// 2K15 //

// https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPMNo2M3y2I //

hi!

GoMA.

Yayoi Kusama's exhibition has been back at GoMA for awhile so I decided to drag Tiff along to re-visit her installations. My uncle has actually met Kusama which is SUPER weird and awesome and difficult to believe. (But I've seen the photos so I HAVE to believe it)

Into the wOOOOOODS (that movie was confusing/10)

surprise betch

voodoo sun 'n' moon

Infinity room - eery and peaceful

SO MANY FUCKING PRAMS // SO MANY FUCKING KIDS

lil boy in the white shirt // sneaky middle finger (rood)

headache (but the good kind)

dot 2 dot

kids luv me (what's not to love)

>>>

Jamie's Italian w/ Sarah. 

Caught up with Sarah over a late lunch at Jamie's Italian. We booked like 2 weeks in advance but found out later that booking for lunchtime isn't really necessary. Normally they leave half the restaurant open for walk-ins. We both shared an Entree, each got a half-meal, and then finished with a dessert each. WE WERE SO FULL AFTERWARDS FEK. 

Some delish Gnocchi type dish

tbh finished this meal in like 2 minutes

best brownie of my entire life like melt-in-my-mouth-I-can-die-happy-now feels

>>>

For my parents anniversary we celebrated by going to Toro Bravo in the valley. TAPAS YUMMO.

this buddha is crying tears bc of our forced smiles

Baked streaky bacon wrapped date + warm honey 

Tomato bread with confit garlic and serrano jamon

Crunchy brik pastry cigar w/ chicken, harissa, parsley, mint & shallots

- the rest. luv this place #foodie

>>>

Angie's 20th! 

It's so weird typing out the number '20' because it makes me realise how old we're all getting. This year will be my last year as a teenager and honestly IM FREAKING OUT. If I make a bad life choice I can no longer blame it on teen angst O mAyUn.

Angie had a Gatsby themed 20th (wow copy me mUcho been there done that haha just kidding luv u Angie)

gals // Carlota and our strawberry kisses

I BLINKED OKAY // Angie is elegantly strangling me

hmmm I moustache you a question // ARCHI GANG M79S SO MUCH LUV

We went out to the valley afterwards and omg I have an exciting story to tell. LIKE THIS ALL FEELS LIKE A DREAM RIGHT NOW. 

3AM; The Black Bear Lodge; we befriended the lead Singer of The Cairos - It was glorious. I'm not sure how I even maintained my cool, I can assure you that I WAS SCREAMING ON THE INSIDE. Ali (that's his name) is so good looking in real life you guys, and also SO SO NICE AND DOWN TO EARTH. 

Also walked past Mychonny lol. IT WAS THE BEST NIGHT. #YAY

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It's official. Pigeonhole is my new favourite store and I am determined to buy eveRYTHING. 

Also, they have the cutest jewellery ever. Seriously. 

FRIGGEN PEAS IN A POD 

Also got this necklace from there (for christmas)

Catch up with Amihan after her being away in Japan/ Philippines for daiz

Presents from Amihan <3 LOVE YOU BOO

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// THE 1975 //

What a fucking traumatic experience. I mean I love this band and I do have this very real infatuation with Matty Healy, but (sorrynotsorry) this was an absolute wrek for me. 

It must've been at least 38 degrees that night, and on top of that - imagine thousands of screaming girls under one roof. HUMIDITY LEVELS WERE RIDICULOUS. It was near impossible to breathe without feeling close to being suffocated. If anything, the several people around me who had passed out was a definite indicator of that. OH and I'm totally not joking; it was literally pass out after pass out. Also just the fans in general were horrible lel #sorrynotsorry. THERE WERE SO MANY SOFT-GRUNGE TWELVIES WHO THOROUGHLY ENJOYED SCREAMING. AND THAT'S NOT THE END OF IT. 

Their fucking iPhones. Now I'm being a hypocrite because I also have an iPhone and I also like to take photos. But FUCK, they felt the need to film EVERY. SINGLE. SONG. THEY NEVER PUT THEIR PHONES DOWN. NOT ONCE. NOT EVER. Look at this ridiculous picture. This is actually what the entire arena looked like. YES SOMEONE EVEN BROUGHT IN A SELFIE STICK.

tbh I could not see a thing and I'm so glad that I didn't really care too much this time round since I've had my up close Matty Healy moment already. But it's still kinda sad.

this is ridiculous

still luv u tho

FALLING FOR YOU

gIRLS

This traumatic experience has kind of put me off the 1975 a bit and significantly toned down what used to be an obsession. hmmm goodbye my lover, goodbye my friend. 

Nahh but still love ur skinny ass Matty. 

peace owt
xo

// WOODFORD //

// https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAsjO3UIUsY //

HEY FRIENDS!

I'm currently wallowing in post Woodford depression, especially now that I'm looking through all of my photos. IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST EXPERIENCES OF MY LIFE and one of the most beautiful places on earth; a completely different world void of any worries :')

*Just letting you know in advance that this post contains SEVERAL photos* and btw these photos are a complete mess and definitely not in chronological order. 

(ALSO I may have stolen a few pics from the Woodford facebook page because they have such beautiful photos)

Arriving at camp involved quite some journey, so sit tight because I have a funny story to tell. (Well, let's be real - it was probably a lot funnier at the time)

SO, we went to Coles to buy some snacks and groceries that were supposed to last the week. We had decided to push all of our luggage and groceries out of Coles with one of their trolleys over to the Caboolture train station (don't underestimate how much a duffle bag + a couple of grocery bags can weigh). However; whilst exiting the centre, we were met with my worst enemy..STAIRS. ZOE came up with a brilliant plan to carry the trolley down the stairs. HA GOOD IDEA ZOE THX. We were halfway down the stairs when a couple of bags fell out and as we slowly looked up, out of the glass doors, we were met with a couple of shopping centre cleaners shaking their heads. OF COURSE MY IMMEDIATE REACTION WAS *ENTER FULL PANIC MODE*. We dropped the trolley and left it mid-stair, whilst all of our belongings and food fell out bag by bag. We watched (from behind a wall) as they slowly took their turn in rolling down to the bottom of the staircase. Traumatised/ 10, we gathered all of our things and decided it would be best to walk to the train station minus the shopping trolley (to my arms and shoulders' dismay).

WE DID HOWEVER ARRIVE ON SITE HAPPY AND ALIVE, ALBEIT MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY DRAINED. I also got to see the finished product of Woven Cloud upon entering :') It was truly amazing and I couldn't believe how COMPLETE and BEAUTIFUL it was, and to think that I had actually taken part in building this thing. #LUV

The lighting effects really did it justice

looking up from ground level (stole a few pics from the woodford fb page hehe)

dis gurl is on firRE (no it's not actually on fire)

Bubbles = true woodford spirit

The weather was quite bipolar throughout the week. At times it was just a constant drizzle of rain, which then lead to trekking through mud in raincoats + gumboots. At other times it was scorching hot in the sun or just plain humid. But we didn't let the weather get in the way and continued to venture on throughout the week- rain or shine because WE R TROOPERS. 

rain ain't stopping no one // shitty panorama

The first (official) night of Woodford (27th Dec) involved a brilliant opening ceremony that left me smiling from ear to ear :) They had a choir performing on stage at the Amphi Theatre, as well as a small fire lighting ceremony + cute performances. 

light it up uP UP

On the second/ third (?) night there was a cute gathering/party for Wen-Chih and the Woven Cloud team. IT MADE ME REALLY HAPPY SEEING EVERYONE AGAIN EVEN THOUGH HALF OF THEM WERE PROBABLY WONDERING WHO THE FUCK WE WERE SINCE WE WERE ONLY THERE FOR 5 DAYS LEL.

~~ cElEbRaTiOn ~~

freaky decor // ye ye it's aRT oK

pretty lanterns!

pinapple n muscles // party pants

strolling // actual blue sky

One of my favourite things about the festival was the numerous amount of street acts. From live-moving performances, to people dressed up in wacko costumes. There were also some pretty confronting street acts; e.g. someone dressed up as Hitler, shaking and hiding behind a pole whilst a woman dressed as a maid came up to him and offered him a platter of ashes (?!?!) Also quite a few men dressed as FBI agents who would act very serious and speak to you on the street haha; it was all part of an act LUV IT. I

Giant scottish man + woman dressed in long-legged-dog suit + confused children

legit wondering wtf is happening

'someone please save me'

This woman dressed as a dog actually lay on the ground after it came and hugged/headbutted me. I THOUGHT I HAD 'KILLED' IT AND SHE WAS FAKING A DEATH. But next thing I know, a stream of water comes splashing at me and I realised she had fake pissed on me HAHAHAHA. SO MUCH FUN, SO MUCH TRAUMA.

cute street band on a vehicle of their own creation

can I adopt them pls // ermahgerd hair

mine mine MINE

freaky. no but srsly fucking freaking.

street performers :)

so beautiful :')

teh golden compass ?!?

The festival becomes even more heavenly during the night 

SO there is something called 'the game' and nobody completely understands WHAT it exactly entails. The aim of 'the game' is to be enthusiastic and just have fun. Pretty much there are several so called 'characters' (Zoe's sister being one of them) and these characters give you 'quests' and in exchange you get 'funs' that help you become a citizen. I was a little bit confused with it all but we did attempt to play 'the game' for one afternoon, where we had a stressful time finding 6 strangers at random to flap their arms whilst several onlookers filmed us (hmm maybe I made it to someone's snapstory lel)

Autobot (?)

Some bird lady character

Teh autobots + Pilates

There were several different gigs at different times of the day at the many venues within the festival. A few of my favourite acts were Sticky Fingers, The Cat Empire, The Cairos, Paper Lions, Kate Miller-Heidke, Louie and Patrick and Dehli 2 Dublin. Fun Machine was also really good on new years eve - dancing through the early hours of 2015 :') There were several other acts but I can't remember/ don't know their names. 

We also managed to catch Mario Queen of the Circus and the Frankenstein freak show act. 

Sticky Fingers

The Cairos (SERIOUSLY currently in love with this band)

The Cairos again!

Paper Lions (the first time round)

Kate Miller-Heidke

Mario, Queen of the Circus!

Louie and Patrick at the Pineapple Lounge :)
Their voices mesh so well together. Check out their soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/louieandpatrick

The Pineapple Lounge is so pretty

FINEapple lol #lame

Inside the entrance walkway

embarrassing attempt at self-timer

Pola action

sun safety first guys

a nice lady at one of the stalls offered to take a photo for us

outfits that for once don't consist of monochromatic colours!

bum-angie

fake-a-smile

There's this thing at Woodford where people gather larger rocks and sticks and pile them up at certain points and intersections on the street. People that pass by often add/adjust the ever-growing structure, and by the end of the festival it's a large castle of sticks, stones, and other found objects.

1 like = 1 prayer

there's a mannequin leg in there 

I really didn't take many food snaps oops but the festival seriously had so many different stalls selling delicious food. One of the days we went to Govindas for lunch which was devine, although it was really hot and such an effort to actually chew. There was also an amazing place that sold Gozlemes which we got for only $5 because we were volunteers :)

Byron Bay doughnuts <3

Say the word 'Haloumi' and I'm there

Chai tent SO MUCH LOVE // The Chai was a bit more spicier than I'm used to

Bill's Bar BRILLIANT WORK

cOLOUR

oriental

CRIKEY // straya = thongs

At 11:30PM on new year's eve, there's this tradition known as the 3 minutes of silence. Everyone in the entire festival holds a candle (or two) and is completely silent for 3 minutes. It's to reflect on the past year before the beginning of the new one. Zoe, Angie, and I decided to spend the 3 minutes of silence down by the lake. It was absolutely stunning <3

The beautiful lake

strike a match // we may have lit our candle too early oops

lots of people also gather at the Amphi

simply beautiful 

Woven Sky, pathway towards to Amphi theatre

Amphi Theatre

THE FIRE EVENT. The famous fire event takes place on the last night of Woodford. I was really looking forward to this throughout the entire festival and it DID NOT DISAPPOINT. They had orchestrated a huge performance that told a story (although I didn't really understand the story, it was quite vague and open to interpretation I guess). There was plenty of live music and of course FIRE. There was also a very beautiful ceremony of the lanterns that had been made during lantern-making workshops every morning. At the very end of the event, they set fire to the huge structure that had been sitting next to the Amphi stage for the past week and we all watched it BURN TO THE GROUND. Despite how it may sound, It was quite elating and actually very peaceful. 

fire dancing 

story time

the live choir in the background :')

beautiful lantern ceremony

amezzing

so many props

The fire event

'just gonna stand there and watch me burn'

it kind of looks like it's screaming for help but let's just ignore that

FEKING AMAZING EXPERIENCE I'M SERIOUSLY CONVINCED THAT I WILL ALSO GO NEXT YEAR. LIV. LUV. LAV.

The day after the fire event, I got picked up and went to the Sunshine coast with my family + Misha. I was so tired and fell asleep on the beach and now MY FEET ARE BLACK. yay. Well, at least I can say that I successfully got rid of my sock tan. 

reunited with the lil shit

yes she's holding chips

Hope I didn't bore you with this long ass post and hope you all had a lovely new years, and let's hope 2015 is a good one (srsly pls) 

peace owt
xo