Saturday, April 7, 2007

2nd Day in Auckland

Hongkai, BinJuan, Veron and Liling on our way from Aotea Market
Me at Sylvia Park Mall (the biggest in Auckland)
Me, Liling and Veron in Binjuan's room

This morning we woke up at 10.30 am and left Binjuan's place at about noon. First to fetch Veron to see the doctor, and then to visit Aotea Market, located just 10 minutes walk from Binjuan's place. There was nothing much for me; I think it is like an Ang Moh Pasar Malam. After lunch, where we finally got our taste of Auckland's Kiwi Egg Burger Meal, we drove to Sylvia Park Mall which just had it's 3rd phase opening a few weeks back. Sylvia Park Mall is arguably the biggest mall in Auckland and maybe New Zealand (think of it as a cross between Vivocity, Suntec City, Marina Square and Singapore Expo). We spent about 3 hours walking around, separately from the girls of course. Managed to buy a jacket. Spent about half an hour watching some kids playing Formula 1 on a Playstation 3 which costs about NZ$1150. After that, we drove back to find dinner. It was a toss-up between Pizza and Japanese food. In the end, we had to settle for the pizza which was take-away because parking cost $5 for 1st half hour, $8 for 1 full hour and maximum of $15 which was extremely expensive. It is both stressful and unfriendly driving in the city.

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