the day started with me waking up at 5.30am, allowing myself extra time to pack up all my other stuff and to make sure that i've got everything before shutting the door behind me.
i drove myself to work, and when i got there, 2 of my colleagues were already there (Sade and Shanae). 15 minutes later, Kevin turned up, and that was just before 7am.
no one else turned up for another 20 minutes, and all 4 of us were starting to get restless. We started txting the people who weren't there yet, but they turned up eventually at around 7.25am.
everyone started throwing bags and luggages to the back of the van and some of us went up to the staff room to get the food that were left there. our journey finally started at 7.45am.
the drive down wasn't all too bad - Deidre was our designated driver for our trip and it was all good. Shanae sat up front in the passenger seat, Peter and Kevin in front of me, myself and Sade in the middle seats and finally, the 3 monkeys (Eli, Darryl and Teina) right at the back.
Teina and Eli were singing and playing away on the mini guitar they brought along, and we played some silly and childish games all the way there. Kevin and Peter were the only ones sleeping for almost the entire drive down -.-"
games aside, there were a lot of teasing and a lot of laughter - and i could really feel my abs tightening from all the laughing sessions.
the boys got hungry after a while so i took fed them the brownies i brought along. not too long after finishing my brownies, they demanded for a stop at McDonald's for a proper meal, and this was in MataMata...about an hour's drive away from Rotorua.
when everyone was well fed and happy, we took off again and got to Rotorua about an hour later. we checked into our rooms - 3 rooms all together for 9 of us. we got all our luggages out of the van and checked into our bedrooms and rested for a while. me being the hyper one, i ran up to the boys' room (which is also our meeting room) and started annoying all of them there. HEHEHE. later on, the others came up too and then we had a short briefing.
after that, we took off for the skyline and luge. we had heaps of fun there but Shanae didn't like it at all since she's afraid of heights. we had a mini race on the luge and i came 3rd place. HEHE not too bad aye, for someone small like me!
we then went off to Kerosene Creek, and it's a natural hot springs. Eli jumped in first, and he said it was cold, but no one trusted him so everyone continued stripping and getting changed in the bush and quickly jumped into the river. 5 seconds later, everyone was going "F*** IT IS COLD! F******KKKK!!!!!" or "TEINA! I THOUGHT YOU SAID IT'S A HOT SPRINGS! IT'S F**KING COLD ALRIGIHT!" hahahaha. apparently it was because of all the rain from the previous days which made the river really cold. the sand however, was really warm but you'll have to dig in quite deep to keep your legs warm.
10 minutes later, we hopped out because everyone was shivering and shaking from the cold. at one point, while i was getting dry and changed in the bush, i heard Eli shouting "hey guys! wanna see something big in my shorts? .....oh wait. maybe later!" if you didn't get that joke, Eli was trying to say that his package has shrivelled due to the cold. ROFL!
we then took a long drive back to our motel and did some stuff and relaxed. i stayed back in my unit instead of going to the boys' room coz i wanted to hop into the spa bath that was right beside my bed. heh~ stayed in there for about 30 minutes with Deidre and Sade while watching tv and then i hopped out for my nice and rewarding shower.
lots of time passed while we were busy playing silly games, or watching rugby on tv, or just talking nonsense and more teasing. dinner was pizza from Dominoes and 4 boxes just wasn't enough for 9 adults. everyone ended up munching on some junk after that.
after dinner, it was time for our group meeting where we had some brainstorming session and problem-solving session. it was all good, and once that was done, we played a few more games which totally made us all crack up, but you've got to be there to enjoy it :)
photos!
that's Teina, on our drive down
Darryl and Eli, in the back seat
Teina and 1/3 of me
the boys at the back seat
me, taken by Darryl
Sade (she's leaving soon. *sigh* one of my closer female colleagues at work)
Darryl and Deidre playing the shock tank (it gives out shocks when one tank shoots the other tank)
Teina and Eli playing the shock tank
pretty and savvy Sade
us girls in the spa bath, having a bubbling good time!
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and those are all the pics i have from day 1. no pictures from the other places coz i didn't bring my phone or camera along. apparently, Kerosene Creek has a lot of thieves lurking around so we didn't bring anything valuable. i think Teina has some pics so i'll get it off him once it's on bebo.
