Mum and my brother flew in from Auckland yesterday morning. It was my mum's birthday in October and as her present, we bought her tickets to the Kylie Homecoming Tour at Rod Laver and flew her over for the weekend. My brother flew over for the weekend too. Alistair and I picked them up from the airport and brought them back to the apartment - the first time my mum had been to my new home! It is good that she is finally here because she knows that I pay shitloads for rent and I wanted her to see why - it's hard to explain in photos and just listing what is so great about this place, you really have to see it for yourself.
We went to The Red Emperor at Southgate yesterday for yum cha. It is the best place in Melbourne to go, very expensive but worth every cent. My brother had been raving about it to everyone back home since we went last time.
You know those times when you feel trapped and you can't go anywhere or do anything? It's awkward. Like, when you're in the car and someone drops a bombshell. Well, that's what happened yesterday, kinda. My brother went to the bathroom at lunch and it was just me and my mum at the table. I could tell she wanted to ask me something, and then she just went and said it, carefully constructed might I add. She said, how long have you been living by yourself? I said, since August. She said oh ok, why aren't you living with Alistair anymore? I said, we split up. She said, oh.
That wasn't as awkward as some of the other times. Not like when we were sitting at the dinner table one night in Auckland and my mum made me announce to the family that Alistair was to stay with us for a week (or basically make me ask my dad for permission actually).
It's really my fault anyway - I didn't tell anyone that Alistair and I split. A lot of people just assumed, because we weren't living together. It was one of those, don't ask, don't tell situations. It was one of those sensitive issues that people probably wanted to ask, but didn't know how to put it, and I guess my mum was waiting for me to make the first move and say something.
It was 38 degrees yesterday. I mean, that's hot, but what made it worse was all the smoke in the air from the bush fires. You could tell my mum and brother weren't used to it - I don't think it even goes over 25 in Auckland. We just went shopping and did the usual stuff. We went to Koko Black and I got an ice chocolate, it was soo good. I didn't buy much, but I was at David Jones and saw the cutest ever Ralph Lauren two piece. It would have looked great on Guillaume. I didn't buy it though, my mum wouldn't let me spend that much money on a child that doesn't exist. We went to Crown and watched the Christmas Show in the atrium and then went to the casino.
Today we went to Issus for breakfast, just like I did last Sunday with Brad. We did more shopping, it was even hotter today, it peaked at 42 degrees. We went to Melbourne Central for Bubble Tea, and when we came out, it was really cool outside, it's amazing how weather can just change. It dropped about 15 degrees.
We met up with Ali for dinner at Gigi. It's funny how this weekend has mirrored last weekend. It's good when you have people to show around, even though it's not the first time my mum and brother have been here. Then we went to the Kylie concert. We walked there through Birrarung Marr, it was a nice walk. The concert was great, they started off with Better the Devil You Know which is my favourite Kylie song. It was good.
They fly out tomorrow morning back to Auckland, I'll be at work then. I will see them in two weeks when I fly home for Christmas. It's been good this month, like my weekends have been busy and I haven't been as bored as I usually am. Thank god for visitors.
We went to The Red Emperor at Southgate yesterday for yum cha. It is the best place in Melbourne to go, very expensive but worth every cent. My brother had been raving about it to everyone back home since we went last time.
You know those times when you feel trapped and you can't go anywhere or do anything? It's awkward. Like, when you're in the car and someone drops a bombshell. Well, that's what happened yesterday, kinda. My brother went to the bathroom at lunch and it was just me and my mum at the table. I could tell she wanted to ask me something, and then she just went and said it, carefully constructed might I add. She said, how long have you been living by yourself? I said, since August. She said oh ok, why aren't you living with Alistair anymore? I said, we split up. She said, oh.
That wasn't as awkward as some of the other times. Not like when we were sitting at the dinner table one night in Auckland and my mum made me announce to the family that Alistair was to stay with us for a week (or basically make me ask my dad for permission actually).
It's really my fault anyway - I didn't tell anyone that Alistair and I split. A lot of people just assumed, because we weren't living together. It was one of those, don't ask, don't tell situations. It was one of those sensitive issues that people probably wanted to ask, but didn't know how to put it, and I guess my mum was waiting for me to make the first move and say something.
It was 38 degrees yesterday. I mean, that's hot, but what made it worse was all the smoke in the air from the bush fires. You could tell my mum and brother weren't used to it - I don't think it even goes over 25 in Auckland. We just went shopping and did the usual stuff. We went to Koko Black and I got an ice chocolate, it was soo good. I didn't buy much, but I was at David Jones and saw the cutest ever Ralph Lauren two piece. It would have looked great on Guillaume. I didn't buy it though, my mum wouldn't let me spend that much money on a child that doesn't exist. We went to Crown and watched the Christmas Show in the atrium and then went to the casino.
Today we went to Issus for breakfast, just like I did last Sunday with Brad. We did more shopping, it was even hotter today, it peaked at 42 degrees. We went to Melbourne Central for Bubble Tea, and when we came out, it was really cool outside, it's amazing how weather can just change. It dropped about 15 degrees.
We met up with Ali for dinner at Gigi. It's funny how this weekend has mirrored last weekend. It's good when you have people to show around, even though it's not the first time my mum and brother have been here. Then we went to the Kylie concert. We walked there through Birrarung Marr, it was a nice walk. The concert was great, they started off with Better the Devil You Know which is my favourite Kylie song. It was good.
They fly out tomorrow morning back to Auckland, I'll be at work then. I will see them in two weeks when I fly home for Christmas. It's been good this month, like my weekends have been busy and I haven't been as bored as I usually am. Thank god for visitors.
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