HELLO!
yup. i'm still in new zealand! so upsetting. i'm missing church on sunday and the service project on saturday (today). all bcos we missed the SIA flight in christchurch cos the plane from queenstown to christchuch was cancelled due to the bad weather conditions. i was sooooo mad. anyway, i have exactly 57 minutes left to write all about new zealand.
RECAP TIME!
thursday/friday: came back from YC and quickly got a temple recommend at church before going home to finish up my packing. in the end there wasnt any temple in christchurch. so retarded. yup. took an SIA flight. my lucky parents got to sit in business class while we children were stuck in economy, being treated as if we were flying without parents. margaux felt as if she was a VIP. yeah right. landed on friday. we checked into a service apt called stonehurst. and then we ate lunch at this kinda sucky thai restaurant, MyThai. then we watched a maori show at night. it was freezing and the show was outdoors. we were like so frozen that we almost didnt want to clap. the show was ok. but there was this crazy old american woman who kept laughing at the guide's corny jokes. hmm. ate dinner after that at duxdelux. ate a seafood chowder and shared some nachos. it was good.
saturday: we drove to akaroa, this other little town. had fish and chips for lunch. akaroa is situated next to the sea so the fish was like super fresh and all. and my family ordered two portions of fries and it was like way too much for us. margaux and i felt sorry for all the chips we wasted. :)) after lunch we took this boat callede canterbury cat out to sea to see some of NZ's smallest dolphins, Hector's dolphins. we saw the smallest penguin in the world and a seal too. my whole family got seasick and couldnt wait to get back to shore though. my dad was like 'i bet they stopped the boat so that we could see one seal right?' sure enough, the boat stopped on the super choppy seas to see a seal on a rock. wow. so retarded. and it was super cold. SUPER. and there was wind blowing in my face. we were supposed to swim with the dolphins but in they said the swimming with the dolphins thingum was only available a week later. my dad was like 'luckily we didnt swim with the dolphins cos the sea had perfect conditions for a great white.' true you know. drove back to christchurch and had dinner at a spanish restaurant Maitea. it was quite stupid cos we ended up quarelling over my dad wanting to buy a loaf of bread which my mom found stupid cos she thinks my dad wont finish it. hmm. retarded.
sunday: we drove to queenstown, stopped by this HK cuisine restaurant for lunch. it was okay. not THAT nice. reached QT at night and checked out two service apts, lomond lodge and garden court. stayed in garden court in the end. lomond lodge had this really cute guy in charge though. hahaha. then we ate dinner at Winnie's. it's the bestest bestest pizza place ever. there's like tons of ingredients on the pizza and the bestest apple crumble dessert pizza. mmmmmmmm. it was soooooo good.
monday: we went LUGING! yay. it was like super fun. we raced and i came in last. not that it matters though. (as you will see later) took a gondola up to the top of the mountain to luge. wanted to parasail and bungy but my dad didnt let me. he thinks it's dangerous. despite my desperate plees, he didnt let me. oh wells. i'll go one day! ate at subway for lunch. the cookies were 3 for $1.80. and they were like totally good. my sisters and i ate one cookie everyday. margaux would run to subway while my parents were out of the car checking out stuff. :)) ate at a korean place Arirang for dinner. the suckiest thing ever. the food sucked, it wasnt cheap, and it made all our clothes stink. hmph. AND they had this weird policy that no sharing of food is allowed. SO RETARDED.
tuesday: we had KFC for lunch. i shared a salad with chloe cos i didnt want to eat much. it was yummy though. after lunch we went horseback riding through this place with lotsa mountains, including the LOTR one. my horse was isaac and it refused to gallop. it just walked and walked. so boring. margaux's horse, batler, was one of the horses in LOTR. cool eh? anyway, my whole family was freezing. it was frickin cold. we were wearing 3 layers and we were freezing. weird. at the end of the 2 hr "torture (as my dad called it)" we could barely walk or move after getting off the horse. haha. had winnie's for dinner. yummm.
wednesday: we went to the shotover river canyon. we took the shotover jet through the river. their slogan is the world's most exciting jetboat ride. hha. it was kinda exciting but not as thrilling as we hoped. but then again, how much excitement can you get out of a jetboat? lunch was at another thai restaurant which was okay. (GOSH. there are these to NZ boys swearing away while playing com games. URGH.) after lunch my dad and sisters and i went luging again! we went 4 times. and i came in first for the first 2 times! margaux came in first for the other two. but the last one was unofficial. so it doesnt count. so i'm the overall champ! YAY! hha. dinner was at this posh jap restaurant Minami Jujisei. the sashimi there is like soooooo good. and i usually dont like sashimi. so yeah. it's GOOD. shared a seafood platter thingy with chloe. mmMM.
thursday: SKI DAY! went to coronet peak to ski. and i havent skiied for ages. 4 years i think. and like for all the past times i had an instructor who never brought me past the bunny slope. yup. i was a bunny sloper through and through. then this time, after three times down the bunny slope, chloe asked me to go up the green slope with her (the green slope is the more PRO ONE!!!!) i was scared though. but i went up with her while marg and dad stayed sitting in the snow, not skiing. my dad called it plan b. so retarded. yeah. anyway, for the rest of the days i skiied at the green slope with chloe and once with margaux. when i went with margaux and chloe, my ski boot came off the ski and i spent like 20 minutes trying to get it back on. after finally getting it back on i took a LONNNNGGG time unsuccessfully persuading margaux to ski down the slope before chloe the pro skiier came to the rescue. then another time i went down the ski slope with chloe, i decided to go down the steeper lane while chloe went down the gentler slope. stupid me. i skiied down out of control super super super super fast. and i hit this snowboarder before tumbling down and ending up without both ski poles and my right ski. hha. so loser. so so so so loser. itwas so embarrassing. oh wells. anyway, it was still fun. and chloe and i made fun of the 2 bunny slopers, dad and margaux who took lessons and never went up the green slope. HAHAHAHAHAHA. my mom didnt ski at all cos she says she sucks at skiing. suit yourself mom! :)) we had a snowball fight before driving back to QT. dinner was at this seafood place fishbone. the waiter wore this REALLY REALLY cute shirt it said lord of the squid rings in the LOTR font. and outside the restaurant was this board which said the da vinci cod. haha. so retarded.
now we're staying at the copthorne hotel. it's ok i guess. real quiant. hmm. guess i'll go now!
i'll be back!
(tmr)
BYEEEEE!