Monday, May 29, 2006

Our First Six Month Down Under

We have been here for more than 6 months already and we have enjoyed the move. We have gone to 4 holidays around the North island in a short span of 6 months. We have gone to the East Coast of Napier where we visited Marineland (dolphins, seals. penguins), NZ Aquarium (Similar to Sentosa Underwater World except that they also have a kiwibird enclosure) and visited the Hawkes Bay orchards. We have also visited the west coast of New Plymouth and Wanganui where we see the magnificient Mt Taranaki, visit the beautiful Pukekura Park and Junius had a great time at the Wanganui playground. We have also gone down to Wellington a couple of times to visit the Stokes Valley monastry as well as eating hawker food in downtown Wellington.

We have also made a couple of good friends here, both from Asia and kiwis. Our neighbours are also excellent. We are also both working, JB at a research agriculture company while me, part time at NZ Post. We have also met with friends from other parts of NZ including Jit Hai from Auckland and Shagen from Wellington. Today, we met up with future migrants, BK who came over for a visit. J is celebrating his 6th birthday this Thursday and we will be going out for dinner. Today is also the official day for the start of winter and it is getting colder.

Take care