Me in year 2010

On 311210, flashing back year 2010, what have I gained despite what have I lost?
I am grateful to conclude that there is no longer an issue to seek the balance between gain and lost, the process itself has filled up every single space of my 2010 diary with all sorts of colour and nostalgia.
Thanks to the first sunrise on top of Crystal Hill that inspired me.
Thanks to the dilemma that drove me to pursue the runaway across NZ & OZ.
Thanks to the snowing and skiing that cheered up my first winter.
Thanks to my guts that brought me up to the sky and descend via skydiving, bungee jumping and even tried the piloting of small plane.
Thanks to the chances given to allow me to work as fruit grader, packer, cleaner, gardener, mechanic, woodcutter, chef etc despite my usual role as pharmacist, tutor, translator, regulator, and even babysitter.
Last but not least, thanks to this FB application to allow me summarizing my 2010 diary in such a great way!
I do treasure every single piece of it, the things I have been through, the person I have met, the moment I have spent with my family and friends, that's enough.
Thanks everyone and everything for shaping today's me.

回顾那水晶山上的元旦第一场日出，
那半年的出走，
那生命里的第一场雪，
那翱翔天际的快感，
那一次又一次的离别相聚，
那一切的一切，
一切仿佛还是昨日的事，
转眼，昨日已经走远。
感叹时间飞逝的当儿，更要提醒自己珍惜当下。
谢谢每一个陪我走过那么一个独一无二，如此那样的2010年的，人，事，物。
Goodbye 2010.

Driving Marathon across~NSW-ACT-Victoria~澳洲车游记

Within 6d5n, we drove all the way from Sydney to Canberra via inland route, then further down to Victoria, travelled along the coast and subsequently entered the picturesque Great Ocean Road, finally made a stop in Melbourne and then flew off home. There, I made new friends, the kangaroo and Koala. There, I met old friends, my schoolmate and unimate. There, I ended my runaway project, officially.

在千多公里的车程里，
有幸在烟火下欣赏悉尼梦幻般的璀璨，游览‘传说中’很壮观的动物园；
在澳之都见证城市规划的优质，还沾上郁金香花展的缤纷和芬芳；
一路沿着大洋路膜拜大自然的非凡, 还有路边林野的袋鼠和抱树熊不时带来亢奋人心的惊喜；
在回程时更在墨尔本体会他乡遇故友的馨喜和体验该地的繁华。
我的出走记，在此正式划上句点了。

Highlights:
1. Sydney: the iconic Opera House and Harbour Bridge, Darling Harbour, Anzac Bridge, Circular Quay, The Rocks, Town Hall, Queen Victoria's Satue, Sydney Tower, World's Square, China Town, King Cross, Taronga Zoo
2. Canberra: Anzac Parade, Telestra Tower, Parliement House. Floriade (Tulip’s Festival), Commonwealth Park
3. Great Ocean Road: The Twelve Apostle, London Bridge
4. Melbourne: State Library of Victoria, The Southbank

Happy Winter Solstice! ~221210~

22 December,
a day to celebrate before a year ends and another year arrives...
more importantly, it's a day to REUNION.
At this moment, let's share some sweet time with family,
let's eat some glutinous rice to represent reunion and growing of age.

住家汤圆，
搓在掌心，
圆在结心，
吃在喉心，
甜在内心！
增长年岁，也要增长智慧！
祝大家福慧圆满，冬至快乐！！！

Happy Winter Solstice!
Home-made 'tang yuan', anyone? :-D

Monday reddish Blue~星期一@2012

This evening, someone asked me: "Hey, what is the secret of you getting prettier and prettier?"
Out of sudden, I was just stunned, and responded: "You mean me?"
He answered: "Ya, seriously you looked gorgeous. Getting prettier day by day..."
"Haha, serious? Thanks thanks! Hmm....perhaps, I just try to keep myself happy everyday, that's the secret?"
Couldn't think of how to answer next, so I just made a move and walked to my car then left.

Reviewing 2012,
I have been in 'bluish' colour and 'blurry' mode for the whole day.
Monday blues?
What else?!

After a happening weekend, tiring pursued resulted from the long hour of travel.
Early Monday morning started dealing with piles of work, of course bluish.

I love beach, and the beach creatures love me too.
Yes, the beach creatures, named as sand-fly, left countless of love marks all over my body!
The love marks woke me up from sleeping!
Gosh! Unbearable itchiness attacked me last night whole night long, even today whole day long.
Lack of sleep, brain malfunctioning, body discomfort, of course blur.

Moreover,
had to scratch head in differentiating American English and British English in writing those reports.
had to tune up mood to answer those queries.

真的是很蓝郁的一个星期一。
睏， 痒， 脑塞，眼朦。

工作赶完了一场还有另一场。
蓝， 懒。

就在放工后走去取车前，
一位印裔男同事走到我身边莫名其妙的就冒出这么一句话，
“嘿，是什么秘诀让你越来越漂亮呢？”
啊？！
我？！
哈哈！
的确，让我有点失措。

没有利益关系，他没理由奉承我。
八杠子打不着，他没理由青睐我。

纯粹，
只是一句客套话？寒暄话？

明明，
老实说状态没有很好呀，
尤其是今天。

虽然有点莫名其妙，
甚至哑然失笑，

却，
老实说也为一整天的蓝郁刷亮了一些色彩。
脸红的色彩吧？！哈！

Well,
A small praise has brighten up my blue-blur Monday, added with reddish colour.
After all I still had a great day.
Don't you think so?

蓝中带红的2012，
星期一。

祝今晚好眠。
Good night, sleep tight.

~Footprints in NZ North Island with Family & Friends~北岛风光

15-23 September 2010

1. Wellington
- the capital, and also the main harbour.
-many cars, many people, and strong wind.
-visited the famous museum, Te Papa. Joined Parliament day tour and walked around Beehives.
~就，城市嘛。那博物馆就还蛮值得参观的！
2. Lake Taupo
...-the largest lake in NZ
-did Bungee Jump, NZ's highest water touch towards Waikato River.
~到“涛波”时，风大雨大所以 ‘波涛’也很大；湖面的确很大，汹涌的浪花看起来像海多过像湖。重点，就是笨猪跳！
3. Rotorua
-'volcanoes city'.
-watched Maori Show, tasted the traditional food, 'hangi'.
-visited 'Wai-O-Tapu' (thermal park), the mud pool, Huka Falls
~硫磺气弥漫的一个旅游城；走了一趟地质学之旅，也进入了毛利村庄寻幽探密和当地文化作了一个晚上的亲密接触；离开之前参观的瀑布和花园，有不同的壮观。
4. Corommandels Peninsula
-spent a night in Whitianga
-soak in natural hot spa pool at the Hahei beach side, amazing, exciting, relaxing, satisfying!
-trekking all the way to visit Cathedral Cove, a good walk indeed.
~终于来到了垂涎已久的Hot Water Beach，在沙滩上用铲子一挖就可以建立自己的天然温泉，那感觉太奇妙了！在‘冷’风习习的海边泡温泉，待暖得受不了时再冲进大海里‘趋暖’的那种爽，还真是形容不出来的， 爽！
5. Auckland
-metropolitan, congested of traffics and Asian. (Yes, Asian).
-visited the volcanic crater at Mt Eden, One Tree Hill (an icon of the city), Piha Beach (famous of surfing), Sky Tower (only at bottom) & Sky City (casino).
-celebrated Mid Autumn Festival by praying in Fong Guang Shan Temple, a peaceful and beautiful platform to get near to the Buddha in NZ.
-the main attraction here would be the meeting with friends. Grateful!
~就，更拥挤的城市嘛！特点是：人多，尤其是黄皮肤的人；路多，尤其是斜斜的路！
~最法喜的，莫过于在八月十五当天有幸到挺有规模的北岛佛光山去感受庄严祥和的气息； 最欣喜的，莫过于有幸和同窗之交忘年之交知心之交喜相逢！

Antisocial weeks~哈湫哈湫。。。哈。。。湫。。。!!!

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I have been sneezing non-stop for the past few hours! Gosh!
Falling sick??? Someone missing me so much???
如果可以撇开理性和科学的说法，
我宁愿选择相信不停地打喷嚏是有人太想念我或者太多人想念我的症状！！！！

Am I falling sick?

Lately there are friends have been asking me why I did not turn up for most of the gathering or activities...

Oh, I am acting some sort of 'antisocial' behaviour recently?
I am asking myself too......
Maybe......
Perhaps.......

最近，
可以周末完全待在家；
可以整个星期不见朋友；
可以把想做运动的冲劲一次又一次压下；
可以忽略一个又一个的活动邀约， 什么喝茶唱k大小聚会，water rafting, diving trip etc；
可以几天不浏览‘非死不可’,还干脆把很多的‘notification'都关掉，也不在论坛上一贯地吐吐口水；
可以。。。
可以。。。
还有什么可以列为所谓'antisocial'的症状？？？

是，
是在调整心情吧 （出走了一段时日，重新回到汲汲营营的生活，还在调试着，所以要避免让心放得太花啊！）
是在储备精力和金钱吧 （所有的诱惑都是花费，要先库存了呀！）
是在争取和家人聚会的时间吧 （所以多点在家咯，家里还多了小贝比可以玩呢！）
是在等眼角那颗粒粒消肿吧 （所以不太想见人咯， 见医生都花了不少时间呢！）
是。。。
是。。。

Lazy?
Moody?
Stress?
Sign of aging?
Lack of Vitamin E & C?
(E= Energy; E= Tocopheryl to maintain healthy skin & heart)
(C= Cash; C= Ascorbic Acid to boost up immune system)

Well,
To be frank,
Life is quite stressful lately.

But...

Please lar!
I am still doing what I have used to do.
Still 'multitask' as usual.

Expediting my work progress to clear off those backlog.
Improving my vocabularies to ease those translation stuff.
Revising those AddMath-Phy-Chm-Bio to ease my student in facing exam.
Optimizing the time management to cattle for some family day, hospital follow-up day, Tzu-Chi free-clinic day etc.

Meanwhile,
Still going for movie and shopping.
Still watching drama, reading books, chatting and flirting online.

无可否认的，
工作越来越忙,
责任越来越大,
要进修的东西很多,
要规划的事情不少，
感觉，
开始有点力不从心，
有点不再那么活力充沛。。。

无论如何，
我还是原来的我。

The fact is,
I have to admit that I have sign of falling sick now.

Don't worry,
I will recover soon.

Early Spring in NZ & OZ~ 春天花会开 September 2010

踏入九月整个Australasia进入了初春，
天气渐暖，风起时迎面吹拂过来的丝丝凉意夹杂着淡淡花香。
在经历904地震后带着余悸到基督城的植物园借用百花齐放的朝气来衍生活力，
也很激动地在前往皇后镇途中惊见路旁的樱花满园盛况而雀跃，
到了纽国北岛的火山城很随性地亲近了略带硫磺味的万紫千红，
在流浪的尾声更有幸到澳洲的首都赶上郁金香展览的告别礼盛会！
好一个令人目不暇给，百般滋味在心头的春天。。。

1. Botanical Garden in ChCh, New Zealand
2. Cherry Farm in Alexandra, New Zealand
3. Parliment Garden in Rotorua, New Zealand
4. Florida (Tulip Festival) in Canberra, Australia

Explore the glacier in NZ~探索冰川之旅.

~Glacier hiking was marked as one of the MUST DO activity in my NZ’s travel planner. The well-known glaciers, Fox glacier and Franz Josef situated on the West Coast of South Island. Nowhere in the world’s temperate zones are glaciers so accessible, where remnant of the ice age cascade from vast snowfields of the Southern Alps to valley floors just 300 metres above sea level.
~The combination of ice and temperate rainforest is a unique feature of NZ's glacier. During my first visit, I did the independent walk to visit both glaciers, but the closest point could be reached was only 100m from Fox Glacier and 60m from Franz Josef, without stepping on the ice and only observed from far. I had decided to do the helihike (take the ride on helicopter to go up to the higher part of the glacier and hike on it) during next visit.
~However, the weather had turned down the plan upon my second visit. As the alternative, we joined the glacier full-day walk (8 hours return), trekked all the way up to the glacier and managed to spend few hours on the ice to see the spectacular ice formation, accompanied by rain and wind.

~难忘的探索冰川之旅, 从第一次的遥望兴叹到重游时因为天气不好而导致 helihike 被逼取消的无奈到而后参与全日行程伴随风雨翻山越岭攀爬上冰山亲身窥探其奥秘而衍生的惊叹和震撼，那触动心灵的感动， 是刻骨铭心的。
~望着眼前巍峨的冰山，欣赏着晶莹剔透闪耀着蓝光的冰柱，感受着底下持续流动的川水，想象着整座冰川正以每年200m的速度移动着，不得不赞叹大自然的伟大，也感叹人类的渺小。

Highlights:
~Glacier walk
~Lake Metheson- Mirror Lake

*Price list for reference based on the activities that I had short-listed:

Franz Josef:
Helihike $399 ($350 for group member)
-I emailed them and got discount for my group of 7 person therefore proceeded for reservation, unfortunately the weather was bad on my arrival day therefore the helihike was cancelled.
(Anyone plan to do helihike, it is recommended to do in Franz Josef but be prepared that it is very weather-dependent)
-Only Half-day or Ful-day Walk could be done, but the walking is conducted by another company, they did not give any discount and their staff was not friendly also therefore I had decided to do the walking in Fox Glacier.

Fox Glacier
Full-day Walk $145 ($5 discount for BBH/YHA member)
(Price quoted include hire of water-proof jacket, water-proof pants, shoes, backpack, gloves)
-The staffs are friendly and the guides are good too.
(Anyone plan to explore the glacier by walking, Full-Day Walk in Fox Glacier is more recommended).

Me in Lake Tekapo一游再游

Lake Tekapo is my favourite place of interest in NZ. 4 times of visit, I was never not amazed by it’s beauty
~the turquoise-blue lake
~the snow-capped mountain
~and the stunning landscape.

好一个五星级的景点!
那下雪初体验，
那雪松环绕的溜冰和泡温泉享受，
那布满星河和流星的夜空，
那湖面上的日出倒影，
那橘红色的晚霞点缀，
那登山俯瞰的三湖全景。。。
那么那么美的一个湖泊，
烙下那么那么多的美忆!
我深深地，深深地爱上了她！♥♥♥

22-23 June~ 1st visit, experienced 1st snowing of my life over here.

5-6 July ~ 2nd visit, enjoying ice-skating and spa pool surrounded by snow-capped alpines; starry-starry night-sky; sunrise & sunset at lakeside; friends reunion.

9 Aug~stopped by for picnic lunch before heading to Kinloch for woofing, just one day after snowing so the thick snow had decorated the driving route with glowing-white and stunning colour.

5 Sep~ family trip; just flee out from the earthquake in ChCh but then greeted by strong storm upon arrival; met friends again.

NZ's highest water touch~笨猪跳in Taupo

YES!!!
Another mission to embrace fear was accomplished on 18 September 2010!!! Courage is indeed needed upon the jumping point.
I took a deep breath, raised my hands, bent forward my body and~~JUMP + FREE FALL + DIPPED INTO THE WATER of the Waikato River situated 48m below me!!!

笨猪跳，倒是真的需要笨笨的冲动来鼓起那瞬间的勇气。身体腾空倒下然后直坠，扑通一声上半身直栽入冰冷的河水中，脚踝上的橡皮筋一拉，整个人倒挂于半空中左右摆动。。。
一切就发生在短短的几秒之中，可是那感觉，回想起来还挺玩味的。
刺激得来，仿佛有些意犹未尽呢！哈！

1st October 2010~‘吵吵’的我走了，正如我‘吵吵’的回来。。。

1st day of October = entering 3rd quarter of year 2010 = ending of runaway = starting of another chapter of my ordinary life......

久别了，我的故乡马来西亚。
久别了，我亲爱的家人朋友。
我知道我是无法低调的啦，
快被通缉了吧？！

所以，
‘吵吵’的我走了，正如我‘吵吵’的回来；
所以，
我要大声宣告：
我回来了！！！！！！

Here I am, back to Malaysia.
Here I am, back to home.
Here I am, back to WORK!!!

结束了出走，
重新投入汲汲营营的生活，
重新回到工作岗位；
重新，
也算是一种开始吧？！
或许，只是需要找到另一种定位。

很开心，
将可以见到那么多让我思念万分的老面孔；
也免不了会很不舍，
在地球那一方的朋友们。

很温暖，
可以回到我熟悉的这一片土地。
（那大太阳已经给我异常热情的欢迎咯！）
也免不了会很想念，
那一片承载了我过去半年来那么多漂亮回忆的土地。

I know I'm gonna miss NZ.
I know I'm gonna miss each and every one of you over there.

But definitely,
I miss my home country.
I miss Malaysia's food.
And YES, I am BACK!!!!!!
(I had nasi lemak for my breakfast and tosei massala for my lunch! What's next for dinner??? hmmm....)
:)
:p
:D
xx

Spring in North Island一路向北

15-16 September 2010

-Finally, the journey in North Island has begun after the journey in South Island has ended.
-Here it comes to my first day in North Island.
-Here I am in Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand.
-Feel exciting to explore further up north? Yes, I do.
-However, I have some kind of ‘culture shock’ when arrived in this busy city, full of vehicles and people. Oh, I have been too long running away from city life!
-Well, I will still proceed with my journey to next station.
一路向北, 来到了纽西兰的首都.
竟然, 有点不太适应那拥挤和繁忙.
是从天堂回到了人间吗?
哈!
无论如何,依然
期待, 在继续北上的当儿,
可以找到,
另一个天堂.

Goodbye South Island 迎春接北

-Finally, spring has arrived after winter has gone.
-Flowers start to gloom, weather starts to get warmer, but wind still blows strongly and rain falls quite frequently.
-Here it comes to my last day in South Island.
-Here I am in Picton, where the ferry terminal located, connecting both islands of New Zealand across the Cook Strait.
-Feel reluctant to leave? Yes, I do.
-Traveled around South Island again to see how spring has coloured up those places of interest, I just couldn’t help to get this lovely island out of my mind.
~Christchurch (thrilling farewell by the earthquake) ~ Lake Tekapo (chilling farewell by the storm) ~ Oamaru (lovely farewell by the cute penguins) ~ Dunedin (challenging farewell by the steepest street) ~ Alexandra (beautiful farewell by the blossom) ~ Queenstown (rushing farewell by the busy town) ~ Wanaka (exhilarating farewell by the piloting experience) ~ Fox Glacier (stunning farewell by the glacier) ~ Westport (relaxing farewell by the sandy beach) ~ Kaikoura (awesome farewell by the sunrise & seals) ~ Blenheim (tasty farewell by the wines) ~ Picton (bid farewell at last).
-Goodbye South Island.
-I’m gonna miss each of every places here. I’m gonna miss the Autumn, the Winter, as well as the new coming Spring. Well, I missed the Summer!
在南岛体验季节的变换, 过过生活, 打打散工, 走走玩玩, 转眼就过了几个月.
在这里渡过了落叶纷飞的秋季, 也渡过了雪花飘散的冬季, 在迎接春季的这一刻却也来到了告别的时刻.
老天也知道我的不舍啦, 所以时不时都会洒泪!
老天也很厚待我啦, 那朵朵绽放的花卉点缀了那么炫目的告别礼!
所有的风光, 所有的体验, 都会被我牢牢记住的.
南岛, 拜拜咯!
北岛, 我来咯!

Part II: Catlin~Invercagil~Te Anau~Milford Sound直抵最南端(28-30 June 2010)

~CATLIN is a small village and visitors normally go there to get access to the Slope Point which is claimed as the southernmost point of NZ.这算是一个鸟不生蛋的小地方。我们到时四周寂静无人，很多住宿点都没有营业（冬天停业），终于找到一家BBH，还要自己开门进去（门都没上锁）自选房间，self check-in，主人后来才来收费呢！
~INVERCAGIL is the southernmost city and visitors normally go there to get access to Stewart Island.就，最南部的城市嘛！也没什么特别或非去不可的景点，就是气温很低咯！
~BLUFF is NZ’s southernmost export port. It’s claimed to be famous of ‘Bluff Oyster’ but after we tasted it, we felt like cheated as the oyster was so tiny and not really taste good. Bluff indeed!!!不要再上当了！！！
~TE ANAU, on the southeastern shore of Lake Te Anau (the largest lake in South Island, 417m deep & 53km long which was gouged out by a huge glacier, takes its name from the caves called Te Ana-au which means ‘Cave with a Current of Swirling Water)), is Fiordland’s commercial centre and a good base for exploring Fiordland National Park.我们去时天气不太好，浓雾把天空笼罩得灰灰的，所以显现不出这座全南岛最大的湖的风采。
~MILFORD SOUND is a 16km long fiord. Its famous landmark is Mitre Peak, a pyramid shaped mountain rising 1692m straight from its deep fiord. The high rainfall in the area creates a spectacular deluge of cascading waterfalls and adds a ghostly mist to the scene. Instead of taking cruise, we drove along the 121km long Milford Road (earned World Heritage Highway status for its beauty and scenic variety) and stopped by at few attraction points for some short walk to visit the Mirror Lake and The Chasm. The Homer Tunnel (101km from Te Anau)) has a steep east-west gradient and involved many employers during its construction which took over 20 years.一路驱车向这想象中很梦幻的海峡前进，途中停下来的一些景点和真正抵达后虽然都没有让我们有‘哗’的赞叹，但，也，还可以啦！

‘Quake & Awake 30 hours’~“有惊无险30小时

-NZ time 4th Sep 2010 4.35am
~Magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit Christchurch and woke me up from bed in a BBH located in the city centre. The tremor lasted for at least a minute, followed by countless aftershocks where each shaking was far more thrilling than all types of roller-coaster that I have ever tried before! Evacuated out to open-space in dark accompanied by windy and freezing cold weather, all luggage trapped in the room as the whole building was quarantined for further inspection due to the cracks, transferred to another hostel temporarily, without power supply and with limited water supply, without any other clothes except the pyjamas and jacket grabbed along during the evacuation and with the on-and-off aftershocks restricting rest and sleep…all these made up to the ‘Quake & Awake 30 hours’.

-NZ time 5th Sep 2010 10.30am
~Finally managed to claim back the luggage and left Christchurch, moving towards South which is further from the epicenter. Now I arrive in Oamaru and got access to internet at last.

Hereby I would like to announce to all that I AM SAFE AND SOUND now.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, my dear family and friends for all the concern and care, I truly appreciate it by all my heart.

第五次回到基督城，竟然遇到了大地震，震央只距离这里区区不到30公里！
历经了在基督城的“有惊无险30小时”，
人生的历练又多了那么一个难忘的‘第一次’。
这一次的第一次，还真是轰轰烈烈非常！（轰隆作响激烈得很！)

无论如何，
总算，
我和身边的人现在都安然无恙。
真的非常感谢大家的关心和问候。
让大家操心了。
再次感谢，
依然感恩，
持续祈愿，
希望所有的情况都会好转。

南岛初冬之旅：Part I: Mt Cook~Oamaru~Dunedin (24-26 June 2010)

Highlights:
~MOUNT COOK, known to Maoris as Aoraki (Cloud Piercer) is the highest mountain in Australasia (3755m). 在下过雪的隔天从Lake Tekapo向这座全纽西兰最高的山前进，沿途遥望铺满厚厚白雪高耸入云霄的山顶在阳光反射下闪闪发亮，耀眼得促使我们停在大马路上跳跃玩闹野餐搞怪摄影，然后再进入该National Park里‘踏雪寻湖’。
~OAMARU is a pretty town with wide, tree-lined streets, galleries, colonies of rare penguins (we saw blue penguins crossing the road, so cute and funny!!!), and the best preserved collection of historic public and commercial buildings in NZ. The buildings were fashioned in the 1880s from Oamaru stone, a local cream-coloured limestone which is easily cut, carved and moulded. 冒着寒风在天黑之际躲在一旁寻找企鹅的踪影，看着一只只小小的身躯左右摆动鬼鬼祟祟地从海上作息归来， 还会看左看右没车没人然后加速横跨马路回家的滑稽模样，真是太太太有趣了！
~MOERAKI BOULDERS have long been the subject of legend and curiosity. Almost perfectly spherical, with a circumference of up to 4m, the grey boulders lie scattered along a 50m stretch of the beach. They were formed 60 million years ago as lime salts gradually accumulated around a hard core.那一颗颗浑然天成的大小圆石排列在海岸上，放眼望去, 不免会为这大自然的杰作而赞叹。
~DUNEDIN has close historical links with the Scottish city of Edinburgh.. Its buildings are among the most interesting and architecturally diverse in the country. The Must-Visit places include The Octagon, Railway Station, St Paul’s Cathedral, University of Otago and the Baldwin Street (claimed as THE STEEPEST STREET IN THE WORLD in Guinness Book of Record). 我们到步时，恰逢Mid-winter Carnival (to celebrate the longest night of the year), 庆典中心在八角大厦附近，计有乐队表演和花车灯笼游行等, 所以整个城镇热闹非凡，暖和着零下的温度。
-OTAGO PENINSULA offers a wide variety of attractions including rare and unusual wildlife, historic buildings, spectacular harbour and coastal scenery. We visited Royal Albatross Centre but didn’t see any albatross as we did not join the tour. 这里也可以看到黄眼企鹅, 可是暂时还和它们无缘. Larnach Castle是这里著名的城堡,可惜入门费不菲所以没进去参观.