How far is New Zealand?

Before arriving in NZ, I always thought that New Zealand is geographically quite close to Malaysia. In my memory, It would be Sabah, then below Sabah would be the Indonesian Isles, then below the Indonesia Isles would be Australia, then below Australia would be NZ! but I was wrong, It's further than expected. I've taken a snapshot from google earth to show u exactly how far NZ is from Sabah. It's not below us but lean further to the right, it took around 10 hours to fly there! Thus, I'm dunno how many thousand miles from home.

伟大的父亲

You raise me since I was born, you educate me, teach me and guide me, you taught me the love of God, you taught me morality and being a good person instead of a person who solely aim for greed, you are strict and tough for my own good, you are not materialistic nor arrogant,
you are humble and yet respected, you are gentle and kind-hearted to everyone, you sacrificed so much for me, there's nothing I can do to repay, you are my dad and I love you. Thank you for everything.
Happy Father's Day

Tea break during Exam preparation

it's nice to sit back and relax during stressful examination time, but not too long until it affects your grades. once in a while during the exam weeks, I would go to the coffee shop and order a cup of coffee or hot chocolate and some desserts. I'm quite impressed by the way they make their coffee and the taste is nice too. I heard New Zealand is the world's number one in coffee-making. In comparison to the 'kopi diam' we have in Malaysia, they just somehow put the powder and sugar and then stir it and ta dah! kopi o ping, milo ping done. New Zealand has complex methods of doing it with those sophisticated coffee and espresso machine at their disposal. But everyone should also note the starkly different price you have to pay when you order NZ coffee/hot chocolate and Msia's kopi ping/ milo panas.

hot chocolate with decorative patterns on top of it.

Fishing King

This friend of mine is very funny, The picture below was taken 2 years ago, he was caught 'fishing' while attending church, hahaha. There's one instance where I had my first accident, I hit a buffalo and when he heard about that, he was just laughing and mocking me. Plus, he was like a loudspeaker or broadcast, because of him the whole world knows that I hit a buffalo. Then next week, he had a major accident around Kingfisher residential area. LOL...so with pleasure, I returned the favour.
But this friend is cool and generous, always act like a boss or the guy in charge. hahaha..I hope he see this.

丁老板'钓鱼'。

Snowing in Dunedin! 2009

I woke up at 11am today, then I checked out the news, there's an article about snowing in Dunedin. At first I was suspicious, I thought only those hilly areas will snow most of the time, but then I looked outside my window, wala! snowing! but there was more snow early in the morning than at noon. aw...I miss the moment where I can make a snowman...haha.

Reminds me of Russia...but it's Dunedin, NZ duh..

Happy Kaamatan/ Harvest Festival

I would like to wish all Sabahans a very happy Kaamatan or simply known as the Harvest Festival of Sabah. Although I do not normally celebrate it but after living outside of Sabah makes me think of Sabah once in a while and this festival is only celebrated in Sabah. As far as I'm concerned, the harvest festival is normally celebrated by the KadazanDusun ethnic group, they will have festivals lasting days and drink and dance for days! They will also held the annual beauty pageant of Unduk Ngadau during this time.
For me, I would normally join some family camp around this time at some resorts and you can get to hear some traditional music being aired in the resorts(weird). Also, those Sumazau dances will be performed at resorts or possibly at the shopping centres.
So for those non-Sabahans, if interested in Sabah please pay a visit to Sabah and enjoy our hospitality and beauty of our state. LOL..sounds like promoting! but yeah,haha.
These pictures have little relation to the festival but these pictures have been taken in Sabah and would like to describe Sabah with these few pictures.

Sabah, a land of freedom( my house)

A land rich in cultures ( unicorn dance)

A land of uniqueness ( Tarap, bet all non-Sabahans never heard of it)

A land where modernity meets nature ( Kota Kinabalu, the state capital)

A land of struggle for political autonomy and better future ( poster from PKR, LOL!)

A land of unity ( at Kundasang)

A land of beautiful marine ecology (ok, it's just a tank, but there are really lots of beutiful coral reefs out there for touritsts to visit)

A land of celebration ( I think we're celebrating Lee's birthday)

A land of peace and tranquility( my house)

A land of splendid scenery ( Mount Kinabalu)

A land of natural beauty

A land abundant in food ( Ah Moo and Siao Di)

A land rich in various kinds of cuisines( Ding Lao Ban enjoying his lunch)

A land of diversity in food ('GiLeen' Diam at Tuaran)

A land of long lasting friendship ( old classmates at TumBui's birthday)

A land of leisure and entertainment ( banana boat at Pulau Manukan)

A land of harmony ( form 6 )

A land of diversity in life ( a stick bug))

A land of surprises ( rare insect)

A land abundant in floral diversity ( the Rafflesia)

A land of hospitality (Traditional Murut Longhouse)

That's the Sabah I saw through my lens but of course it does not show everything(especially the Orang Utan and Pygmy elephants), but ....

Kotobian Tadau Tagazo Do Kaamatan! everybody!

Plus....I celebrated my Kaamatan outside Sabah in a Malaysian restaurant in NZ.

Ice skating: My first time 2008

These few weeks have been boring and nothing much to do except looking at books, do some exercise, sleep, and go to lectures. Maybe that's the reason I'm here for instead of playing around all the time. Nonetheless, it reminds me of my very first ice skating experience last year and I would like to share with you all.
As you know, Sabah doesn't have a real ice skating facility, so I got the chance to ice skate in NZ with the 'awesome foursome'(PeiJia, Vera, Felicia, Reseena) as they called themselves. The 'awesome foursome' is a very adventurous group and I had fun hanging out with them.
They went back to their own respective country already and I will never forget them for all the fun and entertainment they brought upon me. TQ o'some 4'some.


yay, first time!

Fizee with the move

the 'awesome foursome' and I.

Happy Mother's day

I would like to wish my mother and mothers around the world happy mother's day.
I know being a mother is not easy, being mother provides us with care, nurture, love, and teachings.
Being a mother have to face with their children's rebellious behavior and disobedience.
Although I would hardly express my gratitude to my mom, I would like to say thank you for everything.

bought this box of chocolate to show my gratitute to my mom. Unfortunately, I cannot bring it back until I finished this year's study. then, beh tahan will finish all the Hershey's chocs in it. have to replace it then.



Happy Mother's Day