reenz
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 Posted - 2007/03/02 : 15:46:59
Hey guys! well I have been back for a bit over a week now since my QLD trip but havnt really had the time to post a massive blog or anything or even frequent the forums.... this corporate lifestyle... i tell ya always pressed for time :P but here is my rundown of the most notable events.... it is so LOL worthy.... now.... this may appear quite long - but it is definitely worth the read if you wanna hear about what ive labelled National Lampoon's QLD vacation.... where just about anything that could go wrong did!!!!
*It was doomed from the beginning!!! right from when my friend Kristen had asked "what time exactly are we arriving in Brisbane so we can book a transfer to the Gold Coast"..... I double check the itinerary and realised we had accidentally booked 7:15 PM flights instead of AM flights..... OOPS we were both looking at the screen could have sworn it said AM.... anyway $70 later and we fixed that up and changed to a 6:15 am flight on the thursday morning....
*Mon - Thurs... I was really sick with a bad sinus infection... didnt work mon or tues... went to work on wed and felt like shit.... came home finished up my packing... was a mixture of sick/overtired/excited - had no sleep went to the airport and caught the plane.... total nap on the plane... maybe about an hr...
*Waiting for the transfer to the Gold Coast - I open one of my bags and realise my shower oil has leaked all over my bag and toiletries... but soon get over it lol...
*Shop til i drop on the Gold Coast - still no sleep (well apart from my mini nap on the plane lol... Buy some drinksies (of the alcoholic sort  ) and Kristen forgets them on the bus... i have to resort to the beer in the mini bar... $20 later lol....
*all in all still feeling a bit sick... had some beer and got some much needed sleep and hit dreamworld the next day... all good....
*went to hard rock cafe for dinner and call the apartment ive booked in Brisbane to see if a late check in is OK as its not a hotel so it doesnt have a lobby etc... leave a message on the guys voicemail and he never calls back
*have some dinner then Karen, one of our buddies we met up with at the Gold Caost, drives us to Brisbane - we were gonna party on fri night for a bit and then shop on the sat.... get into Brisbane and find our way to the apartment (crazy navigation around Brisbane - majority of the streets are one way... so you make one wrong turn and you have to make a ****ing loop to get back to where you wanna go) get to the apartment at about 11pm
*theres no lobby but a sign on the door that says call frank the manager after hours.... so we did.... i am pretty sure i woke him up.... and im like "hi we called earlier about a late check in... wanted to check in now... how do we do that"
Frank: "oh youll have to get the 24hr caretaker... he is prob asleep"
Me: "ok how do we find the caretaker?"
Frank: "ok firstly have you got your booking sheet?"
Me: "ummmmm no i dont" (OOPS forgot to print it while i was at work)
Frank: "well you cant get in without your booking sheet. what name is the booking under?"
Me: "under the name of peric"
Frank: "theres no booking under that name"
Me: *angry* "ummm i made a credit card payment of $200 and got a confirmation email, you cannot tell me there is no booking under that name"
Frank - had hung up without me even realising while i was having a go at him....
Try calling frank back but he wont pick up.... ok so **** i need the booking sheet... it was sent to my work email address..... ill get one of the techies to hax into my email, send it to my hotmail addy, print it off at a net cafe and shell be apples....
I call one of the techies to hax into my email but hes not picking up... so i call melly to see if she knows anyone else who can do it..
Melly: "i can get into your emails"
Me: "phew your a lifesaver.... give her my passwords blah blah blah" its taking forever because she downloaded too much and her speed has been capped...
Melly: OK cool ive found it
Me: awesome send it to my hotmail address
Melly: "oh marina......."
Me: "oh no... what mel?"
Melly: "the booking was made for March"
Me "OMFG you are joking"
LOLOLOLOLOLOL no wonder there was no booking under that name..... but then call frank back... who decided to pick up this time... and say the booking accidentally made for march... apparently theres no booking for march either... which is just a load of crap but thats the least of my worries now lol..... so.... stuck in Brisbane with no accommodation.... i booked online and my only conclusion is i accidentally tapped the scroll wheel when booking and it scrolled down to march and i didnt even realise lol..... so anyway.... yes its a ****ed up situation.... but **** its funny at the same time.... Karen thinks so... Kristen on the other hand isnt too happy lol..... but **** it... my attitude is make the most of it and have a laugh about it... we wont be sleeping on the streets so its gonna be OK
so looking for a new place to stay... we find the "Astor Metropole Hotel" and i tell you what for $89 a night lol it wasnt too shabby :P in fact this was one of those rooms that didnt have a keycard... rather your good old fashioned key ;) LOL... theres 2 beds.... theres a fridge (no mini bar lol) a tv and a bathroom... all your basic essentials... including a hilarious hairdrier mounted on the bathroom wall from the 80's... this thing was amazing lol.... would NEVER dry your hair and looks like a vacuum cleaner.... had a good old laugh about that.... in fact im still finding the whole situation to be hilarious.... its a typical chevy chase national lampoons movie and me and Kristen are part of the griswald family!!!
go out on the friday and get smashed... laws in QLD... cannot smoke inside any club which is ok... just go out the front whatever.... but then theres the old 3am rule... where you cannot enter a club/pub/bar whatever after 3am.... and if you leave the club after 3am you cannot go back inside... lol thats nuts... we make it to this club about 10 mins before 3am....
i hear someone say Jagerbombs... and im like "ILL HAVE A JAGERBOMB" and i turn around and i am having a jagerbomb with a crossdresser who was just lovely lol was very entertaining
get back to the astor metropole about 7am and get ready for shopping on the sat after a mini catnap lol....
*sat night its to the rave!!! went to elevation - event up in Brisbane featuring the raverbaby crew which was awesome.... borrowed my bros phone for the trip and in the morning i find out the screen has broke so i am now without a phone and cant get in contact with someone i had been trying to get in contact with all day
*mon morning... getting ready to go home and leave the god forsaken astor metropole...
Me: "you know what... in the end it wasnt so bad staying here... we saved a bit of money on accommodation and stuff had some laughs whatever"
Kristen: "yeah thats true"
5 mins later
*straightening my hair with Kristens hair straightener..... and it EXPLODES IN MY HANDS........ *mini sparks explosion and a loud bang - me... scream...* blows the tv and my hair drier and stuff.... i go downstairs... make a complaint. the super comes up, flicks the safety switches back on and what not... everything is working again..... the hair straightener is plugged in... isnt on but the LCD says "off" and the guy tested it with this little tester thingy and the electricity part is still ok.... i try turn it on again and it explodes again.... lol the $200 hair straightener is gone..... RIP
by now its like.... ****ing hell cant wait to get home.....
have a scare at the airport where we hear the transfer to Sydney being cancelled... luckily it was the flight after ours but man that really would have been the icing on the cake... i would have lost it!!!! i would be laughing forever if that happened lol....
*on the plane...
Me: "hey do you wanna share a toblerone?"
Kristen: "yeah alright ill have some toblerone"
Me - no mucking about, i eat my half on the plane... Kristen has a bit and saves some for later....
Come home, go out to dinner with a whole group of friends....
Kristen goes to take her phone out of her handbag AND THE TOBLERONE HAS MELTED ALL OVER HER PHONE AND LIPGLOSSES
Lol and by this stage i cant contain my laughter anymore... trying so hard not to laugh but my god... just about anything associated with the trip went wrong LOL... it was doomed right from the beginning and we were jinxed the whole way lol....
and that is why I call it National Lampoon's QLD vacation!!!! for those of you who could actually be bothered reading that massive **** off post thank you..... when i can be bothered (ie when im not mildly pissed and about to go to sleep....) i will post up a few piccies :)
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