Late Preparation 迟来的筹备

Life has been a bit more stable recently to say the least. Every thing is going back on track, but not like how it used to be still. Starting to do homework on what to prepare for New Zealand and found a blog on what to prepare.

1 year before registration : Look into every thing regarding the registration, prepare for it, every documentation, credit card, good internet, what to key in, what NOT to key in..... CHECKED (though I did it 1 month before registration)

6 months to 2 months before going : do homework on the work, stay, eat, what to bring, what NOT to bring, IRD, bank, phone, and whatsoever. STILL IN PROGRESS (By now its 1 month and 2 weeks left to go till my departure date.)

2 weeks before leaving : Prepare all the documentation, visa, bank draft (or cash or any proof you have 2250NZD), everything in your big ass luggage, valid driving license valid ID and of course valid Passport. WONT BE THINKING ABOUT IT TILL A WEEK BEFORE I GUESS

And thats my progress up till now. Visa still in digital form, not printed yet. Still doing homework on where to stay for my first week in Auckland. Kinda know which mobile network to go to and which bank to use already but keeping options open. Going to apply for IYTC and YHA member soon not sure when but SOON. How to apply IRD number is still unknown to me. I guess thats all ive prepared for now, come to think of it..... Am I going to survive there? Just follow the flow lar......


经过新年的一番风风雨雨，生活总算是接近恢复到以往的节奏，所以最近又开始做去纽西兰的功课。在网上搜到了一个Blog是写筹备纽西兰打工旅行的，里面写到……

申请的一年前该做什么，半年前该做什么，2个星期前又该做什么，看了觉得自己真的是准备不足。离飞往奥克兰的日期应该只剩下一个多月的时间，我最近在找的就是该用什么电话公司，住哪里比较方便，使用那一间银行的服务会比较方便和划算……这些其实人家在半年前就已经开始在准备了，我现在确实是有一点临时抱佛脚的感觉。有时候会怕到时候会怎样，却又犯贱的不想要靠别人的帮助，认为什么都应该靠自己，遇到问题是就当作是人生经历，挫折，买个教训之类等等……一直都抱着船到桥头自然直的心态。继续做功课吧，有准备好过没准备，准备多少，这条路就好走多少。

This War of Mine

Have been playing this game recently call This War of Mine. Received many positive reviews as it is not your usual war game by playing the soldiers fighting a war at the front line but the survivors in a war trying to survive by means of stealing, scavenging and killing other survivors. This is their own war, the survivors' war.

Having said that, I realise that everyone have their own war, against different people, studies, jobs, situations. Just few days before CNY, grandmother is admitted into ICU due to lung infection/heart failure and that started a new war of mine. For the past few days. the routine of my family is to go to hospital for a visit from 12-2pm then have lunch and go back at 5-8pm. Thats 1/3 day gone for my whole family. The plans set for CNY, the things that are to be bought before CNY, have to be on hold or cancelled. Its something all of us never expected and this war of mine, will never end that easily.

For now... we will just go through this step by step. Now, I don't even know where I will be by April.

4 years later....

Read back my previous posts just to realise how much what went by during my secondary school days and heading into university for foundation, then it stopped. After that it is all Twitter, Facebook and Instagram……this blog died off……

4 years after, University is already a past tense for me. I'm soon going off for a working holiday in New Zealand and I think this is a good way to keep track of what am I doing from the preparation before that to the experiences, the fun and all the things that I will be going through. This is where another set of memories should be kept.

Also, since I'm so used to writing English now and to not lose the past tradition of writing in Chinese, I will be sometimes writing in bilingual in the future.

最近得空没事就翻出了这个被遗忘的部落格，挖掘了许许多多在中学的回忆，然后到大学的基础班，然后……就没有然后了。4年的大学生活因为Facebook，Twitter和Instagram的活跃……部落格完全被遗忘了……

4年之后，大学生活已经是半年前的事了，之后将会开始自己纽西兰的打工旅行。对我来说写部落格是一个记录自己从对这一次打工旅行的准备，体验和所有趣事的管道。这也将会是另一段在生命中回忆的记录。