the good times of being home.

As you already know I flew to Melbourne just two weeks ago for my mothers funeral ........ yes, it was a heart breaking journey but one I knew I would have to take eventually.

But regardless of the circumstances for the trip, there were some really good moments shared with family.

These are what I wish to share with my blog readers.

Most of my family are in Melbourne and it has been extremely hard to live in Singapore for the past four years and not be a part of the normal family activities like birthdays, Christmas and other celebrations. 

I don't get homesick, but I sure as hell get "People Sick". 

I miss my family and the good times we have shared over the years.

I flew into Melbourne late on Wednesday evening of January 19 and went straight to my brothers home. Graeme and Julia live in Langwarrin and outer suburb of Melbourne.  Julia was waiting for me when I arrived with one of her usual big massive hugs ..... and I knew I was 'home'!

My brother was interstate and not due home for a couple of days. But Julia and I had plenty to catch up on and sat up until nearly 2.00am chatting.

The following morning we went to a lovely cafe for breakfast with my youngest brother and so that set the scene for the following eight days "back home".  

We ate, we drank, we cried, we laughed, we hugged, we talked, we cried some more and laughed all over again ....

Yes, there were tears and some sad times, very sad times, but there were many good times with lots of laughter too. 

Just like my mom would have wanted us to do.

 She always enjoyed the good fun times with family.

some of the things that I like to remember 

of my visit to Melbourne are:

starting the journey by traveling Business Class!

 

 Waking up to see the early 

morning sun across the back lawn

watching Buddy enjoy the freedom of 'running free'

or sitting watching the traffic go by:

 

a Saturday morning visit to Bunnings

(and for those that do not know what Bunnings is, it is a very large DIY hardware store)

 

 and no visit to Bunnings is complete without

a sausage in bread! 

 

watching Julia work hard in the garden

she loves her garden and being outside in the fresh air

loved to see the kidz having fun in the pool

and the chook coming to the back door in the 

hopes of getting some food!

it really was special to see the cousins spending 

time together too, these are the fun times 

they will remember in the future!

 

watching these two trying to remember 

HOW to put up the marquee

- using the instruction sheet -

for the lunch after the funeral

and for the Australia Day BBQ

 and they achieved it too!!

 

a quick trip into St Kilda for lunch

passing by some familiar land marks and signs!

  

but the best part to remember were all the 

fun times and hugs with family

and then it was time to say goodbye to 

Graeme and Julia

and their lovely home in Langwarrin

 to head back to Singapore

my next blog post just has to be about the 

FOOD I had while in Melbourne

so stay tuned!!