Well today was very random. Me and Claire went to Darling harbour, a really cool port in Sydney and were just walking along minding our own business when we heard, 'Mary!Claire!' We looked up and there was Laura & Jamie from collge. We stared at each other in disbelief and couldn't quite grasp what was going on. As If! W went for a drink together and talked about what we'd been up to including a rather impressive story that while Laura & Jamie were staying at their bosses house, Laura managed to crash the car into the side of his house. Well done love..haha.
As it was our last night in SYd, we wer hoping to take some photos of the city at dusk and go to the Ice Bar...where you get kitted out in a ski suit, given a free drink and given a tour of the bar made completely out of ice. Didn't get a chance to go in the end as Holly had spent the day with her love interest Ryan and was drunk on the beach somewhere in Bondi. We ended up having a quiet evening washing all our clothes....foam party.
Saturday, April 14, 2007
1st April Kooga
Went to get some fish & chips with all the family today at Doyles which is famousley known as it has the same view as the dentists in Finding Nemo.Woop. We then went to the Gap which is a cliffy area where they used to place the cannons for sea attacks and on alighter note is also a well known suicide spot. At least you'd get a nice view on the way down. I then completely zonked out on the beach while Claire, Holly, Billy and the boys played on 'boogie' boards. These are body boards with a weird name..you don't boogie on them in anyway really..unless you are the King of Boogie boarding and then anything is possible.
Ross and Scott sat behind us for the journey home and thought it was hilarious to poke at us throughout the entire journey with plastic spoons.Bless them. The journey home was oh so very long.
Ross and Scott sat behind us for the journey home and thought it was hilarious to poke at us throughout the entire journey with plastic spoons.Bless them. The journey home was oh so very long.
1st April Kooga
Went to get some fish & chips with all the family today at Doyles which is famousley known as it has the same view as the dentists in Finding Nemo.Woop. We then went to the Gap which is a cliffy area where they used to place the cannons for sea attacks and on alighter note is also a well known suicide spot. At least you'd get a nice view on the way down. I then completely zonked out on the beach while Claire, Holly, Billy and the boys played on 'boogie' boards. These are body boards with a weird name..you don't boogie on them in anyway really..unless you are the King of Boogie boarding and then anything is possible.
Ross and Scott sat behind us for the journey home and thought it was hilarious to poke at us throughout the entire journey with plastic spoons.Bless them. The journey home was oh so very long.
Ross and Scott sat behind us for the journey home and thought it was hilarious to poke at us throughout the entire journey with plastic spoons.Bless them. The journey home was oh so very long.
V Festival 31st March
I Love V festival. What a great line up and a great day. We arrived with the sun shining and everybody in great moods. We got our drinking wristbands that had 'alcohol is overrated' written on them and had a look around the site. There were 3 stages; this stage, that stage and the other stage...yeah..thats not gonna get confusing after a few drinks. Loads of bars, stalls and party tents lined the perimeter of the field. We were all 'stoked'. The first band we went to see were called phoenix and were pretty close to the front. Had some very weird girls in front of us wearing very special outfits: high waisted shorts that went up to their armpits and backcombed hair. They seemed to be more bothered about how they looked and what dance moves they were doing than seeing the band. I found it very funny when a text message arrived on the big screen saying 'those shorts are so wrong. since when did music festivals become a fashion show?!'
After Phoenix we went to the oxygen tent. This is where you get a wire put up your nostrils and they pump pure oxygen with different scents through it. Me and Hol tried it out and instantly felt recharged and energised. We then saw Nouvelle Vague who were so strange but fantastic. The two lead singers were french girls who spent most of their set curled up in balls on stage, crawling around and pulling their hair over their eyes. The best acts by far were Gnarles Barkely and Groove Armada who played a remix of Sister Nancy 'Bam Bam'. On hearing this I automaticallt thought of Keely and Craigy and felt a bit homesick...not for long though as a very good looking ozzie called Tony decided to talk to me and give me his number..NICE ONE PLEASE.
After Phoenix we went to the oxygen tent. This is where you get a wire put up your nostrils and they pump pure oxygen with different scents through it. Me and Hol tried it out and instantly felt recharged and energised. We then saw Nouvelle Vague who were so strange but fantastic. The two lead singers were french girls who spent most of their set curled up in balls on stage, crawling around and pulling their hair over their eyes. The best acts by far were Gnarles Barkely and Groove Armada who played a remix of Sister Nancy 'Bam Bam'. On hearing this I automaticallt thought of Keely and Craigy and felt a bit homesick...not for long though as a very good looking ozzie called Tony decided to talk to me and give me his number..NICE ONE PLEASE.
Monday, April 9, 2007
30th March Bondi Beach
A day of lazing on the beach and doing nothing in particular ahead of us, me and Claire set off to Bondi to meet Holly. She was in the same queue as us for the beach bus so that was much easier that we anticipated. I was expecting her to be really hungover but she was suprisingly perky as to which we discovered later, was due to meeting a guy two nights previous. As she described him he was shaping up to be quite fit. Really attractive, tall dark and handsome and a complete sweetheart. He met Holly when she was out and started to chat her up. She bought him a drink and it was going great. Where is this guy's flaw?!Well here it is....he apparently went to chat to some guys at the bar. He returned to Holly who asked who they were to which he casually declared that it was his 'ex boyfriend'...woah there horsey.There it is. Holly asked if he was gay now and he said he wasn't sure and that he'd have to find out. Well done Holly, you don't half pick 'em.
29th Bondi Centre
We went to scope out the route to Centennial Park where V Festival was being held on Saturday. We had to cancel our original plan which was rollerblading in the park but it started pouring down so that idea went (wait for it) down...the..drain!!!BOOM BOOM!My god, I am actually hilarious. We didn't get to see the beach but we went into a mahoosive shopping centre and had a little look around and a bite to eat. Decided to go home after that so we could see the beach altogether the next day. Went for a run which was wicked. On the way back I was running downhill as the sun was setting over the bush of the Blue Mountains. It was such a sight..very beautiful.I'm so lucky to be here.
28th March Manly Beach
Today we were off to Manly (Grr), a small coastal town near Sydney Harbour. To be honest I was more drawn to the place by its name than anything else. I liked the fact that we were getting on a 'manly' ferry and that we had a smoothie from the 'Manly' bakery. I think there should be a twin beach called 'Womanly'...it would be ace and you know it.
We met Holly's friend Mabel from Huddersfield and spent the day chilling on the beach listening to music (including the theme tune to that crazy 90s TV show 'Round The Twist' - I know we are very very cool). Holly went to stay with Mabel for a couple of nights and me and Claire went to watch Ross & Scott (her cousins) play footie and soccer (so thats rugby & football to you and me). I don't really get why rugby is called football because it is not football at all. The ball is in your hands for the majority of the time so if anything it should be called handball or grippyball or chuckyball. Why soccer? i mean we invented it so it should be called what ever we called it in the first place. I've just realised I'm ranting about such a pointless subject..ah well...its true though!
Her cousins were very very good. Little Ross finished practice and I felt like a proud mum. He kicked the ball to one of his mates so he could go and get a drink and I just couldn't help myself. I let out a massive 'WOOHOO!!' and instantly felt ashamed at myself that I'd embarassed Ross, Claire & mostly myself. So we went home.
We met Holly's friend Mabel from Huddersfield and spent the day chilling on the beach listening to music (including the theme tune to that crazy 90s TV show 'Round The Twist' - I know we are very very cool). Holly went to stay with Mabel for a couple of nights and me and Claire went to watch Ross & Scott (her cousins) play footie and soccer (so thats rugby & football to you and me). I don't really get why rugby is called football because it is not football at all. The ball is in your hands for the majority of the time so if anything it should be called handball or grippyball or chuckyball. Why soccer? i mean we invented it so it should be called what ever we called it in the first place. I've just realised I'm ranting about such a pointless subject..ah well...its true though!
Her cousins were very very good. Little Ross finished practice and I felt like a proud mum. He kicked the ball to one of his mates so he could go and get a drink and I just couldn't help myself. I let out a massive 'WOOHOO!!' and instantly felt ashamed at myself that I'd embarassed Ross, Claire & mostly myself. So we went home.
What a surreal day. today we were off to climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge and so we got on the train from Heathcote to the harbour. we stepped off the train onto the platform and I was astounded. The harbour, the bridge and the opera house all in my field of vision. I couldn't believe I was seeing one of the most infamous scenes in the world. We were so far away from home. We couldn't have been further away if we tried and I guess I felt a sense of accomplishment and pride due to the fact that we'd all made it here by ourselves and did what we'd set out to do. Over the past month I feel like I've learned so much; being completely independent, respecting and experiencing others cultures and also seeing what it is like to be the minority for once... anyways...enough of being deep, I was just proud of ourselves.
So..we went ot climb the actual Sydney Harbour Bridge. We got our tickets and were shoved into a shoe box of a room with the other climbers. We were breathalised, made to fill in forms and given lockers (alright, chill out army people). We were given an ourfit to wear ( a grey babygrow that looked like I was in prison) and made to remove watches, earrings, bracelets and necklaces. We then had our heads shaved to make walking on the bridge easier. No that was a lie but it was like joining the army. I felt like I was in the Crystal maze too. Our tour guide came with a 100% official bald head and we were all following him in jumpsuits. All we were lacking now is shiny glass balls.
We were trained in how to use all our equipment and lined up to recieve our headsets and radios. it was all going swimmingly until one girl went up to get kitted up and just passed out. her head hit the floor and her eyes started flickering. Turns out she was a bit too hot and wasn't aware that she had passed out when she came round. She wasn't allowed on the bridge climb surprisingly after that. What a reassuring start. So.. we set off and climbed up the bottom of the bridge which looked like the industrial zone of the crystal maze (bet you've got the theme tune in your head now right...di du do da deeeer). So we had the zone but still no shiny balls. The view was just amazing. We were ridiculously high up and could see for miles and miles around. Holly was thirsty and suggested that there should be a bar for the people at the the halfway point...she realised it was a bad idea when I pointed out that people would get drunk and die alot. Just a tiny flaw.
So..we went ot climb the actual Sydney Harbour Bridge. We got our tickets and were shoved into a shoe box of a room with the other climbers. We were breathalised, made to fill in forms and given lockers (alright, chill out army people). We were given an ourfit to wear ( a grey babygrow that looked like I was in prison) and made to remove watches, earrings, bracelets and necklaces. We then had our heads shaved to make walking on the bridge easier. No that was a lie but it was like joining the army. I felt like I was in the Crystal maze too. Our tour guide came with a 100% official bald head and we were all following him in jumpsuits. All we were lacking now is shiny glass balls.
We were trained in how to use all our equipment and lined up to recieve our headsets and radios. it was all going swimmingly until one girl went up to get kitted up and just passed out. her head hit the floor and her eyes started flickering. Turns out she was a bit too hot and wasn't aware that she had passed out when she came round. She wasn't allowed on the bridge climb surprisingly after that. What a reassuring start. So.. we set off and climbed up the bottom of the bridge which looked like the industrial zone of the crystal maze (bet you've got the theme tune in your head now right...di du do da deeeer). So we had the zone but still no shiny balls. The view was just amazing. We were ridiculously high up and could see for miles and miles around. Holly was thirsty and suggested that there should be a bar for the people at the the halfway point...she realised it was a bad idea when I pointed out that people would get drunk and die alot. Just a tiny flaw.
Thursday, April 5, 2007
26th March Crunulla Beach
We arose early and hopped onto the train to Crunulla Beach. to be honest there wasn't much there except the beach and a few local shops. I'd actually forgotten hat waves looked like as in Thailand waves were none existant (bar the tsunami a while back...i guess that would technically count as a wave) and the sea looked like a very pretty paddling pool most of the time. The cheapest place to eat had the great appentizing title of the "Hogsbreath Cafe." The witer asked if we'd been here before and when we said no said he'd show us how the menu 'worked'. was there something special about this menu you ask? No there was not.
' So..this page has burgers on it,' He signalled witha waving hand and looked up for approval.
' And this one has sandw...Oh No, missed out a page...salads are here and its the next page that..'
MY GOD MAN. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU. WE UNDERSTAND. Couldn't take anymore so we ate up and went home.
' So..this page has burgers on it,' He signalled witha waving hand and looked up for approval.
' And this one has sandw...Oh No, missed out a page...salads are here and its the next page that..'
MY GOD MAN. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU. WE UNDERSTAND. Couldn't take anymore so we ate up and went home.
25th March SYDNEEEEEEEY!!!!
Wow. We are finally here. Aus- actual - Stralia. Claire's uncle picked us up from the airport and we were all walking zombies. I wasn't in the best of moods as we had just had our coral confiscated in quarentine (you know..just incase we bread a new race of DEAD coral). They have to be so careful. Some stupid british guy a while back brought some rabbits over to oz so he could shoot them for game in his backyard. As Oz had never even so much smelt a rabbit until this time, no parasites had even thought about evolving to attack a rabbit and so the rabbits did what they do best and nothing could stop them. Australia now has a rapidly rising population of over 300,000 rabbits....nice one.
Anyways..all exhausted and looking really attractive, we arrived at our new home, a gorgeous family household in one of Sydney's subarbs, Heathcote. We were greeted by a very hyperactive Jack Russell called Banjo which would not stop yapping and running rings around us. He took quite a shine to Holly, which was typical as she hates dogs and was probably trying to restrain herself from kicking it accross the room. For tea was a full Roast Dinner. I don't think I have ever appreciated a meal so much. It was heavenly. I could have eaten till the cows came home, went to bed, woke up, went out and came back a second time. "Yum Yum Pigs Bum." Damn roite Terri (Claire's Aunt)..that sure was one yunny pig's bummy.
Anyways..all exhausted and looking really attractive, we arrived at our new home, a gorgeous family household in one of Sydney's subarbs, Heathcote. We were greeted by a very hyperactive Jack Russell called Banjo which would not stop yapping and running rings around us. He took quite a shine to Holly, which was typical as she hates dogs and was probably trying to restrain herself from kicking it accross the room. For tea was a full Roast Dinner. I don't think I have ever appreciated a meal so much. It was heavenly. I could have eaten till the cows came home, went to bed, woke up, went out and came back a second time. "Yum Yum Pigs Bum." Damn roite Terri (Claire's Aunt)..that sure was one yunny pig's bummy.
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
24th March Flight to Sydney
Yeah...nice one. Thought we were leaving tomorrow...nope we leave today. Woke up at 9.55am and realised this and also discovered that check out was at 10am...wicked. We sprang out of bed, threw some clothes on and all our stuff into our bags. We all looked gorgeous and incredible awake. Our activity today was a film at the IMAX cinema at the Singapore Science Centre ( We weren't exactly dressed fo our original plan which was a Singapore Sling at Raffles...gutted).
Holly was hilarious. She ate so much for luch that she thought she was actually going to explode. I've never heard so much groaning in pain from food before.
Still can't get over how clean Singapore is. I could just imagine what it would be like if you dropped something in the street...the place would go crazy. Swat teams, helicopters, Men in sterile suits spraying the offending item, laser bemas and a big fat T shirt saying 'I DROP LITTER, I AM ACTUAL SCUM.'
Went very hyper at the airport and did some 'Phoebe' running along the gates. Made Holly watch Hight School Musical on the plane and she loved it. My mood was soon killed after i cried 4 times during 'Blood Diamond'. Great film but not exactly feel good...but then again..that's the idea.
Holly was hilarious. She ate so much for luch that she thought she was actually going to explode. I've never heard so much groaning in pain from food before.
Still can't get over how clean Singapore is. I could just imagine what it would be like if you dropped something in the street...the place would go crazy. Swat teams, helicopters, Men in sterile suits spraying the offending item, laser bemas and a big fat T shirt saying 'I DROP LITTER, I AM ACTUAL SCUM.'
Went very hyper at the airport and did some 'Phoebe' running along the gates. Made Holly watch Hight School Musical on the plane and she loved it. My mood was soon killed after i cried 4 times during 'Blood Diamond'. Great film but not exactly feel good...but then again..that's the idea.
23rd March Singapore & Night Safari
This morning we were so lazy. We slept in till about 11 and went to the supermarket to buy lunch. We stuffed our faces at the lookout point and played cards. They have an outdoor shower which was very impressive and so I thought I should appreciate it...despite being fully clothed. At night we went to the night safari. The journey there was pretty painful. We were sharing the van with Ra Ra's. The 3 of us sat and clenched our teeth as they tried to have a conversation about how rich they were and their massive bank accounts. I say 'try' because they couldn't talk properly at all. They thought they were so above us and it made the journey so very long. They were all walking fashion disasters so it was fine. It looked like they had all fallen into their wardrobes and just gone with whatever had fallen on top of them. The girl's hair were really loosely tied with bobbles which had no chance of retreival whatsoever.Apparently bedhead is in fashion nowadays. My favourite on was wearing Jesus sandals and a skirt that looked like something Julie Andrews might whip up out of a nearby curtain. Claire said they made her feel sick. Everywhere we went they were there with their huge front teeth and fanning themselves with wads of cash mummy and daddy had given them to wipe their noses with. Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with people who are well off...just people who are stuck up about it and think their above everyone else. Oh yeah and the animals were cool too.
22nd March Singapore
Woke up in pitch black because our room has no windows (it is actually very nice, I'm just making it sound like a small asian cave). Apparently it was 10am! We'd hoped for an early star ...so much for that bad boy and so decided to spend the day 'shopping' on Orchard Road, the main street in Singapore. I use the term shopping very loosley as we are all very broke and can't afford to buy anything....saying this i did make arather elaborate purchase today as i gave birth to my second ipod. For a mere $120 (that is pounds but there is no key on the comp for the sterling sign..boo), I purchased a 30G video ipod in white finish and complete with a red silicon cover. It is one of the sexiest things I have ever seen in my life. I don't care that it cost 4 days budget..its pretty and that is that. However, I realised that however pretty an ipod is, its still not much use without any songs on it. We stumbled accross the apple store and somehow managed to persuade a small chinese man to put some songs from his lap top on it. Get in! Only have Five and N*Sync though...ah well!That night we went to the Clark Quay- a highly sexy bit of town covered in fairy lights and abundant in quayside bars and restaurants. My favourite bit of the night was when a 40 year old man seemed genuinley suprised to see me.
'What are you doing here?'
'erm...'
'You on holiday or something then? Course you are..I knew that'
Well i hope you didn't creepy man because that would be weird. Also got asked directions this morning by a man on a moped. I told him I was just travelling and had no clue...to which he tipped his head back, revved his engine and stated, 'Nice Breasts." What a gent.
'What are you doing here?'
'erm...'
'You on holiday or something then? Course you are..I knew that'
Well i hope you didn't creepy man because that would be weird. Also got asked directions this morning by a man on a moped. I told him I was just travelling and had no clue...to which he tipped his head back, revved his engine and stated, 'Nice Breasts." What a gent.
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