Hawaii 2006 - 11:39 PM
Day 1:
boarded the plane. sat beside Steph, my room mate. reached Korea and went on a day tour. went to many places i didn't go the last time i went korea which was last december. haha spent money on sunglasses, belt, food [some cake like thingy and this fried thingy which had honey/nian gao inside] haha
Day2:
arrived in Hawaii. took a coach to our hotel to place our luggages. while passing thru the town, it certainly did not look like the Hawaii i had in mind. wat i saw reminded me of Malaysia. like the buildings were a little run down. reached our hotel to place our luggages there and received a Lei welcome [those flower things they put on ur neck]. went for a circle island tour which was really good coz of the scenery! the crashing waves, the unique structures, the natural waterfall, the lookout where we could see the whole city, the beautiful houses facing the sea [those you dream of staying there after retirement]. checked into the hotel and had our shower immediately [we were stinking up frm not bathing for 36hrs!] browsed a little of the Interanational Market place during the free time at night.
Day3:
had breakfast at Perry Smorgy's! i was overwhelmed by the amount of food and how good everything looked!!!!! pancakes, french toast, toast, scrambled eggs, muffins, bread, jelly, fried noodles, ham etc. went for rehearsal at Marlin room. =S had shopping centre performance in the afternoon and thought we were so gonna screw it but i guess it didn't turn out as bad. coz we had the "grroviest" and "moodiest" competition within the band and everybody was trying to act enthu so we were quite hyper after the performance. ended off the day at Ala Moana shopping centre with 3 roxy t shirts! had semi formal dinner at night. all the rushing to get changed and everything and the main highlight was taking pictures with everybody else. haha.
Day4:
BREAKFAST!! Pearl habour. i slept. though it was really interesting and i was a history student i shld understand, but i was far too tired. =S ate some super salty chinese food and had our final rehearsal. totally screwed my toms part and was feeling like crap and scared and dejected. back to Ala Moana to support St Pats. didn't buy much frm there this time except my Hawaiian Host chocolates and macademia nuts.
Day 5:
we overslept. on the competition day we overslept!!! haiz. changed and tied up our hair neatly and went for sound check. before i knew it the competition was over. we performed one of our best to the 3 judges. was perspiring during the last piece. first time i played till i was perspiring. free time was Ala Moana again and the long wait for the bus back caused us to run all the way from the bus stop to our hotel rooms and out again with socks and shoes half on. watched the remaining bands perform before heading out to Denny's for dinner! hahaha had super embarrassing moments with TIPS and the locals. hahaha.
Day 6:
exchange with Killara high school. had lunch nearby and bought all the remaining gifts for ppl. haiz and i just realised i could do with 2 sets of coconut bras. haiz.. went to the Hawaii theatre for the closing ceremony. the sign outside is like those broadway kind. SUPER COOL! and we watched the performances and jumped for joy when they announced we got a GOLD! we were really worried. Miss Tey called Mrs Chan immediately. haha Zhi Yuan was kissing the medal like nobody's business. haha stayed up the whole night playing cards and talking and packing and watching pranks being played. went to the beach and chilled out. literally! but it was really nice.
very brief sumarry. typed more for the reason of me to remember wat i did when i read back nxt time than for others to read. it'll be too boring. anyway we were all sufferring frm post Hawaii blues. =(((((((( i'm falling asleep in front of the comp. just some pictures before totally konk out.
this trip, i've learnt many things in many ways.
Oi and Me at this cool place.
the sunrise at Waikiki beach.
that cool broadway sign!
one of the nicest section photo taken =D
room mates! made the nights in Hawaii so much more fun!
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