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The largest city in New Zealand is a rather flat piece of land, sandwiched between two harbours and punctuated by random volcanic cones.It has 1.4 million inhabitants (more than the whole population of the South Island), consisting mostly of Asians and Polynesians. In fact, if you walk down the main shopping street in the city - Queen St - you'd probably think that you're in …
What do I want? A little challenge. A few small victories. That certain look every now and again. To be in charge. To not always have to be. To own and be owned. To be needed but not shackled. To know someone went out of their way to make me happy. Someone by my side to either let me stand on my own or to lean on. Someone who puts more faith in the us as opposed to the me. …
After more than 120 daily emails, it is over. But not in the way I imagined it to be: at the airport, in a tight embrace, oblivious to all that is around us.Instead, it ended in tears due …
In the last 6 months, I got a job in NZ, got a work permit, moved to a new country, rented a place and got myself set up domestically, made new friends, learnt new skills (work wise), adjusted well to the working culture here, bought a car, did a bit of sightseeing and finally got my Permanent Resident visa.Note to self: More sightseeing required in the next 6 months...
Unbelievable.I've been here for 100 days already. The surprising thing is, there hasn't really been any surprises. Basically everything has turned out more or less as I thought it would. How's that for an adventure?I expected to like this city. I expected most people to be friendly. I expected the climate to be a bit cooler, wetter and windier than I was used to. Check, …
I'm not a very old man, but I've had my fair share of experiences. So let me share with you a particular wisdom I've learnt: Happiness isn't a state, it's a skill. It's the ability to stop everything you're doing, take a look around and say: "This, right here? This isn't bad. This is pretty good."Whatever you think is going to make you happy most likely won't. Rich people are …
When people feel some kind of dissatisfaction, they would rather look elsewhere than within themselves to improve that satisfaction.It's like trying to improve your self-esteem by buying more shoes.Adding something extra, rather than looking to address what's standing in the way of your satisfaction now and developing that, just isn't the answer.
So, new smartphones have been released recently and they are touted as state of the art, with bleeding edge technology that could do almost anything.But how about making one that could provide sexual favours eh? People will queue up with blank cheques for it, I reckon.Then again, some smartass will probably come up with an app for that sooner or later...
Due to the recession, prostitutes are now charging based on inches rather than hours. That should make it cheaper for most people, but not for me. Because what God takes away in height, he more than makes up for it in length.
My past returns to haunt me.Perhaps I'm damaged beyond repair.Like air bubbles trapped in cement, the decisions we make in a moment haunt us for the rest of our lives.
In memory of the Sichuan earthquake victims. Read my personal account here.And now I'm living in an earthquake zone. Foolhardy or what? Adding on to the stress was the orientation program today where one of the presenters spoke about how to prepare for an earthquake disaster.It's not a matter of if, but when.Time to stock up on the drinking water, canned food and what not.
I told people that I'm not worried about swine flu because I've seen the move 'Outbreak'. All we have to do is find the original monkey that had sex with the pig, then have a helicopter chase, and then we're saved.Not many were amused... But then again it takes a special kind of person to like my type of humour.
One of my flat mates found a dildo in another flat mate's room a couple of weeks back.Hilarity ensued; not a day goes by without a mention of the 'Pink D' among the rest of us.Life is good when people are not so uptight.***And life is definitely good when there's no need to wear N95 masks at work, nobody panics even though there are confirmed cases of the swine flu, and …
I'd just heard one of my flat mates having sex. I'll never be able to look at her the same way again, LOL.***It's amazing how time flies.First week at work was pretty much ok. Lots to learn, but there was no pressure to learn them all by yesterday. Initiative and motivation are the key words here.The week culminated with my manager telling me to 'take it easy, it's Friday!'A …
When it rains, it pours.After 11 months of waiting, the Australian immigration department has finally requested for my health and police checks.If I submit those, the PR visa typically follows within a month.But because I'm already in New Zealand and am starting work next week, I've decided not to submit the documents and write off the time, effort and US$1650 spent on the …
For someone who almost offed himself many years ago, his current appreciation of life is surely an irony.But what's there not to love about cool weather, beautiful seafront, a home that's close to all the happening places, friendly flat mates, no in-your-face government and a visible lack of Bangladeshis and PRCs?And the seafront. Especially the seafront. Had a long run along …
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