Awataha MAORI Village

Aku mmg selalu je ada mslh nk update blog... xde modallah, belom amik gambar dari org lah.. etc2... n these excuses led to outdated updates of my life. harharhar!

Nak dijadikan cerite, budak2 TESL (refer to us kat oberc nih) sbnrny very fortunate coz d gov allocates sm money for us to go jalan2 preferably cultural trip. And since last year cohort aku xnk gn tht money, we agreed to bring forward d money to this year so jadi byk lah total duit tu. Ingat nk berjalan2 gi black water rafting ke ape.. skali je coordinator kami yg sgt menurut perintah gov itu gi plan cultural trip for us pulak. 1st impression aku bl dgr duit tu kene gune for cultural trip gi Maori village was that it was so lame. it sounded so boring. But it turned out to be lots of fun and a unique experience.

Kitorg pergi maori village tu for 2 days: saturday n sunday. pergi awl pagi sabtu n balik lewat ptg ahad. i was supposed to bring the guitar and Sheryl-coordinator yg tersyg asked me to lead the singing but these people suke2 mereka menganggap aku ketua rombongan hahaha.. suke hati korg lah. Then, on that day, aku blh terlambat bgn. bygkan, we're supposed to gather at 8.30 am. aku bgun tdo kul 8.15am. mcm nk bunuh diri je rs. dah lah menapak dr rmh aku ke uni tu 10-15mins. melompat aku dr katil.. ni sume gara2 last minute buat esaimon. esaimon tu due saturday midnight, dah tau saturday xde kat rmh, aku g buat bodoh je.. hah kau.. terpaksa bersengkang mata ngadap esaimon smpi 5 pagi. tu yg bgn super lambat. duh~ btw, i managed to be there by 8.35 ke 8.40 camtu. at least xlah lmbt sgt kaaannnn??? hehehe... tapi jgn tnylah cmne aku leh bersiap super pantas.. haha! top secret meh!

hmm... tempat yg kitorg gi tu mmg menarik. nama rumah tpt berkumpul kalau org dtg melawat kawasan dorg is Maraie. Masa smpi tu xde lah rs menarik mana pun cume ada lah sikit excited. sebab sblm2 ni penah je masuk maraie. tapi xpenah lah pulak terpk akan tdo kat situ or berkampung and jadi part of their families.

Btw, gambar kat sblh ni is dewan makan kitorg. Nama tpt ni in Maori is wharekai disebut /farekai/ bukan /warekai/. Kitorg diberi dua dewan berbeza utk tdo. satu utk girls satu lagi utk guys. kitorg masak dgn dorg, kemas wharekai, belajar flax weaving, buat print screen atas baju, n d guys belajar "hangi" (memasak di dlm lubang yg digali dan diletak kan batu2 yg panas di bahagian bawah makanan yg nak dimasak) dan "haka". kalau tak tahu haka tu ape, gi google sendiri hahaha... Basically, it was fun walaupun kitorg kene tlg prepare d food and tlg membersih dan mengemas, but it was totally awesome cos bende2 tu sume yg sbnrnye membuatkan kami rasa pengalamn tu lebih authentic and unique. kalau pergi cultural trip biasa, hanya tengok, belajar, dan org yang serve kite. pengalaman macam tu x buat kite rasa macam sbahgian dr whanau(family) dorg. walaupun trip tu mcm camp, tapi x packed pun. kitorg ada byk free time, melepak dgn member2 and rasa more like at home.

Diambil semasa menunggu makanan.. bayak btl makan.. d amount of food I consumed in those 2 days lebih byk than d amount I ate for a whole week.. hehe I guess...

Ni lah print screen. Ada beberapa motive yg boleh dipilih. Aku lupe nak amik gambar baju aku yg siap di cetak. cun beb! brag sikit je tak leh lebih2. Paling penting is that buatan tangan sendiri okeh, bukan beli kat kedai haha...

Guys belajar haka... girls jadi penonton je.. teringin gak nak belajar sbnrnye.. tapi hanya for guys.. benci betul! Sexist!!! hahaah... smart giler pak cik tu buat... posture kene betul baru mantap..

This is the result of those boys' hard work on the hangi... awesomeness... delicious..memang terBAIK!!

Lamb, Chicken, potatoes, kumaras, maori potatoes (yg berwarna purple pelik itu), corn and some salad...

We are the Hangi preparation team! Kentang, bawang, kumaras tu sume kami lah yg potong dan kupas. haha...

Bush walk... sume macam tak penah msuk hutan..... anak sape lah tu??

Ber'flax weaving di bawah pepohon... ala2 makcik2 kat kampung.. menganyam smbil bergosip hahaha... And according to their culture, the first hasil anyaman yg dibuat, xboleh disimpan. We have to give it to someone else... sebagai tanda kite turunkan ilmu tu pada org lain.

Bergembira bersama kawan2... Main frisbee, volleyball, badminton(wpun angin xhenti2.. tapi xreti2 nak stop main haha...). This trip is more like a sweet vacation for us.

The Maori Idol! Lol giler... haha! Ni team aku lah ni.. Wat lagu anak itik Tok Wi! Muahahhaa... Kitorg kumpulan satu. satu in Maori is "Tahi".. We are the Tahis..... hahahahha...

That's the review of one of the interesting event in my life despite of all the ups and downs of life that add more spices to my world. More updates coming.... (yeah right..lol!)