Auckland in NZ

Kia ora.

I didn´t spend 24hours in Auckland. So it was really busy.
It has been 12-3 years since I lived in NZ. I thought if I get there I would remember everything, but I found out that I hardly remembered the places and directions when I got there. However as I went around I gradually getting familiar with my memory a little bit. It was very funny feeling, like exploring somewhere you see only in your dream and checking out the places if that's the same place as I saw before. Also my memory overlapped a lot with one for Sydney. Quite a few times I was thinking of shops, buildings or streets from Sydney. Maybe I was a student in both cities and actually the main roads (Queen in Ack and George in Syd) in the cities look pretty similar. Also the both towns have a lot of Asian things (lots of Koren restaurants in Auckland and they are really yummy!) and they both have ANZ.
Auckland got such a fantastic green, though. That makes Auckland much prettier. Especially visiting there from the yellow dry land of Melbourne. Their green is very very deep and so good to see. The colour of tree reminded me the one in my hometown in Japan too.

I visited the language school where I used to attend, the cafe where I used to work and the house I used to live. The school and cafe was easy to find, but the house was a bit of trouble. I still remembered the street number and street name though after 13 years, but not the name of suburb. I didn´t have the contact number, so I just decided to go there directly depending on my memory.

I took the bus with the destination which rings a bell somehow and got off somewhere after passing a little bit familiar building and I had struggled, but finally,not I remembered the view, but I just felt something in there, the little path, so I took the path and it lead me to the right corner!

I knocked on the door and a girl came out who had been 3 years old in 12-3 years ago. That was really good and interesting to see her as a teenager. we had a good talk even she didn't remember me (but she remembered my name). I saw my name was still on the wall of their play shed which her elder brother wrote 12 years ago (maybe that's why she remembered my name), but I also found the parents separated 6 years ago. Her mum who I wanted to see the most wasn't living there any more but near-by so she contacted her mum and found out she was at work in city. so I went back to city to meet her at her work, casino.

Then I finally met her and we had lunch together (it was her shout : ) ) She looked exactly the same as 13 years ago! actually she lost her weight, and looked even better. A lots happened for our lives during the 12 years. We had so much to catch up for the short lunch time and it was good to hear that she is having a very happy life now and I think that makes her look so good too.
It was so nice to see her and I was very lucky since she had been visiting Philippines (She is a Philippine) and just came back to NZ a two days before I visited her!! I usually have a great luck during my holiday and now I feel this holiday gonna be a good one as well by this good start in my first destination : )

Anyway I did all of this plus 1 night sleep within less than 24 hours so I was very busy and tired, but very satisfied and happy. Ah! I didn't even forget to renew my Maori pendant after 13 years. Couldn't choose one, so got two -one with paua shell and one with cattle bone. I 'm so happy about them as well. My new life guards after 13 years.