I’m Back!

Sorry for the long absence. I got back from Gold Coast on Saturday and have been basically been bumming around and playing heaps of Age of Mythology. I’ll try my best to remember what happened during the trip to Gold Coast. I’ll probably try to make it concise this time since as many of you know, I have an issue with excessive blogging in a single post. Alright, so here we go…

Saturday - 20th December 2008

Had to get up at 0400 to get ready to leave at 0530. The sun was about to rise when we left. I spent most of the day sleeping in the car. The drive there took about 12 hours.

The purple sky at 0500

We made a pit stop every 2 hours or so. “Rest, Revive, Survive”. We stopped at Macadamia Castle to get… macadamia nuts… The castle entrance, we didn’t use it though. Got in through the side entrance.

I’m so proud of this landscape shot. I really managed to capture it quite nicely, except for the annoying woman that intruded into my picture!

There were a few fruit loops dancing in the car park at the Macadamia Castle. They were funny. I think they were high on something, definitely. By the time we got to Coolangatta, my ass was pretty sore. Our resort room was quite depressing. Only 2 rooms with a kitchen and living room. There was 1 en suite bathroom in the master bedroom and another laundry/bathroom. I got to sleep in the living room on a sofa bed. The only perk to that was there I was sleeping in front of the massive flat screen TV and air conditioner. Had a late dinner as some relatives who were living in the gold coast came over.

Sunday – 21st December 2008

Yay! I turn 21! Had church in the morning.

Boo! 21st has arrived!

We were almost lost trying to find the church we were recommended to go. The church service was pretty long but it was alright overall. We went to harbourtown after that for a short reconnaissance of the place before our actual shopping onslaught tomorrow. Met up with the relatives again and went to their house for tea. The place they were living at was really nice.

At 1700 hrs ish, we went to the relatives church for a carol singing session. It was quite nice. Their church congregation was pretty big. There were quite a few hotties. There was 1 particularly yummy guy sitting in front of me. :D By the time we finished it was pretty late so we went home for dinner. Overall, a pretty quiet and lifeless 21st birthday, no cake, no nothing. I can’t help but feel a bit disappointed since my other friends had big birthday bashes for their 21sts. Some had their at hotels, some hired string quartets and had massive parties at clubs etc.

Happy 21st to me… 

Monday – 22nd December 2008

CHAARRGEEEEEE!! We got up early to go to Harbourtown. From yesterday’s expedition, we’ve formulated our attack plans. We would maximise the time spent in each shop and minimise time spent covering the distance from 1 shop to the other. I bought myself a nice studded belt from Politix. The sales assistant was so obviously gay but he said he had a Taiwanese girlfriend. Well, whatever it is, I managed to get a discount on my belt and that’s all that mattered. :D I bought Bee Bee Gucci’s Envy Me perfume for Christmas. She got me a pair of converse shoes and my eldest sister, Priscilla got me a pair of black skinny jeans. We were walking around nonstop for a long time. I bought a really nice jacket from Roger David. My sister paid half of it for me :D I wanted to buy a bag from fossil too but i decided not to. By the time we were satisfied from shopping, it was already 1600 hrs. Bought lunch from McDonalds and went to the relative’s place for a late lunch. Had a long socialising session. We talked about the dark family secrets and our long family history. It was all very fascinating stuff. We went out for dinner together after that.

the sky at their place today “hope” obscured by darkness the clear blue sky after the passing of the dark clouds Waiting outside the restaurant The 3 siblings, all looking rather yellow Ginormous crabs in the tank!

We went home after that. That would be the last time we’d see them for this trip.

Tuesday – 23rd December 2008

I don’t really remember what happened on the 23rd. I think we just bummed around at home. I went to the sauna. I was the only one there, no hot guys came in to join me, disappointing. Ahaha! We watched Mama Mia after dinner. It was really nice.

Wednesday – 24th December 2008

Christmas eve!! We had our celebration dinner tonight so the afternoon was basically just spent cooking the Christmas ham. After dinner we opened presents! Yay! I wasn’t really expecting much for Christmas but this is what I got.

Converse shoes, CK One, Skinny Jeans, IPod Nano 4th Gen 8 gb. Sorry about the mess. You can still see my chemical SI data book there. I did some studying while I was on holiday =)Multi coloured Christmas Jelly!

Thursday – 25th December 2008

Christmas! Tra la la~ Merry Christmas! Well, we went to church for Christmas service today. There were 2 hot guys there. I couldn’t help myself but I kept looking at the hot guy on the other side of the room and he looked back at me quite a lot too. Ahaha, so awkward. Came home after that for a simple lunch with the leftovers. We went to the beach for a stroll since it was  just across the road and we walked further down to the border of New South Wales and Queensland. On the way back, I saw a half naked hottie in a Lexus. He stopped right next to me and looked at me. He got out of his car and walked into the resort opposite mine. He was probably driving his dad’s car. But hot though! He goes under the category of “bronze god”. He had tanned skin. Sooo sexy! Ooo la la~ In the evening, I started to pack up my stuff since we’re leaving the next day.

Silhouette of the city in the distance the large expanse of sand and sea the black dots are the birds”Welcome to New South Wales” The Great Divide She couldn’t decide which side she liked better

Friday – 26th December 2008

Time to leave to go back to Sydney. We left at 0800 ish. My ass was totally sore again from the car ride. Got back to Sydney at 2200 hrs.

I’ve just been bumming around the last few days so yea, nothing new to update on. That’s all for my trip. Hope I didn’t bore you guys too much. I know it’s quite a long post again, sorry!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Lurbs yew long time,

Jo(n)