Day 5 - 20/01/2011

LAST DAY!!! We checked out as soon as we were ready to leave, and blah-de-blah, we had to pay more for the hotel cause there were 3 of us were staying [as opposed to the 2].

Anyways, we walked around, and we’re all tired, and so we walked into westin [hotel] cause nat needed the toilet, and me being the cheap asian that I am, checked to see if the wifi was free! And it was! So we plonked our asses down, and used the net for about 30mins, and boy did we look out of place! It was a 5 star hotel which we weren’t even staying at, and there we were, 3 teenage girls in tshirts and backpacks/handbags or what not, scabbing wifi!

We ended up outside the grand hyatt.. yet again, but this time we saw more players, AND we stayed there for longer.. about 2 hours xD

oh yeah.. tram named a tree.. georgia.

I met up with my cousin for lunch – we had sushi-burgers. It was actually pretty good! =) I came back an hour later, and they were still there outside the hotel *facepalm* so we trekked back to our hotel, grabbed our stuff...

this is how sushi-burgers work:

mc to hotel chick: do you guys have bathroom scales?

Chick: yep over ther *points*

*Mc, nat, tram all stick head in to find a bathroom, yet no bathroom scales*

Mc: do you guys see bathroom scales?

*heads shake*

Mc: sorry – where are the bathroom scales?

Chick: oh! We don’t have scales – guests broke ours.

We all walked out...

Mc: I wonder what she was thinking when we all walked into the toilet together...

So we hobbled down to southern cross station to catch the bus back to the airport so we could go home.. yadda yadda, tram puts her hair into pig tails yet again, I finish off my last can of v, I get annoyed at the airport by the annoying guy, panicking over having over-weight luggage, then not getting my luggage weighed, then being relieved cause it wasn’t.

Flight was delayed a tiny bit, suitcase barely fit in the cabin, blah blah blah.. got home =)

Day 4 - 19/01/2011

We decided to spend the day shopping at the dfos, and just chilling out. Since we didn’t need to wake up early cause we were only shopping, we got to sleep in a bit =)

I remember jumping all around Natalie whilst she was in bed yelling at her to get up in bed xD

So we trekked 500m down the road to our first DFO, and surprise surprise, it wasn’t even open.. we were early. So we waited, did some shopping, got an annoyingly big bag for something very very small..

Tram and I both got big bags, and we decided that a sack race would’ve been awesome that night – only if we’d managed to get another bag xD (which we unfortunately didn’t)

So.. we went shopping, then had crepes for lunch, then scabbed some wifi, and I think we went back to our hotel room, and just bummed.. I don’t remember doing much that afternoon. Crepes were good =)

We had buffet that night – wasn’t that good, but CROUTONS!!! Thats all we ate xD [or talked about eating] and talked a bit about having gasquet/roddick’s babies xD

We walked back, got some slushees [again, and nat won a free one. Again ><] we got back to the hotel, got hyper. Then fell asleep.

Wow.. I just looked back at this post, and its so uber boring!!! Sorry guys – this day was actually quite boring =P

Day 3 – 18/01/2011

Day three of our trip started off with me having a morning shower =) [okay, you might think tmi, but like YOU GOTTA HEAR IT, OKAY?!] so this was my first shower since getting all that cussons stuff, so I was heaps excited about trying out the shower gel foam xD

Anyway – this product apparently comes out in May, and like I said, its foaming shower gel. Its really awesome stuff! =) okay, so its in an aerosol can kind of thing, and when you squish it out, it comes all gel-y, but like, thicker, ANYWAY. It comes out all gel-ly, and then when you rub it on your skin, it foams up like crazy! It foams up like shaving gel! It was seriously so fun – we all finished our gel in like, three days cause we practically showered in that stuff!!!

KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR IT!! ITS SOME FUN STUFF!! ITS LIKE THE ADULT VERSION OF BUBBLE BATH!!! =D

So.. Day 2 of the Aussie Open!! There weren’t any players we wanted to see on hisense, so we were okay with a ground pass – so that meant we could watch everything that wasn’t on hisense or rod laver.

We figured that since Andy and Gasquet didn’t have matches on [they already played on the first day], that meant that theyd be practising on the courts at some stage during the day. But we first ran over to the prac courts down near Rod Laver, AND TA DAH!!! WE SAW NADAL PRACTISING!!! YAYY!!! For some reason, the pictures I took of him made him look like he was made out of lego =S

Well anyways, there was a chick near us who was a crazy Nadal stalker [not that point], and we almost got Nadal’s autograph EXCEPT that he left through the other gate =’( so we couldn’t get it =( We also caught Safina, Sharapova, Williams, and Li Na practising. We popped back to another prac court, and OMG IT WAS ANDY!!! And he didn’t sign our balls.. he went down the other side of the court =’( and then gasquet was on after andy, and we just camped there and thats how I got my crazy tan which you guys may or may not see =P

Then we caught Kanepi and we sat there for ages waiting for her to finish and sign our balls.

We got back to the hotel, decided to just have a quick meal at the crown food court, saw a chick in like, 5” stilettos stack it, then we headed up to the movies and watched burlesque. Hey guys, apparently Nat is afraid of gnomes.

Burlesque was heaps good – I randomly thought id stretch out and try and stroke some faces on the movie screen. That was fun =) we got back, watched some tennis, and I think I had the misfortune to sleep with tram that night xD

heres a little taste of burlesque =)

Day 2 – 17/01/2011

Ahh..Day 1 of the Australian Open! We all woke up, I had a V [which eventually became part of routine – one can in the morning, one in the arvo/night], then we headed over to catch the tram [yes, the tram xD] to Melbourne Park... we got pics of tram on a tram =) i havent got it though =( ive only got me and nat on a tram =P

We got there a bit after 9, and headed over to the ticket booth to change our tickets cause Nat couldn’t choose them online, so we got real crappy seats. We ended up sitting about 6ish rows behind the umpire in hisense arena which were pretty decent, but dumb considering there were empty seats in front of us... what the heck was the lady thinking, not giving us closer tickets >_>

Gates opened at 10, so we had to wait in line for a while, and we were all bored and tired from staying up and being retards. Gates opened, and we had to get our bags checked for crap like cans, alcohol, video cameras [which were obviously banned], then we got through the gates, and headed up to the prac courts up near hisense to see if we could catch any players practicing before their matches... and we saw... monfils, clijsters up near hisense.

Then we went into hisense to catch the first match of the day [mainly waiting for andy roddicks match to start] which was Monfils vs de Bakker. We caught the second set, and Monfils was losing, so Nat and I guessed that the match would be over real quick, but no >_> he lost the first two sets, then won the last three. Which is good, but like >_> ANDY!!!

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We figured Monfils would take a bit longer, so we headed down towards Rod Laver to check out the prac courts there, and we managed to catch a glimpse of Nadal and Tsonga practicing... the amount of people watching is AMAZING. There are like, four people-wide crowds.. which is a lot considering some players barely get any xD

we headed over to the cussons/imperial leather shack thing for freebies, and when we got to the front...

cussons dude: hi ladies, what are you up for today?

Tram: what is there for us to do?

Cussons dude: *blah blah foot mist, massage* or you ladies can go upstairs and take a photo in our bubble booth

Tram: what exactly does the bubble booth involve?

At this stage, all four of us are half laughing, cause we’re not exactly sure how to answer

Cussons dude: well, its just a photo booth and bubbles are blown out...

Tram: alright then – think we’ll go take a photo. Thanks!

Mc: I bet he was like ‘omg wth’ at us, ey..

Tram: well we couldn’t help that we weren’t sure what a bubble booth was!

Mc: yeah.. they could’ve thrown us in a bubble ey? [referring to the zorbing thing previously mentioned]

Tram: EXACTLY!

So we got up there, took photos, thought about checking out their new products [OMG AWESOME STUFF – will mention soon!]

*after taking photo*

Mc: you guys just wanna go and get our freebies now?

Tram and Nat: yeah ok

I laughed at our cheap-ness, and we went downstairs to get our freebies XD we got a block of soap, some deo, and some foaming shower gel [the best thing ever – proved to be the best thing about showering]

at some stage during the day, we got free electric fans from ANZ, saw kids get thrown into massive beach balls, and have to run across the pool [think zorbing]

So we roamed around for a bit, then we headed back up to hisense to catch Andy’s match, and we’d *just* made it – theyd just started intro’ing the players =)

Twas Roddick vs Hajek [poor guy had no fans – the cheering for him was meh, and cheering for andy BROUGHT THE ROOF DOWN, YO]

We sat through the match, and as I flipped through Nat’s Australian Open Program book thingy, I pointed out that the picture of Andy looked like something from Chicken Run, and therefore, ruining her image of Andy. Ive chucked in the pic below – what do you guys think? Doesn’t he look like something from chicken run? Its the way his teeth are bared xD

chicken run - yay? or nay?

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We eventually headed up to watch the gasquet vs dancevic on one of the outside courts, and we were all taking burst shots [think continuous/sequential shots] of gasquet..

*insert Tram talking about her disapproval of Natalie checking out gasquet’s ass*

I have no idea how half of these conversations started, but at some stage during the match, I talked about him drinking pee [his drink was yellow], and Nat was like ‘the camera is pointing right at you’ which it was, and I just had a major freak out xD

Natalie and I started taking burst shots of gasquet as he was about to sit down, and this is the only one I managed. It was weird, cause we were burst-ing gasquets ass.. and well.. taht sounds weird, ey? And we discussed what the people sitting behind us were thinking when we were just taking shots of gasquets ass.. hrm...

OH YEAH! Gasquet changed his shirt, and I very very subtly *cough* started nudging Nat furiously to let her know.. but we only saw his back =(

And I think I was talking to Nat about how she was real close to gasquet at the medibank, and I was telling her I would’ve just reached over and stroked his face, and thats where the face-stroking began.. thats all we talked about for a few days =P

Gasquet won the match, then we headed back up to Hisense to watch the Henine vs Mirza match, and she was down one set, and we watched half of the second set, then left for dinner cause we were starving and tired as hell

We had subway and some maccas for lunch, went to coles for some stuff, and then we went to 7/11 for some slushees xD we all got lemon/lime bitter slushees [theyre good! Try em], then caught the tram home to our hotel.

OH MAN. US THREE, ALL ON SUGAR... WAS FREAKING INSANE!!! The other two were just laughing at everything, and I was jumping on the bed [insanely fun], and screaming at the other two, and then I had a can of v, jumped around some more, watched some tennis, then fell asleep xD that night, tram and nat shared a bed.. them two are so creepy in bed. I think tram, stroked natalie’s leg..

I think that is all for day 2 =)

Day 1 - 16/01/2011

Since im a lazy bum, I decided id blog it, and if anyone asks, id tell them to come here =D

We all met at my place at 7am in order to get out 9.30 flight... so all the usual stuff – we get to the airport, we decided to check in ourselves, and ended with emergency seats, so we were sitting right out front =) so.. we were early, and we grabbed some coffee, then scabbed FREE WIFI xD *WOOH FREE WIFI!!*

so we got on the flight, and tram was our in-flight entertainment, as Nat had predicted.. we departed and arrived on schedule, then we got on the sky bus [bus that goes from airport -> southern cross station] as a “family” where Nat was the adult, and Tram and I were under 14... [Tram actually put her hair in pony tails just in case any doubt arose xD]

as expected, tram sunscreened up... it was a 20min bus ride back, and.. hrm.. we got to the station, and dragged our stuff down to Hotel Enterprize where we were gonna be staying for the next few days.. it was less than 500m, but I swear, it felt like it was 5km x.x cause we were all tired, and our ears were hurting from the flight.. and speaking of which, I swear that was one of the worst flights ever!! Dunno why... just was xD

so we got to the hotel, and Nat checked in, whilst Tram and I sat in the lobby [we had only booked in as 2 people, so we decided to sit and make it less sus.. but GODDAMN.. details in day 5!] so I checked for free wifi, but we had to pay.. like, LAME MUCH?! Cause wifis free in Vietnam >_> LIKE, IN VIETNAM!!!

We got upgraded to a room with two double beds [as opposed to one single, one double], so that was heaps better =) so we were in room 335 [note to self: 335, not any other number >_> I forgot it >_>]

So we got up to our room, checked it out, and then settled down.. I chucked my suitcase on one of the tables there, and went away to do something, and then came back, and dragged it off, and all my stuff fell out cause id forgotten to zip it up before ><

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So this was all around 12... we met up with lisa at crown [after spending about 30minutes getting lost xD but thankfully she found us] then we went for lunch at some Italian place, and like, DUDE. Nat and I ordered a pizza, but it came out looking like a pastie, and tasted like a round-up.. like WHUT x_x food was good – tram got mango gelato.. was a tiny scoop in a massive bowl... and you guessed it – she couldn’t stab the gelato – it kept sliding everywhere xD

So after lunch, we walked around crown, and decided we didn’t want to shop, so we went outside, where nat spotted GEORGE CALONBARIS!!!! [bald dude from masterchef]. So we walked around, then went to Fed Square... what for, I cant remember anymore xD we spotted a nice cute dog.. was tiny xD

OH! we went there to get a tennis ball!! the big ginormous ones that we could get signed!! So thats where Nat and I discovered that we like animal puppets very much... xD

Then we went to the ACMI for the Disney Exhibit – “Dreams Come True: The Art of Disney’s Classic Fairy Tales” was pretty awesome – I realised ive been missing out on so much by having not seen any Disney classics!! =(

click on the pic to check out the exhibit!

Then we made our way to coles to get some bread/ham and junk food for the tennis and stuff cause we knew food would be tonnes expensive, so itd be tonnes cheaper to buy from coles and make sandwiches ourself.

so ahh.. the girls think im weird cause i suggested incredibly weird ways to reheat/cook our food [we only have a kettle in our room] i just thought i was being creative xD

things i suggested:

1. cooking pasta - boiling water, then throwing the pasta/water in our sync, then draining it via the plug. TA DA! PASTA!

2. cooking chicken *in* the kettle

3. chucking frankfurts in the kettle to make hotdogs and whatnot

4. using the iron instead of the toaster.. i mean.. whats wrong with that?

5. reheating ready made meals using the iron - putting the meal over the iron, and heating it [and probably melting the plastic in the process?]

6. wrapping our sandwiches in tissues as opposed to sandwich bags [that wouldve failed cause our leaves wouldve fallen out. HOORAY FOR TRAMMY!!!]

I got... a 4x500mL pack of V to go with the bread xD we left coles, then farewelled lisa =( then we walked back to our hotel [was so far x.x] to drop off our stuff.

Then we had a little rest, and headed back out to the city to do some “exploring” [tram’s way of saying “get lost”] and we just walked around like spazzos, also trying to scab wifi from wherever we could =D

OMG. we went to the grand hyatt which is where all the tennis players are staying, and we sat in the lobby, hoping someone we knew would walk past.. and this is three teenage girls, wearing shorts and whatnot, in a five star hotel... dodgy? i think so xD the girls thought they saw someone that they knew, so we followed him down the street, but then he disappeared, and then Nat thought she saw someones coach, so we followed him into iga >_> so we went in, giggled like the little girls that we are [and we werent even sure who he was...], and walked around discussing very dodgily whether or not we wanted instant noodles...

we decided to leave cause it was rather pointless to follow some random around just cause he was wearing an adidas shirt.. and we ended up standing outside this chink restaurant discussing where we wanted to go next.. and well.. theres this midsumma festival in melbourne going on, and its the melb version of mardi gras, and that was happening sorta across the road from where nat and i were standing [which explained the massive amount of gays, lesbians, and trannies we saw in fed square]. SO ANYWAY.

me being the curious bugger i am, i looked inside at what the peeps in there were eating, and theres this half empty plate of [shit. forgot what theyre called] OH RIGHT. bean sprouts. there was a plate there, and i looked up at the peeps eating, and this gay-ish looking guy [think rhys bobridge from sytycd]

so this is what happened...

guy: *waves excitedly at mc*

mc: err.. *waves back and smiles*

guy: *beckons and mc to come inside, and points to his table*

mc: *eyes widen* errr... *politely nods head and smiles*

THAT WAS SO FUNNY. I WAS LIKE "ERR... WHUT"

we got back to our hotel probably after 9 that night, and we still hadn’t had dinner, and by this stage, we were starving as hell! So we settled for some chinese takeaway next door [which would give us a 10% discount cause we were staying next door] BUT THE DAMN GUY RIPPED US OFF!!! AND DIDNT EVEN GIVE US THE DISCOUNT!!

So we ate, cleaned up, then watched some tv. First night involved me and tram sharing a bed *sigh*