JJs Three Weeks in Auckland

October 7 28, 2012

Day 1: Sunday, October 7

Depart Bangkok

Today we went to the airport at10.30 am. We went past the security cops then waited for a few hours for the plane to arrive. We went on board and some of us were terrified to leave Thailand. We arrived at Changi. The airport of Singapore. We spended an hour there then we went on board to the trip to nz.

Day 2: Monday, October 8

Arrive Auckland International Airport/ Transfer to host family

Today it is our first day at Auckland. It was very exiting there but its still very cold. We just arrived at Auckland. We took a bus to the school and our host family. Actually our

host was late for the pickup but he brought his awesome jaguar car. We were very tired about the trip and we went to our hosts house. I cant remember what the food is but its good. We had a little shower and then went to bed.

Day 3: Tuesday, October 9

Orientation/ Sky Tower and Mt. Eden

Today I woke up at eight oclock this morning but I couldnt move my feet because the blanket was too heavy. Today we had a long orientation at the school. After that we went to our classroom. I felt sad because I didnt bring any cup noodles.

We studied the rules of the school and the money. It was not real money but money that we could trade for things on Friday. When we finished our school work we went to the Sky Tower. I felt a little bit car sick. When we reached the Sky Tower we took a glass-floor lift. It was scary. When were on the top we looked out to the city below. It was high enough to see everything. Next we went to Mt.Eden. It was a good high hill with a lot of open space. I ran to the bottom of the hill. It was very tiring. When we are back at the school we went to the spot that my host mom said we needed to meet at that spot. I gave all my leftover food to the birds then we went home.

Day 4: Wednesday, October 10

Museum/ Cultural Show

Today I wake up at 8 oclock. I had cereal again this morning. We went to school faster. I felt a little bit sleepy and tired. We studied about the present simple and continuous tense. We did some worksheets then at 12.00 we go down to have lunch. My host mom gave me some sandwich and snacks. We went to the museum at 12.50. When we are there we heard a horn to let us know that the show is beginning. We watch the Maori things for about half an hour. Then we got to look for thing. I go with some of my group to look at stuff. We found a axe and a shield near the toilet. My friend go in the toilet. When were out we saw a shop. I bought 2 Kiwi bird doll. It looks like a fun ball. When we went home we had a bowl of noodles. While I am writing this diary for the first time. The second time I wrote this diary is when we were finish with the shower. We stayed in the room for a while to do our things. Then our host mom said we forgot to come down and play cards. I forgot all of it. We went to bed at 9 oclock. It was a very tired day so I went to bed quickly.

Day 5: Thursday, October 11

Auckland Zoo

Today we went to the Auckland Zoo. I was very sleepy because this morning I didnt sleep well. We went to school as usual. We changed our class because the other room is ... So Lin our teacher will teach that class. We were so happy to be down stairs which is easier to walk. We have a break then we ate some noodles. It was so delicious. When we finished the class I went to buy some snacks and then went to the zoo. When we were there I got map to

look and went to the entrance. There were a lot of animals in the zoo such as tigers, gibbons, zebras, lambs, goats and giraffes. I got lost several time in the zoo. At last we made our way back to the entrance. I was so happy that I could get out of the zoo. We took a bus back to the school. My host father came to pick me up at 5.00 then we went home. We ate some cup noodles and . Before playing an Uno game with my host. I went to sleep at nine.

Day 6: Friday, October 12

Davonport Ferry Trip

Today we went to the port to get on a ferry across the bay. After we arrived we went on a mountain that we didnt know its name but theres a really cool army base on the mountain. There were a lot of canons and firearms. We even jumped out the lava hole that was the place that lava made when it was a volcano. Today exhausted me a lot so we went to bed at eight. Day 7: Saturday, October 13
Free day with host family/ Shopping at Albany Mall

Today I woke up at seven thirty. We planned to go to the Albany mall. We went there when suddenly the rain started so we went into the mall. We walked for a while then we realized that its half past two now so we went to the nearest food shop and then we ate some sushi. We walked passed a lot of stores then we walked into a store and I bought a p.m.c (portable mobile charger) we went outside to wait for our host then we went home. We did the same thing that we always do every day like having dinner and get a shower and then went to bed. Day 8: Sunday, October 14
Free day with host family/ Yacht yard

Today I had a free day with our host. The only exciting thing that we did was the yacht yard. We went to the yard then it sudd3enly rained and hailed heavily so we needed to go back to the house. There were a lot of big ships and machinery stuffs there at the yard. We walked for an hour then had dinner and went to sleep.

Day 9: Monday, October 15

Ice skating

Today we went to the dining room to have breakfast. We finished having breakfast at half past eight. We are excited because today we are going to the skating place. I arrived at school at nine oclock and started our lesson. Today we learned about the present simple and past simple. We read about an unusual boy with great skill. I thought he is very creative to make a conversation with people using his pictures. I went to the ice skating park when the time was one oclock and played for a while (normally fell down every two minutes). When I went home I had some cup noodles (it was my last one) and watched TV with my host family and then ate some mashed potato and went to bed.

Day 10: Tuesday, October 16

Sailing on the harbor

We woke up at seven this morning and came down to have breakfast. I argued with my friend about the cereal because it looks like some snacks When our host dad came down we asked him what is it. He said its a cereal. We thought it was kind of snack. After breakfast we started to brush our teeth. After that I packed my things and went to school. When we arrived at school I looked at the time in my Iphone. Its only 8.35. I cant believe my eyes that we arrived faster than every people in the group. I started to play my phone to wait for class and then everybody came in. We waited for 20 or 30 more minutes and the bell rang. We separated into our classes. Today we worked very hard in the morning part. We were rewarded 3 classroom dollars for that. At the break we went to look . the school and into the shops. When the bell rang again we went back to our classes. In the afternoon part we played games until 1.20 oclock then went down to get ready for the sailing trip. We took the same bus to the port and look for our boat. It was already in the harbor and we waited for the boat to go off. We were very cold on the boat when the wind blew. Suddenly our group leader told us that we could go into a seat under cover. We all went down to stay away from the strong wind. When we came back at the port we went to a museum. In it was some cool stuff with a big theater. We were excited about the Maori historical things. It took 10 minutes to finish the movie. Before we took the bus back we went shopping. I bought a Kiwi statue and we went back

home. Ugas was playing badminton when we were coming back home. Our host needed to go get him again. At dinner we had butter chicken. Its a chicken curry. At night we had a shower and lastly went to bed.

Day 11: Wednesday, October 17

Sheep world farm show

Today we woke up at seven. Our host is down and shes surprised that we are awake very fast. We ate our breakfast. After that we walked up to our room again and they play some games because its too early to go to school. I went to school at half past eight and then we waited for the other guys to arrive. We went around to find others until we heard the bell. We went in class. Today Caley, Ugas teacher, doesnt come to teach. So we have to come down. We did a lot of worksheets and a lot of games. In the afternoon part of the day we went to the sheep world. It

was a very good place with a lot of animals. I saw the man thats showing the sheep shearing the sheep. He is with his two dogs. One is called Boy and another is Tom. They were very cute. At last he ??????? the sheep. My friend Gutta did assistance the man and got wool. We took a bus back to school and went home. We took a bath after dinner. We had some kind of food for dinner then we went to bed.

Day 12: Thursday, October 18

Waiwera Thermal Hot Pools

Today we are going to the wiveara swimming pool. It was not really interesting today because we just went around the park and did some swimming for three hours then we went to the bus back home. I had cup noodles for dinner again. Today we took a shower and then came down to play Uno. We had a lot of games then our host told us to go upstairs and sleep.

Day 13: Friday, October 19

Shopping at Queen street

Today we went to the queen street yeah! We went shopping around that district. At first we went shopping at the ok gift shop which is own by the Korean people. It was kind of awkward because a lot of Korean lives in New Zealand. We went around and then we went to the shops like NZ gifts, IT world, Sports Street, etc. we went back to the spot we was dropped, But the bus wasnt there so we called the bus driver and he said that the traffic was very difficult to get a park for a big bus so we went to another bus stop and then got on our big bus and then left for home.

Day 14: Saturday, October 20

Free day with host family

Today we just spend all day at home with everything boring. In the morning we spend our day with a little bit of game before watching TV. Just like I had said we did two things play games and watch TV. In the evening we did as usually watch TV, take a bath, etc.

Day 15: Sunday, October 21

Free day with host family

Today we are just staying home for a day with only 1 activity thats right we only watch the tv for all day long and we didnt do anything so its the most boring day ever.

Day 16: Monday, October 22

Public holiday Labour day / Rainbows End Amusement Park

I know that there were many interesting rides in the rainbows end amusement park that I would like to talk about I will start off with the invaders. It is a very scary ride that is like a double Viking boat that could spin its self 360 degrees. The next is the 3d animated graphic ride. Its a moving seat and its really cool. The third is the gold rush. It was not so cool but its a little scary because there is an old prospector guy that was sitting on a fully loaded gold cart. And the last thing I am going to talk about is the bumper boat. It was faster than the Thai forms and it was a bit wetter too. Today we had a lot of fun and by the time we went home we went up stairs and take a nap.

Day 17: Tuesday, October 23

Laser Force/ Ten pin bowling

Today we woke up at seven oclock. I felt a bit sleepy because I was very tired from the Rainbows End. We went down and had cereal as usual then went back up again to brush our teeth. We went off to school at eight thirty. At the school I had some snacks then went to our classes. Today we are going to learn how to spell new speed spelling words and its meanings. We played some games and I got 6 dollars for it. Later that afternoon we went to play the ten pin bowling. I got several strikes and a lot of spares. Then our friend Tum got triple x in a row. We had left the bowling at half past two then went to play laser force ???. We played for several times xxxxx we got our score board. I just got hit 10 times by the destroyer. We went home at five oclock. It was very tiring by the laser force then we had supper then played some card games with our host. Finally we had shower and went to bed.

Day 18: Wednesday, October 24

Kelly Tarltons Underwater World

Today we woke up quietly because everyone was asleep. I went down to search for the cereal box then had some cereal. As usual, we went up then brush our teeth. We played game for a while. Suddenly, our host came into our room and said it was time to go to school. We took our hosts car and finally arrived at school. Today we learned something that I couldnt remember. At lunch we had sandwich again. After lunch we walked to the bus stop and took the same bus to the underwater world. Its a very very big aquarium. At first we walked pass a spinning tunnel. I dont know why they made it, but I felt very very very dizzy. After that we went to the penguin tank. At first I thought the brown baby penguin was a mutant kiwi because of its brown feathers. We looked at a lot things like giant squid, tuna fish, catfish, sharks and scuba shark feeding. At the end of the aquarium we saw a camera man whos taking a

video for the TV show. At last we took a bus back to school and took our hosts van home(busschool host car home). We did the same thing, watched TV, ate dinner, played cards, had a shower then went to bed.

Day 19: Thursday, October 25

Beach BBQ

Today we wake up late about eight oclock so we quickly came down to have breakfast. We did everything quickly then we went to brush our teeth, grabbed our bags and went to school. Im not good at remembering but today we studied about clothes adjectives and spelling at the end of the class. We played a strange game called circuits. Its a game that we needed to connect the dot until the other team couldnt connect any more and we would get a point and the most point wins.

Day 20: Friday, October 26

Graduation Party

Today is our last day at school. We went there and had a congratulation party we ate a lot of pizza and coke. After that we all got our certificates and went to the back of the school to have a little picnic and then went home.

Day 21: Saturday, October 27

Packing/ Depart from Auckland

We traveled to the school at nine pm for the bus to the airport. We grouped up at the school. I had a lot of free space in my bag so I said to everybody that they could get their extra stuff in my bag. Then we saw our bus. We went on the bus then minutes later we arrived at Auckland airport. We passed the security guys again then walked into the plane. I was very tired but I stayed up all night until there was nothing to watch or play anymore so I went to bed after I brushed my teeth.

Day 22: Sunday, October 28

Arrive Bangkok

Today I woke up when we were flying above the Pacific Ocean. I went to the bathroom to brush my teeth and then took another plane to Bangkok. We got down and passed the security check again. We entered the baggage claim then I found out that my bag belt had been gone so I asked my group leader what happened to my bag. She said that it might be opened at Singapore. I lost the bag belt but that was not what I mostly cared about. I was worried about the things inside. Luckily, they were still in there. Then I went out to find my father then went home.
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