It snowed on Monday.
Happy?
HECK YES.
No pictures, unfortunately. Sigh.
We ended up have a 6 day weekend... too much snow on Monday night, and I think the transportation issue kept us from going to school on Wednesday. Practice was even cancelled on Monday night.
I'm in a rather good mood at the moment. I'm hoping for more snow though, because it was really sunny yesterday... and this icy/slushy/snowy thing isn't right.
Anyways. I'm really bored too.... I'm going shopping on Saturday with Tyna!
Ahahaha this seems like a rather boring post. I think I'll end it here.
By the way. Happy Thanksgiving, people. :)
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Saturday, November 13, 2010
One of the more boring days of my life.
Nothing to do, nothing to do... (chanting this in my head)
So today, I've woken up at 5 in the morning for a 6:30-8:30AM practice at Kent with Keith (pretty much one of the worst practices of my life.) and got an awesome tshirt after practice, then I came home to bacon, eggs, and my brother jumping up and down screaming for me to check out his Christmas list, and then I visited Facebook for a little, made a Skype account, talked with Michelle on Skype, then remained bored for the next 3 hours or so.
My life is pretty exciting.
I think I'm swimming the distance meet on Sunday. Kinda scared...
And then there's the Age Group Invite next weekend, so I just might miss my piano recital :D
Did I mention that I'm quitting piano? :D
Next Wednesday is my last lesson :)
Yes, of course I'm sad that I won't see Ms. Sammie (that's what I call her anyway, the rest of her students call her Mrs. Marten. But psh. I'm not that formal...) every week now, but heck. No piano?
YES.
Clif Kid Bars (CHOCOLATE CHIP) are the best.
....
I just reread what I wrote and it looks a whole lot like I'm spurting out really random bits of info.
But that's okay. I'm tired. Swam for 2 hours today on 5 hours of sleep.
Fun, fun.
I'm going to go now, because there's really not much to say.
So today, I've woken up at 5 in the morning for a 6:30-8:30AM practice at Kent with Keith (pretty much one of the worst practices of my life.) and got an awesome tshirt after practice, then I came home to bacon, eggs, and my brother jumping up and down screaming for me to check out his Christmas list, and then I visited Facebook for a little, made a Skype account, talked with Michelle on Skype, then remained bored for the next 3 hours or so.
My life is pretty exciting.
I think I'm swimming the distance meet on Sunday. Kinda scared...
And then there's the Age Group Invite next weekend, so I just might miss my piano recital :D
Did I mention that I'm quitting piano? :D
Next Wednesday is my last lesson :)
Yes, of course I'm sad that I won't see Ms. Sammie (that's what I call her anyway, the rest of her students call her Mrs. Marten. But psh. I'm not that formal...) every week now, but heck. No piano?
YES.
Clif Kid Bars (CHOCOLATE CHIP) are the best.
....
I just reread what I wrote and it looks a whole lot like I'm spurting out really random bits of info.
But that's okay. I'm tired. Swam for 2 hours today on 5 hours of sleep.
Fun, fun.
I'm going to go now, because there's really not much to say.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Screw School.
So. 8th grade. NHD. Algebra. Stippling. Etc.
Fuck NHD. It can go die in a hole for all I care.
Stippling takes forever. T_T
My beautiful project. :)
Algebra and Earth Science plain suck.
I think the only thing keeping me in ICS is my friends.
Anyways. I have to finish the stupid "dog-draft" for NHD. Sigh...
Fuck NHD. It can go die in a hole for all I care.
Stippling takes forever. T_T
My beautiful project. :)
Algebra and Earth Science plain suck.
I think the only thing keeping me in ICS is my friends.
Anyways. I have to finish the stupid "dog-draft" for NHD. Sigh...
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
13 years and counting...
I'm 13!!! Finally!
So many happy birthdays at school and on facebook.
Thank you so much guys! I love you! :)
That makes me sound like a celebrity talking to fans. Hahaha.
I got 24 silly bandz today :D Half dinosaurs, half sea creatures (the other half went to Tyler).
And then I found a rhino silly band and decided to take it because it was just lying there all lonely by itself. :(
My birthday party is on Saturday :D
First we're going to see Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and then we're going to have dinner at the Cheesecake Factory!! It's gonna be funn :)
Okay gotta go. I have to finish a stupid paper for Mr. Bach about some 50-year old artifact.
So many happy birthdays at school and on facebook.
Thank you so much guys! I love you! :)
That makes me sound like a celebrity talking to fans. Hahaha.
I got 24 silly bandz today :D Half dinosaurs, half sea creatures (the other half went to Tyler).
And then I found a rhino silly band and decided to take it because it was just lying there all lonely by itself. :(
My birthday party is on Saturday :D
First we're going to see Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and then we're going to have dinner at the Cheesecake Factory!! It's gonna be funn :)
Okay gotta go. I have to finish a stupid paper for Mr. Bach about some 50-year old artifact.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Hey autumn, I'm really happy for you and all and I'ma let you finish, but summer is the best season of all time.
Fuck canned chicken soup. I just tripped over a 12-pack of them in my closet and my shoulder landed on the corner of the wall and I just stubbed my toe on the package while kicking it out of the way.
Yesterday was an amazing day. The 2 days before were amazing.
Why can't the weekend be finished with the best day yet? (Well, I guess it's pretty hard to beat camp. And what I was told yesterday.)
Now I can't find the tape and I'm using kitchen scissors to cut out a message to tape on a gift to my friend.
I also need to clean my desk.
Uh, that's not happening.
Classes start on Tuesday.
Bracing myself for the truckloads of homework that are sure to follow by Friday.
Not to mention the rest of my hellacious schedule. Piano (7th period, really) every Thursday, recital next Saturday that I'm totally not prepared for, and swim practice every day for 2 hours. I'm in Regionals now.
Sigh. I'm not ready for autumn. Help.
Yesterday was an amazing day. The 2 days before were amazing.
Why can't the weekend be finished with the best day yet? (Well, I guess it's pretty hard to beat camp. And what I was told yesterday.)
Now I can't find the tape and I'm using kitchen scissors to cut out a message to tape on a gift to my friend.
I also need to clean my desk.
Uh, that's not happening.
Classes start on Tuesday.
Bracing myself for the truckloads of homework that are sure to follow by Friday.
Not to mention the rest of my hellacious schedule. Piano (7th period, really) every Thursday, recital next Saturday that I'm totally not prepared for, and swim practice every day for 2 hours. I'm in Regionals now.
Sigh. I'm not ready for autumn. Help.
ICS Camp 2010!!
So. Camp was amazing.
First Day
We first got to Cispus (in Randle, Washington a.k.a. the middle of nowhere) and settled down and went to lunch. I was in the gray team with Sai and Kenny (:
After lunch we all went in the big room or main hall or whatever and we had introductions (counselors and teachers) and stuff.
Then classes started.
First was Ignite, which is about mentoring and stuff. We first had a little 2 person thing where we tell each other (I was with Joel) "our life story". Then we had 2 chairs back to back (I was with Tiago) and we had paper which we folded and tore into snowflakes. Tiago had to yell instructions to me and I couldn't say anything or look at his snowflake. That being said, mine turned out looking like a monkey. Heh. After that we all danced across the room (I just went with the crowd)...
Second class was Dating and Relationships. Not much to say. We talked about first date ideas, how to break up with someone, how to start a relationship with someone, etc. We also had to make 2 skits (I was with Mia) and each skit had a bad way and a good way. I hate skits...
After that class we went to our cabins and planned our skits... after lunch I think. Navy Blue won for our cabin (Girls vs. Wild).
Ours was about a director (me) who needed "freaks" for her new movie and this person (Mia) brings in Cinderella (Ashley (in 9th grade)), Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus (Sharon), Barbie (Danuta), and Lindsey Lohan (Clare). Then I reject all of them and then Christina runs in and yells Expelliarmus! and I supposedly scream OH MY GOD IT'S HARRY POTTER!!! and run after her.
Pretty dramatic, eh?
Campfire was so much fun. People played Chubby Bunny (you stuff as many jumbo marshmallows as you can in your mouth and say chubby bunny after each one. Mr. Mcfaul won with 10 marshmallows!) on stage and there were tons of funny skits (red girls was one of my favorites!) and we had goldfish, candy, m&ms, popcorn, and skittles.
Second Day
Classes were Psychology and Healthy Eating/Lifestyles. Both were actually kind of boring.
Then was the challenge course which was THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD. I met 2 sevvies there. Selena is really nice (: Mitchell is really nice, cute, funny, and he has very good leadership skills. (Haha. Didn't expect the last one, did you? ;)
So first we jumped rope with a ginormous rope at least 20 feet long. We all ran/ran and jumped through it. Fun fun, especially since I haven't touched a jump rope in at least 3 years.
Then came saving George the radioactive monkey. We used a rubber band like thing with cords attached to stretch out and hold on to the can holding George. We couldn't touch the can.
I ended up getting rope burn because I, along with someone else, had to stretch out my rope while moving while other people relaxed their ropes so we could get George over without dropping his can.
Then there were 3 blocks (small, medium and large) and we had to pile on each one in different combinations (small+large, small+medium, medium+large). I ended up hugging Mitchell (okay, and a million other people) a lot, along with holding arms and hands and smushing my face on several shoulders.
After the blocks was the huge ring of rope. We each held a part of it (with me next to Mitchell the whole time, haha!) and stretched it in different shapes (circle, triangle and diamond) with our eyes closed. On the triangle and diamond ones, I would shuffle sideways and bump into Mitchell, who would then take my hand and squeeze it tight (I have no idea why, really...). He sorta did this randomly throughout the activity.
Not that I'm complaining.
Then came the woods. First we lined up randomly on a log and we had to organize ourselves by birthday without touching the ground while transitioning.
Having said that, a lot of people stepped over me and I stepped over a few people.
Then there was a gigantic net over a tiny stream like thing that we had to climb on. We all went in groups of 3 or 4 I think. I reached the end in the 2nd group (Mitchell was in the 1st group) and while I was holding down the net so other people could get off safely, I slipped 3 times, falling on my butt twice and falling on my back once. Of course, I was laughed at, but then while I was joking about it with Mitchell, he told me that he'd probably laugh and then run down to help me if I ever slipped and fell all the way down to hill into the stream. Ha. How nice... (smiling so big right now I'm soo happy :)
That was it for challenge course. Best, funnest thing in the world.
Right after my group came back from the challenge course, Water Olympics started. In the sponge dodging game thing, I was hit squarely in the neck and shoulder with a sponge. Then I ran through the hose water (courtesy of Mr. McFaul).
Then we had the water cup relays where we carry 2 cups of water in whatever way your counselor says to (on your head, in your mouth, etc.) and bring them to a bucket, dump out the water, and run back. We only got 2 people to go, so I never got a chance at it.
After that was tanks. We linked arms facing out and 2 people in the middle (one blindfolded and throwing the sponges, one not blindfolded passing sponges and telling the blindfolded one where to throw the sponges) threw sponges at the other tanks and the people in them. First time around, I got hit in the FINGER and was the first one out. Second time around my team actually won because 1. we weren't in the middle that time and 2. Spencer is a really good thrower.
Then a water balloon/sponge/Mr. McFaul's hose/buckets of water fight ensued. :)
After Water Olympics was Drug and Alcohol night. Long story short, I cried a little during the stories and stayed for the whole thing, from presentations to last story.
And then we went in the cabins and talked a lot til 11 (lights out).
Third Day
Last day of camp :( First thing after breakfast was cleaning up the cabins and packing. I swept the floor and cleaned a sink and stuffed everything in my duffel bag which in turn made it a million tons heavier.
After cleaning was Survivor where the teams did stuff like "pass the ball down and the last person has to get up and run to the beginning and continue passing the ball until everyone has passed the ball" and "pass the banana with our feet and the person at the end has to eat it as fast as they can and show the announcer (Jake Bernstein or Ian I think) the banana peel" and chainlink tag and stuff. :) Gray got 3rd place!
After Survivor we got tshirts. I got mine signed by Hali, Marika, Frannie, Spencer, Olivia, Sai, and Selena.
Then sometime while I was looking for a sharpie or pen to borrow, a girl named Kelsie who was in my challenge course group came up to me and told me thaht she had overheard me tell my friends that I thought Mitchell was cute (am I really that loud? Damn...). She then proceeded to tell me that she had asked Mitchell if he liked me and he said YES!!
I also signed Mitchell's tshirt and wrote: MITCHELL. Camp was amazing! Challenge course was so much fun :) I ♥ U and I'll see you @ school! ♥, Sydney Lu.
Yeah... he didn't sign mine. Yet. Haha. I'm going to bring a sharpie to school on Tuesday.
Anyway, after that we pretty much boarded the buses and left.
Except the bus I was on was held back FOR AN HOUR because 1. another bus broke down and we had to go back and load some more people and luggage on our bus 2. we stopped by a rest station thing because our bathroom was malfunctioning or something and 3. there was a pileup on the freeway and we were stuck in traffic forever.
I played tennis with Josef and burned my hand while slapping and got my wrist burned because he was slapping me.
He slaps really hard. But apparently, I slap harder than he does, according to him. Heh. He almost yelled fuck when I slapped him first and he ended up giving up before me.
I also played Concentration and Quackdillyoso and told Sharon who told Danuta who told Casey who Fayrouz sorta overheard about the Mitchell thing... They are so LOUD. People 2 rows in front could hear every word and now a million people probably know about the thing.
I also made friends with Karthik, another sevvie. He is an awesome kid with gigantic eyes. Except that he thinks Leo is awesome whereas most of the school hates Leo... Sorry, that was mean. But seriously.
We finally got the ICS at 5. End of camp. It was so much better than last year, but it went by way faster. Sad.
Anyways, that's my recap of camp! :)
First Day
We first got to Cispus (in Randle, Washington a.k.a. the middle of nowhere) and settled down and went to lunch. I was in the gray team with Sai and Kenny (:
After lunch we all went in the big room or main hall or whatever and we had introductions (counselors and teachers) and stuff.
Then classes started.
First was Ignite, which is about mentoring and stuff. We first had a little 2 person thing where we tell each other (I was with Joel) "our life story". Then we had 2 chairs back to back (I was with Tiago) and we had paper which we folded and tore into snowflakes. Tiago had to yell instructions to me and I couldn't say anything or look at his snowflake. That being said, mine turned out looking like a monkey. Heh. After that we all danced across the room (I just went with the crowd)...
Second class was Dating and Relationships. Not much to say. We talked about first date ideas, how to break up with someone, how to start a relationship with someone, etc. We also had to make 2 skits (I was with Mia) and each skit had a bad way and a good way. I hate skits...
After that class we went to our cabins and planned our skits... after lunch I think. Navy Blue won for our cabin (Girls vs. Wild).
Ours was about a director (me) who needed "freaks" for her new movie and this person (Mia) brings in Cinderella (Ashley (in 9th grade)), Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus (Sharon), Barbie (Danuta), and Lindsey Lohan (Clare). Then I reject all of them and then Christina runs in and yells Expelliarmus! and I supposedly scream OH MY GOD IT'S HARRY POTTER!!! and run after her.
Pretty dramatic, eh?
Campfire was so much fun. People played Chubby Bunny (you stuff as many jumbo marshmallows as you can in your mouth and say chubby bunny after each one. Mr. Mcfaul won with 10 marshmallows!) on stage and there were tons of funny skits (red girls was one of my favorites!) and we had goldfish, candy, m&ms, popcorn, and skittles.
Second Day
Classes were Psychology and Healthy Eating/Lifestyles. Both were actually kind of boring.
Then was the challenge course which was THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD. I met 2 sevvies there. Selena is really nice (: Mitchell is really nice, cute, funny, and he has very good leadership skills. (Haha. Didn't expect the last one, did you? ;)
So first we jumped rope with a ginormous rope at least 20 feet long. We all ran/ran and jumped through it. Fun fun, especially since I haven't touched a jump rope in at least 3 years.
Then came saving George the radioactive monkey. We used a rubber band like thing with cords attached to stretch out and hold on to the can holding George. We couldn't touch the can.
I ended up getting rope burn because I, along with someone else, had to stretch out my rope while moving while other people relaxed their ropes so we could get George over without dropping his can.
Then there were 3 blocks (small, medium and large) and we had to pile on each one in different combinations (small+large, small+medium, medium+large). I ended up hugging Mitchell (okay, and a million other people) a lot, along with holding arms and hands and smushing my face on several shoulders.
After the blocks was the huge ring of rope. We each held a part of it (with me next to Mitchell the whole time, haha!) and stretched it in different shapes (circle, triangle and diamond) with our eyes closed. On the triangle and diamond ones, I would shuffle sideways and bump into Mitchell, who would then take my hand and squeeze it tight (I have no idea why, really...). He sorta did this randomly throughout the activity.
Not that I'm complaining.
Then came the woods. First we lined up randomly on a log and we had to organize ourselves by birthday without touching the ground while transitioning.
Having said that, a lot of people stepped over me and I stepped over a few people.
Then there was a gigantic net over a tiny stream like thing that we had to climb on. We all went in groups of 3 or 4 I think. I reached the end in the 2nd group (Mitchell was in the 1st group) and while I was holding down the net so other people could get off safely, I slipped 3 times, falling on my butt twice and falling on my back once. Of course, I was laughed at, but then while I was joking about it with Mitchell, he told me that he'd probably laugh and then run down to help me if I ever slipped and fell all the way down to hill into the stream. Ha. How nice... (smiling so big right now I'm soo happy :)
That was it for challenge course. Best, funnest thing in the world.
Right after my group came back from the challenge course, Water Olympics started. In the sponge dodging game thing, I was hit squarely in the neck and shoulder with a sponge. Then I ran through the hose water (courtesy of Mr. McFaul).
Then we had the water cup relays where we carry 2 cups of water in whatever way your counselor says to (on your head, in your mouth, etc.) and bring them to a bucket, dump out the water, and run back. We only got 2 people to go, so I never got a chance at it.
After that was tanks. We linked arms facing out and 2 people in the middle (one blindfolded and throwing the sponges, one not blindfolded passing sponges and telling the blindfolded one where to throw the sponges) threw sponges at the other tanks and the people in them. First time around, I got hit in the FINGER and was the first one out. Second time around my team actually won because 1. we weren't in the middle that time and 2. Spencer is a really good thrower.
Then a water balloon/sponge/Mr. McFaul's hose/buckets of water fight ensued. :)
After Water Olympics was Drug and Alcohol night. Long story short, I cried a little during the stories and stayed for the whole thing, from presentations to last story.
And then we went in the cabins and talked a lot til 11 (lights out).
Third Day
Last day of camp :( First thing after breakfast was cleaning up the cabins and packing. I swept the floor and cleaned a sink and stuffed everything in my duffel bag which in turn made it a million tons heavier.
After cleaning was Survivor where the teams did stuff like "pass the ball down and the last person has to get up and run to the beginning and continue passing the ball until everyone has passed the ball" and "pass the banana with our feet and the person at the end has to eat it as fast as they can and show the announcer (Jake Bernstein or Ian I think) the banana peel" and chainlink tag and stuff. :) Gray got 3rd place!
After Survivor we got tshirts. I got mine signed by Hali, Marika, Frannie, Spencer, Olivia, Sai, and Selena.
Then sometime while I was looking for a sharpie or pen to borrow, a girl named Kelsie who was in my challenge course group came up to me and told me thaht she had overheard me tell my friends that I thought Mitchell was cute (am I really that loud? Damn...). She then proceeded to tell me that she had asked Mitchell if he liked me and he said YES!!
I also signed Mitchell's tshirt and wrote: MITCHELL. Camp was amazing! Challenge course was so much fun :) I ♥ U and I'll see you @ school! ♥, Sydney Lu.
Yeah... he didn't sign mine. Yet. Haha. I'm going to bring a sharpie to school on Tuesday.
Anyway, after that we pretty much boarded the buses and left.
Except the bus I was on was held back FOR AN HOUR because 1. another bus broke down and we had to go back and load some more people and luggage on our bus 2. we stopped by a rest station thing because our bathroom was malfunctioning or something and 3. there was a pileup on the freeway and we were stuck in traffic forever.
I played tennis with Josef and burned my hand while slapping and got my wrist burned because he was slapping me.
He slaps really hard. But apparently, I slap harder than he does, according to him. Heh. He almost yelled fuck when I slapped him first and he ended up giving up before me.
I also played Concentration and Quackdillyoso and told Sharon who told Danuta who told Casey who Fayrouz sorta overheard about the Mitchell thing... They are so LOUD. People 2 rows in front could hear every word and now a million people probably know about the thing.
I also made friends with Karthik, another sevvie. He is an awesome kid with gigantic eyes. Except that he thinks Leo is awesome whereas most of the school hates Leo... Sorry, that was mean. But seriously.
We finally got the ICS at 5. End of camp. It was so much better than last year, but it went by way faster. Sad.
Anyways, that's my recap of camp! :)
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Sydney's in Sydney!!: Part V
Ohh My God. Finally. Finished. Over a month afterwards. Jeez Sydney.
I didn't have time to make another blog after my previous one.
On Tuesday the 13th, my family and I were off to Cairns (does anyone know how to pronounce that? My parents say "Canes". I say "canes" or "carns"... something like that.)!
It was AMAZING!!!!!
We first took a plane to Brisbane, and from there went to Cairns.
Getting there in the afternoon, we couldn't really do anything but rest.
On Wednesday, we took a ferry to Green Island, an island on the Great Barrier Reef. There, we got to snorkel IN THE FREAKING GREAT BARRIER REEF and take a trip in a semi-submarine! :D We saw giant clams and beautiful fish and so much coral! I even saw a turtle!!
Damn. My dad had the camera and he was lagging way too far behind.
"No it's too far away for Daddy. I'm going to look for another turtle!"
Excuses, excuses. It was a turtle! A SEA TURTLE!! I even touched it... hehe. Just petted it a little (okay, okay, I petted it a lot and swam after it for quite a while... but that's beside the point!). But my dad! He can't even keep up with a turtle.
He should've tossed the camera to me.
*Sighs*. I don't think he knows how amazing an opportunity like that is. Seriously.
Thursday. We visited the Cairns Tropical Zoo. And I can say right now that it will be the best zoo you will have ever seen in your entire life. Just get there by 9 so you can listen to a zookeeper talk about kangaroos, and 9:30 you can feed pelicans! But you can feed the kangaroos anytime :)
I also got to have my picture taken while holding a live koala. Amazing, I know. They're so cute!! I also fed the pelicans and saw alligators and had amazing Belgian waffles and drank about half of my mom's delicious iced coffee (it was at least half cream! Seriously!
Well, Mom did say they put ice cream in it...)
The next day (Friday), we checked out of Hilton and walked around town a bit. We had breakfast and swam in the public outdoor pool (just me and my brother, it was freezing!), then had lunch (the pumpkin soup was AMAZING.)and flew back to Sydney. Apparently, my dad also chatted with a Channel Seven news producer/reporter. How awesome is that?!
On Saturday, my dad, brother and I went to... well, I wouldn't really call it a town. It was Main Street, I think. At least something like that. Tyler got a mohawk, and then my uncle drove me and my family to a local national park. We got to check out CAPTAIN COOK'S LANDING SPOT!!! As in, the precise spot in which Captain Cook's ship first landed in Australia. Really. There was a little monument!
Sunday, we went to my grandpa's grave (R.I.P. YeYe. Tyler never got to know him. Sad...). Afterwards, my mom's friend Carmen took us to Blue Mountain, where we toured around, looking at wildlife and such. After Blue Mountain came Pancakes on the Rocks, the most amazing pancake place imaginable. Carmen and I shared a Devil's Delight (chocolate pancakes with chocolate ice cream, chocolate sauce, whipped cream, and strawberries. To DIE for!) and Mom, Dad, and Tyler had a banana/chocolate sort of pancake... I forgot the name.
Monday, we visited the SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK!!! I swam in probably the same pool MICHAEL PHELPS did! Possibly the same lane. I don't know about that. Besides that, there wasn't much that happened. Heh.
On Tuesday ... we went to Darling Harbour. I think my dad's friend came over... I don't remember if it was Tuesday though. My parents and I also stopped by the Miranda supermarket/mall and bought kangaroo meat and quails. Kangaroo meat!! They were apparently "bad" kangaroos, so not to worry, Sydney! (Notice that activities start dwindling down now ... we left on Thursday.)
Wednesday... we ate the kangaroo and quails. Heh. The kangaroo tastes and looks exactly like beef... Very good though. :)
Thursday. Last day in Australia. Sad... We had to wake up around 5 or 5:30. For a plane at 9:30. Sigh. Then we flew out of Sydney, and that was that. Our vacation in Sydney was over.
Sad ending? Nahh. As Dr. Seuss said once: "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."
So. General recap? Here we go:
Monday 7/5
Arrived at Sydney International Airport
Parents checked out 2 local swimming pools
Had lobster dinner ($100/kilo, it wasn't even that good!)
Tuesday 7/6
Visited Queen Victoria Building and got caricatures (just me and Dad)
Visited Hyde Park
Couldn't visit Sydney Tower :( Tickets were so pricy!
Wednesday 7/7
Parents went to Hunter Valley
Thursday 7/8
Visited the Sydney Opera House
Took a ferry to Manly (yes, Manly. I guess it's a suburb or something.)
Friday 7/9
Went to University of Sydney (where my dad got his masters degree)
Went to Sydney Fish Market
Saw Shrek Forever After
Saturday 7/10
Went to Tarango Zoo (boring and overcrowded, if you ask me.)
Had dinner with Carmen (Mom's friend) (Sushi dinner @ Down town)
Took pictures of Sydney at night
Sunday 7/11
Saw The Karate Kid
Dad forgot his "his-bag" at the theater
Dad's friend+friend's kids visit (Jeffery was UGLY!... sorry. Heh.)
Monday 7/12
Dad retrieved his "his-bag" from the movie theater
Tyler and Dad got hair cut at Brushhair (or something like that...)
Visited MaMa's house in Kirrawee
Tuesday 7/13
Flew to Cairns
Arrived at Hilton (awesome hotel...)
Checked out Barrier Reef Fleet Terminal
Checked out downtown
Wednesday 7/14
Boat ride to Green Island (on the Great Barrier Reef)
Glass bottom semi-submarine tour
Buffet lunch (too much ham...)
Snorkeling at the beach (more like using goggles+foot-long fins and holding my breath)
Yummy Japanese noodles for dinner
Thursday 7/15
Went to Cairns Tropical Zoo
Came back and went in hot tub and swimming pool in Hilton
Had more yummy Japanese noodles
Friday 7/16
Ate breakfast (the cheapest meal ever)
Played in the public pool (FREEZING)
Had lunch (amazing creamy pumpkin soup)
Flew back to Sydney
Dad apparently chatted with a Channel Seven producer/reporter
Saturday 7/17
Tyler had a Mohawk hair cut (sort of)
Visited local national park+Captain Cook's landing spot+whale watching(no whales!)
Sunday 7/18
Visited YeYe's grave
Went to Blue Mountain
Pancakes at the Rocks for dinner (shared Devil's Delight with Carmen)
Monday 7/19
Visited Sydney Olympic Aquatic Center
Went to Miranda market/mall
Bought kangaroo meat and quails
Tuesday 7/20
Activity-less
Packing I guess...
Wednesday 7/21
Had an awesome dinner (quails, kangaroo, ribs)
Thursday 7/22
Got up early (5:30!)
Flew out of Sydney @ 9:30 AM
YES. I'M DONE. WITH THE RECAP.
That's my vacation in Australia!! Amazing place (:
I didn't have time to make another blog after my previous one.
On Tuesday the 13th, my family and I were off to Cairns (does anyone know how to pronounce that? My parents say "Canes". I say "canes" or "carns"... something like that.)!
It was AMAZING!!!!!
We first took a plane to Brisbane, and from there went to Cairns.
Getting there in the afternoon, we couldn't really do anything but rest.
On Wednesday, we took a ferry to Green Island, an island on the Great Barrier Reef. There, we got to snorkel IN THE FREAKING GREAT BARRIER REEF and take a trip in a semi-submarine! :D We saw giant clams and beautiful fish and so much coral! I even saw a turtle!!
Damn. My dad had the camera and he was lagging way too far behind.
"No it's too far away for Daddy. I'm going to look for another turtle!"
Excuses, excuses. It was a turtle! A SEA TURTLE!! I even touched it... hehe. Just petted it a little (okay, okay, I petted it a lot and swam after it for quite a while... but that's beside the point!). But my dad! He can't even keep up with a turtle.
He should've tossed the camera to me.
*Sighs*. I don't think he knows how amazing an opportunity like that is. Seriously.
Thursday. We visited the Cairns Tropical Zoo. And I can say right now that it will be the best zoo you will have ever seen in your entire life. Just get there by 9 so you can listen to a zookeeper talk about kangaroos, and 9:30 you can feed pelicans! But you can feed the kangaroos anytime :)
I also got to have my picture taken while holding a live koala. Amazing, I know. They're so cute!! I also fed the pelicans and saw alligators and had amazing Belgian waffles and drank about half of my mom's delicious iced coffee (it was at least half cream! Seriously!
Well, Mom did say they put ice cream in it...)
The next day (Friday), we checked out of Hilton and walked around town a bit. We had breakfast and swam in the public outdoor pool (just me and my brother, it was freezing!), then had lunch (the pumpkin soup was AMAZING.)and flew back to Sydney. Apparently, my dad also chatted with a Channel Seven news producer/reporter. How awesome is that?!
On Saturday, my dad, brother and I went to... well, I wouldn't really call it a town. It was Main Street, I think. At least something like that. Tyler got a mohawk, and then my uncle drove me and my family to a local national park. We got to check out CAPTAIN COOK'S LANDING SPOT!!! As in, the precise spot in which Captain Cook's ship first landed in Australia. Really. There was a little monument!
Sunday, we went to my grandpa's grave (R.I.P. YeYe. Tyler never got to know him. Sad...). Afterwards, my mom's friend Carmen took us to Blue Mountain, where we toured around, looking at wildlife and such. After Blue Mountain came Pancakes on the Rocks, the most amazing pancake place imaginable. Carmen and I shared a Devil's Delight (chocolate pancakes with chocolate ice cream, chocolate sauce, whipped cream, and strawberries. To DIE for!) and Mom, Dad, and Tyler had a banana/chocolate sort of pancake... I forgot the name.
Monday, we visited the SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK!!! I swam in probably the same pool MICHAEL PHELPS did! Possibly the same lane. I don't know about that. Besides that, there wasn't much that happened. Heh.
On Tuesday ... we went to Darling Harbour. I think my dad's friend came over... I don't remember if it was Tuesday though. My parents and I also stopped by the Miranda supermarket/mall and bought kangaroo meat and quails. Kangaroo meat!! They were apparently "bad" kangaroos, so not to worry, Sydney! (Notice that activities start dwindling down now ... we left on Thursday.)
Wednesday... we ate the kangaroo and quails. Heh. The kangaroo tastes and looks exactly like beef... Very good though. :)
Thursday. Last day in Australia. Sad... We had to wake up around 5 or 5:30. For a plane at 9:30. Sigh. Then we flew out of Sydney, and that was that. Our vacation in Sydney was over.
Sad ending? Nahh. As Dr. Seuss said once: "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."
So. General recap? Here we go:
Monday 7/5
Arrived at Sydney International Airport
Parents checked out 2 local swimming pools
Had lobster dinner ($100/kilo, it wasn't even that good!)
Tuesday 7/6
Visited Queen Victoria Building and got caricatures (just me and Dad)
Visited Hyde Park
Couldn't visit Sydney Tower :( Tickets were so pricy!
Wednesday 7/7
Parents went to Hunter Valley
Thursday 7/8
Visited the Sydney Opera House
Took a ferry to Manly (yes, Manly. I guess it's a suburb or something.)
Friday 7/9
Went to University of Sydney (where my dad got his masters degree)
Went to Sydney Fish Market
Saw Shrek Forever After
Saturday 7/10
Went to Tarango Zoo (boring and overcrowded, if you ask me.)
Had dinner with Carmen (Mom's friend) (Sushi dinner @ Down town)
Took pictures of Sydney at night
Sunday 7/11
Saw The Karate Kid
Dad forgot his "his-bag" at the theater
Dad's friend+friend's kids visit (Jeffery was UGLY!... sorry. Heh.)
Monday 7/12
Dad retrieved his "his-bag" from the movie theater
Tyler and Dad got hair cut at Brushhair (or something like that...)
Visited MaMa's house in Kirrawee
Tuesday 7/13
Flew to Cairns
Arrived at Hilton (awesome hotel...)
Checked out Barrier Reef Fleet Terminal
Checked out downtown
Wednesday 7/14
Boat ride to Green Island (on the Great Barrier Reef)
Glass bottom semi-submarine tour
Buffet lunch (too much ham...)
Snorkeling at the beach (more like using goggles+foot-long fins and holding my breath)
Yummy Japanese noodles for dinner
Thursday 7/15
Went to Cairns Tropical Zoo
Came back and went in hot tub and swimming pool in Hilton
Had more yummy Japanese noodles
Friday 7/16
Ate breakfast (the cheapest meal ever)
Played in the public pool (FREEZING)
Had lunch (amazing creamy pumpkin soup)
Flew back to Sydney
Dad apparently chatted with a Channel Seven producer/reporter
Saturday 7/17
Tyler had a Mohawk hair cut (sort of)
Visited local national park+Captain Cook's landing spot+whale watching(no whales!)
Sunday 7/18
Visited YeYe's grave
Went to Blue Mountain
Pancakes at the Rocks for dinner (shared Devil's Delight with Carmen)
Monday 7/19
Visited Sydney Olympic Aquatic Center
Went to Miranda market/mall
Bought kangaroo meat and quails
Tuesday 7/20
Activity-less
Packing I guess...
Wednesday 7/21
Had an awesome dinner (quails, kangaroo, ribs)
Thursday 7/22
Got up early (5:30!)
Flew out of Sydney @ 9:30 AM
YES. I'M DONE. WITH THE RECAP.
That's my vacation in Australia!! Amazing place (:
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