Independent life? Practicing now

So many things have happened in these two days. It is already July, the coldest month in New Zealand. Grandma is very sick at the moment. Mum has booked the tickets and I took her to Auckland Airport. To other people, driving for 300km may be a small thing, but to me, it is a big thing. This was also the first time that I have driven from Ham to AKL without someone who actually knows how to drive (mum doesn't have a license). I am very happy that I have done it, but at the same time very sad because mum has to go back to Taiwan for my grandma. I wish that she will get better...and if she does not, I wish that she will go from this world without much pain.
Fuzzy and I have prepared the food, washed the dishes and clothes ourselves. Dad has hurt his finger from work. He will get better soon. Now it is the time for me and Fuzzy to live independently. I am sure we will be fine. The only thing that exasperated me was cutting vegetable into very thin pieces when I was hungry, apart from that everything seems to be easy enough. I almost broke the knot on the washing machine, but I put it back together and the washing machine worked fine. Whew...I will survive.

Outting to Te Kuiti

Dad drove us to Te Kuiti through High Way 30 yesterday. We have never been on High Way 30 before, and the scenery was quite spectacular. We passed a small water fall between rocks on a farm. The land was littered with rocks and you couldn't tell whether they were sheep or rocks. We saw a car rally in progress, although we didn't see the actual race, we saw the mechanics repairing the car. We went on to Taupo for dinner and it didn't rain all day. The petrol price is down 3 cents ($1.66/litre).
This holiday we can watch the soccer world cup, Ghengis Khan (DVD), and rent DVDs from the shop. I also keep up my daily walk when weather permits me. Up until now, I have watched The Constant Gardener, Pride and Prejudice (the new one with Keira Knightly), and The Queen Sheba's Pearls. The Queen Sheba's Pearls was a really good film talking about love during and after the second world war. The Constant Gardener is a little bit more contemparary, about pharmaceutical company trialing drugs in Africa and covering up deaths under the guise of AIDS. This reminds me of the recent story from the U.K. about trialing new drugs on humans and they died of multiple organs failure.
Today I watched The Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow. Quite entertaining.
I am also doing a questionarre from a potential employer. Wish myself luck for this employment opportunity. I am trying very hard to answer some difficult questions.

I, Robot blog edition

This looks quite cool so I entered my name and viola!



The bad weather has finally left New Zealand although some people are still without power. I have sent out yet another application for work and wish that I have better luck this time. I am always hopeful.
I am thinking that I may do some volunteer work, but there's a big voice in my mind shouting that I should find a job related to what I have learned instead of doing something I have no idea about.

Weather bomb

After a few days of good weather, the front is moving from the west and it is raining and very windy today. Despite the bad weather, we have done a lot in the morning. I have dropped off Fuzzy to her exam, then we moved on to my friend Dr.'s house. I have borrowed her CD for a long time and finally get the chance to bring it back to her. She is getting married in October. Congratulation! We then drove almost blindly to Hand tool to buy dad's toolbox. Now we know how to get there, next time I will not have trouble finding the place. Lastly we get to the bank.
CSI last night was pretty interesting, about a twelve years old genius who got her brother away from murder charge. She had directed the attention from her brother to herself so the jury found her brother not guilty. It is quite scary.
I went to the library to borrow five books. They will keep me occupied in the rainy weather.

Sunshine and pink hat

The Asian foodmarket is on sale today so mum and I bought the bulk food such as soy bean sauce from the shop. This year we collected three pens as gifts. They are more practical than mobile decorations. My mobile doesn't have an antennae to decorate.
Today is the Queen's Birthday so dad does not have to work, however, he is busy buying tools for the forklift repairing job. After a light lunch, I walked around the block, then take the old clothes to The Nest. Kids are sending newspapers to our neighbourhood.
The weather is great today. I should make the most of it before the sun goes down again.