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8 January 2021
Today I go to Takaka again for a summer break. I can’t believe that it has already been 11 months since I had been there. Despite the monotony of life in the Covid-10 world, 2020 went past very quickly. New Zealand is still enjoying its New Year holidays and it was an easy drive to […]
1 December 2020
Above: Released on the official first day of summer, 1 Dec 2020. My flight touched down around 0840 on Tuesday two weeks ago, so I am allowed out from Managed Isolation at the same time today. But due to traffic for Kim coming to pick me up during rush hour, I advised the facility that […]
30 November 2020
Today is my last day in Managed Isolation for I will be free at 0840 tomorrow. But I’ve organised Kim to pick me up at 0930 because traffic would be bad otherwise. I have kept to the routine that I had set but wasn’t as strict and didn’t set targets like when I did my […]
20 November 2020
Today is Day 3 of my Managed Isolation; the day of arrival is counted as Day 0 here. So far, I’ve got myself into a routine. My previous experience with quarantine in Kuching really helps with the discipline. My routine is roughly as follows: 0645: Wake and coffee. 0730: Yoga including sun salutations. 0830: Breakfast. […]
17 November 2020
Arrival in Auckland We arrived nearly an hour early into Aotearoa (New Zealand), landing in Auckland at 0840. Seemingly the standard nowadays, we disembarked in batches. After a brief healthcheck of temperature (in the ear) and whether we had any symptoms, we cleared immigration and collected our bags. It was all very quick as there […]
5 August 2020
Should I go or should I stay? I had been toying with the idea of going back to Kuching to see my 93 year old Mum. I had already missed two trips, one in April and another in June, due to Covid-19. And my next trip to see her is booked via Taiwan, Japan and […]
27 May 2020
Pretty soon, it was time to head to Queenstown airport for Jo and I to fly back on the 1505 flight to Auckland. While distancing was in place at the airport and on board, normal inflight service of coffee, tea, water and cookie had returned since our flight few days ago. It had been a […]
27 May 2020
Kim seems to have a revolving door stream of visitors. As we leave today, David is flying down to join him here. After picking up Dave at the airport after 0900, we called by A J Hackett’s bungy jump site at Kawarau Bridge. They had said on the phone yesterday that they were fully booked […]
26 May 2020
Today we took a drive to Wanaka. I’ve been several times before but this time Kim wanted to take us to the National Transport & Toy Museum. We had a recommendation to grab lunch at Big Fig cafe. It certainly didn’t disappoint. They had a good selection of salads available. Three salad choices with a […]
25 May 2020
This morning, Greg left us, flying back to Auckland. For ourselves continuing in Queenstown, we have an easy day catching up with friends over lunch and dinner. We walked into town again late morning for lunch with Caroline, an old friend of Kim and Jo’s. She along with her husband Ross have owned various restaurants […]