Windy Welly.....

Kami ke Wellington....from the 21st February until the 25th February 2009. Our first impression : windy bangat!! You can notice that in these pictures : ALMOST ALL MY PICS > Tudung gue sume melepek -senget-benget! Pastu, in some of the pictures > Adelia didn't want to cooperate....keep saying 'I'm cold...nak home'. But all in all, Welly is nice!!!! Places that you can look forward to :

This building is at a junction of Willis St and Lambton Quay (i think). We didn't really go inside it....but based on what is stated there : Shopping Arcade...iyelah kot. Oh cuma...mmg ada kedai2 even kat tepi building ni. But I just think this building is kind of unique....

Pastu, in the mid of Lambton Quay, there's this Cable Car service that can bring you up to the top of Botanical Garden (i think..hehe). Adelia suka sangat...although she complained -"sekejap aje lah".

We are at this spot almost exactly at 11.00 a.m. See my shadow over there....kan in line dgn tempat Adelia berdiri tu. Kat stone yg Adelia pegang tu ada '11'. hahaha...a way to know the time...there are some instruction given there that you have to follow, depends on month etc.

Ada museum ttg cable car.

Great for kids...

And of course, botanical garden for mums....hehehe.....

Khairul brought us to this unique spot. People are queueing here to get WATER. Bergelen2 bawak botol to ambik air. There's a history behind this.....read more here : http://www.huttvalleynz.com/upload/documents/petone_water.pdf

And this is another historical spot in Petone. Petone, according to wiki, is 'the first European settlement in theWellington region'. There are memorials to indicate that this is tempat depa menjejakkan kaki kali pertama disini...hehe..

Very....very....very....windy Mt Victoria. Can't even stand still......mmg terhuyung-hayang. Luckily, byk lemak2 dibadan yg 'membantu'......ehehehe.

Tips : sila jgn sesekali pakai 'skirt' or 'kebaya kain lipat'....it will be a disaster....i.e. free show.

The University of Victoria, Pipitea campus. There are other campuses as well, but kat sini la orang2 TRIBE saya.....hehehe....

This campus is dekat (or within, or adjacent, or adjoint....tatau la mana yg sesuai) with Railway Station. Again...me and building...saya suka jugak building ini...

Lagi2 dalam building Railway ini ada Platform 9 3/4. Harry Potter ke, eh? I'm not much a fan...so, tatau sgt..

Building mcm bee hive.....parliament building. This is a new one....yg old one ada kat tepi/blakang.

Not much picture were taken...sejuksss ...menyebabkan Adelia tak nak bagi kerjasama...asyik nak dukung aje. Tak sempat mum nak bergaya2.

But Adelia did cooperate for this picture of payung besar, at Cuba St. Even at some point of time, insist of "nak gambar sorang aje".....halau mum from the frame and merajuk bila mum tetap nak enter frame. Din : geleng kepala aje...tgk mum and Adelia bergaduh nak ambik gambar....

Lepas berebut ambik gambar, berebut makan satay pulak @ Satay Kajang. Ada few restaurant halal here. Cinta across the street. Kayu Manis on the other side. But we only managed to try Cinta and Satay Kajang, both near Cuba Mall. But I prefer Satay Kajang's satay. Mahal satu dollar, tapi satay dia lebih gemuk and tasty. 3 days in a row makan satay...tapi makan penuh perasaan kerana mahal sehhh. 9 dollar utk 6 cucuk.....tapi saya suka, kerana saya miss satay!. First day, Adelia tak makan sbb dia ada roti canai telur. Second day, bila dia rasa apa itu satay : TANGAN KANAN MAKAN SATU CUUCK, pastu TANGAN KIRI PEGANG THE REST OF THE SATAY DALAM PINGGAN TAK NAK BAGI ORG LAIN AMBIK! so tamak...eh? (macam mak dia tak?? hehe..). Nasib la...third day, she was so tired...that she felt asleep tgh2 makan satay (she occassionally do this)....so, sempat la mum and ayah dia makan the rest of the satay.....nyum...nyum....

Must go place as well.....MUSEUM. Too bad we didn't have too much time to spend kat sini. This place is amazing....should spend at least half a day....maybe next time!

Finally, a few hours before we left, sempat singgah at Weta cave. It's like a mini museum....with figurines and collectibles. Boleh tgk some of the characters, props and displays from movies mcm LOTR. Figure it yourself here : http://www.wetanz.com/

P/s: Special thanks to Khairul Anuar and Wan Adibah.....for their hospitality, bawak kami jalan2, and of course, nasi beriani yg sedap (wink...wink....Deb : I can still remember the taste of the acar buah.....nyum....).