fall, and for skydive, $300 for a 45 seconds freefall, I would prefer a skydiving, which has planned on Monday~ :p
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| From Fox Glacier to Queenstown |
Got to sleep, going to Doubtful Sound tomorrow, start at 7am again~
Enjoy the photos and have a good day!
OiOi: If I didn't put my SD card into my camera, I could take one photo only untill I copy it to my computer XD
c: 唯有啦~~要留都留唔住ge...
Andrew: It's because u told me I'm wrong. :)
Monday, October 20, 2008
NZ Trip Day 4 & 5 - TranzAlpine to Gerymouth, and Franz Josef
The last night in Rolleston YHA I meet Dave, from Canada Saskatoon which is where Andrew now living in~ He is a network analyst and got a 6 weeks holiday from his company~ 6 WEEKS!!! Yes, he said every time he finished a 6 months+ contract, the company will give him a 6 weeks holiday... Well...Can I have it in HK?
The schedule for Day 4 to get on a train from Christchurch and Greymouth. He got the same plan as me, so we get up together and wait for the bus. Cloudy day~ But it's good that there's no rain.
We arrived the Addington station, check-in, put down our luggage and settle down. The train departed on time, which is 8:15am.
This train is a bit different from normal train, because in the middle there is a open carriage, which means no window, and you can take great photos over there~
Not much to say about the journey, just wanna said more than half of the time, I'm not in my seat :p
After arrived Greymouth, settled down in Noah's Ark backpackers, then have a walk around the town. But it's Sunday, so there were not much to see. Have a walk in the supermarket which I missed for a long time, bought some meat, egg, mil, rice and cook my dinner. Well, I still can't cook well~ anyway~
Dave stayed in other hostel tonight.
The girl I met at Christchurch got another plan and she left directly after arriving Greymouth.
The next morning, the same, get up early, get on the bus and continue the journey.
But something stupid happened, forgot to take the egg, forgot to take the milk, forgot my SD card is still in my notebook and FORGOT TO TAKE MY TOWEL!! THE SUPER-QUICK-DRY-TOWEL WHICH STAY WITH ME FOR THE LAST 10 MONTHS, so sad... but what can I do? nothing, well got to use a small handkerchief to dry my body after bath...sigh...
anyway...
The bus started at Gerymouth, had a stop at Hokitika for a visit to the Greenstone factory. Then head to Ross, remember to do a spot of gold panning if you are there!! just NZD6.5 and I didn't do it!! And the couple sitting in front of me both of them they found some gold! ~O~
anyway...
Went through the Westland National Park, while it started to rain. Arrived Franz Josef @ 12:15pm~
Some of them go for a half-day hike on the Franz Josef Glacier, some of them wait for a full day hike, but for me, not much to do here coz I'm going to do a Ice-Climbing on my next stop, Fox Glacier.
So cold here~ 13C plus raining, and has been raining for over 7 hours. I hope it will get better on Wednesday, the day I'm going up to the glacier.
That's all for today, the next YHA I'll stay in will be in Queenstown, not sure if I can online on the coming two days~ Take care everyone, and enjoy the photos~
OiOi : That's true, it's much better when you're sharing the same room with a girl, just like tonight. XD
c : you too!
Raymond : Ok la~ haha~ unfortunately she's got her own plan~
The schedule for Day 4 to get on a train from Christchurch and Greymouth. He got the same plan as me, so we get up together and wait for the bus. Cloudy day~ But it's good that there's no rain.
We arrived the Addington station, check-in, put down our luggage and settle down. The train departed on time, which is 8:15am.
This train is a bit different from normal train, because in the middle there is a open carriage, which means no window, and you can take great photos over there~
Not much to say about the journey, just wanna said more than half of the time, I'm not in my seat :p
After arrived Greymouth, settled down in Noah's Ark backpackers, then have a walk around the town. But it's Sunday, so there were not much to see. Have a walk in the supermarket which I missed for a long time, bought some meat, egg, mil, rice and cook my dinner. Well, I still can't cook well~ anyway~
Dave stayed in other hostel tonight.
The girl I met at Christchurch got another plan and she left directly after arriving Greymouth.
The next morning, the same, get up early, get on the bus and continue the journey.
But something stupid happened, forgot to take the egg, forgot to take the milk, forgot my SD card is still in my notebook and FORGOT TO TAKE MY TOWEL!! THE SUPER-QUICK-DRY-TOWEL WHICH STAY WITH ME FOR THE LAST 10 MONTHS, so sad... but what can I do? nothing, well got to use a small handkerchief to dry my body after bath...sigh...
anyway...
The bus started at Gerymouth, had a stop at Hokitika for a visit to the Greenstone factory. Then head to Ross, remember to do a spot of gold panning if you are there!! just NZD6.5 and I didn't do it!! And the couple sitting in front of me both of them they found some gold! ~O~
anyway...
Went through the Westland National Park, while it started to rain. Arrived Franz Josef @ 12:15pm~
Some of them go for a half-day hike on the Franz Josef Glacier, some of them wait for a full day hike, but for me, not much to do here coz I'm going to do a Ice-Climbing on my next stop, Fox Glacier.
So cold here~ 13C plus raining, and has been raining for over 7 hours. I hope it will get better on Wednesday, the day I'm going up to the glacier.
That's all for today, the next YHA I'll stay in will be in Queenstown, not sure if I can online on the coming two days~ Take care everyone, and enjoy the photos~
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| From TranzAlpine and Greymouth |
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| From Franz Josef YHA |
OiOi : That's true, it's much better when you're sharing the same room with a girl, just like tonight. XD
c : you too!
Raymond : Ok la~ haha~ unfortunately she's got her own plan~
Saturday, October 18, 2008
NZ Trip Day 3 - Christchurch Gondola, Botanic Garden and Canterbury Museum
Well, I won't update my blog everyday but these 3 days are just so relaxing~ So I got time for more update~ XD
Sleep till 11am~ dress up and head to today's first stop, Christchurch Gondola. I took Bus 28 from the bus exchange center at Colombo street and head directly to the gondola base station. I paid NZD22 dollar for the ticket and jump up to the cable car, which is the SAME as the one in Ocean Park. The 8 min journey was fxxking scare because the wind was so strong and the cable car was swinging left and right which like it could be fall down anytime. I keep imagine how to survive if the cable car really fall down, and I tried to balance it but it didn't work..... So I just stick on the chair and close my eyes......and it works!!.....LoL.....
Finally I arrived the top, weather wasn't too good~ cloudy and so windy! I can't stay outdoor too long or else I'll blown away by the crazy wind~ The view is...OK~ you can see the whole Christchurch and Lyttelton. And that's all...Up there I meet a girl who study in Australia and came to NZ for holiday~ We shared our plan and experience~ It's so good to meet some new friends doh~
How did I meet her? Well, I want to take photo with the beautiful view, so I asked her if she want someone to take a photo for her~ :p easy.
Afterthat we joined the Time Tunnel Ride Experience which is a ride for kids and a story about NZ. Well....ok la....free of charge anyway~
After that we head back to the city and she continue her visit the other places. Before she left, she gave me a daily tram ticket~ woohooO~ free tram ride for the whole day~ XD
She'll be on the same train with me to Greymouth, see if we can meet again~
I jumped on a tram, and it took 10 min to arrive Botanic Garden, same as my walking speed.
The Botanic should be vey beautiful, should be filled with flowers but the weather are still cold so not much surprise over there~ But I know it's going to be beautiful when Spring arrive.
And today's final stop, The Canterbury Museum. It's not in my plan actually, I'm there just because it's beside the Botanic Garden and I got no plan at all. So I went in. Lot of things to see and the time was just not enough, I think I've just visit 1/3 of the whole museum. Tooooo bad...anyway, Melbourne museum is still the best museum I have ever visited.
A conslustion to Christchurch, as everyone said it's a gardan city. I expect there are buildings like in Sydney because it's one of the major city in the south island, but after I arrived I found that there are not much tall building. You can find houses in like 300m away from the city center. Lots of greens, enviromental friendly, relax, not much people on the street after 8pm.
A little bit sad because I don't have time to learn more about this city, because I need to move on my journey.
What's next?
A scenic train ride to the Gerymouth. Waiting for the photos everyone!
oioi : Come now~ I'm waiting for you~ XD
c : ya~ I start enjoying the trip~ I hope you too~ :)
Sleep till 11am~ dress up and head to today's first stop, Christchurch Gondola. I took Bus 28 from the bus exchange center at Colombo street and head directly to the gondola base station. I paid NZD22 dollar for the ticket and jump up to the cable car, which is the SAME as the one in Ocean Park. The 8 min journey was fxxking scare because the wind was so strong and the cable car was swinging left and right which like it could be fall down anytime. I keep imagine how to survive if the cable car really fall down, and I tried to balance it but it didn't work..... So I just stick on the chair and close my eyes......and it works!!.....LoL.....
Finally I arrived the top, weather wasn't too good~ cloudy and so windy! I can't stay outdoor too long or else I'll blown away by the crazy wind~ The view is...OK~ you can see the whole Christchurch and Lyttelton. And that's all...Up there I meet a girl who study in Australia and came to NZ for holiday~ We shared our plan and experience~ It's so good to meet some new friends doh~
How did I meet her? Well, I want to take photo with the beautiful view, so I asked her if she want someone to take a photo for her~ :p easy.
Afterthat we joined the Time Tunnel Ride Experience which is a ride for kids and a story about NZ. Well....ok la....free of charge anyway~
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| From Christchurch Gondola |
After that we head back to the city and she continue her visit the other places. Before she left, she gave me a daily tram ticket~ woohooO~ free tram ride for the whole day~ XD
She'll be on the same train with me to Greymouth, see if we can meet again~
I jumped on a tram, and it took 10 min to arrive Botanic Garden, same as my walking speed.
The Botanic should be vey beautiful, should be filled with flowers but the weather are still cold so not much surprise over there~ But I know it's going to be beautiful when Spring arrive.
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| From Christchurch Botanic Garden |
And today's final stop, The Canterbury Museum. It's not in my plan actually, I'm there just because it's beside the Botanic Garden and I got no plan at all. So I went in. Lot of things to see and the time was just not enough, I think I've just visit 1/3 of the whole museum. Tooooo bad...anyway, Melbourne museum is still the best museum I have ever visited.
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| From Canterbury Museum |
A conslustion to Christchurch, as everyone said it's a gardan city. I expect there are buildings like in Sydney because it's one of the major city in the south island, but after I arrived I found that there are not much tall building. You can find houses in like 300m away from the city center. Lots of greens, enviromental friendly, relax, not much people on the street after 8pm.
A little bit sad because I don't have time to learn more about this city, because I need to move on my journey.
What's next?
A scenic train ride to the Gerymouth. Waiting for the photos everyone!
oioi : Come now~ I'm waiting for you~ XD
c : ya~ I start enjoying the trip~ I hope you too~ :)
Friday, October 17, 2008
NZ Trip Day 2 - Lord of the Ring Tour
Anyone of you have seen Lord of the Ring?
Yes - I've been to the capital of Rohan!!
No - It's in my room.
Well, most of the movie was filmed in New Zealand. And one of my objective to NZ is to visit the scene. And here it is.
9am at the morning, a "6WD" modified Toyota Land Cruiser stopped right outside my hostel, tour guide Mike, introduced himself and asked me if I mind to sit in the front because the tour was quite full, I don't mind for sure! XD
Cloudy in Christchurch but as we move on the weather was just nice... Mike said it's the best weather since last year! Lucky!
First stop is a river which have a name but I forgot, and which should be clear but it's not because of the rain few days ago. Same as most water supply of Christchurch, it came from the west. There was a Jet boat waiting over there but thats not in our schedule.
After than we had a morning tea at a small shop which came out of no where... have a cup of hot chocolate and a cake, play with 2 little lamb, which are SO cute!!
Then we arrived Lake Clearwater, the lake was just a mirror, reflect the whole mountain, the cloud and the sky.... That's amazing!
After that we moved on to an unseal road and no more electricity and mobile coverage beyond this point. And here it's the primary objective of this tour, the capital of Rohan!
The scene was returned to as how it was, almost none of the stone has been moved during the film as most of the structures were built above them. There were only a few evidences remain. The production team has done a very very good job to keep everything in it's original shape.
Everything there were just so beautiful. Speechless here so take a look at the photos, they were just beautiful.
Then we had a little lunch and head back to Christchurch and that's all for the tour.
Not feeling too well after the tour becoz I keep reading on the car, slept till 8 pm and have a dinner in a Japanese restaurant. Pay USD30 for 1 month wireless access in all YHA hostel~ with up and down speed 128kps and 4GB (2GB up and 2 GB down) limit, should be enough for my whole trip.
That's all for today. HK time is now 8pm but here is 1 am already, 5 hours difference.
What am I gonna do tmr?
No idea yet :p
Good Night~
Hei Ming : I hope you enjoyed it. XD You know, I just keep watching all the switches and compare the one in mind my and I've even forgto to take pics... what a shame!
oioi : Yes...NZ was just so beautiful!
c : Almost....almost~~!!
wfred: yeah I was just never been that exciting when I was on the way to those mountains!! hoho, and there are still a lot to go!!! WOOOOWWOWOWOOWOWOWWOOWOWOWW!!!!!
Yes - I've been to the capital of Rohan!!
No - It's in my room.
Well, most of the movie was filmed in New Zealand. And one of my objective to NZ is to visit the scene. And here it is.
9am at the morning, a "6WD" modified Toyota Land Cruiser stopped right outside my hostel, tour guide Mike, introduced himself and asked me if I mind to sit in the front because the tour was quite full, I don't mind for sure! XD
Cloudy in Christchurch but as we move on the weather was just nice... Mike said it's the best weather since last year! Lucky!
First stop is a river which have a name but I forgot, and which should be clear but it's not because of the rain few days ago. Same as most water supply of Christchurch, it came from the west. There was a Jet boat waiting over there but thats not in our schedule.
After than we had a morning tea at a small shop which came out of no where... have a cup of hot chocolate and a cake, play with 2 little lamb, which are SO cute!!
Then we arrived Lake Clearwater, the lake was just a mirror, reflect the whole mountain, the cloud and the sky.... That's amazing!
After that we moved on to an unseal road and no more electricity and mobile coverage beyond this point. And here it's the primary objective of this tour, the capital of Rohan!
The scene was returned to as how it was, almost none of the stone has been moved during the film as most of the structures were built above them. There were only a few evidences remain. The production team has done a very very good job to keep everything in it's original shape.
Everything there were just so beautiful. Speechless here so take a look at the photos, they were just beautiful.
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| From Lord of the Ring tour |
Then we had a little lunch and head back to Christchurch and that's all for the tour.
Not feeling too well after the tour becoz I keep reading on the car, slept till 8 pm and have a dinner in a Japanese restaurant. Pay USD30 for 1 month wireless access in all YHA hostel~ with up and down speed 128kps and 4GB (2GB up and 2 GB down) limit, should be enough for my whole trip.
That's all for today. HK time is now 8pm but here is 1 am already, 5 hours difference.
What am I gonna do tmr?
No idea yet :p
Good Night~
Hei Ming : I hope you enjoyed it. XD You know, I just keep watching all the switches and compare the one in mind my and I've even forgto to take pics... what a shame!
oioi : Yes...NZ was just so beautiful!
c : Almost....almost~~!!
wfred: yeah I was just never been that exciting when I was on the way to those mountains!! hoho, and there are still a lot to go!!! WOOOOWWOWOWOOWOWOWWOOWOWOWW!!!!!
Thursday, October 16, 2008
NZ trip Day 1 - JQ143 & Christchurch
After the dinner with Mudfew last night, back home and do my final packing.
Everything's ready. Have a good sleep, woke up at 6:30am and went to the airport, with nervous, same feeling as leaving Hong Kong.
Thanks Brain for waking up so so so early to drive me to the airport.
Finish check in at 8:25, my flight depart at 9:30am, and I need to be at the gate before 8:50am, well no time to walk around. Go through the immigration and custom, no problem, a bit lost when finding gate 27, but still make it. The plane was not connected to the ramp so got to take the connecting bus to Bay 11, a good chance to take more photos~ :p
Board the plane at 9:08am, have a great windowed wing view seat, with NO ONE BESIDE! hoho!! My seat just was facing the touch down zone of runway 16R, cool!! I've took a few aircraft landing pictures~ Push and start at 9:30am, on schedule. As Bay 11 was so close to runway, we taxi for like 2 min and we arrived the holding point F, waiting for take off. 9:46:01am, JQ143 take off Runway 16R.
No lunch provided on board so I spent AUD9 for a sandwich and apple juice. Started to descend at around 12nn, moderate turbulence, but very nice landing at Christchurch. Before I left the plane, I ask the flight attendant if I could visit the cockpit, and they ALLOWED!!! This is the first time I entered a real cockpit. Full of button, the Captain are so busy and just said hello and good bye. The First Officer try to show me some button which they can pressed, that's just amazing~!
After that, I pass through the immigration, the officer almost forgot to give me a chop, grab the luggage, pass through the custom, no problem at all.
oops, no more nervous already.
Took a lot of stuff at the information center, get on a bus with route number 29, arrive city, few min walk to hostel, settled down, walk around city, found a library with free internet access, opps, and here I am.
The hostel was beautiful, will take a few more pictures later.
Still no plan for yesterday, well may be a one day Lord of the Ring tour, still to be decided.
Got to find something to eat, see you guys later~!
oioi : Great song.... really great song...Thank you.
Raymond: ya sorry mate, I'm too lazy. XD The AUD was 7.1 when I come, and now it's 5.1... damn.... wait for my gift ba~ Raymond gor~
c : Almost...almost.... very soon....
Everything's ready. Have a good sleep, woke up at 6:30am and went to the airport, with nervous, same feeling as leaving Hong Kong.
Thanks Brain for waking up so so so early to drive me to the airport.
Finish check in at 8:25, my flight depart at 9:30am, and I need to be at the gate before 8:50am, well no time to walk around. Go through the immigration and custom, no problem, a bit lost when finding gate 27, but still make it. The plane was not connected to the ramp so got to take the connecting bus to Bay 11, a good chance to take more photos~ :p
Board the plane at 9:08am, have a great windowed wing view seat, with NO ONE BESIDE! hoho!! My seat just was facing the touch down zone of runway 16R, cool!! I've took a few aircraft landing pictures~ Push and start at 9:30am, on schedule. As Bay 11 was so close to runway, we taxi for like 2 min and we arrived the holding point F, waiting for take off. 9:46:01am, JQ143 take off Runway 16R.
No lunch provided on board so I spent AUD9 for a sandwich and apple juice. Started to descend at around 12nn, moderate turbulence, but very nice landing at Christchurch. Before I left the plane, I ask the flight attendant if I could visit the cockpit, and they ALLOWED!!! This is the first time I entered a real cockpit. Full of button, the Captain are so busy and just said hello and good bye. The First Officer try to show me some button which they can pressed, that's just amazing~!
After that, I pass through the immigration, the officer almost forgot to give me a chop, grab the luggage, pass through the custom, no problem at all.
oops, no more nervous already.
Took a lot of stuff at the information center, get on a bus with route number 29, arrive city, few min walk to hostel, settled down, walk around city, found a library with free internet access, opps, and here I am.
The hostel was beautiful, will take a few more pictures later.
Still no plan for yesterday, well may be a one day Lord of the Ring tour, still to be decided.
Got to find something to eat, see you guys later~!
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| From JQ143 & First day at Christchurch |
oioi : Great song.... really great song...Thank you.
Raymond: ya sorry mate, I'm too lazy. XD The AUD was 7.1 when I come, and now it's 5.1... damn.... wait for my gift ba~ Raymond gor~
c : Almost...almost.... very soon....
Monday, October 13, 2008
I can see the finish line....
I could still remember, the day I left my home, received a great hug from my lovely family, down to Lam Tin Bus station, received a book and a letter from my father, get on the bus to airport, have a breakfast in Fairwood (大快活), suddenly, it's time for boarding the plane, have another great hug with my best friend Mini, then, I'm 7000kms away from my home, arrived a totally unfamiliar place, Australia.
It just like happened yesterday.
Everything appeared to be so fast to me now, too fast.
I've quit my job last Saturday. I miss everyone in the factory, Elly, Bryan, Cherry, Luk, Marcel, Danny, Annie, Leo, Connie, Yvonne, Alifa, Lucy, Bob, James, Andrew, Jerry, Peter, Kim, Vera, Spenser, Michael, Liya, Morine, Maria, Lee, Joseph, and Jimmy.
And now, the count down of my journey has started.
Well, where have I been since the last post which is one half month ago?
Here we go!
So good that so many family members came to Sydney, I have a very good time with all of you and I really miss you all so much. But I didn't took any photos, take a look at Mike James and Jonathan Facebook's album~
Lina is a Korean girl I meet in the DVD factory, the day is the farewell party for her as she's going back to Korea.
Organized by Taiwanese, a picnic at Chatswood. We shared our food to each other, meet some new friends and games also~ It's just a wonderful time~
A visit to the beautiful Manly beach with Brian and Mudfew, very nice place for surfing and sun bathing, but we arrived to late and it's too cold for swimming~
A memorable trip to Wollongong, with 3 best friend in SFXC and Emily. You can never experience such a nice trip in Hong Kong......
Bondi Beach, a must visited beach in Sydney, filled with swimmers, surfers, sun-bather and topless (well I didn't saw any of them yet :\ ). But on that day we arrived late, it's cold and windy. Well yes the weather in Sydney is still "intangible" <---any better adjective?
A little farewell dinner with my friends in Sydney. I don't know when will I see you guys again, but I will remember all of you.
A short visit to Botany Bay, very tired and fall asleep most of time. After that dinner at Robbie's home. Robbie and his girl friend Emily cook really really well~ I could never reach that level. XD
And that's all till now.
What's next? It will be my primary objective of the whole journey, a trip to New Zealand!
Roughly planned schedule :
October
16 Sydney to Christchurch via Jet star
17 Christchurch
18 Christchurch
19 Christchurch to Gerymouth via TranzApline
20 Gerymouth to Franz Josef
21 Franz Josef to Fox Glacier
22 Ice climbing @ Fox Glacier
23 Fox Glacier to Queenstown
24 Queenstown to Te Anau for a overnight Cruises at Doubtful Sound or Milford Sound
25 return to Te Anau and followed by a visit to Glowworm Caves, then back to Queenstown
26 Queenstown
27 Queenstown
28 Queenstown to Dunedin
29 Dunedin to Lake Tekapo
30 Lake Tekapo to Christchurch
31 Christchurch to Wellington by TranzCoastal
Nov
1 Wellington
2 Wellington to Auckland via Overlander
3 Auckland
4 -8 5 days 4 nights hiking on a volcano
9 Auckland
10 Auckland to Brisbane
11-16 6 days 5 nights to Sunshine coast, Fraser Island and the Great Barrier Reef
17 Brisbane to Gold Coast
18 Gold Coast
19 Gold Coast to Sydney
Start at Blue ( Christchurch) End at Green ( Auckland)
檢視較大的地圖
BEAUTIFUL!
Yes I know it's quite a rush actually but I will able to visit many many places in a very limited time, that's my plan doh.
Wait for my photos everyone, I think I'm not gonna take my NB so you won't see many update to the blog and album. I will try to put as many photos as I can~ I sure you will enjoy it too. :)
26 Nov is the day I return to Hong Kong. Don't need to come to pick me up coz I'll just back home directly. Of course, if u insist, I won't stop you. XD
Raymond : I don't want to believe it but this time, Perry is smarter than you, wahahahaha~
It just like happened yesterday.
Everything appeared to be so fast to me now, too fast.
I've quit my job last Saturday. I miss everyone in the factory, Elly, Bryan, Cherry, Luk, Marcel, Danny, Annie, Leo, Connie, Yvonne, Alifa, Lucy, Bob, James, Andrew, Jerry, Peter, Kim, Vera, Spenser, Michael, Liya, Morine, Maria, Lee, Joseph, and Jimmy.
And now, the count down of my journey has started.
Well, where have I been since the last post which is one half month ago?
Here we go!
So good that so many family members came to Sydney, I have a very good time with all of you and I really miss you all so much. But I didn't took any photos, take a look at Mike James and Jonathan Facebook's album~
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| From Lina's Party |
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| From Chatswood Picnic |
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| From Manly beach |
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| From A day trip to Wollongong |
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| From Bondi Beach |
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| From Fairwell Dinner at Alisan |
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| From Botany Bay |
A short visit to Botany Bay, very tired and fall asleep most of time. After that dinner at Robbie's home. Robbie and his girl friend Emily cook really really well~ I could never reach that level. XD
And that's all till now.
What's next? It will be my primary objective of the whole journey, a trip to New Zealand!
Roughly planned schedule :
October
16 Sydney to Christchurch via Jet star
17 Christchurch
18 Christchurch
19 Christchurch to Gerymouth via TranzApline
20 Gerymouth to Franz Josef
21 Franz Josef to Fox Glacier
22 Ice climbing @ Fox Glacier
23 Fox Glacier to Queenstown
24 Queenstown to Te Anau for a overnight Cruises at Doubtful Sound or Milford Sound
25 return to Te Anau and followed by a visit to Glowworm Caves, then back to Queenstown
26 Queenstown
27 Queenstown
28 Queenstown to Dunedin
29 Dunedin to Lake Tekapo
30 Lake Tekapo to Christchurch
31 Christchurch to Wellington by TranzCoastal
Nov
1 Wellington
2 Wellington to Auckland via Overlander
3 Auckland
4 -8 5 days 4 nights hiking on a volcano
9 Auckland
10 Auckland to Brisbane
11-16 6 days 5 nights to Sunshine coast, Fraser Island and the Great Barrier Reef
17 Brisbane to Gold Coast
18 Gold Coast
19 Gold Coast to Sydney
Start at Blue ( Christchurch) End at Green ( Auckland)
檢視較大的地圖
BEAUTIFUL!
Yes I know it's quite a rush actually but I will able to visit many many places in a very limited time, that's my plan doh.
Wait for my photos everyone, I think I'm not gonna take my NB so you won't see many update to the blog and album. I will try to put as many photos as I can~ I sure you will enjoy it too. :)
26 Nov is the day I return to Hong Kong. Don't need to come to pick me up coz I'll just back home directly. Of course, if u insist, I won't stop you. XD
Raymond : I don't want to believe it but this time, Perry is smarter than you, wahahahaha~
Sunday, August 24, 2008
You're beautiful - James Blunt
My life is brilliant.
(我的人生繽紛燦爛)
My life is brilliant.
(我的人生繽紛燦爛)
My love is pure.
(我的愛如此純真)
I saw an angel.
(因為我見過天使)
Of that I’m sure.
(對此 我深信不疑)
She smiled at me on the subway.
(她在地鐵上對我微笑)
She was with another man.
(雖然身邊伴著另一個男人)
But I won’t lose no sleep on that,
(但我不可為此輾轉難眠)
‘Cause I’ve got a plan.
(因為我已有心理準備)
You’re beautiful. You’re beautiful.
(你就是這麼美 你就是這麼美)
You’re beautiful, it’s true.
(你就是這麼美 這是千真萬確)
I saw your face in a crowded place,
(我曾在人潮擁擠之處瞥見你的臉)
And I don’t know what to do,
(這令我不知所措)
Cause I’ll never be with you.
(因為 我和你永遠無法相依)
Yeah, she caught my eye, As we walked on by.
(是啊 我視線被她佔據 在我們擦身而過的瞬間)
She could see from my face that I was,
(她應該可以從我的神情看出)
Fucking high,
(我欣喜若狂飛上雲霄)
And I don’t think that I’ll see her again,
(我想 我將再也見不到她)
But we shared a moment that will last till the end.
(但我們共享了永恆的片刻)
You’re beautiful. You’re beautiful.
(你就是這麼美 你就是這麼美)
You’re beautiful, it’s true.
(你就是這麼美 這是千真萬確)
I saw your face in a crowded place,
(我曾在人潮擁擠之處瞥見你的臉)
And I don’t know what to do,
(這令我不知所措)
Cause I’ll never be with you.
(因為 我和你永遠無法相依)
You’re beautiful. You’re beautiful.
(你就是這麼美 你就是這麼美)
You’re beautiful, it’s true.
(你就是這麼美 這是千真萬確)
There must be an angel with a smile on her face,
(我看到了笑起來跟她一模一樣的天使)
When she thought up that I should be with you.
(當她也想到我們應該在一起時)
But it’s time to face the truth,
(但 該是面對事實的時候了)
I will never be with you.
(我和你永遠無法相依)
中文翻譯：陳綺貞
Source : http://eastofmoonlight.wordpress.com/2006/08/23/james-blunt-youre-beautiful/
Monday, August 11, 2008
Temperature 7.1°C,feels like 4.4°C
Time is now 5:45 am.
Sydney at 05:31 EST
temperature 7.1°C
dew point -1.0°C
relative humidity 56%
feels like 4.4°C
wind 14km/h
wind gusts 22km/h
pressure 1014.4hPa
fire danger 3.2 Low
rainfall since 9am/last hr 0.2mm / -
It's freezing.....Summer, where are you???
Sydney at 05:31 EST
temperature 7.1°C
dew point -1.0°C
relative humidity 56%
feels like 4.4°C
wind 14km/h
wind gusts 22km/h
pressure 1014.4hPa
fire danger 3.2 Low
rainfall since 9am/last hr 0.2mm / -
It's freezing.....Summer, where are you???
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Work, fish market and casino
Last time I said I may lost my job, but luckily, I was able to work for another 2 weeks~ I guess all new staffs will now come from First Choice, and the Skilled staff will remain in position until we left ourselves. Today, I was at home because, again, there were too less order and work. But I'll back to work on Monday. Working, working and working, it's now for a short holiday. XD
Last Sunday, Brian, Mudfew and I went to the fish market. I've heard a lot about the great food and how cheap it is, and now I'm finally there. It's Sunday so the place was filled with people~ We settled down at the outdoor area and bought some salmon, prawns, eel and a seafood basket~
The salmon was fresh! The prawns were large and sweet! The eel and the seafood basket were cold....XD The seagull were so annoying!!!!!
~ AUD70 for three of us~ Not really expensive la~ :D
Not much to say, go and try yourself is the best way to understand what I mean. See if I can bring some back to Hong Kong~ hoho~
After that we went to Sydney's casino, the Star City. But Mudfew was not allowed to enter with his ID card because he was "just over 18", and he need a passport. That wasfucking stupid. 18 is 18, tell us we need a passport to enter instead of giving us that unreasonable reason. We left and I need to reconsider if I am going back again.
Not much to update~
Show you all a picture of my work space. Well, yes I know it's pretty ugly...but I am not someone who can draw.....enjoy anyway... XD
The procedure can roughly divided as below:
1:) Accessories assembling - Prepare the keep case, put in the cover sheet, put the discs, close the case and insert a paper case (if any).
2:) Shrink wrap - Cover the keep case with plastic.
3:) A weight machine will check every case for any missing content, the rejected will be thrown in to a bin.
4:) Packing - My assigned position, put the DVDs into carton boxes, push into the semi-auto tape dispenser and put on the pallet. We need to change the pallet when its full or the job has finished. Toughest position compared with other but less boring. And now I'm a good pallet jackracer driver. hoho~
Last last Saturday~ Had a dinner with wfred's friend Rieko, we talked almost everything and I really enjoyed~ Can't wait to see you in HK doh~ XD
c : Yes, change is good. Hope you will change to a better working environment too.
Raymond : Come on man~ This blog is not just for Working Holiday~ Although I know no one will be interested in the IT stuff. I will put a warning before any IT post~ XD
Oi Oi : +61401343177 remember the "+" in front of the number~ hoho~~
Mandibella : The Name at the comment page is for you to type YOUR name!!!!
may gu je : WoW!!! Can't wait to see you all~ haha~ Places you may interested would be the Blue Mountains, Opera House, Habour Bridge and Jenolan Caves. Well Canberra is also a good place to visit. The Australia Dictionary is in Mei Foo~ Just give him a call and he can give you information 100times more than I can. hoho~
Last Sunday, Brian, Mudfew and I went to the fish market. I've heard a lot about the great food and how cheap it is, and now I'm finally there. It's Sunday so the place was filled with people~ We settled down at the outdoor area and bought some salmon, prawns, eel and a seafood basket~
The salmon was fresh! The prawns were large and sweet! The eel and the seafood basket were cold....XD The seagull were so annoying!!!!!
~ AUD70 for three of us~ Not really expensive la~ :D
Not much to say, go and try yourself is the best way to understand what I mean. See if I can bring some back to Hong Kong~ hoho~
After that we went to Sydney's casino, the Star City. But Mudfew was not allowed to enter with his ID card because he was "just over 18", and he need a passport. That was
Not much to update~
Show you all a picture of my work space. Well, yes I know it's pretty ugly...but I am not someone who can draw.....enjoy anyway... XD
The procedure can roughly divided as below:
1:) Accessories assembling - Prepare the keep case, put in the cover sheet, put the discs, close the case and insert a paper case (if any).
2:) Shrink wrap - Cover the keep case with plastic.
3:) A weight machine will check every case for any missing content, the rejected will be thrown in to a bin.
4:) Packing - My assigned position, put the DVDs into carton boxes, push into the semi-auto tape dispenser and put on the pallet. We need to change the pallet when its full or the job has finished. Toughest position compared with other but less boring. And now I'm a good pallet jack
Last last Saturday~ Had a dinner with wfred's friend Rieko, we talked almost everything and I really enjoyed~ Can't wait to see you in HK doh~ XD
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| From Fish Market a... |
c : Yes, change is good. Hope you will change to a better working environment too.
Raymond : Come on man~ This blog is not just for Working Holiday~ Although I know no one will be interested in the IT stuff. I will put a warning before any IT post~ XD
Oi Oi : +61401343177 remember the "+" in front of the number~ hoho~~
Mandibella : The Name at the comment page is for you to type YOUR name!!!!
may gu je : WoW!!! Can't wait to see you all~ haha~ Places you may interested would be the Blue Mountains, Opera House, Habour Bridge and Jenolan Caves. Well Canberra is also a good place to visit. The Australia Dictionary is in Mei Foo~ Just give him a call and he can give you information 100times more than I can. hoho~
x61 Recovery Partition 的問題及解決方法
話說舊年係city買左部x61，番屋企用ghost做左個recovery partition的image，然後裝番xp。個recovery partition 一路都keep住係harddisk。
中途裝過ubuntu，xp ubuntu duel boot係無問題的~
之後剷左ubuntu發覺個grub 死左，就用xp disk 入recovery console 行fixboot
fixmbr，又用得番~ 但有個問題就係佢boot 機d files (NTLDR, boot.ini 等) 裝左係個recovery
partition入面，但係佢run 到所以無理~
e+想行番一次recovery用番vista，問題就黎喇~
boot機噤 ThinkVantage，入唔到recovery，有個cursor 係左上角不聽閃但無反應~
改boot.ini入第一個partition，佢話system32/hal.dll missing，抄番hal.dll 落去就話ntoskrnl.exe missing，再炒埋落去就話 "有dll missing，boot唔度" -.-"
諗諗可能係因為個Recovery Partition要用Vista 個Boot Loader (即係BCD) 先boot得入...
Download 左VistaBootPro，create左個bcd，但係問題係 recovery partition 個 id 唔係ntfs，係window mount 唔到，而因為VistaBootPro要用Drive letter黎加entry，所以...唔work...
MS 跟黎的BCDedit.exe 都唔work，相同原因。
一開始無整Recovery CD/DVD，所以無得用CD/DVD Recover。
試過用Lenovo個Recovery repair diskette for Windows 2000 and XP ，由於無Floppy，所以將d files 經VM爆落Floppy Image再抄落USB 手指再用USB手指Boot。但係唔知點解佢Repair左我手指個MBR.....
最後解決方法係，將Floppy Image轉做CD Image，燒落碟然後用CD黎boot機，再run Lenovo 個repair program。行個Program果陣，會不停出" Unable to write A:. Abort, Retry or Fail" 類似咁ge message，噤f fail左佢就ok。試過個message會係藍底藍字，如果你見個screen d野向上移左3行而部機又無response，試下噤f~ 搞掂之後reboot，係BIOS噤ThinkVantage就入得番Recovery 個Partition.
另外一開始Recover抄第一個file果陣會停左係度，原來個recovery program係唔識剷曬d partition先開始抄file recover，我個case係，佢係第一&二個partition之間格硬起一個得1個sector的partition，所以抄唔到。最後人手delete 左recovery partition之外的東東再人手create一個fat32 partition，format埋，咁就work番....
點解個Rescue & Recovery 咁春虫虫.... : \
中途裝過ubuntu，xp ubuntu duel boot係無問題的~
之後剷左ubuntu發覺個grub 死左，就用xp disk 入recovery console 行fixboot
fixmbr，又用得番~ 但有個問題就係佢boot 機d files (NTLDR, boot.ini 等) 裝左係個recovery
partition入面，但係佢run 到所以無理~
e+想行番一次recovery用番vista，問題就黎喇~
boot機噤 ThinkVantage，入唔到recovery，有個cursor 係左上角不聽閃但無反應~
改boot.ini入第一個partition，佢話system32/hal.dll missing，抄番hal.dll 落去就話ntoskrnl.exe missing，再炒埋落去就話 "有dll missing，boot唔度" -.-"
諗諗可能係因為個Recovery Partition要用Vista 個Boot Loader (即係BCD) 先boot得入...
Download 左VistaBootPro，create左個bcd，但係問題係 recovery partition 個 id 唔係ntfs，係window mount 唔到，而因為VistaBootPro要用Drive letter黎加entry，所以...唔work...
MS 跟黎的BCDedit.exe 都唔work，相同原因。
一開始無整Recovery CD/DVD，所以無得用CD/DVD Recover。
試過用Lenovo個Recovery repair diskette for Windows 2000 and XP ，由於無Floppy，所以將d files 經VM爆落Floppy Image再抄落USB 手指再用USB手指Boot。但係唔知點解佢Repair左我手指個MBR.....
最後解決方法係，將Floppy Image轉做CD Image，燒落碟然後用CD黎boot機，再run Lenovo 個repair program。行個Program果陣，會不停出" Unable to write A:. Abort, Retry or Fail" 類似咁ge message，噤f fail左佢就ok。試過個message會係藍底藍字，如果你見個screen d野向上移左3行而部機又無response，試下噤f~ 搞掂之後reboot，係BIOS噤ThinkVantage就入得番Recovery 個Partition.
另外一開始Recover抄第一個file果陣會停左係度，原來個recovery program係唔識剷曬d partition先開始抄file recover，我個case係，佢係第一&二個partition之間格硬起一個得1個sector的partition，所以抄唔到。最後人手delete 左recovery partition之外的東東再人手create一個fat32 partition，format埋，咁就work番....
點解個Rescue & Recovery 咁春虫虫.... : \
Vista安裝廣東輸入法
我係用 2k-xp.exe ，一開始安裝會有哩個screen：
係vista就咁裝係用唔到的。
網上搵度同試左幾個方法，哩個最簡單。
１：先裝輸入法
２：將Window XP 的 system 32 入面的 uniime.dll copy 去Vista 的system32
３：係輸入語言果度加番廣東話輸入法２０００
咁就ｏｋ....
原文：
因為 Windows Vista 在輸入法方面的設計和 Windows XP
很不同，所以在Windows Vista 安裝「廣東話輸入法 2002」的Win
2000/XP版後，會發覺不能使用。
這是﹝Windows XP 的﹞ C:\Windows\System32\uniime.dll 。
將 uniime.dll 複製至 Windows Vista 的 system32 folder
內，應可令「廣東話輸入法 2002」的Win 2000/XP版在Windows
Vista內「復活」。
Source : http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/jw!0ac7JVCABROQY9YZ8eRSs7c-/article?mid=361
係vista就咁裝係用唔到的。
網上搵度同試左幾個方法，哩個最簡單。
１：先裝輸入法
２：將Window XP 的 system 32 入面的 uniime.dll copy 去Vista 的system32
３：係輸入語言果度加番廣東話輸入法２０００
咁就ｏｋ....
原文：
因為 Windows Vista 在輸入法方面的設計和 Windows XP
很不同，所以在Windows Vista 安裝「廣東話輸入法 2002」的Win
2000/XP版後，會發覺不能使用。
這是﹝Windows XP 的﹞ C:\Windows\System32\uniime.dll 。
將 uniime.dll 複製至 Windows Vista 的 system32 folder
內，應可令「廣東話輸入法 2002」的Win 2000/XP版在Windows
Vista內「復活」。
Source : http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/jw!0ac7JVCABROQY9YZ8eRSs7c-/article?mid=361
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Birthday, work and powerhouse museum
Thanks everyone who sang a birthday song, who said a Happy Birthday, who sent me a sms, who opened a new topic about my birthday in a cat forum, who dine out with me and who bought me a cake, I can feel the warmness from HK and AU. Appreciated! :)
Well, got to work on my birthday, so didn't went out for celebration.
The last 2 weeks went pretty well because I got enough work, finally.
In the first few weeks when I was working in this company, the impression they gave me was, when you work hard to finish your work, what you have is more work. When you work harder to finish the additional work, what you have is no more work and being sent home.
But now, when I really show my supervisor I tried to work hard, she started to want me to work for her. Even the whole team was sent home, I was asked to stay behind to help other team. Wohoo!
But a bad news arrived this Tuesday. As all casual staffs were not directly employed by the company but thought an agency called Skilled,and because of the company want to change to another agency, they sent all the Skilled staff away for one week on Tuesday and see hows the staffs from the other agency perform. If they are doing well, we'll have no more work. Obviously they new staff will never work better than us in a short period but if the company need to change to agency they must have evaluated the situation and able to bear an acceptable lost. The conclusion after a bunch of bull shit is , I'll lose my job. So I will try to find other job.
Got a friend working in a factory which prepare food for airline, he said it's a good job, coz well paid and not tough job, I'll give it a try.
Last Saturday, Brian pick up a ticket from the building notice board, it's a family ticket to powerhouse museum which shared by other flatmate, which originally cost AU$30.
So on last Sunday, me Brian and Louis went to the museum and have a look.
Not as good as I imagined, we arranged 4 hours for the tour but at last we finished in 3.
"The Powerhouse Museum, Australia's largest and most popular museum, is located in Darling Harbour, Sydney. Its unique and diverse collection of 385,000 objects spans history, science, technology, design, industry, decorative arts, music, transport and space exploration."- quote from "http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/about/index.asp"
The most amazing item is the jet engine of a spacecraft and a stone from the moon. There are some area which contain some science game like the Hong Kong Science Museum, but the one in HK are much more fun.
Another bad news, external harddisk dead, WD1600BEVS (160GB 5400rpm) + Magic Pro USB case.. Well....I'll say it's the problem of Magic-pro, NEVER BUY MAGIC-PRO.
Started to hate eating cereal. Started to dream a lot about HK, anyway.
btw, Brian has fall in love in to my PSP, he play even more than me now. haha~ I am devil! XD
Interesting Stuff :
無聊的士車費表跟進
可 愛 的 女 人 - 當 然 最 最 重 要 的 ， 是 你 愛 她 ， 她 怎 樣 都 可 愛 ； 你 嫌 棄 她 時 ， 她 才 會 變 得 麻 煩 。
尖咀 Jimmy's Kitchen - 好吸引
送行－對戰爭的無聲控訴
This article was written by chor @ http://lazylife.org. I like it very much and will share some of them on the next few post.
百萬份之一秒的世界
Highlight :
0:39 - Shock wave from the tube
0:59 - Shock wave in front of the shell
4:50 - Balloon with water dropped onto the ground
6:19 - Balloon with water pierced by a nail
7:30 - Water drop
8:41 - Shock wave inside water
OiOi : Remember the "+". haha~
Raymond : yes, just one match but forgot which one.. lol Kenny said the football team went to the pub and watch the match, I really wish I could to be there +_+
Perry Lo : I can't believe that..... so you know how to play?
Adam : Quite free now because I got no work. And I always work hard and play hard. Play well and play with me when I come back. hoho
c : No worries! Take Care!
Joyce chung : Thanks! Will do! hoho!
Well, got to work on my birthday, so didn't went out for celebration.
The last 2 weeks went pretty well because I got enough work, finally.
In the first few weeks when I was working in this company, the impression they gave me was, when you work hard to finish your work, what you have is more work. When you work harder to finish the additional work, what you have is no more work and being sent home.
But now, when I really show my supervisor I tried to work hard, she started to want me to work for her. Even the whole team was sent home, I was asked to stay behind to help other team. Wohoo!
But a bad news arrived this Tuesday. As all casual staffs were not directly employed by the company but thought an agency called Skilled,and because of the company want to change to another agency, they sent all the Skilled staff away for one week on Tuesday and see hows the staffs from the other agency perform. If they are doing well, we'll have no more work. Obviously they new staff will never work better than us in a short period but if the company need to change to agency they must have evaluated the situation and able to bear an acceptable lost. The conclusion after a bunch of bull shit is , I'll lose my job. So I will try to find other job.
Got a friend working in a factory which prepare food for airline, he said it's a good job, coz well paid and not tough job, I'll give it a try.
Last Saturday, Brian pick up a ticket from the building notice board, it's a family ticket to powerhouse museum which shared by other flatmate, which originally cost AU$30.
So on last Sunday, me Brian and Louis went to the museum and have a look.
Not as good as I imagined, we arranged 4 hours for the tour but at last we finished in 3.
"The Powerhouse Museum, Australia's largest and most popular museum, is located in Darling Harbour, Sydney. Its unique and diverse collection of 385,000 objects spans history, science, technology, design, industry, decorative arts, music, transport and space exploration."- quote from "http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/about/index.asp"
The most amazing item is the jet engine of a spacecraft and a stone from the moon. There are some area which contain some science game like the Hong Kong Science Museum, but the one in HK are much more fun.
Another bad news, external harddisk dead, WD1600BEVS (160GB 5400rpm) + Magic Pro USB case.. Well....I'll say it's the problem of Magic-pro, NEVER BUY MAGIC-PRO.
Started to hate eating cereal. Started to dream a lot about HK, anyway.
btw, Brian has fall in love in to my PSP, he play even more than me now. haha~ I am devil! XD
 |
| From powerhouse mu... |
Interesting Stuff :
無聊的士車費表跟進
可 愛 的 女 人 - 當 然 最 最 重 要 的 ， 是 你 愛 她 ， 她 怎 樣 都 可 愛 ； 你 嫌 棄 她 時 ， 她 才 會 變 得 麻 煩 。
尖咀 Jimmy's Kitchen - 好吸引
送行－對戰爭的無聲控訴
長（不）大
這 裡沒有人，只有你自己。這是你的小宇宙，你是安全的。靜下來，問一問自己，今天的你跟五年前、十年前相比，有沒有長大過。你知道嗎，有些人到了六十歲還是 沒有長大的。你想一想，你有沒有更懂得愛人？還是，像小時候一樣，「以為」很多不是愛的東西等同愛。以愛之名，你是否仍然綑綁著別人去掩飾你的不安全感？ 你是否仍然慣於打壓、貶低、否定愛你的人來換取良好自我形象？你仍然喜歡把各式各樣的人和事推滿自己身邊，好讓自己不感到那麼悲微，那麼缺乏嗎？你仍然為 著別人不跟隨你的步伐而生氣，忘記了別人正在活他自己的命嗎？你是否還沒學會，開放自己的心靈和生命，去感受另一些人的心靈和生命？你是否還沒瞭解，成長 的意義不在於，你的身體髮膚，而是不斷捨棄不斷修正的過程？
你說你有，是不是？嗯，那麼你再靜一點，再靜一點，看進你自己裡面。你學會的是否僅僅是形式？你是不是暗地裡覺得那只是你的妥協？你表演，不過因為擔心別人會不愛你？
別怕。你首先要面對，要承認。別哭。你是想長大的，是不是？太辛苦了，你說。那麼，算吧。你有權拒絕你終極渴望的。對不起，你習慣的那一套確實矛盾地扼殺「愛」。親愛的人們一個一個走了，跟他們揮手說再見吧。如果你喜歡，你自己可以永遠留在這裡，不過這裡太黑，我先走了。- quote from : http://lazylife.org "http://lazylife.org/2008/06/25/817"
百萬份之一秒的世界
Highlight :
0:39 - Shock wave from the tube
0:59 - Shock wave in front of the shell
4:50 - Balloon with water dropped onto the ground
6:19 - Balloon with water pierced by a nail
7:30 - Water drop
8:41 - Shock wave inside water
OiOi : Remember the "+". haha~
Raymond : yes, just one match but forgot which one.. lol Kenny said the football team went to the pub and watch the match, I really wish I could to be there +_+
Perry Lo : I can't believe that..... so you know how to play?
Adam : Quite free now because I got no work. And I always work hard and play hard. Play well and play with me when I come back. hoho
c : No worries! Take Care!
Joyce chung : Thanks! Will do! hoho!
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Sydney, Canberra, job and earthquake
Once upon a time, I've updated my blog. And it's one month ago. Sorry everyone. hoho~
First of all, I've finally visited Canberra! Special thanks to Brian coz he have been driving the whole trip. We started our trip at 7:30am, the sky was clean, and the weather was cold, it's just 11C, yeah it's pretty cold in the morning here. We bought some banana and water for our trip, nothing else. After 2 hours, we were close to Canberra, we stopped at a petrol station and have our lunch there. After that, we move on to our first stop, the Canberra Museum and Gallery. It's a pretty small place, with 3-4 exhibition's areas only. Got some art there, look great, but that's all. I don't really know how to enjoy it doh...
Our next stop was the International Flag Display. It located right between the War Memorial and Parliament house. Quite amazing~ of coz there were over 80% of flag I don't know, and other 10% I had a wrong guess. +_+" Anyway, it's a great place and must-see.
Next stop was the most famous Old Parliament House. It operated between 1927 and 1988. But everything inside are still so new & clean. It doesn't look like that old. We walk through the King's Hall, the two chambers, the room of the Prime Minister, the meeting room and a photo gallery displaying the world event such as Vietnam War, Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan and even the Iraq War.
Then, the Parliament House, the new one. The design embedded with model design, but to be honest, the interior design in not as grand as the old one. I like the old one more.
Next, the War Memorial. As per it's name, there are a lot of war-related stuff in it. This place is, so far, the most excited place I have visited in Canberra. There were real tank, cannon-shot, emplacement, guns, planes, artillery, models and of cause a lot of stories about the war which Australian involved. We spent one half hour there and we were asked to left because the place was closing.
It was 5pm, we tried to take some photos for the Captain Cook Memorial Jet,"While running both pumps simultaneously the main jet throws approximately six tons of water into the air at any instant, reaching a maximum height of 147 meters." But unfortunately the jet has stopped operating when we arrive :(
We took a few photos at the lake but the weather was so cold, so we decided to end our one day trip and return home.
I think we are going back to Canberra again, because we still have a few places need to visit. But a 2 days trip should be enough for tourist, cause other the attraction, it could be pretty boring.
Well, I have actually decided to leave Sydney and move to Queensland, coz I failed to find any job here for a month. On 9 May, I applied a CD/DVD packing job and telling myself if I get no reply for 3 days, I'll book the ticket to Queensland. The job doesn't require any skill so I've got a lot of competitors. But with a bit luck, he chose me!
The work start at 7am every weekday morning~ And I got to wake up at 5:15am and leave before 5:35am. When we arrive the factory, we go back to the production line we worked on the previous day and start working. We have 2 break, one at 9am morning tea for 15 min, and 12nn, 30 min unpaid lunch break~ We then finish our work at 3pm.
The DVD you saw in shops were packed in the factory like us. There are 3 kind of production method, full-auto, semi-auto and manual.
The DVD case you saw in the street, which a plastic case covered with plastic bag, is made with full-auto machine. Someone put the empty cases, discs and cover sheets into the machine, it will open the case, slide in the cover sheet, put in the DVD, close the case and cover with another plastic. Another worker will need to stand at the back and collect the ready-for-sell DVD.
A full auto machine can handle case with 2 DVDs in one case. For those with 3-6 DVDs, or those with another paper cover, it require human involved. The machine will open the case, slide in the cover sheet, and the opened case will send to the belt. Someone will put in the disc, usually one worker one disc. The leaflet you saw inside the case are also put in by hand. After that, someone need to close the case. The DVD will move to another machine to put another plastic cover and it's finish~
Some limited edition DVD set, or with special design which cannot be done by machine, will all be done by hand.
A Full auto machine can produce 1200 units per hour, 800 units for semi-auto one, and 400 units for full manual.
I usually worked in the full manual way~ And well it's a pretty boring job. I may putting in a DVD into a paper case, this 3 second job will be repeated for hours. But well, it's fine for me. Budding is a damn boring job but I have been doing it for 3 months.
The production line I work is not the main one. So some stupid jobs like inspection (open 5000 DVD case, check if the disc exist, and close the case) and replace outdated cover sheet will assigned to our line. It's good because it's not that boring, but the problem is, we may have not enough work. On average I worked for 4 days a week only. Well it's not as much as I expected but I could still save money here because of Brian. Thanks man. XD
The supervisor working there, well, most of them are asshole. Keep shouting, fxxking us, expect someone worked for 3 mins can work as fast as someone worked for 3 years. But anyway, I could handle this well coz in SPHK there were more assholes.
I think I will work till Aug, travel between Sep and Oct, and back to work on Nov. As the moment before Christmas will be the peak season of the factory, it will operated 7 days a week and I could work and bring some money back to HK. hoho~
The other thing I wanna talk about is the Sichuan earthquake, well actually is earthquake prediction. After the Sichuan earthquake I have surf through wiki, and found something interesting. The earthquake is still not predictable under current technology. But there were actually some aura before the quake.
Earthquake light - The lights are most evident in the middle period of an earthquake, although there are reports of lights that occurred after or even before the earthquake..... ( Source : Earthquake Light - Wikipedia)
Peru Terremoto Sismo de 7.9
Pay attention on the 8th-11th second of the movie.
In this video, I'm not sure if the earthquake light appear before, on or after the earthquake, but it did appeared. And the light was slightly different from bolt and explosion. There are earthquake light since 373 BC, study Earthquake Light - Wikipedia for more detail.
Earthquake cloud
10 mins before the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China
30 mins before the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China
5月11日の飛行機から見えた広島上空の地震雲?
Attention on 1:05, abnormal cloud appeared 1 day before the earthquake in the sky of Japan.
More information at Earthquake Cloud - Wikipedia
A little bit more information about earthquake prediction of the Sichuan earthquake:
* In 2002, a study by Chen Xuezhong published in the Chinese seismology journal Recent Developments in World Seismology (国际地震动态) reported that starting 2003 there is a high probability of an M≥7 earthquake in Sichuan Province. "Sichuan is virtually certain to experience an earthquake measuring above 7 in the next few years" he wrote.
* In 2006, a study published in the Chinese Journal of Catastrophology (灾害学) reported that the Sichuan-Yunnan region may experience a M≥6.7 earthquake in 2008.
* The journal Tectonics published a thesis in July 2007, stating that the risk of a serious earthquake was imminent.
* On April 26, nearly 80,000 m3 of water that once filled the Guanyin pond of Baiguo township of Enshi City, Hubei province sank underground with a rumbling sound. Changes in the underground waterflow usually indicate changed seismic conditions.
* On May 9, an anonymous user posted a thread on the popular Baidu Forums stating that earthquake clouds were observed in Linyi, Shandong (more than 1400 km away from the epicenter), and wondered if an M≥6.0 were to occur in the next few days; this was later confirmed by a user from Tongzhou District in Beijing.
* On May 10, residents of Tanmu village of Southwest town of Mianzhu, Sichuan (less than 100 km from the epicentre) observed hundreds of thousands of toads migrating on a roadway near a pharmaceutical factory.[citation needed] "The move is because of the change of weather," Shu Shi, director of the Mianzhu forestry bureau, was quoted as saying by local media.[citation needed] A similar phenomenon was observed a day earlier in Taizhou, Jiangsu.
* On May 12, sightings of unusually colorful and luminous cloud formations in two cities of nearby provinces more than 400km north east of the epicenter, each at 32 and 10 minutes before the earthquake, were filmed and photographed.These clouds exhibit luminous characteristics akin to auroras and sundogs (rainbow-like phenomena in cirrus or other high clouds). The earthquake was also felt at the location of the photographer, and the mobile phone signal was cut off for a while. There are many hypotheses for the cause of these earthquake clouds and lights. Of note, Dazhou's natural gas fields have been greatly being harvested by China Petrochemical Corporation and PetroChina. The audio comment of the video was that it looked like sun-light deflection. Some Buddist believe that it is a sign from Guan Yin, as it happened on Buddha's Birthday/Vesak.[citation needed]
* On May 13, in a press conference held by the State Council Information Office, the spokesperson restated that earthquake forecasting is a "World problem", and that no prediction notification was received before the earthquake. The only case in the last 100 years that an earthquake was successfully predicted by an official department was the Haicheng earthquake in 1975 by the China State Seismological Bureau.
(Source : 2008 Sichuan earthquake - Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Sichuan_earthquake)
Well, the above aura are not accepted by seismologists and scientists. But if you are traveling to any country which is in the seismic zone, and you saw something abnormal like the above, you better stay outdoor and have a walk. Although nothing may happen, but a walk outside isn't that bad.....except winter.... XD
And I believe earthquake is predictable, it's just a matter of time.
Well, that's all for today.
Tell you guys something, sometimes I wanna come back to HK, because I really miss everything, my family, my friends, my home, my room, every places in Hong Kong. But I got to stay here half more year. Yes. Half more year only, and I'll be back. Can't wait to see you all. Take care everyone.
Not much photo this time~ Just Canberra.
c : Well...Trying a new kind of job, packing...haha~ I don't think I will do that in HK~ It's a pretty new experience~
OiOi : Don't play la~ I'll become Korean. haha~ I think next time I will go out and find someone to cut for me +_+"
may goo je : Sorry~ You can only saw it in my old photos~ hoho~
Raymond : man, I wanna play with you for a long time la~ Get ready ba~ I'll be back! hoho
First of all, I've finally visited Canberra! Special thanks to Brian coz he have been driving the whole trip. We started our trip at 7:30am, the sky was clean, and the weather was cold, it's just 11C, yeah it's pretty cold in the morning here. We bought some banana and water for our trip, nothing else. After 2 hours, we were close to Canberra, we stopped at a petrol station and have our lunch there. After that, we move on to our first stop, the Canberra Museum and Gallery. It's a pretty small place, with 3-4 exhibition's areas only. Got some art there, look great, but that's all. I don't really know how to enjoy it doh...
Our next stop was the International Flag Display. It located right between the War Memorial and Parliament house. Quite amazing~ of coz there were over 80% of flag I don't know, and other 10% I had a wrong guess. +_+" Anyway, it's a great place and must-see.
Next stop was the most famous Old Parliament House. It operated between 1927 and 1988. But everything inside are still so new & clean. It doesn't look like that old. We walk through the King's Hall, the two chambers, the room of the Prime Minister, the meeting room and a photo gallery displaying the world event such as Vietnam War, Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan and even the Iraq War.
Then, the Parliament House, the new one. The design embedded with model design, but to be honest, the interior design in not as grand as the old one. I like the old one more.
Next, the War Memorial. As per it's name, there are a lot of war-related stuff in it. This place is, so far, the most excited place I have visited in Canberra. There were real tank, cannon-shot, emplacement, guns, planes, artillery, models and of cause a lot of stories about the war which Australian involved. We spent one half hour there and we were asked to left because the place was closing.
It was 5pm, we tried to take some photos for the Captain Cook Memorial Jet,"While running both pumps simultaneously the main jet throws approximately six tons of water into the air at any instant, reaching a maximum height of 147 meters." But unfortunately the jet has stopped operating when we arrive :(
We took a few photos at the lake but the weather was so cold, so we decided to end our one day trip and return home.
I think we are going back to Canberra again, because we still have a few places need to visit. But a 2 days trip should be enough for tourist, cause other the attraction, it could be pretty boring.
Well, I have actually decided to leave Sydney and move to Queensland, coz I failed to find any job here for a month. On 9 May, I applied a CD/DVD packing job and telling myself if I get no reply for 3 days, I'll book the ticket to Queensland. The job doesn't require any skill so I've got a lot of competitors. But with a bit luck, he chose me!
The work start at 7am every weekday morning~ And I got to wake up at 5:15am and leave before 5:35am. When we arrive the factory, we go back to the production line we worked on the previous day and start working. We have 2 break, one at 9am morning tea for 15 min, and 12nn, 30 min unpaid lunch break~ We then finish our work at 3pm.
The DVD you saw in shops were packed in the factory like us. There are 3 kind of production method, full-auto, semi-auto and manual.
The DVD case you saw in the street, which a plastic case covered with plastic bag, is made with full-auto machine. Someone put the empty cases, discs and cover sheets into the machine, it will open the case, slide in the cover sheet, put in the DVD, close the case and cover with another plastic. Another worker will need to stand at the back and collect the ready-for-sell DVD.
A full auto machine can handle case with 2 DVDs in one case. For those with 3-6 DVDs, or those with another paper cover, it require human involved. The machine will open the case, slide in the cover sheet, and the opened case will send to the belt. Someone will put in the disc, usually one worker one disc. The leaflet you saw inside the case are also put in by hand. After that, someone need to close the case. The DVD will move to another machine to put another plastic cover and it's finish~
Some limited edition DVD set, or with special design which cannot be done by machine, will all be done by hand.
A Full auto machine can produce 1200 units per hour, 800 units for semi-auto one, and 400 units for full manual.
I usually worked in the full manual way~ And well it's a pretty boring job. I may putting in a DVD into a paper case, this 3 second job will be repeated for hours. But well, it's fine for me. Budding is a damn boring job but I have been doing it for 3 months.
The production line I work is not the main one. So some stupid jobs like inspection (open 5000 DVD case, check if the disc exist, and close the case) and replace outdated cover sheet will assigned to our line. It's good because it's not that boring, but the problem is, we may have not enough work. On average I worked for 4 days a week only. Well it's not as much as I expected but I could still save money here because of Brian. Thanks man. XD
The supervisor working there, well, most of them are asshole. Keep shouting, fxxking us, expect someone worked for 3 mins can work as fast as someone worked for 3 years. But anyway, I could handle this well coz in SPHK there were more assholes.
I think I will work till Aug, travel between Sep and Oct, and back to work on Nov. As the moment before Christmas will be the peak season of the factory, it will operated 7 days a week and I could work and bring some money back to HK. hoho~
The other thing I wanna talk about is the Sichuan earthquake, well actually is earthquake prediction. After the Sichuan earthquake I have surf through wiki, and found something interesting. The earthquake is still not predictable under current technology. But there were actually some aura before the quake.
Earthquake light - The lights are most evident in the middle period of an earthquake, although there are reports of lights that occurred after or even before the earthquake..... ( Source : Earthquake Light - Wikipedia)
Peru Terremoto Sismo de 7.9
Pay attention on the 8th-11th second of the movie.
In this video, I'm not sure if the earthquake light appear before, on or after the earthquake, but it did appeared. And the light was slightly different from bolt and explosion. There are earthquake light since 373 BC, study Earthquake Light - Wikipedia for more detail.
Earthquake cloud
10 mins before the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China
30 mins before the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China
5月11日の飛行機から見えた広島上空の地震雲?
Attention on 1:05, abnormal cloud appeared 1 day before the earthquake in the sky of Japan.
More information at Earthquake Cloud - Wikipedia
A little bit more information about earthquake prediction of the Sichuan earthquake:
* In 2002, a study by Chen Xuezhong published in the Chinese seismology journal Recent Developments in World Seismology (国际地震动态) reported that starting 2003 there is a high probability of an M≥7 earthquake in Sichuan Province. "Sichuan is virtually certain to experience an earthquake measuring above 7 in the next few years" he wrote.
* In 2006, a study published in the Chinese Journal of Catastrophology (灾害学) reported that the Sichuan-Yunnan region may experience a M≥6.7 earthquake in 2008.
* The journal Tectonics published a thesis in July 2007, stating that the risk of a serious earthquake was imminent.
* On April 26, nearly 80,000 m3 of water that once filled the Guanyin pond of Baiguo township of Enshi City, Hubei province sank underground with a rumbling sound. Changes in the underground waterflow usually indicate changed seismic conditions.
* On May 9, an anonymous user posted a thread on the popular Baidu Forums stating that earthquake clouds were observed in Linyi, Shandong (more than 1400 km away from the epicenter), and wondered if an M≥6.0 were to occur in the next few days; this was later confirmed by a user from Tongzhou District in Beijing.
* On May 10, residents of Tanmu village of Southwest town of Mianzhu, Sichuan (less than 100 km from the epicentre) observed hundreds of thousands of toads migrating on a roadway near a pharmaceutical factory.[citation needed] "The move is because of the change of weather," Shu Shi, director of the Mianzhu forestry bureau, was quoted as saying by local media.[citation needed] A similar phenomenon was observed a day earlier in Taizhou, Jiangsu.
* On May 12, sightings of unusually colorful and luminous cloud formations in two cities of nearby provinces more than 400km north east of the epicenter, each at 32 and 10 minutes before the earthquake, were filmed and photographed.These clouds exhibit luminous characteristics akin to auroras and sundogs (rainbow-like phenomena in cirrus or other high clouds). The earthquake was also felt at the location of the photographer, and the mobile phone signal was cut off for a while. There are many hypotheses for the cause of these earthquake clouds and lights. Of note, Dazhou's natural gas fields have been greatly being harvested by China Petrochemical Corporation and PetroChina. The audio comment of the video was that it looked like sun-light deflection. Some Buddist believe that it is a sign from Guan Yin, as it happened on Buddha's Birthday/Vesak.[citation needed]
* On May 13, in a press conference held by the State Council Information Office, the spokesperson restated that earthquake forecasting is a "World problem", and that no prediction notification was received before the earthquake. The only case in the last 100 years that an earthquake was successfully predicted by an official department was the Haicheng earthquake in 1975 by the China State Seismological Bureau.
(Source : 2008 Sichuan earthquake - Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Sichuan_earthquake)
Well, the above aura are not accepted by seismologists and scientists. But if you are traveling to any country which is in the seismic zone, and you saw something abnormal like the above, you better stay outdoor and have a walk. Although nothing may happen, but a walk outside isn't that bad.....except winter.... XD
And I believe earthquake is predictable, it's just a matter of time.
Well, that's all for today.
Tell you guys something, sometimes I wanna come back to HK, because I really miss everything, my family, my friends, my home, my room, every places in Hong Kong. But I got to stay here half more year. Yes. Half more year only, and I'll be back. Can't wait to see you all. Take care everyone.
Not much photo this time~ Just Canberra.
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| From Canberra Aust... |
c : Well...Trying a new kind of job, packing...haha~ I don't think I will do that in HK~ It's a pretty new experience~
OiOi : Don't play la~ I'll become Korean. haha~ I think next time I will go out and find someone to cut for me +_+"
may goo je : Sorry~ You can only saw it in my old photos~ hoho~
Raymond : man, I wanna play with you for a long time la~ Get ready ba~ I'll be back! hoho
Thursday, April 24, 2008
A little update~
Arrived Sydney for few weeks already, honestly I had do nothing, yes, nothing at all. Staying in Brian's house, playing computer games everyday, even too lazy to walk around. Of coz, bad weather was an excuse but it's not good enough. It's time to finish this decadent life. I need to move on my trip. I need to start earning money. I need to go to Whitsundays! Fraser Island! Safari! Surfing!! New Zealand!!! Uh-Hooo!!!
So am I leaving now? No, not yet. I have dated my uncle, Uncle Stephen, to have dinner on the coming Friday. He works here and will ask him if he need any temporary staff. If yes, I'm gonna stay in Sydney for a while. If No, I'm going up to Brisbane. I hope I could find a well paid job over there. One of my friend Iris, she is now working in a farm, 10 hours a day, 7 days a week. Pretty tough but earning $800 a week at least, wow~ Hope there is vacancy if I go there~ :p
Another trip will be going to Alice Spring in the coming June. 5 days trip with Maick and his friend. They have booked the trip already, I'm going to do it this week. The outback is going to be cold at night~ I hope I can survive~ hoho~
Well, I'm not really staying at home everyday.
On 5 Apr I've visited the Taronga Zoo with Uncle Thomas, Mathew and his classmate Kenneth. It simply a Zoo, with many different kinds of animal. From the size as small as rabbit to as tall as giraffe, from the most ferocious tiger to the most laziest koala, you can find them all in the Zoo. A one day trip is enough for the Zoo, but it close at 5 pm so you need to start early.
6 Apr, football with Matthew and Kenneth. Hurt the damn left knee again. Go home with pain and disappointed. Don't know when will my knee totally recover, probably never. Don't know if I can play football and badminton again without any concern... sigh.....~~
7 Apr, went to Hunter Valley with Linda, another WHV friend. Tasted some wine. It's my first time I tried such a GOOD red wine. It's taste really good, I don't really know how to describe, but when you drink, 唔"澀", that's it. haha. Didn't buy any coz I won't drink at home and it's probably a burden in my trip. After lunch we went to see the dolphin, it's first time I saw wild dolphin! We can only see them when they come up and breath, it take just around 2 seconds and after that they will dive into the water. This make taking a photo extremely difficult. Almost half of my picture have been deleted because there were nothing inside except water. What you see in the album are the one filtered and taken with some luck. Enjoy.
13 Apr, went to war game with Edward, my primary classmate. We've lost contact for almost 10 years but thanks to facebook, we reunion. The war game here use paint ball, a plastic ball with ink inside, the plastic ball will burst when it hit something and the ink will splash around your clothes and mask. In the almost end of the game, you'll see the "blood" splash over everyone mask and clothes, haha. My damn leg was hurt before so I can't enjoy it. But the game was still great! and expensive, duh!
Bought a haircut kit with $15, and cut my hair myself. Well...I think I will find someone to cut it for me next time. Coz it doesn't look good. XD
That's all, yes for 2 weeks. Will let you guys know when my plan confirmed. Take care everyone. I miss you all.
Photossss here~ :
c : 130 lbs, heavier than in HK and not as in Emerald. :p
Raymond : ah~damn, forgot the fish market~! Will go and have a look before I leave. hoho~
oioi : Well here got only one season each day, different from Melbourne, haha. But it didn't really STOP raining since I arrive : (
wfred : too relax, no good no good. haha~ Hope you doing good too sister. Put more time and stay with mom and dad, SLEEP EARLIER!
thin : come and visit me if you miss me~ I can bring you to the farm and you can make GREAT money there in the same time~ haha~
So am I leaving now? No, not yet. I have dated my uncle, Uncle Stephen, to have dinner on the coming Friday. He works here and will ask him if he need any temporary staff. If yes, I'm gonna stay in Sydney for a while. If No, I'm going up to Brisbane. I hope I could find a well paid job over there. One of my friend Iris, she is now working in a farm, 10 hours a day, 7 days a week. Pretty tough but earning $800 a week at least, wow~ Hope there is vacancy if I go there~ :p
Another trip will be going to Alice Spring in the coming June. 5 days trip with Maick and his friend. They have booked the trip already, I'm going to do it this week. The outback is going to be cold at night~ I hope I can survive~ hoho~
Well, I'm not really staying at home everyday.
On 5 Apr I've visited the Taronga Zoo with Uncle Thomas, Mathew and his classmate Kenneth. It simply a Zoo, with many different kinds of animal. From the size as small as rabbit to as tall as giraffe, from the most ferocious tiger to the most laziest koala, you can find them all in the Zoo. A one day trip is enough for the Zoo, but it close at 5 pm so you need to start early.
6 Apr, football with Matthew and Kenneth. Hurt the damn left knee again. Go home with pain and disappointed. Don't know when will my knee totally recover, probably never. Don't know if I can play football and badminton again without any concern... sigh.....~~
7 Apr, went to Hunter Valley with Linda, another WHV friend. Tasted some wine. It's my first time I tried such a GOOD red wine. It's taste really good, I don't really know how to describe, but when you drink, 唔"澀", that's it. haha. Didn't buy any coz I won't drink at home and it's probably a burden in my trip. After lunch we went to see the dolphin, it's first time I saw wild dolphin! We can only see them when they come up and breath, it take just around 2 seconds and after that they will dive into the water. This make taking a photo extremely difficult. Almost half of my picture have been deleted because there were nothing inside except water. What you see in the album are the one filtered and taken with some luck. Enjoy.
13 Apr, went to war game with Edward, my primary classmate. We've lost contact for almost 10 years but thanks to facebook, we reunion. The war game here use paint ball, a plastic ball with ink inside, the plastic ball will burst when it hit something and the ink will splash around your clothes and mask. In the almost end of the game, you'll see the "blood" splash over everyone mask and clothes, haha. My damn leg was hurt before so I can't enjoy it. But the game was still great! and expensive, duh!
Bought a haircut kit with $15, and cut my hair myself. Well...I think I will find someone to cut it for me next time. Coz it doesn't look good. XD
That's all, yes for 2 weeks. Will let you guys know when my plan confirmed. Take care everyone. I miss you all.
Photossss here~ :
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| From Taronga Zoo |
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| From Hunter Valley... |
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| From War Game @ Sy... |
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| From Dolphin Watch |
c : 130 lbs, heavier than in HK and not as in Emerald. :p
Raymond : ah~damn, forgot the fish market~! Will go and have a look before I leave. hoho~
oioi : Well here got only one season each day, different from Melbourne, haha. But it didn't really STOP raining since I arrive : (
wfred : too relax, no good no good. haha~ Hope you doing good too sister. Put more time and stay with mom and dad, SLEEP EARLIER!
thin : come and visit me if you miss me~ I can bring you to the farm and you can make GREAT money there in the same time~ haha~
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