Saturday, December 4, 2010

reefin


totaallyy forgot to blog about the GREAT BARRIER REEF!!!!!! 
flew up to Cairns in northern Queensland and arrived at the wildest hostel in the world i think... this is 
what the entrance looked like in the day..and through that dark gaping hole is a cancun TIMES ibiza worthy. 




and this was just the outside patio, like 1/8 of the club. you can feel the music till the club closes at 6. nottt the best when you have to wake up at around the same time for a reef adventure!!!! 

REEF WAS INSANEE!!! went on 3 private dives, our dive master would tell us what to touch and what to swim away from realllyyy really fast... we touched these massive century old clams and saw suchhhh cool shitttt-- turtles, sharks, everythingg!! we had to wear these freaky stinger suits to protect us from deadly jellies. not joking. if you look really hard you can see me camouflaged.
SATURDAYYY night we went out for libby's 21st!!!!!! so much free champagne, absinthe, tequila, dancing, lesbian bars- hit all the major high points and had sooooo much fffunnnnnn. 
pretty miserable flight the next day...to keep it short.

Monday, November 29, 2010

SORRRRRYYYY

SORRRYYY for my negligence!!!!!! I actually completely forgot I had a blog for a few weeks...but we had the craziest weekend that I just have to blog about!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday was thanksgiving and so cute; we bought instant/pre-made everything and had thanksgiving in the common room. reallyyy missed my fam that day..but then we went out, problem solved.

FRIDAY is when the trouble began- our flight to melbourne was delayed until 10pm, and finally cancelled while we were waiting at the gate. bummer. the next available flight got us in at around 4pm, but better than not going at all righttt?? so we landed in Melbs, freaked the fuck out as we walked onto the tarmac- FREEZING and RAINING. I keep forgetting that the weather isn't going to be sunny and beautiful everyday, thus rarely packing accordingly. Our friends picked us up in the airport in our rental car for the weekend (with the steering wheel on the WRONG side!) omg and ki said they had a honda, but it was a hyundai, and she thought hyundai was just what pretentious people called hondas lollllll.. ANYWAY-- started driving the GREAT OCEAN ROAD!! 1/2 was breath taking ocean views, 1/4 was rainforest, 1/4 was hills and farmland. Its 250 km long and worth every minute. We made it to The Twelve Apostles by sunset- amazinggg. On the way, we pulled up to a gas station and in the grass was a BABY bunny shiverring in the cold so we picked it up and brought it inside and the guy at the store nursed it back to health and called animal rescue <3 SO cuteee. anyway, kept driving the great ocean road until the hostel, made dinner in the community kitchen- so backpacker legit... 


SUNDAYYY- started out really well!!!! woke up at 530 to see the sunrise over the 12 apostles, drove around to each of the major sites on the shipwreck coast. weather was so good and every stop was so so surreal. stopped for lunch and had a beef roll. so weird- aussies are so obsessed with beef. beef rolls, beef pies, such weird shit..and hot dogs look like red rockets!!! got dropped off in this shit town called geelong where our hostel was. it was DISGUSTING. like i will never ever stay in a hostel again. it was ABSOLUTELY haunted and there were PUBES ON THE BED!!!!!!!! ki and i were crying, got the fuck out of there, saw harry potter, went to kfc, and decided to just crash at the airport since our flight was at 6 am anyway...after we got there we found out the airport actually closed for the night...cried to the security guards telling them our horror hostel story and they let us sleep in the closed airport alone!!!!!!! it was freaky and we totally couldve planted bombs or something. we did make friends with these guys that worked for the airline who blocked off rows and gave us rows to our self on the flight. finally got back to gold coast around 10 this morning and the weather of course is gorgeous. so good to see our other third libby- except she was basically unrecognizable since shes so damn tan. 
THREE weeks till we go home :(((( i think i'll go into withdraw.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

a real friend is one who walks in 

when the rest of the world walks out

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Third Times a Charm

Ki just gave me a test out of Australian Cosmo to see if I would be faithful to her forever; maybe she will be luckier than past significant others. Turns out I got "You could be faithful if you wanted to." Now she's reading 'Tricky Dicky- a guide to his bits.'

TOMORROW Libby and I are heading BACK to Byron Bay for the 3rd time to try to go skydiving. At 7 am. The last 2 times have been canceled due to rain. Third times a charm!!!!!! So I could potentially jump from 14,000 feet tomorrow. "Sky-Die" as F-I-L calls it.

FORGOT TO UPDATE ABOUT SYDNEY!!!!! We left on Thursday Oct 28th after my grueling accounting midterm (passed, miraculously) to the Gold Coast Airport. Unfortunately ran into a dozen douche lords who were on our flight..and our flight was delayed so me lib and shauna split a bottle of red and a bottle of white in the airport. Drinking is so lax here, so praised. Stateside will be hard to adjust to again... THEN flew to Sydney, met a really cool girl who was flying there to stay with a boy that she had made out with at a bar one time. Ballsy. Got in, and SAW LUCYYYY!!!!! (my bffffffff from sophomore year in Shanghai) SO good to catch up and chat and chill at her super cute apartment over looking the Sydney Harbor. pimppp. Friday Lib and I were soooo cute and touristy, went all around Sydney- Oxford St, Paddington, Hyde Park, sex shops...dollar stores...pretty much everything we saw we investigated!!! Friday night went out in Kings Cross and sick clubs over looking Sydney Harbor..pimppp..SAT was bomb- waking up was hard, but Bond's golf team captain rented a yacht for the day and we cruised around Sydney Harbor and had an Aussie barbie!!!!! So many sausages!!!!! Really, my obsession. Not in a perv way, but I could really eat hot dogs for every meal I think. I even converted Ki!! OMGGGG at the grosh, lexi and I found these sausages made from kangaroo meat called KANGA BANGAS!!
any back to the yacht-- Soooo many cruisers and pale blonde. best daayyy! then went out for Halloween in Sydney!!! soooo good going out with Lucy, brought back so many crazyyy memories of Shanghai!!!!!!!! but Sydney has really great great clubs. like really great. Sunday we walked around Darling Harbor, went to CHINATOWN!!!!!!! and had to fly back to Gold Coast...but KI and her fam was back from the Great Barrier Reef!! had so much fun with them on our last night together....they brought us soo many American goodies!!!!!!! Crystal Light, double stuffed Oreos.. danky dank!!!!!! To anyone that reads this, mail me things!!!!!!!!
Allie Willis
14 University Drive
Bond University
Robina, QLD 4229
Australia

also, there was a bball game this thursday that Bond Cheer performed for at half time. The vid is on my wall if anyone wants to watch :) the game was USA vs. ROW (rest of world) basically american students' team vs anyone else that tries to play basketball that isnt american. hilar, so fun. performing again for rugby game on nov 11th!!!!

xx

Monday, November 1, 2010

GOGOGOGOGOGOOOO

My life is literally on fast forward; I've had the busiest 3 weeks of my life I think.. I'm trying to remember where to even begin. I guess after Byron Bay skydiving-failure drinking-extravaganza weekend.. Thursday was obviously a shit show since no one has classes on Friday. Friday was recovery day, getting pretty routine- went to danky dank mexican cantina and caught up on Gossip Girl/90210/Dexter- hate stupid foreign Eva, Blair + Chuck 4eVAAAAA!!!!!!!! (Allie + Nate= <3) and went to see The Town!!!! SO GOOD!!! movie theaters are even better here.. Saturday we went to OKTOBERFESTT!!!! in Brisbane. 2nd largest after Munich so that was pretttyyy cool even though I wish we had German costumes.. brought back a really cool stein (massive beer mugs) and had more brats and shnitzel than anyone should ever consume..ever.

Week 6 was kind of a shocker, I can't believe we've been here for more than 6 weeks...so crazy. Psych midterm on a SATURDAY which was bullshit and a damper to my weekend. I've also developed a sick Aussie disease, probably because I have been so tweaked on adderall and neverrr sleeping..

AND KIS FAM WAS HEREEE!!!! me and ki went to the Brizzy airport at 6 fucking am but it was SOO good to see them- and we went to the LONE PINE KOALA SANCTUARY!!!! HELD A KOALA AND PLAYED WITH SOOOOO MANY KANGAS!!! they just lay there! and then you pet them! and feed them from your hand!! its soo cooool!! WE HAD SO MUCH FUN ALL WEEEEKK!!! :D!! we went to bennihannaaaa in surfers! so standard- hibachiii!! tuesday i had cheer and was PISSED that they keep putting me in the FUCKING back so i can stunt these bitches instead of using my great face and dancing abilities. WEDNESDAYYY we did the COOOLEST thingg!! ki was tooo scarrdeyyy (anxiety preventing her from achieving her full potential) but me, libby, lex, and grama BARB went to this freaky maze and every room was different like some were all mirrored with freaky lights like you were inside a computer..MY FAVEE room was the room with the floor of a water bed..like alll squishy and jumpy and soo cool! this other room had these massive bouncy balls that you jump on..so cool!!!!!!!! its called INFINITY check it out!!

Monday, October 11, 2010

when it rains, it pours pt 2- BYRON BAY

so we booked a trip to byron bay, the plan was to leave from school at 6 am, get to byron bay and go for a 2 hr surf lesson, sky dive from 14000 feet, beach bbq, and out in byron, stay at the hostel and come back the next morning.
         UNFORTUNATELY ........
the weather was shitty. this weekend. again!!!!!!! like i dont even know how its possible for there still be rain in the clouds.  SO we surfed for 2 hours, found these FREAKY little blue aliens in the water!!!!! and swam in a tea tree lake- really great. buttttttt found out we couldnt go sky diving because the rain would freeze and feel like bullets on our skin up at 14000 ft. boo :(.
SOOOOO the night started circa 1pm- we went to The Byron Bay Brewery, they started giving us pitchers and we pulled out the biggest game of flip cup EVER. 22 people on each side. soooo funny teaching all the foreigners the game, espesh scandinavians. they get SHITTYYY!!! met a lot of realllyyy cool people and continued drinking for the next twelve hours. we had vip at Cheeky Monkeys but im not really sure if i went. I think my boyfriend of the night got us kicked out. will have to verify details to confirm...
so we had to get a rain check for skydiving but everything else was a tonnnn of funnnnn!!!!!

but really. thanks to 30 rock my fitting phrase for my life is- when it rains it pours...like in every place in my life!!!!!!!!!!

super busy week..psych paper due thurs, australian tourism marketing presentation due wed, psych midterm saturday, accounting midterm friday. thank GOD my grades dont transfer.

when it rains, it pours

week 5 recap
tuesday- first cheer practice. LOVE IT!!!!! love all the girls and the routine and im sooo excited to perform on thursday at the rugby game. surreaaaall...its like way different from american cheer and a lot more dancey...with tumbling and stunts. there is a norweigian dude doing tumbling coaching and he is HILAR- he keeps whispering to me, ugh this is social suicide. i just want to go home and have a snack...

wednesday went to an AMAZINGG boxing class then pilates. fat girl next to libby kept farting LOOOL but our fingers were all bloody and it was pretty sick

thursday we watched a bird eat another bird on our balcony at the library..that was weird. made me really not interested in my 2000 word paper on buddhist ideals on vegetarianism..its really hard to write about something you dont agree with/give a shit about.  THEN went to this RETARDED spinning class. joel kicked our ASS and played really terrible music with no beats, lots of screaming. it was really fucking hard. the entire time i was trying to get the courage to walk out but i was too tired to think...regardless ill probably go again next week.

THENNNN we went out to don's and east, SHITSHOW. standard. libby and i thought it was really funny to yell at aussie boys on the street...but it really really was!!!!

Monday, October 4, 2010

swing

Its liiiikeee really hard to stay focused in class right now, so I guess I'll update since I've been asked.
Last wednesday some freak boy that will not stop asking me to dinner legitttt cornered me in the lib and i was so pissed i caved and said i would accompany him to a bday party at this place called Dracula's thats like a vampire dinner show. But i said i would only go if he would pay for ki too :) Ended up being FIVE hours long. Def recommend it if you're visiting the Gold Coast and want to see some Aussie humor and performance, but not recommended if you're on a date with someone you don't like...but at least i had ki with me to hide...!!

Thursday went to another siickkk club in Surfers called Shooters and it was soo crowded and awesomeee. SO MUCH DEADMAU5!!!! and ladies night means allie gets free drank.

but libby is home from her perth uni games which makes me soooo happy!! She came back with wayyy too many freaky stories but so much entertainment for ME!! omg and we found a DANK mexi restaurant...aaaghhh and today is the first sunny day in 3 days!!!!! sucks i have class from 10-7. tomorrow after my meditiation class ill be laying out aaaallll daaaaieeee :))

omg and saturday in surfers we went to the marriott for the night bc they have a BENNIHANNA :D so amazing. so glad i found someone that has an equal passion for hibachi. marriott is sick, has a saltwater lagoon pool with FISH in it, like tons. and you can snorkel. like man made mini ocean. sooo cooool. 

ps shout out to sam rosen and julia croote who actually read this and think im funny...!! we need to plan a belgian reunion soon ladies :)

pps we ordered our groceries online yesterday to get delivered tomorrow, so convinient. everywhere should do that. also maids come tomorrow. love that too. class over WOOOOO

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

liiiikeeee, isnt it weird how things fall into your lap when you stop looking???

ki and i learned how to read palms today. skipped my first class but its WEEK 3 so acceptable beyond a doubt. also went to this sick yoga pilates fusion class today...everyone impressed with my flexibility, sHocKeRRR. some idiot asked if i stretch everyday? im liiiikeee err, its called being kinky...kidding.
speaking of- i think i found my soul mate...

have i said that before? well he said it this time, which means he might be as nutz as i am!!!!!

impossible.

boreddddddd, putting off sleeping before my 9 am buddhist philosophy meditation sesh. my sleeping is soooo fucked here. mostly due to thurs and sat night activities (sat being better :D, no crying or stalking) buttttt love lOvE LOVEEEE ambien!!!!!!!!!!! ps today in psych we were learning about brain shit/chemical receptors and im likeee, my shrink already taught me this when she was explainin my medzzzzzz....

i WISHHHH i had filmed ki skyping with her cat today. omg she also found this http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/209fO3/giantgummybears.com/ ...ordering in bulk for a certain special someones birthday!!!!!

first day of bond cheer practice tomorrow. email said douce yourself in repellant..since its outside on the rugby fields?...and im likeee ummm wheres your spring board? white girl problems..

Thursday, September 23, 2010

week 2 cont

I MADE CHEERLEADING YAYAYYY soooo happpyy!!! practice starts next tuesday :) and they have tumbling coaches so if i get my tuck back i can try out for smu cheer in the spring!!! you know, just for some dallas cowboy cheerleader practice...

im being such a good little kitty, 3rd day in the library in a ROW! this is the first semester ive been putting more than the required time in. actually reading the textbook and my notes? so impressive. too bad my grades here dont count towards my gpa...

ON A COOLER NOTE- libz ki and i did a pilates class yesterday and my abs are soo sore. really loved it!!! def doing it again. weather here is overcast again, but this weekend is supposed to be great :) ki and i have a trip planned into the rainforest for hiking and trekking waterfalls and cave exploring. into the australian hinterland, a place called springbrook national forest. and they have these glow worms in all the caves that look soo freaky!!! ahh and friday theyre having a 'frat party' at satin in broadbeach where they have kegs and red cups. tag line, 'the yanks have arrived'. so funny. we were just talking about how we miss frat parties! tonight though will be great, music festival on campus of aussie bands then campus bar after then east till 3! anddd we have 12 liters of wine to go through... love love love my 3 day weekends!!

listening to

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

week 2

TRIED OUT FOR BOND CHEERLEADING TODAY. really nervous even putting that online considering the embarassment if i dont make it. thru a back handspring for the first time since high school...they were impressed by my toe touch DUH. learned choreography to california gUrls chorus, ki wont let me practice in the room since she hates that song. played with my new aussie gf brooke who ALSO has a 2 door mercedes and a yellow lab. twinzzz! but really happy i tried out after all. battling nerves all day but im working on this whole being vulnerable/putting myself out there. my shrinks would be so proud!

ALSO WATCHED SEASON 4 OF DEXTER AAAAHHHHH so nuts at the end. that show is the shitttt. cant wait till season 5 airs bc F-I-L introduced us to the best website- www.channel131.com ...i think. anwyay it has tons of brand new movies still in theaters and shows up right after they air. for those who dont know, international privacy laws prevent us from getting tons of cool shit that were used to in the states online. eg- PANDORA...INSTANT NETFLIX...HULU...CWTV.COM...ABC.COM. i realllyyy didnt think id miss us tv but its a nice little piece of home away from home :)

Monday, September 13, 2010

first day of class :))))

today was our first day of classes!!!!!! so great that many US schools started a month ago! suckssss. thats my school! ---->
ki gave me a load of shit for being nervous about what to wear on the first day. analyzing outfits on our walk to class (intro to psych for the 3rd time, but 3rd times a charm!!) we were rolling our eyes at people wearing heels and laughing at people wearing hollister like its still cool! Now I have Buddhist Philosophy then Australian Pop Culture with Ki. I'll update soon later! I can only imagine walking into class saying, sorry im late, i was blogging.

sunshine coast

figured out the really convininet train system this weekend!! we ventured to Sunshine Coast on Saturday, home of the Australian Zoo! where Steve Irwin the croc hunter worked! stayed in our first australian hostel, Mooloolaba Backpackers. Really recommend it if you're in the market for int'l hostel. def one of the higher end ones that i've seen! across the street was the Mooloolaba Bowls Club, some freaky aussie sport on really well-manicured grass, something between bowling and bacci ball... Mooloolaba was the name of the town we were in..took us a while to figure out pronounciation!

We walked to a really cool bar called Friday's where we stumbled across a bachelor party who was really into our whole group, guys included, and bought everyone something like 8-10 rounds. anyway their tab ended up being $1,485....THANKS, SEE YA!

Sunday morning we tried to surf, no waves, all aussies looking at the dumb ass yankers in the flat water... talked to some really cute kids though. they're way better when they have accents. so when i have kids ill raise them here so they have great accents and i'll like them more? Looking for a husband to do this with, let me know via facebook.

O WEEK

this has been the best week ever!!!!!!!! monday was toga party, my first one of college, and we looked great. probably the best looking togas there. people went all out and were really legit and hilarious. went to a SICK asian club called East, check it out!! ki of course lost her wallet at some point in the night so we had our first experience with PUBLIC transportation here.. walked around Broadbeach, so pretty and COOL!!! heres a pic! walking around, we couldnt stop saying "wait, we live here!" exciting! found a starbucks :) and finally ki's wallet with the help of a homeless man.. later we celebrated by going to HIBACHI!! found one in walking distance of campus and made friends with the owners and got free sakiiii yayayayy (kiku > teriyaki mate for those in springfield, il). wednesday we explored a beach called burleigh heads and started shopping for surfboards!!!! water is FREEZING since its coming from antarctica i realized. re-established by kebab obsession that has been put on hold since leaving brussels' pita street! thursday was tight and bright, which most of my costume wardrobe consists of! except DARIAN DOLENC has my favorite pairs of neon leggings!!! i wore a really ridiculous neon pink one piece and leggings. it was a hit. campus bar was packedddd. conviniently met nice aussie boy who lived on my floor who wanted to share his grey goose. i like him. met another aussie boy at the bar who bought me absinth shots. sorry momm...

HAVING A SICK TIME AND CANT BELIEVE IM HERE FOR SCHOOL! post cards going out sometime this week. also planning on getting an aussie phone in the near future....my american phone is suspended while im here so im not getting any calls or texts :( but comment/facebook me!!

Monday, September 6, 2010

WERE HEEEEEREEE!!!

OMGGG can't believe we made it. 300+ pounds of luggage between me libby and ki. had wine in the airport waiting for our bags with MY REAL ID!!! I'm so obsessed with this place. Campus is gorg and everyone is SO FREAKING NICE. like sooo smiley and happy and friendly and funny!! :D! all the study abroad people we've met so far are soo cool too- everyone is so open and wants to be friends with everyone!!! potentially met THE ONE. were still reminiscing on how gorg he was aaaahhh still pretty jetlagged...woke up around 4 am thankkkkfully ki was awake too ahh we might as well have stayed out. ok the bar was crowded at EIGHT PM. prob bc people drink like they mean it here. likkeee how theres a toga party at the campus bar and they gave us our togas to make and the SCHOOL (not frats) bus us to and from the bars. so tonight will be good after a power nap. so busy, SO HAPPY. pics soon!

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

5 days till aus...

This countdown is really giving my xanex script a run for its money..or maybe its the hydroxycut affecting me..either way im really twitchy and anxious!!!!!!! liiiiikkke, i really don't even know where to start today...woke up at noon, and ive been laying out and playing in the ocean with my really entertaining doogies, mainly beacause my two best friends in australia, ki and libbs, are addicted to tanning. and living in florida i really have no excuse being PALE! watching the dolphins in my backyard made me realize how much i'll miss my house :( but then i remembered that i'm going to australia. then i remembered it was in 5 fucking days. maybe i should start packingggg.

I've been cleaning out my closet and disposing of my hollister and abercrombie collection that ive had since 6th grade, (you would think moving around so much i wouldve taken the time to do this years ago)....so i'm trying my hand at platos closet. i would just donate them but then i remembered that a 6 pack of corona is 50 australian dollars. WTF.

Friday, August 27, 2010

The Virgin Blog

Yooo wassuppp wassupppp, thanks for either 1) being so bored you want to read about my life, 2) procrastinating assingments to a point where you want to read about my life, or 3) (what I'm hoping) that you think I'm really pretty great that you want to read about my life. 

I fly to Australia in a week and a day. The thought of packing is a dark, dooming, ominous cloud over my well coiffed head.. so no i haven't started. Word is its not all swim wear and flip-flops, more like "urban outfitters on sterioids" (phrase credit: Megan Welch). And I sometimes get really irritated with that whole theme. I blame my youngest sister who thinks its less of a wardrobe choice and more of a lifestyle..this whole indie, musical, creative, looking-dirty-is-cool deal. So we'll see how that goes. Maybe they think what I'm wearing is super gay...please dont think that...


In a potential Australia foreshadow- It was pretty sick at the time, but 3 mins after it happend i was laughing pretty hysterically...alone haha.. Dasha, my Australian Shephard, was laying in my bed with me...she comes over and is super cuddly. Like licking my ears, neck, clevage and I'm like ugh sick, push her off and she lays back down, pees, gets up and walks out of my room. So I'm hoping Australian boys don't take notes from Australian shephards. minus the whole licking ears neck and clevage thing. no complaints there.