So today was the first time I was invited to have dinner at a True Blue Kiwi house!!!!!! Dinner was amazing and absolutely YUMZ. I am so lucky : ) And they're extremely friendlyyyy. I was very happy.
How I got to know them? Church. Hahah, hallelujah seriously.

Food was really goooood yummy. Nobody's gonna recognise me when I get back to Singapore HAHA.

Anyway, we had kiwi food which is basically Western food and for dessert, ice cream and brownies and fruit salad ahhh yumzzz!!




I bought cone ice cream for them, which they sliced into half for everyone to share. (Pretty huh?)

It's like the typical Wall's Cone ice cream back in Singapore. And it's cheap in Singapore like 1 dollar plus and I'm not a fan of these kinda ice cream. BUT HERE, when I brought these over, EVERYONE got excited?!?! I was like huh??!? Coz in Singapore, this kind of ice cream is nothing much? So I asked one of the girls why she liked this ice cream (they're called Trumpets here) so much. And she said, "Coz they're expensive..."

They cost $3.10 per cone in New Zealand. I bought 5. So $15.50 in total. Nabeh ex right? In Singapore, I think can buy like at least 10 of that with 15.50 siah? So... even these kinda small things, we take for granted and the angmohs here are like raving about it. Strange ah? I thought ice cream should be their "forte" or something. But no. So, cherish your mama shop cone ice cream kidssss.




Ahaha!! ONE WHOLE TUB!
Extremely lucky to have met Jenny. She is soooo friendly. Her daughters as well.


Abby and Victoria
Abby speaks so darn fast coz it's the typical Kiwi accent. There were times when she got me, and I had to get her to repeat several times LOL!!!!

I love them tho. So friendly.



I bonded with Victoria whilst reading the book "100 New Zealanders who made History" hahaha.

Unlike most people, she was genuinely interested in my life here and in Singapore. Like usually I'm the one who'd be asking and listening to what people had to say. Or even if they're listening, you can see their eyes are empty LOL. But for her, she would ask what I'm studying, where I live, if I've a lot of friends back in Singapore and stuff like that. Even simple things like what time do I usually have my dinner in Singapore. She could tell that things are different. Very mature for her age, 15 y/o. I like her a lot. Coz she's cheeky as well hahaha. Bottom line, I got along really well with her.

She even asked if I had a boyfriend by giving me that cheeky look and asked, "Do you have OTHER friends in Singapore?" I totally figured.

Her sister is really cool as well. Both soccer players. How cool right?!

I also learnt that they sleep seriously freakin early. At 9.30pm. Shen jing bing, I told her when I was at her age, I slept at 2/3am coz I got no life and study only LOL LOL> We're very deprived people. That's one thing about them. They've got a LIFE. ALL OF THEM. Everyone here sleeps early. Even I. I sleep no later than 1am. Unless there are parties to attend. And then wake up at 7.30am. Without fail.

Craaaay.

The couple who hosted us also had a very pretty, cosy, quaint house. It's EXACTLY how I imagined a typical English house to look like in storybooks I used to read when I was younger. My Malaysian friend agreed.



Old books and old pictures hung all over.


A rocking chair and old cupboards!


Haha, photobomb.

 
And here are the hosts.

I love Colleen the lady beside me. She is SUCH a darling. The ultimate typical angmoh granny you can ever imagine. Very very sweet and cute. She knits, bakes... And when she speaks about something, she'd ramble on and on and on and ON like a typical granny. SO CUTE.

Deprived of grandparents from a very young age, so my heart gets that warm fuzzy feeling when it comes to ah mas and ah gongs. I never got to truly appreciate grandparental love :'(


ANYWAYZ,

I enjoyed tonight so much! heheh. Happy.

Earlier in the day, my friend, Serena and I were sitting at the Village green where there are benches with the pond right next to it.


It was such a perfect day... The sun was shining so brightly. Only when you're overseas do you appreciate the weather. Becoz in Singapore, we're sunny all the time. Here, the weather is so muthaf* unpredictable. So when there's sun, people get excited. -.- That's why when I'm here, my mood fluctuates with the weather, and I actually talk about the weather. It is such a great topic to touch on when there's nothing else to talk about with another person HAHAHA. Now I understand.

And Serena was strumming the guitar... Music filled my senses(cliche but what to do) with the sun's rays showering and beaming over us.. Marvelous. My iphone even captured the spectrum from the rays over Serena. :'D It was just perfect.

We talked quite a bit as well. And mannn I'm gonna miss this girl.

Everyday, I wake up telling myself that these are my last few days left here in school. I have to appreciate and indulge every moment. Next week's my last week of lectures!!! So fast.

Becoz I only have a short while left here, I tend to focus less on small, trivial problems that surface. Afterall, there's no time for bickering. I'm leaving, and I'll miss them. .