Grafton Vista

Grafton Halls of Residence, where I am living now. I apologize for the lack of pics on my room, as it is in a horrible state of messiness now... Well, at least MY part of the room. Keat's part is squeeky clean and tidy, as we have come to expect of him. Haha...

View from Grafton Hall. The building that is bathed in the golden light of dusk (such a hopeless romantic) is the school of medicine, i.e. Grafton Campus. The building behind it is Auckland City Hospital, one of the hospital we'll be attached to for our postings (there's 3 others). The left building of the hospital has just been constructed, explaining the more posh appearence than the one on the right with the tall chimney.

The entrance to the med school. The students here love to hang around just outside the entrance after lecture, even if it means only 30 minutes before they have to return back to class. They carry all their bags along as well, which honestly, don't make much sense to me...

Greetings from Auckland

Kia ora everyone! I've arrived safely at Auckland on Monday, 29th of January 2007, around 12.20pm (NZ time, 7.20am in Malaysia). Too busy since I've landed to blog lol. Well actually, I'm quite free here at night, since there's absolutely nothing to do here at night, as almost everything is closed by 5pm. But I'm still suffering from jet lag till now, as I have this weird sleeping habits of taking a nap which last for 2-3 hours, woke up for another 2 hours before I can go back to sleep. I guess the sunlight might have contributed to my messed up circadian rhythm, as it shines brightly till 9pm!

Well I'll try to update this blog with some pics I've taken in the coming days. For now, I just wanna take a rest after a hectic week of orientation, which involves HOURS of walking lol. But walking around Auckland is a real joy, espeacially with all the beautiful scenery, sunny streets and cool breeze. Sad that I still can't a supermarket though hehe.

Stay tuned for more in the next few days! We're gonna explore the places around us in the coming weekend. And there'll be a sailing trip around the seas of Auckland this Sunday too!