Swan Lake on Ice

Just came back from Civic Theater (just 3 minutes away from Ororke hall within walking distance). Swan Lake on Ice. What should I say about it? Simply superb. Most skaters are Russians (this is a Russian production) and they follow closely to the ballet version. Even had ballet elements in it. They actually did some pointe work on ice! Must be super careful else will easily slip and fell but everything comes with practice..:-) Some of them are world olympic and European championships medallists. A fabulous show I reckon. Civic Centre is relatively small because was expecting it to be HUGE :p.
Gtg now. Time for work and study again.:-) Have a fabulous weekend everyone:-) Cheers.

1st week of 2nd sem

Second semester had just begun. Was actually quite relieved that for economics my lecturer is Mr Gamini (style of teaching reminds me of Mr Rengga):p. For commercial law we will get different lecturers on a rotational basis. Some of them even wrote the textbook and are high court barristers as well. Same for maths, we will get different lecturers. Accounting and maths class is full of Asians I can say nearly 98% are Asians ie mostly Chinese. This means lots of work to do. Tutorials and workshops will start full swing next week.
Well..on the lighter note, here's what exactly happened during comlaw lecture. The class was overcrowded and they have ID checks to ensure that students from other streams do not attend the earlier streams.It's kind of irritating and distracting since it's done during lecture time. There was this lady(doing the ID checks) making such a fuss and noise.

Lady: bleh bleh bleh bleh
Boy from the back(shouted): Could you just shut up?
Girl in front(said loudly):I can't concentrate when someone is talking!
Me in silence: Serves her right! (hehe) But the point is when this happens, we tend to miss some important points explained from our lecturer. (Geram..!)

Maths ...GENERAL BUSINESS MATHS yeah right...actually the title is totally misleading, it actually should be called general Science Maths. Looks like I have extra work to do.

Accounting I find it slightly better than last semester's accounting. Perhaps it's due to the syllabus.Well...time will tell.
English is more on creative as well as academic writing. This course is actually called Reading/Writing/Text.I am looking forward to it.

Okay. Gtg now. Cheers

Tasty chinese food =)

Yenyi, linhui, Lucy, me, Diane

christchurch!

Captain James Cook who hoist the British flag in nz!

Founder of Christchurch

ducks marching

Wonders of Nature

Larnach Castle

simply beautiful

a stop during taeri gorge train ride

Majestic clock tower of Otago uni

Cadbury choc factory reminds me of roald dahl's famous story of charlie and the choc factory

Trip to South island nz (Christchurch and Dunedin)

Monday: Flight was delayed for 2 hours! Due to thick fog. Flew fr Auckland to Christchurch
stayed at Kiwi House backpackers. From that place knew that there are many Japanese in Christchurch!
Tuesday: Went to Antartica Centre. It is an educational centre to promote awareness to protect the environment ie Antarctica. Headed to Art Gallery, took pictures at Botanical Garden
Wednesday: Went to Uni of Canterbury, then to Mona Vale (beautiful park but couldn't do any boating due to cold weather). Afternoon- spent time at the Orana Wildlife Park
Thursday: Akaroa (French village ie settlement) since the early days before the British came. Tried wine and cheese tasting on the way to akaroa.:-) So sad can't watch dolphins due to adverse weather.
Friday: Canterbury Museum, Cathedral Tower (climbed the spiralling staircase to the top of the tower...134 steps), Victoria Square
2pm onwards board a bus to Dunedin...journey took about 6 hours.
Stayed at Next Stop Backpackers.
Saturday: Visit Lilian at Uni of Otago, went to Otago Museum as well. Highlight of the day: Penguin Reserve(see yellow eyed penguins, seals in the open) and Larnach Castle tour
Sunday: Olverston House tour ( a Jewish wealthy family house in the early days of NZ) ...get to know kiwi culture better (There's a huge influence of Victorian culture at that time).
Highlight of the day: Taeiri Gorge Railway (see the beautiful landscape of nz...fr urban, farming to mountains and gorges) for 4 hours!
Monday: Cadbury Chocolate Factory tour:-). Get to sample lots of mouth watering choc !
Highlight of the day: steepest street in the world! ...Baldwin Street....
Tuesday: Came back =) home sweet home ororke