Well hello there! Here am I, sitting in my NZ airbnb room after spending a day out in Auckland! Yes girlies, I AM HERE IN AUCKLAND! Starting my work holiday visa!!!! WHOOP WHOOP! This mini dream of mine since 2015!! Who would have known that I still get a chance to do it!
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| Devonport - Mt Victoria |
Reading at this point, it seems like everything is well and smooth but the actual fact is totally the opposite. Hmm ok, not totally terrible but just slightly challenging then what I thought it would be.
Today marks the 1st week of being alone in Auckland. Yes, my love went back to Singapore on 10 Sept. Obviously I cried when we parted ways. But.... so far okay.. in terms of transport and food I can safely say that it's 80% going well!
Transport is not that difficult as it seems. of course if there is a car it is the best but your girl has no licence so public transport it is! Most of the time taking their bus, pretty similar to sg. Tap when you board and alight. But I love their AT mobile app, so good with the directions! It shows you on the map where to walk to the right bus stop, what time is the next bus, where is the current bus location, how many stops and while ya on the bus it tracked and update the bus of stops left. It even prompt to let you know when it's time to alight! How amazing!!! With that feature it really helped me alot! if not, I would be a lost sheep!
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| Bus Ride 🚌 |
So today's plan was to head to Takapuna Beach Sunday Market. Woke up like 6:30am I could reached early as the market close at 12pm. I went and it was alright like the typical market in western country. Honestly, nothing beats asian night market. hehe
I spent about an hour there and decided to head back home. Then I remembered tik tok intro about Kmart. So I search in google map and went. So Kmart it's like Target? They have toys, household stuff, clothes, home deco etc. Not bad, I didnt buy anything and went back home. I reached home about 3pm, it was early and felt like going out again. Dont wanna waste my make up (yknow, HAHA)
I searched on tik tok, best place to watch sunset in auckland as yesteday sunset was looking pretty snatch. And I shortlisted the Mission Bay. Cool, direct bus from my house! Hopped on the bus and sadly it was cloudy. Didn't see the sunset I was expecting.
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| Cloudy Set |
Sun's down, it's time to go home. However, on Sunday some buses only operates till 6pm. The direct bus that brought me here has ended. I'll need to take 2 different bus to reach home. Which is totally fine! I'm getting used to it! I rather 2 bus then bus - train - bus. You know what I mean.
While I was in the first bus, i was thinking about my dinner. I'm craving for asian fried noodles... I checked on door dash and found there one which looks good... YUMS.. it stated delivery in 20-25mins. So I decided to place the order when I'm waiting for my second bus.
I alight from the first bus, walked to the second bus stop. The bus is in 20mins and journey home is 15mins. So I planned, 7:10pm bus arrived, 15 mins later 7:25pm reached home. I'll place my food order at 7:05pm, 25 mins delivery, arrived at 7:30pm! Cool. what a great planning!!! *proud*
Here comes 7:10pm, food order placed. Saw bus 751 approaching. *Hands up and signal to the driver*... oh wait.. driver is not slowing down.. wait no driver drove past me!!! NO NO NO WHAT THE! What on earth... why did that happened? I checked the bus stop it has bus 751!! Why didnt the driver stop?! URGH!!
Next bus is in 20mins!! SHIT my food order! NO, FCUK! IMMA WALK HOME. It's 1.8km 30mins... I can walk... but I won't be able to receive my food in time. The place I'm staying there is no where to hang the food! UGHHH, no choice! Speed walk it is! Then just 10 steps later I saw BEAM! E-SCOOTER! That scooter is like shining brightly in front of me. (HAHA ok Drama)
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| Imagine me |
Should I? yes I should! Before this, I only tried once and that was after contemplating for damn long ensure I know the route it's smooth pavement then I decided to try and it was only 3mins ride. This time I need to ride for about 20mins and unsure of the road condition.
AHHHH, don't think just do it chloe. So I scanned unlocked and ride away! Damn the road I rode was up the slope, down the slope.. crossed the road. down the slops again. &...... an incoming call from a new Zealand number.. shit door dash. I picked up and yes delivery man has arrived. Left with no options, I told him to leave it on the floor. He did and left. My mind is to reach home as fast as I can. At 1 point I think I was riding close to 20km/hr.
and there was one part where it asked me to turn left but it was between houses! Why did the map asked me to turn? Is there even a road? I couldn't see it clearly. Nevertheless, I crossed the road couldnt see any road. looked at the google map it seems to be on the other side where I came from. crossed back.. but it's wrong. URGHHH stressing me out! Crossed back again and stucked on the road divider as there were alot of incoming cars. Blessed me, a car stopped and let me proceed. Unlucky me, there was no slope to push the e-scooter up the pavement. I had to use my strength and drag it up the step. At this time I still couldn't see the road it was all dark. I decide to just proceed slowly ahhhh it's a damn park I need to cut through which has no lights there. I know this park as I walked through earlier in the day.
So quickly back on my scooter and scoot through.. exit the park, up slope again then down slope with speed bumps! Because I was riding on the road. the pavement wasnt smooth. Speed and scoot it felt like I'm in a mission impossible. the adrenaline rush I felt was crazy... I'm like nervous hoping that I don't fall but I need to be quick to reach home and get my food asap.
FINALLYY, I reached home! It was dark outside the house. Using my phone torch trying to find my food where did the guy place it. God.... I can't find... I dont see any plastic bag.... shit lah. then I saw a brown package on the floor at the corner of the gate. The brown package has my name CHLOEY on it! YES MY FOOD!
I made it home, got my food. Thankful that it is still warm! But my ride home was $15... urghhhh the bus ride is just $2.65 okkk.... Oh well, it was eventful for me! Frankly speaking, i did have fun scooting through.
If I got a job, I will buy a e-scooter! That's my plan. For now.. I just hope god hear my prayers and grant my wish!
That's all for today! Secretly loving how I end my day today. HAHA Chloe! You are amazing <3