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A blossoming Golden friendship in darkest time of my life

It was a cold time for me last 9th of February as it is business as usual for me. So I am pretty much looking forward for another weekend. Good thing I got a plan! I am going to meet. Helen, she is actually Jessa’s network(sounds so odd aye? I can’t lets imgo of the networkers jargon which I found funny but take no offence as it’s just a way of my joke), anyways going back so we set a plan to meet tomorrow which is 10th of February.

Saturday it is! So we decided to meet somewhere in town. I was the one who actually planned it by 10 am but since it’s a non working day, we both woke up late and ended up to push it in a later time. We had exchanged a few information like where to meet and if she’s actually on her way so on and so forth like the usual routine of meeting a new friend.

Before meeting her up, I asked Jessa about Helen so that I will atleast know how to approach her without offending her because of my actions and because of my big mouth. After which, I started walking towards train station which I approximately think that she will be around there.

Only to find out that we both have not that great sense of direction,as we provide each other’s a not so visible landmark which caused both of us laughing on both lines as we don’t know where to meet each other. Finally, the Pipitea campus was mentioned so I was able to met her on this specific place if my memory serves me right.

Here we go! We finally met! And I was like OMG in an instant we clicked since she’s quite new here in Wellington as much as I do. Since we both are not much familiar on the town yet and we are so starving, we decided to have a lunch first before strolling around. One of the hardest question of all time popped again, where are we going to eat? So we kept walking around and having a chit chat. We know that we are getting lost but good thing that she mentioned that she likes Korean food that gave me an idea to bring her to my favorite korean restaurant in Wellington. Favorite cause that’s the only korean restaurant I know which is the country house. Literally I ate there the day before but I don’t mind eating there everyday cause I really love their food.(haha Endorser, they should give me an andorsment fee. Lol)

Honestly, I don’t know I feel like she is a long lost sister or like I am really comfortable with her. So I actually started chatting with her beyond the limits of a first meet-up of a friend. I’m really comfortable like she is a bes of mine. Furthermore, I didn’t even mind my loud voice as I was really enjoying talking to her as if like a long lost bestfriend catch up. I am so blessed that I actually met her as I was able to release all my bloody sentiments! Haha drama much? It’s really my darkest hours like breaking point like an edge of a cliff. Great thing she has the patience to deal with my talkativeness.

After spending an hour or so on the restaurant, we decided to walk around to think what to do next. The first thing we did was to walk around the area which led us to get lost within the vicinity of the waterfront. We didn’t mind the rain as we are waterproof. As we tagged along I realized that I’m not the most impulsive person as when she asked me to go to Picton which I didn’t even heard before. I was like agad agad? Haha cause the weather is so bad and I am thinking about final destination that something bad might happened. And as she wants to see the red panda, we decided to go to the Zoo!

We were so excited as this will be our first time to go to New Zealand Zoo. I haven’t even been to Auckland zoo but I don’t mind trying it. But maybe it was the time that it should be the Wellington Zoo be the first one to visit instead. IMG_0881.HEIC

As we arrived in Wellington Zoo, the excitement pumped up my blood like a child having a new experience. We entered the Zoo and was amazed with the setup as the one on my system and the zoo I know looks like a cage of animals but this one is like an eye opener. It is very astonishing that their Zoo is actually a sanctuary as bes described it. It’s so serene, animals are exceptionally taken cared of, they even have home larger than a human possess’.

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Moreover, that place is a really great place to go when you want to actually escape the reality momentarily. It helped a lot to brush off negative vibes and provided a peaceful shelter. Bes and I really had a great time especially the part where we actually saw red panda and Sunda—not quite sure of the spelling but you know why hehehehe.

Time flew so fast that we finished roaming around the area and needed to go back to town. I rode the bus second time and as we hit the town the bus passed by Cuba St. allowed us to see the Wellington Night market.  We are so excited and keen to try it.

Soon as we arrived to the bus stop, we walked back and saw Typo which is our favourite and promise to save up $500 for our shopping spree.The moment we reached the night market grounds, we both felt that we needed to pee. At first, we are still cool trying to find a toilet and laughing about it and was able to come up with the idea of creating an app of Public toilet locator and she will be the front end developer and I will do the backend. But since we arrived passed 5pmish I think most of the establishment were close. Even a public toilet we found is close. We even reached library trying to find luck for toilet but failed to no avail. So we starting to get grumpy haha like we were like yelling at each other and getting attention of people around hahaha which is so funny. It took like almost or maybe more than half an hour to locate a toilet as even following the map didn’t allow us because we are holding up out pee. Luckily, we found Pitapit.

Moments of redemption, thank you so much Pitapit as we were able to unload and fee so fresh again and we can laugh back. We were able to go back to Night market and was able to try Fish cake from thai and a crystal dumpling for me and a chinese dumpling for me I reckon.

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It was really a great start of friendship for me and my bes as we were able to talk about almost everything we even reached religion hahahaha.  We should do it often if our schedule permits. Haha I am so blessed to found a new bes here in Wellington.

I thought it was the end of the weekends for me. I didn’t expect that we’ll go out on Sunday. I know she has plan to meet up her childhood friends but I didn’t know that it will pushed through as I am not part of the original plan so I stayed up late and was able to wrote my other journal.

Around 9ish I received a call from bes asking if I am keen to meet them and they would pick me up. Since I know it will be fun based on yesterday’s memories I know it will be fun. So I confirmed that I will be joining them. The next question I asked was that what time are you guys coming over here? I was still disoriented I was so sure of that. The moment I heard now na. I was like agad agad? Hahahaha so I literally jumped off my bed and ran to the shower.  The next thing I know was that they arrived and I was on the car.

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I actually reached the car still in disoriented mode(I am usually like this when I lack sleep and in the morning). I wasn’t even able to ask about her friends if how I should deal with them haha cause I always do that. Hahaha. I was ecstatic that her friends are very very friendly and really funny. 🏻 NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. They are so accommodating and humorous.

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Of course the introduction part, greetings and stuff and I slowly blended to the conversation. Knowing Cesar and Nick. It left me on awe of natural diversity. These two guys are really indescribable as their personality and characters are full of positivity and humungous set of natural comedic inclination. It’s like trapped in their souls which makes them as a great embodiment of true friends to keep.

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As we reached airport to pick up their friend under the screen name of Dawn Zulueta joke. Kidding aside, I was able to meet Dawn another extraordinary character I ever met. IMG_1144.HEIC

Every minute that passed by was like a golden hour to cherish as there was no boring moments and full of flowing positive energy. Everything is purely fun yet I am learning so much. Since I moved in New Zealand, I only have Jessa as my friend which allowed me to be contented as I am having a rough time to adapt on changes and personal dilemmas. Then it’s like a blessing from the heavens above that strucked me a having a great opportunity to meet Helen and her gang which opened my eyes that there’s more to life than it seemed to be and appreciate more of it that a blessing will always be a blessing regardless of its form.

So going back, since everyone was starving, we decided to have a lunch first but since we can’t find a place to eat we first traversed the Wellington Hollywood lol cause I don’t know what to call it and have a good glimpse of the scenery and of course the photo op.

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After which we actually went to Miramar     to check the Weta workshop then headed back to town for lunch. As we were walking in town to find a restaurant the boys was able to meet a filipino seamen couple joke they reckoned cause they are lost and lost looking for a restau and they accommodate them with open arms which is very admirable. Then as we go to the restaurant we pretty had a great laugh and conversation.

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Lunch is done so the next stop was the Zoo. The rain was still pouring but it was worth getting a bit wet. Of course it was so great cause of nonstop laughs and conversation.

When we finished the zoo we headed Oriental Bay as the boys were excited to swim and found out that there were heaps of jellyfish as time of the season

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Time was so fast as lightning! It was time for dinner so we decided to head back to Helen’s house for dinner we dropped by at countdown to shop for dinner. I am very indecisive if I am going to work or not as I really love hanging with these fellas! So in the end, I ended up staying with them at Dwellington to have drinks and to enjoy the rest of the night.

My time off was approved! So what we did was to go home. I am running out of words! Joke! The following day we actually went to Beehive for another photo op then to town for the museum and then went to Mt. Victoria and headed back to town for dinner at Capitol market and headed way home! See video(speaks more than words).

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It was like all our stars were aligned and connected with each others and shined so bright that made us clicked in a snap. I really really really admire how these fellas carry their values and characters and masking their own dilemmas without me noticing it. I am so privileged to make friends with them that I can’t even bestow even for my next lifetime. I felt so accepted in just a snap. We are like Different Individuals Valuing Each other Regardless of Skin, Intellect,  and Talent for Years

Buddhism principle includes past and future lifetime. So I am wondering if maybe we are like a family in the previous life, who knows but all I can think of is that this experience brushed off all the negativity in my body and made me admire them for demonstrating exceptional upbringing and strong core foundation of personality.  

I am so blessed to make friends with these fellas as they made me see another shade of life and realized that anyone can cross each other’s horizon in His timing and plan.

Destiny to make friends with them? Maybe or Maybe not but one thing is for sure I will do my best to be a great friend for these fellas! They are like another gold treasure of mine that makes my journey worthwhile in this lifetime.