#13 Welcome back

There's a quote, saying
"A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself", and there is a another quote "friends can tell you a lot about you" these quotes are so true, in fact when I was with Hayley today we encountered "a group of people ;) wink wink ( people who we already know, from school)" And I rhetorically told her " friends really do reflect their personality, and that  leads to making friends with similar tastes or attitudes..." Now, i brought up this fundamental quote because this saying helped me understand and not only understand but to reflect who I am again, whether a person has a bad or good attitude it all really links to friends because they are the listeners for you and the leaners which also, is linked into pressuring and encouragement.
 
Today, as I mentioned, my friend Hayley and I went on a date, (ofcourse; Friend date :) ) to Auckland City, I missed her so much, because believe it or not i haven't  seen her since, like, last year? Probably..? Yesss i know, its been a while. Hayley has been in Hong Kong over the summer holidays and I was so delighted to see her face again, and today we hung out with our beautiful faces back on!

As usual Hayley was always beautiful (:aww

To: Hayley
Did you know i normaly would stay home like a hippo and never ever go out. But today I made outside just for you. <3

Anyways we meet up and we pretty much went everywhere.

My Motto's is : "We were born to eat" so as soon as we got off the bus and arrived at the city, yes, that's right we went looking around some good brunch/lunch. The WEATHER was terrible. I swear it was more like winter now... where's summer?

LONG TIME NO SELFIE, (DOUBLE SELFIE?)

As soon as we got off the bus, our destination :
Britomart, Auckland,

 look what we found. FOOD PLACEE OMG
Cute ae?

We are such a hungry hippos. We couldn't actually decide what to have for lunch so we kind of had to walk for about an hour? - on the street ( RAINNING POURING DOWN, GUST OF WIND BLOWING) Searching for food, like a lion in Serbia I don't even know what im talking but you know what I mean!

Not the best weather, but it was the best time for bazar memories? haha

 

 

 bird poop on my head. NOTT.
Its just a rain drop.

 

 FOUND A PLACE TO EAT!
delicious and delectable café : Shaky isles coffee. co.
Hayley's menu: Toast with cheese, tomatos and advocado
Jenny's menu: Taco with avocado salsa and some tasty red beans?

The café atmosphere was great. It really seemed like a staff meeting area because the interior made it all unique and different.

 

 

We also visited a candy shop which was imported from London! wohoo. my dream hometown? hah
To be honest i think it was more like locally produced candies, hah by the look of it?

 Great buildings near Queens street

 

 

 Like, Jenn IM, we love shopping and adore the unique fashion sense and tada here we are, we ended up not getting anything, the prices were high compared to America's 2nd handed clothing shop so we left. :(

 

 

 

 

Chocolate café,
yum yum yum and yum.
Our tummy never gets full.

Jenny and Hayley  <3 tea. This is Tea2 it is located near Britomart, and its the best tea shop I have visited in my whole life.

 

 

 

 

 

 Some tea testing here!

 

We came accros this awesome pie store and it made me think of the teletobies pie :)

Time flies i think this was the last photo shot. Exhausted but made tons of fun memories thanks Hayley!

 

 

 

AND THANKYOU EVERYONE :)

 

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I hope everyone has a wonderful day and don't forget that "friends can be similar or different, and their traits are at a level for which you aspire; they are your role models."

TREAT YOU FRIENDS WELL OKAY?

#12 It's Zoo time

5/01/2013

Today, I got up (Actually, I really had to force myself to get out of my bed; for the first damn time!!), The Jang's family had already planned for this special day out (for ages to the Zoo) so we decided to go today because my parents have limited time. We went to the Auckland Zoo, and this place is one of the most  popular and visited attraction in New Zealand, when you come here? (probably because of the Kiwi bird)but it was good though.! Despite the horrible weather.

So here is my OOTD, (picture taken under the old and dusty shelter because the rain was pouring hard out. It was really not the best day to go out.

 I was actually going to wear this outfit but I thought twice about the weather today so I wore something else. :-(

Quick shoot when the rain stopped; what an adventurous day for me trying to not get wet.

So funny how it turned out that most of the animals were all gone,  ( most likely to be under the shelter or something trying to avoid rain just like me ) so we didn't get to see a lot of animals. It wasn't the best day of my life but the time spent with my lovely family was awesome.

 

Next time I should plan something more exciting and fun for them? or maybe not?

 

#11 Postcard Swaps

It's almost a year since I started writing postcards to my friends overseas, and to the people who I have never ever met, how did I find these people? I met them through Instagram;   And ofcourse, I didn't accept every random request, I had to actually research and I guess not to be a freak but (Stalk); just to be safe and secure.

I recently started to get more involved with this "Postcard swaps", simply because I have more time, yess (freedom! HOLIDAYS!) but eventually.... it won't last forever but in that amount of time given to me (tadaaaahhhh. the angel sings)... I want to do something special and thoughtful.
 Making a thoughtful letter to someone I know, isn't that hard because I know them well  (duhh.), but when it comes to writing random people like, 'what the heck am I suppose to write ....or like i have little knowledge about them, well "these people"... ; I kind of struggle a lot'! but it actually helps me calm myself down and encourages me to think twice as much. The incoming mails I receive can make my day, and some inspire me. This taught me both cultural differences, and their personal struggles. So, so far, I have sent to Switzerland, Germany, Korea, Australia, Philippines, and much more. Collecting postcards are one of my hobbies now since I have abundance of them all carefully kept inside my secret locker.

" I hope I can visit these lovely people one day, and I  really hope I keep in touch with them as long as I can. Sometimes , it reminds me of writing a letter or a personal  diary about my thoughts to another me. "


To be honest, when I started sending out the postcards it was me just dabbling in art few years ago, compelled by the idea of art journals and I was doing my hardest to fill a sketchbook or cards with paint smeared pages and meaningful words, and sending that to my friends overseas but later I figured out it took me a heck of a time, and I didn't wanted to force myself, I mean I love   playing with the different techniques but I couldn't waste my time tooo much one that... you know what I mean ! (when things can get a big busy!) But this year maybe, maybe, I can pick that technique again even though I will be even mmooree crazy and busy? Who cares! I guess I found my self a nice hobby?

Oh, between;  I will upload  the pictures asap, of  postcards and the letters next time! but for now I will upload my penpal's just to give you an idea of what it feels like to have a lot of cool letters and postcards.