Bona fide traveller
Ok brief update.
Spent the most of Friday on a bus. First we went into Christchurch for lunch and for the girls to shop whilst I drooled over the very well modified subarus making their ways nosily down the city streets. And mustangs. And Mitsubshis. And M3ssssssssssssssss.
Anyway then we went to eat Singaporean food at, you guessed it, Kopitiam. Imagine out joy at seeing Char(although here it is Chao) kway teow. Mee Pok. And the all time favourite, Hainanese Chicken Rice. Imagine out indignation at the prices, $7 for one plate of char kway teow. Imagine out horror at the taste (and it was bad). Sigh. When I really really miss Singapore food, I will be forced to eat there again.
Then we got onto the Orbiter. It is this very amazing service that travels around Canterbury. It does not enter the city, but takes you around the outlaying areas. (think the Jurong East to Yishun type of line) And yeah so we sat on it and went around. Saw this huge shopping centre called Eastgate. (their shopping centres are called –Westfield, Eastgate, Northlands. And the less obvious Palms and others which I cannot remember)
So we went in. Nothing much, think it is like Junction 8 or Yishun 10 or even JP type shops. Except with huge super markets. Yup that was our day spent on the buses.
Just last night, we went to this shop, Liquor King. And we were searching for the liquor with the highest alcoholic content. Make a guess how much was it. 40%? 45%? Higher. Way higher.
I saw one that was 79%. Whoaaa… Then 85%. Then the record 89.5% alcohol content. What the hell, might as well buy cheap pure alcohol and drink yourself dead. Both will get yourself killed anyway.
I do not believe it. 89.5%!!!That is like super high, you get drunk on the vapours man. I wonder who buys. My friend who drinks a bit, says it is banned in most countries. In fact here is the first place she has ever seen that. But anyway phew. Bring that to a party and you do not need food. At all. Just pour it into the punch.
Oh well, that is New Zealand for you. The land of sheep and sleep.
Spent the most of Friday on a bus. First we went into Christchurch for lunch and for the girls to shop whilst I drooled over the very well modified subarus making their ways nosily down the city streets. And mustangs. And Mitsubshis. And M3ssssssssssssssss.
Anyway then we went to eat Singaporean food at, you guessed it, Kopitiam. Imagine out joy at seeing Char(although here it is Chao) kway teow. Mee Pok. And the all time favourite, Hainanese Chicken Rice. Imagine out indignation at the prices, $7 for one plate of char kway teow. Imagine out horror at the taste (and it was bad). Sigh. When I really really miss Singapore food, I will be forced to eat there again.
Then we got onto the Orbiter. It is this very amazing service that travels around Canterbury. It does not enter the city, but takes you around the outlaying areas. (think the Jurong East to Yishun type of line) And yeah so we sat on it and went around. Saw this huge shopping centre called Eastgate. (their shopping centres are called –Westfield, Eastgate, Northlands. And the less obvious Palms and others which I cannot remember)
So we went in. Nothing much, think it is like Junction 8 or Yishun 10 or even JP type shops. Except with huge super markets. Yup that was our day spent on the buses.
Just last night, we went to this shop, Liquor King. And we were searching for the liquor with the highest alcoholic content. Make a guess how much was it. 40%? 45%? Higher. Way higher.
I saw one that was 79%. Whoaaa… Then 85%. Then the record 89.5% alcohol content. What the hell, might as well buy cheap pure alcohol and drink yourself dead. Both will get yourself killed anyway.
I do not believe it. 89.5%!!!That is like super high, you get drunk on the vapours man. I wonder who buys. My friend who drinks a bit, says it is banned in most countries. In fact here is the first place she has ever seen that. But anyway phew. Bring that to a party and you do not need food. At all. Just pour it into the punch.
Oh well, that is New Zealand for you. The land of sheep and sleep.
posted by W | Sunday, July 17, 2005
2 Comments:
absinthe rocks! hah :D must try before we go. must try and smuggle back also. it looks like water anyway...
Yes. Buy some, put into your water bottle. Please do not accidentally drink that like water. You will so regret it. I agree. Just buy and spike, er, i mean try it on someone.
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