Showing posts with label alcohol. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 25 July 2012

The Only Way Is Kos...

So I thought I'd share what I did with my week in Kos. The ins and the outs of the events and the gossip from each night, although some may not need repeating.

Thursday 12th
We're all innocent at 9:30am
It was a good start to the holiday, we'd all remembered the important documents and passports in order to get out of the country and the taxi journey to the airport was calm but exciting. However, on arrival at the airport we stood in the Thomas Cook check-in queue for over an hour with our flight time edging all the more close. Once we finally reached the beginning and said where we were going, the worst news was given to us.. a four hour delay. Nevertheless, we decided to look on the bright side of things and made the best of a bad situation by deciding to go to the nearest bar, that was going to be the theme of the holiday. Four, perhaps five hours passed and we eventually boarded the plane and sat down for the four hour flight. Despite all the problems during the day, we all breathed a sigh of relief on landing in Kos even though it was 1:30am the heat hit us on leaving the plane, we knew we weren't in England anymore.
When we arrived at the hotel, we all said we'd seen better but for the price we got it at, we couldn't complain for a Club 18-30 holiday. The rep came to do our welcome meeting at 4am and we ended up spending 200 euros on a week long package of activities.

Friday 13th
Daytime
The sun was shining and we had high of 40 degrees!
The first day of tanning was well underway and we were getting familiar with the heat, the chilling pool temperatures and the bar (although we were on non-alcoholic drinks during the day). We spent a good five/six hours tanning in the sun and chilling in the pool which was a great, laid back day.

Night-time
This was going to be our first night tearing up the Kos town at night and we were aware it was going to be a messy one and we were NOT mistaken. This night was named 'TFI Friday' and it was a massive bar crawl with an hours free bar! Free bars were the highlight of the bar crawls in the beginning of the week.
Cocktails: Blue Moon, Margarita, Dogs Bollocks

Bar Number 1

SLUT DROP PRO'S!

PLANK THOSE CHAIRS

Friends were so easy to make on holiday.. Although I can't remember their names

Its a little blurry but.. On the right.. That's me.. Crawling on the floor outside the biggest club on the island!


The result of the first drunken night.. "Touch my knee all slaggy like"
All three of us ended up pretty worse for where this night and attempted to make our way home at just gone midnight, which looking back on it.. Was pretty pathetic! All I can remember from going to sleep that night is that I went to sleep with my head spinning, and managed to wake up with it spinning too!

Saturday 14th
Daytime
In all fairness, after all we'd drank between us the night before, we all felt terrible and headed straight for the pool once we made it out of the hotel room. One majorly funny point of the first night was the loss of Chris' new camera, we spent all morning searching bags from the night, pockets, drawers etc for this camera and had no luck so that put a dampener on the day too. Spending all day worrying about it, checking the insurance details on how we could claim on it was all the more funny when that night I entered my make-up bag and found the camera just sitting in there. None of us had any idea how it got there or why it was in there. No-one will ever know!

Night time
It was Frat Party night! It had been portrayed to us as being amazing and an activity not to be missed so we all had high expectations. However, it was a slight disappointment but the best part was the 2 hour, again, free bar! But, the sex on the beach cocktails were too weak for our liking but we managed to stomach them.

The same lads from the first night + the brummies!
The red cups were the best!

Chris asleep on the sun lounger at night :)

On the pole!

From the pole :)

Up on the table (+belly-the lad)
It was a good night, it would've been better but the people really made it. There possibly would've been some copping off with people ;) but that's for me to know and all you's.. to never found out. We made it longer that night but me and Harley came home before Chris at approximately 2am via the food place haha.

Sunday 15th
Daytime
It was a pretty calm day in the sun, reading and chatting to our new friends, the brummy lasses. This day me and Harley did proper cooking for the first time of the pasta we'd brought from home and things to tide us over while we were out on the night. I also christened the signature meal of mine of the holiday, the bacon cheeseburger.. Oh it was good to have that as a hangover supplement!

Night time
'Silent Sunday' - this is what is known as a silent disco and to be honest, all three of us didn't have high hopes for this night and were predicting we'd be home quite early or be ditching the disco. Unfortunately, Leanne, one of the brummy lasses was forced to leave us this night before entering the silent sunday event due to having an almost hour long nosebleed due to the really bad sunburn she'd gotten on the first day. Me and Harley ended up entering Status club ourselves while Leanne was walked back to the hotel, we gained our beats heaphones and put them on, only to have 2 different dj's battling it out to get you to listen to their channel.

The girls


Enjoying the headphones!

We are the children of the night (8)
Again, me and Harley came home after reaching the final club in the bar crawl but this time made it to 3am! This was a proud achievement for us. We left Chris out with Steph (the first one of the left) and he strolled in at approximately 5am. However, there is a brilliantly hilarious story that needs sharing from this night:
Me and Harley had gotten home around half 3 in the morning after getting food and strolling home with Lewis who didnt feel well. Seen as though me and Harley were in a room together, we were just getting changed into our pj's and heard the door open and close so we assumed Chris had returned home. Following the entrance into the room there were a lot of loud bangs and someone knocking things off the table and side in the kitchen but all of a sudden, a random ginger boy peered into our bedroom, at this time, Harley had no trousers on and me, no top. Well what a sight he walked in on. Turns out, he was on the wrong floor and was actually from the room directly above ours.. So me and Harley kindly walked him up but left him, asleep lent against his door!

Monday 16th
Daytime
Again, due to me and Harley coming home relatively early, we felt great but managed to annoy Chris all day by being hyperactive haha. This was the day though that me and Harley began speaking to the three lads in our hotel from the navy, we had an awesome time having a laugh and joke in the pool and have them take the piss and things out of me. We left them to go for a nap about half 4/5pm and said we might see them later as they were on the same night as us as they'd only paid for a couple.

Night time
This was the night that has caused a little hype due to Tinchy Stryder being on the island. It began with a bar crawl which was like the other night and on arrival at Status, it was quite empty which meant we'd have to wait a while for Tinchy to arrive but the night was young. However, waiting became beyond a joke when it got to half 3 in the morning and he'd still not arrived! Well myself, Harley and one of the navy lads decided to leave and head for some food (like usual!).

Fish bowl!


Glow party begins

We all have Kos written on us

Me and Chris :)

The 212 conga!

The Migraine Skank!
Well, after we got majorly bored of waiting for Tinchy and left and after getting some food, me Harley and one of the navy lads were joined by Chris and the two other navy lads which was good. The navy lads thought it would be good to go find the 24hr pool and go swimming. Well we did find it and went for a dip in the pool, the lads in their boxers and me and Harley fully clothed.. That was uncomfortable haha.

Tuesday 17th
Daytime
Well, I felt like utter shit that day. I literally spent the whole day either being sick or sleeping off the night befores alcohol and stuff. However, me feeling this crap did save me from a lot of awkward conversation around the pool about the whole night before haha.

Night time
LETS GET FOAMY! It was time for the foam party at the club Starlight and although we again had to wait until 2:30am for the foam to come, it was well worth the wait. This foam party is known as the biggest foam party in Europe which made it all the more fun. We ended up making friends with the large group of Scottish lads (who I thought was from Wales) there so we managed to stick with them as the navy lads didn't partake in this night.

Unfortunately, this is the only photo from that night and we didn't wanna ruin our cameras in the foam.
For once, this night we ended up returning back to the hotel room after Chris which was an achievement for me and Harley haha.

Wednesday 18th
Daytime
It was our last day round the pool so we spent it wisely, topping up the tan and spending our last day in the pool. We caught up with the navy lads from the other night seeing what they did on their free night and shared what the foam party was like. It was a good last day round the pool and I knew I'd miss the daily routine once we left.

Night time
It was time for one last bar crawl round Kardamena, Kos and it was going to be a good one but we weren't gonna get too messy due to the long journey we'd have the following day.

Foil hat making before going off on the last bar crawl

IN THE NAVY (8)

Harley, Chris and Me


The girlies :)

Do the meerkat!





It was sad for it to be the last night on the island but we were all getting quite tired of the drinking and partying all the time haha.



So the whole holiday was brilliant and I will definitely do it again!

Trying to sleep on the plane home :)


J

Friday, 20 July 2012

I RETURN...

I have had my wild week away in sunny Kardamena, Kos and it didn't disappoint. There were ups and downs while there between friends and strangers but all-in-all it remains to this day to be the best week of my life so far. The holiday started off a little rough due to receiving a 4/5 hour delay in Manchester Airport meaning we weren't to arrive in Kos until the early hours of the morning so it was a loooong day! However, we attempted to make up for everything by making our own fun in the airport like getting slightly tipsy/drunk to pass the time quickly.

So I bet your all sat there going, come on, spill the beans, did anything juicy happen on holiday? Well after experiencing this holiday, myself, I agree with the statement What happens in Kos.. Stays in Kos! So you can all wonder what you may and maybe one day you'll find out if anything juicy did happen but here's a slight selection of photo's but you can see more here.

Off to the airport!

The first night was a MESSY one!

LETS GET FOAMYY!

Silent Disco!

Frat Party - LOOK AT THE RED CUPS!

Pool time

We're all innocent :')

SLUT DROP!

Bumping and Grinding with Harley

Fishbowl :)
It was a truly memorable holiday and looking at the current British weather, I'd love to go back. However, maybe have it slightly cooler as it hit highs of 48 degrees! We met some amazing people there and although we went to Kos as a threesome, we definitely became an eight there with two brummy lasses and three navy lads (IN THE NAVYYY '8').

Hope you all have a holiday as good as this one of mine!

J

Monday, 4 June 2012

Jubilee Weekend!

I want to start by saying: Nice one Queeny! Giving us all a 4-day weekend for being on the throne for 60 years. Cheers!


Never in my life have I been up on all the information about the royal family but this Diamond Jubilee and the recent Royal Wedding have made me aware of a couple of facts about the Royals, such as:
  1. The Queen is 86 years old.
  2. The Duke of Edinburgh is not Prince Charles
  3. The line of succession of the crown.
  4. Names of members of the Royal family
  5. The Queen's second name is Windsor: Elizabeth Windsor, Charles Windsor and best of all Harry Windsor (Harry-Wins-Her) - made my day!
And other useless information like; the name of the Queen's Corgi dog, who was coronated in 973 and more.


You may be asking how I've managed to acquire all this random information and recall it all on here, well the answer is that I put together a quiz and was required to know all this, but more about that later.


Saturday 2nd
There's not much to say about Saturday other than I went to town with my friend, Chris to window shop for my upcoming holiday to Kos. When we returned back to mine, we were chilling with my mum and sister watching 16 & Pregnant when I chose to show him my pre-prepared quiz for the following day. Well he taught me some things: that Prague and Istanbul are now countries, London have never held the Olympics before and the Olympic flamed is kindled on that mountain in Greece called Mount Rushmore (minus the 'e').


Sunday 3rd
Rain. Rain. Rain. That's nearly all that can be said about Sunday but did do the well-known British thing, and have a BBQ. What better day to have it, than a day we are confiscated to inside the house, cooking in the oven and on the hob.
Regardless of the weather, we didn't let this ruin our family Jubilee celebrations. We had a few hiccups during the day, the first being at 5am when the gazebo collapsed from the weight of the rain water on top. My grandma had spent the previous day trimming up the garden and gazebo with bunting, flags and red, white & blue balloons (grandad had spent ages blowing up 15 balloons) which unfortunately burst on collapse, leaving 8 to be reused in the house. It's quite comical thinking about it now but grandma, being as patriotic as she is, was devastated that all that effort had gone to waste - so all the decorations were moved inside.
So, my auntie was in charge of entertainment and took the easy route by booking a bouncy castle for the day. But with the rain and cleaning products on the bouncy castle mixing together, we all know what happens, foamy bouncy castle! Other entertainment she provided was the creative crown making for all the children, which I was made part of as well, the reasoning being that I am soon-to-be a trainee teacher. We sat cutting out the crowns to then colour and decorate with feathers, foam stickers and unusually, googly eyes! (courtesy of my cousin, Dan). My auntie also delegated making a quiz (as mentioned earlier) to me, although I didn't mind as I was able to play around with Microsoft PowerPoint and take on the role of quiz master. I incorporated different rounds such as: Jubilee & Olympics which are very currents events as well as other like: Music, Flags and General Knowledge. The quiz went down well and everyone thoroughly enjoyed it as I made sure there was something for everyone, ranging from One Direction to Nursery Rhymes, Flags of the United Kingdom to Kazakhstan or Mongolia and identifying music by John Williams to Rossini.


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Front cover of my home-made BBQ quiz


In the background all day we had on the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant, watching the Queen sail slowly past all the iconic London landmarks with millions of people worldwide watching. It was good seeing thousands of boats from all around the world sail down the Thames alongside Her Majesty, celebrating her 60 years on the throne. My favourite part of the Pageant really had to be the last boat to sail the Thames which held the London Philharmonic Orchestra, which played music I have played myself.


Monday 4th
Well, to put a downer on the whole Jubilee 4-day weekend scenario, I was forced to return to my revision after having 3 days off and have 4 exams next week. So I got stuck into it, varying myself between English Language and Biology. However, it was a very leisurely day for my mother and sister who spent the whole day in their pyjama's and my mother also remained on the sofa, wrapped in a fleecy blanket - what I would give for my exams to be over (only 17 days to go).
In contrast to my revision, we sat as a family to watch the Diamond Jubilee Concert in the evening. My favourite just had to be each of the comedians as they all made me laugh, notable performances from Alfie Boe & Renée Flemming and Kylie, gorgeous piano playing from Lang Lang and legends such as Tom Jones, Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney. I also found it amusing how the Queen never emerged out of the palace until 9pm (we all know she's spent the day in her slippers lazying around).


Plan for Tuesday 5th
More of the same really. More revision for English Language, Maths, Biology and Music exams that are all next week - my teenage life is sooo wild! And I will be catching up with the MTV Movie Awards which had to be recorded due to the Jubilee Concert. Oh, and you can't forget watching the carriage procession in London with the Queen with ceremony at St. Paul's Cathedral.




Lets add 3 more years Queeny and you'll be in line with Queen Victoria - and maybe even reign longer than her. 






Just one final thing to add to this Jubilee weekend. Well it wouldn't have all been possible without the Queen so she paid a short visit to our Jubilee BBQ on Sunday....


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Family photo with the Queen


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Sneaky peck there ay James?






J