I arrived back in Sydney this morning, around 8 am, maybe sleeping 2-3 hours on the plane. It was a good plane ride, from Kuala Lumpur. We had 2 meals, and lots of refreshments including a Magnum bar!! and the pillows were soooo comfortable!! We probably had a choice of something like 50 movies, and 20 cd's to listen to, and tv shows etc. pretty cool. I watched the movie Shrek the Third (i'm glad I picked Transformers over that in Brisbane because it wouldn't have been as fun). I think the prince in the movie is Justin Timberlake - he looks and sounds the same... I also started watching this movie called Next with Nicolas Cage, but it cut halfway through because we were landing....
So yes, got to Sydney, and wow I was so happy to be back in Sydney. I was away for 2 weeks in Asia and really missed the Aussie world. I really missed hearing the accent. I was constantly thinking of all the places I really wanted to see again before I leave, but I obviously couldn't make all the locations today. My lack of sleep made me really lazy in the morning. I wanted to nap but when midday came around I really needed to get up and do something. So I got dressed up warmly (not as hot as thailand!) and went to Coogee. I walked threw Randwick junction then walked down to Coogee. I hadn't been there in a while and everything of it reminded me of the study abroad/exchange student group of friends from the end of semester; and our weekly barbies, hanging out at ppl's places, and chilling at the rocks. Mike, Courtney, Harry, Dom, Joelle. I took heaps of piccies... I wanted to have a gelato at Gelatissimo on Coogee Bay road and go enjoy it at tarahonga rocks but it turned out that Gelatissimo was closed for renovation :( Instead I had a smoothie from the juice place next door. It was actually pretty warm for a while, and I walked around in a tank top, but eventually the wind caught up with me and I had to pull out the hoodie once again. I walked along the beach and to the southern rocks. I walked around there for a while. I tried to go visit our time capsule, but it seemed impossible. I got to the left wing and there was no way i could manage to get lower... maybe if Dom were there... Well, anyway, I sat on the ledge for the next 15 minutes, looking at the crashing waves, at the spot I last did the same sitting with Mike many weeks ago. It's really been a while.
So after Coogee, I took a bus into the city, and walked around. I had no real purpose there, so I just went for some last minute shopping. I've gotten so many souvenirs in total... I hope not TOO many!! nah... no such concept! That part didn't last very long. I just went back home, did some repacking, went to meet up with Matt at uni, then ran up from lower campus to randwick in less than 15 minutes to go have hot chocolate with my ex-flatmates, Nitya and Bo, whom I will miss dearly!!! :(
It's been a pretty successful day; I've done a lot of what I planned on doing. But now, I'm actually really really truly leaving Australia for good tomorrow (actually, today, it's past midnight!!!) All my goodbyes have spread over the last 3 months, so I'm ready to leave.
I'm actually looking forward to being back home. I wonder whats the first thing I will do when I get home. I wonder how it will feel and how I will ever be able to tell everyone simply what an awesome time I've had in Oz. The only answer to the question "so... how was it?" is something like "it was SO totally incredibly awesome and worth it!!!!" with an infinity of exclamation points, haha. I wonder what's the first thing I'll eat when I get back, or how Julie will react, or how the weather is, or how awkward I'll feel, or if I'll be caught up in the aussie way that i've forgotten how to act canadian, or what music and clothing is fashionable in montreal, or how jetlagged I'll be, etc. So many wonders, but soon enough, I'll see for myself!!
In any case, hopefully I'll get over the jetlag and be up for a party as soon as I get back. I've already got more plans than I have time for, which in my opinion is awesome ;)
See you so soon!!! xoxo mouah!!
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