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28 th February 2012 10:30PM Tonight my friend Calvin and Reshmi and I were on our way to Hulucat Teahouse when we witnessed an act of robbery. We were walking along St. Paul Street. I was just talking to Reshmi about how dangerous  St. Paul Street is during the night time. I told her about the events happened on that street. The next moment we heard some screaming for HELP! I turned back and started walking to check what was going on, and then suddenly a girl who was running away with a bag bumped into my friend Calvin. The bag fell onto the footpath. Another girl who was the victim came running behind her she picked up her bag. I grabbed robber's jacket with one hand and with other hand I got my cellphone to call the cops. In meantime we were joined by other people who also heard the scream. The thief took her Jacket off that I was holding and tried to run away. We saw a car passing by, people inside the car opened the passenger door for her.  B...

It's Summer Time! Enjoy the cool breeze out in Waitakere's as  you walk into the bushes into the largest Kauri forest in Auckland Region Cascade Kauri is located in the northern part of the Waitakere Ranges and offer  great places to explore, See beautiful great kauri trees These photos are from the Montana Heritage Trail - an 8 km track that provides access to the largest remaining stand of great kauri in Auckland region.   Remember to clean your shoes as you enter the walking tracks to protect giant kauri trees from dying  Tramline track used by Watercare services for the maintenance of the Waitakere Reservoir  Cascade Falls: You won't be able to view or see the falls. This is the closet you can get to the falls  The Track is 15 mins long. It is just before the second bridge on the Auckland City Trail, you will see the short side track directing you to Cascade falls Do remember to brin...

On the 10th January 2012, I was waiting for almost twenty minutes at the bus stop at Botany Town Centre to transfer to a bus that went to East Tamaki Heights. There was no sign  of a bus. I was bored and kept looking at my phone for the bus timetable. Suddenly a dear old Chinese lady aged 75-80 years old came to me with a paper that had some telephone number written on it. At first I didn't understand what she was saying to me because she was speaking in Mandarin or Cantonese. But then I tried to listen more clearly, and I heard the English word 'Taxi'. I understood she wanted me to call the taxi. I called the number. Just as the phone was ringing, I saw my bus arriving at the bus stop. However, the time was 12:55PM and I was worried that I might be late for my 2:00PM appointment. And if I missed this bus I would have to wait for another 15-20 minutes as the bus frequency in East Auckland is very low. But still I thought I should help her first and then take the bus. I had...

Aucklanders braved the miserable weather and watch cloudy display of over 700 kilos of Fireworks which set off from Auckland's Sky Tower at midnight The cloudy weather made the fireworks display look like plane exploded on the Sky Tower  

Trying my hands on mobile blogging, really didn't like it much as don't have much control over the size of the image, by default the size adjusted to large, invading the side bar of the blog and also we can't even select the font on blogging application of smart phones This photos were taken during my night walk on the streets on Auckland on Wednesday,  the last week of the year 2011. Scary Looking St. James Theatre Christmas Decoration @ Durham St. East Māori  gate at  Aoteo Square Night Daily cleaning of streets by Green Machines of Auckland Council There were unusually low number of people on streets on Wednesday the last week of the year 2011

Silo Park @ Wynyard Quarter "The Gantry" reminds me of Jurassic Park ;)  The Beautiful view of Auckland City from Wynyard Quarter. Those cranes are  constructing the new ASB Building  North Wharf the new hotspot to hang out with friends The "Karanga" means Welcome in Maori language is the main entrance of  Wynyard Quarter from Viaduct Harbour  Wynyard Crossing & Beautiful Auckland City dressed in Christmas Lights Queen's Wharf & Cloud after Rugby World Cup looks so deserted.  I hope they don't take it down  View of Viaduct Harbour from Queen's Wharf