My Life in 500 Words

I thought I should write something about myself..

I was born in China in a small, um, small town? Geographically it is southeast China, across the sea from Taiwan and in the province of Fujian. Not that you'd care. Anyways, when I was about 3, my parents left me to come to NZ. Apparently I kept gazing out the window waiting for them to come back but, of course, they never did, well, sort of. So I spent my earliest memories with my paternal grandparents and did stuff that normal kids did. Which included stepping into poo in the wayyy crappy hole in the ground toilets that they had (and still have) in China. Once my parents settled in in NZ, my mum came back to get me (and attend granddad's funeral). That was in 1998.

My first impression of NZ (or Auckland cuz that's where we lived) was that it was much cleaner. There weren't rubbish everywhere, dirty, smelly open markets, chaotic roads, choking smog or very many asians. Oh yea, and I didn't see anyone pee in the gutter which I, am ashamed to say, did when I was desperate. But then I didn't know any better. I spent my next two or so years living in Manukau City (yea, south Auckland-wasn't too bad back then, or at least I didn't think it was) and attended Weymouth Primary School, which was much bigger than the primary schools I saw in my hometown. It even had grass, and heaps of it.

Afterwards, mum, my brother and I flew over to Sydney where we stayed from 2001 to end of 2005. There I attended Berala Public School, an even bigger primary school with over 1000 pupils. I can't remember much, just that it was pretty fun most of the times. Then I went to Sefton High for two years. It is a semi-selective school (I was a selective student :D) and I made some really good friends there. I hope I will remember them. Sydney left a fairly good impression on me, being a decent sized city, although still a big crowded, and have REAL malls, not the one story row of shops that we have here trying to pass as a mall. I also liked the train system there and the city centre was fun. My last two creative writings were based on my experiences in Sydney.

And now I'm in Christchurch. Christchurch is considerably smaller than Sydney. But incredibly cleaner, most likely because it has much less people. What I like about Chch though, is that its close to the ski field :). So no overnight stay is required unlike when I was in Sydney. What I don't like is the lack of shops here, not that I go shopping, but when I want something, they don't have it here... There is also NOTHING to do in Chch (this is where shopping is meant to come in). I hope to travel back to Sydney again, maybe even study there. I also want to see more of the world instead of being stuck in an isolated country that is somewhat behind in everything.