Friday, December 19, 2008

Gambar buah


PYO cherries. It's that time of the year when you get to pick your own cherries at the nearby farms. They go as cheap as 8 dollars per big bag....which is lot more cherries than I've eaten my whole life. I used to dislike cherries, but after tasting one of these juicy plump succulent God's creation.....I fell in love

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Meja makan


Meja makan beli kat garage sale. 50 dollars. 6 seater, tapi dua lagi kena repair (gam balik). meja dia expandable. Atas meja tu pizza homemade. Senang je nak buat pizza kalau ada oven.

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Elfayra Raihanah

Fay merenung jauh teringatkan kampung halaman. She's pretty much settled here for the time being. Next year we're going to send her to daycare. She haven't had any experience being away from us yet, unlike Radhi who's been at play school back home. Don't you just wanna nibble at those plump toes of her??...heheh. She's been eating very well since we got here. Eats almost everything we gave her.

This is in the city centre, next to the avon river. This is the first time we went to the city since we first landed in Chch. It was actually cool weather, but my two kids selamba je, makan aiskrim lagi. Mak bapak diorang yang terkulat2 sejuk. City centre not too bad, more or less like kuala terengganu je.......seriously......no seriously. But much cleaner of course, and more scenic with all the flowers and stuff. After 3 weeks here, my level of awe has gradually decreased from "wow!!".......to "oh". Maybe in the next two weeks it will become a "hmm" . But come autumn then it's a different cycle again......heheh. So far the weather (weather report essential here) has been like a roller coaster, one time its so cold your limbs froze, then next 8 hours or so it's so hot you get sunburned.....really.....no really!

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Slides in New Zealand are very very tall. But somehow it only took Radhi a couple of minutes to get used to it. Today we cooked tomyam, bought frozen shrimp at the market. Takde la nak jumpa fresh ones at the market like back home. Boleh tahan jugak rasa dia, took the lemon from our yard to make it more masam.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Hi Ibu and Led, welcome to kiwitinto

Last week's photo, sebab Ibu n Led dah start view the blog so I thought it might be nice to put a photo of Radhi and Fay together

Friday, November 21, 2008

View from the bridge entering the botanical garden. Postcard material but I'm sure thousands of shots have been taken from this point. Angin kuat pulak tu.

Fay at Burnside Park


We went to eat fish n chips at Burnside Park, next to Burnside Rugby club field. We let Fay explore. Semalam ternampak hedgehog cross jalan, terkujat jugak

Thursday, November 20, 2008


This is part of the yard at our house. Part of our rental agreement includes that we've to maintain the compound. Ada vege plots kat sebelah garage, we plan to plant strawberries in winter..........kalau tak heavy snow la. Tapi yang pasti lepas ni ice lemon tea amik lemon dr pokok....heheh.....peach halves buat sendiri....kena beli buku how to bottle your own fruits....heheh

Radhi immobilized

This is Radhi at a park in Fendalton. We went there for houseviewing and stopped at the park because we were early. Chch have hundreds of parks like this and all of them a very well maintained. Which is fantastic for us because we can bring Radhi and Fay to different parks everyday.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Botanical Garden


We reached the park at about 6pm. Parked way outside Hagley Park, dekat tepi museum. Waktu jalan masuk temp was 20degrees (cant stop talking bout the weather aren't I?). Cold and windy but my son Radhi said he felt hot, made me wonder how thick his skin is. This photo was taken at the bridge entering the botanical park. Since it was already 6, the lighting's not so good. Org lain semua sejuk except for Radhi

Monday, November 17, 2008

Auckland airport


This is the airport transfer walkway from international to domestic. If this is back home we'd be toasted. Almost 1km walk, but no prob here.

Fay main kat jalan


Notice the car at the back? That's our new car........hahah....gotcha. We are renting the car for 20dollars a day, apparently the owner is back for a holiday at home. He's selling it for NZD7k plus plus......quite cheap considering the condition...and of course cheaper than home. This is our's host's house. Here every house have their own garden, in spring all the flowers bloom. Kalau rumah tak penah jaga pun dia akan keluar bunga jugak. Mostly people here are avid gardeners. Thats why I added to the tagline "chrischurch the garden city" with another phrase......."the city of gardeners". Looks like I have to join in the fray if I wanna rent a property.