These were all the clothes and shoes that I could not bring over with me on my flight here due to the luggage limit. I shipped it by sea and the shipping company told me that the estimated transit time was 71 days. The carton was shipped on 21/12/2012 and it actually arrived about 10 days earlier than expected. The carton was provided by the shipping company (sent to my home in JB) and the door-to-door delivery cost USD189 for shipping & handling + NZD99 for NZ goods examination fee (all claimed from my company as part of my relocation allowance). The service is quite good and reliable. I may consider using them again when i go back.
The carton was packed mostly with my winter clothing. Now i have enough thick clothes and jackets to keep me warm.
Talking about winter time, my boss made a casual remark this morning about the weather while looking out of the window, "Ah, autumn is here."
To that, i asked in shock, "Huh? What happened to summer? I am still waiting for summer to start!"
"C'mon, we have had our summer. Autumn normally starts around end of February."
"But it felt nothing like summer at all. There were hardly any sunshine and hot days."
"You must be dreaming. We had lots of hot days."
"No, there was only ONE hot day, which was on Christmas day and that was it. I thought it is gonna get warmer but now you tell me it is autumn already?!"
"Well, you can't be expecting hot days like in Malaysia. This is our summer!"
Now, this wasn't really a serious conversation. My boss and I were just jesting with each other.
Yet, i wasn't kidding when i said it felt nothing like summer. Just look at the weather records for the past 30 days. The temperature hovered around 22C on most days; on days that it went higher than 22C, there were gusty wind that made it feel cold.
I am really glad that my stuff arrived just in time for the change in season.
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