English_Practice I went to the Hamilton Garden at weekend because I bought a car before. I felt a little anxiety because I drove at first time after coming here. It was not problems to just drive. I was a little confused due to different from Japan. Hamilton Garden Overall The Hamilton Garden is open at 10 a.m. I thought there are a lot of flowers in the garden, but this is concept gardens. ...
English_Practice Barista School Overall I finished my English school for 26 weeks and I learned how to create coffee at the barista school because of useful in the future. I was teached how to create heart latte art and 8 kind of coffee in 5 days course. I got a qualification and knew how to cook coffee after paying $600. To be honest, I can learn it from videos. I’m not sure that it is worth $600 with a qualification. ...
English_Practice I had a student visa when I came here, but I wanted to stay for a long time so I applied for working holiday visa. I will write about working holiday visa someday. I extend my visa for 1 year so I bought a car because I thought I would like to go around in NZ. Moreover, I wanted to try to stay in my car. Therefore, I bought it. ...
English_Practice I think this event is similar to a matariki event. Anyway, I joined the Wharenui event. This is held at the Civic. Moreover, it costs free. In addition, there are some events such as misucal, shows and live there. I came there at first time so I thought I want to see some performances once. Wharenui Event Details I saw knitted objects in this event. Like this. These objects normally put in this house object. I listened to music and voice inside by accident. The light using live was used usefully. ...
English_Practice I received an IRD number before. I needed to register on myIR, but I felt bored because of calling. However, I gonna graduate the school and I will start to work so I decided to activate my myIR account. I’m not sure other way how to activate, but someone quotes this page. myIR_Process Firstly, I accessed this webpage and filled in an IRD number, name and birthdate. I got the order which the view was written after filling in an userID. I later called and the voice AI asked requirement. ...
English_Practice The ice skating rink was set at Aotea square in Auckland. I have never seen it in Japan, but it might be ordinaly oversea. As I wrote about matariki, I played a lot. This was also a schools activity. I have played once, but I don’t remember. I remember that my father had injury before. Ice skating fee Adult cost is $25. Student cost is $19 on every Wednesday. The charge includes ice skating shoes and a helmet. When beginners are not good at playing ice skating, they can use kind of carts. We don’t worry about falling over because center of gravity is put front. ...
English_Practice I went to the Auckland Zoo last Sunday. We can see variety of animals, but I took photos because there were a few rare animals. Zoo Australia and South America I went to Australia area at first. For instance, emu, kangaroo and tasmanian devil. Moreover, I recorded a video due to parrots strange behavior. I feel mysterious because I watched its tongue was unique moving. I went to South America area later. There were mainly monkeys. For instance, squirrel monkeys, golden lion tamarins and spider monkeys. ...
English_Practice I took it easy because of holiday on last Friday called “Matariki”. “Matariki” is new year’s day of Maori and it depends on annual date. However, it’s same that the date is Friday on June. Ice Skate I saw the ice skate at first. I think staffs set up it and they can build easily. There are loads of people inside so I didn’t enter, but it looked fun. ...
English_Practice I went to ambury farm because my Thai friend recommended it. It’s free so anybody can enter it. ambury farm bull and horse I saw bulls at first time. My imagination is that cows are female but I saw bulls there. The warning is written on the sign; Don’t approach their territory. I have seen them a few times so I was surprised when I saw them. They moved their tongue to eat grasses so it was interesting. I felt complexed because tasty tongue is made of them. ...
English_Practice My friend went back Japan suddenly and he said he wanted to do bungee jumping. Therefore, I did bungee jumping with him. The company manage it as the same company manage the base jumping at the sky tower. Bungee Jumping Preparing I did it on weekday at afternoon. It should be fine when I booked on the day. I could choose reception which I use a bus or go to there directly. I decided to use the bus. ...