Autumn is here ...

dah confirm dah ....cuaca sejuk are here to stay ...walaupun belum winter, tapi cuaca tu sejuk semacam ....kalau kat Newcaste dulu, masa autumn, setakat pakai fleece jacket masih ok ..sejuk2 jugak but kat sini sejuk tu mencengkam sampai ke tulang .... and apparently, cuaca yang sekarang nie kira masih mild kata orang2 local yang aku jumpa ...dorang kata angin pun takde lagi ...padahal the other day, it was so windy and bunyi wind tu sepanjang malam sangat eerie ..and Sandra kata kat aku it was nothing ...you havent seen the realy windy wet Welly kata nya ....kata dorang, ngko tunggu lah masa southerly nanti, then you know what windy means ...so aku google ...rupanya southerly refers to that cold front from the south ..and selalu nya akan membawa cuaca sejuk and angin yang kuat ..like 120-160kmh ...and because of Welly's geographical location, memang kaw kaw lah angin from Straits Cook ke kota ini ....gilerrrr...but i have yet to experience that kind of wind ..no wonder lah semalam Jana and Alex kata jgn sesekali berangan nak pakai payung kat sini ...hanya tourist or org yang datang ajer pakai payung lol ...and also jgn lah pakai skirt pendek yang kembang2 tu kata nya ...coz tak pasal2 free show disebabkan agin ...kalau tight mini or skirt labuh takpe sebab it wont blow kata alex ;-) they were telling me not to do lah mostly ... nampak nya aku nie akan experience zaman2 sejuk beku lah nampak nya ...but worry not, segala macam jacket aku dah ada hahaha ...jacket untuk ujan ...jacket kalis air and angin ....jacket cantek untuk jalan2 ...and long coat pun ada ...ooo and my casual fleece jacket ....pas nie tak beli dah jacket ...coz no reason to buy more hahahaha .....

takpe ..kiter  tukar topik...kiter tunjuk gambar daun2 kuning dulu ...a sign that autumn is here ;-)

kat welly city belum banyak nampak daun2 kuning like this ...banyak hijau lagi ..but start to change colour lah ...yang nie gambar kat Otaki ...when we went there for lunch last weekend ....selain dari warna kuning daun berguguran nie ...it is sinonim ngan ujan and sejuk ....i hates it kalau sejuk, ujan and berangin ...memang bercinta nak kuar rumah ....macam semalam kan aku kuar ..ingat nak pakai dress ok ..yea lah nak gi party birthday kawan aku kat Havana di Wigan Street ...so memang ingat nak pakai dress etc ...sekali dari siang nya dah sejuk sampai ke tulang ...end up pakai baju tangan panjang with slack and boots ...so out of the original plan ...and on top of that kena pakai jacket tebal ...fleece was not compatible with the dress code pulak hahaha ....lagipun aku kan gi menapak, so have to be properly wrapped up for the occsion ....aku kan asthma ..so kena lah berhati2 dalam sejuk nie

muka nak keluar joli :-)

another thing is about ujan ...memang rimas kalau ujan ...kalau ujan renyai2 tu ok lagi ...kalau yang ujan macam kena jirus ngan air dalam baldi tu yang aku sekali ....and if i can help it, i will not be venturing out of the house pun ...like I did last weekend masa gi rumah Kak Shidah di Khandallah ....we all lepak2 ajer ...sambil tengok ujan :-) such a nice life kan??? 

 snap gambar from kereta ajer ...and it is such  gloomy day ...di kejauhan adalah Kapiti Island ...tempat cantek, tapi along that highway takde tempat for you to stop to take the picture ...

that's what you think - reality nya, i am beginning to feel that I dont have a life ...like today kan public holiday here ..it is ANZAC day ...macam red poppy day kat UK tu ...hari pengenang pahlawan dorang ..well, i have to work today ok ...coz assignment will be due soon ...tapi tak le aku work full day ...gi kol 1 and balik kol 5.30 ...tapi semua org buat cam tu ...like my fren Anita, Kak Shidah and a few others ...semua nya ada di opis masing2 as if tiada holiday pun .... i sort of know this is gonna happen to me ..coz I have seen this masa aku kat UK dulu ...and mentor kesayangan aku tu pun dok cerita how he would spent the weekends at the office just to get work done ...cuma he advised me to also have time to myself ..do something yang completely not work related ...and just get away from it all ...setiap orang lain keperluan yang berlainan...macam aku so far at least satu hari tu memang tak akan buat kerja ... i prefer sunday for my recreational day ...but i always make sure jugak I enjoy myself ...gi shopping ...window shopping ..food shopping ...or just jalan2 ..meet friends for coffee  and all that ...and baking is like a new stress reliever for me ...and talking to other phd students pun akan kata macam tu ...semua takde life coz will always be in the office ..or reading di rumah ..or other phd-related thingy ...but talking to those yang dah abis phd - they seem to recall that part quite fondly ...and mungkin nanti, pas aku abis, i will look back at this phd journey with kepuasan ...knowing that ini lah pilihan aku ..yang aku nak ...bak kata my opismate, you have to love what you do ..it is not like school where ppl or parents force you to study ....so kekawan doakan lah my phd journey ini smooth as a baby's bottom ...hehehe ...

poppies for ANZAC Day dekat Astoria Cafe, Lambton Quay

itu cerita2 yang gloomy ...tapi welly pun ada jugak hari2 yang happening ...like when it is really sunny and langit super biru ...masa aku sampai dulu kan summer ...ujung summer lah but the weather was unseasonaly warm kata the local ....it was nice for me...sebab nak adapt kan ...tapi now, walaupun sejuk, sesekali matahari muncul...it just transform the city ...terus nampak ceria ...

langit biru ...laut biru ...sejuk mata memandang ...tapi sejuk lagi tangan yang pegang camera nak snap gambar nie! This was taken kat jalan menuju ke flat aku ..hari2 lalu this area and see this view ..awesome sangat

this was taken last month ...masa aku balik opis around 6.30pm ..masa tu jam belum ditukar lagi ...so i guess it is still masa summer ...btw, ingat tak kisah aku yang jalan kaki with Nabil and Maryam from Hatatai ari tu??? well, we actually walked along that peninsular tu coz rumah Ensie is at the other side of that peninsular ...not far from the airport ..see how far I actually walked in the middle of the night!

hahaha nie saja nak tepek ...nie adalah view from tangga kat opis aku ..tangga shortcut if I want to avoid orang and buat kopi cepat2 tanpa sembang ngan sesapa ....can still get the view of Mount Victoria and Oriental Bay from here ...

but now, these are the usual scenery! Rain, rain and more rain .....nie view from tangga nak menuju ke dapur in my flat ...view of the city ...gloomy weather macam nie hanya sedap untuk tido! hahahaha tapi apa kan daya, my classes is nearly every day ...so nak tak nak harus kuar rumah ...ujan or no ujan

sekian laporan dari Ms. Welly ...roger and out (terkenan WeChat radio buruk fendi!)