16.11.2012 (Friday)

有了昨天的教训，今天就老老实实的采花。开着Taylor Swift的歌，边哼边摘。早上的露珠不时因树的摇晃而滴在脸上，是清新的味道。

在这里最大的乐趣就是和蜜蜂打交道。我们这里有着小小的交通规则，蜜蜂弟弟park的花，我们就不好去采，它们飞过的时候，多数是我们让路，当然撞车的事故常有，不过他们脾气都不大，不会去到找我们报仇的情况。我们共同的目的都是为奇异果树哥哥服务，这样算来，我们可是好朋友叻~

我记得，有个朋友说过，她觉得植物也是和人一样有情感的，我不信，但是采花无聊的时候，我也会找奇异果树哥哥们聊天。我会告诉他们我虽然弄痛他们，但是都是为了他们好，为了能让他们的老婆们顺利怀孕，只好委屈那么一下子。
好吧，超现实的幻想世界在这里结束。

从中午12点，不爱采花的我们其实已经开始等待去工厂开工的指示，只是一直毫无音讯。直到6点，才收到通知，待会儿7点开工。今天是个非常美丽的晴天，收获都排满了。老板说，今天辛苦你们做迟一些，明天放假。我们虽然想做，可是力不从心，凌晨2点，便要求放工，因为从早上8点开工到那时，体力已经负荷不来。经上司批准，我们以箭般的速度奔向车，两人又开始消极起来，难道我们天天都要这样辛苦，才能赚到那一点点的旅费吗？

冲个热水澡，我们俩都没说话。这一天，我默默哭了，可能是彷徨吧，不知道自己的下一步该如何。
冷冷的夜，在这时显得更无情。

#奇异果园的生活 （采花记）

#Life in the kiwifruit orchard （Flower picking)

第八天-尝试采花

15.11.2012 (Thursday)

早上8点，我们在昨天和淑真（我的领头）约好的地方碰面，她便带我们到一个果园内，拎了装花的袋子，开始教我们如何分辨公花母花。母树通常都是整整齐齐，树枝会被绑在架上，公树折一则没修建的样子；而花呢，母花里面会有凸起的地方，公花则没有。这份工的薪资是以公斤计算，1kg = $7.25 before tax。母树公树一排排的整齐排列，时时闻到新鲜的花香，我生疏的摘着公花。

一开始，我们的手脚都非常的慢，想着待会儿就可以进厂做时薪的工，所以都没认真地采。午餐回来之后下了一场大于，雨后是不能摘花的，所以把早上的花称一称，怎么知他们要我们回去等消息，不一定会有工开。晴天霹雳！原来我们不是稳定的员工，老板叫到才可以上班......

低落的我们到了超级市场，买了些groceries，每样东西价钱都不便宜，都选些 home brand 的杂货，两人口里一直在抱怨钱难赚，负面的心思想乌云盖顶般，挥之不去。回到了家，突然接到可以去做工的电话，开心得从椅子上跳起来，东西整理整理，便赶着去工厂。我们心情180度大转变，工作得异常勤劳，是觉得工来得不易，想好好珍惜吧！

给大家附上一些我们铺花粉的工作照：
有兴趣看影片的可以参考这个---> 链接。

铺花粉

Lina 铺花粉

拿到柜子里烘干

柜子要写第几批，几点开始的

已经烘干的花粉会被吸进去这个机器，会分开比较大的物质和真正的花粉

纯花粉会被装进一个小小的瓶子里

不要小看这瓶子，听说要价可不低

#奇异果园的生活 （采花记）

#Life in the kiwifruit orchard （Flower picking)

第七天-开工

14.11.2012 (Wednesday)

驾着我们的 Ruru，我们上路了！

这次，是Lina一路驾到Te Puke。在纽西兰驾车一点都不容易，路旁时时都有车速的告示牌，最大的问题不是超速，而是驾得太慢，这样也是会被开罚单的！而且一定要跟足限定车速，快一点，慢一点都很容易中 Saman。

大约3个钟多，我们抵达了。Te Puke是比我想象中还要小的一个town，住在这里的人不多，多数是为了在这里工作而住下来的。联络上了屋主Ran，告诉她我们提早一天到了这里，想要先置放一些行李在她的家。Ran知道我们今天没地方住，便提议租出她废置的campervan，有地方睡，还很便宜（$10）我们一口就答应了！

屋主很好心的介绍了同住的屋友给我们，还拿到了工头Sam的联络号码。联络上了Sam, 是一个40左右的uncle，和一个驾Honda的Ken，到了New World（当地的supermarket）见面。哈哈，之前听到了太多工头的坏话，终觉得他们都不是什么好人。见到了他们，本来说好是明天一早开工，可是Sam突然要我们下午一点去到工厂开工，工钱以时薪算，我们没想到第一天就能开工，开心极了！

终于，我们在纽西兰打了第一份工！Te Puke有着纽西兰奇异果最大的果园。我们在奇异果工厂内把工人们采回来的公花放进机器内，把里面的花粉粒打出来，在铺在一片片的板上，送进烘炉里烘干。烘干的花粉粒会吸进机器内打碎成粉状，多几个礼拜便会喷在母花，母花就能结果了。一开始得搬着一袋袋超过10公斤的公花，在心里暗爽终于有机会把手臂的拜拜肉say bye bye，后来却被“黑面神” 叫去铺花粉。

做到6点多，Sam突然问我有没有带晚餐，我们傻乎乎的来上班，当然什么都没预备，哪里还会带晚餐，原来有可能要加班了。到了7点左右，Sam跑来要我和Lina到楼上去，心里还想着他是不是要找我们拿个人资料，没想到桌上摆着一袋袋的KFC! 哇哦，老板请吃，突然觉得工头其实也没有想象中的坏嘛~

吃饱了，Sam 说如果不想继续可以先回家，想着明天还要采花，就没继续工作。回到家里，和很多的屋友聊天。他们知道我们得到了工厂工都还蛮讶异，因为要在奇异果工厂找到以时薪计算的工不容易。我们知道了，决定要更要好好做，这样才不会失去这份工。

这一晚，我睡得不是很好，在车里睡太冷了，一直都是被冷醒的。到了这里才会理解很多事，譬如为什么古时代那位名人用身子把父亲的床给温热会被称为孝子，以前都觉得这样不会很恶心吗，睡在一个热乎乎的床上。现在，要我上床是件苦差事，床垫非常的冷，而且必须天天穿袜睡觉。早上要离开被单又是另一件苦差事，手指也从来都没有温热过。

这里的天气象架不能调的冷气机，只希望自己能早点适应这里的天气！

P/s: 忘了说一说为什么我特地提到驾着Honda的Ken，他是我采花的工头，只是想强调，做工头真的很好赚。:P

#奇异果园的生活 （铺花粉）

#Life in the kiwifruit orchard

第六天-Ruru驾到

13.11.2012 (Tuesday)

等了半天，终于车主（岩齐）把车驾到了我们的住宿附近的Countdown。好不可置信，我们只用了15分钟办理转让手续！简单的填写表格，出示自己的驾照，手续便搞定了。哇哦！我人生中的第一辆车耶！车牌号码：ALU387~

Our car "Ruru"!! <3

下雨天，我和娜娜紧张的坐进车里，到邻近的海边试驾。找到了工，买到了车，我们的心情是那么舒畅。吹吹海风，很冷的海风，踏着铺满贝壳的海滩，我们享受着Buckland Beach的美。

车子一切性能都还不错，希望它能够陪我们上山下海，度过我们一切的美好时刻！回到住宿，和 Wellie 谈起买车的事，他热心的为我们把车检查一遍，他说价钱合理，没有什么大问题，我们都松了一口气！

明天，我们就要往Te Puke前进！

By the way, Ruru 是我们车子的小名。

第五天-被眷顾的一天

12.11.2012 (Monday)

以前也是，现在也是，总觉得我是个被上帝眷顾的孩子。

为了逼身体调适这里的时间，昨天特地调了9点钟的闹钟。今天起得比较早，本来打算要到附近的Howick Historical Village 和 Bucklands Beach一游，碰巧Wellie带大家到汽车博物馆，便改变行程跟了他们。下午2时出发，其余的空闲时间我们都在考虑接下来要去哪里。

既然是Kiwi开花的季节，想必Te Puke应该很多工，我们便决定先出发到那里住下来，再找工。这样一来，住宿便是一个很大的问题，找了很多间Backpacker House，价钱都不便宜。突然，脑里闪过之前朋友给的一个名单，里面有写着Te Puke的一家住宿，只想碰运气的发了封信息，心里还在想是不是都没这个人了。才那么一下子，对方回了信息说过了这个星期三便有一间房空出来。那么巧，就是我们决定要去的那一天！ $90/per week per person，价钱可以接受，便一口答应了。

以为这就是今天的恩典，后来还满满的溢了出来！刚刚才确定的住宿，电话突然响起，是个叫Tony的工头打来的。他先问我有没有采奇异果花的经验，知道我是个新手，也没立即拒绝，只是要我星期三早上去碰一碰面。一问之下才知道，工作地点也是Te Puke!!! 那么巧！挂下了电话，我开心地想要在床上跳跃！！一切的一切都要归荣耀与主！阿门！

工作没了烦恼，我们开心去了！本来是想要去附近的Howick Village参观，后来Willie说带大家去汽车博物馆，我们便跟大队一起去参观。汽车博物馆隔壁是个公园，有许多的鸟，鸡，鸭，鹅聚在一起，本来我想要来个大奔跑吓一吓它们，可是又害怕被他们啄！:P

我的生活起起落落，消极的一天一过，第二天又突然可以正面起来。在这里似乎感受都会被放大，因为新的生活，一切都是从新开始，迷失的时候很彷徨，陌生的环境更是加添我的不安。成长是这样开始的吗？

第四天-宅女

11.11.2012 (Sunday)

好吧，我承认我堕落了！
只是那么一两天找不到工，就宅在家一整天~ 拜托，要明白，搭巴士去一次市区要$11.20那么贵耶，我看这几天，不是脚走能到的地方都不要去了！

好吧好吧，我是来“旅行”的，所以为了“履行”这个任务，我还是踏出了房门，到住宿附近逛逛。空气非常的清新，凉风非常的冷，身体还需要时间慢慢的适应。走走拍拍，这里的居民都非常的和善，只要你微微一笑，他们必定会投回一笑，有时还会附加一声：Hi!

这里的房子都是独立屋，设计都是独树一格。走着走着，看见一大片草原，一股冲动想要在上面打滚！哈哈，考虑到那微微的雨，应该会弄得一身脏，便打消了念头，不过这可是我的
Things to do in New Zealand List : 1号！

人生的第一次，我既然天天都喝着直接从水龙头装的水，让我想起以前小时后听到牛奶广告：

新鮮的空氣（深呼吸），清潔的水。

乳牛，喝清潔的水，生產的牛奶，也純凈新鮮。

這，就是Fernleaf 奶粉。

Fernleaf，紐西蘭國家乳酪局，品質保證。

不过，我倒是很怀疑，是不是洗澡间的水也是可以照喝不误？那么我不是可以尝试一边洗澡，一边喝水？好吧，列进我的Things to do in New Zealand List : 2号！

Aza!!! 又要找工去了！

第三天-城市走一回

10.11.2012 (Saturday)

终于，我知道为什么电视剧里面的外国人都不怕热，坐在大太阳底下喝热咖啡，还一副那么享受的感觉！今天，花了来回$11.20巴士费去到了奥克兰的城市走走看看，顺便试一试车，从我住的地方（Highland Park）到城市的巴士车程大约一个小时左右。

还没能适应冷天气，我跳上跳下，频频跺脚。以前觉得太阳好大好热呀，跑进购物广场，现在觉得太冷啊，看看那个太阳照到的地方，晒个爽快！我也是电视剧女主角，不怕太阳，我要在太阳下喝热可可！呜啊哈哈哈！（本小姐不喝咖啡）

最变态的不是那些在太阳底下喝咖啡的人，其实是在咖啡屋走廊外，照不到太阳还喝着冷饮的人，哦不，他们绝对不是人！

Sky Jump @ Sky Tower

城市靠海，我喜欢。
城市干净，我喜欢。
城市很多斜坡，别有一番风味。

很多人不喜欢奥克兰，因为这里是旅客聚集的地方，也有很多移民到这里的外籍人士，所以会比较杂乱。不说还不知，我住家附近还真的蛮多Asian Supermarket，买的都是进口的食品，要吃回马来西亚的食物，这里还真的不缺，一应俱全。我到附近散步，几乎都可以看见华人的脸孔，华人餐厅多不胜数。最可惜的是，这里的菜就那么两三样，spinach, cabbage, lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, celery，没有菜心，没有菜胆，没有kangkung，没有番薯叶，唯一接近我们的菜就是大小白菜，可是一把需要$3.50!!!!

看到打算买的车，感觉还不错。机械白痴的我们，也不知道好不好，只是凭着对方给我们的感觉，他还蛮友善的。被别人欺负过，挺抗拒相信人，总觉得对方有什么可疑的，这样的我，在这里得要敞开心交朋友，真的不容易。可是，出外靠朋友，我可以相信他吗？

夜里，总是那么冷。要双温热的手一点都不容易，夹在屁股下睡着是每一天必备的事，哈哈！

P/S: 本来打算去教会崇拜（中文崇拜在Saturday），早上却忘了这一回事，知道要搭巴士去市区的那一刻才想起，已经过了时间。:P

第二天：顺利得让人害怕

09.11.2012 (Friday)

因为改不了夜猫子的习惯，到了2点半硬逼自己上床睡觉，一觉到天亮，发现已经10点了！哇~这里的时间过的有点奇怪。为什么这么说呢？因为我们有14个钟的天亮时间，到了晚上8点，太阳才愿意放工。拜托，小超市和商店六点就关门了也，天那么亮我们能做什么呀？

话说回来，为什么说我们很顺利耶？就是申请银行户口和税号咯。之前在脸书听说很多人在程序上遇上很多麻烦，这个文件不能用，那个手续费比较贵，可是今天我没花一分一毫，就办好了。当然，任何好康都有代价的，为了直接提供银行officer我的contact no, 就花了$20买了一个在奥克兰市中心可以免费得到的sim pack，而且就因为我是micro sim，价钱贵了一倍！算了吧~

不要看这个文具店小小，里面可是五脏俱全！要办的文件，一次搞定~

开心的办好手续，赶快去到隔壁的大卖场 grocery shopping! 虽然这里的住宿有提供＂简易＂早餐，可是天天面包加peanut or chocolate jam，我应该会变瘦吧，顺便买些午餐和晚餐的材料。乡巴佬出城，认识到self service payment counter, 高科技的可以兼任＂称量＂蔬果的任务，赞！

傍晚到威莎客栈附近走走，天气非常的冷，外套成不了什么作用。Auckland的人真的很会享受生活，6点整准时下班，户外活动非常热络。

明天开始要找工了，加油！

不那么顺利的第一天

08.11.2012 (Thursday)

主的恩典，让我可以筹够钱，毫无疑虑的出发去实现自己的梦想。在众多亲朋好友的祝福下，我和娜娜踏上那未知的旅程。

我的人生并没有那么的顺序，飞机延迟了8个小时，补偿了一顿夜宵加上新加坡宽敞又舒适的沙发，时间还是过得去。

我常说，插曲时有，把人家机场的电插座烧坏的，机率不大，而我偏偏适得其所！兹兹一声，我的插座火花一现，焦了，同排的朋友们也被殃及池鱼，断电，纷纷带着埋怨的脸色收拾gadget离开。我当然不想等人来追究，也赶快收拾逃离现场，回头一望，另外几部供旅客免费浏览网路的电脑也黑漆漆一片，还有站在前面不知所措的旅客。Pai Seh, 本小姐也不说故意的。

现在坐，躺在沙发上的我，有点不习惯静悄悄的机场，有点害怕飞机会不告而别。

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Free breakfast in cabin for flight delay compesantion?

做了10个小时的机，终于抵达奥克兰机场，迎接我的是冷飕飕的风和一大片乌云！老土的大喊：纽西兰，我来了！

Reaching at airport

Resign from work

Arh!!! Lastly, I managed to hand out my resignation letter to my manager, her face looked so shocked! Yaya, within my expectation as no idiot like me, will really do so at this time being (months before the bonus payout??!!) . Yet, I really put down a stone in my heart and I can start to prepare for my working holiday.

和同事谈起自己的计划，
她突然来一句：“你真的是我所有认识的人里面最不同的，你真真切切的去实现自己的梦想。”
哇！真不敢当，我没有什么比别人更特别的地方，
只是心里那爱跑爱窜的心思在作祟，我也傻乎乎的应合着它。

“你不怕后悔吗？可能等你回来的时候，一切又要重新来过。”
我怕，可是我更怕没有去实现梦想的遗憾。决定去的那一刻，
已经把所有该付出的代价都一一盘算，都还是抵不过那蠢蠢欲动的心。

Since the day of leaving is getting closer, I feel like there are a lot of things that I haven't done which really make me nervous. Accommodation, works, things to bring or documents to apply, suddenly feel like time is not enough for me!! Oweeeee, messing up myself again.

Another 1 Month 1 Week & 4 Days to go~
Kaybe & Lina are going to New Zealand~

Chasing our dreams!

This article caught my eyes while I am FB-ing and I would like to share with all of you here.

Bronnie Ware worked as a nurse and all her patients were those who had gone home to die. After so many years she shared her times with them, she concluded "5 regrets of The Dying" which we can learn from it.

5 regrets of The Dying

1. I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. 

This was the most common regret of all. When people realise that their life is almost over and look back clearly on it, it is easy to see how many dreams have gone unfulfilled. Most people had not honoured even a half of their dreams and had to die knowing that it was due to choices they had made, or not made. 

It is very important to try and honour at least some of your dreams along the way. From the moment that you lose your health, it is too late. Health brings a freedom very few realise, until they no longer have it.

2. I wish I didn't work so hard. 

3. I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings.

4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends. 

5. I wish that I had let myself be happier. 


As you have seen, I have highlight the first regret, maybe it is more on my feelings now. Once, I wanted to get marry on my 18. But after entering this working society, I hardly believe that I could make myself marry before 30. I am not saying that I won't be getting into family by the age of 30, is that I feel like time is never enough for me to explore, to chase for my dream! I don't want to live the life others expected on me, I need time to honour my dreams one by one and I am happy to said that I am now in the process! 

Yeah! Thanks GOD for giving me the chance in my life to do things that I love so much, diving, travelling and HE always prepare it more than enough for me! Going to New Zealand for working travel is my next BIG milestone of my life and I am ready for it!

Another 1 month, 3 weeks & 3 days!

(Wanna to read more about the 5 regrets, click HERE.)

Why working holiday?

Recently I get to know a very special friend from diving, he was my diving master during my diving course in Krabi.  What make him so special to me? In fact it is the way he travels that fascinates me. Most of the time we used to visit places strongly recommended and plan our route way too pack which we can't even spare a minute for doing
"big business" in toilet! **Joke**

However, Su Huai can describe the way he looks into the place with a different view, more interesting facts and photos and readers of his BLOG are given a feel that he has an exhaustive study on each places he visited.

He don't stay on luxury hotel 

He don't plan pack schedule

Most of the interesting parts of his trip came unexpectedly &

His easy going characteristic gain him many new friends. 

There are many ways of travelling and I prefer to

a. Stay at that particular place for some while

b. Be in touch with the native

c. Understand their culture

d. Live like local, enjoy their lifestyle & 

e. Fall in love with that place 

--- The very main reasonS why I am choosing to work travel at NZ instead of having a few days trip.

5 months 2 weeks & 1 day to my departure to New Zealand and I am getting more and more excited!

Travelling

「 就像我从来不知道我想从旅行当中得到什么一样

出发去寻找所谓的答案的时候

其实连问题都不存在

- July Love 」

I have always been reading people's blog and recently I got attracted a 24 years old beautiful girl who has now become a mommy of a little baby boy. She is one of a backpacker who like to travel around with her husband. It is very blessed to have a companion who can travel around with you and not to mention the sharings and experiences that they walked through hand in hand.

There is one article written by her which I would like to share with all : <阿格拉，穿莎麗遊泰姬瑪哈陵歷險記 @ 寫作的旅行> What is travelling about? She really done a good work in interpret her opinion of travelling.

When I told my mom and other elder uncles or aunties about my plan to Newzealand, most of them would think that I am too stupid to resign on my current job which I would defenitely gain a good prospects and nevertheless they will add-on with: "YOU WILL REGRET ONE DAY IN THE FUTURE". I told them I really hope to explore more when I am young and this is a once in a life time chance that I only will regret if I didn't seize it. They try to influence my decision by stating that I can done it on my retire stage and what that got into my mind is the endless cycle of an usual people like me and my family:-

Study -> Working -> Marry -> Having Baby -> Save Money for Children
-> Looking on their Children repeat on their cycle 

Can I ask them, where is the travelling section? After their children graduate in University? Probably 50-60 of your age and till then do you think you still getting passionate of travelling around? Being that case, what for I don't go for it now? I am just trying to postpone my pre-assume life cycle and work out my plan while I am not bearing any burden.

I am just a simple little girl that want to know more about this big big world.

Flight settled!

"When GOD closes one door,

He opens another"

I never doubt how GOD make his plan on me, cause I know that he prepares the best for me. Air Asia X suspended their flight to Christchurch from 31 May 2012 onwards, It is such a bad news for us (backpackers) as Air Asia X is always our choice for cheaper flight tickets which the lowest can come to RM344 before tax. Can you imagine how much we can save from it? Luckily, we still left a choice of low cost carrier - "Jetstar".

Itinerary of our flight

From time to time, I have been surfing Jetstar website so that I can aware of their on going promotions and I got a very GOOD news yesterday morning from my cousin LINA (my buddy who will be going with me) that Jetstar is having promotion for flight from Kuala Lumpur(KUL) -> Auckland, Newzealand(AUK)!! After some discussions, we decide to buy the flight with shortest transit time at Singapore and share the luggage of 25kg which cost only RM 1.631.80 for both of us!

HERE WE GO a big step nearer to our dream! 

Struggle

The first question of my friends would ask me after they notice I will be going for
working holiday @ Newzealand this coming November is : How about your boyfriend?

Yea, I am a girl with a boyfriend,
yet I am so selfish that I dump my boyfriend alone in KL and I go enjoy myself in Newzealand.
I think it should be the impression of them when they are asking me this question.

Actually I don't feel anything wrong at first as he is a guy that can take care of himself very well,
his life can be more easy without taking care of me and our relationship is like so stable
making me have the illusion that even if I am going to NZ for the whole year
he still have the ability to enjoy his life without me.

Not until the day I came back from Krabi and we talked about the issue.
He without any intention just beg me whether I can cancel my plan.
At that very moment, I am mad of him, he knows me well and when everything is settled
now he only ask me to stay? But why, why he didn't ask me earlier?
I told him I paid for the visa and I don't want to waste the money.

Obviously it is just an EXCUSE of a heartless girl.

Many times I told people, in a relationship we should be responsible for each other,
think for each other, but when it comes to me, I just want to keep the whole interest to myself.
I enjoy being his girlfriend, enjoy his pamper, enjoy his companion,
but I chose to leave him chasing my little dream now.

But it's too late for me to change my mind, I have wonder for this trip for so long and
 I don't want anything to be regret in my life.
I like to explore more, this could be the great chance that I certainly don't wanna miss up.
I am sorry to him.

Forgive my stubborn, forgive my naive.