WHS 渡假打工

如何申请？

到New Zealand Working Holiday Website 选自己国家的scheme。 然后填妥相关表格，在缴NZD120.00 就可以了。

你必须符合以下几个要求：
1. Have a Malaysian passport that’s valid for at least 3mnths after your planned departure from NZ. (This is a must la!)

2. 18-30years old (他们只要年轻人啦！身强体壮！而且也只有我们还有时间从头再来。。。)

3. 不能带小孩一起来！（哈！）

4. At least have NZD2500 or show them your return ticket (怕我们来这里跳飞机啦！如你没那么多钱，也可以打你家人的主意，只要证明有人sponsor 就可以了！哈！)

5. 符合NZ 的health and character requirements. (没病没案底！要干干净净哦！)

6. 要以渡假第一，打工第二为目的！(不要在custom 就露出很爱钱的样子！要演要演！)

7. 之前没被批准以WHS在NZ混过。。。 (这是一生只能在NZ做一次的事！)

Can you find me?! I got 道具的！I am the girl who holding the Mandarin Orange! The backpackers here are all Asian: Malaysian, Taiwanese, Japanese and Korean...


****最重要的就是要有一个豁出去的心！Open Mind and Open Heart!!!可能你会犹豫担心：

1.我是大学生或白领阶级咧！ (我遇到一个女生，她之前在做pruning(户外工辛苦指数前3名)，现在在winery卖酒，晚上还要去当Waitress。但她原本在英国是位Lawyer…)    
2.我辛辛苦苦累积的工作经验， 要我这样就放弃，从头再来咩？！（有个男生，近30岁了还到处旅游打工，问他会不会担心将来的前途？他说他有医生执照，回国后再找工就好了。豁达man…  >.<）

3.我爬的Corporate ladder还蛮高的，薪水也不错咧！（这里还有人可以把之前工作的公司股票卖掉，就可以1，2年不愁吃穿，月薪至少马币5位数咧。。。他也不是跟我一样被“风吹雨打”，赚着血汗钱!哈！）

4.我那么娇贵，又有一双芊芊玉手，要我干粗活？！怎么可能？！（放心吧！这边一天赚的钱够你做很多次的Manicure! ）

5.我很high fashion 的咯！去NZ 打工不是要穿Gump boots, raincoat, stupid uniform?! (当你看到这里的日本女生去个超市穿得好像要去Tokyo街头逛街一样，你就不会心里不平衡了。。。而且不一定每份工作都会穿得丑丑的！)

6.去nz做酱笨的工，脑不是会退化？！（YES!!就是要让脑休息！就是要享受脑退化的感觉！你再也找不到这种难得的机会，让自己越变越迟钝，钱就越赚越多！专注能力可以变得超强的！）
7.我不敢一个人去咧！（这里几乎一半以上的人都是自己来的。。。我们两个人来，好像变得有点不够cool咧。。。这里的人都是在同一艘船上，会互相帮忙的啦！）

8.我不放心把我的darling一个人留在国内咧！搞不好会分手咧！（这里打回国，NZD2.00可以讲2 个小时！还有一些人，还有人把未婚夫留在国内，自己过来看世界咧！才几个月也经不起考验咩？）

9.我家有父母，3个妹妹，5个弟弟和一只小白要养咧！（em…这里赚的钱兑换成马币后，其实会比我们在马来西亚打工还多，也有人把薪水汇回国去养家的啊！）

10.我干麻要那么辛苦？！毕了业，现在乖乖做office工，存够钱了再旅行不就好了？！(我干麻要乖乖顺着一般的生活方式？！我现在有能力赚然后taste the life，拍得照也是年年轻轻的，不好吗？为何一定要等比较老了才旅行，花钱，享受才叫比较实际，比较会想？！)
11.我怕我吃不起苦... (傻咩？！我跟业建都可以挨得过来，你也一定行的啦！业建hor?!)

我不是在这里hard sell WHS 啦！只是要告诉那些很想要来但又犹豫不决的人，你既然想要来了，就不要扭扭捏捏！怕肮脏啦！嫌工作辛苦啦！来到NZ，你担心的问题都会迎刃而解的。而那些真的放不下，也不能说服自己来体验新生活的人，就真的不要过来，因为你来了也不能真正享受，总担心你做的决定是不是错的。。。那又何必呢？>.<  Cheers!

What are you doing there?!

It has been a long time, still, people always asking me the same question: WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE?! WHERE ARE YOU?! STUDYING OR WORKING? Some even think that my job is SOLELY TRAVELING AROUND… 傻咩?!我怎么可能找到那么完美的工作?! 要做工赚钱的咧! 大个女咯!

And I have been also answered 193 times (maybe more than that?! Haha!) to explain what am I doing actually… So now, to make everything simple, I am here to write something for those who concern about me or curious about my life…

I am actually participating Working Holiday Scheme (WHS) in New Zealand.From the name of the scheme, u can easily know that this program is for the candidate to work and travel in NZ. Thru this scheme, I am now experiencing the “the most bitter and sweetest time” in my life. By holding this visa, we can easily be employed as the seasonal worker (picker, packer, grader, hospitality worker and etc…). Please do not expect that you’ll be treated as a white collar executive in your country. Backpackers here must be mentally well prepared to work as a blue collar for our ultimate goal: MONEY to TRAVEL. Then by using the money we earned, we can travel anywhere as we wish and enjoy the most amazing moment in our life time… (Believe me, it is indeed a hard work, but, the sceneries and the activities here definitely will not disappoint you! No matter how hard we have been through, is just worth it!)

WHS official website: 

http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/work/workingholiday/malaysiaworkingholidayscheme.htm

Yeah! This was my front side of the "uniform" and my slogan: Money! Money!!

And my back side of the uniform: Fox Glacier, Jetboating, Skydiving, Queenstown, Skiing and etc…. This is where my motivation comes from…  (Who took this picture?! can’t see clearly leh!)

Through this scheme, I grow up to be a better me (physically and mentally). I can now easily adapt to any circumstance (as long as I know what my goal is…). I learned to take care of myself: cooking, budgetary planning, finding jobs and accommodations, turning strangers into friends, appreciate and respect others culture… So, I can’t tell you what I am exactly doing everyday (because backpackers just like nomads), we do change jobs frequently according to the fruit season: Grape, Kiwifruit, Mandarin Orange, Strawberry, Blueberry, Cherry, Peach, Apple… other jobs: Wine maker, Accommodation Exchange, Ski workers, and many farm jobs, but I personally do not reckon it (farm helper) is a good job for me la! Ha!

All in all, my job is to do “whatever job” i found and then experience and enjoys every moment of my life. Live like a traveler who is exploring the world and life. Yes, that is what I am doing now…Cheers!

Make sure there is always one thing that will let you say"WOW" everyday (too hard?! One week then!) Don’t let Work to lead You! Let You to lead the Life!

p/s: What to know more about WHS and NZ?! To be continued……

Traveller

Period: 20 September 2009 to 03 October 2009

14 days of travelling. Travelled 2800 km. Stayed at 11 different hostels.

From:
Ashburton → Lake Tekapo → Wanaka → Arrowtown →Queenstown →Te Anau → Milford Sound →Wanaka → Mount Cook →Lake Tekapo →Christchurch →Kaikoura → Blenhiem →Nelson →Picton →Wellington →Taupo →Auckland.

Activities that we tried:
Skydiving, Trekking, Jet boating, Snow War, Cruising, Trial Flight, Wine Tasting, Bungy Jumping (William).

First we stopped at Lake Tekapo for our luxury lunch (considered my most expensive lunch in NZ=$25)...Sob sob… KOHAN, the food is not so special… I think it is expensive because they got the very fresh Salmon…

Then we passed by the Lake Pukaki, saw the best scenery that I’ve ever seen…

Heading to Lake Wanaka Puzzle World and then Lake Wanaka which was too windy for me… not feeling well, so have an early bed and ready for our biggest adventure activity the next day~ SKIDIVING!!!

SKYDIVING! To Do or Not To Do?!To Regret or Not To Regret?! My biggest achievement in NZ! 12,000 feet + Video + Pictures + Unforgettable memory = $ 470.00 LOVE IT!~

AJ Hackett~ 1^st bungy site in the world! 43meters… Really scary! Too bad that my friends couldn’t touch the water as they wished… as the company said: Water Touching is not guaranteed… cheh…

Arrowtown was a gold mining town… so peaceful and beautiful, spent our evening time by trekking along the river… (I just heard that this river was one of the scenes for the Fellowship of the Ring!)

Queenstown is a crazy town. Noisy and busy. U can find almost all the adventurous activities here. I personally don’t really like here… By the way, we have our 360°spin Jet boating here… not so exciting as we thought and it cost $109 per person…

We heard that somewhere near Remarkable ski field was snowing, so we drove up to the mountain! WOWOWO! My 1^st snow experience…

Arrived at the “eighth wonder of the world”~ Milford Sound. Seen the beauty of waterfalls and Mitre peak… I think this was the scene background for LOTR too lo…

Back to Wanaka for Trial Flight (because Queenstown trial flight was fully booked)! But luckily the Wanaka’s service and experience did not disappoint us! $99 only!

Mount Cook… What can I say?! It was SPECTACULAR! But we were a little bit tired to take more pictures… Too much postcard pictures we’ve taken in past few days… Feeling numb (not show off, really can’t appreciate too much nice sceneries at one time… overloaded…)

Lake Tekapo again, this time for the world highest salmon farm… The salmon was really cheap n fresh…… speechless…

Heading to Christchurch to visit friends and Kaikoura to visit Seal again… then we drove straight to the Blenhiem for the free wine tasting and cellar door visit!

A little bit drunk after tasting more than 10 glasses of fabulous wine… haha! more than 100 wineries there…

Lord of the Ring~Nelson Jens Hansen, where the world famous RING was made for the greatest movie… This is just for display, not for sale (I can’t afford it anyway).

He is Jens Hansen!

Taupo Bungy~~ 47 meters, and William was able to touch the water! (We preferred the bungy here because they are pro in water touching and the service is friendly!) Thx to William for doing this last stunt as the full stop of our journey… Jump + Video + Pictures + adrenaline excitement = $189.00!

Bravo! We enjoyed to plan our journey as our wish, go and stop wherever places that we wanted to… unlike tourists who have to follow the tour, wake up early in the morning, spend most of the time in the bus, can’t stay longer at the place that they like… I think this trip has given me the courage for my next backpacker trip! No more worries and hesitation to travel by myself… so can I call myself a TRAVELLER from now on?! Hahaha!

Lastly, thx to the AGQ101 for being so sensible, never throw a temper or break down on the road! MUAKS!

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No matter how far i go;
how many steps i took;
how many places i went;
how many pairs of shoes i wore;

starting to missing u, Malaysia...
missing the busyness;
missing the cuisine;
missing the city;
missing the people;
missing the shopping malls;
missing the night life;
missing the traffic jam........

Now i just want to go home...