Bits bout Aotearoa

So,after such a long delay,I am finally back to this blog.Hopefully,this time around I'll be more faithful to it.Gees,I'm sounding as if it's a relationship!I'd recently signed up for Nuffnag ads,and going through that process kind of made me want to blog better.I feel bad for telling them about all the things I blog about.Not that I'm lying!Just that the previous posts were removed and currently not blogging much,so I can't really show that I'm the blogger I said I am.


I'm gonna tell you some things I found rather interesting when I first stepped on this giant island.


First impression of the airport was,well,it seemed like all the other airports.It has that airport air and feel to it.To my surprise,the airport seemed rather small!Compared to KLIA of course.And,KLIA seemed small compared to Changi Airport.Btw,my flight had a transit at Singapore and it was a rather short transit time for us.We had to walk really fast throughout and walking seemed never ending.Best part was,when we arrived at the gate,flight was delayed and therefore gate isn't opened yet.We were starving but didn't bother heading to the food court as it was quite a distance to walk all the way.


Okay,back to BITS bout New Zealand.
I noticed that there were plenty of pregnant women!I kid you not!Within 500m of where I was standing in a shopping mall,there was at least 5 or 6 pregnant women!I didn't really bring it up until my godma said out loud the thought in my mind!My godpa said it has been a long winter,that's why!


The next thing was that there were plenty of old people.I'm talking like 80-90 year olds here!Okay,so you ask,what's the big deal?Malaysia also got old people.But let me ask you this,do you see plenty of old people shopping or driving around?The senior citizens here are very independent.The basically do everything on their own,even live on their own.You see them exercising,going for walks or basically in the outdoors being active.Personally,I think the cleanliness of the air,with beautiful sceneries and the lifestyle is what made these old people live pretty long!


I don't know why this next thing on my list was quite surprising to me.I noticed out of 10 men,8 would have very visible tattoos.As for the woman,it would be almost the same.I happened to flip through a magazine while waiting in line to pay for groceries while I was out with my godma one day.I read that more women than men have tattoos in New Zealand.Most men regretted having tatts but not so much for the ladies.There was statistics but obviously I won't be able to remember all the figures after so long!


Most might not find this one very captivating but there are public toilets everywhere!I mean,everywhere in a good way.Every stretch of beach would have at least two toilets.Even in towns,after every few blocks,there would be one.Here's the best part,the toilet is VERY clean compared to our Malaysian toilets.Most of the toilets don't even smell.There's also a constant supply of toilet paper in every toilet I went in,I kid you not!


Well,that's all the "fun facts" I can think about for now.On a random note,the sales there are pretty good!If you were living there and earning nzd,things during sales is very cheap!However,my godma isn't keen on shopping for clothes there all the time and I can understand that.After being in every clothes shop in almost every mall in the Auckland area,when I go out,for almost every teenage girl,I can tell where she got her top/dress/outfit from.Once,I was out with my godbro,we were just strolling around the mall until I went,"that girl's baju is from ******* "."That one is from **********" .He turned to me and said,"That's enough shopping for you!You know where everyone's clothes are from!".Towards the end of my stay,even my godma had this very special 'talent'!So,you get my point.There isn't a very wide variety of shops or people just tend to like what other people like?

During my stay,I was fed with very good food!My godma prepared wonderful meals,the kind that I like very much.That would be non-rice meals!From grilled salmon to french onion soup to the most awesome beef burger ever!Don't get me started on the desserts!I would probably do another post just about the food I had there.Both from restaurants and also the ones my godma prepared.

Here's a picture of my current favourite tee!

Story behind it:
My godbro was being very nice following me into every shop looking at clothes even though the case is usually me looking at clothes and he on his psp.That is why I was very surprised when he took this t shirt and told me I should get it.It was 20nzd at that time and wasn't keen on that.Much later,say,a few weeks after that,we went to the same shop again and I saw that it was reduced to 15nzd!I decided to buy it and while paying for it at the counter,the cashier said it's 12nzd!Ah!Such joy!But,I'm gonna be careful about wearing this around my family.When I'd tried it on,my godbro launched a tickle attack on me.If any strangers were to do that to me,I'll gladly give them a punch :D


I bought another Elmo tee,the tee says it all.

Till the next post,toodles!