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mission: melbourne
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feeling | guilty because of my severe state of procrastination
ok, well
i have plenty to catch up on since my last post. as you all
should know i went to melbourne for four days at the start of
the holidays. when i got back the supervicario was waiting
for me. so, you wanna know about melbourne??
the
trip to melbourne was a four day university funded piss
up. a group of 16 of us were sent to melbourne for the 6th
annual conference of chemical engineers. the purpose of
our trip was to display a small car we had made for a
competition we had entered and had been working on for a number
of months. the car had to run on a chemical reaction and
was to stop a certain distance from the starting line. we
were told an hour before the competition began how far the car
had to go. before i talk more about the competition let me
elaborate on the events preceding...
mission
one: to consume as much alkimahol as possible on the trip to
melbourne without being kicked off the train
status: complete
when
our ansett flights were cancelled it was decided that we would
instead make the trip to melbourne via train. NEVER EVER
DO THIS EVER!! IT SUX BIG BIG DICK POO!!
before
the trip to melbourne we grabbed dinner and headed to a nearby
pub to start drinking and to watch the first half of the league
semi-final. we then made our way back to the station to
board our train and to endure the second worse 12 hours of our
lives.
the
trip was absolute hell!! all 16 of us were on the same
carriage, so that made things a little more bearable, but
whoever built the railway from sydney to melbourne was on
drugs! OMG! i have never been on a bumpier train
ride! the carriages were rocking all over the place!
walking around the carriages was a health hazard!
to
assist in sleeping (or perhaps not sleeping) we had all snuck
alkimahol onto the train. they sold beer and spirits at
the buffet, but we weren't going to pay their exorbitant
prices! so much alkimahol was consumed and most of us were
in quite a merry state. especially jamie, who was loving
his scotch so much that he decided to spill it all over himself
and everyone else at any given opportunity. the boi was
quite a mess. at one stage there was six of us sitting in
what should have been seats for four... all drinking and talking
loudly... when a countrylink employee approached us.
everyone:
*looks at each other... then at the train guy*
me: *shoves capped coke bottle with scotch in it under
the seat*
train guy: can i please smell those drinks? *grabs kyles
'everlasting' hungry jacks coke cup and sniffs the contents*
this has alcohol in it, i will be keeping this. can i
smell the others?
annette: *hands over her coke and vodka, smiling
innocently*
train guy: *sniffs but the vodka is undetectable and
hands it back*
chris: *hands over his 2L bottle of actual coke*
train guy: *sniffs and hands back* now can the people not
sitting in these seats please move and can you all go to
sleep. people in the carriage have been making complaints
about the noise.
so
much for kyle's 'everlasting' cup. i guess it was only a
'long-life' cup in the end.
the
security guy then walked off to talk to the rest of the people
in our group. they were all playing cards and
drinking. he upped the threats when he spoke to
them. he told them to tell the rest of us that if we
didn't shut up we would be getting off at the next stop (which
was albury i think). we were almost kicked off the train!!
how bad are we!?
about
half an hour after we were told to shut up, jamie made his way
back down to annette and i and sat in between us again. he
was still wet with scotch and coke. we were talking for a
while when we saw the train guy approach, so we all feigned
sleep. after he passed we continued our quiet consumption
of alkimahol and lollies. a little later the train guy
went the stealth route and approached us from behind and busted
us again. this time we really had to go to
sleep. crap. sleep was impossible! every time
you drifted off into some semblance of sleep the train would
jolt and you would be immediately shaken into
consciousness. you would then check your watch again, only
to realise it was about 10 minutes from the last time you looked
at it.
but
we eventually made it to melbourne.
mission
two: to see naked swedish chicks
status: complete
ok,
so maybe this wasn't a real objective. well maybe is was
for the guys, but it was the girls who were treated to this
spectacle.
upon
arriving at the hostel (which had a bar on the basement level),
we went and explored for a little while, then went for
showers. in the women's bathroom there was a swedish girl
who happily paraded around completely nude for about half an
hour. the dried her hair in the nude, then styled it in
the nude. moisturised her face in the nude then did her
makeup in the nude.
annette
commented later that she was completely hairless - something i
did not notice at the time as i was too preoccupied being
jealous of her breasts. bloody good looking sweedish
people suck.
for
the rest of the stay the bois amused themselves asking us if we
touched her breasts or any other part of her body. to
which we of course answered in the affirmative. what else do
women do when there is a group of them semi-naked?! of course we
are going to jump each other and have a bit of a tickle and
play! the bois decided it was their mission to enter the women's
shower area... something none of them ever worked up the courage
to do.
mission
three: not to lose any money in the casino
status: complete
wasn't
much of a problem, considering the only time i went there was to
join up as a member.
btw,
victorian laws suck! victoria is the only state in which a
learner's permit is not a valid form of
identification.
one
of the guys who went to melbourne is on his L plates, and as
such was not allowed into the casino. apparently he had to
also have a proof of age card to enter - something which is
illegal in nsw. how stupid!!
mission
four: to buy as many cd's as possible
status: complete
on
monday i met up with my friend jb and we went cd shopping!
fun fun! i spent about $300! woop! i love cd
shopping.
mission
five: to get as drunk as possible as often as possible
status: failed
i
got a little distracted and didn't actually spend all that time
with my friends in the end. plus i got sick too. L
see
mission six
mission
six: to meet jb and hang out with him as much as possible
status: complete
yes,
jb was my distraction. i ended up spending three of my
four nights in melbourne at his house. he was everything i
thought he would be. and he sang for me! *sigh* jb you
have the most incredible voice and i feel so privileged that you
shared it with me. J
jb
lives with two very cool people - jamo (who has mad mad
dreadlocks) and venus (isn't that the coolest name?).
venus owns a dog named pepsi. pepsi has a licking
disorder. seriously. the dog never stops
licking. she licks anything. i really didn't think
my dirty socks were all that tasty. pepsi is the cutest
puppy. she looks like a miniature version of the big
flying dog thing in 'the neverending story.'
jb,
if you ever get the net back and read this - you
rule. thanks heaps for letting me hang out with you and
for being so sweet and beautiful. i just wish you didn't
have to live so far away. L
*big big
hugs and kisses*
mission
seven: to win the chem-e-car competition
status: failed
upon
arriving at the melbourne exhibition centre we were greeted with
the fact that a number of teams had withdrawn from the
competition. melbourne university's car had for some
reason 'ceased working' that afternoon, while another melbourne
team and a sydney one had both pulled out a week previous as
their cars would not run how they were supposed to.
meanwhile, newcastle university had two teams - how much to we
rule?!
tania's
team won the poster competition. for the competition
proper, each team was entitled to two separate runs of their
car. our car came the closest overall, but just left the
course, and as such were were penalised 5m. poo. we
were very very confident on our second run, but the wiring from
the battery to the motor somehow broke and we needed a soldering
iron to fix it - which we did not have - and as such had to
forfeit our second turn. this meant the team from
singapore won the $2000. L
but
our head of department and lecturers were there to watch us and
were all very proud of how well we did. we found out the
competition is being held in christchurch next year so we are
thinking of hitting up the h.o.d. and asking him for a trip to
new zealand next year.
mission
eight: to sleep some of the way home to newcastle
status: failed
the
12 hours home were worse than the 12 hours to melbourne!
this time we were split up into two separate carriages. i
got called a 'fucking cow' by some bogan chick who went for a
'ciggie break' with her bogan chick friends each time the train
stopped.
sleep
was impossible and i don't think i have ever been so
uncomfortable in my entire life! it was also really
cold! you think with the cost of travelling on an xpt to
and from sydney (it cost almost as much as our return ansett
flights) that they could at least provide heating.
but
then i got home and met supervic and everything was good in the
world once again.....
photos
to come...
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