i Haven't really said a lot about the place since I came back from NZ. Most of our time there we were at an outdoor pursuit centre, its situated next to Tongariro national park, so our lodgings were surrounded by forest. From the lodge we stayed in there were super nice views of the mountains.


Apparantly they're the LOTR mountains and our instructors were pointing out where this scene and that were filmed when we were there. I think i need to go watch the movie again :)


The weather changes there are quite sudden. One day there's clear weather, one day it rains, and one day its snows!

I think pictures are better at explaining.





Ruapehu 2 days before






Ruapehu 2 days later

















Our Instructor Pete














This is Mount Doom (Mt Ngauroboe actually :)
It was taken on our way up another mountain.


Ah gee... meeting Phoebe and Sng for dinner and I'm going to be late. i shall upload more pics another day...

the skin on my nose is peeling.

i use the air conditioning everynight.

i wake up exceptionally early.

i eat more chocolates and jelly beans.

the first two aren't good, cos one is carcinogenic and the other contributes to global warming

the next two are better. nz timing is plus 4 hours to singapore. i feel tired at 9 cos its actually 1am. i wake up at 6am in singapore because its actually 10. its helping me maintain a good sleeping pattern and i hope it'll last, cos last terms sleeping pattern wasn't pretty. i think mel told me that sleeping before 10 helps you grow taller or sth. whether that really works, its another incentive
Jelly beans and chocolates make you happy... :)

the trip was good for a few reasons, firstly cos i realised i wouldn't have much of a holiday without it. handling blocks and srp and gym and blocks and srp and.....
I'd have gone down to the lab for two weeks now. (instead, i've only been down for two days)

next reason cos i liked the weather and the place. the outdoors appeals so much more to me than anything when i go on holiday.

because it gave me time to just lie about for hours at a stretch to think.