Planning stage

Three of my colleagues (Daphynaz, GT, Cat) and i are in the midst of planning to go to NZ. Woohoo! Guess what we'll be doing there.....

Fruit Picking!

I don't know if our plan will work but all of us wanted to gain the experience. Imagine working in a fruit plantation, picking juicy strawberries, kiwis and most importantly it's - STRESS FREE!! And after that, we could go for a short tour. I came across a website by Kiwi Careers. But there are other websites looking for people who are aged between 18-30, single or married with no children. If that's the case, i'll be going alone coz my colleagues are no longer within that range. Most fruit pickers are backpackers or students on holidays. Why backpackers? It's their life saver! When they run outta money, they'll pick fruits to earn that extra cash to continue on with their journey. And they pay quite well actually, between $80-$150 per day. Here in Singapore, we work like a dog and get a peanut salary. Unfair right? Comparing a normal admin job here, i think the pay is much lower than happily picking fruits.

Picking fruits has been in my head for a long time already. I even told my father to go for it since he's already retired. He thought about that for a while but it didn't happen. I have no idea why i'm thinking about this now. And surprisingly, my colleagues are also interested. It's going to be a lot of fun! Now the only problem is arranging our annual leaves...