Santa Parade @ Auckland

Jingle bell.....
Jingle bell.....
Jingle all the way.......

Christmas is around the corner. For the past 23 years of life, I seldom celebrate Christmas in Malaysia. I only went for Christmas countdown once at Kuala Lumpur which was in 2004 while on the Christmas day itself, I spent it just like any other day. This year would be my first time celebrating Christmas oversea ^^

Normally on the last Sunday of Nov or first Sun of Dec, there would be santa parade across the street in New Zealand. Roads will be blocked by police which last about 3 hours. Last 2 weeks there was a santa parade outside our apartment. The weather on that day was so hot but the street was still fulled of people.

Ok let's see the photos :

me and Daren

We even brought our dogs out on the street and took a few pic with them...

Raesher with piggy (piggy was very excited as this was her first time we brought her out of our house)

Daren with pudgy

We didn't finish watching the santa parade as the weather was really hot. It was my first time watching santa parade and it was great, I really enjoyed it!! ^^

One World Cafe Bar, Auckland, New Zealand #2

Tonight we went to One World Cafe Bar again to have our dinner. It is located at Howick, Auckland, about 25 minutes drive from our house at Queen Street. The shop is quite small and it always crowded. We have to book appointment before we go so that we don't need to wait when we are there. One thing good about that cafe is they have really good service there and the dishes are served really fast. We ordered 5 dishes and they were served within 10 minutes. On top of that, each table also get a complimentary soup.

Photos :

Fish

Yong tao fu

Vegetable

Mui coi kao yok / 梅菜扣肉

chicken / 白斩鸡

Free mua chi (2s were eaten before I take the pic)

Total cost was $96 which for me is reasonably cheap as the portion of food was quite big and delicious. Everyone of us ate until very full ^^

Dunedin Botanic Garden

Dunedin Botanic Garden is New Zealand’s first Botanic Garden and is recognized worldwide for its public garden and collection of botanic. The Garden is located in North Dunedin, about 10 minutes drive from the Octagon.

Here are some of the photos....

Cactus room


















Otaru Teien

There is a duck pond and visitors can get free duck food from the information centre for feeding.

Duck Pond

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