lazy post:
first day: drive to uni, ultimate traffic. parking on alison road. starving to death. unsw research team meeting. pick up jenny and hui yih and chatime. eating honey crumpets while driving. driving to janice's house. setting out from janice's house. taking 5 minutes to enter the address of the resort into mio, and hence giving the other car (michelle, janice and jess) a 5 minute head start. speeding all the way to the F1 to overtake the other car. getting to the mercure rafferty's resort right on time to check-in. the loft cottage smelt like an old house that just got sold. really awesome loft level that turned out to be a nightmare to sleep on, lol. after unloading the food, set out for caves beach because the brochure made it look awesome. it wasn't. biggest hole ever. we bought fish'n'chips from one of the only food outlets there and went to the beach to eat. worse chips ever. then we almost got attacked by seagulls but later found out they were only protecting michelle from dogs. took heaps of photos as the sun set. returned home to cook dinner. was a lazy pig while everyone helped out michelle with her mystery box challenge. lol at michelle's masterchef entrance. had super awesome asian dinner. everyone made tong yuen for dessert and they were pretty much perfect. can't remember what we did after that. oh! the shower ran out of hot water. drove to the pool to check out the showers there and killed my car's bumper as a consequence. me and jenny got the loft level with separate beds and my feet were towards the banister, with the drop to the ground floor. we talked about burglars and demons crawling over the edge and it took me ages to sleep. ended up sleeping around 1-2am. not smart.
second day: got woken up around 7am, because my whole mattress slipped out of its frame. make up on the bench in front of the mirror with michelle and jess. jaffles for brekkie. juice spilt. setting out for hunter valley. visiting the visitor centre. first creek winery and tour, dogs included. drinking up a storm on the first stop. audrey wilkinson, photos photos photos. lots of jumping, lots of jenny failing at jumping. pole dancing, lots of pole dancing. insert forgotten wintery. rosemount, re-attempting the floor photo and still failing. tempus two, cheese factory to the winery and then back to the cheese factory. hunter valley gardens, getting locked out of the lake but experienced epic sunset light. drive back to lake macquarie, another 2 hours. almost killed everyone driving in the dark in very low light and bad contacts and the opposing lane's floodlights. half kidding. napping once we get home because i was soooooooooo knackered. getting janice and michelle to take photos and do the rain dance on the loft level and then making everyone die so i could take pictures from the loft level. too cold, too cold, original bbq night turned into pan fry & oven bake meat night. cedric diggory! janice's not-so-subtle look to see if i reacted to seeing cedric diggory (i did -.-). lovely jess' panna cotta. pictionary highlights (on the loft level): game rules changed to everyone drawing and first person to guess wins, janice pwned everyone, jenny's metal detector, donna making everyone draw difficult things and not knowing if factory is two or three syllables, some other stuff that i've forgotten already, somebody remind me. sleep time.
third day: got woken up around 8am, by the sounds of people packing. continental breakfast for breakfast, really salty meat and scrambled eggs with milk in them. pack, pack, packing up to go. hui yih watching as a reverse the car from the pathway because the kerb is horrendous for my car. playing table tennis with jenny for 5 minutes, sucky bat and balls but we rallied for the longest time ever, i.e. 5 minutes. locking up the house for the last time and then driving to the reception to check out. playing around on the jetty and jess chasing away the pelicans. more photos: jump shots, run shots, timed shots, the stiffest mexican waves ever. driving to werner's bay. bowling: janice pwning everyone. everyone else kind of sucking and trying to get as many gutter balls as possible. esplanade picnic lunch and everyone being sus about the sandwiches packed for lunch after they'd been in the car for awhile. throwing grainwaves in everyone's faces. hippo espresso fail. driving back to sydney and missing the pennant hills exit AGAIN (possibly because i've never heard huiyih talk so much in my life). making it back to janice's place in one piece and stalking her dad with hui and jenny. hui tricking me into taking the sandwiches and bacon, by not specifying what food it was. goodbye hugs. saying bye to everyone and then talking to everyone on whatsapp. yes.
first day: drive to uni, ultimate traffic. parking on alison road. starving to death. unsw research team meeting. pick up jenny and hui yih and chatime. eating honey crumpets while driving. driving to janice's house. setting out from janice's house. taking 5 minutes to enter the address of the resort into mio, and hence giving the other car (michelle, janice and jess) a 5 minute head start. speeding all the way to the F1 to overtake the other car. getting to the mercure rafferty's resort right on time to check-in. the loft cottage smelt like an old house that just got sold. really awesome loft level that turned out to be a nightmare to sleep on, lol. after unloading the food, set out for caves beach because the brochure made it look awesome. it wasn't. biggest hole ever. we bought fish'n'chips from one of the only food outlets there and went to the beach to eat. worse chips ever. then we almost got attacked by seagulls but later found out they were only protecting michelle from dogs. took heaps of photos as the sun set. returned home to cook dinner. was a lazy pig while everyone helped out michelle with her mystery box challenge. lol at michelle's masterchef entrance. had super awesome asian dinner. everyone made tong yuen for dessert and they were pretty much perfect. can't remember what we did after that. oh! the shower ran out of hot water. drove to the pool to check out the showers there and killed my car's bumper as a consequence. me and jenny got the loft level with separate beds and my feet were towards the banister, with the drop to the ground floor. we talked about burglars and demons crawling over the edge and it took me ages to sleep. ended up sleeping around 1-2am. not smart.
second day: got woken up around 7am, because my whole mattress slipped out of its frame. make up on the bench in front of the mirror with michelle and jess. jaffles for brekkie. juice spilt. setting out for hunter valley. visiting the visitor centre. first creek winery and tour, dogs included. drinking up a storm on the first stop. audrey wilkinson, photos photos photos. lots of jumping, lots of jenny failing at jumping. pole dancing, lots of pole dancing. insert forgotten wintery. rosemount, re-attempting the floor photo and still failing. tempus two, cheese factory to the winery and then back to the cheese factory. hunter valley gardens, getting locked out of the lake but experienced epic sunset light. drive back to lake macquarie, another 2 hours. almost killed everyone driving in the dark in very low light and bad contacts and the opposing lane's floodlights. half kidding. napping once we get home because i was soooooooooo knackered. getting janice and michelle to take photos and do the rain dance on the loft level and then making everyone die so i could take pictures from the loft level. too cold, too cold, original bbq night turned into pan fry & oven bake meat night. cedric diggory! janice's not-so-subtle look to see if i reacted to seeing cedric diggory (i did -.-). lovely jess' panna cotta. pictionary highlights (on the loft level): game rules changed to everyone drawing and first person to guess wins, janice pwned everyone, jenny's metal detector, donna making everyone draw difficult things and not knowing if factory is two or three syllables, some other stuff that i've forgotten already, somebody remind me. sleep time.
third day: got woken up around 8am, by the sounds of people packing. continental breakfast for breakfast, really salty meat and scrambled eggs with milk in them. pack, pack, packing up to go. hui yih watching as a reverse the car from the pathway because the kerb is horrendous for my car. playing table tennis with jenny for 5 minutes, sucky bat and balls but we rallied for the longest time ever, i.e. 5 minutes. locking up the house for the last time and then driving to the reception to check out. playing around on the jetty and jess chasing away the pelicans. more photos: jump shots, run shots, timed shots, the stiffest mexican waves ever. driving to werner's bay. bowling: janice pwning everyone. everyone else kind of sucking and trying to get as many gutter balls as possible. esplanade picnic lunch and everyone being sus about the sandwiches packed for lunch after they'd been in the car for awhile. throwing grainwaves in everyone's faces. hippo espresso fail. driving back to sydney and missing the pennant hills exit AGAIN (possibly because i've never heard huiyih talk so much in my life). making it back to janice's place in one piece and stalking her dad with hui and jenny. hui tricking me into taking the sandwiches and bacon, by not specifying what food it was. goodbye hugs. saying bye to everyone and then talking to everyone on whatsapp. yes.
donna.
