SYD DAY8; last morning.

literally functioning through the day on 5hours of sleep.

woke up and left the house at 8am. got to the airport and i got lost tbh. hahaha fml airport security scares the shit out of me even when i know i don't carry drugs =.= only drugs i had were antacid tablets and panadol (Y) //such a sick child i am.

so i got to the airport around 10am for my flight at 11.45am. had krispy kreme donuts and a cappuccino for breakfast then wandered around the airport like some loner cause i didn't know where my gate was. i feel like i'll be the first to die when zombies attack the world.

okay to i arrived at my gate like 10 mins early, then the flight is delayed for like idk 40mins cause of engine maintenance and the couple in front of me (in line) kept literally jumping each other. THEY SO THIRSTY I MEAN HELLO WE IN PUBLIC THERE WERE LITTLE KIDS IN FRONT OF YOU. got on the plane and wahlah. i'm seated in the middle again =.=

i fell asleep straight after the plane lifted off. kept bumping elbows with my seat mates and fml again with being seated in front of kids... they kept kicking my chair.

landed like an hour later in brisbane and was welcomed with 20 distress miscalls from my parents cause they thought i died. caught the train home and got lost around south bank cause i literally never catch the train. I was also in a massive black coat cause sydney was damn cold but brisbane was blazing.

SYDNEY TRAINS ARE ACTUALLY SO MUCH BETTER THAN BRISBANE SERIOUS WTF. they have changeable seats and then there's brisbane with their stationary seats urgh i ended up sitting backwards cause i forgot which direction the train was travelling in... i didn't want to move either. what is public transport when you have luggage honestly. was judged so hard cause i still had my scarf on when it was hot... i didn't have any more space in my bags /was able to take my coat off though so thats better i guess.

Got home. unpacked and just slept i was so drained and tired fml. seating concerts for me now i don't think i can survive mosh concerts if i'm not vip.

SYD DAY7; TRB:EP2 IN SYDNEY 2015

TIS THE BIG DAY IT WAS SO FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THIS WAS EVEN REAL. THEY ARE REAL OMFH.

okay i'm cutting to the line management i guess this post will be choppy just cause the concert went by so fast. i'm not joking. OKAY SO WE WERE TOLD TO LINE UP AT 10AM OR ELSE OUR TICKETS WOULD BE REVOKED. but there were people lining up at like 6am so wtf was that warning for. Fansite masters handed out banner and i got both the taehyung ones for myself and the rapmon one for my friend. my other friend got the j-hope fan. and as part of the AUSTRALIAN ARMY PROJECT GROUP we all got the "BANGTAN I NEED YOU" banners. BUT GUESS WHAT? I LOST ALL MY BANNERS DURING CYPHER:KILLER FML. /asked my melb friend to get me another aus project banner but she couldn't get it apparently fml no memories...

like i stated previously management was horrible. there was a problem with the line so by 3pm everyone rushed for the doors and was squashed together until 6.30/ later cause vip took so long to get through. I made pretty good friends during the squash up though so its pretty fine. but yeah horrible. 

i entered the venue with aivi and somehow got her to the 3rd row of general  admission (GA). HOWEVER. there were 2 dodgy fans that had massive as fan banners and just blocked the entire view for those behind them. I gave up and moved diagonally and somehow got a better view. There was a family behind me and they were constantly complaining about being pushed... mate you watching a concert- this was bound to happen with like 2000 hormonal teenage girls. 

WHEN THE BOYS CAME OUT IT WAS SO URGH THEY SO PERFECT. THEY SPOKE ENGLISH FOR THE ENTIRITY OF THE CONCERT AND IT WAS SO ADORBS; ESP JUNGKOOKIE. okay so i only got a proper view after maybe 4/6 songs (got to front of GA yeah!). honestly i was just blown away with the energy the boys gave off on stage and the atmosphere was just so different when compared to the B1A4 concert it was amazing. since we aren't korean it was quite difficult to follow fan chants so majority of fans (me included) just sang along with the boys. Suga said that he was impressed cause we were so passionate so ;) GOOD JOB SYDNEY!

THE ENERGY DURING CYPHER WAS UNBELIEVABLE. everyone was jumping and grinding on each other and i almost fell twice and lost my banners in the process but holy fuck i would go through that again cause it was just so fucking amazing. J-hope got a little excited and ended up baptising majority of VIPs and some GAs hahaha. i ended up smashing a few heads with my light stick as well/ i sincerely apologise. can't really help it given the venue and crowd...

TAEHYUNG IS REAL AND JUST SO BEAUTIFUL. HOW IS HE NOT AN ANGEL? honestly he knows he's handsome and teased my part of the audience 24/7 with his eyebrows and urgh stop. too bad i never had eye contact with him since he was really only looking at the balcony and VIPs. we was so adorable and cute and fluffy and omg i just wanted to take him home and cuddle.

HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT JUNGKOOKIE'S ADORABLE SMILE? OMG okay so during "I NEED U" they are meant to be serious and all but jungkook couldn't keep a straight face at all. this was because of the fan project/ and maybe us singing haha. we (MINUS ME FML) held the project banners up during the chorus; mostly all of the song tbh. and he saw it and just couldn't stop smiling and it was just so cute urgh boy why are you younger than me. his english is also so adorbs. "ARMY I LOVE YOU~ THANKYOU~" YOU KILLIN MEH JUNGKOOK.

Jin looked tired after idk 5 songs; totes understandable. but idk i think i looked like a rabid fangirl or something cause he looked at me with the "wtf" face./ could be the lights; let's hope so. on another note his vocals have improved greatly but idk could just be me but the sound system seemed off so his voice was much higher than usual? JIN GIVES HOPE TO BEGINNER DANCERS IDK HOW HE AND RAPMON DO IT BUT THEY ARE GOOD.

talking about rapmon... i felt bad. he had to shush us so many times just to speak to us but he's quite fluent and it was nice to see him so pumped during cypher:killer. ALSO ALSO AT THE END WHEN THEY WERE SAYING BYE AND THANK YOU AND ALL THAT HE CAME TO MY SIDE AND I SWEAR BLEW A KISS AND WINKED IN MY DIRECTION //A GIRL CAN DREAM. Rapmon is a cutie though haha

Suga... tbh i thought he was like super hyped during cypher:killer but everyone else said he was tired? idk about them but when he was in front of me he seemed pretty hyper hahaha. HIS GAZE IS DEADLY THOUGH. IT LITERALLY PIERCES YOUR SOUL //esp with the blond locks.

J-hope is such a ball of sunshine but omfg he is so thin? other than that his smile is so nice and joyful and HE. IS. HANDSOME. like seriously photos don't do him any justice. all the boys are handsome though wtf 

JIMIN IS LITERALLY AN ANGEL. he was so happy though out the whole entirety of the concert and shooting literal hearts to all the fans and omg don't get me started on his eye smile. he also killed everyone during no more dream with his lifting of the shirt // TOO BAD SECURITY BLOCKED MY VIEW FML. but yeah he didn't want to leave the stage it was so cute. taehyung had to drag him off stage hahahah

YOOMIN HAPPENED DURING ONE OF THE SONGS I FORGOT FML but it was when Taehyung was carrying Suga and Jimin was doing the "thousand years of pain" on him haha. 

TAEKOOK HAPPENED AS WELL! okay so Jungkook lost the rock paper scissors game during "Blanket Kick" and so he had to do a dance during the dance break. everyone forced him to do aegyo and so he did and OMFG SO FLUFF SUCH A BUNNY. he was so embarrassed after and Taehyung slightly hugged him from behind it was beautiful. they also high-fived during DOPE stage.

I DON'T THINK I CONVEYED THE EXPERIENCE THAT WELL CAUSE I COULDN'T TAKE PHOTOS. some people did but i was at the front therefore easily spotted and didn't want to risk anything. okay but during Fun Boys and DOPE i'm pretty sure it was during jungkook's part. anyways the security guard standing like 2 feet away from me turned towards the stage and smiled at kookie and i'm just like "HELL YEAH FALL FOR HIM/ NOW GET OUT OF MY WAY". 

security was a pain in the ass for those who followed the rules cause seriously i didn't take photos at all but security would be constantly in my face cause of those behind me. and if you told the security to move cause their crotch was literally in your face they would just glare at you and stay standing for 10 seconds. 10 PRECIOUS SECONDS YOU COULD'VE USED TO STARE AT THE BOYS. it was a pain but yeah they had to do what they had to do. now i didn't personally experience this cause i wasn't on the balcony but some guards mocked fans that were crying and told them to get off the balcony? honestly there were so many problems with sydney mainly cause of the venue but the boys seemed to have enjoyed the show so its all good! we really do need a seated venue next time though... i don't think i can deal with families and twelvies in mosh pits ever again =.=

SYD DAY6; hunting for BTS

BANGTAN LANDED IN SYDNEY ON THIS DAY.

Today was meant to be reserved for visiting cabramatta since my parents were raving about how it was like a vietnamese china town but hey friend called us out to hunt for bts. so we went to cabra for the first half and then walked around the city area hoping to just casually 'bump' into them. too bad they went all the way to the zoo hahah but hey hopefully jungkook dubsmashed with a kangaroo haha.

we parted ways late afternoon when we realised and nha and i just decided to bum around the darling with takoyaki and emperor puffs (BOTH SO GOOOD) it was such a pretty landscape at night. especially with the iceberg and winter activities they were holding.

we were just admiring the iceberg when someone posts on the group that the members were eating at a restaurant on the  darling and nha rushed to the place dragging a cold me along with her. SHE WOULDN'T LET ME GO HOME AND WTF I'M THE BIGGER FAN. in the end we decided to leave at around 9pm and got home at around 12am. discovered that they later went to pitt st =.=

SYD DAY5; Day out w/Carol

so today was really meant to be a rest day/ or an easy day since my travel buddy had to fly back to brisbane early. therefore NO MORE EARLY MORNINGS. lies really

we woke at around 9am and met up with a new friend Carol who took us around to eat at nice places since my sydney friend is literally a tourist herself. we stopped by at KINOKUNIYA bookstore. FUUUUUUUAAARK WE NEED THIS IN BRISBANE DESPERATELY. all the manga/anime/jap mags/light novels/marvel mags. THE STORE HAS EVERYTHING FML. I cried a little inside when i saw the collection of light novels; too bad there weren't any english translated ones... they need to be licensed orz i can't survive on the translations on tumblr :'(
- I purchased one of the death note spin-offs and a dr. who (10th doc) keychain for my cousin and that's all. pretty disappointed that i couldn't find tablo's "pieces of you".

we then went deeper into the city and found a nice japanese restaurant. ordered the Udon Curry Lunch Set it was so worth the price tbh. h/e the curry udon was really different to what i was use to in the aspect that it wasn't enough curry soup? there was just enough soup to coat the noodles. the salad sides and miso soup were a great side and i loved how they finely chopped the eggs to garnish the sushi

we then went to go get dessert at the green tea shop right next door. THE DANGO BALLS ARE SO GOOOOOOOD. Brisbane really needs a store like this in the city. It'd be a big hit guaranteed.

SYD DAY4; MY BIRTHDAY

Tina left at like 7am and we walked her to the door and went back to sleep. left her to fend for herself in the freezing cold. i could't even open my eyes cause i teared yesterday when we got all deep and emotional and my eyes crusted over fml. work up at around 10am- nha went to wash up and i rolled myself up into a burrito/ tis very cold in sydney. then her cousin who never revealed himself till now walked into the room and ask if we wanted brunch. so much for first impressions gah.

He drove us to Paper Planes to have brunch- I loved the design of the place but damn was it crowded... had to wait 10mins just to get seated, our orders took a while as well/ not as long as twelve but still... a while.

I ordered the DEEP SOUTH BURGER W/CHIPS:it was extremely good. that's all i can really say now since i'm blogging like 5 days later... nha ordered another burger but it tasted exactly like a big mac hahaha.

we then went to the westfield and shopped till idk 3pm? we got home at around 5pm (THE EARLIEST EVER) and just slept off the night.

SYD DAY3; TGIFS

The results of underestimation of sydney weather: we're either melting in the heat or freezing our asses off.

Woke up late (even with 6 alarms) and had fried rice with peas and spam before heading off to Macquarie Shopping Centre. Did the usual girl stuff and met the Sydney bae #2. extremely blurry pics below cause you know...awks

After that we ate at TGI Fridays. summary of menu below. THE DRINKS WERE BOMBERS BTW SO DAYUUM GOOOD.

Drinks:-
+Strawberry Passion Iced Tea (bottom)
  I REALLY LOVED THIS. 11/10 WOULD COME BACK JUST FOR THIS. It was sour yet sweet and overall just a lovely mocktail overall.
+Lemonade (right)
  Extremely flavour-ful. This goes beyond the normal standards of a 'lemonade'.
+Strawberry Suprise (left)
  Extremely overpowering strawberry flavour and the drink leans more towards the sweeter side

Foods:-
+Buffalo Chicken Tacos w/Chips (left)
  It was great but I didn't like how the filling for the tacos fell out when I tried to pick it up to eat. But there was so much food though, totally worth the price. The buffalo wings were so chilly though.
+[WD] Jack Daniel's Steak (top)
  Nicely cooked and the original Jack Daniel's was the highlight of the meal. Additionally the side of potato and gravy and vegetables were nice.
+French Dip Stacked Burger (bottom)
  Beef was extremely tender and overall the dish was worth the price. Note, tabasco sauce gave this dish an extra kick for flavour.

We then went back to shopping, gushed over the sydney bae #2 and spent a shieeeeet load of moollah at Pandora on friendship rings (we sah cuuute).

Highlight of the day: someone was pronounced as an approved fckboy and I need to be more aware of my surroundings.

ciao

SYD DAY 2; USYD &N2

Konbanwa Mina-san! ( *¯ ³¯*)♡

we started the day late due to a certain Korean that had the need to put her face on before we left for brunch. we walked to the train station and then went all the way to the University of Sydney for comparison reasons. Honestly the campus like a mixture of QUT (buildings) AND UQ (landscape); maybe even a little bit of BSHS due to the overpass between campuses. some images for the Hogwarts like buildings below:

After that we went for brunch at “Twelve” (has a similar atmosphere to “Lost Boys” at the valley). 

Summary of dishes below:

+Eggs Benedict w/bacon, fretta and avocado (bottom)
  Every element of this dish was on point. The egg was perfectly poached and all the flavours of the dish worked well together.
+Calamari Fritti (not pictured)
  This calamari was very soft and the aioli sauce completed the dish wonderfully
+Caesar Salad w/ poached egg (top left)
  This dish was below average mainly due to the insufficient dose of dressing.
+Chicken Penne (top right)
  Great dish tbh. It wasn't too creamy to the point where I'd easily get sick of it and the sauce was just right. However the chicken breast was a tad too dry for my taste.
+Doppio Coffee
  Honestly my first time tasting this  drink and it was as bitter as my soul. Had to add more than 6 packets of sugar just to finish the drink.
= OVERALL: All the dishes minus the Caesar salad was worth the price. I can't comment objectively on the doppio coffee mainly because this was my first time trying it and I have nothing to compare it to but this coffee would be perfect for someone who really appreciates coffee.

After brunch we set out on foot to find N2. we completely missed it and ended up walking up and down the streets trying to find it. the only positive from this was that we found a vintage handmade store that sold extremely cute necklaces and had a wide range of doctor who charms.

At N2 we had the following; 

+Raspberry Aperto Gelato (incl. Alcohol, GF)
  I personally loved this option. I'm pretty sure there was a mixture of white chocolate in the ice cream as the raspberry flavour did not over power the entire mixture. Additionally as you confines eating there would be bursts of flavour from the little chunks of raspberry.
+Choc Caramel Creme Egg (GF)
  It was a caramel flavour overall with a hint of peanut butter ice cream. The creme brulee was the highlight of the dessert. However depending onb your tastes 2 scoops maybe a bit too much.

+Dulce De Cha-ja (incl. Alcohol, GF)
  Basically a nice representation of naughty and nice in a little tub of  ice cream. Friend ain't cooperating so I can't fully describe the dessert but it was a fun dessert with a sringe filled with rum inserted into the ice cream.
= OVERALL: so depending on how you like the consistency of your ice cream this maybe a bit and miss as it does melt pretty quickly. However the fruity flavours were incredibly good and I would definitly have it again; this is coming from someone who doesn't partically like raspberry flavours.

Buss-ed to the city and got jumped by the transport people. Thank god we used our opal cards today hahah (all day travel for only $2.50). Window shopped around the high end stores and then we split up to explore the city area. I HAD FOUND GONGCHA MY SAVING GRACE OF ALL GRACES. HOORAH FOR FREE DRINKS COUPONS. We did more window shopping and bumped into this veeeeeeeery cuuuute shop staff dude; no pics cause he was always in view point fml.

We then regrouped and trained home and bought for our home stay fambam.

I'm such a nice cousin buying my relatives tardis charms and all

ciao

SYD DAY1; trekking through sydney in heels

Geeeting fellow humans! (/^ヮ^)/*✧

if you have been following me on social media; I landed in Sydney last night at 5.40pm! Took a while to settle down at my place of accommodation for a the long week so there's not much to talk about there but. Tigerair... cheap flights yes. but so far all my experiences have been bad due to other customers. SERVICE &ALL OTHERS IS VERY GOOD.

Okay so down to the good stuff. SATURDAY: missed multiple buses because Tina had to put on her face. Eventually we got to the Sydney Fish Market and had some suuuuuper duuuuuuper fresh seafood. The Cheesy Scallop are a definite recommended. The have the scallop in the shell and there's cheese everywhere under then it's blazed with a blow torch. SURPRISE WHEN YOU EAT IT THERE'S RICE UNDERNEATH &there's a smokey after taste with the rice because it was blazed. HIGHLIGHT OF THE MARKETS TBH. the tuna was bloody nice as while; literally melts in your mouth.

Okay limited photos cause its 12AM SUNDAY right now. After fish it was the long walk to the Darling Harbour. Took so may photos like the tourist we are. We so dark though cause we Brisbaners honestly didn't think it'd be so sunny in Sydney during the Winter. TREKKED IN HEELED BOOTS INSTEAD OF MY TRAINERS PURELY BECAUSE OF THE SMELL OF FISH FML. walked along the pier all the way to the Sydney Opera House. I died. BUT HEY I FINALLY TOOK A PHOTO WITH MY LOVELY OPERA HOUSE (NO MORE NEED FOR PHOTOSHOP)

Spent around 2 hours there tbh. &went to the GUYLIAN CAFE. What we had below and a gist of how it tasted:

+ Guylian Mocha (left)

    tbh I've never had a mocha before but it was actually pretty bitter. overall it was nice though after I added enough sugar to my taste.

+ Opera My Way Cake (bottom)

    visually it looks very appealing h/e the cake was dense and the raspberry puree was really sweet. overall friend that ordered this said that it was not worth the $$$ 

+ Coffee Eclairs (right)

   the coffee taste wasn't very intense in the coffee icing really just a chock full of cream

+ Ice Coffee w/ Caramel Syrup &Soy Milk (top)

   SOMEONE DRANK CARAMEL so there was only ice coffee with soy. nothing special here.

= OVERALL: basically paid $$$ for the view and location. Customer service was spot on though. Would've been nicer if we chose to dine on the pier instead of inside the cafe.

OFF TO OUTDOOR ICE SKATING! but before that we wandered around city looking for a non existent vodafone store to charge a friend's phone; walked up and down the same street so many times I lost count. so we headed into the APPLE store to charge her phone. we then trained to city and and full on slid across the ice rink on my ass in front of half the population. black pants were literally as white as snow! There even had the inflatable balls were you enter and roll around in the water! 

Dinner was at this place called Pepper Lunch. it was myeh- mainly because I ordered an udon dish. Steak was good &worth the money. Sukiyaki chicken w/udon was terrible mainly due to the overall taste of the dish and how incredibly soggy the udon noodles were. Finally, the kimchi chicken rice with cheese was great- basically like a bowel of bibimbap.

We had AQUA S ice-cream after and its great fucking love. Green apple is a bit too sweet for me though. BUT TOTALLY WORTH THE $$$ EVEN IN THIS COLD AS WINTER. HOME BOUND AND NOW IT'S 1AM FML. Need to be up in 6 hours for the next set of adventures; THIS TIME IN MY TRAINERS.

I have so many photos but damn I either look like a sped, a kid or being a hardcore third wheel somewhere in the background. my life is just a struggle.

I can't deal right now I need sleep and fanfic

ciao