Hey guys,

So my next couple of posts are going to be a catch up sort of thing. Whilst I was drowning I took photos of things that I wanted to share with you guys, but never got around to putting them up online. 

So lets get started!!!

I was lucky enough to have my best friend since preschool, come visit me in Melbourne and drive back to Sydney with me for my holidays. 

She hadn't been to Melbourne in a few years, so I got to show her around the area I live and around the awesome city that I now call home. 

It was awesome seeing things I had seen before with new eyes and even finding some really interesting things around the city that I had never seen before. It was like discovering the city all over again for the first time.

We had no real plans for this day, just wondering around the city and seeing what we could find (and what we could buy *cough* H&M sesh *cough*)

Airport waiting.

We drooled over cakes in windows, walked down lanes full of adventure and found some interesting looking shops and cafes. 

My personal favourite being 'The Haunted Bookshop', a place that I want to go back to and explore.

We walked down the many lanes filled with graffiti, whilst admiring the many different pieces of, interesting, art on their walls. 

Friendship goals achieved. 

What I love about this city is its uniqueness. It has a strange individuality to it that makes me want to create and explore it further. Showing someone new to it all was wonderful, seeing them find all of the hidden gems that this city holds. 

What is your favourite city and why? Mine is obviously, so far, this one.

xx Kat

Best friend turns 21!

Hey guys,

So todays post is just a look down memory lane for me. Today my best friend of 19 years turned 21 and I can't imagine having spent those years without her. 

I searched the deep dark corners of our house to find any possible photos of her and I as kids to embarrass her. 

So Happy Birthday Kandy, I hope that I get to spend the rest of ours lives as friends, and being complete and utter dickheads.

xx Kat

She's my best friend for a reason.

Hey guys,

So today, for the first time in a while, I got to spend the whole day in the city with my best friend. This doesn't happen very often anymore because she moved away for Uni, but now she home on holidays. We have a age long tradition of heading into the city and doing a few certain things together.

Another reason for our day together was due to the fact that our Christmas presents to each other hadn't been swapped. We have a habit of filling a box full of things for the other and not worrying about a price range.

We had the same thought when it came to cards, creating our own, using people that we had jokingly put on the list, and dressing them up christmasy. I must admit we think alike when it comes to that sort of stuff. I don't have a picture of what I created for her, but here is the card on the box.

She knows e well. And everything in the box I was pleased with, she even managed to pick things I nearly bought myself (the fox gloves from ASOS).

Photos of us from a photo booth place. A tradition between us.

There are many reasons why she is my best friend, these are just a couple. Day well spent, and it was just what I needed. A chance to get out of the house and away from my mind.

xx Kat.

A tropical summer vacation in Fiji.

Hey guys,

So summer has hit Sydney and so I decided to have a bit of a tropical, island holiday with my best friend of 17 years. A few months ago we decided that we wanted to get out of Sydney for a week and just find a place to relax and unwind, after a long year of things we had overcome.

 

So at 7o'clock on Friday the 6th of December we headed to the airport and started our half a day journey to Fiji's Nadi international airport. One plus side of picking Fiji is that it didn't really throw out our sleeping patterns as they are only two hours ahead of Sydney, But it still meant we lost some time of our Friday.

 

Once we landed we headed straight to the resort we were staying at. On the hour long drive I took in the surrounding landscape. It reminded me a lot of my time on Samoa, which I went on a school trip to 5 years ago. The whole atmosphere reminded me a lot of my time there, which was a nice reminder of  the amazing time I had there.

We were met with beautiful, lush vegetation and mild warm weather. A large difference form Sydney, which had been going through rather dramatic weather changes.

 

 

There's nothing like spending an entire week relaxing at a resort on a tropical island. Whilst we didn't do much exploring off of the grounds of our resort we did get to immerse ourselves in the Fijian lifestyle. Like getting to watch some traditional dances, enjoying local food and drinks and swimming in the crystal clear water that was just outside our room.

 

I think this holiday was good for both of us. It was a nice little break from home, and a good chance to get away from it all before the craziness of Christmas starts.

 

I hope you are all having a great holiday season so far. I am off to pack my bags once again and go on a countryside trip to visit my grandparents.

 

xx Kat



Zoo day.

Hey everyone,

So this week I did something from my summer to do list. Not that that means I will be crossing the item off the list, considering there is so much more I want to do under that specific point, but I did do a part of it.

 

So on Monday I visited the zoo, with one of my best friends Ani. I haven't been to the zoo in Sydney in years. I think the last proper day I actually spent there was on an excursion when I was in 7th grade, so its been quite a few years.

 

Its strange how something that used to entertain me so much as a kid, is still just as fun now that I am 20. But I still had a blast. I love being able to catch the ferry across the harbour and past the harbour bridge to the zoo. And considering I do love seeing animals, I may have just had a little to much fun looking at the animals, as the young kids that were there were.

 

                                                                                              Best friend with her tiger toy.

 

We then ducked back into the city for christmasy starbucks and a pinch of shopping, in which I spent more money than I planned, but still got a few good things, which were a last minute collecting for my trip at the end of the week.

 

So now in two days time I go on my first overseas holiday in five years with my childhood friends, which I am super stoked about.

 

That's all

xx Kat



Saying goodbye to one thing, and hello to something new.

Hey guys,

 

So the end of 2013 is coming and this means the end of something's and the start of new and exciting things. So as of last week I finished something that I have been doing for the last two years, and as sad as that is, I'm a little excited for whatever lies ahead of me next year.

 

I think that that is the good thing about the end of the year, getting to start new things in the new year. It is an exciting though that I will be doing new things next year.

 

 

Saying goodbye.

For the past two years I have been studying at the a small collage with a bunch of the same people there, and now that the end of the year is coming I wont be going beck next year as I am moving to a different place and will be doing things. But the past two years have been great and I have met some awesome people there. I got to make some really god friends with people who are a blast to hang out with, and that will definitely be one of the sad things about leaving next year. 

 

Next year also means that I will be unable to do one thing that I have done every year for the past five or six years. And this kind of makes me sad, it's a place that I have made many friends, but moving away next year also means that I will be unable to do this because I will be so far away that coming back every week would be too hard.

 

Goodbyes are always hard, but I will keep these memories with me for the rest of my life and also hopefully the friends that I have made there as well.

 

Fresh starts and hello's.

Starting next year I will be moving down to Melbourne to study at a University down there and that kind of scares me. I have never really lived in a different place, it's been the same house my entire life, in the same suburb. And moving to a different state is a big jump.

 

But I am still super excited for this opportunity, as it means I get to experience new and different things, and I get to explore(which is something I love doing) a new place. So the excitement overshadows scared feeling. But no matter what I know I will enjoy myself.

 

 

Now is merely the time to enjoy life and do as much as I can with the people at home as I can before I leave. Like going to Fiji with my best friend. So I think I'm ready for whatever comes my way.

 

That's all for now,

xx Kat 



Art Museums and Best Friends

Hey guys,

so I finally got my computer working properly and can post some things that I have wanted to for a while. My computer was being stubborn and wasn't letting me upload any photos I have taken over the past three months so here goes.

 

At the end of June my lovely best friend returned from Uni, for her holidays, with a list of things she wanted to do. So we set off one day into the Sydney city to see what we could do.

 

Sadly the weather was a bit terrible, so we couldn't do much outside, beside get soaked. So we headed towards MCA(the museum of contemporary art) in Sydney's Circular Quay.

 

Anybody who knows me well enough, knows that you practically have to pull me, by my hair, into any establishment that contains art in Sydney. That's not to say that I wouldn't go to galleries elsewhere. But MCA is very different and slightly more exciting. The one plus side for me. 

 

 

 

These were by far my favourite pieces. But the piece below was possibly the coolest thing I saw. Just according to me though.

 

It's called the Automated Colour Field by Rebecca Baumann (2011).

It is a collection of clocks, which have coloured pieces attached to them. with each tick of the clock and couple of the colours change creating this awesome effect of a wall of colour.

This had me standing there listening to it for a few minutes. It sort of sounded like the crocodile out of Peter Pan.

 



Pieces of colour and lights and mirrors. All shining brightly. Please note that I took these whilst I was there. 

 Here is also a shameless selfie.

 

If you want to check out the other cool pieces they have to offer just go to

http://www.mca.com.au/

 

After that we had lunch at our most visited restaurant and drank loads of Starbucks.

 

Beside coming home drenched and tired is was all around an entertaining day.

 

xxx Kat