Life through my eyes...: Visit to the Farm

We decided to pay Kim Loong a visit in his lonely batch out on the farm. So after work on Friday, four of us - Tzin Wei, Liz, Jin & I packed into Jin's car. This is usually when I say, "then we were off" but on this occasion, there were considerable delays.

A shortened version of the story is as follows...

As we had decided to indulge in a korean bbq lunch the following day, and seeing as we were heading out to a farm where there would be no supplies, we went grocery shopping. Then being almost dinner time, we decided to have dinner at Asha before setting off. Poor Kim Loong was expecting us for dinner. Haha! Anyway, dinner lasted longer than expected - ordered too much food but it was goOOooOOd! Not so good on the wallets. Hehe... Following that, we went to buy fruits from Pak 'n Save and treated ourselves to ice creams. Keke... We then went back to Tzin Wei's house for him to scoop up Kim Loong's fish to transport out to the farm. It was then, that we began our journey. Time - 9:30pm. Haha...

Smoko @ Dunsandel waiting for Kim Loong

Liz & I

Jin & Tzin Wei

Liz, Tzin Wei, Jin & I

Jin & I

We finally arrived at Kim Loong's batch at around 10:00pm. After settling in, the guys decided to bring out their big boys toys. *fAiNt*!

The 3 Monkeys - Jin, Kim Loong & Tzin Wei

Masked psycho killer

Jin had an early night while the rest of us played chor-tai-ti, drank whiskey with coke and ate grain waves/shrimp flavoured chips. Not a good mix! *YuCk*! I decided to head to bed soon after too.

Woke up the following day to the moo-ing of the cows (or so I thought). At least I had the courtesy to give my friends the benefit of the doubt for trying to imitate animals! Refusing to get out of bed, Kim Loong then decided to barge in and jump on the bed! (And it's his own bloody bed too! Duh...) If that wasn't enough, we were then tortured with Tzin Wei's singing as he showered right next door. OMG! The walls being paper thin gave us no choice but to get up. D-ohhh!! <--- Homer style!

The weather was beautiful - hot, blazing sun with a north-easterly breeze. We couldn't have asked for a better day except that we needed to coat ourselves with sunblock. Drank coffee on the deck and watched as the guys played with their toys.

We decided to take a drive to the Rakaia River. On the way out, we stopped by to see the lambs. Cute aren't they? Yeah, I thought so too... Until I found out that they're going to be for Christmas roast! Poor babies...

To the River we went...

Rakaia River

Check out the scenery... Ain't it beautiful? The bridge that you see in the background is the Rakaia Bridge - the longest bridge in New Zealand that is 1,757m long, even longer than the Auckland Harbour Bridge. WoW! Try holding your breath while driving over the bridge next time! (Yes, we tried it ourselves but our driver decided to slow down. *eViL StaRe*!)

Finding stones to skim across the river

Conned Kim Loong into posing for a photo while the others splashed him... Stupid~

An almost successful attempt to push me in

Cry me a river~

Me & Liz...

The couples~

Kim Loong feeling left out. Wahahaha!

Kim Loong wanting to be photographed - See below for Jin's reaction~

Tzin Wei & Liz's Creation...

Trigger happy boys~

It was getting way too hot for our liking so we hopped back into the car in search for some life! Came across the famous Rakaia icon and had to stop to take photos! Haha... Stopped for ice cream at the Rakaia Cafe too! :)

Rakaia icon

Our stomachs were rumbling so we headed back to the farm to cook our feast. Forgot to take photos though and we were too knackered by the time we finished. I think we were all probably suffering from a minor heat stroke. So, nap time it was.

Woke up to quickly pack our belongings and take a few photos before heading back to Christchurch.

moOOOooOOooOo!!