Doreen's Endless Page 韻語: March 2007

A short trip to Christchurch

I attended the EEA APEX seminar in Christchurch yesterday.

Also managed to catch up with some good old friends at 老地方

The drink I ordered, "情人果"

..with Hui

Irene, me and Hui

Christchurch has changed a lot since my last visit around 4.5 years ago. Time flies, things changed and people come and go....Being back, I was flushed with nostalgia. Christchurch, an unbelievably beautiful and peaceful place, is where I had the focal point of my life, yeah the university life that's filled with laughter and tears, assignments and exams, stresses and most important of all, true friends!

Those times have passed, we all have moved on to a better life (gee....I so sound like an old folk!), but our stone-crafted friendship stays forever....

Labels: family/friends, travel/adventure

Playing hosts

Alicia and her hubby arrived into Wellington last Friday, 2nd last stop of their 2-week honeymoon in New Zealand. I had been very looking forward to seeing her when she told me they've picked New Zealand for their honeymoon. The last time we met was almost 2 years ago!

First things first, a welcoming dinner at Genghis Khan.....

Then, we drove up to Mt Vic to catch a view of Wellington by night.

The newlyweds

The buddies

The next day, Wellington Wind Turbine hilltop, sightseeing along the bays, Waterfront, Te Papa museum and of course late lunch at Leuven!

Driving up to the wind turbine

Meridian wind turbine

with Alicia

All of us!

I particularly like this photo. 3 of us instantly posed with different hand signs at the snap

I was concentrating on a snap

Yeah, a rather meaningless and dunno what it is kinda snap. sucks! (-_-)

1 kg belgium steam mussels at Leuven!

Poke, poke!

At night, we got the newlyweds into our board game sessions and spent the whole Saturday night (also Sunday morning till 3am!!) on board gamessss! (@_@)!! It was all good fun. Alicia and her hubby ended up buying 2 board games home the next day!

Labels: family/friends

Angel's palette

Taken today Oops, it's yesterday now, 07:08am

Labels: notepad

Where is the power?

I had my first ever black out experience through out my 12 years of living in New Zealand!

I was watching taiwainese series in the net, and when I was enjoying weeping all over the show suddenly, a total pitch black!

Wanted to go to bed early but not with my hair wet, so ended up playing with the torch and candle...sigh! What a night!

Labels: notepad

My best friend's wedding

Today!

Wish I were there.......

Labels: Event/Celebration

Europe Day 12: Last day in Paris, FRANCE

28 Dec 2006

Our last day in Paris (and Europe). I had caught a cold so wasn't up for an intensive sightseeing. It was just a leisure morning. We checked out of the hotel and went out for a bit of walk.....

Paris Opera House

Then, we decided to pop into a Chinese restaurant just opposite our hotel for a proper lunch. Hey, it's the last day of our trip anyway, no point keeping the euro in the pockets right?

WRONG MOVE! WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!!!

The bloody Chinese Yeung Chow fried rice had turned everything upside down! Hours later when we got all checked in at the Paris international airport, shit happened. Yeah, I mean shit literally! I started having serious diarrhoea. 3 times in the airport, then countless times through out the flights from Paris to Frankfurt then to Singapore. But wait, that's not it! While I was on the plane leaving Paris to Frankfurt, I started vomiting. While we were transiting at Frankfurt, I could barely walk. My limbs were cold and numbed. I felt like tonnes of stone on my head. Rick had to push me in the luggage trolley to get to the gate. We successfully got on the plane, then the series of vomiting continued. Only when I finally vomited my heart out (ok, this is exaggerating) and cleared my stomach then I started settling down. I guess there was nothing left to vomit, it has been drained empty!

I lost 2 kgs in just 20 hours that's how serious it was! I didn't have any food intake at all apart from water for the following day. My stomach needed a slow jump start.

Yes, I knew it was food poisoning. No doubt. My past experiences assured that.

Moral of this story? None! I was just plain unlucky. %&#$*@#&!

Labels: travel/adventure

Last day of Chinese New Year

Time flies. There gone the 15 days of CNY celebration. We headed down town to join the crowd for the festival.

Me watching the rowing bunch

Ang mo ah ma playing mah jong! No kidding!

Pork bun eating competition. The prize? 8 BBQ pork buns!!

Pig head...or pig face...whatever...

The waterfront was all in Chinese mood

After a 40 mins wait, the parade finally arrived

The well modified fire-cracker

Dancing dragon

Me with Irene

Chinese dance

The infamous lion dance of course!

My favourite type of lion. CUTE!

The traditional Chinese stage show characters

It's one fine day!

Labels: Event/Celebration, leisure

Europe Day 11: Paris, FRANCE

27 Dec 2006

2nd day in Paris. We had a lot to see today, it's FULL ON! See my freaking sleepy face you know it was damn early in the morning. Zzzzzzz~~~~

It was so early that I couldn't even smile properly, lack of facial exercise!

Joan of Arc statue at the Place des Pyramides

Here it is again from the side

Busy paris

Eiffel Tower

Once criticised as a useless and mostrous junk. The Gustave Eifeel's iconic tower eventually earned its reputation when 2 million visitors made pilgrimage to the tower the first year it was completed. The iron tower is 320m high and 7000 tonne.

Arc de Triomphe

One of the most famous monuments in Paris, commissioned in 1806 after Napoleon's stunning victory at Austerlitz. Standing over 51 m in height and 45 m wide, it is the second largest triumphal arch in existence!

Champs-Elysées

The grandest boulevard running off the Arc de Triomphe, one of the most famous streets in the world. The boulevard is 2km long, popular with its cafes, theatres and luxury designer shops.