Hey guys! Today has been one of the most fun days these holidays. I haven't been going out that much due to work but today was an amazing day because I got to tick off something from my bucket list! And that was to pet a cow! haha it probably sounds like such a bucket list idea for most of you because a cows just a cow right? Well I guess you're right but I've always wanted to pet a cow because they're so ka-uttttte! Today, my dad, brother and I went to Sheep World which has farm animals available for you to pet and feed (for a price) and there was also a show available (with another price). But before I get carried away with talking about the animals, we went to a small yet quite popular cafe in Puhoi.

We went to the cafe for lunch and also grabbed some ice cream before we left because they had won like 6 out of 8 ice cream awards because they make their own ice creams. All the food there looked amazing but of course, we weren't going to buy everything that looked good.

My brother and I both bought a mocha. It tasted good except for the bottom parts because there was some of the chocolate powder left and I didn't even put any of the marshmallows in the mocha because the marshmallows are usually really sweet. Especially that brand because it looks like the Pascall marshmallows.

My brother ordered this sausage roll that came with some relish and also a mini salad which was unexpected. He gave me a bit to try and it tasted pretty good. It looks like they make it themselves because it doesn't look like it was manufactured in a big factory.

Here's me with the food that my dad and I ordered. It's a sweet chilli chicken panini that was huge so my dad and I shared it. It also came with some chutney and a mini salad.

It was actually fairly priced because it cost about $30 for everything that we bought (2 mochas, 1 flat white, 1 panini and 1 sausage roll.) The food was really filling and I almost didn't have enough room for ice cream. ALMOST. ;) haha I didn't take any photos of the ice creams that we bought because it was beginning to melt pretty fast so I focused on eating it instead of taking photos of it. The ice cream that I ordered was Hokey Pokey. But they altered the name to Puhoi Pokey and there weren't hokey pokey bits in there, it was smooth with some chocolate that seemed like crushed Crunchie chocolate on top.

After the cafe, we drove around Warkworth and Wellsford until we finally reached Sheep World. We were kind of hesitant of buying admission tickets at first because they were $28 for an adult. Which is actually quite expensive but it was worth it since we spent over 2 hours there. Just purely petting and feeding the animals and watching the show that was about an hour and a half long. When we went through the doors to see the animals, the first animals we saw were sheep. Not very cute sheep either because this sheep has horns like a goat. It looks like a sheep crossed with a goat haha!

That's the sheep that I'm talking about but darn it, it's looking up so you can't see the horns but look, it's fur looks like a normal sheep's.

Next stop, COWS! The owner (I'm guessing) gave us two milk bottles to feed the cows. I was super excited because how often are you able to bottle feed a cow!? I doubt I'll ever be able to do it in my life again unless I go to a place like sheep world but they don't always have cows. The bottle that was feeding the larger cow was soon empty so the guy took the bottle and added some water in there for the cow instead of more milk. Once the large one had the bottle taken away, it came over to the smaller cow that I was feeding and knocked his head away and stole the bottle from the smaller cow. No wonder the cow is smaller, his brother/sister always steals his milk! haha My mum always gave me the impression that cows that really rough fur but these two cows didn't have super rough fur. I mean, the majority of its fur isn't that soft but they had a few soft spots. Maybe it's because they're still young so the fur is still baby fur? If there's even such a thing like that haha.

The two cows that they have there.

There were also other animals like:
Alpacas! I love alpacas and all but I was so scared that they were going to spit on me! Even though that'd only happen if you really piss them off but their faces looked pissed off (not that we did anything to make them be pissed off.)

Ostriches! I was far too scared to feed them with the pellets in my hand because they peck and could peck hard. We just threw some pellets on the ground for them.

Deers! There was about 3 or 4 deers but 3 of them were too shy to come up to the fence to eat from us. The only one that wasn't scared was the one in the photo below. The ones that were scared made it seem like they were in the wild or something and we were the hunters.

Just a casual close up of the deer haha

 Donkeys! There were also miniature horses which are pretty much just ponies haha! These donkeys had such dirty fur though! Like I pet them once and all this dust starts flying around and my hand is immediately full of dust.
There were also some pigs and chickens and goats but I didn't take that many photos of them.
Overall, it was a good and fun day. The best part would be feeding the cows because it's on my bucket list haha and just hanging out with my dad and brother was amazing!

Which animal would you most like to pet and feed?

Love,
Elaine

Hey! Ooh, I haven't done one of these in a while! Sorry about that! This is another random question tag. And a tag means that... I TAG ALL OF YOU GUYS TO DO IT TOO! haha

1. What's a nickname only your family calls you?
*I don't exactly have a lot of nicknames, from both friends and family, but one nickname would be 'Ling Ling'. It's only my sister that calls me that haha. The nickname comes from my first name. Okay, yes, my first name is Elaine but in cantonese it's "Yee Ling". So she makes it cuter by saying Ling Ling I guess :3

2. What's a weird habit of yours?
*This is a tricky one. Lemme think.. wait, I'm just gonna ask my friend haha because she'll know my weird habits more than me. Okay, she just said that a weird habit of mine would be laughing too much. Like at the randomest things. I guess that's pretty true :P Well I normally just crack a huge smile when I think of something funny that happened in the past so when I start laughing, people are just like wth!? hahah

3. Did you take the gherkins out of your burgers when you were little?
YES! Like I always had to pick them out! I love having them in my burgers now though.

4. What's a song you secretly love to blast and belt out when you're alone?
*I don't secretly love any song! haha If I like a song, people would know ;)

5. What's one of your biggest pet peeves?
* When my family accidentally wakes me up from a good sleep -.- Like they're just so loud in the mornings, when with my bedroom door shut, I can still hear them so clearly!
*Thought of another one so I'll just share one more! When people you're around are making faces and doing eye contact with a friend like CLEARLY showing that they're pissed at me or like annoying or whatever! Like b**** please. You're just as annoying! haha (Just had to let that out :P )

6. What's one of your nervous habits?
*When I get nervous I just cross my arms and hold onto my hands haha and probably don't look happy at all!

7. What side of the bed do you sleep on?
*I sleep in the middle because I don't sleep with anyone.

8. What was your first stuffed animal and it's name?
*I honestly have no idea! The most memorable stuffed toy would be a Winnie The Pooh  and I named it Pooh hahaha, so original, I know! It's so sad though, my mum gave it away when I was on a school camp :'( Pooh was my favourite! I was 12ish years old at the time when she gave it away. I didn't sleep with it or play with it at that age but it was just a good feeling knowing that Pooh was there! I was so annoyed at my mum for doing that! Like I didn't even give her permission to throw it away! :'(

9. What's the drink you always order at starbucks?
*I haven't gone to starbucks in yeeears because there's no stores near where I live!

10. What's the beauty rule you preach but never actually practice?
*Washing my face with makeup remover. I barely ever use makeup remover or scrubs or any special treatment to my face because I don't like having water splashed onto my face! I only use makeup removers if I'm removing mascara.

11. Which way do you face in the shower?
*Both ways. Not both ways at the same time hahahah that'd just be a tad creepy! Like when I wash my face I face the shower head, and when I'm washing my hair, I face away from the shower head.

12. Do you have any 'weird' body 'skills'?
*None that I can think of! Haha my body is just a plain ol' body :P

13. What's your favourite comfort food/food that's bad but you love to eat it anyways?
*PIZZA <3 or just chocolate

14. What's a phrase or exclamtion you always say?
*Does "DAYYYYUUUMM" count? haha

15. Time to sleep- what are you actually wearing?
*Pyjamas. When it's hot weather, it'll be shorts and a tee and when it's cold weather, it'll be long pyjama bottoms and a tee.


Some of these questions are so random but it's fun answering them! Feel free to leave any questions in the comments below and I might answer them in the next question tag post! :)

Love,
Elaine

Hey guys! I'm sorry that I haven't written that many blog posts recently but I have a good reason. I found a job and I've been working most of my days now. I even have to work 5 days this week! And when I am on my day offs, I'm either busy filming a youtube video, editing a video, filling up my queue for tumblr or just spending time with family and friends. So yeah, my weeks are pretty packed. I have at least 2 days off in a week so I just one of the two days to spend time with friends and the other day, I would spend time with my family and catch up on youtube and tumblr. I barely have enough time to blog as well. Especially since I haven't been doing anything too interesting to blog about because my life is like mainly about work right now.

I started this job in December, 2013. When I received my first paycheck, I was so excited and happy! I went shopping with my friends on Monday and at the end of the day, I checked my bank account balance and it seems like I didn't spend any money because my paycheck went through so it seemed as though I gained money while shopping. haha not sure if you guys get what I'm meaning.

I will try to blog more and do more fun things on my day offs so I will have more interesting blog posts haha :)


Love,
Elaine