怀缅，追思

【爱之光】十一月份

周年怀缅，追思已亡

我所属的『忧苦之慰』支团刚庆祝了成立54周年。

这个华文支团，应该是堂区历史最悠久的一个善会组织，最接近的另一个是圣文生济贫会，有四十年的历史了。

回想起三十多年前刚搬到加影时，我心仪要加入的组织是侍卫团（Warden），因为这是我在吉隆坡的玫瑰堂所参加的组织。指引教友入座，收献金，维持交通是我习惯的工作。

我尚记得在某一年的玫瑰堂主保日，因为有庆典，所以停车场要关闭。我被指派一早就到教堂指挥交通。我一个人把交通管理的井井有条，没有任何状况或困难。我想当时的人（教友）比较温和有礼，也有替代的停车位可以使用。假如是现在，可能很多驾车人士会不听指示，会争吵，会蛮不讲理，可能还会动粗。

加入圣母军是件偶然的事。当时的传道员梁姑，邀请我来参加圣母军开会。我当时对圣母军是个什么咚咚，毫无头绪，只因为是盛情难却，就来看看吧。

我想是团员报告的工作引起了我的兴趣，进而继续的到来参加每个星期的周会。我记得当时团员有很多探访的工作，但缺乏交通工具。他们都得乘搭公共巴士，包括去吉隆坡参加区团会议，非常的费力费时，但他们的精神，使我肃然起敬。当时我是有车人士，可以使用我的汽车载团员去做拜访工作，感觉上是能够助他们一臂之力，但我确实也很喜欢探访的工作。

从经验来说，我觉得邀请有兴趣的教友来参加周会，可以使到他们对圣母军及其工作有更多的认识，进而吸引他们。正如耶稣对约翰洗者的门徒说的：“你们来看看吧”（若1：39）。不过我们这里的上级部门有指令不能邀请非团员到来列席周会，这可能会剥夺了别人想多认识圣母军的机会。同样的，也会给外人一个误解，圣母军的周会很神秘的，里面有不能让外人知道的秘密议程。

转眼三个月的时间过了，接下来就是宣誓作为团员，接下来就是当上了职员，接下来就认识了很多朋友，接下来就去过了很多地方，认识更多的朋友，接下来。。。。三十年就这样的过去了！

如今情景仍在，但斯人已去，梁姑已经回归天国十多载。当时我加入的支团团长张志明兄弟，也在数月前，蒙主恩召。我的工作伙伴，常常一起出外做拜访工作的李德兰姐，今年也回归了天乡。

好多位后辈，长则十年，短则五年，都因不同的原因，离开了圣母军。庆幸的是，圣母继续的召叫了新的团员进入本支团，使到这个支团能够继续的蓬勃发展下去。目前我们共有20位团员。

在这54周年的欢庆里，一切光荣都归天主。这个支团生存了超过半个世纪，见证了好多为主作出奉献及牺牲的团员及神师们的努力及坚持。这里要特别怀念已亡的苏召德神父，陈安当神父及张学礼神父，他们都是圣母军的大力支持者，是圣母军的恩人。他们现在都安眠在加影圣家义山里，愿天主赐给他们应得的赏报，安息主怀。

在这追思已亡的十一月份里，我们记得所有逝去的军友，他们是我们学习的榜样，永远都活在我们的心中。

愿我们的已亡团员，以及一切已亡的信友，赖天主的仁慈，得享安息。阿门。





梁姑之墓

三位神父之墓

Jet boating 汽艇

Jet boating is an extreame sport. We enjoyed the ride very much.

On the night before we left New Zealand, I saw from the TV news that an accident occured at 3:00pm at the Shotover river where we were a few days ago. A boat (same as above) crashed and five passengers were injured.

We took the same boat ride and it was really exciting. it was dangerous but safe. Government is investigating the cause of the accident.

Would I ride a again? YES!

飞快汽艇是个极端的运动，我们非常喜欢。

在离开纽西兰前的晚上（22/11/10)，从电视新闻里面知道，在Shotover River 河道中，于下午三时左右，发生一宗意外，五名乘客受伤。这是我们在几天前到过，也乘坐的同样的船。

这飞快汽船游，非常危险，但也安全。

我是否再坐这船？会的！

Favourite Sunday breakfast 星期天是早餐

My favourite Laksa + milk tea

It is good to have our favourite Laksa (curry noodle) and Pan Mee (soup flour noodle) again.

好久没吃我们喜爱的叻沙及板面了！

My wife's favourite: Pan mee

Catechetical Jamboree 主日学生活营

Two weeks before leaving for holiday, an invitation to conduct a 3-hour session to a group of Mandarin speaking secondary students at our parish year end 3-day Catechetical Jamboree was sent to me.

Knowing the difficulties facing the Mandarin speaking community of finding facilitators, I accepted the invitation even though talking to youth is an unenviable task to me. I am weak in conducting session for youth.

This morning at 9:30 am, I faced a group of 30 enthusiastic youths .... ha ha ... to my surprise, many of them are my Facebook friends!

Their warm welcome settled me immediately....

The theme of the day is "walking with the Lord".

Besides the usual inputs, I sent them out in groups for a "walk with Jesus" to Kajang town, allowing them to see their familiar town through the eyes of Jesus.

A video presentation on the lives of 3 blind, severe mentally impaired youth was screened and discussion followed.

I thought it was a good session.

A total of 380 Catechism students, (primary & secondary schools), from 4 languages participated in this Jamboree. They will have camp fire party tonight.

My greatest respect and appreciation to the teachers and volunteers who have been working very hard towards the organisation of this camp.

Praise the Lord.






























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大约在我出国旅行前的两个星期，我收到一项邀请，给参加主日学假期营的华语中学生们一个三小时的讲座。

华文组常常在主办活动时，面对讲员的困难，所以我答应了。其实带领青年人的讲座，是我既不愿意的事，因为我没有此专长。但因为是自己本身的堂区，也得该帮忙吧。

今天早上九时半，我面对一群为数三十位的青年，他们的热情，使我很快的放松。原来他们之中，有好多位是我面子书的朋友呢！

今天的主题是『与主同行』。

除了通常的一些讲题传达，我分组的派遣他们『与基督同行』，到加影街上走走，透过基督的眼光，看看他们这熟悉的街道，商店，行人及环境，寻找新的视野。

过后，我放映了三个失明，严重智障青年的故事，然后让他们分享各自的感受。

我自己觉得这个讲座还算不错。

总共380名来自四语言的要理班学生参加了这个假日营。今晚他们将有一个营火联欢晚会。

我非常的赞赏及恭敬要理老师及志工们的努力，办好这个假日营。

感谢天主。

Back to work 工作了

Back to work.

Arriving home last night at about 10:30 pm. It was a "grueling" seven hours forty minutes flight on a Boeing 747 Sdyny-KL . It was about 40 minutes faster then KL-Sydney flight on a Boeing 777.

Life is back to normal after finding myself in the office at 8 this morning.

For more than 2 weeks, under the cool weather, no sweat at all. I am felling good after doing some physical work and got my self sweating .... It is good to be back too!

The modern and comfortable departure louge of Sydney Airport

悉尼机场非常现代化及舒适的离境厅

又是工作了。

昨晚大约十一点半抵达家门。 这次回程是乘搭波音747，飞行时间是冗长的七个小时四十分，但比去时的波音777 快了大约四十分钟。。

今早八点就到了办公室，生活回复正常。

凉爽的天气，超过两个礼拜没有流汗了。今天特意去做了一些体力工作，流了些汗，感觉非常的好。回到家，该也是乐意的事。

Seventh Aussie day 澳洲的第七天

"come and dine with me".

On Father James' invitation, we have dinner last night at his house at the Church of St. Paul of the Cross.

Fr. James is a good cook. The Chinese wine Pork was super-super delicious.

The dinner with Fr. James concluded our wonderful visit to Australia/New Zealand. We would be flying back home today in the afternoon.























“来和我一起吃饭”

陈凤祥神父邀请我们到他的家（十字架保禄圣堂）昨晚和他一起吃晚餐。

陈神父是为厨艺高手。他为我们烹煮的『酒曹猪肉』可以说是“没得顶”！

陈神父的晚餐，也结束了我们这趟澳洲/纽西兰之旅。我们将在今天下午飞回马来西亚。

Sixth Aussi day 澳洲的第六天

Our road trip in New Zealand covered a distance of 2620 km.

We were backed to the warmer Sydney at about 7:30 am local time yesterday (Tuesday). It was warm (23 degree) and clear blue sky.

It was our sixth day in Australia.

We have our favourite Beef Soup Mee and bought some stuff at the supermarket. More Mangoes and cheery.

In the evening, Nam's parents invited us for dinner at a club - Dooley's Catholic Club, a huge building with multi level parking facilities.

Don't expect smiling Wardens like in the church to welcome you. A fierce dog ... a big fierce dog... oopss...actually a huge human being behaving like a dog because he was supposed to guard the entrance to the club by checking on the membership cards.

Actually, it was a Jaga (security guard we called back home) manning the entrance. Sometimes Jaga demand attention and respect ... by showing their authority ... authority to guard. Once in while, an overzealous guard thought of himself a guard DOG and behaved exactly like a DOG! It's (not his) attitude was really &%$#@**!

After passing through the guard dog, Tony and I were seriously considering whether to remove our association with the word CATHOLIC.

Our resolve strengthened after entering the building.

I saw big crowd coming to the club .... 2 different types of crowd at the club. They were not coming to the club for formations, Bible studies, praise and worship .... nothing to do with religion.

I saw big crowd at the restaurant. It served good food with reasonable prices. Customers queuing up to order food.

I saw big crowd at the Casino. There must be more than 200 slot machines of many kinds ..... people putting coins and waiting for the God of Luck to answer their hearts' desire. I was told this Casino generates millions of dollars for the club ...The Catholic Club.

Any way, the dinner with Nam's parents, Li and Pan, was wonderful. The place was nice and comfortable and the food was great.

After dinner, we went back home to have tea.

Bryan has made and sent in the afternoon a Cheese Cake for us to celebrate our upcoming 34th wedding anniversary. He was not with us because of his classes.
















我们在纽西兰，总共走了2620公里的旅程。

昨天， 23/11/2010， 回到了悉尼。这里比纽西兰热的多。我们在悉尼时间早上七点半回到，天气很热（23度），蓝天一片。这里的太阳真的是刺眼，炙热。

这是我们住在悉尼的第六天。

我们格别一个星期后，再去吃那我们喜好的牛肉粉，然后去超市购买了一些物品，也买了芒果节及樱桃。

在傍晚，Nam 的父母要求我们到一家俱乐部用晚餐 - 杜丽天主教俱乐部。这是一间非常大的建筑物，设有多层停车场。

请别想好像教堂那样有人热情的欢迎或招呼你们（天主教吗！）。一只狗，一只很凶的狗在门口等着你。。其实，是一个凶猛的看门狗在（或者是一只像狗的人） 在检查每个进入俱乐部大门的会员卡。

那是一位保安人员(我们马来西亚称为Jaga) 在站岗检查每一位要进入这个俱乐部的人，看看他们是否有会员卡。但他的态度实在是令人厌恶。

进入了这个门口之后，我和东尼正在严肃的考虑我们是否要把Catholic 这个字从我们的宗教里删除掉。

在进入了里面之后，我们的心意更坚决。

我看到很多人进来。这里有两种人进来。他们不是进来参加培训，或慕道班，或圣经分享或其他与天主教有关的活动。

我看到第一种 - 他们都挤在餐馆里。这里有一间很大的餐馆，也就是我们要用餐的餐馆。许多人在排队点食物。

第二种。他们都集中在小赌场里。。是的，赌场。看来这里有超过二百架的老虎机，五花八门的下注方式。好多人都在那里，集中精神的放银角进入机里，等待天主回应他们心中的欲望。我听说这个俱乐部——天主教俱乐部，每年都及有好几百万的收入，来自这个小赌场。

无论如何，今晚的晚餐吃得非常的乐意。餐馆布置还好，相当舒服，加上美味的食物（西餐），收获不错。

晚餐后，我们回到家里，泡茶谈天。

今天下午，我的代儿子Bryan 特制了一个芝士蛋糕，送了过来，以欢庆祝即将到来的结婚34周年。

NZ （9 ） 纽西兰

At Akaroa

The last day of our holidays in New Zealand. It is sunny, blue sky….and hot!

This is the only day of such weather greeted us for the past 8 days in NZ …and I don’t like this “so good” weather because it is scotching hot under the sun although the temperature is about 15 degree C.

I count our blessings for the past 8 days of cloudy, short sun sunshine, rain and cool.

Today we went to a place out of the beaten track, Akaroa in Banks Peninsular, about 80 kms away. Nothing special to mention until we reached the end of the winding and mountainous road - a beautiful Frenchy seaside resort town – Akaroa.

I guessed majority of the population are French descendants. I saw French flag flying in many buildings and houses.

We have fish and chips, authentic NZ Fish and Chips, for lunch.

At 8:30 pm, we went out for Burger King, authentic NZ beef burger, for dinner.

We are busy packing because we are flying back to Sydney tomorrow morning on 7:00 am flight.

It is a wonderful holidays for us！

Before leaving New Zealand, a thought and prayer to the 29 miners trapped underground. God have mercy. Mother Mary pray for them and their families.


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1. A church in Banks Peninsular damaged by earthquake
2. Beautiful scenery of Akaroa and Bangs Peninsular
3. Ice Cream eating sparrows
4. Greedy sea gulls
5. Beautiful St. Patrick church in Akaroa




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今天是我们纽西兰假期的最后一天。太阳高照，蓝天晴朗，非常的热。

这是我们在纽西兰八天里，第一天有这样的天气迎接我们。

但是我认为我们非常幸运的在过去的八天里，有时多云，有时短暂太阳及下雨，但都很凉爽。反观今天，整天都是艳阳高照，走在户外，虽然只有15度，但阳光刺人，晒得头都要爆裂，皮肤干燥，我不喜欢这样的天气。（我们的国家天天都有！）

今天我们到一个不是很多游客的地方 – Akaroa， 离开基督城大约80公里。

路上没有什么特别的景观，但在弯曲及斜陡的公里尽头，出现了一个充满法国风味，环境优美的海边休闲胜地 – Akaroa.

我才猜想这里这里的人口，大部分该是法国移民的后裔。这里许多商店及住宅，都挂上法国的国旗。

我们在那里享用了道地风味的鱼扒及薯条午餐。

晚上八点半，我们出外购买道地的Burger King 汉堡包作为晚餐。

我们现在忙着收拾行李，因为明早将乘搭七点的班级，回到澳洲的悉尼。

这是个难忘的假期！

在还没有离开纽西兰之前，我特别记得因地下煤矿爆炸而受困，至今毫无消息的29位矿工。求主垂怜，圣母玛利亚请为他们及他们的家人祈祷。


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1. 受地震影响的一间天主教堂
2.Akaroa 的美丽景色，及半岛的远望美景
3.吃冰淇淋的麻雀
4.爱吃的海鸥
5.美丽的小教堂

NZ （8 ） 纽西兰

With our comfortable stay at Callies Bed & Breakfast hosted by Jenny and Bruce and their family, our journey to the South Island, especially the scenic lakes and Fiordlland completed with a high note.

After breakfast, we bid farewell to Jenny and Bruce. When we were about to leave, Chris came with yet another Trout he caught at the lake near his house which is slightly down the slope where we stayed.

We were heading back to Christchurch (375 km) which we would stay another 2 nights before going back to Sydney. Enroute, we stopped at Moeraki to see the famous “Moeraki Boulders”.

The boulders are round in shape. These boulders were formed in ancient sea floor sediments through a process similar to the formation of the pearls where layer of materials cover a central nucleus or core.

When we arrived at Oamaru, it was raining heavily, so we drove through the town but did not stop. However, we stopped at Timaru and to our surprise, it is a fairly
big port city. We found Timaru Sacred Heart Basilica, which is very grand and full of history.

It was raining all the way and we arrived at Christchurch at about 7:15 pm. We have Kentucky Fried Chicken for dinner.

Due to the rain, the weather is very cold tonight.



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我们舒适的在Dunedin 过了一晚，就结束了纽西兰南部湖泊风景区的行程。

和那友善的旅馆主人夫妇告别后，我们见到他们的女婿Chris 手上带来另一条的Trout 鱼到来。原来是他钓到的。

我们今天将回到女皇镇，再过两夜，就飞回悉尼了。

途中，我们停下来，参观了Moeraki 海边很特别的圆大石。他们是在深海里，长年累月的累积而成，它的过程就好像珍珠的结成一样。

路上下着雨，所以我们没有在Oamaru 小镇停留，然后往北上，到了 Timaru, 我们到这个镇里参观了宏伟及充满历史性的Timaru Basilica 圣心大圣殿。

沿途下着雨，我们在傍晚7:15 pm 抵达女皇镇。我们简单的以肯德基炸鸡为晚餐。

因为下雨，这里今晚的天气很冷。

NZ （7 ） 纽西兰

Already one week in New Zealand - the 7th day.

We said goodbye to our friendly and gracious hosts Jane and Dave and the comfortable log cabin (above) at about 10:00pm for Dunedin, a city in the East coast of South Island. It was a journey of about 220 km.

It was raining, windy and a little bit cold and gloomy. We past t
hrough many small towns, one of them is Gore, a beautiful and quiet town. We have coffee at one of the cafe to enjoy the fresh and cool air and quietness of the town. It was 5 degree C.

Arrived Dunedin at about 4:00pm. Dunedin is a coastal city famous for Penguin watching and Albatross conservation.

We drove along the Otago Peninsular, which was opposite the city of Dunedin for accommodation.

We found a nice B&B place and dropped in to inquire. This was the beginning of our good fortune.

Jenny and Bruce, the hosts, are friendly, the place are fantastic, cosy and comfortable. (two rooms + breakfast at NZ 200.00)

Their son-in-law Chris just caught a Trout this afternoon.... we requested them to cook for us dinner.... they happily obligated. Later we learned that Chris was formerly a pro-Chef in a restaurant, now he is doing freelance catering.

The dinner of roast Trout and BBQ Trout were fantastic.....and delicious!

This evening, we have the opportunity to see Albatrosses (flying in the sky), seals at the Fort Taiaroa (the tip of Otago Peninsular) and penguins coming home from hunting after dark.


































今天是我们在纽西兰的第七天了。

离开了友善的小酒店注入夫妇，我们将前往在东岸的 Dunedin，全程大约220公里。

今早下雨，天气有点冷，并且显得阴沉沉的。不过我们轻松的驾驶，沿途经过好多美丽的小镇，其中一个叫 Gore 。我们停下来，喝咖啡，欣赏当地的有效气息，及美丽的市景。

我们住进了一家环境优美的『床及早餐家庭式小酒店』 (B&B).

主人非常友善好客。除了早餐，我们也要求给我们准备今晚的晚餐，因为我们看到主人的女婿钓到一条大鱼。

他们很乐意的接受我们的要求。主人女婿，原来是一位专业厨师，给我们准备了一顿丰富的鲜明鱼晚餐。

我们在傍晚，也观看到了这里特有的一种鸟类及海豹，还在晚上，到海滩观看到企鹅一群一群的从觅食中，回到岸上。

Comfortable room 舒适的房间


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NZ （5,6 ） 纽西兰

Day 5 & 6 in New Zealand.

Day 5, 18/11/2010.

After saying goodbye to the capital of adventure, we left for Te Anau, the gateway to Milford Sound.

The drive to Te Anau is another experience. Vast plain, miles and miles of flat pasture land, thousands and thousands of sheep and cows. Great scenery.

Arrived Te Anau, a small town with lakes and snow-capped mountains around 2:00 pm. It is the only route going to Milford Sound, one of the famous Fiordland attractions.

We scouted around town and decided to stay at a cabin motel at NZ $100.00 per cabin per night, a bargain during off peak season. (Peak season starts in December).

We have time to go sightseeing in the nearby places.

We went to Manapouri, a small time 20 kms from Te Anau.

We decided to push further to the southern most city of South Island – Invecagil, about 150 kms from Te Anau.

In New Zealand, government designated some scenic roads for tourist to sample the beautiful country scenery. So we took the scenic road to Invecagil.

Again it was miles and miles of pasture land and rolling hills with tens of thousands of sheep and cows. We passed through many beautiful small townships too.

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Today, sixth day in NZ, we drove 120 km to Mildford Sound. The journey took about 3 hours with many stops and photography sessions.

It was raining in Mildford Sound. We did not see the whole view of the place especially the mountains, but have the opportunity to see hundreds of waterfalls due to rain.

We also saw seals upclose.

We took the small ship to avoid crowd, and it brought us closer to view places especially seals and penguin (saw one only).

It was quite an experience. Please see my Facebook pictures (sixth day).


这是在纽西兰的第五及第六天。


第五天， 18/11/2010.

我们离开美丽的『世界探险之都』-皇后镇，前往更南部的 Te Anau，然后到世界闻名的Milford Sound，这里是世界出名的Fioardland峡弯之地 （峡湾是因冰川侵蚀造成的）。

去Te Anau 的路途，是望不见经尽头的草原，山丘及上万的羊群及牛群。风景美极了！

在下午二时左右到了Te Anau。这是一个沿湖而立的小镇，雪盖的群山包围，是到Milford Sound 必经，也是仅有的一条通道小镇。

我们到处查问，最后决定在像民居般的小屋住下。因为不是旅游高峰期，所以我们拿到相当合理的租金，每间纽币100元。(十二月是高峰期的开始)

因为我们还有时间，我们就到附近的地区观光。我们先到20公里外的Manapouri 看看。后来，我们决定在往下走，到纽西兰南岛最南端的一个城市 ，一百五十公里外的Invecargil 去。

在纽西兰，政府有立定一些郊外的公里，为风景道路，让游客有机会看到美丽的纽西兰乡区。这次，我们也是选择了乡区道路，虽然路程会稍微长一点。

沿途又是美丽的及平坦的草原，成千上万的羊群和牛群，还有好多美丽的乡村小镇。

请参看我放在面子书的照片。（Queenstown to Te Anau）

今天早上，在纽西兰的第六天，我们一早就启程前往大约150公里外的Milford Sound,沿途停下观看及拍照，所以共用了三个小时才抵达目的地。

因为下雨，我们没机会看到这个峡湾的全貌，但却看到了百千个大大小小，因下雨而形成的瀑布。

我们乘坐较小的船，避免和众多的游客拥挤，而且小船也可以带我们更靠近观看景点，特别是海豹。

请参看我面子书Facebook的照片(第六天）。

NZ （4 ） 纽西兰

Our fourth day in New Zealand. Temperature at 18 degree and slightly cloudy. Cool.

We are at the Adventure Capital of the World, cannot afford not to be tempted by the many activities offered in Queenstown.

Indeed today is an adventurous day for all of us.

At 12:15pm today (New Zealand time) Tony has realized his long held dream by successfully completed his first Bungy jump at Kawarau Bridge, the historical site of world’s first Bungy jump. It was an act of courage and determination.

Later in the afternoon, we bought a package of Shotover Heli Combo ( NZ $265 per person) which consists of :

1. Jet Boating at Shotover river,
2. Scenic helicopter transfer back to Queenstown Skyline Gondola Complex on top of a hill in the city,
3. Skylift,
4. Luge ride and
5. Gondola (cable car) ride back down to the foot hill.

Firstly, Jet Boating. The excitement and fun can only be experienced in person. Speeding at 80 km/h the jet boat swerving and spinning along the beautiful and rocky river canyon course, making many precision maneuvers, passing outcropping rocks by mere inches… 360 degree turns…sheer spectacular show of skill and professionalism by the boat driver and is an unforgettable and breathtaking experience!

After the boat ride, we were taken to a helipad to board a helicopter for 10 minutes return flight to Queenstown. Great view and great experience.

We continue our adventure with Skylift and Luge ride. Quite fun.

At about 5:00pm, we took the Gondola back to the city.

Continued with our adventurous mood, we bought some beef from the Super Market and have a pictureque BBQ picnic by the Lake Side of Wanatipu.

In New Zealand (Australia too), government set up charcoal and electrical BBQ pits for the convenience of her citizens. We cannot have such facilities because of theft and vandalism, but also babi /no babi issue !

Our day ended with a leisure stroll at the Marine Parade (lake side) at about 8:00 pm.

*** Hotel broadband services are sucks! Even expensive hotels give 15-20 minutes free WIFE at lobby only. You have to pay around NZ10.00 for duration of 2 hours (1000MB) from your room… Third world mentality.




























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纽西兰的第四天。天气凉爽，多云，气温大约18度。

来到了世界探险之都，你很难不被这里多样的活动所吸引着。

今天是我们出去探险的一天。

今天本地时间十二点十五分，东尼实现了他长久的梦想 – 在世界『笨猪跳』的发源地，加瓦劳桥（Kawarau Bridge）成功的完成了他生平第一次『笨猪跳』。这是一个有胆量及坚决的行动。

在下午的时候，我们购买了一个『汽艇直升机』混合配套（每人纽币265元） ：

1. 乘坐汽艇
2. 乘坐直升机回到市区的缆车站
3. 乘坐升天椅
4. 滑车
5. 乘搭缆车回到山脚的市区

峡谷汽艇是个毕生难忘的体验。以时速八十公里，汽艇飞驰在狭窄的峡谷河道中，和岸边的岩石擦身而过，仅隔数寸而已。船手以高度的专业技能和控制，在河道中蛇行奔驰，加上360度的旋转，使到大家都惊呼了不起，也非常享受这旅程。

嘶喊的汽艇游过后，我们被接载到直升机坪，乘搭十分钟的直升机，来到了山顶的缆车站。令人惊叹的美丽风景，迷人的山谷及市区风光，确也是一个令人难忘的经验。

在缆车总站，我们乘搭升天椅，到山顶，再驾滑车溜滑而下，相当好玩。我们可以重复的玩5次，不过三次已经是相当够了。

最后，在五时左右，我们决定乘搭缆车回到山下。

我们还是不愿意就此结束一天的探险活动，所以到超市买了牛肉及一些配料，到美丽的湖边做烧烤晚餐。在这里，政府准备电炉设备给公民使用，非常方便。这样的设备假如在马来西亚，不只连炉给人偷去或破坏，还有很多争执 – 要煮（猪）还是不要煮（猪）！

享受了简单及悠闲的烧烤后，我们到市区的湖边公园稍微散步，在8时左右，结束了这刺激美妙的一天。

**这里的酒店，不过多高级，也顶多给15-20分钟免费无线上网（在酒店大厅而已）。在房间有线上网，纽币十元两个小时。落后落后极了！

NZ （3 ） 纽西兰

Scenery on way to Mt Cook
去库克山脉的沿途景观

Day 3 in New Zealand. It was slightly cloudy and cool.

Lake Tekapo left an indelible impression on all of us as a beautiful and idyllic destination. We enjoyed the stay there.

Today we traveled further south, to The Adventure Capital of the world … better known as the founding place of the Bungee Jump – Queenstown.

Immediately after leaving Lake Tekapo, we turned into Mt. John University Observatory which was about 20 minutes away. It was situated on top of a hill, therefore guided tour groups seldom make it here. It is recognized as one of the world best observatories and star gazing spot of the world.

We have a 360-degree view of the whole Lake Tekapo and the surrounding farmlands, hills, valley and the distant snowy mountains.

Then we proceeded to the Aoraki Mt. Cook. The drive to Mt Cook itself was an unforgettable experience … or more appropriately, dream journey. The lake and glacier capped mountains practically appearing right in front of us … so close and so real.

Due to adverse weather condition, we were not able to have a glimpse of peak of Mt. Cook.

We continued towards Queenstown which was about 250 kms away. Roads are straight and flat, snow-capped mountain constantly appeared, many beautiful lakes too as we drove for miles and miles of country roads.

Our trip to New Zealand supposed to be a self-drive, budget journey. However, we changed our minds on certain things, accommodation is one of them.

Again we decided to stay in a lakeside hotel at the heart of Queenstown … so you can guess how much it bites!

But the view is fantastic, the room is comfortable … with Jacuzzi!

Dear children, please do not be envious, old cows deserve some good grass sometimes!

At one of the many beautiful lakes - Lake Pukaki (pull kaki)

On top of Mt John Observatory

若望山天文观测站

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这是我们在纽西兰的第三天。有云，也有太阳，凉爽，大约18度左右。

Lake Tekapo 给我们留下了一个深刻的印象，是一个悠闲及美丽的景点。我们我们都非常喜欢这个地方。

今天我们将继续往南下，目的地是女皇镇 – 世界探险的首都，更是『笨猪』跳的发源地。

不过在离开Lake Tekapo 的时候，我们马上到大约20分钟车程的若望山天文观测站（Mt John University Observatory）。这个观测站建立在一座小山上，是世界知名的天文观测站及观星的最佳地点之一。普通的旅游团是不会到这里来的。

在这里，我们可以有360度远眺Lake Tekapo 湖的全景及邻近的农田，群山，河谷及远处的雪山。

过后，我们就续程到库克(Mt. Cook) 保留公园。全程来回大约一百公里的旅程，实在是美丽的令人难忘，或者可以说是梦想的旅程。沿途湖光山色，覆满冰川的雪山，蓝色的湖泊，竟在眼前，几乎可以触摸的到。

只是天不作美，到来库克山脚，刮风下雨，看不到远处的最高库克峰。

离开库克山脉，我们续程到250公里外的女皇镇。这里道路平坦笔直，旅程非常顺畅。大约在下午四时左右，我们地达目的地。

这里充满度假的悠闲气氛，许多酒店，度假村，旅游代理及餐馆。

我们这趟纽西兰之旅，本来是自己驾车的经济逍遥游，但我们临时改变了好多项事情，住宿就是其中的一项。

我们见到了这里的美景，决定进住到一间湖边的酒店。房间舒适，景观美丽，还有Jacuzzi!

我们的孩子们，请不要羡慕我们，老牛也该吃点好草！

入乡随俗，吃鱼扒及薯条 follow the NZ - Fish and chip

NZ （2 ） 纽西兰

Second day in Christchurch.

Cloudy but no rain. The temperature was cool ( like Genting Highlands) with occasional ray of sun broke through the cloud, allowing us a short glimpse of the blue sky. That was enough to get me sun-burned. Sun-block and moisturizer in this region is very important to protect your skin.

Feeling a bit dismay and gloomy, but cheered up when we finally got our rented car – a 2005 Camry at NZ 69.00 per day unlimited mileage. We left Christchurch after breakfast.

We took the scenic road (Highway 72) to Lake Tekapo instead of the normal tourist route. The scene was breath-taking. We went through small townships, rolling hills and many many sheep and cattle. We still have the chance to see the beautiful wild flowers along the way.

We stopped whenever we liked, ate whatever and whenever we chose … Driving along the scenic country roads was such a great relaxed and wonderful experience.

The view near Lake Tekapo was great … with snow-capped mountains as the back drop, yellow flowers blooming along the road sides.

At last, we arrived at the world famous Lake Tekapo and the little church by the side of the lake- The Good Shepherd Church.

We allowed ourselves some luxury by staying at a motel by the lake side.


这是我们在纽西兰的第二天。早上天空多云，凉爽（好像云顶高原般），偶尔太阳冲破云层，短暂的看到蓝天。虽是没有很多太阳，但已经足够把我皮肤晒得红红的。所以，在这地区，防晒工夫必须做足，免对皮肤受损。

天气使得我有点心情低落及沉闷，但拿到了所租车之后，心情马上好转。我们租用了一辆丰田2005 Camry，每天租金六十九纽元。

我们今天将南下，到闻名的Tekapo湖及屹立在湖边的善牧教堂观光。我们不走通常游客的路线，而用了国道72号，风景优美的郊外路线。平坦的草原，远方的山丘，美丽的民宅，鲜艳的路边野花，还有很多很多的牛和羊，真是一个心旷神怡的体验。

我们随心意，想停就停，想吃就吃，任何时候，任何地方，自由自在。

将近Lake Tekapo 湖的风景非常优美，远方雪盖的山峰，清晰可见，加上满山的黄花，的确迷人。

我们也看到了游客指南里，一定提到的善牧小教堂，它就屹立在湖边的小丘上。

我们决定对自己慷慨些，今晚就住进了湖边的汽车酒店，坐在门口就可以欣赏到湖及雪盖的山峦。

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