My God is such an amazing God...

to bless me with a supportive & loving daddy, mummy, jiejie
to send me wonderful friends
to create this amazing place
to give me this golden opportunity to be here to experience the experience of a lifetime!


Enjoy the beautiful New Zealand, South Island!


sweet as!

side track:




because i'm here this year, i'm unable to go for my mission trip to COSi, cambodia.
my team is leaving for cambodia this sat. they will be there for 9 days till following sunday..... w/o me!! =(

i miss my kids!
wonder how much they have grown since...

here's some photos from last year's trip. =)

lessons on sanitation, hygiene, team work, games, playhouse, birthday celebration, an outing to the amusemusement park etc....

e innocent smile on their face. their genuis & sincere heart.
i learn so much from them too.

i'm looking forward to be back next year. =p

note:

apologies for the delayed updates of photos.

my camera is not functioning... aka spoilt! =(
so i've been relying on friends' camera for my supply of photos.

specifically, special thanks to yiling, aika & yu
more to come! from flora & jieun

Ven gave me Akon- Konovicted CD for my bday.
its his favourite artists!
i'm sooo addicted to e songs now.
well, apparently it seems like a well liked and popular artist in NZ. i've heard their songs many times previously, not knowing its Akon. on e radio, in my flat thr bayan's ipod etc.

this music video is my favourite song!
well, for politically correct reason, i uploaded this version of e song. there's another version of it. thats actually e version i like! *hehe

2nd jun
*pancake for breakfast*

made myself a great breakfast, pancake with kiwi fruit and apple, with aika & yu
while preparing breakfast, my flatmates n neighbours very last minutely decided to go to mt cook. 2 of them were going to hedge-hike, so they had to make signs. cool huh?!

we had pizza for dinner at St Claire beach
somehow the beach during e day and at night seems different

then it was bowling time!
well it's been so long since i last bowled!

in e evening, met up with Aika & Ven
Ven gave me a car spin around dunedin city.
he brought us to this place uphill thats overlooking dunedin city!
as i stood there, in e quietness, looking at e city lights, looking up e sky attempting to count e stars, emotions filled me.
i'm missing home! i'm missing my family & friends back in spore!
i want to spend this day with u! my life just wont be complete w/o u!
*do wishes come thr?


pose pose pose!
so happy!

and so becos of e surprise at my flat, i missed the play at allen hall. but its ok! its worth it. =)
after that, headed to ling's flat, as planned.
tada!
cake 6: orange and mango cake!!! baked by my beloved ling.
thats danielle presenting e cake. =p

tada! brunch! yummy!
and tada!
cake 5: chocolate cake baked by kerry & elle, my flatmates (i asked elle [holding my cake)]when did they bake this? well apparently they baked it when i was aslp last night... hmmm)

and so e chef at work!
my favourite scrumbled eggs!

1st june
*THE BIG DAY*

early in e morning, ok, maybe not so early, around 11plus, someone came knocking on my door & so i got woken up. it was klaus, my flatmate!
he asked me to go over next door for breakfast in half an hour. but when he left, i went back to slp. approx half hour later, he came knocking on my door again & so i got woken up again. this time i really got out and vroom to next door still half aslp *hehe
almost everyone was there. woohoo!
its clorri bday too. we share e same bday! hi^5

1st song, we had jieun & flora singing korean song, or rather "shouting". rather funny
e guys were singing american songs aka those pop songs
aika sang a rather expressive japanese song. amazing
of course, suhui & myself sang chinese songs... specifically jay chou songs. apparently e americans like it.
veronica & myself sang songs from bsb, m2m etc

presenting my birthday cake! all freshly baked
cake 1: black forest cake baked by suhui. initially when greg gave it to me, he said he baked it. i actually believed him. but after looking at suhui i thot, cant be... hmmm well it was stil warm when i got it!
cake 2: chocolate muffin by danielle & sarah. i had this for supper when i got home hungry from ktv
cake 3: apply & chocolate "pie" baked by flora. my oh-ni (big sister in korean)
cake 4: vanilla sponge cake baked by Aika

5th: e singaporean
after e BBQ and clearing up, we headed for KTV!
orh! and i have a multi-language birthday song sang for me! its simply amazing. =p

photo taking time!
now its time to be racist!
1st: e japaneses
2nd: e koreans
3rd: e malaysians
4th: e americans

such a pity, no pictures of all e food i prepared. only have picture of the "after everything is gone"
well, i prepared veggie salad, baked potatoes with cheese, fruit salad and of course BBQ food.

31st may
*MY BBQ Party*

had a BBQ at my place. invited my closer friends here.
standing in front of the grill pit is e best spot. nice and warm in the chilling cold outside.
say hi to Amy, Yen, Danielle at the pit! waiting for food. =p

infront of my house.
and thats BAYAN! he rox! my flatmate!
fire-dance!
its amazing! and scarey! esp when i was standing so close to it

ok! here's e whole pig!
being roasted on e grill from its raw, almost alive, state!

30th may
*Pig on Spit Party at Willowbank*

as semester approaches the end, as a form of "farwell" for e exchange students, e uni-flat organised this!
and its held right in front of my house!
tons of people came!
ok! that silver container thingie, is a "cake". we had 3 of that. i wonder how many litres of beers that is...

this is after the match!
the guys were just playing around
we have a pirate around... with a gun... *danger!
i like e last picture! hehe

go! go! go!

SUHUI! all the way!

27th may
*Suhui's table tennis finals*

i rushed all e way back from e island for THIS!
look at her supporters!

dinner time! dinner time!
tuck in!
thats Aika, Eun Sook (Korean) & me!

that noeline, e "teacher in charge" of this trip.
she is so motherly to us
while she was cutting the chicken, she was saying that she has 21 hungry children to feed... hehe.

dinner time!
something for a change, the guys were e ones in the kitchen preparing dinner.
where have all e girls gone?
well in e hall, warming themselves up infront of the fireplace... or playing pictionary... hmmmm
haha
orh, Yo made those sushi. its yummy!

its sunset!
its amazing!
thats Eri, me & Aika
followed by me & Yo. he's a cool guy!

more of my precious!!!

this is the structure thingie that i think was previously used to "store" guns, canons etc.
well esp when this island is located at otago habour.
and e direction this structure is facing n located... hmmm

more spectacular view from the island.

one of e donkey started rolling on the ground.
soooo adorable!
e other followed along too.
and yea! sun setting... its time to head home, donkey!
such a lovely sight

2 donkeys on e island. they are sisters. so everywhere they go and do, they will b in pair...
soooo cute!
i almost can just give them a big hug!
if only i can bring them home... if only!

this is the picture of e trip!
sooooooo cute!!!!

see what we encounted all over the ground!
chocolate eggs!
*hehe

walking inwards into the island.
my precious!!!

that white sharp building used to be, n still is a chapel.
not too sure what this brown building is though.
and yea! playful boys playing swing inside the building. not sure if it will eventually cause the building to crumble... well, it didnt...

upon arrival on the relatively small island, we saw the place we were going to live in.
our 1st thot: looks like a haunted house *hehe
its old though.

we have reached!
see that huge ship like structure. those used to be ships that the settlers travelled in.

360 degree view from the boat as we travelled.

the boat journey was simple breathtaking.
although its windy and cold outside

time to board our boat to bring us over the sea to the st martin island.

26th-27th may
*Trip to St Martin Island*

this is the base to St Martin Island from mainland.
and the many little boats.

St Martin Island, also commonly known as Quarantine Island.
its located at Otago Habour.
this was the island, e 1st explorer of NZ stepped foot on hundreds of years ago when NZ was founded.
many years later, when more europeans, aka Pakeha, came into NZ, this became a quarantine island for immigrants with illness or suspect to be infected with contagious disease.
apart from being a quarantine island, there was a period in history, then this island was where prisoners were "kept"
so on this island, there r traces of the prison, hospital and structure for guns n weapons.






25th may
*dinner at Nova Resturant*

met up with Aika, Lydia & Miki for dinner at Nova.
the strawberry & chocolate cheese cake is simply yummy.
it doesnt tast like typical cheese cake. isnt too cheesy, yet isnt like those sponge cheese cake. it just taste different. and nice! i shared a piece with Aika. e portion was just right.

24th may
*Salsa at Sol Bar*

its thur night aka salsa night aka sol bar
my 1st time at sol bar
my 1st time learning salsa dance
its cool!
and e fire thingie, keeps me warm!


say cheese!
Greg, Amy, Suhui, Me, Ling!

tada! the cake!
and yea! Amy, the birthday girl eating her cake.
see how fast the cake was eaten

24th may
*Baked chocolate cake for Amy!*

and so, we baked a birthday cake for Amy
e ingredient for this is..... sinful....

upon request, my 2 beloved japanese friend attempted to make chawamusi (Japanese egg) for me.
its yummy!
now i know how to make it well, just need the ingredients... hmmm

3rd may
*Cooking with Aika & Yu*

thats e 3 great chef at work!

its baking its baking!
looks good huh?
by e time we were waiting for e 2nd tray to b baked in e oven, we were exhausted. knocked off on e sofa! *hehe

20th may
*after Suhui semi-finals match*

we baked yummy stuff!
its yummy.
after successfully baking the 1st tray, while ling was making e next tray, suhui and me finished half of e 1st tray! *hehe

16th May
*Cooking with Aika & Yu

i made green curry! its yummy.
met Yu for the 1st time then. =)

9th may
*cooking with Aika & Lydia & Sam*

this is from a while back.
Aika made the meat pattie. Japanese style.
I fried the veggie
Sam made the pasta