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pasteltofus · 5 years ago

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1 Year of Learning Korean

One of the most popular questions I’ve gotten since coming back from Korea is: Are you fluent in Korean now??*

*Spoilers: I am not. 🙃

Looking back, I probably would have become more conversational if I had just done a 3-month intensive program. Although, compared to just learning by myself in the Bay Area, being in Korea definitely gave me more opportunities and motivation. I was placed in the high intermediate class for orientation (switched to low intermediate), but I would say that I’m now truly at an intermediate level. I think my Korean’s more or less the same as my Japanese (which has regressed a lot, and I only took 3 semesters in college) but with very shaky foundations.

Anyways, here’s a brief timeline of what I did this grant year. Let’s go~

[Initiate lock n’ load montage]

July

Korean Intensive Program (8-12pm, 1-2pm M-F)

Because of how the program was structured, I didn’t feel like I learned very much. This is partly why my foundation is so full of holes...we skipped around here and there.

August

Korean Intensive Program

September

Korean was put on pause due to troubles adjusting to homestay

October

Occasionally did a few chapters of Billy Go’s Korean Made Simple at school

Studied some Korean vocab

November

???

December

I don’t think I studied Korean at all

January

Got a wakeup call when I spent 5 minutes trying to read the back of a sign at a smoothie shop and realized how slow I was at reading

February

Vocab grind (1000 Essential Korean Words), plan was to finish by the end of March. Two weeks of intense vocabulary cramming on Quizlet (did nothing in the end lol don’t try that)

Bought the Real Life Conversations Intermediate book

Studied Korean in Kpop lyrics

Started a side coding project to help my touch typing (K-pop lyric typing game)

March

Memorized dialogues from Real Life Conversations book with Lauren

Improved reading skills slightly by listening and following along with the audio recordings that come with the book

Read through the dialogues with the Korean literature teacher in my gyomushil

Continued to learn song lyrics

Wrote sentences with each new vocabulary word, got my co-teacher and the Korean literature teacher to check them (<-this was probably the most helpful game changer...it helped a lot with my spelling too)

Continued working on the K-pop typing game

April

Stopped learning new vocab at around Chapter 11 of Essential Words, focused on retaining old vocab through Anki flash cards

Finished the Go! Billy Korean Made Simple book that I bought ages ago (tbh it was too easy for me at this point but I was just too lazy)

Finally sat down and “learned” Korean verb conjugations (I’d just been going by gut instinct before…tbh I still kind of do 😅)

Kind of dropped the typing game after finishing the MVP 😅but I’m gonna try to finish it up now that I’m back

May

Started to panic about leaving Korea in 2.5 months but still sucking at Korean

Signed up for private lessons once a week for 90 minutes (My tutor asked me to give her a shout out. Her name is 서영심 ([email protected]). If you’re in the Cheongju/Ochang area, she comes to you! She’s very professional and you’ll get your money’s worth.)

Started at the intermediate book that focused on grammar

Learned ~5 grammar points every week

Started writing and reading a lot more and actually seeing how words are spelled. The first time I saw 여기--a super common word (yogi) that means here--written out I thought it was so strange...not that I had thought it was 요기 (also pronounced yogi) but I just didn’t have a visual of it in my head, I guess.

June

Depressed about lack of improvement

Continued with private lessons but felt like I wasn’t really retaining the grammar dump from each week

At the very least, Korean homework kept me on track and made me practice even when I didn’t want to

Started Anki again since I hadn’t actively studied vocab since April.

An old K.Will song that I hadn’t listened to for a long time came up and I realized I could suddenly understand the lyrics. That was pretty cool and one of my small win moments.

July

Feeling pretty hopeless with Korean

However, hung out with more Korean friends that only spoke Korean and felt like I was actually able to contribute to the conversation. (3 hours of Korean Listening ...🙃)

Was able to understand 70% of the conversation at my gyomushil’s final farewell lunch for me. I contributed to the gossip!

Went home and immediately lost 50% of my Korean skills upon touching U.S. soil.

So basically, after my burst of inspiration in February, my confidence and motivation in Korean just kept plummeting. Even now as I write up this post I feel an overwhelming sense of hopelessness. But I do want to highlight the progress that I’ve made since orientation.

Korean Reading

We were all supposed to be able to read Hangul before we came to Korea. Being able to recognize the alphabet is different from being able to read and also different from knowing the pronunciation rules and where to pause in your reading. During my first semester, my eyes would automatically glaze over whenever I saw Korean text. When the second semester started, I tried to force myself to read everything I came across - storefronts, street signs, advertisements on buses, etc. Even if I didn’t know what it meant, I would force myself to read it. Right now, I can navigate a Korean shopping website and read a menu semi-comfortably. I’m still waiting for the day when I’ll see English sounding hangul and be able to read it as fast as English. Although, I will say it’s really nice to be able to read the Korean titles in Kpop videos on Youtube, especially when I come across really old songs (like Super Junior’s No Other 너 같은 사람 또 없어) and realize I now know what it means.

Also, a new world that has opened up to me is...노래방!! Karaoke is such an adrenaline rush. I’d compare it to sight-reading or DDR/rhythm games where you know something is coming up and the satisfaction you get when you get it right with the beat of the music is 👌. It’s so gratifying to be able to sing along...거기 너 I FANCY YOU 아무나 원하지 않아 HEY! I love you (LOVE YA)!!

Korean Writing

Back during orientation, I couldn’t spell anything on my own. I knew words every koreaboo knew like 어떻게 and 괜찮아 but I couldn’t write it because I didn’t know how spelling worked. It’s no wonder my spelling didn’t improve since a) I didn’t write and b) I didn’t even read. Even now I still make a lot of spelling mistakes, but I pay attention to words when I see them. It’s still a very slow process, but now I can picture the hangul in my head when I think of the word.

Typing: I started orientation with around 15 wpm, then by the end of orientation I got to around 30 wpm. Currently, I’m at 60 wpm when I start cold and after I get warmed up I can go up to 80wpm. Being able to touch type is so useful, especially when I’m typing up long sentences from my textbook and I don’t have to look up.

Korean Listening

Dare I say...my Korean listening is my strongest point??? I remember when I took French listening tests in high school, I would always lament with everyone else that they spoke too fast for me to understand. But interestingly, for both Japanese and Korean, I never had that problem. If it only contains words and grammar I know, I can understand it perfectly fine even if it’s fast. I intuitively understand most Korean verb endings and exclamations so it’s not hard to know which way the conversation is flowing or when to interject with “세상에,” “��아 맞아,” or “말도 안돼.” I used to think my poor lack of vocabulary was the number 1 thing blocking me from understanding, but then I learned more grammar and realized the things I didn’t know. I do feel like parts of the fog are being lifted...sometimes...

Korean Speaking:

I still feel pretty embarrassed when I speak Korean because there are some sounds that I can’t pronounce. Compared to orientation, I have a few more stock phrases tucked and ready to go, but I still feel unable to express myself. Every conversation will start out fine, but they’ll all stagnate to the same topics and sentences after a while.

Complications with other languages

I talked about how knowing some Japanese and Chinese was both an advantage and a disadvantage during my beginning stages, but this is true even now.

Ever since I started getting more comfortable with typing and spelling Korean, I’ve started seeing the actual Hangul in my head when I think/hear Korean. I’ve also started to associate the locations of the Hangul characters with their locations on the Korean keyboard.

One day, I was trying to text back my mom with “那是什么?” (Na Shi Shen Me/What’s that?) but was confused because those characters weren’t showing up. Then I realized I was typing “sk” instead of “na.” Some of you guys might get it....because “s” is where ㄴ(n) is and k is where ㅏ(a) is on the Korean keyboard. Clearly, my brain can’t handle it. It’s interesting because both the Japanese and Chinese keyboard uses the same alphabet placements as English.

Another time: I was watching a Talk To Me in Korean video where Hyunwoo talked about how 하다 is a very versatile verb. I immediately thought about how the Japanese equivalent is 수루 and even mentally mapped it out on the Korean keyboard...before realizing this is WRONG, WRONG, it’s する not 수루 LOUISE WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING. (They are both pronounced suru)

What’s next?

Now that I’m back in the States, it’s going to take even more determination and self-discipline to keep up with my Korean. But I really don’t want everything I’ve worked towards to just wash down the drain. I’ll aim to finish my intermediate grammar textbook and grind anki flashcards. Hopefully, I can find a language partner or a study group. We’ll see!

#language learning #studying Korean #korean #fulbright korea #sorry for the long post #but yes i am back in california #also which one of you messaged isabel about my blog #thanks for reading whoever you are!!#also shout out to my buddy #i actually have one more post to make on my school festival #and then i'll wrap up this blog #learning korean

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Float Down the Danube on a Reinvented River Cruise

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Walk England Coast to Coast

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Kosuke Kuji of Ninohe City Mr. Kuji is the fifth-generation owner of a sake brewery called Nanbu Bijin (which means “Southern Beauty”). He didn’t intend to take over the family business until he did a homestay in the United States, and was struck by how interested Americans were in Japanese sake. Now he travels the globe promoting not only his own sake, but sake culture as a whole.

“The Kuji family started Nanbu Bijin in 1902, and our family rule is that ‘quality is everything.’ And it went four generations like that, until I added an additional rule. ‘Make a sake that makes people smile like the sun after tasting it.’ To do that, I focus on both terroir and marriage. ‘Terroir’ is a French term about how the soil and climate of the place of production contributes to the quality of the product. Like how pinot noir is closely associated with the Burgundy region of France. The best ingredients all come from the ‘terroir’. And I think people also make up the terroir. In Iwate, we happen to have the Nanbu Toji, which are the largest and most historic group of master sake brewers in Japan. We have the best techniques, used in the land that developed them, which makes a great terroir – which makes the best sake. Then, I always pair our sake with Iwate cuisine. Try our junmai-shu with big, plump, juicy oysters you can only get in Iwate! Of course, it’ll go well with the little tiny oysters you’ll get in a fancy oyster bar, but you have to marry Iwate sake with Iwate food to get the best effect. Terroir and marriage.”

Marrying Iwate cuisine with Iwate sake – Nanbu Bijin seen here with short-horned beef raised in northern Iwate

“In the late 90’s, I was a part of brewery owners that created the Sake Exporters Association. None of us were actually exporting yet, but we each took 6 bottles of sake, and went to the Japan Society in New York to give the first seminar on sake. They gave us a standing ovation at the end! After that we had people come to our booths for tastings. And they would be confused, saying, what is this stuff? ‘This is sake.’ And they were like, wait a minute! We’ve never had a sake that was so clear and fruity! And this is cold, don’t you serve sake warm? ‘Well, a good-quality sake is drank chilled so you can enjoy its special characteristics and fragrance.’ They were so befuddled since they had never had a good cup of sake. Like, ‘Oh, my God! What had I been drinking before?’ Oh, and they brought out all their wallets. How much? Where can I drink this in NYC? They were so upset that we hadn’t started exporting yet! When the event ended, all of us owners went out for a drink, and after a reception like that? We knew: sake can definitely compete on the world market.”

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Metrorurality, social distinction & ideal reflexive individuality: Martinborough’s Wine Tourists Peter J. Howland 2008

Howlands Masters Thesis explored and responded dirrectly to ares of my research project. He spent many years studying the middle class visitor in Martinborough and how this effected the town and the social dynamics.

below are direct quotes from his work, linked here

These varied narratives of reflexive distinction, together with performances of leisured, urbane consumption, functioned to assert a unique, coherent, autonomous and praiseworthy self (Howland 2004: 113) and thus maintain the tourists’ notions of ideal reflexive individuality. (14)

Many tourists were thus accustomed to the nexus of middle class distinction, comparative rankings and intraclass hierarchies, and to the potentialities of social upclassing or downclassing.(15)

The tourists’ reflexivity was not however “radical” or “pure” (Argyrou 2003: 28)12 in the terms of narcissistically regarding oneself to be the architect of one’s reality. Rather self reflexivity was enacted in fields of action where tourists characteristically perceived the opportunity to experience optimal agency or individual choice, typically within a dialogic nexus of personalised wine consumption, the reflexive sociality of travelling companions, and in the leisured metrorural idyll (17)

The majority of Martinborough’s tourists were affluent, tertiary educated,

13 professionals, New Zealand European/Pakeha and residents of Wellington . A survey

(n = 156: see appendix A: Table 4) revealed that 56% had university degrees compared with 16.3% of the Wellington regional population and 10.1% of the New Zealand population (www.stats.govt.nz, November 2007). In addition 15.3% personally earned more than $70,000 per annum compared with 5% of the national population and 12% of Wellington’s regional population (www.stats.govt.nz, November 2007). (18)

how the tourists’ leisured, performative, and locale specific consumption of Martinborough's 'fine Pinot Noir wines' and other urbane commodities constructed middle class distinction (general and hierarchised) and also engaged many of the core ideals of reflexive individualism.

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The morality of the rural idyll was routinely deployed to validate an equally romanticised metrorural idyll, which in conjunction with idealised notions of the 'French tradition of fine wine’, provided a corroborating setting for the tourists’ conspicuous, leisured consumption of urbane commodities that signified their middle class distinction. (34

This was especially evident in their focus on the picturesque aesthetics of Martinborough as a

rural idyll. A focus on aesthetics is typical of many university educated individuals and especially those with an arts or humanities background (Bourdieu 1984; Campbell 1978). The middle class focus on aesthetics is not, however, merely surface orientated, but is characteristically thought to reflect the individual attainment of valued knowledge, sensibilities and moralities. For example, the aesthetic appreciation of fine art or nouvelle cuisine reflects a contemplative, comparative and analytical intellectualism. Similarly the tourists’ idyllic framing of Martinborough provided a bucolic backdrop and simultaneously idealised their leisured and cosmopolitan consumption of fine wines, gourmet foods, and urbane surroundings – thus clearly denoting their distance from necessity and associated aesthetic competencies (Bourdieu 1984).(42)

For example, Martinborough is not simply an idyllic metrorural locale for the middle class, urbane enactment of social distinction and ideal reflexive individualism. Martinborough is also cast as a rural service town by surrounding

farmers, as a rural and neighbourly hometown by longtime residents, and as a site of production, employment and commerce by wine makers, vineyard workers, retailers, and so on. Each individual and group construct Martinborough as a locale according to their habitus generated dispositions, which will converge, conflict, amalgamate or change at any given time.(43)

“An immensely complex web of crisscrossing linkages amongst a multiplicity of fields in which various forms of social power now effectively circulate and concentrate” (Wacquant 1989: ix – emphasis in original) (43)

For example, many longtime and permanent residents lamented and attempted to resist touristic projects in Martinborough, such as the gentrification of the town square and pointed to the collapse of the local schoolroll as symptomatic of the demise of their quiet and neighbourly ‘rural community’. (45)

In postindustrial societies many places are intentionally constructed, ideationally and materially as settings, in which identities are conceived, created, negotiated and performed (Fiske 1989; MacCannell 1973, 1976; MacDonald 2002; Meinig 1979; Ritzer 1998, 2005; Samuels1979; Urry 1990, 1995) 45

which then provides a moral foundation for the motifs of the enchanted metrorural idyll. Picturesque vineyards, populated with friendly, urbane winemakers who ‘host’ tourists in rusticcumchic wine shops, combine with Martinborough’s sophisticated restaurants, cafés and historic, yet luxurious, homestays and hotel accommodation to provide a leisured setting for the display and narrative expression of the tourists’ personal tastes; the associated reflexivity of purchase and consumption; intentional and idealised sociality; and of their urbane, middle class distinctions46

The deployment of distancing or downclassing strategies by dominant individuals or groups was not, however, readily apparent in conspicuous consumption settings. This was partly due to the facilitation of ideal reflexive individuality via the social validation of personal tastes and the democratisation of wine consumption, which largely disrupted the notion of a readily identifiable dominant group. It was also due to the variety of situations where contextualised dominance was often finely nuanced and thus readily contestable (e.g. connoisseurship was dominant at serious wine events, but potentially perceived as irrelevant or even denigrated in casual wine consumption settings) 49

All individuals are reflexive in that they firstly perceive phenomena through their primary senses (Hall 2004), although such perceptions are always mediated through different sociocultural influences (i.e. family, educational habitus) and are consequently acted upon in diverse ways 55

The ideal reflexive individual is constituted as:

Highly differentiated or unique;

Intentionally autonomous in thought and action, including maintenance of good physicality and aesthetic appearance;

Aware of, and embraces, self as a series of selfgenerated/negotiated (inter)subjective and multicontextual social positions, roles, statuses etc; Regards selfhood as a series of intentionally generated and negotiated life trajectories and phases;

Able to articulate their (inter)subjectivity as a series of autobiographical narratives that validate and affirm a coherent, progressive, and praiseworthy notions of self; 58

Conspicuous displays of idealised, intentional and intimate relationships, which characterise much of the touristic sociality in Martinborough, clearly represent assertions of exalted and authentic individuality. 67

For example, it was often evident that the cost of a holiday weekend in Martinborough, drinking expensive local wines, enjoying gourmet dining and staying at upmarket hotels or homestays, was significantly beyond, or at least stretched, the financial resources of many tourists67 and consequently could not be easily adopted as a constant lifestyle. Nevertheless, a holiday, like much leisured consumption, may be a temporary indulgence and accordingly the associated displays of elite cultural and economic capitals were also intermittently accessible and episodic. 76

Martinborough’s tourists specifically pursued ideal reflexive individuality and middle class social distinction in the fields of reflexive sociality and via the leisured consumption of urbane commodities such as wine and the recreation of a rural holiday. 85

Thus for many Martinborough’s tourists variations in the knowledge and appreciative practice of the rural idyll, the French tradition of fine wine, and the perceived innate nuances in wine were markers of differential status. Seemingly enduring and socially validating mythologies underpinned the performative consumption of urbane commodities such as wine and rural idyll holidays to maintain hierarchies of distinction in social milieus that are increasingly subject to the motifs and ideals of reflexive individuality. 86

Thus Martinborough was dialogically constructed as a metrorural idyll, in which pervasive notions of the vernacular rural idyll are deployed to provide a morally corroborating setting for the tourists’ idealised and performative reproduction of middle class distinction and ideal reflexive individuality. 90

‘When you drive over the Rimutakas with its windy roads and sheer drops, and all you can see is native forest for miles you really feel as though you have left the city behind ... Just down from the summit there is a corner from which you can glimpse the Wairarapa laid out before you. When I see this I feel as though I have truly left the city behind and I can feel myself starting to unwind’ (Martinborough holiday home owner, mid 50’s, male, Wellington residence).

Most tourists regarded Martinborough, in being reasonably close to a major metropolitan area, as a rural locale that principally offered urbanites opportunities to enjoy the ‘good life’ (i.e. refined leisure, pleasant scenery etc) and ‘the time to enjoy family and friends’. For a few individuals Martinborough was also regarded as a place where one could happily ‘retire to’. Many valued Martinborough’s scenic farmlands, especially the surrounding green paddocks and picturesque vineyards, its natural scenery including rivers, forested hills, and notable local gardens73, its’ harmonious ‘tight–knit community’ of hard working, cohesive ‘farming families’, and artisan commodity production. Tourists also valued a Martinborough holiday for its potential to facilitate leisured consumption of high quality, urbane products (especially wine, olive oil, designer clothing etc), sophisticated restaurants and cafés, and for its capacity to generate leisured reflexive sociality..

the boundaries between rurality and the metropolitanism usually attributed to city life were consistently blurred. As one recent urban retiree to Martinborough told me:

‘The guy you are talking to over the fence is just as likely to have travelled the world, worked in the diplomatic service or flown topdressers in Africa. You just can’t assume that every farmer is a country bumpkin’ (Martinborough retiree, male, late 60’s).�� 93

Also rural life is ideally regarded as ‘slow’, uncrowded and accordingly relaxing, community and familyorientated, whereas city life is characterised as ‘fastpaced’, overcrowded, full of ‘hustle and bustle’ and masses of people who are strangers to each other. The fast pace of city life, with its insistent occupational, educational and other ‘time demands’ means that family life is not as intimate or cohesive, 94

The tourists’ construct of Martinborough as a rural idyll also tended to reject any contemplation of rural hardship. 96

Urban dwellers who are free from the stigma of rusticity can wax eloquently about the countryside or embrace it as a retreat without undermining their own cultural superiority” (Ching & Creed 1997: 19– 20).

‘I definitely come to Martinborough to get away from the hassles of life in Wellington. I have a stressful job in town and when we drive over the hill I see the whole of the Wairarapa open up before me and I feel my whole body relax. One of the first things I do when we arrive is hop on the swing in the backyard and just swing. It’s sort of a ritual of getting in touch with my inner child, leaving behind all the stress’ (Martinborough holiday home owner, mid 40’s, female, Wellington resident).

‘We visit Martinborough a few times a year. Mostly in summer, but sometimes also when we need a break in winter. Although it’s only a short drive from Wellington it’s really a world away. Life over here is so much more relaxed. The locals are friendly and you can really unwind’ (Martinborough tourist, early 50’s, male, Wellington resident).

These advertisements cast Martinborough as a locale where individuals are encouraged to nurture, celebrate and affirm their reflexive selves – “you can take some time out and pamper yourself” (http://times–age.co.nz/escape/martinborough, June 2005). 108

Thus Martinborough is cast as a metrorural idyll, firstly via repeated mentions of the closeness of the Wairarapa (and by association Martinborough) to Wellington. Although ostensibly highlighting the small amount of travelling time necessary to escape to pastoral enchantment, the promotions also infer that the Wairarapa is not too dissimilar, nor rustically backward in the various social and cultural attractions it has to offer the discerning traveller. Thus Martinborough is not only easily accessible in terms of travel, but those with essentially middle class, urbane sensibilities will also find that their tourism experience resonates with and affirms their cosmopolitan lifestyles. 109

Nowadays Martinborough is a locale that is intentionally commodified, promoted and performed as a metrorural tourist destination, an ethnoscape of middle class cosmopolitanism built upon the enduring moral foundations of a vernacular rural idyll.112

MEDICI

The wall hangings in Café Medici depict Renaissancelike scenes of artistic, literary and pastoral pursuits. The café is named after the Medici family, a renowned 14 –15

century Italian noble family, who are widely credited with initiating the European Renaissance through their patronage of artists such as Ghiberti, Alberti and Ucello (Cleugh 1975) and with the development of the picturesque landscape aesthetic that significantly informs contemporary notions of the rural idyll (Cosgrove 1998; Schama 1996 see Appendix E). The efforts of luminaries such as the Medici’s in ultimately

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fostering the Age of Enlightenment have been linked to the emergence of reflexive individualism in contemporary societies (Giddens 1991). The café was thus intentionally themed to reflect the influence of the Renaissance in fostering the arts (especially painting) and to create a link with contemporary café culture, which is often patronised by the middle classes, many of whom are urbane ‘art lovers’ (pers. comm.).

WINE CENTRE

The Martinborough Wine Centre is another local enchanted place (see Fig.8.). The Centre is a multipurpose retail outlet selling local wines and cookery books; houses the Martinborough Sunday Market where local food and craft producers sell their wares; and also operates the Village Café. The Wine Centre is housed in the building that was originally Jolly & Co, (circa 1917), an agent for Dresdan Pianos, and then the South British Fire Insurance, a labour bureau, the Martinborough Cycle and Motor Garage, and latterly L.A. Campbell Ltd (circa 1926), a motor vehicle dealership, garage and petrol station (Martinborough Centennial Committee 1982: 36). The building was transformed (see Fig.8.) into the Wine Centre and Village Café in 2001 with the express aim of giving patrons the chance to enjoy the ‘truly rural feel of a local winery and market place’ (pers. comm.). As such it features exposed, rough–sawn timber beams and panelling, wine barrels that function as tables, a wide outdoor verandah and courtyard from which reflexive customers (note the use of the individualising “your destination” in the promotion material below) 113

This discrepancy in rural and urban income, education and infrastructural services is fairly typical in New Zealand, although in the South Wairarapa District the situation

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has been exacerbated by the migration of low income individuals (e.g. welfare beneficiaries) moving from Wellington in the expectation of cheaper housing and living costs. Many migrants, including those on employment transfers and those moving for rural lifestyle opportunities, recorded significant drops in personal incomes once resident in the South Wairarapa (Waldegrave & Stuart 1997: 2426).

Tourists also derided the rustic ‘quality of service’ they received in Martinborough’s restaurants, café’s, hotels, and tourist accommodation. Typically the service of waitresses, bartenders, and to a lesser extent, accommodation providers, was perceived as ‘lacking finesse’ or an appropriate understanding of the sophisticated expectations of an urbane traveller:

‘Some of waitresses simply have no idea. It like they just stepped off the farm. I mean when you are paying through the nose for a meal in a good restaurant you expect top quality service’ (Tourist, male, mid40’s, manager, Wellington resident).

Other complaints included that restaurant service was ‘too slow’, that waiters/waitresses were inattentive, and that accommodation was not well serviced in terms of quality linen, towels, and especially services such as Internet connections etc. In addition, there was common criticism that vineyards and their wine shops were often not open to visitors (see Fig.10.), or that shops in Martinborough were closed during the week (especially on Mondays) and early on the weekends.127

Some tourists also said they were often aggravated by earlymorning topdressing planes, noisy movement of livestock,

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and tractors operating on nearby farms. For example, one homestay operator was found by the Wellington Disputes Tribunal to have falsely advertised their cottage as “peaceful” and thus breached a contract with a guest who was awoken by a birdscaring gun on a nearby vineyard at 7am in the morning (Wairarapa News 1999, June 2: 5). Another homestay operator told me they have had guests who have requested refunds or reductions of their accommodation tariffs because the ‘weather was bad’ while they were holidaying in Martinborough.

Rather, most sought the experience of intimate social connectedness through their performative enactment of Martinborough as a romantic locale in which ‘quality time’ with reflexively valued, intentionally selected others was paramount. 133

For example, nearly all the

82 Sheep farming was generally regarded to be ‘clean and green’ compared to the dairy farming of cows, which some tourists thought of as more ‘intensive’ or industrial (especially with reference to the milking sheds).

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members of a vineyard tour group I accompanied, approximately 12 or so, were alarmed by the sight of a dead lamb lying in a paddock alongside the driveway to a Martinborough vineyard. Some were so disgusted they declined to taste the wine and food offered at the vineyard for fear of ‘contamination’ from the dead lamb.

‘That’s not the point, it is simply bad marketing to have a dead lamb lying there along the driveway to the vineyard...it really put me off’ (Wine tourist, female, mid–20’s).

Many Martinborough tourists also commented on how friendly the ‘locals’ were and how everyone appeared to know one another in a ‘neighbourly sort of way’. Others said it was nice seeing gangs of children playing in streets, around the town square and at the local swimming hole by the SH.53 bridge over Ruamahanga River on the main route into Martinborough from Wellington. Many held the view that the districts’ farms and vineyards had generations of families and friends ‘living and working’ together and that this resulted in ‘better families and better communities’.136

The Pukemanu Tavern was commonly regarded by tourists and residents as the ‘locals’ pub’. Many longtime residents contrasted the Pukemanu with the ‘touristy’, socially ‘pretentious’ and ‘sterile’ environment of the Martinborough Hotel, which they regarded as a place for tourists. In being a genuine ‘local’ endeavour, both tourists and locals regarded the ethos of Pukemanu Tavern as epitomising the cohesive and intimate sociality of rural communities, although most tourists avoided the tavern as they thought it was ‘a bit rough’ and thus too rustic for their metrorural sensibilities 137

Many talked warmly about how, when walking around Martinborough or through the vineyards, they would be greeted by strangers with a ‘cheery hello’. Most said they responded in kind and equally entered into the social spirit by similarly greeting unfamiliar persons. One tourist told me that this type of sociability was

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‘infinitely more pleasant than rushing by and getting knocked over by angry pedestrians in Wellington’. Although as one fulltime resident of Martinborough dryly observed: ‘In most cases the townies are waving to one another, most of us locals think the whole thing’s bit of a hoot’ (Male, late 60’s, retired)

Many tourists said that one of things they enjoyed about Martinborough was the ‘sense of history’ or ‘links with the past’. Historical cottages and villas utilised as homestays (e.g. The Old Manse Homestay) and cafés, restaurants and other retail enterprises housed within historic buildings in the town centre146

‘Harking back to old Martinborough full of cow cockies and shearers all swilling beer and playing pool...I suppose it has its place in the district, but it is really out of step with the development of the town as a wine village and tourist destination. It’s a real shame they didn’t move the Pukemanu out and replace it with the Station Hotel’ (Male, Wellington resident, mid 40’s).

During Martinborough’s transformation into a wine village, the Pukemanu Tavern was an iconic rallying point for many of the township’s long–time residents concerned about developments and keen to retain their ‘local way of life’. As one elderly resident told me:

‘The Pukemanu is one of the few places left that we can get together and be a community again. I go there with a few friends at the end of the week for lunch and a few laughs. It’s about the only place town where you can get a decent meal at a reasonable price...we can’t afford to eat at the Martinborough Hotel or those other places, except on special occasions. If the Pukemanu wasn’t there we would have no where to go... it helps us keep in touch with one another so we can keep an eye out for each other’ (Female, late 60’s–early 70’s, lived in Martinborough for 55 years). 162

‘All the new development is along the main road from Wellington and on the vineyard side of town...the townies literally drive into Martinborough, drive around the square, visit the vineyards and then leave. I doubt many of them even know what’s on the other side of town’ (Martinborough resident, male, late 50’s). 163

In this respect, the Pukemanu Tavern situated on the easternsouth corner of the Memorial Square emblematically marked the physical and social boundary between the ‘old’ and ‘new’ Martinborough.163

“Resentment towards invading Wellingtonians resurfaced...Class divisions were apparent, not only between those who enjoyed a beer at Pukemanu Tavern and those who consumed quality wines at Martinborough Hotel, but also between permanent Martinborough residents [excluding many of the middleclass newcomers] and Wellington weekenders and visitors” (McIntyre 2002: 298).

Opponents even clashed over the colour that the iron poles for the street lights should be painted, with those who wished to maintain Martinborough’s links with a ‘colonial past’ favouring black and those who desired a more European wine village feel favouring white. Ironically a compromise on a burgundy colour, named Pinot Noir, was eventually reached.

Today Puruatanga Road is locally referred to as the ‘Golden Mile’99

Many tourists were impressed by the ‘passion’ or ‘artistry’ that they perceived Martinborough’s winemakers routinely brought to bear on winemaking:

‘The winemakers I have met are clearly very passionate about what they do... they are like artists, but with a scientific bent. I think winemaking is as much an art as it is a science’ (Wine tourist, male, mid 30’s).

‘Every time I open a bottle of Ata Rangi Sauvignon Blanc I remember the first time I visited the vineyard and first tasted this wine...I can smell the grass and feel the sunshine, and of course I can remember who I was with and the picnic we enjoyed at the vineyard’ (Female tourist, late 30’s, Wellingtonbased).

‘I think some of our guests simply want to sit and talk with someone even though they are on holiday with each other [i.e. as couples]. They are often very interested in our place and the farm and what motivated us to set up a homestay. I think they simply enjoy the company that they wouldn’t get if staying in a hotel in Wellington or Auckland’ (Homestay operator, female, late 50’s).272

Mary Douglas’ insight that ““sampling a drink is sampling what is happening to a whole category of social life" (1989: 9) appears particularly apt to an analysis of Martinborough wine tourists’ 324

Many locals, especially farm and vineyard workers, were similarly conscious of touristic displays of social distinction and that their own socioeconomic standing was considered comparatively inferior by many of the tourists. They were also aware that they were working while tourists were at leisure, that their occupational activities were something the tourists ‘watched’ for amusement, and lastly that they could not could typically afford to purchase the commodities (especially wine) that their labour had produced. I was reminded of how sensitive this awareness of differentiated social distinction was when shopping midweek in Martinborough wearing a dirtstained tee shirt, torn workshorts and gumboots after a morning of mowing lawns and gardening at my nearby homestay. In this garb I definitely felt that I looked like a local (i.e. a resident worker) or was at least inconspicuous as a Wellington urbanite. I had to quickly relinquish this notion, however, when a sunbeaten individual standing behind me as I quietly queued for the supermarket checkout unexpectedly asked me ‘How’s the sea?’ I had not met his man before, but was later to learn was a fisherman from Ngawi, a coastal settlement approximately 40kms south of Martinborough. Bemused by his question I stammered in reply: ‘I’m sorry what?’, when he looked me in the eye and said: ‘You’re a townie aren’t you. Thought you might know how the sea was blowing up in the [Wellington] harbour’. After paying for my groceries I asked the man how he knew I was a ‘townie’ (i.e. a Wellington or cityresident) and he told me that my ‘gumboots were too clean’ and only a ‘townie would buy such fancy bread’.120

One former Martinborough resident told me that he became fully aware of how much the town had changed when he had to wait at an intersection ‘for six cars to pass’ before he could drive around the town square:

‘I’d never had to wait for more than one or maybe two vehicles. I knew then that Martinborough had changed forever and made up my mind to leave’ (Male, late 20’s, former Martinborough resident).121

Members of the ‘Senior Ladies Brigade’ (an informal group of longtime Martinborough residents – see Chapter 5) had a friendly competition to spot the ‘most uptodate’ car number plate on the assumption that only a ‘townie’ could afford to own a late model car. Likewise a group of young Martinborough schoolchildren, who regularly spent their weekends playing around the Memorial Square in the centre of town (see Fig.9.), claimed they could tell you how many Porsches, Mercedes and other expensive cars were in Martinborough at any one moment.

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Lịch trình du lịch vịnh Hạ Long 3 ngày tự túc giá rẻ nhất

Homestay đẹp nhất ở Hạ Long

Amazing HaLong homestay

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Giá từ 600.000 – 3.000.000 đồng

Amazing HaLong Homestay hay còn gọi là Hạ Long Kỳ thú. Sở dĩ có tên gọi này là vì chủ homestay mong muốn đây là nơi có thể mang đến cho du khách cảm giác vừa lạ lại vừa thân quen ấm áp. Lạ với dịch vụ và cung cách tiếp đón, còn quen là nhờ mọi thứ rất giống như đang ở nhà, từ căn bếp, phòng khách cho đến phòng ngủ.

Amazing HaLong tọa lạc tại căn hộ 1801, tầng 18, tòa B, chung cư Newlife, đường Hoàng Quốc Việt, phường Bãi Cháy, thành phố Hạ Long. Homestay ngay tại trung tâm nên sẽ rất thuận tiện trong việc di chuyển, mua sắm cũng như ăn chơi.

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Amazing HaLong thiết kế theo phong cách chuẩn căn hộ, phù hợp với khách du lịch là nhóm đông người, khách lẻ 2 – 3 người đều được. Theo chia sẻ của anh chị chủ thì homestay với tiêu chuẩn dành cho khoảng 6 người, nếu vượt mức thì tối đa chỉ thêm được 4 người. Tất nhiên, 4 người này cũng sẽ được phụ thu phí thêm nhưng không nhiều đâu!

Review chi tiết: Amazing HaLong Homestay mới mở view vịnh Hạ Long siêu lung linh

1. Homestay Hạ Long giá rẻ: Banana and Rose

Địa chỉ: Island Bay, Hạ Long, Tuần Châu, Tp. Hạ Long, Quảng Ninh

Đặt phòng: BOOK NGAY

Được biết đến là một trong những địa điểm du lịch nghỉ dưỡng sang trọng, cao nhất hiện nay với thiết kế độc đáo, Banana and Rose sẽ đem đến những trải nghiệm vô cùng độc đáo, mới lạ.

Khu nhà homestay bao gồm 6 phòng ngủ với sức chứa tối đa lên đến 16 du khách. Gần biển cùng với các thiết kế đặc sắc, không gian đẹp đã khiến cho khu homestay Hạ Long đẹp đang được mọi người ưa thích.

2. HaLong Ginger Homestay

Địa chỉ: 33 Tổ 2, Hạ Long, Hùng Thắng, Tp. Hạ Long, Quảng Ninh

Đặt phòng: BOOK NGAY

Tọa lạc tại địa điểm lý trong thành phố Hạ Long, HaLong Ginger Homestay sẽ mang đến cho du khách cảm nhận được sự sống động, nét độc đáo từ vẻ bên ngoài cho đến không gian nội thất bên trong.

HaLong Ginger Homestay là một trong những homestay Hạ Long có không khí yên bình và tuyệt vời nhất. Đặc biệt du khách còn có thể trải nghiệm các dịch vụ đẳng cấp như thuê thiết bị thể thao nước, tắm nắng, sân vườn.

3. Brika Hostel

Địa chỉ: Khu chung cư Green Bay Tower Hạ Long, Hoàng Quốc Việt, Hùng Thắng, Tp. Hạ Long, Quảng Ninh

Đặt phòng: BOOK NGAY

Brika Handmade Apartment hay còn gọi là Brika Hostel là một trong những Homestay Hạ Long Bay đáng để du khách nên thử trải nghiệm.

Nằm tại tầng 16 của tòa nhà Green Bay, Brika Hostel được trang bị đầy đủ tiện nghi và rất thoải mái đối với những người dùng.

Nội thất được thiết kế xinh xắn theo phong cách vintage mang hơi hướng hoài cổ, độc lạ, view hướng biển,… Brika Hostel sẽ đem đến cho du khách những không gian nghỉ ngơi lãng mạn thật sự tinh tế.

4. Coto Gardens

Địa chỉ: Thôn Nam Đồng, xã Đồng Tiến, huyện Cô Tô, Quảng Yên, Quảng Ninh, Vietnam

Đặt phòng: BOOK NGAY

Nằm ngay giữa 2 bãi tắm nổi tiếng của đảo Cô Tô là bãi Vàn Chảy và bãi Hồng Vàn, Coto Gardens là địa điểm dừng chân tuyệt vời dành cho các du khách khi đến với đảo Cô Tô.

Coto Gardens nằm cách các bãi tắm ở Cô Tô khoảng 1,5km và cách bến đò đi Cô Tô con 600m. Homestay Hạ Long nổi bật bởi không gian thoáng mát và kết hợp với hàng cây xanh toả bóng mát cho toàn khách sạn với sức chứa trên 100 khách

5. Homestay Hạ Long đẹp: Coto Village

Địa chỉ: Đồng Tiến, Cô Tô, Quảng Ninh

Đặt phòng: BOOK NGAY

Nằm tại bãi biển Hồng Vàn, Coto Village với thiết kế hệ nhà lều gỗ hướng biển được xây dựng vào năm 2015, Coto Village được xem là một trong những khu nghỉ dưỡng đẹp nhất tại Cô Tô.

Đến với Coto Village là hệ thống những căn nhà gỗ mái lá độc đáo khiến cho giới trẻ vô cùng ưa thích.

6. Homestay Container

Địa chỉ: đảo Cái Chiên, Quảng Ninh

Đặt phòng: BOOK NGAY

Là một trong những địa điểm lưu trú độc đáo và đầy mới lạ dành cho các bạn trẻ khi đến du lịch nghỉ dưỡng, homestay Hạ Long giá rẻ Homestay container là sự lựa chọn vô cùng hoàn hảo và siêu hấp dẫn dành cho các bạn trẻ.

Ngoài ra, khi đến với homestay này, du khách còn có cơ hội trải nghiệm không gian sát biển và xen kẽ giữa không gian độc đáo cùng với cảnh biển vô cùng lãng mạn tại đây.

7. Momento Ha Long – The Bay View

Địa chỉ: Đường Hoàng Quốc Việt, Tp. Hạ Long

Đặt phòng: BOOK NGAY

Nằm ngay trên mặt đường biển, Momento Ha Long là địa điểm lý tưởng dành cho các chuyến du lịch đi đến Tuần Châu hay công viên Sun World.

Là một trong những homestay Hạ Long đẹp mới đi vào hoạt động từ năm nay, nhưng lại rất được nhiều du khách lựa chọn.

8. Homestay Quảng Ninh: De LaVa

Địa chỉ: Chung cư Sunrise

Đặt phòng: BOOK NGAY

Nằm ngay gần chợ đêm Bãi Cháy và chợ Cái Răm, tọa lạc trên tầng 9 của chung cư Sunrise, du khách sẽ có cảm giác như đang chiêm ngưỡng khung cảnh Hạ Long vào trong tầm mắt. Tuy nhiên, để có thể đặt phòng tại đây, bạn nên liên hệ đặt phòng trước 1 tháng.

9. Lilium House – Local Homestay

Địa chỉ: 706 T1, Tòa Green Bay, Hoàng Quốc Việt, Tp Hạ Long, Quảng Ninh

Đặt phòng: BOOK NGAY

Là một trong những homestay vịnh Hạ Long nổi tiếng dành cho giới trẻ. Không gian phòng được trang trí độc đáo cùng với các tiện ích mà Lilium House – Local Homestay đem lại đối với chính những người dùng.

10. Homestay hạ Long giá rẻ: Diamond Homestay

Địa chỉ: Hoàng Quốc Việt, phường Hùng Thắng, Tp Hạ Long, Quảng Ninh

Đặt phòng: BOOK NGAY

Nằm ngay trong trung tâm của thành phố Hạ Long, Diamond Homestay với không gian thoáng đãng, sạch sẽ và các tiện ích trong căn nhà sẽ là một trong những lợi ích mà du khách được trải nghiệm.

Ngoài ra, không gian nhà bếp nhỏ nhưng đầy đủ tiện nghi sẽ hỗ trợ rất lớn cho những bữa ăn khuya của các bạn đấy nhé!

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Realme offers a cost-effective killer, which is the protagonist of this review Realme X50 Pro 5G. This is the first Snapdragon 865 flagship released by Realme in less than a year from the return of India to China. The price starts from 3599 yuan, and the entire series is equipped with a 65W gallium nitride charger as standard. “It looks similar, but the two are indeed in completely different positions.

The previous Realme X50 was a mid-range 5G sub-flagship, and this time the Realme X50 Pro is the beginning of Realme’s flagship in 2020, and its importance is self-evident. So how does it actually perform? Next, let’s enter this realme X50 Pro review.

Design & Appearance

Sandwich structures with double-sided glass and medium-frame metal are not uncommon at present. The realme X50 Pro 5G follows the design ideas of the realme x50 5G and makes a look that almost everyone can accept. This means that from a distance, the X50 Pro 5G does not look much different from the realme 5 Pro.

In the author’s experience, the most obvious change I can feel is that the grip of the realme X50 Pro 5G is much better than the previous realme X50 5G. This is because the back process is upgraded and the back cover uses a more expensive AG coating. The matte touch has less damping, making the back of the phone smooth and delicate. And it will not leave fingerprints easily during use, and keep the back clean at all times.

The realme X50 Pro 5G’s body is very round and there are almost no edges and corners. After the 8.9mm body has undergone a round transition, it is easy to ignore the thickness on the touch with a one-handed and two-handed grip, and the curved glass on the back fits the handgrip.

It is worth mentioning that compared to the X50, the X50 Pro also has an obvious change, which is the return of the screen fingerprint unlocking, eliminating the fingerprint recognition area that was “homestay” on the power button, and it is a step up in aesthetics.

What makes the realme X50 Pro 5G recognizable is the two new colors additions-red rust and moss. The inspiration is said to be from the Morandi color system. For the first time, the mature and restrained expression of realme is shown. , Low-profile matte, compared with the high-saturation flamboyant color matching in the past, it is much more durable.

These color changes also depend on the reflection of light on the mirror glass, which looks quite deep, which is the flagship temperament. The X50 Pro is equipped with a 6.44-inch Samsung Super AMOLED screen, E3 light-emitting material, and a maximum excitation brightness of 1,000 nits. This high-quality screen is regarded as the flagship standard this year.

Refresh rate

It also comes standard with a refresh rate of 90Hz. The most direct experience is smoothness, reduced visual lag when sliding, reduced text smear when reading, and very easy operation. It also has a touch sampling rate of 180Hz. The touch sampling rate affects the touch sensitivity of the screen. The higher the touch sampling rate, the higher the touch sensitivity of the screen.

If you are more concerned about realme mobile phones, you may find that why the real self X50 is equipped with a 120Hz high refresh rate screen, but when the Pro version refresh rate is changed to 90Hz? The reason is explained in detail in the experience section. The desktop default wallpaper just obscures the front dual camera opening in the upper left corner. If you change the interface on a white background, you can see the opening.

Thanks to the replacement of the screen from the X50 LCD to the OLED material, the area of the double openings has been reduced. Naturally, the effect on the screen’s integrated look and feel has been much lower than the previous generation. When playing a game or watching a video, you can turn the direction so that the game/video control buttons avoid this area. There is no need to cut the screen to a 16: 9 ratio display.

The bottom of the phone has a USB-C port, a microphone, a main speaker, and a dual SIM card slot. There is a microphone on the top.

This time the Realme X50 Pro does not retain the 3.5mm headphone jack. On the one hand, it reduces the openings, and on the other hand, it allows more space inside the fuselage to accommodate other more important components. We must know that the Realme X50 Pro 5G machine The body size is smaller than the X50, which means that the space pressure will be greater than the latter.

Realme X50 Pro Screen

We just raised a question that realme followers may have in the external viewing analysis section. The real self X50 is equipped with a high refresh rate of 120Hz. Why does the Pro version become 90Hz?

The reason for this is not difficult to explain. The real self X50 and real self X50 Pro have completely different screen materials: the X50 uses an LCD screen, and the X50 Pro uses an OLED screen.

Especially in low-temperature conditions, whether it is the iPhone 11 up to nearly 6000 yuan or a low-end entry phone down to several hundred yuan, any LCD screen is relatively prone to smear, which is because of the screen response time Long, it is not a real stutter, but relatively slow response.

Here we must first talk about the response time of the LCD screen: the speed at which each pixel of the liquid crystal display responds to the input signal, that is, the time required for the pixel to change from dark to bright or bright to dark, that is, the liquid crystal molecules rotate and return to the original position. The time needed.

LED

At the same time, it is also necessary to understand the principle of the LCD screen: under the action of the electric field, the arrangement direction of the liquid crystal molecules is changed to change the transmittance of the external light source, complete the electrical-optical conversion, and then use the three primary colors of R, G, and B. The different excitations of the signal pass through the three primary color filter films of red, green, and blue to complete the color reproduction of time domain and space domain.

In other words, as long as the LCD screen uses liquid crystal technology, liquid crystal molecules cannot be deflected. The time required from receiving the driver chip command to changing the state can only be as fast as possible.

The OLED screen’s light-emitting principle is different. It realizes self-emission by driving the organic thin-film itself by electric current. Technically, independent pixels can be turned on and off, and the light and dark changes of the pixels can be directly controlled, which avoids the flow of liquid crystal molecules’ deflection. Therefore, the response speed is far better than that of LEDs, and almost no afterimage can be seen by the naked eye.

Therefore, in the author ’s actual experience, the real-life X50 at the refresh rate of 120 Hz and the real-life X50 Pro at the refresh rate of 90 Hz can hardly see the smear phenomenon, but the sliding speed of the X50 will be faster, and the overall visual performance no big difference.

In addition, the real-world X50 Pro’s screen color adjustment is more restrained. It only provides two options: “P3” and “sRG”. It does not provide a vivid but unrealistic “bright” mode. In other words, the X50 Pro does not show strong display effects due to the use of AMOLED screens, and the color adjustment tendency is as restrained as its back.

Example of a 90Hz screen versus a 60Hz screen

Finally, let’s intuitively feel the smoothness of the high refresh rate screen compared to the traditional 60Hz refresh rate screen.

5G experience

We have already briefly introduced the appearance part. The body size of the X50 Pro is even smaller than that of the X50. This also means that the machine is facing tighter space pressure for 5G function implementation. After all, 5G is not a plug A simple thing that an X55 baseband chip can accomplish.

Realme X50 Pro also has to deal with extremely complicated antenna layout and RF deployment. Realme X50 Pro 5G also chose a more difficult solution to challenge. Like the realme X50, this game is not missing in frequency band or mode, including n1, n3, n41, n78, and n79.

This means that whether it is domestic or in most parts of the world, you do n’t need to worry about the “mobile phone does not support this band” when holding the real X50 Pro. For this reason, the X50 Pro has paid a very high price. Realme designed 12 antennas for this phone.

Speed

For the heat dissipation problem faced by a more compact body, the realme X50 Pro 5G has a complete set of heat dissipation mechanisms, which is officially called a five-dimensional ice-cooled heat dissipation Pro. , Heat dissipation silicone grease and other multiple heat dissipation materials. Among them, the area of VC liquid-cooled soaking copper plate is as high as 1821 mm2. Compared with the previous generation heat pipe, the area is increased by 339%, which can cover the core heat source 100%, significantly reduce the temperature, and greatly improve the heat dissipation capacity.

These are all necessary guarantees for the real X50 Pro 5G network experience. Next, in the area covered by the 5G signal, we use the mainstream test tool Speed Test for speed measurement under the 5G network.

The realme X50 Pro 5G network speed is currently stable at around 487Mbps near the author’s home. This rate is due to the fact that I got early engineering machines and the operator’s network was not stable. Even so, the speed experience of the X50 Pro is still much faster than 4G. In particular, compared with the 24.9 Mbps downlink rate of ordinary 4G networks, 5G networks have almost increased to 20 times the former.

Not only that, but the latency under 5G networks is also lower.

As the current 5G networks of the three major operators have not yet achieved large-scale full coverage like 4G networks, there must be some 5G network signal blind spots (such as in underground parking lots and elevators), and 5G and 4G switching scenarios will be encountered. Realme X50 Pro provides Smart 5G technology to solve the network stall that may occur during the 4G and 5G mutual switching process.

The most obvious performance is that when the 5G signal is weaker than 4G, the real X50 Pro will automatically switch back to 4G standby. At the same time, the 5G network can also speed up the network when the Wi-Fi signal is not good. After enabling the dual-channel acceleration of 5G and Wi-Fi, it can provide “dual insurance” for daily use, especially mobile games. Features have covered mainstream applications.

Hardware & Performance

Realme’s fastness is not just related to high refresh rate screens. I can persuade you to buy a realme X50 Pro. The main reason is the core hardware configuration based on the starting price of 3599 yuan. The X50 Pro is equipped with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 mobile platform. The most powerful mobile SoC.

At the same time, the Real X50 Pro National Bank Edition also provides a large memory starting with 8GB RAM, up to 12GB, and the specifications also use the top LPDDR 5 of the current Android camp. To match it is 128GB or 256GB of dual-channel UFS 3.0 storage.

These top-level hardware bases make this phone have the top speed and high performance of the Android camp. With the freshly released realme UI, it can be said that the X50 Pro is currently the fastest and smoothest mobile phone under realme.

Master Lu

Master Lu can evaluate and compare the five core hardwares of CPU, GPU, RAM, storage, and display. It is more suitable for ordinary white users to understand mobile phone related information.

CPU

Compared with the Snapdragon 855 Plus, the top pillar of the Qualcomm camp in 19 years, the Snapdragon 865 powered by the X50 Pro is more direct on the CPU.

Specifically, the CPU core used by the Snapdragon 865 is the same as the Snapdragon 855 Plus with a 1 + 3 + 4 architecture, with frequencies of 2.84GHz, 2.42Ghz, and 1.80GHz, and the cache capacity has not changed. With the Coterx-A77 architecture, the L3 cache has doubled to 4MB, and the four small cores are still the Cortex-A55 architecture, with a frequency of 1.8GHz.

Although the core frequency and L2 cache have not changed, compared with the Snapdragon 855 Plus based on the Cortex-A76 core improvement, Qualcomm’s main change on the Snapdragon 865 is to use the ARM Cortex-A77 architecture directly on the CPU core.

In the GeekBench5 test, the Snapdragon 865 used by the X50 Pro benefited from the new A77 architecture. Both the single-core and multi-core performance tests have achieved very good results. Among them, the single-core is 18 times ahead of the Snapdragon 855 Plus. %, Leading 19% on multicore.

GPU

Next, we look at the changes in the GPU. Adreno 630/640 GPUs are 2-core GPUs, each GPU core has 256 and 384 ALU units, and the performance of Adreno 650 has achieved a 50% improvement, which means that it may Is composed of three 256-ALU cores or two 512-ALU cores.

In terms of texture filling, the previous generation of Adreno 640 has performed well. Each core doubled from 12 groups of TMU units to 24 groups of TMU units, for a total of 48 groups of TMU units. This also makes the texture fill rate: the pixel fill rate reaches a rare 3: 1 ratio. The Adreno 650 GPU brings a 50% improvement in pixel processing performance over the previous generation, and now its pixel fill rate performance is on par with ARM’s Mali GPU.

Qualcomm has pointed out that the Adreno 650 GPU has improved performance by an average of 25% in different tests and loads. It should be noted that Qualcomm clearly indicates that the performance increase will be higher in some loads, such as the high load test Aztec Ruins in GFXBench. At this time, there may be a performance improvement of more than 25%.

Dual-channel UFS 3.0

Thanks to the dual-channel UFS 3.0, in the AndroBench storage test, the sequential reading speed of the Real Me X50 Pro was 1715.51MB / s and the sequential writing speed was 685.41MB / s. The random read speed is 238.74MB / s and the random write speed is 233.93MB / s.

The test data in each sub-item is much higher than the previous generation UFS 2.1. Even if you ignore the paper parameters, you can feel the faster game loading brought by the Snapdragon 865 + LPDDR 5+ dual-channel UFS 3.0. Speed and application installation speed.

It is worth mentioning that official news claims that the realme X50 Pro uses UFS 3.0 + Turbo Write + HPB flash technology. Specifically, the Realme X50 Pro uses Samsung ’s standard UFS 3.0 + Turbo Write technology. Which is technically consistent with the JEDEC standard UFS 3.1 (UFS3.0 + Write Booster), which maximizes sequential writing. In the performance speed, only the name is different. The X50 Pro has added HPB technology to the entire system. Which can further improve the random read performance after long-term use?

Antutu

Antutu introduces mobile / tablet hardware performance evaluation tools. Which can comprehensively inspect the performance of various aspects of the device? Including user experience, and perform visual rankings. Support multiple mainstream platforms, running points can be compared across platforms. AnTuTu’s running score will provide a total score and multiple sub-item scores.

Realme X50 Pro Cameras

In previous years, dual- and triple-cameras were rare. Now four-cameras will almost become the standard for mobile phones. The main purpose is to enrich the photography scene and bring a more comprehensive photography experience through multiple cameras.

The rear side of the Realme X50 Pro uses a four-camera combination of 64MP main cameras + 12MP pixels 2x telephoto lens + 119 ° super wide-angle lens + black and white portrait lens.

The main camera is our old friend Samsung ISOCELL GW1. This sensor has a 1 / 1.72-inch photosensitive area and can take 64MP effective pixel photos. It is an evolutionary upgrade of Samsung GM1. And it has more pixels (from 47MP to 64MP). ), Due to Samsung ’s DTI pixel segmentation and other technologies. The overall signal-to-noise performance and low-light performance will also be improved.

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The 64-megapixel Samsung GW1 main camera also supports QuadBayer pixel 4-in-1 technology. A single pixel can reach 1.6 μm, which brings better resolution and low-light performance. The ultra-wide-angle lens in the four-shot can capture ultra-wide-angle images of 119°. It also supports 3cm macro photography; the telephoto lens supports up to 2x optical zoom. 5x hybrid zoom, and 20x digital zoom; as for black and white portrait lenses. They can also play a role in shooting portraits.

It is worth mentioning that in the shooting experience. The author found that when the realme X50 Pro 5G is in poor light. The main camera with a larger aperture will be used to crop the image to obtain a zoom proof. Only if the ambient brightness is acceptable, the mobile phone ’s telephoto head will be called.

Battery

Not only does the 90Hz screen make brushing the phone visually fast, but the Snapdragon 865 + LPDDR 5+ dual-channel UFS 3.0 is fast. This time the 65W flash charge used by the X50 Pro makes charging faster. 35 minutes full. This is currently the fastest 65W charging record in 5G mobile phones.

The X50 Pro is equipped with a 65W flash charge, with a maximum current of 6.5A. And the most important thing is that this machine comes standard with a 65W gallium nitride charger-this charger currently costs at least 149 yuan in China. It is still very sincere.

In terms of charging speed, realme said that the X50 Pro takes only 35 minutes from 0 to 100% full. Which saves half of the charging time compared to some 30W flagship phones on the market. The reason why it is so fast is that the battery capacity is 4200mAh. Which is not too high. Secondly. SuperDart technology further improves the algorithm. The charging power is more balanced, and the trickle charging speed is greatly improved.

Among the previous smartphones. The fastest from 0 to 100% full charge is OPPO’s Reno Ace, which can be filled with a 4000mAh battery in 28 minutes. But this is a mobile phone last year, and the battery capacity is relatively small.

With such a fast charge, the X50 Pro can achieve 100 minutes of movie playback. 4 hours of phone calls, and 40 songs of battery life after 3 minutes of charging. 100 minutes is almost the time of a movie.

Online video battery life

I use the Bilibili client to play online barrage videos, 20% volume, 70% brightness, turn on the GPS switch. And keep QQ and WeChat in the background. Use a WiFi network, and the data network is in 5G state, starting from 100% power. And after 1 hour, the remaining power is 92%. Power consumption is 8%.

Game battery life

Keep QQ and WeChat in the background, turn on GPS, start from 100% power, and after 1 hour. The remaining power is 85%. The power consumption is 15%, but it should be noted that the picture quality is HDR and the frame number is set to ultra-high. If adjusted to the limit frame rate, battery life may be further reduced.

Realme X50 Pro Verdict

If in 2019, if you ask me if I will consider buying a 5G flagship. And seeing a crowd of 5G flagships that have almost doubled in price. And are relatively unchanged from 4G phones except for the network, I will shake my head.

However, let me look at this problem again now, and I will be excited by 5G flagships like realme X50 Pro. Because even without considering the 5G network. Its high refresh rate screen. Top performance and experience have reached a level that is very different from last year’s 4G mobile phone. Reaching the level that a high-end flagship should have. Under this premise, the 5G network is integrated. Characteristics have a very strong appeal.

Read Also: Redmi Note 9 Pro Hands-on Review: 2020 Mid-Range Beast

In the context of increasing sales without increasing prices starting from 3599 yuan, it is difficult for people with related needs to refuse early adopters of 5G flagships. From its selling price, we can also see that as a realme with strong Internet brand attributes and positioning close to young people, it continues to focus on the less expensive strategy.

Of course, at the same time. Realme is also constantly approaching the top flagship products of giant manufacturers. On the realme X50 Pro, we can see the Snapdragon 865 top mobile platform. 90Hz high refresh rate Samsung AMOLED screen. 65W SuperDart super flash charge ( Or even give away gallium nitride chargers) and many other flagships.

Although the Realme X50 Pro 5G looks like an upgraded version of the Realme X50 in the name. The two are two completely different products in terms of experience. The convergence between the two is only a product idea without shortcomings and no mistakes. It can be said that the realme X50 Pro is a high-end “bucket machine” in the Android flagship camp.

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Chào bán homestay trang trại kèm 'bao' lãi

Một dự án trang trại nghỉ dưỡng ở Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu đang chào bán nền đất cho nhà đầu tư làm nông nghiệp với cam kết lãi 50 triệu đồng mỗi năm.

Hình ảnh quảng bá để bán sản phẩm farmstay xuất hiện trên các chợ trực tuyến.

Tọa lạc trên cung đường Hồ Tràm – Bình Châu, huyện Xuyên Mộc, tỉnh Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu, cách TP HCM hơn 90 km, dự án gắn mác trang trại kết hợp phát triển nghỉ dưỡng sinh thái chào giá bán nền đất đợt đầu từ 1,7 triệu đồng mỗi m2 đất. Theo tư vấn của môi giới bán hàng, ngoài giá đất, tổng giá trị suất đầu tư tùy thuộc vào quy mô nền và loại công nghệ trồng trọt, giống cây theo tiêu chuẩn 4.0.

Mô hình bán đất trang trại nghỉ dưỡng xuất hiện trên thị trường với tên gọi farmstay, có nghĩa là một sản phẩm lai, kết hợp giữa 2 từ farm (nông trại) và homestay (khu lưu trú địa phương).

Sản phẩm được bên bán giải thích là mô hình đầu tư sinh lợi từ việc khách hàng sở hữu nông trại và kinh doanh homestay. Tùy vào mức độ đầu tư nền đất trong farmstay khách hàng sẽ được hưởng những giá trị lợi ích từ mô hình trồng rau sạch được chuyển giao công nghệ hiện đại, dựa trên cơ sở thỏa thuận giữa khách hàng và chủ đầu tư với nông trại đó.

Môi giới chào bán nền đất miêu tả farmstay được đầu tư theo công nghệ 4.0 và khu nghỉ dưỡng homestay có hoa viên tản bộ, có hoạt động tham quan nông trại, trực tiếp chăm sóc rau trồng, khu vui chơi… Nhà đầu tư mô hình bất động sản này được hưởng lợi nhuận lên đến 50 triệu đồng một năm từ chương trình đầu tư homestay phục vụ nghỉ dưỡng sinh thái. Đây là nguồn thu mỗi tháng từ nông sản được trồng trên chính mảnh vườn của mình gồm: dưa lưới, cà chua bi, dưa hấu không hạt… theo tiêu chuẩn rau sạch chuẩn 4.0 Israel và Nhật Bản.

Đơn vị chào bán farmstay còn cho hay đang xây dựng hẳn hệ thống các farmstay trải dài các điểm đến như Bình Châu – Vũng Tàu, Lagi – Bình Thuận, Hàm Tân, Hàm Thuận Bắc, Ninh Thuận, Lâm Đồng, Long Khánh, Gia Lai, Long An, Vũng Tàu, Củ Chi (TP HCM)…

Tổng giám đốc Công ty đầu tư bất động sản Việt An Hòa, Trần Khánh Quang cho biết mô hình farmstay mới lộ diện trên thị trường gần đây đang ăn theo trào lưu bất động sản nghỉ dưỡng sinh thái. Đây là mốt second home được ưa chuộng hiện nay. Tuy nhiên, sản phẩm còn khá mới nên chưa được kiểm chứng về cách thức vận hành và tỷ suất sinh lời vẫn còn là dấu hỏi lớn.

Tính pháp lý sở hữu thường là đất vườn nên việc xây dựng rất hạn chế. Có nơi có sổ có nơi không sổ đỏ mà chỉ ra hợp đồng. Nếu quy mô nhỏ thì ít ảnh hưởng quy hoạch chung của địa phương (tư nhân tự phát làm 5-10 lô). Trong khi đó, nếu quy mô lớn thì có thể ảnh hưởng đến quy hoạch và hạ tầng của địa phương. Mô hình này được quản lý chung của chủ đầu tư nên người mua có thể giảm tối thiểu chi phí quản lý và trồng trọt.

Theo ông Quang, việc cam kết thu nhập giúp người mua có thu nhập thụ động nhưng cần lưu ý năng lực và kinh nghiệm của chủ đầu tư về việc trồng nông nghiệp kỹ thuật cao. Chuyên gia này cho rằng, người mua homestay nông trại, farmstay mang tính hưởng thụ cảm giác hơn là mua để đầu tư. Với diễn biến thực tế giá đất vườn ở những vùng ven và vùng xa vẫn còn rẻ và dễ tăng giá khi hình thành cộng đồng sở hữu second home trong tương lai nên khả năng tăng giá có thể đạt sau 1-3 năm khi đi vào hoạt động.

“Nếu sản phẩm dưới một tỷ đồng sẽ dễ thu hút khách hàng hơn là sản phẩm có giá cao hơn ngưỡng 1,3-1,5 tỷ đồng trở lên”, ông Quang nhận định.

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Australia or New Zealand, Costs and Permanent Residency options after study

AU or NZ to study?

Australia or New Zealand, Costs and Permanent Residency options after study

Australia and New Zealand are two popular destinations for international students. Both are English-speaking, safe and beautiful countries to live in and further your studies and careers. As most international students would like to stay to work after study we have compared both countries visa options after you finish your studies and how they may lead to permanent residency in Australia or New Zealand.

Australia

Tuition fees and course costs for international students

The costs of studying in Australia depend on the institution and the level of study you choose.

As an international student, your tuition fees are payable before you study. You should use the Course Search on this website to find courses and see details such as their tuition fees. There may be additional costs for your course, including course materials and access to institution facilities.

The list below gives you an indication of the range of annual course costs for different types of qualifications.

School – $8,000 to $30,000

English language studies – Around $300 per week depending on course length

Vocational Education and Training (Certificates I to IV, Diploma and Advanced Diploma) – $5,000 to $30,000

Undergraduate Bachelor Degree – $20,000 to $45,000*

Postgraduate Masters Degree – $15,000 to $60,000*

* Note: This does not include high value courses such as veterinary and medical. Please visit institution websites directly to see costs for these courses.

All costs are per year in Australian dollars. To convert to your own currency, visit http://www.xe.com

Courses with good PR prospects 2019

Cost of living in Australia

The Australian Department of Immigration requires student to show they have access to at least AU$20,290 for living costs per year. If you’re bringing a partner you’ll need to show AU$7,100 more, and if you have children, you’ll need to show you have access to an additional AU$3,040 for each child.

As well as proof of these funds, you will also need to show you have a return air fare for yourself and every family member you take with you, as well as enough money to cover the school fees of any children you have between age five and 18.

Although the above outlines the amount required by Australia’s immigration standards, youThe may not need to spend that much once you arrive. The official Study in Australia gives the following figures as approximate average living costs in Australia.

Students should be aware that these costs can vary depending on your study location in Australia.

Accommodation

Hostels and Guesthouses – $90 to $150 per week

Shared Rental – $85 to $215 per week

On campus – $90 to $280 per week

Homestay – $235 to $325 per week

Rental – $165 to $440 per week

Boarding schools – $11,000 to $22,000 a year

Other living expenses

Groceries and eating out – $80 to $280 per week

Gas, electricity – $35 to $140 per week

Phone and Internet – $20 to $55 per week

Public transport – $15 to $55 per week

Car (after purchase) – $150 to $260 per week

Entertainment – $80 to $150 per week

Minimum cost of living

The Department of Home Affairs has financial requirements you must meet in order to receive a student visa for Australia. From 1st February 2018 the 12 month living cost is:

You – $20,290

Partner or spouse – $7,100

Child – $3,040

This would mean your average living cost would be around AU$311 per week.

Australian Student visa funds calcualtor

Options to permanent residency after studying in Australia

Some students come to Australia and they like living here so much that they decide to live here and apply for Permanent Residence Visa after completion of their studies.

When choosing a course it is always important to think about it’s prospects and chances of getting a permanent visa. A start could be to look at our occupation lists and seeing which list(s) and visas you fall under. Please note that although your occupation might be on the list TODAY it could be removed by the time you are eligible for a PR visa or another temporary visa which makes you a step closer to getting a PR.

Post Study Work Visa

At the completion of study many applicants find that they are not immediately eligible for permanent residence. This may be because they don’t have enough points for skilled migration, or they don’t have an employer or state government to sponsor them. Many applicants in this situation find that the Post Study Work Visa (subclass 485) is a suitable visa following their studies.

General Skilled Migration

Skilled migration is a program of permanent visas based on your skills and work experience which does not require an employer to sponsor you. There are a number of requirements which must be satisfied such as skill and English language requirements as well as a points test. The skilled migration points test will change from November 16, 2019. The changes will affect subclass 491 applicants as well as applications for other skilled migration visas that have not been assessed at that time

Employer Sponsored Visas

An alternate visa pathway could be via employer sponsored visas. Sometimes where an applicant cannot meet skilled migration requirements the next best option is employer sponsorship because the requirements are different to skilled migration, and sometimes easier to meet.

The employer sponsored pathway often involves a process of obtaining a temporary visa initially (subclass 482), then working towards a permanent visa after having worked in Australia for at least 3 years for your sponsoring employer. This is not always required – in some cases you could apply directly for permanent residence (186 visa), but often the employer prefers the TSS 482 visa transitional pathway.

Australian Student visa to Permanent residency

Student visa costs for Australia

If you are an overseas student studying in Australia, then you probably need Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC). The cost of the OSHC policy will depend on the level of cover that you choose and would cost you $438/year for singles cover, $2,685/year for couples cover and $4,026/year for family cover. Department of Home Affairs fees for student visas are:

Main applicant $620 Additional applicant Charge $460 (each) Additional applicant Charge -18 $150 (each)

Citizenship Australia

Applicant must have resided in Australia for at least 4 years.

Applicant must have been a permanent resident for at least 1 year.

Applicant must spend no more than 270 days of the first 3 years outside Australia

Applicant must spend no more than 90 days of the previous year outside Australia

New Zealand

New Zealand is one of the world’s best places to live and study. Friendly and welcoming, New Zealand is a natural playground full of opportunities for unique experiences.

Tuition fees and course costs for international students in NZ

Undergraduate tuition fees: International undergraduate students can expect to pay around NZ$22,000-32,000 per year, with higher fees for subjects such as medicine and veterinary science. Most bachelor’s degrees take three years to complete.

Postgraduate tuition fees : If you’re an international master’s student, your annual fees will range between NZ$26,000-37,000 per year.

However, International PhD students pay the same as New Zealand local PhD students, which is about $6,500 to $9,000 per year for most subjects.

Studying a general English course would cost about $300 per week, or a Cambridge English exam course for $5,100 for 12 weeks. See a full list of indicative New Zealand university fees here.

Costs of Living in New Zealand for Students

New Zealand’s flexible education system has study options to suit every budget. The cost of living is similar to other OECD countries, and is teamed with an excellent work/life balance and a high quality of life.

As part of your student visa application, you must provide evidence that you can cover your living expenses while studying in New Zealand. If you’re studying in New Zealand on a scholarship or a sponsor/family member has agreed to accept financial responsibility for you while you’re here, you may not be required to show proof of funds.

If you will be studying in New Zealand for more than one year, you‘ll need to prove that you have at least $15,000 to support yourself for the first year. If you’re studying for less than a year, you must have at least $1250 for each month of study to contribute to your living expenses.

Living costs will depend on your lifestyle and which part of the country you live in. Some costs vary by region. For example, you may need to travel more in the main centres, and transport costs may be more expensive than in your home country.

You may be able to offset some of your costs by working. Most student visas enable you to work up to 20 hours per week, or full-time in the holidays.

Estimated cost of living in New Zealand

Rent (per week) $200-350 Groceries (per week) $100-$150 Uni Sports Centre and gym (per year) $500 Entertainment (per week) $50 Average meal $12-16 Milk (per litre) $2.50 Can of Coke $2.00 Hot Drink $3.50-$5.00 Lunch at the uni $5-12 Single bus trip $0.40-$8.20 Phone Credit $20-$40 Movie Ticket (Student Price) $11-$14 Textbooks (per year) $500- $1000 Haircut $20-$80 Doctor’s visit $15-$70 Dentist’s visit $150-$500

So in total, you need to budget for NZD15,000 per year as per the Immigration New Zealand student visa requirements, plus the return airfare or an additional NZ$2,000.

Options to permanent residency after studying in New Zealand

You can apply for a visa to work in New Zealand for up to 3 years after you finish your study if you have an acceptable qualification.

A Post-study work visa lasts for 1, 2 or 3 years depending on the level of your qualification and where you studied. From the end of November 2018, it replaces 2 previous visas:

Post Study Work Visa (open)

Post Study Work Visa (employer-assisted)

What you can do on a Post-study work visa

A Post-study work visa lets you work for any employer and in almost any job. Your partner can apply for a work visa and your dependent children can study fee-free as domestic students.

You can apply for a further Post-study work visa if you complete another qualification in New Zealand that:

is at least a Level 7 Bachelor’s degree

lasted for a minimum of 30 weeks, and

is higher than the qualification you submitted for your previous visa.

General Skilled Migration

If you plan to live in New Zealand permanently getting a skilled job in an occupation where there’s a shortage could improve your chances of getting a residence visa.

New Zealand Points Calculator for Skilled Migration

Employer Sponsored Visas

Depending on your situation, there may be other visas you can apply for if you want to work in New Zealand — most common visas when you are bein sponsored and employed by an employer are:

Essential Skills work visa

Specific Purpose Work Visa

Talent Work Visa (Accredited Employer)

If your occupation is on The Long Term Skill Shortage List (LTSSL) you will have more visa options. It is a list of skilled occupations that are in sustained shortage all over New Zealand. For example you may be eligible for the:

Long Term Skill Shortage List Work Visa

NZ Long Term Skill Shortage List

Citizenship New Zealand

Applicant must already have the right to be in New Zealand indefinitely (you’re a permanent resident of New Zealand or Australia)

Applicant must have lived here for at least the last 5 years and had the right to be in New Zealand indefinitely the whole time