Another day in Auckland...

29/1
Today I've joined a free tour organized by "Stray", a tour bus company in Auckland. I've visited quite a lot of places here, and tried some potato wedges in a bar for lunch. Very tasty indeed! The food here is much expensive than in HK. It's expensive to buy things in supermarkets. But even more expensive to eat in restaurants. So I just cooked myself and didn't eat outside for these few days. Luckily the kitchen of my hostel is very well-equipped. You can find everything here including oven and baking trays! The problem is how to do with the left-over food if you didn't stay in a place for long. You can either carry them along, which is heavy, or just give them to someone else.

I've met a HK girl tonight. We've similar travelling and working plans! Really nice that we can have accompanies at last. She has bought a coach ticket to go to Hastings this Sunday. The time matched with me coz I'll return to Auckland on Sat! Great! I'll buy the ticket so we can travel together!

30/1
Today I finally called the Tax and Revenue Dept for my IRD number. I've opened a bank account in ASB as well. So everything's ready and I can start working when I reach Hastings!

I've changed hostel this morning. I'm now living in the BK Hostel. YHA International is too hot, and they've no room left neither. I've pulled all my luggage and backpack this morning up a very steep and long slope for at least 4 streets... I can't move my arms after I reached BK...

2nd and 3rd day in Auckland

I'm running out of time. Let me make everything brief~

27/1 再認識了另一個香港女孩子Isabel，不過她也是今天離開紐西蘭。我便送她們到airbus
station. 中午邱先生帶我和他的家人到North shore的商場逛逛，午餐後再到士多啤梨園摘草莓。現在已經是採摘士多啤梨的尾聲時份，所以只要NZ$5便有1KG！園主是為了不想浪費才讓人進園內摘果。我們摘了很多又大又甜的草莓。下午邱太她的女兒帶我到附近的沙灘逛，晚上在他家附近再在他家BBQ。他說這便是典型的紐西蘭人生活。我覺得這裡真是個退休的好地方！
 
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28/1 Today is Auckland's anniversary, another public holiday. So I can't open the bank account or ask for my IRD number (the tax no I need to get before starting to work here). I'm rather free in here so just walking around the streets in the CBD. The weather is clear and hot. Interesting that the temperature seems to have great difference when u're directly under the sun or under a shade.
Today my roommates changed to another 2 girls from Taiwan. They've spent almost a year in New Zealand already and will be going home for Lunar new year next week. They've shared lots of experience with me. We'll travel together to the North Island on this Thu-Sat.

抵達奧克蘭

26/1 下午三時左右抵達第一站 – 天朗氣清的奧克蘭市。很幸運，同事介紹了一位她居於奧克蘭市的朋友邱先生給我認識，他便來了機場接我，在車上他沿途為我介紹建築物及景點，不一會便來了我住宿的旅館YHA Auckland International。


旅店還算不錯，我住的是最便宜的8人房，乾淨整齊，唯一不滿意是房間及common
room 實在太熱，30度的氣溫下連風扇也沒有，只有heater, 簡直有點透不過氣的感覺。幸好我睡在窗邊的上格床，但晚上還是熱得醒了幾轉…


我的同房包括一位香港女孩Michelle及一位荷蘭女孩Simona，很巧合，我今天剛到埗，Michelle明天卻要回港了，她也是參加了工作假期計劃，本打算留一年，但結果三個月便離開。不知道我可不可以堅持留一年呢？晚上我便和她一同出外逛逛，買點食物回旅店煮，再談談她這幾個月的經歷，她也跟我分享了不少經驗。真可惜，明天她便要離開了… 她還想留一些剩餘物資給我，不過我剛到埗，什麼也齊備，背包還是脹鼓鼓的，真後悔當初帶了這麼多東西…


本想今天出手提電話 SIM card, 但店舖沒有開，唯有再等。


這裡上網很貴，要NZ$6一小時，三小時已經要HK$100，Michelle說到了小鎮會更貴！在這裡她找到一家最便宜的網吧，也要NZ$2一小時，不過沒辦法，上網對於香港人已經是不可或缺的活動。


* I wanna add some pics but maybe the PC here are too old... I can't upload any photos or type in Chinese... I just finished this with my laptop. Hope I can find another better Internet Cafe later~