DAY 1 (22/23 June)
Sat with yuan hui and cheryl on the plane.
Slept through the whole flight except for eating.
I don't like A380 seats. very upright. :X
Wake up neck pain.
Reached Sydney in the morning. Forgot what time it was.
Then went onto coach and went for city tour around Sydney.
Don't rmb much and didn't take much photos cos smth happened to me. Felt like throwing up :X
Was like that until we reached the hostel.
Hostel quite okay. And the our room 313 was very near the toilet hahas.
Toilet quite nice design too.
Went to bathe!
Bathed the slowest..
Then went down at 530 for dinner at nick's Bar and grill.
Dinner was fish and chips with tartar sauce. No chili zz.
then the bread conflict happened. and I was ??? at what happened.
Back at hostel smth bigger happened.
then after that became small and hopefully is already nth liao lols.
Played cards and five stones after that i think. Sat outside our room.
I think I play until quite sian after a round or 2 and went brush teeth or smth.
hmm then after that yps went webcam. Internet ex! 1 hour 4 bucks!
Everyone else sleeping. Quite funny hahas.
Then my brother didn't come online and i went to sleep in the end.
Then around 1plus yps came to wake me up.
Shook my bed and I was shocked cos i thought my leg moved by itself.
Then she had rash and can't breathe.
a lot of things happened then she went bathe and vomit and bla. :X
Camped in toilet for 1 half hours is it?
Then i diagnosed that it was indigestion cos all the rice she vomited was whole.
Should learn from me eat and bite slow slow then stomach will be very happy hahas.
Day 2 (24 June)
Woke up at I think 6am.
Breakfast at 7am i think! Cereal and cold milk. zzz. Can't take cold stuff. In the end eat muffin and bread.
Then went to epping boy's high.
Rehearsed.
Then after that there's morning tea.
Tim Tams and other biscuits and cakes!
But I don't dare take much cos skin too thin lol.
After that was the exchange.
We played their songs and vice versa.
Forgot what's their songs :X
the conductor always very high hahas. I think he called Mr Frost.
He's crazy abt planes. lols.
After that was lunch!
Ate beef sausage sandwich :X
Cos the lady already take and i don't want eat the veggie one...
Talked to some of the students for a while and blabla then went in again.
So cold outside...
Performed the 4 pieces and then went back to hostel.
Received gifts from them but I bet is they random give de lols. bass clarinet came to give me o.o
After reaching hostel quite sian..
Went the convenience store outside but everything is so ex. Like 711. Tim tam 3.95. more ex than sg.
In the end we went up room put stuff then went to Paddy's Market.
Abandoned Lester cos he never answer door. Sorry :X
Hmm bought a magnet there only.
Cos almost everything is made in china and not authentic anyway.
Decided to buy macadamias on day 4.
Yuan wen bought metal cases with stickers and yuanhui bought domo. Yps bought coin cases and blabla.
Went back to meeting place at around 5.10.
Then found out that there was a supermarket and a lot of outlets upstairs. =.=
Hmm then went back to hostel to put stuff and came down again for dinner.
hmm another conflict almost happened but heng it didn't.
Dinner was at City Extra. Fried Chicken.
Then I went sleep halfway cos very tired and felt sick.
After dinner somehow my eyes super pain. couldn't open and tears just kept streaming down.
Back at hostel teachers tried to drop eyedrops into my eyes but i just can't open.
My reflex action was to dodge the eye drops. Then in the end very fail and caused a lot of trouble to the teachers.. Sorry :X
After that eyes felt much better.
one of the stones kenna lost then in the end was in lester's jacket lols.
After playing went to bathe and i think we continued playing again.
Slept at 11 plus I think..
Day 3 (25 June)
Breakfast was the same thing again. Very sian zz. Decided to drink the cold milk and eat the cereal le. cos nth to drink.
After that was the tour @ The Rocks District.
Quite boring cos just walk walk and the tour guide show pictures and say stuff.
After the whole tour went to Pancakes on the rocks restaurant to have lunch
Had the ultimate pancake.
The cream cheese and strawberry sauce was very nice but I got sick of it very soon.
Felt like throwing up and sick later.
Wasted a lot. :X How i wish i can eat it now lols.
Then later kenna stomachache. Dk cos of the pancake or what. Yuan hui stomachache too..
Walked back to the coach and was late for 10 minutes. 1220.
Saw some random plane writing words on the sky.
Very cool!
Only saw TBHI.
After that went to St Andrew's Cathedral to have rehearsal.
The building very nice! Like castle.
But there very cold. No heater..
Was very very out of tune. Flat! Sounded very airy :X
After that changed fingerings.
Didn't go to tour the cathedral and see the big big pipe organ cos stomachache or smth again :X
Ended the rehearsal quite early @ 3 plus I think!
Went to Darling Harbour. Supposedly for shopping but in the end we played clarinet there. Bryan went with Isacc. Left with yps yuan hui yuan wen and lester.
Yuan hui slept then lester very sian. Only we 3 play I think.
Then miss tan and miss soh came. talked. Forgot abt what..
Then not long after I went toilet with yuan hui.
Saw yu kun they all. And they tricked us into eating some "sweet"
Sour :X made my tongue numb. went to throw away.
Then it was dinner @ Rossini's.
Fish and Chips again.
No rice and chilli and raw vegetables. zz
But I ate the whole thing cos I very hungry.
Played cards there too.
After that my eyes pain again. zz but heng not as serious.
And teacher never notice. So no eye drops hahas.
Went back to hostel and bathed. Went to 5th floor lols.
After that played five stones at the TV lounge at 4th floor I think!
Until 10 plus.
Smth very funny happened then I laugh till almost cry.
After that kenna scold by miss soh cos we broke the curfew.. :X
In the end I went to on com but brother not online again..
Left message and decided not to on com again.
Very tired..
Used the remaining time of the internet to play icy tower but fail lols. 10 storeys or smth only.
Slept at around 12.
Day 4 (26 June)
Rehearsed at the basement carpark..
Very cold..
And the place quite scary.
Played from memory.
Quite out of tune again..
After that was shopping at Paddy's Market again. Went directly to the supermarket.
I went crazy there. Bought $57.10 worth or TimTams and other biscuits and chocolates.
Super heavy!!!
Then I went to buy honey roasted macadamias. Quite nice! :) But ex also. $19 for 500g.
After that went to cotton on and supre and other shops.
Don't have my size zz.
In the end there was no time for proper lunch then I ate takoyaki only.
Later was the Sydney Opera House Tour.
Yukun and Cheryl really bought a kite and went to fly it lols.
After stoning and eating fro a while yps me yh bryan and lester went to walk around opera house and to take pictures.
blabla. then 2 oclock reached then went back to meeting point again.
Took group photo then after that went to the royal botanical gardens.
nth much interesting except for the bats.
After that went to walk the harbour bridge.
Very long! but the view on the bridge was quite nice.
We were the last to reach the other side hahas.
After that we was dinner!
Decided to cook spaghetti but bryan wanted to eat instant noodles..
Bought the stuff and nougats and went back to hostel at 615.
Finished cooking at 7 plus.
The water took super long to boil zzz
It was quite nice except that the noodles was not fully cooked.
Got cheng jiu gan anyway!
Went to take Blackforest Tim Tam to eat before coming down for debrief.
In the end late :X
After debrief sat down to play 5 stones until 845.
Conflict almost happened again..
Haiz.
Then went to bathe.
Had quite long convo with yps while bathing lols.
Yuan hui say very funny hahas.
I came in last for bathing again.
Yps went to rehearse some item for xavier college.
Yuan hui waited for me in case i got any 三长两短 lols.
Then after that was all abt packing!
Packed very long..
Then yps came back at 1045.
In the end we talked until 1145 lols.
Went to sleep after that.
Day 5 (27 June)
breakfast was at 8am or 830am I think! Happy!
After that was the Harbour Cruise tour. I thought the cruise would be like 30 mins or smth but in the end 2 hours o.o
Took pictures of the opera house and the harbour bridge until quite sian.
Then later there was food!
Tim Tam and Muffin and the Coconut with chocolate cake. Lamingtons!
And tea plus arnott's cookies.
After eating felt sleepy lols. slept half lying on the floor and chair with yuan hui. Looked like suntanning lol.
Reached the harbour at 12.
Then it was a super quick lunch.
Ate a ham quiche.
Quite nice but i was too full to eat finish. Gave yuan hui.
Then it was the exchange with xavier college @ Sydney Conservatorium of Music .
They very scary.
Like 笑里藏刀
Played pirates of the carribean.
Gong about rhythm..
Then when everything ended took picture with their clarinets.
Quite pissed off cos no time already still take picture.
Then bad mood for around 2 hours or smth.
Went to the botanical gardens to play.
Didn't play much cos not in the mood to.
Then while walking back an australian came to talk to me and welcomed us to singapore.
Mood better lols.
After going back we went to change.
Yps and me changed very long cos we didn't wear stockings.
In the end a lot ppl never changed also then went directly to the workshop.
Dennis Johnson was quite funny.
keep saying Hi Yall'
Then in the middle bryan kept laughing non stop cos of what roy said hahas.
After that workshop was dinner.
First time eating char siew rice w/o chilli and then there was a lot of fats on the meat so didn't manage to eat much.
And the rice was super a lot.
Then it was performance time.
Out of tune again zzz
Other that that quite okay.
then went back to watch rest of performance but left quite soon after.
Reached hostel at 905 or smth.
Then the auntie me suggested to bring all bathing stuff then after debrief chiong to bathe hahas.
Went 5th floor to bathe again.
Slowest again!
Bathed finish le did some last minute packing.
Was quite worried that everything wouldn't fit but it fitted in the end hahas.
Then cos i kept slippers already yps and me wore court shoes to toilet lol.
Slept at around 11 plus again cos of packing.
Day 6 ( 28 June)
Woke up at 6 or smth!
Breakfast was at 6.45.
Cos we had a workshop at 730..
with kevin cameron.
Very sleepy then played wrong stuff...
Haiz.
Then it was soundcheck.
After soundcheck we headed back to the hostel to check out and reached the town hall back again at 10 plus.
Rehearsed the chorale part but couldn't really hear.
Then ate a subway cookie!
Nice :)
After that it was the competition already.
Was quite in tune this time heng..
But yuan hui and isabel didn't play!
Communication error :X
alamaks haiz.
Anyway, everything was quite successful.
After the competition was packing time!
Clarinets hand carry so had a lot of free time. Stoned. And ate my subway sandwich quite slowly.
But somehow still win yps.
After that went to change out of concert attire. yps stomachache and i went out of toilet first.
After that stoned again.
Then there was the dvd episode.
Haiz lester! your mission failed!
I feel quite bad but haiz nvm!
Dk how long later we went down to the first level to wait for other instruments to load onto the bus.
Took picture with mr ng and after that we headed to airport.
Changed shoes and felt the difference immediately.
Then there was the long wait for checking in.
very inefficient hmm...
talked and took pictures during the wait.
I think we waited around 1 hour plus or more..
Thought there would be time for some last minute shopping but we guessed that there wouldn't be judging by the time.
Until when we reached the boarding gate, there was still a super long queue despite it being the last call.
Then we went to newslink to buy stuff.
I bought timtam again on rashness again but really felt like eating it.
the price was more than twice that that of the supermarket's.. =.=
And bought 2 packets of starbursts.
Very ex too.
haiz.
Then we boarded the planes abt 15 minutes later. Around 6 plus I think.
Forgot to take my clarinet cos i was eating tim tam :X:X
Felt very sorry.
Heng miss tan took for me.
Changed place with stephanie on plane to sit beside yps but didn't talk much cos I kept sleeping.
Didn't talk a word to yangwei too.
Lols i think i can survive in silence.
Slept through the whole of the plane except for eating and going toilet and talking for a bit.
But still very tired when the plane touched down..
After that i was gong gong and then waited for others to take instruments.
Watched some sand art thing on tv at the luggage conveyor belt.
Quite cool.
Then after going out of the arrival hall took taxi and went home.
Slept at around 2 plus.
Super tired...
END OF TRIP!
Everything seemed like a dream o.o
Haiz anyway quote from yps's phone:
'Don't be sad that it is over, but be happy that it happened"
:)
Going to do revision for physics practical tmr!
Back to reality! School :(
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