Wrong announcement on Australia Next Top Model 2010

It was a big night for more then 1 million oz live in front of tv and crowds, waiting for the announcement of Australia Next Top Model 2010. Sarah Murdoch accidentally announced Kelsey as the winner, instead the rightful winner Amanda Ware.

I think yesterday night must has been the most embarrassing  night for poor Sarah(look at her reaction), when she told the audience she had been fed with wrong info, and the real winner was actually Amanda.

An extra hour to enjoy the day

Tomorrow(26 Sept 2010)is the first day of New Zealand Daylight savings time. It means the clock will be push forward an hour to become GMT +13. It sounds funny is it? Why we need to do that? This is the sort of question i'll be asking when i first experience this, and today i have my answer.

Solar Systems
Earth makes a complete counterclockwise rotation on its axis, which cause day-night cycle. However, earth axis actually tilted by 23.5 degrees, with north end of the earth axis always pointed towards North Star. Seasonal changes occur as the earth orbit the sun.

During summer, the portion of the Earth that is experiencing summer is tilted toward the Sun. So, it gets longer days.(New Zealand and other south atmosphere country in this case).
Someone might ask how long the day can get up to? Its depends on the latitude. Starting from spring equinox(21 September), sunrise become earlier and earlier at the same time sunset getting late. Summer solstice(longest day) is on December 22, where we get up to 15 hours of daylight.

Why we need to push forward the clock

 I'll include the chart to help me better explain this, and i'll use wellington time as standard. On Aug 9, sunrise at 07:20 and set at 17:33. More then five weeks later(Sept 18), sunrise at 06:18 and sunset at 18:13.
As you can see, sunrise has become nearly 1 hour earlier and sunset become 40minutes later. This will continue and the sun will rise at 04:42(B) if we dont push forward an hour to the clock. What you wanna do by waking up before 5am?
Therefore, we push forward the clock on 26th September 2010, indirectly longer the evening time.(A) This will give people an extra hour of daylight after working-hours during summer months for recreation of all kind, especially outdoor. There will be a saving on power usage as artificial light is not needed until late.

All in all, i enjoy the beginning of daylight savings and so do most of the people(i guess...haha). I'll be able to spend more time in the garden, and go biking more often...yeah!!

Strangest Penalty Goal Ever

In my 10years as a football fans, this is the first time i saw such a joke by the goalkeeper.

Not many peolple aware of this as it happen during a clash between Moroccan top division team Maghreb Fez vs  FAR Raba. Goalkeeper Khalid Askri turns to celebrate totally unaware that the ball is coolly spinning itself into the back on the net.

It is only when he turns his head that he realises he has quite possibly made the stupidest mistake in football EVER!   haha

小鲸鱼南岛游～Renwick Pie Shop

Renwick是Marlborough的一个小镇。坐落于Blenheim西部，大约有十公里吧，也是从Nelson开车到Blenheim的必经之路。

From Nelson to Renwick (103km)

 当天，我们从Nelson出发打算开车到Blenheim参观葡萄酒厂。这103公里的路不好开，要经过不少弯曲的山路，十分费神。在途中还发生一点小插曲，小鲸鱼开车频频越过分解线被警察警告，幸亏没有被开150元的罚单。。惊险
还好，我们在中午抵达Renwick。。就先医肚子吧

这是一家蛮有名的bakery

保温炉里面有各种口味的pie，sausage role等等

coffee & walnut fudge...yum yum!

 征求了店主的同意后，我马上溜进厨房。。看看pie的制作过程

小小的一个厨房，只有三个员工

看来这个阿姨才是师傅，听她说一天差不多要做2000个各式糕点

cornish pastie 的制作过程

刚刚出炉的pie，也是我的最爱

小鲸鱼也偷偷溜进来了。。就来一张吧

 就这样我们买好了，就到隔壁的酒吧享用午餐

溜到柜台里边自己到酒，服务生都拿她没办法

一杯啤酒 + 一个pie，午餐解决啦

Massive Earthquake strike Christchurch

At 4.35am this morning, a massive 7.1magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch, destroying buildings and causing large amounts of damage. According to report, the long rolling motion last for about 40seconds. It caught most people in their bed creating sheer terror with its strength and destroying buildings and leaving many injured. Luckily, no one was kill.

Christchurch has a population of 350,000 people. It is the largest city in south island. At the mean time, state of emergency has been declare by the authority. Power line, cell phone network has been restored by stages. Christchurch airport has also been reopen after runway and infrastructure has been assessed.

Some picture thanks to NZPA.

Locals and police survey the destruction after the huge earthquake that struck Christchurch at 4.35am on Saturday morning.

Bricks from a nearby building lay on the road after the monster quake left the Christchurch city area looking like a warzone.

A taxi lies under rubble after a building collapsed during the massive earthquake.