I remember in kindergarten, i was running to class with my shoe laces untied when I felt a pulling sensation on my feet and suddenly I was sent flying into the brick wall right in front. I still have the scar.
I remember my first birthday party; I was dressed as winnie the poo and had a cake to match my costume. Whilst blowing out my candles I remember getting cake all over my shirt.
I remember in Year three, I was sent out to the principles office for taking another students shoe and running down the hall.
I remember one family holiday to Bali, it was a month before the bali bombings in 2000 and at the resort there were performances each night. I was four years old and was asked by a boy the same age to be my dancing partner in the show that night.
I remember meeting my grandparents, aunties and cousins for the first time. They picked us up from the airport in Perth, WA and we drove to their house in my grandpa’s big white van. He was a tour guide at that time.
I remember the day we got out first dog, we picked her up from the airport and when my dad asked me what we should name her. I looked down at my teddy bear and at the tag that was attached to it I named ‘Mimi’… that was what we named her.
I remember the day I lost my teddy bear at the dog park. Its name was pink teddy and it was my favourite toy for 5 or so years. I never got another toy despite how hard my parents tried to replace it.
I remember my year four class, we weren’t allowed to eat nuts during school because a child was allergic. One day another girl from class was eating a peanut butter sandwich and so I told the teacher and got her in trouble.
I remember my trip to newyork when I was 12, it was my cousins wedding and I had never been to the city before.
I remember walking down canal street in the middle of summer and being overwhelmed at all the bags and jewellery everywhere.
I remember my year 5 dance and how I wore a stripey white and purple shirt. My crush had asked my best friend to dance and I ran to the bathroom crying.
I remember sleeping over at a girl from schools house one night, she lived up the road and we used to have sleepovers all the time. One night I felt scared and walked home at 5am without telling the family.
i remember a pirate show I watched once in las vegas; it was the most frightening thing I’d ever seen and I ran and hid in the gift shop.
I remember going to an amusement park where they had a batman performance and the ‘catwoman’ whip against the ground.
I remember one time at a carnival, I asked my mum to buy me a dora the explorer balloon but accidently let it go and it flew off into the air.
I remember the time I had my first proper pony ride- we were walking along a cliff and I was on a white Shetland. The group started trotting and I slipped off the side.
I remember a day where my next door neighbour and I spent a whole day going from house to house swimming in each others pools and watching cat in the hat.
I remember the day my mum picked me up from school with a bag and pink collar inside it; we were going to the vet to pick out my first cat.
I remember the day my sister had a Wizard of Oz party and I was dressed as Glinda the witch of the north. I had helped make the entire outfit out of hot pink satin and sparkling cardboard for the crown.
I remember the time we moved into a rental apartment while our house was being renovated
I remember an arts and crafts class I went to during a summer break where we made wooden dolls and their clothes.
I remember the first MacDonald’s cheeseburger I had, which was located in the plaza of our rental.
I remember the Hi-5 live show I went to see with my nanny. It was one of my favourite tv shows
I remember the last day of preschool when all the kids had to come in the uniforms for their kindergarten. Mine was blue and white and I wore a round navy drawstring hat.
I remember nap time in preschool; I wet the bed so often that I had a special waterproof mattress
I remember trying to fall asleep during nap time when they would play podcasts from hairy maclarey the a nursery rhyme.
I remember the last night in our old house before moving; we had eaten spagetti in a furniture-less room and photographed the whole place.
i remember the overnight school camping trip when we stayed at the school.
I remember the time I faked an eye test so that I could get glasses
I remember the first time I tried coffee, I ordered a cappuccino thinking it was chocolate.
I remember my first cell phone it was an old nokia that had a hot pink louis vitton
I remember going to a drama course during the holidays where we had to form a band and write songs.
I remember going to Dooralong valley and the constant smell of woodfire
I remember on the trip having private tennis lessons because the other kids didn’t show up.
I remember playing millionaire with my family friends for the first time and winning
I remember going to band camp for the first year.
I remember crying when I saw my parents when they came and watched the final concert
I remember going to my first concert Hilary duff and wearing the merchandise shirt
I remember the athletics carnival was on my birthday and I won all the races
I remember one birthday we wanted to go to my favourite restaurant but it was closed down so we got takeout itallian.
I remember the day someone through a nutella stick in my hair and took hours to get it out.
I remember in preschool my honey sandwich leaked all over my lunchbox and ever since then I have hated honey
I remember going to Canberra on a school trip and seeing the poppies at the war museum.
I remember spending the winter in the blue mountains at a lodge and watching high school musical in the home theatre.
I remember planning my 12th birthday party with my best friend
I remember the day my baby brother was born and my dad came into my class room
I remember the day I got 98 on a science exam because my teacher game me the real test thinking it was a practice paper
I remember the sports carnival that took place in year 7 when people from around Australia joined for a week and played sport/ went to parties.
I remember first meeting the girl who stayed with me, she was from Perth and was passionate about musical theatre.
I remember going to my first foam party at an old abandoned high school
I remember going to the beach with my friends I made on carnival and eating oportos and drinking V.
I remember first jumping of ‘flat rock’ at bondi
I remember going to boomerang beach for the first time and and the smell of a summer impulse perfume spray
I remember eating pavlova at my aunties 21st birthday
I remember being in the capital appeal festival that our school put on to fundraise building a new site.
I remember the hall we used to have to go to in primary school when it was raining
I remember seeing the first harry potter with my cousins
I remember the time my nanny took me on a ferry to manly beach where we ate fish and chips.
I remember the holiday to club med, lindamen island, where I made friends from Adelaide
I remember the trip to Cairns my family and I went on for my dads work convention.
We were surprised one night and taken to an amusement park at night time.
I remember being a brides made at my aunties wedding
I remember helping to make the placement settings out of paper,ribbon and shells
I remember going skiing for the first time in Victoria and being in the milo ski school. We played celebritity heads while eating mango sorbet.
I remember our family holiday to Europe in 2007. we stayed at the Langham in London and I can still remember the flower scent as you walk in.
I remember the private yoga class my sister and I had in Mallorca spain and the smell of cinnamon
I remember seeing the motorbikes and street lights in Ho chi minh city on our drive from the airport
I remember walking through the tunnels from Vietnam war
I remember going to river and eating traditional Vietnamese street food on the boat
I remember going on my friends speed boat for the first time and going to get takeaway sushi from the bay
I remember the first new years eve I was allowed to go to ‘Paradise beach’
I remember the summer I went to forster with my four best friends and going to a water park and getting kicked out.
I remember going to fiji for my teams netball tournament
I remember the first school formal I was asked to go to, with a boy who I had never met before
I remember my first experience at a mardi gras festival and getting dressed up in all sorts of crazy colours
I remember ski trip with my new school in year 10 and almost losing my camera down a black run
I remember going down the south coast with my two best friends and getting stuck in the mud on a bike ride
I remember my first day of a new school and seeing everyone walk in and thinking ‘these will be my new friends’
I remember on valentines day when a group of boys through a rose at me and hit me in the head
I remember going to a friends brothers barmitzvah and got drunk, danced around with bongo drums and crazy masks.
I remember going to my first three day music festival in Byron Bay and eating the best burger there
I remember going to my friends farm where she almost got ran over by a humungous overweight hog
I remember the day I found out my dog had died
I remember going to my grandparents farm and read an entire Nicholas sparks book in three days
I remember the exact moment I put down my pen in the very last exam in the hsc
I remember the night we stayed overnight at the Zoo and could hear the lions roaring
I remember first visiting Africa and going on a safari and seeing wild lions for the first time, they were covered in blood
I remember going quad biking with my family and my brother tipping his over and finding it histerical
I remember going to Tasmania on an art school trip and walking through the mona gallery.
I remember going to new york for the winter in 2013 and first deciding I wanted to live here.
I remember the day I started university in Sydney and thinking the term was starting the following week
I remember going for breakfast one morning and fainting in the middle of the restaurant
I remember the day I bought my horse
I remember the day I left for my overseas travels and the day I came home
I remember the smell of salt water in san Sebastian and the beer in Germany
I remember the sight of the most incredible sunset overlooking santorini
I remember coming home to see my dad waiting with my sister and starting to cry
I remember the day I brought home my second cat that my parents didn’t know about
I remember swimming in the Krka lakes in croatia with my phone and it died
I remember the view of Manhattan as we drove in from JFK and seeing my new home.
