First to Auckland.. then to Ledang..

Yep yep yep... I'm HOME!!!!! hahaha.. back where my heart belongs! Oh wow.. i am so excited as i am typing this..cos i have so much to share!! Wait..wait..firstly, anyone miss me? haha.. there better be! cos i miss everyone especially my two bros and my pipi dearest!

Ok anyway.. I had such a fantastic vacation... lemme see how do i start.. Ok how about rite before i left singapore??.. here goes..

Rite before i left the airport, my dad received an sms from my bro faris that my uncle in JB just passed away.. *innalillah* My whole family was shocked at the sudden news. We thought of camcelling the trip actually but because quite a few arrangements have been made and it was only a few more hours to our flight, we had to go on with our plans... but really.. our condolescences to my aunt and family at JB..

Sweetheart sent me to the airport.. waving goodbye to him was so hard.. i wanted to cry. I miss him the moment i walked past the gate. Flight was fine.

Reached Auckland city in the morning.. well nothing much in the city.. just sightseeing.. everything is just so freaking expensive!!! Stayed in the city only for a nite.

Next morning we took a bus to a small town further down..called Rotorua.. its really really beautiful.. Never been to such a place. Its so peaceful down there with nature at its truest magic. Rotorua is a volcanic area...so yeah.. u can see LOTS of hot springs and geysers especially at this place called Waimangu, one of the tourist attractions. It was so WOW.. Imagine this..clear blue lakes with hot steam evaporating from it. Soooo hot that the steam looks like passing clouds amidst the trees in the forest!! The lakes were crater lakes formed from the volcanic eruption many years ago.. heh. seriously.
Dad rented a van to travel around there. 6 of us in a 11 seater. Haha. and man was i nervous for my dad.. We didnt know the roads and my dad never drove a van before.. so it was kinda scary. haha. thank god we managed to get around safely. *three points for my dad*

We made a visit to the Maori village. The Maori are the ancestors of Rotorua. So the visit was cool cos i learnt quite a bit about their history, myths and culture. Very interesting indeed. After the village we headed down to another small town called Taupo. It was soo freezing cold down there.. but the lake was worth the trip!! heh..

Had a real good experience at the farmhouse too. Its called the Agrodome. I got to play with all the sheeps (there's 18 different types by the way.. hehe) and imu and all kinds of farm animals that i dunno their names. haha.. but it was so cool to feed them and just be in the open fields and on the hills with the animals!!! felt like a farm girl!!

Heh.. so all in all.. Auckland is a great place to visit..not the city but the small towns ok..*thanks shaq for recommending me the places.. all your information came in handy!!*

Wokiez.. so the next destination was ledang.

Gunung Ledang was a real challenge for me!!! Who the hell says its not a bad hike up the summit???!!!! It was god damn tiring!!!!!!! Gosh.. there were too many times i felt like giving up! i believe there is an easier route up.. but i seriously don't think my route is the easy one!! Man.. i was like a spiderwoman.. climbing up the rocks at like close to 90 degrees???!!! And the fact that i am shit scared of heights! Boy am i proud of myself or what!! hahahaha.

It was a really good experience to hike up to the summit. Tested my physical and mental strength to its limits.You dont know how tight my muscles are rite now!! and how my body aches so much!!!!! hahahaha. Did so many things that i have never done before like bathing in the river.. drank river water (..which has lotsa fishes..so it makes it look a bit more eww).. nite walks.. ate baked beans and tuna rite from the cans ( i usually heat them up first ok) cooked maggi and rice using river water..ate extremely diluted campbell mushroom soup cos one can must be shared among 10 ppl!!! And of course, carried a freaking heavy bag for 3/4 of the whole hike!!! i think i'm shorter now cos of the weight!! *like as if i'm not short enough! hmpf* The hike was tough cos of the extremely limited amount of water we had. i felt like i would do anything just to get water! It was sooo steep and i had to squeeze in between trees and rocks and what nots. Climbed up the rocks with the ropes and stuffs.. anything that could be grabbed was grabbed just so i did not fall!

The summit was soo beautiful. Damn nice view up there!! *awww....* i felt like tearing man.. cos it was such a touching moment!!! I looked down and thought "Wow. I actually climbed all the way up" It was a real self achievement. *ten points for me*

The way down from summit to base camp was freaking dangerous. Not as tiring but definitely scarier. Thank god the guys were there to help!! Gosh.. in times like this, i agree that men are the stronger species. haha. Gosh.. you should see how brave those boys were!!! They were soooo happy sliding down the blardy steep slopes and easily jumped from one rock to another!! Tho sumtimes they fell and almost hit something.. they were still so onz!!!! But as playful as they were, they were really sweet..guided the gals down the slopes..and of course after that they self proclaimed to be the macho man. haha. Men. The ego will always be there. haha.

Nobody believed i am 22 this year especially the kids!!! they thought i was at most 19! at least 16!! And one boy hit on me. guess the age. thirteen. YES!! THAT YOUNG! gosh. i dunno if i should feel insulted or otherwise. 13???!! What the %^&*!!!

But the whole camp was so fun. Secondary school kids are definitely very different from those primary school kids i had for last year camp. Teenagers arent easy to handle. One wrong move, they'll bitch about you. haha. The kids were playful, loud.. some vulgar.. but they are actually really nice kids with a heart that cares. I think they just lack of love and attention.. It feels really good when they opened up to you.. cos it shows that in some ways they trusted you enough to tell you about their life story and problems. I was more than honoured to listen and share my thoughts with them. Its not easy to be their friend yet at the same time firm.

So many of my gals smoke.. Some still got the cheek to ask me to help them smuggle the cigarettes! No way i am gona do that. sheesh. C'mon gals. Don't smoke. For the simple reason that it has bad health consequences.

I miss the gals. Hot Chicks. Thats what we called ourselves. And we are hot. haha. Thanks gals for all the fun, the highs and the lows we went thru together as a team. I learnt so much from you peeps. And i hope that i have touched your hearts in some way. Muakz.

And that will be my first and last trip to gunung ledang. cos one climb is seriously enuff!! it is THAT tiring. haha. But you know what.. i think i have lost some weight and less babatz now. haha.

1 more week before NIE starts. *gulp*