10,455 ViewsI was so happy to be given a chance to work in a vineyard! Well, it wasn’t in my bucket list (cause I don’t have any) but I do enjoy drinking wine and it sounds really cool to be working in a vineyard. It’s kind of like my second coolest job (after the ski
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Week 23 – Thoughts about going home
1,828 ViewsI’ve been in New Zealand for 5 months and counting and today (Sunday) is my 160th day here in New Zealand. If you haven’t already realise, I do have a daily counter on my Instagram account @flyhoneystarstravel where I upload one post everyday to mark my time here. These days, my life is getting
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Week 22 – Things can only get better right?
2,010 ViewsYep, I did reached my lowest point in my entire working holiday adventure in the past week. Just a short recap in case you didn’t read last week’s entry – my car broke down on Sunday night and it had to be towed to the workshop. In just one week, my account balance dropped
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Looking for accommodation in New Zealand
3,186 ViewsI’m pretty sure this is a worry that everyone has on their mind before arriving in New Zealand. Sadly, it’s a worry that will continue to haunt you throughout your entire stay (assuming that you do move from town to town, staying at different parts of the country). In this entry, I will be
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Week 21 – My emotional roller coaster
1,905 ViewsHello there, it’s currently 12:30am on a Monday morning and nope I’m not asleep. I’m not going to work tomorrow but I’m gonna wake up early in the morning to message my supervisor and inform him that I was not able to go work today as my car broke down last night. I could
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Working in an Orchard: Apricot Thinning – Working Holiday New Zealand
2,998 ViewsAlright, this is the second time I’m writing this because my previous post which I spent 3-4 hours on it disappeared the moment I pressed the ‘Published’ button. Hopefully I do a better job with my review this time round. In my search for horticulture/viticulture payslips (required for visa extension), I ended up working
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Week 20 – Moving on.. to the next orchard
2,241 ViewsFinally! I’m done with chasing agriculture/viticulture payslips for my visa extension. Currently waiting for last week’s payslip to be emailed to me before finalizing documents to send over and be $280 poorer (weirdly, the visa extension for 3 months cost more expensive than my visa application for 6 months which was $245). Sometimes, it
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Week 19 – Getting comfortable by myself
1,850 ViewsIt’s Tuesday night right now which only means that I didn’t write my weekly update as scheduled on Monday night. It’s totally not easy to be disciplined but for the fact that I sustained this weekly blogging thing for so long feels pretty amazing. The next thing on my list is to add in