Lilly v. the World

Blue Mountains

2012-11-25T10:41:00.002-05:00

After fighting over who would sleep where at Angel(a)'s place, and annoying Dennis while he about to sleep, we finally passed out dreading the early morning wake up. 9 am. HAHA! Ok so it wasn't that early, but man, not having early classes makes you really lazy. Rachel, Angel(a), Martin, Kyle, and I, with Dennis crutching behind us, took a 2.5 hours train ride to Katoomba to see the Blue

Goodbye Newcastle.

2012-11-22T10:26:00.000-05:00

Newy, my home for the last 5 months or so. I can't believe I'm leaving. This experience has been unbelievable and I am very lucky to have been able to do this. I've been so busy trying to do this and that for the past week that it really hasn't even hit me that soon I will be going back to the States, although not too soon. The feelings I've had here were not like the ones I had in England. All

Vietnam town?

2012-11-18T10:26:00.002-05:00

After Victoria, Angel(a) and I went back to Sydney for a night so that she could finish her final essay and for me to get my Visa for Vietnam. Then we made a trip to visit my cousin and her family. This was making me nervous. I have never met these people, let alone meet them without my parents. My mom told me I didn't need to go if I didn't want to, but I'm sure glad I did. After my aunt told my

The Great Ocean Road and Melbourne

2012-11-15T04:54:00.002-05:00

Angel(a) and I decided to scratch the plans to New Zealand. Angel(a) couldn't afford both, and I decided that backpacking around Southeast Asia for a month would make up for it. Next time, New Zealand, I promise. We flew to Melbourne at 6 am... which means Martin had to drive us there by 4 am. Haha. Poor boy. Anyways. I didn't sleep that night, as I saved packing for last minute. I will never

DONE DONE DONE DONE!

2012-11-06T09:51:00.002-05:00

As of yesterday, I AM DONE WITH CLASSES AND FINALS! FIRST SEMESTER OF MY SENIOR YEAR IS OFFICIALLY OVER! I took that joyous day and celebrated by planning my next trip and made my special buddy give me a strip-tease. Words can not describe how hilarious this was. What can you really expect from a scrawny, awkward Scandanavian dancing to "Pony" by Genuwine? HAHA. Anyways! I've mentioned

Halloween, the Sluttiest Time of the Year

2012-11-01T01:30:00.002-04:00

Halloween in Australia! I thought Halloween would be a big thing here since the Australians I have met seem to have a thing for themed parties. I think the last big one on campus was the Around the World Party early last month where everyone went dressed up as another culture. (Photo by JaKyung Koo.) As always, its a reason to party. Bar On the Hill had a Halloween party and we finally got

Angel(a)'s Week in Newcastle

2012-10-25T06:57:00.002-04:00

As this week was extremely eventful and I am getting lazier by the day, I'm just going to list what happened this week. Haha. 10/17 Cheryl's Birthday Dinner and Dennis breaks his femur, the largest and most difficult bone in his body, by tripping over himself and I spend the night in the hospital with him looking like the biggest slut in the world. (Photo by JaKyung Koo) 10/19 Circus

He looks like Asian Jesus.

2012-10-14T11:05:00.002-04:00

These last few weeks have been crazy. One event right after another! Angel(a) won us tickets to Durex's You+1 Cruise, so I decided to spend Sunday night in Sydney. I was so excited for this; my first party cruise, and to hopefully get free condoms! Free is always the best.Just to let you know though, I did not know that Steve Aioki was the guest of honor and this cruise was the final stop on his

Farewell Dinner and Recovery Day!

2012-10-13T10:54:00.002-04:00

I can't believe it's Farewell Dinner already. I feel like it was just last month that we had Commencement Dinner. This dinner, however, was held in City Hall. I had so much to do to prepare for this day that I did not have time to put together a nice outfit and do my hair, but whatever. We all got on a Coach busses to be driven here. I tried not to make the same mistake of getting drunk before

Cairns

2012-10-07T03:37:00.002-04:00

Ahhh, tropical Cairns! Its a little embarrassing, no, scratch that, extremely embarrassing, how little I know about Australia. I have heard of the Great Barrier Reef, but I never knew how huge it was... And I have to admit that the reason I even wanted to go to Cairns was because that was where I thought the Great Barrier Reef was. Oops! It's not the only place that's near the reefs, so we

Brisbane

2012-10-02T13:58:00.002-04:00