Melbourne Memoirs

Hey everyone!

I hope you're not all too stressed out as I am thanks to mid-semesters. I thought I'd post this before my trip to Melbourne during Easter Break became way outdated.  I was there for a total of five days but sadly got severe food poisoning before leaving for Melbourne :( So please, be careful of what you eat because food poisoning is freaking satanic. 

As a result of being in an immobile, less than dysfunctional, state I let my mother do most of my packing. Yes, my health was really that bad. I also forgot at least half of my make up "essentials" so I just had to make do and compensate with what I had thrown into my bag in a hurry. There aren't as many photos as I would have hoped to take due to my questionable appearance and illness.  We also couldn't visit many places since I was sick and also due to dismal rainy weather (which ofc I didn't complain about since it was an excuse to read by the warm fireplace). Nevertheless, the change of scenery was adamantly refreshing as was the crisp cold air. Hope you enjoy the pictures I did manage to take x

St Kilda Beach

Cutest little cafe that looks like it came out of a Wes Anderson film

Mumma

Cityscape

CUTEST.

I was seriously devising a way I could transport this home

Flowers never cease to make me happy 

H&M - managed to steal $3 shorts (not literally I'd probably get arrested)

Flinders Street Station 

A functioning flower clock!

Most generic looking phone background ever 

So corny & cute it made me laugh 

National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)

Botanic Gardens

There's a place in my heart reserved for museums and galleries 

Remnant of the Night Circus of which I am reading and loving

Williamstown

Read on the flight home

Window seat is always the best one (until you need to pee)

Hope you enjoyed my random array of photographs; I wish I could've taken more :( Nevertheless, I'll definitely be coming back to properly appreciate Melbs.

Take care, love Thy x

Linh's 18th Cocktail Party

Happy 18th Linh!

Hello fronds :) Last weekend, I had the pleasure of attending Linh's 18th. She seriously put in so much effort and it turned out to be a great night, so thanks so much for hosting Linh! It was nice to see so many familiar faces and having the chance to catch up with people I hadn't seen in ages, some as long as since primary school days. The backyard was so nicely decorated with flowers & candles. The food was also presented with cute little blackboard tags and there was so much sushi *dies* I regret eating beforehand so much. The makeshift dance floor was decked out with UV and strobe lights which made Mary look like a bimbo off Jersey shore which was highly entertaining.  There was also a cute photobooth set up where Vonnie, Mary and I literally spent most of the night. Aside from that, the night was spent dancing with photobooth props, taking pictures of drunk people wearing socks and asian sandals, and a perpetual consumption of food. 

Face of the night

Just admiring the decorations :')

Twinnnnnn 

Squad

Hittin' up the d floor  

The most beautiful cake I've ever seen

 Photobooth fun

Feeling flushed :$

 

Hadn't seen Matt and Huy in ages!

they were so tiny and adorable omg

Thanks again to Linh for a fun night, and to Brandon (or technically 

his brother) for driving me home ♡

Love, Thy xx

Sydney: Part II of II

Hellooo everyone part II of Sydney travels is here; yay!

We all know the trip to the Sydney Opera House was going to be inevitable. I feel like I'd appreciate the structure more if I was actually going to see a performance there but nevertheless, the weather was perfect that day so shameless tourist photos were definitely in order. However, we didn't spend long at the Opera House before we took a 20 minute ferry ride to Manly beach. I really wish Brisbane had a beach that close to the CBD. So envious :(

It is extremely rare that my panoramas actually turn out so I'm very proud of this 

View of the Opera House from the ferry

If I had a dollar for every selfie stick I saw...

The water was way too cold to swim so eating ice cream sufficed as a beach activity

The prettiest bike ever *-*

New Year's Eve was my last full day in Sydney and it was one of my favourite days of the trip; Wendy & I visited Hyde Park (and took so many photos hahaha). We also went to the National Art Gallery of NSW where we saw the Pop to Popism Exhibition. My favourites had to be the iconic prints of Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol and 'In the Car' by Lichenstein, which was insaaaanely detailed. It was so surreal to see actual pieces of artwork that you're so accustomed to seeing in print; it's hard to comprehend that it's right in front of you. Sadly, we couldn't take our own photos due to copyright reasons :( 

 

Art Gallery of NSW

Later that night, I accompanied Wendy to her friend's house close by for NYE. I had no one idea who anyone was and couldn't be further out of my comfort zone than if I was in a cat cafe (fyi I'm terrified of cats). But thankfully, everyone turned out to be really friendly and I had a good night that ended with watching the fireworks on TV. I really wanted to go see the actual fireworks but I saw people lining up super early when I went into the city at around 12pm. Waiting for 12+ hours is a kind of patience I simply don't have. 

That's all for now of Sydney, I reaaally hope to go travelling soon. Thank you for reading :)

Much love Thy, xx