sushi therapy

when sad
eat sushi with lotsa wasabi
and blame that green stuff for all the tears

i would walk five hundred miles (and five hundred more!)

top to bottom:

polished pebbles on the river bank at Franz Josef Glacier, South Island

green green grass in Taupo, North Island

autumn fallen leaves in Arrowtown, South Island

couldn't help falling in love

with every inch of land i'd set my feet on

and yes,

i would walk five hundred miles

and i would walk five hundred more

if that would bring me to the kiwiland again!

p.s. against mun onn's better advice, i still wore the canvas shoes instead, but lucky me it only got wet once throughout the trip when I brilliantly decided to stone-hop in a stream!

colours of the nature

top to bottom:

long clouds and blue sky, north island

green leaves and dews in little river, south island

well-polished pebbles on Rakai River bank, south island

red autumn leaves in arrowtown, south island

Li'l Jessie

Jessie was the little 2-year-old girl whom the daugther of my farmstay host in Karamea, Lakei, would baby sit sometimes. She reminded me a lot of my own nephew, Ethan, mainly because of their age.

I captured this image while we were playing football outside the farmhouse one afternoon. Jessie was so lively and always on the move. When asked to smile at the camera, she would do the exact same face as captured in the shot above. I guess that's her idea of special 'smile' for the camera since she was already smiling and laughing most of the time even without being asked!