Whitehouse, Brisbane, Yum Cha & food!!

Hello Mates, How you going??

So, these past couple of day were so busy. After the week had passed and the weekend (Thursday) rolled around it was time to start all of the festivities again!! Thursday we headed to the bar (Don's) on campus and socialized until it closed. After sleeping in until and woke up about, oh 10 minutes before my class. This is the first time I have had Friday class since my first year in Uni, so this is unusual to me and OF COURSE it has to be when I am in Australia! Then after class, I headed to the mall and went on a shopping spree (well, not really spree, because everything is so freakin' expensive here. So I only ended up buying some earings and a dress, haa). Then after doing all that shopping, I worked up quite an appetite and Kinda, Rachel and myself all headed to Market square which is right by the Blocks (where I live) and shoved our faces at our FAVORITE place called Royal Yum Cha. I am pretty sure the people who work there think that me and Kina are some kind of fat, american weirdoes, because we are obsessed and go there all the time. After the second time of being there, they handed us a card to get stamps, and pretty much looked at us, like "you will be needing this," haha.

The girls at Whitehouse!

After all this it was time to get ready for Whitehouse, ANOTHER party that Bond University had set up for all of the students.  Whitehouse is an event once a semester that all the students go to and everyone wears white (as you can probably get from the name). After curling 2 other girls' hair including my own, Kina and I, along with 4 other girls crammed into a car to be dropped off at the buses because it was pouring outside. Whitehouse was held at this awesome location right on the water and there were free drinks provided all night, once again, and waiters were walking around the whole venue with little "nibbles." Whitehouse was really fun and the after party at East was super fun as well! After the night had finished at I made it home, I went straight to bed to get ready for Brisbane the next day!
After waking up MUCH later that I anticipated, I finally rolled out of bed (looking like a mess with my hair all over the place, ha) and got ready for Brisbane. Kina and I hopped on an hour long train ride to Brisbane. I was so excited to finally get out of the Gold Coast and go into a big city!! We finally arrived into Brisbane, and the first thing that I saw was Starbucks!!! OF COURSE, I had to get one. This was the first time I had a Starbucks since I had been here and it was like drinking liquid gold...soo good!! We then proceeded to head into the department stores and look at all the expensive items that we wish we could have afforded. After doing a little shopping, we went to look around for a place to eat. We finally came across this place called, Vapiano *Muah*! At this restaurant, they made everything fresh, I mean EVERYTHING!! You saw them making their own noodles for pasta and you walked up and ordered what you wanted and they made the pasta fresh right in front of you. So, I took great advantage of this and Kina and I decided to split the most AMAZING tomato and Mozzarella bolognese and Caprese pizza!!  The mozzarella just melted in my mouth and the pasta was done to perfection, (hah I feel like a food critique). I felt like I was in the movie/book, "Eat, Pray, Love," when the woman is sitting at the table eating the most amazing Italian Pasta ever and "hallelujah" music is playing in the background! This was one of the most amazing places I have ever eaten at and it was so simple, and creative!

Christian Louboutin Shoes!

After that we sat there for about 10 minutes trying to get up and leave, but failing, because we were so full. We then did some more shopping and decided that was enough shopping for the day, especially when you are so full, and we headed back to the train station!!
We finally arrived back at Bond Uni around 5 p.m. and decided that once again we need one last meal of the day and headed to, of course.....Royal Yum Cha!! As we entered they greeted us as though we had been friends for ages and we ordered the same thing that we usual order!!
It was quite a event filled weekend and now I have to return to my normal life. I am so crazy busy with school and need to try and get many things done before I head to Byron Bay!!!

Talk to you all soon!! Look forward to many more stories to come.
Catch ya later!! xx