saw a pair of nike basketball shoes lately in the mall here. NZD440 !!! wtf? i wouldn't buy it even if i'm very loaded. a pair of Creative speakers (i mean normal ones) costs around NZD120 when i could easily get it for 130 RINGGIT!! my sister bought Jay Chow's album from China and guess how much they cost? 5 RMB! alright... maybe i'm living in a different country now, everything seems to be too costly for me. i remember when i first arrived in uk, everything seemed untouchable, but after a while when i got used to the currency, i spend whatever that's necessary. the kiwi currency is definitely lower than the British quid, but the technology here sucks. for you kiwis out there, i don't mean to be rude, but everything here is too expensive, and technology wise - back home in my country there's more gadgets than in the kiwi land. i used to compare malaysian goods with british, you know the answer for sure as to which country is more advanced. but comparing nz to malaysia? the answer is new to me when i first got here....
now i'm used to it already, what i like about this kiwi land is the scenery, the cleanliness, the simplicity. the people? alright, so far i find the people here are not as polite as in uk, but at least they're more polite than malaysians. take a simple example, do u ever expect a greeting at the cashier in malaysia? that is not a possibility. you can't argue with my point. it's just plain fact.
take one more example: driving. if you're in malaysia, would u let ppl turn before you do? don't have to tell me the answer. it's simple and short: no. why? if u let ppl pass, the car behind you would rev up his engine ( i assume it's a he instead of a she, as most malaysians who do this are guys ), instead, u turn in as fast as you could. in the kiwi land, we don't usually do this. we let people pass whenever we could. we want to be polite. we are gentlemen. sometimes, i think the people here overdo this. the rules here emphasize Give Way Rule, which i think is too much of a nuisance. in fact, they are too confusing. for you kiwis, you probably would understand what i mean by 'confusing': when you are turning left into a street on your left... what i think is, keep it simple, do what your instinct tells you! currently listening to Black Eyed Peas - Where is the Love?