Monday, November 28, 2011

The Kiwi Life - New Zealand, Queenstown (Day 7, 09 Jun - 21 Jun 2011)

Day 7 - Queenstown

This is the second day we stayed in Queenstown, in the morning we went to Gondola Skyline. We went up to the hill by cable car to view the beautiful Queenstown on top of the hill. The ticket price for the Gondola is NZD 25.

After done visiting the Gondola Skyline, we reach the entrance of the Kiwi Birdlife Park (located just next to the Gondola Skyline). My friend wanted to see the Kiwi bird as after she spent so many days in New Zealand for working holiday, she still haven't got the chance to see a real Kiwi bird. However, after we checked the ticket price from the ticket booth, we gave up, it's kinda expensive for us!

In the afternoon time, we just spent our time have a leisure walking around the shops in Queenstown. We went to Cookie Time shop, according to my friend, this cookie shop is very famous in New Zealand. And this is the first time I tasted the hot baked cookie in a cookie shop, it's very delicious!

We spent our evening time mostly shopping at the souvenirs shops. I bought a lot Paua Shell jewellery, such as pendant, earrings, bangles and bracelet. I really love the pattern of the Paua Shell, I even bought a pair of fully polished real Paua Shell! Before going for dinner, we took the opportunity to capture some photos around the Lake Wakatipu area. Then, we have our dinner at Fat Badgers Pizza restaurant. The first time ever I ate such a giant size of pizza. Haha. It is very delicious too!

Skyline Queenstown - Finally we have reached the Skyline Gondola! Can't wait to 'climb up' to the hill and enjoy the extraordinary view of Queenstown.
Skyline Queenstown - Queuing up to enter into the cable car!
Skyline Queenstown - Finally we reached the top of the hill and spotted the bungee jump activity. I'm not brave enough to play this extreme game :P
Skyline Queenstown - Nice Lake Wakatipu view! A bit cold standing on top of the hill! Can you see the rainbow from the far?
Skyline Queenstown - Many cable cars coming up and goin down!
Skyline Queenstown - Spotted another rainbow from the restaurant area!
Cookie Time, Queenstown - Delicious hot cookie!
Queenstown - Relaxing photo taking experience around the Lake Wakatipu!
Fat Badgers Pizza restaurant, Queenstown - Very huge pizza and it is delicious too! Can mix with different topping flavours!

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

王菲2011巡唱吉隆坡站 (06 Nov 2011)

喜欢王菲应该是从她的《天空》和《天使》的歌开始的吧,可能在更早之前!(P/S:后来想起来,原来《千岁情人》电视剧里的一首歌 - 《动心》,是王菲第一首深深吸引我的歌,当时还一直寻找歌手是谁呢。。。)第一个购买她的专辑是《王菲(1997)》CD,当时CD是蛮贵的哦!接着就买了《只爱陌生人》卡带、《唱游》卡带、《寓言》CD、《王菲》CD和《将爱》CD。

等待了7年,王菲终于再次开演唱会,而实现了我的梦想!之前错过了上一次的大马站演唱会,没缘见到我的偶像,感到十分遗憾!当时还是学生的我,当然没有经济能力支持咯!经过这么漫长的等待,我告诉我自己,不能再错过她的演唱会了!机会终于来啦,实在太高兴了!^^

当我知道Citibank预售时,跟同事借了他的信用卡,希望可以购买到便宜的票!可惜,太多人抢票啦!结果没有成功购得票!哎。。。到了第二天,正式公开发售时,我特地大老早地从被窝爬起,跑到金河广场排队,当时金河广场都还没开门营业咧!刚好公司的电话是用Celcom的,首300张Celcom电信用户可以享有5%折扣!还好我早到,排第八个!终于轮到我可以上台购买门票啦!TicketCharge的系统非常的慢,可能反应太热烈了,有点当机!原本打算买RM280的票,怎么知道轮到我时,TicketCharge的工作人员对我说已经售完了!最后,把心一横买了两张RM380的门票!还好有Celcom的5%优惠!

王菲《2011巡唱》吉隆坡站

地点:Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil (Indoor Stadium)
日期:06 Nov 2011 (Sunday)
时间:8 pm
主办单位:TicketCharge

这次的2011巡唱结合了很棒的班底 - 台湾知名导演陈奕仁(担任舞台视觉指导)、国际导演王家卫和日本的灯光设计大师Mitsumasa Hayashi。

演唱会曲目:
〈冬〉
01)约定
02)红豆
03)乘客
04)暗涌
〈春〉
05)梦中人
06)梦游
07)给自己的情书
08)A Perfect Indian
09)暧昧
10)我愿意
〈夏〉
11)将爱
12)开到荼糜
13)脸
14)光之翼
15)闷
〈秋〉
16)天空
17)但愿人长久
18)冷战
19)过眼云烟
20)人间
〈重生〉
21)新房客
22)香奈儿
23)彼岸花
24)心经

排队两小时后,终于买到王菲2011 巡唱吉隆坡站的演唱会门票啦!第一次可以观赏王菲的演唱会,超兴奋的哦!
演唱会开始之前,热情的菲迷们在VVIP座位唱着《传奇》,期待王菲听到他们的心声,待会儿可以听到她唱这首歌啦。。。
演唱会即将开始咯!这次的演唱会是以春、夏、秋、冬为主题的。我的位子是在楼上的正中央,感觉荧幕离我好远噢!幸好我有携带小型的望远镜,可以让我近距离看到王菲本人(虽然不是非常清楚,但是还是不错的啦!)
演唱会8pm准时开场啦!王菲驾到咯!嘿嘿!开场以“冬”为主题,王菲化身为冰山美人,当冰山劈开后,她缓缓从冰山里唱着《约定》走出来。美呆了!虽然,开场时她的声音显得有点沙哑,可能是感冒的关系,但是还是无碍大家很High的情绪哦!

王菲2011巡唱吉隆坡站 - 《约定》
王菲2011巡唱吉隆坡站 - 《乘客》
王菲2011巡唱吉隆坡站 - 《暗涌》
王菲换上了艳丽的红色连身裙唱着《梦中人》,又边唱边随风摇摆着裙摆。真的很可爱又妩媚哦!有渐渐进入“春”的意境!
接着她换上了飘逸衣裙唱着《暧昧》,越唱越陶醉哦!
当王菲唱着《A Perfect Indian》时,她身后渐渐绽放着一朵春天里的大红玫瑰!非常漂亮的画面哦!

王菲2011巡唱吉隆坡站 - 《将爱》
进入“夏”的主题,场面热的沸腾起来,王菲唱着《开到荼糜》!她拿起红色大喇叭的姿态,真的有型咧!虽然我一直不知道,她身前背的是什么东东,哈哈!(P/S: 后来再看清楚,原来是一朵大黑玫瑰!)
王菲唱着《光之翼》时,镭射灯光效果把场面变得更炫!

王菲2011巡唱吉隆坡站 - 《闷》,王菲超High的哦 ,又唱又“跳”,“一切随兴,能不能?”
“秋”天到啦,呈现出浪漫的画面,王菲坐这星星点缀的秋千,渐渐移到VVIP观众席的上方,犹如女王降临!哈哈!配合天花板下的满天烂漫星星的灯饰点缀下,整场进入最高潮!尤其是VVIP的观众可以近距离看到王菲!真的很羡慕他们耶!可惜我的相机的SD卡不争气,偏偏在这时候没有空档让我继续录影下去,呜呜 ~ (P/S:在其他网站看到,其实王菲有惧高症的,为了我们菲迷而勇敢吊到半空中,感动哦!)

王菲2011巡唱吉隆坡站 - 《天空》(只有半首而已,SD卡没有空位了!)
后记:
  • 虽然票价有点贵,可是看完整场演唱会后,觉得一切都值回票价啦!可以感受到王菲现场唱功的魅力,就没有遗憾了!
  • 当我们要进入体育馆时,不太满意查票关卡工作人员的工作态度咯!当我问他我的票是否可以在那个入口进入时,他们说可以,后来也拔掉我的票根和检查我的包包!进入后,才发觉,不可以从那里上楼到我的位子。结果,另一名工作人员又带我们到外面,指示我们上楼到另一个关卡,到了那里,该名工作人员就消失了。我们只好又再重新进入关卡,结果那里的RELA保安人员很没礼貌,粗鲁的翻我们的包包!而且,还想没收我们的雨伞呢!我们跟他们理论一番后,才可以拿回。哼!后来,他们又看我们的票根已被拔掉,怕我们是硬闯的,又不想让我们进去!我们只好又跟他们理论一番,真是浪费我们的时间咧!胡乱指示我们方向,又跟自己公司的同事沟通出现问题!还好我们提早到达,而且没有破坏我们观赏王菲歌唱的心情!
  • 整场演唱会最喜欢王菲唱《天空》时,那个浪漫的星空下,她又那么地接近我们!真的很感动又陶醉咯!
  • 在还没看这场演唱会时,我做了一些功课关于其他地区的王菲演唱会,菲迷们都说,当她唱到《彼岸花》时,就有心理准备是散场的时候了!当到了10pm时,这首歌唱完后,大家还在意犹未尽地陶醉当中,心里盼望有奇迹,可以多听几首歌!可惜,愿望没有实现啦。。。大家只好默默离开啦!王菲两小时的演出真的不够咯!
  • 现在只好等待演唱会的DVD发行,到时买回家里再播放来回味当时那么完美又超棒的演出!

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

The Kiwi Life - New Zealand, Te Anau, Queenstown (Day 6, 09 Jun - 21 Jun 2011)

Day 6 - Te Anau -> Queenstown

After reached the beautiful Queenstown, we have spent 3 days in this city. Finally, we can rest a while and don't need to pack and unpack our luggage everyday! After checked in to our backpacker - The Black Sheep, we started to feel hungry and need to look for food.

After settled our luggages in the backpacker, time for us to explore Queenstown and of course need to hunt for our lunch! We found the famous burger restaurant in Queenstown - FergBurger. When we reached there, it is quite lucky that the queue is not too long and the restaurant is not too crowded and we able to find a place to sit and eat comfortably. We finally had a delicious FergBurger as our lunch! I've ordered "The Sweet Julie" burger (NZD 12.50), it's a very big burger for one person!

After eating our lunch, we decided to walk around as Queenstown has many souvenirs shops! We feel very excited as we found more choices for souvenirs in this city and cheaper price compare to the other cities we have travelled in New Zealand!


Besides, there is a beautiful lake in Queenstown too - Lake Wakatipu. Some parasailing activities can be found in this lake. In fact, there are many exciting activities can be done in Queenstown, such as bungee jumping, sky diving, ice skating, Gondola ridding, luge and many many more.

Time to say goodbye to Te Anau! Beautiful lake front view in our backpacker, need to capture more photos before we departing to Queenstown!
On the way to Queenstown - nice weather, nice view and good mood!
On the way to Queenstown - hello, cows!
On the way to Queenstown - nearer to see the cows!
On the way to Queenstown - sheeps again! They are eating grass happily, hehe... And birds flied by and say hi to the sheeps!
On the way to Queenstown - Beautiful mountain view! Looks like the scene from postcard!
On the way to Queenstown - passby a beautiful lake!
On the way to Queenstown - Very beautiful Lake Wakatipu! Again we need to stop by and capture more pictures!
On the way to Queenstown - Another view of beautiful Lake Wakatipu!
On the way to Queenstown - Another view of beautiful Lake Wakatipu! The sky becomes brighter and the scene is more clearer!
On the way to Queenstown - Another beautiful picture of Lake Wakatipu!
On the way to Queenstown - I like the silver grass 芒花草 on the roadside during winter time!
Queenstown - Yeah! Finally we've reached this beautiful and full of excitement city!
Queenstown - Another nice view!
Queenstown - You can try this Shootover Jet, if you dare!
FergBurger, Queenstown - Must try burger in Queenstown! My lunch - Sweet Julie! Like the grilled chicken a lot! Yum yum...
FergBurger, Queenstown - Nice wall picture!
Souvenir shop, Queenstown - Funny decoration! At night after our dinner, we walk around some souvenir shops!
Souvenir shop, Queenstown - Cute sheep!

Friday, September 23, 2011

The Kiwi Life - New Zealand, Fiordland Milford Sound (Day 5, 09 Jun - 21 Jun 2011)

Day 5 - Dunedin -> Fiordland Milford Sound -> Te Anau

After spending a relaxing night in Dunedin - On Top backpacker, we have to wake up very early in the morning and started heading to another fantastic destination - Fiordland Milford Sound at 5am. After 6 hours driving on the road, finally we have reached our destination! The most memorable moment is passing by the tunnel that crossing over the hill! First time in my life seeing this stunning type of tunnel! After passing by this tunnel, we luckily able to buy the river cruise ticket - Southern Discoveries Encounter Cruise (NZD 79) for 12:45 pm, else we might need to wait some time for next round.

If you are interested to visit Fiordland Milford Sound, before departure, it is recommended that you check the schedule of the cruise departure time. In addition, it is also recommended that to check the weather forecast before visiting Fiordland Milford Sound, this is due to cruise tour will be cancelled if bad weather happened. Be prepared with the raincoat as well, as you will get wet inside the rainforest!

Our coach tour started at 12:45 pm and it takes for 2 hours and 15 mins. During this tour, we had a great experience to see the waterfalls, rainforest and sea lions! In this short period, I feel surprised to see rainbows a few times - another amazing first time experience in my life! My friends and I feel very excited too and we non-stop snapping pictures for this wonderful moment!

After the river cruise tour ended, we reluctantly say goodbye to Fiordland Milford Sound and find a backpacker to have a rest. We didn't booked any backpacker before we reach Te Anau city, but luckily we still able to find a decent backpacker - Te Anau Lakefront Backpacker. It is located in front of the lake and the scenery there also very beautiful! 

On the way to Fiordland Milford Sound - We stopped by at the roadside to capture the photo of the snow mountain at the far end!
Signage of Fiordland Milford Sound
Fiordland Milford Sound - Southern Discoveries Encounter Cruise
Fiordland Milford Sound - Beautiful waterfall
Fiordland Milford Sound - Beautiful rainbow
Fiordland Milford Sound - Long waterfall
Fiordland Milford Sound - A few waterfalls so near to each other!
Fiordland Milford Sound - Another beautiful rainbow!
Fiordland Milford Sound - Cute floating cloud!
Fiordland Milford Sound - Another coach cruise is following behind us..
Fiordland Milford Sound - Love this picture so much! The rainbow is extremely beautiful!


Fiordland Milford Sound - Video captured to record the gorgeous rainbow. (Sorry, you gotta tilt your head a bit to view it :P)
Fiordland Milford Sound - Waterfall again...


Fiordland Milford Sound - Video recorded for the long waterfalls
Fiordland Milford Sound - Waterfall again...


Fiordland Milford Sound - The captain drive the ship very near to the waterfall to let us to feel the fresh waterfall splashes. My face felt smooth and refreshed, haha :P (Sorry, you gotta tilt your head again to view it)
Fiordland Milford Sound - Another beautiful and bigger rainbow again!!
Fiordland Milford Sound - The scene become clearer when sunshine finally appear for a while...
Fiordland Milford Sound - Finally our 2 hours and 15 mins river cruise come to an end...
Fiordland Milford Sound - According to my friend, this is 3D view of the mountain! Haha :P
Fiordland Milford Sound - 3D view mountain