the 3rd anniversary of my sister’s 25th

MUDDLE BAR ~ Shop 8, West Row, Canberra

not quite Vila Harbour but we missed you nonetheless Yarra…

Back in Melbourne after a 3 week holiday in Vanuatu to visit family and friends there. Jack was there for a week and got back to Melbourne 3 days before me.

I arrived in Melbourne an hour before midnight of the 19th. Just in time to herald Jack’s birthday with him.

We had a lie in, watched Bruno at Village Cinema in Crown and then had a quiet coffee and cake at Automatic.

I missed good Melbourne coffee

Went home to freshen up to meet his friends for drinks at The Little Creatures Dining Hall across from my flat.

a little more tanned than before

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MITCHY POO..

I STILL OWE YOU.

YOUR BIRTHDAY WEEK IS NOT OVER.

xox

CHAY’s TIPS on TRAVELING

Or the incomplete guide on how best to stress during a trip

Or my way of combating in flight boredom

1. Get an early flight. So people have to say goodbye to you in their pyjamas all bleary eyed and only half coherent. They’ll be too sleepy to be sad about your leaving and they‘ll forget to tell you the list of things they want you to bring for your trip back home.

2. Leave your packing for the very last minute. Like about 4- 7 hours before you’re due to go to the airport. Make sure to do it on the day of a major party too so anyone who could have helped you is busy and tired. Better if you pack everything yourself anyway, That way if you cant find your damned camera cable you only have yourself to blame.

3. Over pack your bags and go waaaaay beyond the free baggage allowance. Be confident that when they weigh your bags at the airport it won’t be as heavy as it was in the scales at home. Because the final weight of your suitcases is not arbitrary.. It is like the temperature outside.. It is out of your control.

4. When your charms and your best oh-woe-is-me routine doesn’t work on the check-in agent at the counter ask them how much it would cost if you just pay the stupid excess baggage charge. Try to keep your eyebrows from shooting out of your head as she says US$ 190. Flash your most sincere smile at her like you’re willing to spend about half the amount of money you spent on your tiny new laptop for 6 measly kilos of shorts and denim skirts. When she asks whether you’re going to pay the charges or remove items from your luggage answer like this: “I’m just going to take out items from my bags bitch”. Mutter the last word to yourself when she has already assigned you with a coveted window seat.

5. Make sure to use the combination type lock. That way you can spend a significant amount of time kneeling in front of your suitcase and fiddling with the lock whilst having morbid thoughts of having to rip your brand new suitcase open with a knife and subsequently having to use a LUCKY ME Pancit Canton Box to ship all your worldly possessions to Australia. Be grateful your brother came to collect the clothes that will never see the light of day in Melbourne. Without him you wouldn’t have figured out what a big bag of idiot you really are for putting on the lock backwards.

Oriah

It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living.
I want to know what you ache for
and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.

It doesn’t interest me how old you are.
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool
for love
for your dream
for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon…
I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow
if you have been opened by life’s betrayals
or have become shrivelled and closed
from fear of further pain.

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