Photos at Auckland

離開 Auckland 之前，影了工作地方附近的，及另外一些照片，謝謝欣賞

Before leaving Auckland, I've take some photos around my working place - the Chinese restaurant, the album include other photos as well. Thanks for viewing

I'm in Rotorua now

I am now in a hostel located in Rotorua, cannot use my own laptop and just let all of you know I am fine.
And I've goto a outdoor hot spring last night. :) What a wonderful experiense when you sitting in the hot spring and the sky is full of stars.
WIll keep update.
;)

開始遊北島

好幾日無 update, 其實我經已開始我嘅遊北島之行，而家去過嘅地方有 Bay of Islands，Whangarei, Tauranga.
我就係大隊司機，幾日都揸左成千公里，哈哈
我都希望多啲時間可以打返多啲嘢，upload 多啲相，今晚都夜，有時間我會快啲 upload 相！

好久不見

How are you?

參與華人婚宴

有機會在這邊參與了一個華人的婚宴（擺酒，當然唔喺人地請我去，喺打工嗰到有客擺酒）
感覺幾特別，不過就訓聽日要返工，我會快啲 update 架啦！

永遠也會有你想買的東東

離開香港時一直認為自己有的電子物品經已太多，但其實一直希望有個能打點中文的東東（要支援倉頡）自己的電話一直不能支援倉頡，雖然這是個學習國語併音的好機會，但始終有心無力，香到 iPhone 和 iPod Touch 能安裝倉頡，即時心動，可惜無錢，都係想吓算啦。

Crocs 之奇遇

話說某年某月某日，小弟喺呢邊工作嘅時間，腰包同鞋比人拎走咗（因為開工時包包同其它物品要放埋一邊，而開工時要著黑鞋，但喺對黑鞋實在不甚舒服，所以返工前同放工後我都會換返對 Crocs。

照平常咁換好晒嘢，就放低我嘅個人物品，而常日有一個旅行團嚟我嘅工作地方，相信我個腰包同鞋喺比領隊當作“没人認領物品”拎走咗，其實責任在小弟身上，因為我放錯左地方。

其實我喺工作嘅時間係唔係知我嘅嘢比人拎左，直到有人打比我，話比我知搵到一個包包，入面有我啲嘢我先知我個袋比人拎左。不過搞笑喺佢打嚟問我識唔識呢個人，講左好耐佢先明白我就喺物主（因為佢搵到我個電話，喺因為我本筆記有張核突紙寫咗我個手提電話號碼），跟住就係安排點拎返個袋。我諗左好耐，其實都無必要立即拎返（雖然啲嘢好重要，但係唔緊要）點知對方非常好人，搵 Courier 送返個袋比我，而且仲唔收我錢！最後我當然順利咁拎返個包包，入面仲咩都齊全！

大家可能奇怪，明明叫 Crocs 庂奇遇，點解只係講個包包呢？其實係因為佢地只係搵到我個袋，搵唔到我對鞋，不過經已算喺不幸中嘅大幸。

最後我都喺呢邊買左另一對 Crocs，因為著住黑皮鞋同行山鞋嚟揸車始終唔係咁舒服。原本打算買扮 Crocs 或老翻 Crocs，但手感麻麻，所以都喺買返堅嘢，價錢同香港差唔多。

故事到此，其實未完結，上個星期（8/1），有人來電，再問起呢件事，問我喺唔喺遺失左一對 Crocs :D！我估大家都做到事情發展落去會點，不過今次我唔好意思叫人送比我，所以約左佢第二日上返佢地 Office 拎返對鞋。

呢件事令我感受最深，唔係失而復得，而喺人地點都搵方法去比返啲野你，如果呢件事掉轉喺香港同大陸發生，我估我都無咩機會拎得返我啲嘢，又或者人地會問你收返錢。雖然唔同人都同我講過，話 NZ 呢十年治安差咗好多，但喺我諗其實好質素的 NZ 人，仲有好多，只喺大家無遇到。

詳述樓面工作

其實大大話話都做左兩個星期，等我詳細少少講吓份工啦！

雖然份工話由十一點開到下午三點，但係如果想食早飯，就要十點半返到去，食飯有啲咩呢？早餐嚟講，多數會有三個餸，會有菜有肉，白飯就任食，不過由於我習慣食少少嘢先揸車，所以都唔會食特別多。比較印像深嘅餸，我估喺牛腩？因為無諗過會食到，不過聽賣點心嘅姐姐講，好嘢都喺唔好食咁多，因為佢真係好嘢嘅話，老闆點解唔拎去賣呢？而午飯方面，就會有啲賣唔出嘅點心同會有炒飯炒米咁，好唔好餸就要睇吓嗰日好唔好生意啦。

之前講過十一點開市，其實十點四十五分就要做最後預備，即喺得十五分鐘食飯，不過唔駛錢唔好要求咁多（但係其實喺唔喺變相減工時 > 減人工？）。有啲咩要預備呢？例如洗吓魚_ ，睇吓各個“站台”啲嘢齊唔齊，仲有當然喺睇吓啲枱同餐具放得好唔好咁。

雖然話十一點開門，不過有客早嚟唔通趕佢走咩，不過都唔常見的。
有客嚟，會發生嘅其實同香港差唔多，都係開茶同叫嘢食。點心呢邊仲喺推車字或者人肉推銷，不過當然有例外就喺太早同太遲，就會落柯打叫嘢食啦。

咁賣嘢食就無我份，不過有時都有客叫我落柯打，最初去廚房落柯打，成個傻仔咁，搵邊個師傅又唔知，點落又唔知，慢慢過左兩個星期，大約都知要搵邊個師傅，亦都無再比人當傻仔。而其餘做嘅都係收吓碟呀，收吓籠呀，有人走左要快手快腳咁 set 返好張枱咁囉。到差唔多收工，就要預備好聽日要嘅野，跟住就收工食飯！

雖然好多野聽落都好簡單，但係做落都有一定技巧，例如點樣可以兩隻手收最多杯碗碟，雖然呢啲經驗對我無咩用，但係試吓都幾特別。

我估我份新工大約係咁啦~

再一次有新工作

我搵左份新工，都無同大家講吓喺咩，其實係喺一間當地嘅酒樓做樓面。

點解搵呢份工？因為原來聖誕後，呢邊喺唔興開 party，有部份店舖更可以休息至二月先開門，大部份都係一月八日先開工，所以唯有再搵工。

等我又講吓搵呢份工嘅經歷，話說睇報紙搵工，咁見到呢間酒樓請人，聽呀香港爸爸講呢間喺呢到其中一間最有名嘅酒樓，應該唔會呃員工，咁咪去試吓。點知一去到話見工，二話不說就經已話請我，仲話最快可以第二日返工，可惜第二日我有野做，所以就改遲兩日先返工。

就係咁，就見成左份工，不過份工只係做早上十一點至下午三點，所以人工都有返咁上吓（低）。不過好在佢一日包兩餐（早餐同放工後有一餐）都可以幫我節省返少少。

至於做野做咩呢？小弟身份係一個樓面，要做嘅就係開吓茶，收吓碟，點心籠咁。話辛苦就唔辛苦，好多野都好簡單，當然工作當中會有啲特別嘢，例如點樣可以一次過拎六位嘅杯碟去一張吉枱呢？點樣可以一次過收晒四個人食完飯留低嘅杯碟呢？完來所有野都要慢慢學，以我第一次做呢類工作，要學嘅野都仲有好多。

打住咁多先。

又一個星期

原來又一個星期無打 blog,因為我由就業不足變左做就業啦，雖然都未係搵好多錢，不過日子就過得好快，而家我呢邊係 23:16，聽日唔駛返工，等我聽日打個詳細少少嘅 blog entry 啦！
:)

摸蜆 @ Shakespeare Regional park

話說我第一次去 Shakespeare Regional park，因為潮汐關係，我摸到零隻蜆，於是決定喺boxing day 後一日再去一次，不過今次就多啲人，有我，小方，香港人傑少同哩兩位來自巴西嘅朋友仔。

今次我地一行人約三點半到達，我地就即刻開始摸蜆。

摸蜆活動我喺香港嘅時間都有參與過，到咗呢邊，分別好大，分別如下
1)　啲蜆太多，一手摸落去都有三至五隻
2) 有限每人拎幾多 （其實香港都要限，不過似乎政府唔會點做嘢？）
3) 無咩特大同特細嘅蜆
4) 公園有設施比你即燒

好快咁我地就摸到每人五十隻，再喺個 regional park 影吓相，咁就預備返去煮蜆。
不過今次有啲樣衰，因為無準備大膠筒，只係得個紙箱加大膠袋，可惜個膠袋無耐就穿左，我地唯有倒晒啲水，返去先再浸蜆。

返到去傑少同巴西朋友嘅住處，嗱嗱聲去浸蜆，跟住就煮飯同預備炒蜆用嘅嘢，由於物資所限，我只係有豆豉、蒜頭、酒、豉油、糖同鹽。
亦都因為嗰到只得電爐，唔夠熱，為左節省時間，我決定同時用上三個煮法，分別係白烚，炒同埋焗。

唔知喺蜆嘅品種定係因為我地浸嘅鹽水太多鹽，就咁白烚嘅蜆都好夠味，不過最受歡迎嘅始終都喺炒蜆。不過我第一次炒嘅蜆，我覺得真係麻麻，不過韓國朋友就食得好滋味，食完仲眼光光望住個碟嘅蒜頭豆豉，問我喺咩黎，蒜頭當然易解釋，係豆豉麻煩啲。至於個焗蜆，由於一個人睇三個火實在有難度，結果有少少煮過火，食落就有少少磯燒元貝嘅感覺。

少少可惜喺無影完食品比大家睇，不過有機會我都希望炒多次好味嘅蜆比自已食吓！
:)

As I went at the wrong time last time (tide up), I decided go to Shakespeare Regional Park again to pick cockles again - at the day after boxing day. This time we've got a new combination, me, little Fong, Kit and 2 fiends from Brazil.

We've arrive there around 15:30, and we start to pick cockles once we arrived.

Actually I've do similar thing in Hong Kong too, but there are many different between HK and here, like:
1) There are too many cockles, you can get 3-5 cockles "per pick per hand"
2) There is a limitation about how many cockles you can take away here (actually I think Hong Kong need that too but it seems that the govt. is not going to control that?)
3) The size of cockle is similar, no extra large of extra small size
4) There are some facilities that can let you grill the cockles in the park

As there are too many cockles, we've pick enough in a short time, and then we just travel around in the park and taking photos. :)
And then we head back to the accommodation of Kit to prepare our "cockles meal". However, as I don't have a large plastic box with me, so I use a carton box and a large plastic bag for taking the cockles. But we are so unlucky that the plastic bag damage, so we have to drain out all water from the bag.

When we back to the accommodation, I put the cockles into water immediately so can let it spit out the sands inside it, during the time waiting it spit out the sands, I prepare what I need for the cockles meal. And as I wanna save some time for cooking, I decide to use 3 methods to cook the cockles, boil, fire and "grill" (I am not sure the terms, anyway its put the cockles in the oven.).

I am not sure its because I put too many salt in the water (that for it spit out the sands) or the cockles itself is so salty, the taste of boiled cockles is good enough already. But the fire cockles still become the star of the cockles meals. One Korean friend look at the empty plate (without cockles) and ask me what's the remaining is, and how I cook that. However, I still think the taste can be better if I have more time and more materials to cook the cockles.

Anyway, I wish I can make it again with a better taste next time!
:)