Music Wednesday

Thrift Shop (feat. Wanz)" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Not my usual genre but it is stuck in my head. Imagine 9 days, every other minute someone singing "what what what" right beside you. Yup, I am infected. Randomly, I will sing out the "What what what" part out loud. This is like a virus. Hopefully I am infecting you! 

New Zealand: Taupo

I din't really get to travel around New Zealand. We only went Auckland, Lake Taupo and Lake Rotorua(briefly). I really like Lake Taupo. It is a small town with a few restaurants. Okie, my fondness for Lake Taupo might got to do with our accommodation. We stayed in this really gorgeous apartment. The name of the apartment is Sacred water if you are interested. We stayed in the 3 rooms apartment with 2 toilets. Let me show you why I am in love with this apartment (I can't decide which is my favourite, Auckland apartment or this). This might be more expensive than the rest of the accommodations but it is worth it(in my opinion). 

The view when you come out of the apartment. Imagine waking up in the morning, before a long day ahead, take a walk with this view. J and his friend went for a run. They really had a good time. The view is surreal. 

This is the apartment we stayed. Check out the big dog. 

As Lake Taupo is near the Volcano, the naturally heated up. We went during winter, so there is no one  in the water, except 

the Ducks. 

They will go near you, thinking you will feed them. Actually there are black swans as well but I din't take any nice photo of them, so I am not going to post it. 

We had a lot of good food here as well except the "indian cuisine". Stick to the local/western cuisine and you won't go wrong. Typing this entry make me miss Lake Taupo so much. I want to go back!

I am sharing this to pay forward the goodwill of other travellers online reviews. 

Dips: Guacamole

J has been craving for guacamole every other day and they are really expensive, so I decided to make my own(truth is I have a lot of time on hand). It is really easy.

Ingredients: 

- 2 ripe avocados
- 1 lime, juiced
- pinch of sea salt
- 2 tbsp red onion, diced
- 1 clove of garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp spring onion, thinly sliced
- 2 tomato, diced

Steps:

1. Cut the avocado into half, remove the seed and scoop out the avocado from the peel(Save one seed)
2. Mashed the avocado in bowl. If you like it chunky, don't mashed too long. I used a fork to mash it.
3. Add this all the rest of the ingredient. Be careful you don't want to add in too much lime juice, remember to taste before adding. Adjust salt to own preference
4. Mix them
5. Put the avocado seed in the guacamole (The guacamole will not turn brown so quickly)
6. Put it in the fridge and serve when chilled

I used green tomato so you can't see any red here. The green tomato is yummy.

I am bored, so I took a few random similar photos and thought I will shared them here. 

Next, I want to try the spicy guacamole. Will update once I get it right.