some updates of my recent life (1/3/08)

In Palmerston North now. Doing nothing much (besides online, checking & reading some info etc) in daytime, then waiting for friends to pick me up for activities at night & weekend (crab & shell catching, fishing, tramping etc). Have fun until late night, then wake up very late in the next morning. I guess the same routine will be repeated for these 2-3 weeks before I leave New Zealand, or before I found another temporary job. Life is not boring, but I just feel unsecure staying home, relaxing & doing nothing much. That's not my style. I usually play hard, & work hard as well :) Want to experience some fruit picking or packing jobs before I leave NZ, but have not found one. Palmerston North is not a popular place for a picker/ packer as compared to Napier, Hasting, Nelson or Blenheim. Another reason for me to work is, to earn as much as I can as to cover the $ I spent in my previous trip, also the $ that I'm going to spend in my coming short trip to Rotorua & Taupo. Want to experience Wwoof as well (pls refer to another blog of mine regarding what is Wwoof), but it is either no reply from the host or they are fully booked :( Have taken lots of photos during my recent 10-day-south island trip. Too many until I have no mood to sort out the photos. Thinking of writing something on my blog instead. Have not input much thing on my Multiply recently. Have just extended my air ticket for another week, which is the last day of my visa expiry date (really fully utilise my visa duration ^^). What am I going to do before I leave NZ? Will pay Rotorua & Taupo a visit. Will try a tramping, most probably in Tongariro National Park (though I don't really like tracking). See whether I have a chance to try camping as well. Will most likely give up the idea of visiting Bay of Island, as it is too far, & according to friends, it is not really worth paying a visit. Giving up the idea of visiting Bay of Island also means that I will not have the chance to swim with dolphins :( 6 months to be a working holiday maker in NZ is still too short time for me. There are still many places that I would like to go, & many things that I would like to experience. I once met a Taiwanese working holiday maker. While he was showing some of his photos & asked me whether I have seen those things/ have visited those places, I kept shaking my head. Though it is not fair to compare in this way, as Taiwanese have longer time to experience more things (working holiday visa for Taiwanese lasts for a year), but I still think think it is a shame for me. I'm going to play real hard in these 3 weeks time :)