July 9, 2012
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Auckland 5 Dec 2011(E)
The toughest part of Auckland flight is the jet lag. 5 hours ahead of Hong Kong meaning that you could not sleep at night as it is too early for you in your clock. Instead you will be sleeping in the morning until afternoon. However, our pick up time is always in the morning. When you are ready to sleep, you are called for the flight.
If you do not drive, you cannot really get anywhere except walking in the city. I believe New Zealand will be a destination which I will go when I am much older. No rush, I am just resting here and do whatever I can.
By staying at the hotel underneath the sky tower and knowing that it is free for crew to go up, there is no reason for me not to go there for a view.
View of Auckland from Sky Tower
There are things we feel so familiar with, but it is very different when you look at it from different angles.
Not sure how many people know that I have very serious problem with height. Putting my feet on top on this transparency glass took me a long time. However, once I look down through my camera, my fear was gone. Kam used to tell me that he felt the same when he was holding his camera and shooting at the top of Tsing Ma Bridge. Now, I understand it finally.
I do not usually think there are things that I will never do in my life, except this- jumping off from a building, a bridge or a plane.
Unless one day I would like to commit suicide,however, I am quite sure I would be fainted before I jump off.I checked that there will be a Milonga held at a restaurant along the seaside which was within my walking distance. So, I headed there around 9pm.
On the way to Cafe Limon, I crossed a road with this advertisement on.
Sometimes, we have to talk to ourselves this way, isn’t it?Cafe Limon Milonga on Wed night
So excited to find the place and confirm that there will be Milonga later on that night. I sat down and had something to eat. Waiting for the tango dancers to come.
It was a cozy and small cafe in front of the sea. The sea breeze was great and people were very nice.
I was very impressed with the manner of those men in Auckland. After dancing with the first man and he found that I was a visitor from Hong Kong, he then introduced me to all the men in the Milonga. So, people said hi and we started to chat. They all invited me to dance one by one. It is not only about dancing that make me happy, it is more about being welcomed by the community.
I had a great night dancing with all of you. Thank you!!!
