Hello World

My friend gave me her photos from our outings, so I thought I would share them. They're all from the things we did that I'm pretty sure I've blogged about before. And I am still very proud of my rainbow cake. 

My blogging has been all over the place and I apologize for that. It's not that I don't have the time, I think its just the laziness,  I barely even study anymore, I basically spend my time sleeping and watching tv shows. It doesn't make it any better that the tv shows are coming back. Anywho, on with what's been happening to me.

Clubbing:
My friends had wanted to do an all nighter in Brisbane as a catharsis for the mid-sems that we recently had. I was still undecided about whether to go or not because clubbing isn't really my scene. In the end I decided to go because I wanted a new experience, and because I didn't want to stay at home again. Also my friends had managed to find some free entry clubs which was good because I had been spending a lot of money lately. We had pre-drinks at Amy's place, there were about 5 of us. Obviously because I don't drink, I had the lemon lime and bitters, although I did have some vodka diluted with soft drink. Ugh I don't understand how people drink or take shots, it's painful. They had poured some vodka into a water bottle so we could drink just before going into the clubs. My friends were already a little tipsy on the way to Brisbane. The train ride was good because of the free wifi. We got to this place a little out of the city called Fortitude Valley, it's packed with night clubs, and apparently it's a dodgy area as well. Actually I didn't feel safe stepping out of the station but luckily I had my friends. We had KFC for dinner and walked around exploring the place, the Chinatown was nice but really small. I thought the Chinatown in Melbourne was small. We found a dimly light stair well to sit and finish off the vodka, I felt very dodgy even though I wasn't even drinking. While trying to find the first night club, there were these promoters who were walking around and handing out flyers to get  you into a club. One of them had a promotion for a free drink, so we went into the club for the drink and left. It was still only around 9-ish, and I though that was late, but when we got to the first night club, there were barely any people. So we just stood awkwardly around, waiting for the place to pick up, eventually more people came but it still wasn't crowded or lively. So we decided to head off to the next club and it was Asian night, this club had $15 entry though. It was around 11.30pm when we got there, and the place still was relatively empty. There were these group of people who were really friendly and introduced themselves to us, I thought they knew one of my friends but I later found out they were just strangers. Those group of people were really into the dancing, especially girls dancing very err... provocatively. My friend ordered a long island ice tea, and I tried a bit and commented it just tastes like coke, but then I realized she hadn't mix the drink together yet, so I was just drinking the coke part, it was $18 for the drink which I thought was really expensive. Anywho so we were just dancing, and me dancing like a spaz, it wasn't just the small shifts side to side, but the full weird arm movements as well. I didn't really cared how I looked, it was a lot more fun to dance crazy, and it's not like I will see these people again. I like to think it was the alcohol (the minuscule amount that I had drunk) that made me loosen up. After a while, I saw that one of my friends was dancing with a guy, and I thought that was fine, then I turned around and they were making out. At this point I wasn't sure what to do, because she told me that at most she would only dance with a guy. Obviously you guys know how awkward I am in social situations, so I asked another friend to deal with it. He led my friend outside, so my other friend and I followed. Once we got outside, my friend with the guy had looked really drunk, so we got kicked out of the club. She sobered up outside but they still wouldn't let her back into the club. Anywho we went back to the club with the free drinks, and stayed there for a couple of hours. It was a really small club but there were still a number of people. This place was filled with quite desperate men, they kept trying to dance with my friends, which was a little awkward because then I was dancing alone. But my friend would pull me towards her so the guys could move away. Also by their looks they must of been late twenties or early thirties. At this place, they played pop music which wasn't too bad because I like to sing along when I'm dancing. I tried to request numerous songs but they never played them, and I got annoyed. After we left the club and tried to go back to the Asian club, unfortunately my friend tripped over her heels in line and they refused her entry. So we went back the first club, which had picked up a lot except I didn't like the DJ, he wasn't very good, no offence. Apparently they had UV stamps on your hands, and I thought their stamps were just out of ink. We hung out and danced in the club more. By this time, my friend was trying to get rid of the guy that she met, I swear he was very clingy. She stayed in the toilets for most of time, actually the toilets weren't too bad and they had automatic taps! (Okay, I have taken automatic taps for granted back in Melbourne, I haven't seen many in Qld). By around 3.30am, we walked my friend home, she was staying with her sister, and the house was pretty cool, and there were a lot of security locks and three security doors or something. Afterwards, we just hung out at Maccas waiting for the time to catch the train. I was just so dead by the time I got home which was around 7.30am, and plonked straight into bed. Overall it was an enjoyable clubbing experience, better than the one I had back in Melbourne where i got food poisoning from coffee. The clubs here are less pretentious and hipster, I think, not that I have been to many in Melbourne, there is so much more room to move and breath, and they are all located really close together, good for those who are wearing heels, I wasn't though. I hope to one day find the perfect club for, somewhere that plays my type of music, is that so hard to ask for?

Surfers Paradise Picnic:
On a Saturday, we decided to have a picnic at Surfers and do some general exploring. I made sushi and noodle salad in the morning. It was really good weather, and Surfers was so busy! I'm not a fan of beaches, too much sand but I didn't mind. I was trying to find the Surfers sign where Charles Trippy from the We The Kings was at, I did eventually find it (it wasn't that hard) and also went to the Starbucks that We the Kings went to as well, I still wished that they didn't come during exam period so I could have done more stalking! The picnic was awesome, except it was really windy, my friend made this epic fruit salad which was yummy! Surfers was a pretty cool place, although it was smaller than I thought. It has the same generic chain stores with a few boutique ones. Yeah, so if you're into beaches, I recommend Surfers, although it does already have a high rep, so it probably doesn't need my recommendation. Also I was wearing a circle skirt which I don't advise to wear in windy weather, it was constantly blowing up. Luckily i wore a tank top dress underneath so it didn't matter too much that it was blowing up.

Love Squealer.