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I've been lagging so I'll try and sum this up the best I can.

Paddington

Paddington

Saturday: I went with a few of the girls to Paddington market because it is said to be a great type of market on the weekend to shop. Long story short, I was told to not take pictures by one guy and then when I asked a lady how much one of the dresses was on the mannequin she told me it was $213. Soo, obviously I got over Paddington real quick.

We then hopped on the bus and went to Paddy's market over by Darling Harbour where I got my Uggs.

Paddy's

dressing rm @ paddys!

 A couple of the girls bought a pair, some purses and even extra suitcases! I bought a winter hat and some cool lace up shoes for $25. We also tried on a few things inside this dressing room that was a little curtain right in the middle of this open market and shoved in between some clothes. hilarious!

We then went out because it would be our last Saturday in Sydney. We were told by a girl here that she could get us in for free at this club in Kings Cross but we ended up have to pay $10. We split up because some people didn't bring money and went back to our local dive bar.

harry potter night

I ended up having to leave early because a friend of mine was not doing so hot so we had to catch the bus home. She went to bed and I stayed up with Alex and AJ for a bit but then Alex passed out.

AJ and I stayed up talking until about 3am about ice hockey, field hockey and music...and then we heard a knock on the door and I joked, "Ha watch us get a warning with only two people." Turns out, we did. The guy was raising his voice to A.J. and I, asking if we think it's funny and this guy gives our group warnings whenever we have gotten together to go out. A.J. was respectful and told him we were sorry and that was it. We cracked up about it and the guy gives us glares whenever he sees us up late walking around.

Sunday: was the epic of all days because we went to see Harry Potter on the biggest IMAX screen in the WORLLDD. We made sure to get there early because it was sold out and there was a beautiful senset.

As we were waiting to be let into the actual theatre, we took pictures in front of the sign and got our group together to go in. As we walked in we saw some posters to get some necessary pictures with. In one picture is Adelle and Harry Potter and I'm hanging out with Lucious Malfoy!

While we were sitting on the floor in line waiting to be let in to the actual theatre, we were talking about the series and how it's crazy it's over. Then, Desiree started to cry! The rest of us thought it was soooo funny, but she was a hugee fan. Adelle and Liz are in the picture with Desiree below as she is starting to cry and I think they are about ready to burst into tears as well...and laughter.

As we were being let in we were handed out 3D glasses and took our seats in the middle of the theatre.
We were lucky we booked early. I had never seen a 3D movie before because they cost around $13 at home, but this movie was fantastic.

The movie was nothing short of amazing, well except for the fact that Desiree was crying the entire movie. She sat in between Adelle and I, and listened as she recited lines about to be said because she read the books a few times.
We cracked up about it after the movie because it was literally sniffles and tears the whole time.

Monday: We had our Australian class on sports. We learned about the Aussie Rules Football(AFL) and Rugby League/Union. We also learned about cricket and watched videos of the AUS. Olympic team beating the USA team in men's swimming relay.

Centennial Park

 As part of the class he headed out to the park in athletic gear and everyone had a shot at cricket. Brooke and I batted in the most "runs" for the two of us, just beating Alex and A.J's team. Adelle, Desiree and I both had a chance to "Bowl" the ball which is an over arm throw with a straight elbow the whole time. My lower back, ribs and arm were shot the next day. Cricket was absolutely a blast and we're planning on playing in Cairns. Thennnn, we played touch rubgy.

Zach and my dragon faces

Adelle and Desiree were on the other team and I was with our teacher Russ because our team wasn't doing well. All I'm going to say is people were yelling and beyond competitive and I just got over the intensity because I felt alone when it came to trying to cool people down. Adelle got punched by a girl on my team right in the arm and it was soooooo funny at the time because Adelle looked the girl in the eye and said, "Don't punch me again," because the girl had hit her before. Adelle has a fat bruise from it.

Dragons CLub

Later Monday night, Russ took us to his team the Dragons in a stadium right in the middle of a neighborhood. They sell out all the time, but they want to keep a tradition and not build a new stadium.
The tradition is to go to the team's club restaurant and eat dinner and fill up your beer belly...I skipped out on that last part. Before the game, a bunch of us bought face paint and I drew a dragon on my face in the mirror. Zach wanted one too so as we were on the train I managed to paint one him a fierce looking one.


The stadium was packed because it was the final home game and their hall a fame player was retiring. They were playing the Sharks who weren't very good and the Dragons had the best defense in the league.

We ended up winning (we stayed till the end, some people left early) and it was just an overall great experience and nice that we actually understood the rules because of class and playing earlier. Here is a 2 min. clip of the game.

Hope you enjoyed the post. We leave in 3 hours for Cairns which is up north and where the Great Barrier  Reef is...I'll catch you up more then and fill you in all the happenings!

Praise to Derek! God Bless!

Love,

ME