I will be accompanied by Ben and we will be spending 12 days there, 7 out of which will be spent up at Mount Ruapehu skiing! Itll be my first time skiing too so Im pretty stoked. Our “tour guide” will be none other than one of my best friends, Ronald whos wedding Im attending in January(see my previous post about being a groomsmen) and will meet his fiance for the first time over the week.

Back to skiing, Ive been watching the weather reports eagerly hoping the weather works out for us and learnt from Haemogee how to read an ISOBAR map and forecasted the week Im there to start off abit wet but eventually turning to clear skies for the rest of the week!

When we are back down from the mountains, we have a couple of things loosely planned over the 3-4 days with Celeste, another one of my childhood friends!

Heres our list:-
-Waitamo Caves:  we havent decided which adventure we will take, any suggestions?
-Underwater World: We will check this place out when we are back in Auckland, there were some really good reviews about it. *cross fingers* and hope I can bring my camera in there(probably no flash photography)
-Sky City:  Drinks at the swanky Sky City absorbing the magnificent views.
-Kingslander: As a Salsa dancer, how can I go to a city and not go dancing! We will be meeting up with Hamish, a temporary Brisbanite who lives in New Zealand to dance.

Those are the main big attractions that we are aiming for. Now, I have a dillema, I believe we have 2 free days that have nothing planned for them and we want to visit some wineries and maybe some other tourist spots, maybe a coastal area of sorts. I would REALLY REALLY appreciate it if you could share your Auckland, New Zealand experiences  with famous wineries and maybe, the hidden treasures of Auckland.

ps – Oh, I forgot to mention, I will bring you back a surprise gift of sorts from New Zealand for your thoughts on interesting spots around Auckland =D

pps – Im not kidding about the gift, I will personally mail it to you if youre not located in Brisbane!

Im not that fond of bars when im sober(Designated Driver) cause thats when you notice the sticky floors, shoving around, really really corny jokes plus watching all the people around you make a fool of themselves. 10 minutes into the bar adventure, a slightly older man, probably about 50s if I would give a guess joined Ben, Tobey McGuire(a look-alike) and I in a conversation.

He was basically totally ignored so I decided to take the liberty to make extra small talk with him. I noticed he was acting weird, but nothing could have prepared me for the next 20 minutes. Here are a few snippets of the conversation.

Conversation 1(after some menial small talk)

Old Guy: So, do you have a girlfriend?

Me: No

Old Guy: Are you looking for a girlfriend?

Me: Not at the moment

Old Guy: Oh, why not?

Me: …..(didnt answer)….

Conversation 2(as he was leaving to get another drink)

Old Guy: I would like to see you again, what do you think?

Me: maybe

Old Guy: Maybe? what can I do to make that a yes?

Now that I look back at the exact words he said, its so blatantly obvious where he was going with this but its really not the same in person(plus im pretty slow and was tired)

Me: urm…..(wtf? in my head), yeah, you go get your drink and ill see you back here….

At this point, I was telling Tobey Mcguire about my encounter but he assured me that it was nothing…

Conversation 3(after he gets his drink, walks back and stands next to me *sigh*)

Old Guy: I would really like to see you again..

Me: Maybe in some other circumstances….(as you can see, Im way too nice to tell him off -_-)

Old Guy: How about over coffee? Can I have your number?

Me: urhh….no….Youre making me uncomfortable…

Old Guy: alright…

Me: Im going to make a move now, its getting late and I have an early morning appointment(I wasnt lying)

Old Guy: ok, youre a beautiful boy

Me: *stunned* (wtf?)

I then proceed to evacuate Normanby Hotel dragging Ben and Tim out with me to tell them about what just happened….yeah, they couldnt stop laughing…its definitely one of the weirdest things to ever happen to me. What a way to start off my 24th year huh =/

Seriously...

Im totally speachless..so, apparently, Im a beautiful boy?…