checked out at 11:00 and hung out with andrew.  laid on lounge chair with andrew the whole day and talekd.  had dinner and farewell party at 5:30 PM.  watched the sun set... kinda.  took some pictures.  left hotel at 7:00 PM and went to airport. 

checked in and waited outside forever!!! boarded plane. didn't sleep. got to tahiti in 2ish hours.  slept for an hour at aiport.  boarded plane to LA.  didn't sleep for those 8ish hours... stayed with andrew as long as possible. got to LA and had a 7 hour layoff.  had dinner with LIYO group. 

went to delta gate and said goodbye cus he was leaving for seoul.  cried... A LOTTTTT.  boarded and cried more on plane.  just kinda cried to sleep... got to NY and got luggage.  waited forever to get andrew's cello.  said goodbye and went home~

[last receipt at cook island]

[boarding pass to LA]

[boarding pass to NY]

[boarding pass receipts from tour]

woke up and went to breakfast. very good food.  went to lagoon with andrew.  laid on beach with him.  put on swim stuff but decided to walk to island.  got scared and john/randy scared me by saying there were slugs.  started laughing and crying so andrew carried me back.  took some pictures.  went back to lagoon... ate with andrew outside and chilled for two hours. 

got ready for concert.  had short rehearsal.  had concert.  it was okayish but not the best.  curfew was at 12:00 AM even though we got back at 11:30 PM.  had a lot of ice cream and got "hit on" and some cook island guys freaked me out.  got so mad >=[. 

went back to andrew's room. .. they drank again.  had room check at 12:00.  heard knocking... leader next door were drinking LOL. randy and andrew snuck over and stayed the whole night.  slept/stayed awake with andrew and jade until 5:30 AM.  woke up at 9:30 AM.... lol

PART I

left townsville at 1:00 AM.  talked to andrew and slept.  drove until 6:30ish to cairns.  stopped by mcdonalds and jade got us hash browns and a sundae ^_^.  slept through the tour of the city x] and got to the airport.  waited online like forever and changed in bathroom.  almost peed in my pants cus no one came out!!! >_<

checked in and went through security. put bags down and jade took me to gucci, prada, fendi, guess etc =O.  called my parents and got the prada backpack i wanted for a longggg time =].  got on the plane

[boarding pass here]

got to auckland around 5:30 cus of time difference.  ate lasagna w/ andrew.  boarded at 6:30ish.  flight to cook islands....

PART II

got there around 1:00ish AM.  drove to hotel.. got there around 2ish.  took a shower and soo happy we finally got hotel! got in bed and saw spiders!! so gross!!! tried to go to sleep and then andrew called
-_- talked for a little bit and then told them to call us at 8:30 AM for wakeup call. (27th alllll over again)

woke up at 10:00 AM and freaked out.  got ready and went over to their room in 500 (rm 506) building.  pretty far away.  very rainy!! stuck in hotel room.  slept with andrew on twin bed -_-.  haha but it was nice.. slept until 12:30 PM.  then went out in the rain to the bar/restaurant.  jade and sandy joined us later.  had calamari rings and a raelly really good milkshake... went back to andrew's room and hung out until dinner.

had dinner with liyo group.  buffet with greatt desserts... baked alaska =Q andrew and my anniversary XP.  curfew at 12:00 AM.  went back to andrew's room... randy, john and sandy were drinking and kept asking us to drink -_-''' they went out to party place and andrew and me stayed in room ^_^.

room check. matt walked me back... called andrew and showered.  went to sleep.. very fun and relaxing day x]

woke up early.  very hard to wake up for some reason.  got to ferry and talked to andrew until ferry left at 8:30 AM.  hung out on boat... just relaxed.  got to great barrier reef.  jade actually put on a bathing suit =O lol.  therefore.. no excuse not to go in -_- changed and put on snorkel gear... but refused to put on flippers.  xP went in the water was coldish at first but so beautiful. 

took underwater pics with jade and andrew. it was pretty cool.  went back in and changed.  had a chocolate ice cream too =D hehe. went to the front of the boat and just talked to andrew. we looked at the fishes x] .  it was prettyyy.. jaimie tells us taht the crew member said we 'pulled off a titanic' lollll... slept on the way back and just talked to john and andrew at ferry.  host picked us up and we had dinner.  talked to jade for a couple hours and showered.  packed and decided to wear pjs to bus LOL.  got to ferry at 11:00 PM.  watied until july 27th lol.

ps. broke up with andrew today =\

woke up at 8:00ish but laid in bed until 11.  took a shower and had a huge brunch.  -_- got ready to leave and went to the strand at 1:00.  walked like a mile in my concert shoes and got a cut. talked to jade.  went to museum and put down stuff at cafe area.  writing in journal.  hung out with jade, lynn, etc until rehearsal at 4. 

had researsal.  hung out with jade and andrew.  got so pissed off cus of the seating and the mozart piece... but i'm okay xP had a cookie for dinner =].  lol realized that i love orange soda... changed and just talked to andrew mostly... had the concert (started crying while other groups performed -_-).  played my worst and sat last stand lollllll. went home and changed.  had spaghetti and talked to jade.  went to sleep around 11:30 PM.  boringish day.

[itinerary here]

[name tag for museum here]

woke up 7:30 and took a shower.  hair dried nicely ^_^ went to ferry and hung out with jade and andrew.  got to magnetic island and drove around.  stopped by koala park.  saw a bird that said 'bloody old bastard' a lot.. lolll.  got to see the koalas up close!  also got to see the kangaroos up close.  they were all sooo cute! took a lot of pictures. 

drove us to the beach.  had 4 hours to do w/e.  bought 2 towels and some clothes >_< spent too money ahhh.  ate fish and chips.  went to the beach and relaxed.  laid out 4 towels and clothes xP.  uhh.. cuddled with andrew? ahh it was SO sunny and hot so changed into bikini. lol. talked to andrew for the whole time =].  it was a really nice day hehe.  went back on ferry, took some pictures etc. 

got back home and had some spaghetti (spelled out my name) ^_^. went online, talked to andrew and maggie.  had dinner and went to rent movie.  saw intolerable cruelty but too tired to pay attention (all in all a good day) =]

woke up early and had breakfast.  packed and drove to hall.  got there early and listened to music.  got on bus with andrew.  watched 'just married' and 'view from the top' (a little).  fell asleep and just relaxed?  w/ andrew.  bought a lot of candy.

got to townsville and got picked up.  went to supermarket and bought so much food.  went to pharmacy and bought makeup, hair products etc.  the house is pretty nice.  got our own little house with bathroom, kitchen and tv place.  x] had pasta with mushrooms for dinner.  read mags.  boring day.  didn't do ANYTHING the whole day -_-

woke up early to drive to bus station.  got there and made a fool out of myself by screaming in the bus.  waited in car and andrew and john pulled up. (missed the bus by a couple seconds).  jade ran out of the car screaming that it was andrew LOL.  drove to shute harbor.  bought a sarong.  talked to andrew.  went on ferry 2x.  so fun yet got really freaked out and dizzy. 

got to hamilton island.  kinda cold but walked to the beach.  slept/relaxed on a lawn chair for about 1 1/2 hours.  went to whitehaven beach after.  an island totally natural and uninhabited.  one of the most beautiful places.  the sand was WHITE and the water was clear.  slept and relaxed.  went for a walk with andrew and drew in the sand.  he tackled me so many times -_- it hurt!!

went back to host.  went to concert after went online (emailed andrew and christine).  had dinner.  stayed with andrew - went outside and sat on pool table.  went to the lagoon.  after, we stopped for ice cream.  found out some people were drinking.  had to leave lagoon at 11 when we got there at like 10:30 -_- went down to the beach and laid out towels to lie on with andrew.  it was nice.. ^_^. left so early tho.  took a shower and packed.  now going to sleep~

[itinerary here]

woke up at 4:00 AM.  jade splashed me with water at 4:30 AM LOL.  drove to buses to find that 1 bus was stuck in traffic! waited from 5:25-6:30ish.  it was freezing!!!! went to mcdonalds and had a sundae and hash brown.  slept on bus with andrew's big heavy head -_-

went through check-in and buoght three shirts ^_^.  went on flight, played cards, talked to andrew and listened to music.  went on connecting flight.  the crew was so cool! the lead crew/steward was pretty cute.  he made comments about every passenger's passport.  he was so cool.  he was saying how we should call him susan.  we played a game with toilet paper and did aerobics O_o lol.  arrived and greeted.  got the best host family (president of rotary club).  he showed us around and visited airlie beach and cannonvale.  it is so beautiful. so warm and tropical. 

went to his house - very nice.  slept/chose the king-sized big xP. went to concert at night.  pretty good concert.  had lasagna for dinner. went online and emailed christine and andrew.  had a talk with jade about relationships

[boarding pass here]

[connecting pass here]

woke up and thought everyone left me -__- had a dream about the first day of school O_O.  had rehearsal at 9:30-11:30.  not too bad ^_^.  went on a double decker and sat with jade, john and andrew.  they were singing kinda =]. 

went to erina fair. huge mall =D went shopping.  jade was being so funny xP "...yet it feels so good right?"  LOL he didn't get it.  bought over 500 dollars worth of clothes.  oh my gosh -_- went to hair place.  randy got a "blowout" even though it doesn't really look lke it.  john got a trim and andrew got his hair highlighted.  he reminds me of a korean actor or celebrity from that group.  lol it looks so cute!! x] will get my hair cut soon.  also bought something for my mommy =] 

went to concert at 7:15.  it was a good concert even though i played worse.

overall a really really good day cus i bought so many nice new summer clothes x] so excited lol.  sleeping at 12:00 AM.  will get 4 hours of sleep xP

[bloch card here]

[john brennan haircutting card here]

[ticket for LIYO concert here]

[homestay cards here]

woke up soo early -_- around 6:00 AM?  really woke up at 7:15.  had breakfast and left at 7:45.  got to car park early and chose good seats.  left for sydney at 8:30.  sat with john, andrew, jade and randy.  got to zoo at 10:30 AM.

saw many animals ^_^.  saw the cutest koala!! also saw some wallaby (plur?).  and a kangaroo x]  walked to the pier.  left zoo and bought chocolate cone and played chinese poker.  so cold...

went on ferry.  so cool.  stayed outside and took lotsa pictures.  very fun.  got there and went to opera house.  took a group pic and then went to souvenir shop.  bought some stuff.  went to cafe and had some sushi and a cookie.

went downtownish? shopped for 1 1/2 hours.  bought some candy from this really cool place (sticky) where they make it themselves in front of you with all different flavors.  the funniest part?  getting a cartoon picture of jade andrew and me.  it looks so cute lol

drove back and had dinner at italian place.  food was pretty good.  got a huge stomachache, went home and took a shower.  hoping that i will go shopping crazy tomorrow at the mall xP nightnight.

[chocolate cone wrapper here]

[sydney opera house picture here]

[sticky card here]

woke up at 6:30 AM! T_T discovered ants in the bathroom.  had a nutella sandwich for breakfast.  drove to the parking lot and drove to airport by bus.  checked in luggage and sat with john, sandy, jade, randy and andrew.  kicked andrew's ass in chinese poker xP.  ate a really good chocolate thing.  3 layers of different chocolate.  boarded the plane and looked at the really pretty clouds outside =]. 

talked to a girl from indonesia after jade dared me to.  she was so cute! very short flight ~sat with christina and jeremy -_-

when i got off the plane, the girl asked me for my email.  it was so sweet ^_^.  i got hers and she wrote it on andrew's boarding pass.  got my luggage, forogt one on the plane xP  drove down to gosford (1 1/2 hours).  played chinese poker for money with jade and andrew.  won $2.40 x]

got a very old family.  also rooming with rachel O_o.  went to the mall to get something to eat. omgosh soo many shops! host father is so scary! meanish... favors rachel (told her she was attractive etc).  so freaky.  played cp with jade until dinner.  had dinner with his son and gf.  played cp, bs and egyptian ratscrew.  it was pretty fun. 

after dinner, tried to get rachel's phone to open.  used my sim card to call christine.  so happy!! talked to rachel for two hours.  can't believe it O_O.  talked about her and randy, andrew, her relationships, her school etc.  kind of fun actually.  very very funny stuff xP more later.

ps. got sick and took some comtrex =[

[boarding passes here]

woke up at 9:45 AM to call maurice leung about shipping.  have to take to sydney with us. called andrew (first time in three weeks!) felt weird for the whole day =\  took a shower and went online.  ate pasta and toast wtih nutella.

went to rehearsal.  a tenor sang three songs/arias.  he was good =].  pretty good rehearsal.  sat in a good seat x].  ate dinner (8 slices of buttered bread, meat pie and cake).  it was actually really good.  hung out with john, andrew, jade and sandy.  got dressed for the concert.  the repertoire was good.  audience was big (almost full house).   very long concert too.  during intermission - hung out with andrew.  SO funny.  talked about instruments (and hot guys ^_^), overweight people and how to help them if they choke.  second half of program sooo long! very excellent concert xP

after the concert, went to mcdonalds.  got large fries and chocolate sundae.  yummy =] took a coldish shower and used a facial cleanser.  felt all tingly.  andrew called again.  atlked for a while about... nothing.  slept at 12:30 AM

woke up w/o a dream =] had toast for breakfast.  arrived at car park.  got on bus and drove down to melbourne.  went to cathedral and took pictures. very big and statues were freaky looking.  went to rest stop... stayed on bus.  went downtown at 1:00.  went with alisa, randy, jade, john, sandy, jaimie and andrew to food court, bank and victoria market.

waited at bank for soo long.  exchanged money (300) walked to food court.  had japanese food... again!  i had lunch box of chicken teriyaki, calimari, rice and salad.  andrew had unagi.  MMH =] highlight of my day? andrew telling me about 4 asian girls sitting near us... pointing at him LOLLLL was going to talk to them but didn't. 

walked down and saw tiffanys, gucci, chanel, and lotsa other stores but couldn't go in cus they watned to go to the market.  -__- oh well.  used their metro tram/train thingies.  so cool ^_^ went to the meat section of market. smelled bad and looked really gross.

bought two chandelier earrings (now totalling 5) walked down and looked at clothes, watches... bought bagsss of chocolate.  went to this stand where they sold dog chains.  got one with andrew (edit out)

walked back and into museum.  saw asian art, fashion gallery and stained glass roof.  so beautiful.  also ate at cafe.  had a good cookie.  met up with group and drove down to sofias restaurant.  the food was pretty good.  sat w randy, john, andrew, jade and sandy.  haven't laughed so hard in so long.  prboably burned a lot of calories lol.  john and randys funny faces xP.  host family picked us up and we went to another host family.  talked ot jade and brett... jade put a chocolate coffee bean in their red wine bottle.  probably got them sick or something lol.

went back home phone doesn't work.. sim card does... used cell to call my daddy... talked to him about shipping clothes.  stayed up to call andrew.

1:30 AM.. the bus leaves blenheim.  i try to go to sleep for the 5 hour drive but is so cold and uncomfortable.  try to to sleep in so many positions.  get to christchurch around 6:30 AM.  had mcdonalds for breakfast.

they drive us to canterbury and we walk around.  andrew and i took pictures, looked at ducks and stayed by the water fountain.  got back on the bus at 10:30 AM and drove downtown.  took a lot of pictures.. so beautiful!

finally got to eat at japanese restaurant.  reliving last year's tour's memories xP went to galleria and also saw louis vuitton!  ^_^ also went to starbucks.  sat in cathedral square and ate cotton candy with andrew. so fun! haha.

went to airport.  bought ice cream, perfume and chocolate before we left.  plane ride short but seats very comfy.  slept the entire time.  can't believe we were leaving new zealand and going to australia!

arrived in melboune.  smelled fresh and like the city.  went to host family.  went to dinner at another host family... had lasagna.  soooo good. got back so late.  took a niceee shower, went online and now going to sleep <3

[cotton candy stick here]

[ice cream cone wrapper here]

[new perfume bought at airport tester sheet here]

[boarding pass to melbourne here]

[japanese restaurant card here]

woke up. had a nightmare/dream last night (dream here but edited out)

drove to theater. had some free time to get something to eat.  ate at this bar-type thing.  had rehearsal.. so long... so HOT. had more free time.  decided to go shopping.  bought a long white jacket thing that looks like a bathrobe type thing.  so expensive -_-.  went back and had some dinner (pizza).  had the concert.  best concert i played in so far.  then went back to host family.  sat on beanbag and slept, packed, drank hot chocolate... left host family and met up at the guys dorms at 1:00 AM

[homestay card here]

woke up and had some toast.  dropped off at college. met up with andrew where they drove us to the town of picton.  very small town with no clothes shopping O_O.  went to aquarium for 20 minutes.  looked at watch.. still another three hours?!?! 3 hours for a small town but 1 1/2 for auckland.. -_-.

ate at a small cafe and walked down main street.  went into a jade store.  most of the things were pearls and silver.  so beautiful... andrew told me for the first time ever to buy something.. i did.  a pearl/silver necklace.. x].  (edit out)

john got an ice cream that andrew and me shared (memory xP).  from 4-6:30 i wrote letters and listened to music.  6:30 ate dinner w/ liyo at chinese food restaurant.  talked about food and christine.  8:00 went on bus to go back to andrew's dorm.  played badminton and kicked his ass xP then played bball.. we didn't play fair haha ended up in tickling fights. got really cold. made a deal that i would do anything he wanted if he made a shot from the floor in five tries. missed four times... but told me he actually tried the fifth time and got it in.. =O so shocked.  went back to his room where we played chinese poker. (edit out : too personal)

left his dorm at 10:00 i stayed up to call andrew (12:00 AM here means 8:00 AM there?)  but have given up after many failed attempts.  finished writing all i could for tour so far.  the rest watched movies but can't bring myself to watch with them.  so much on my mind... it's so messed up right now. good night <3

very cool this morning.  had to hold so much luggage.  left our homestay.  very busy day today.. saw LOTR places (isengard, rivendell etc). very plain but took pics anyway.  took a VERY COLD hike to see...... wellington's water supply.  went on a bridge as well. 

drove into town to the te papa museum.  kenny was the leader of our bus and told us we didn't have to go into the museum.  john, andrew and i went into town... had three free hours! so fun! =] tried to find the japanese restaurant but john led us around the city twice.  finally stopped for mcdonalds.  found out that we went in the downtown shopping area (same as yesterday) so i got my two jeans on hold!! ^_^ went to swarovski and bought almost 200 dollars worth of crystals.  O_O john got mad cus it was "my fault" he didn't buy the cross he wanted.  took a taxi to bus. 

bus took us to ferry.  went to mini arcade and saw a person (cop?) who was very good at this game (name..?) ferry was three hours long and ate lotsa nutella.  found out randy made out with rachel =O!! left everyone alone.  andrew and i sat alone near doors and bathroom.  talked for a longg time..

also went outside a lot.  the stars never looked more clear.. or beautiful.  it felt like it wasn't even as cold as usual even though the wind was in my face and it was nighttime... very.. romantic? uh huh.. haven't yet established my feelings on that. 

found out for the second time that we had homestays again!!! all the guys got dorms.. picked up by woman with three daughters: kristen, janelle, and alicia.  coincidence... O_O did not sleep too well.. had a dream and froze the night away... no heat, no heated beds.. ::sigh::

took the phone when i woke up + called andrew kang at another host family.  had a freaky dream (the one with the newborn sister and the friends characters).  spent the whole day free.  very relaxing. went into the city via railroad and shopped like crazy.  money gone: approx 1000 us dollars? was not expecting to see andrew when i was walking down the street.  saw john's nike and andrew's coat and was like O_O.  so many coincidences.  went out to dinner and wrote a letter to bf andrew.  went to dinner on top of a hill.  spent time with brother sam.  played many card games.  saw the mini-fireworks outside.  they had a great view!

ps.  bought so much more jewelry.  put some jeans on hold but never went back to get them.  bought butterfly and dangly earrings

went to the mall in lower hutt.  bought so much stuff!  had rehearsal for sooo long.  stage was the smallest ever.  could not move at all.  had a potluck dinner: andrew learned that i did not like jalepeno peppers xP.  oh! also bought earrings down at the mall - wore them to concert.  beginning of chandelier-type earrings fetish.  did not have a good concert.  no tricks for stars and stripes.  went home and met sam.  realized nz ppl love rugby.  did not sleep well.  kept waking up (had a bad dream)

[homestay card here]

ps.  today was john's 17th birthday!!