Summer Finally Arrive

Today, it is a warm 26 degrees Celcius signaling the start of the long awaited summer. It has been an exceptionally cold summer so far and people are still wearing winter clothes up until today at least. We have been playing lots of sports though including soccer, cricket and go for swims at the local indoor swimming pool. This Saturday, we are going to Himatangi beach to enjoy the "Big Dig Out" where people pay $2 to have the chance to dig tokens buried in the sands to win prizes.

Trip to Lindale

Last Wednesday during the school holidays just after work, I decided to bring Junius and his good buddy, Wei to visit a farm at Lindale, about, 87 kilometres south of Palmerston. As it was a beautiful sunny day, we drove the beautiful Manawatu and Kapiti countryside before arriving at Lindale just in time for the farm show. The kids had a great time feeding the baby lambs and goats as well as milking a cow during the show. After the show, we had ample time to pat the farm animals including chooks, lambs, sheep, cows, horses, ponys, deers and alpache. On the way home, we even had some time to view the beautiful Kapiti island from Waikanae beach. It wa s a pleasant trip as the kids slept soundly that night.

Happy New Year

To all my friends and relatives in Singapore and the rest of the world, we would like to wish everyone a very happy new year and a great start to another year. Here in Palmy, we had a makan session on New Years' eve and another one on New Years' itself. To lose the extra calories, we have also gone some bushwalking and play lots of sports over the long weekend.