Saturday, September 22, 2007

Christchurch Day IV

Today me and my sister woke up late. It was close to lunch time when we woke up. When we are ready, we went walking round Cathedral Square and the city center to look for Chinese restaurant for my dad would like to eat rice. As we walk, we discover a lot of interesting shops like a lot of video game shop, arcade (they have Initial D Stage 4), sport shops, adult shops and etc. We were close to give up when we saw Sampan House Restaurant, the place we were searching for ^_^

 

We were so happy and we ordered a nice meal. The waitress was nice. The Asian Chinese there would actually talk to you in Chinese and show you the Chinese menu instead of their main menu. We then ordered satay, pork ribs, broccoli, spicy squid, Chinese dumplings and fried rice. It was delicious ^_^

 
 
 

After lunch we waited for my mum to come back for her conference ends after lunch since its the last day. When she came back, we went to Antarctic Centre for a trip to see the Antarctic Expedition and how it is like in Antarctic. As we enter, the workers took a picture for us. Then in the first room there are some history about the Antarctic used as a based. Right after that there was a stimulator room. It was made to stimulate the weather conditions in Antarctic. It was freezing cold. Bbbbbbrrrrrrrrrr...

 

After that we went and see the penguins there. They just got some new blue penguins recently and they are personally hand feed by the caretakers there. We got there just when the penguins are being feed. The caretaker would be cradling the penguin and place the tuna fish in their mouth. After the penguin area we went to another part of the expedition area. Here they show the tools used and also tells us more about Antarctic. There was something like the solar system but there was only the Earth and the Sun where it shows how the Earth rotates around the Sun and how often there is sunlight in Antarctic.

  

Besides that, there was a place where visitors can try on the clothes worn in Antarctic for photo taking session. My sister was excited bout it and took picture of herself wearing one of the coats. As she was busy taking her picture, I saw the box of food that was send to Antarctic. There are all can food and the way it was packed in the box is so compact. The food in that box is actually to cater for bout 4-8 people for one meal.


There was a big screen showing pictures of the Antarctic towards the exit. 
There were beautiful
pictures where you see snow everywhere and you do not know where you are unless you carry a compass I think ^_^ The pictures of the seals and penguin's are so cute. At the gift shop, my sister can't resist but bought a soft-toy Husky and a cute small Lamb. Currently the Husky is in Australia with her while the Lamb is with me.

Before we left, we took another picture for my brother didn't go in with us at the first time. They are cool in taking the picture for us. We then bought one of the picture set which consist of 2 big pictures, 4 postcards, a CD-Rom on Antarctic and the booklet. They gave us our first copy of the pictures also. They are so kind. 



We then head off to Botanic Garden for my mum and sister haven't been there. We took a short walk there and also some photos. It was very cold that evening. We ran about to gain some heat. And yes, we look like idiots for we were the only one doing that in the park besides the small kids. We then came across a big tree where the trunk was low. My sister decided 
to climb on it and  asked me to take the photo of her on the trunk then also the tree to show how big the tree was -_-" 


 

 


We then went for dinner since it was getting dark. We went to another Chinese Restaurant but I forgot the name of that shop. We saw it when we were walking back to the hotel after lunch. So we went there and order dinner. There are more students at this restaurant compare to Sampan House but the price is slightly higher than Sampan House. We ordered a mix meat fried rice, a small bowl of white rice, mix vegetables, cashew chicken and one more dish which I forgot what it was -_-" Unfortunately we forgot to take pictures during this meal ^_^

 

After dinner we walk round Cathedral Square where the Cathedral was beautiful. Then there was a touch like figure there. It was bright along the streets so there was no fear of walking in the dark like in Malaysia. As we walk back to the hotel, we stop to get some chocolates for my sister is like a chocolate addict but she didn't grow fat due to that -_-"

  

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