yes i went to the mountain again this weekend and it was pretty mint. the weather was great, the sun was shining bright… it got a little bit hot but taking some layer of clothing did the job of cooling down. so here are some more photos. this time i am in it… in action.
sun shining on my eyes
me coming down the mountain
+ listening to: rocket by smashing pumpkins
i was driving to work this morning, listening to the radio station of my choice and they have been revamping their shows. suggestions were taken from the listeners who called. i was hoping that they would introduce streaming on their online site because i would really like to listen to them while im at work… and someone suggested it! wee. now they have revamped everything including their website and you can listen to them online. so for those who are fans of alternative rock, rock, metal… check it out 
+ listening to: ocean breathes salty by modest mouse
+ most people who know me would know that i can play the piano heheh. for those who don’t, well… now you know :p. ahh ummm… i started having lessons when i was 6 years old mainly because almost everyone of my cousins can play so we are into our music. ive only gone til 6th grade and i want to continue on but that has stopped since i came to nz. anyways, what im getting at is… for those who would like copies of piano scores of songs that you might like, here’s a list of links that i occassionally check for updates:
well that’s only a few of them and its not in any order of what site is best. check it out! its free to print and download :).
okay so here are the photos… but none of us to be found just the beautiful scenery and random people.
+ the waterfall
+ the top of the knohl
so we finally drove down at 8pm friday night last week after having dinner at snowplanet. but 
before that, karl thought it would be a great idea to see what snowplanet’s "pimp my pad" competition was all about. after all the prizes were worth up to $20,000, or so what it said on their site. the catch was, you had to be drinking to enter and it was just one big prize consisting of a home theatre and other technological fanzies. wasnt interested, and besides we were going to be driving a long way in the darkness. they were also going to have a staff skiing/snowboarding competition but that wasnt happening until 9pm. so off we went… taking turns driving through thick fog all the way from auckland and getting to turangi just before midnight. we were just so tired and couldnt wait to hit the sack for an early morning wake up. we stayed with my step-grandparents, who are very generous.
6:30 am. the alarm went off. i was already awake even before the alarm sounded. i think i was a little bit excited to see how my skills have improved since the time (last year) we were up the mountain. i was still too lazy to get up though because it was so cold. got up eventually after the room was warmed up by the small electric heater and got ready to go. so we hurried along, trying not to make any significant noises cuz my grandparents were still asleep and we didnt want to wake them up.
… the day just started great. once the fog lifted up, there was no cloud in the sky in the surrounding area. had a great warm day up the mountain. here are some photos taken on the weekend.
unfortunately we didnt have time to take photos of ourselves snowboarding in action. we were just having so much fun getting up to speed and being able to do it properly this time… unlike last year when we were still newbies. we can actually do it now yay! lol. more photos of the scenery will be posted later on. i still need to get it off the camera.
after a month of putting off going to the mountain ski fields we’re finally going down later on tonight after traffic dies down on the road. weather forecasts everywhere have said that its gonna be brilliant tomorrow for skiing but not on sunday, which is fine with me. at least i’ll actually get to board in the outdoors weee. i’ll post some photos when i get back on sunday :).
check out these photos taken yesterday from turoa ski field.
+ photos from mt ruapehu.com
these photos were taken recently on the ski fields. tonight on the news, winter has apparently been in gone 
which is not good because we havent been down to the mountain yet. ski season hasnt been as good as as last year. we have been planning to but it hasnt been worth the travel for so little snow and limited boarding. check these out. pretty awesome aye?
+ photos from Mt Ruapehu.com
