Half the world away by SimonWho

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Half the world away
Monday, June 13, 2005

So my brother came round last week. This is blogworthy because he lives in Australia and returned for a wedding in Cyprus, taking an extra week off to see his family. Being terribly British, we were all very stiff upper lip about it, even though some of us hadn't seen him for nearly three years. But it was nice to catch up with him. He's getting married this October in Australia and we're all going to be there for that.

He also persuaded us to go to a Japanese restaurant for a farewell meal where they cook the food in front of you. It was good but £75 ($150) a head good? I don't think so. I'm something of a cook myself and you can get an awful lot of good ingredients for that sort of money plus have enough left over for a vintage bottle of scotch and champagne.

Mind you, I can't claim massive fiscal responsibility myself. This weekend saw my latest acquisition; a PSP. It was just sitting there, so tempting and being sold for less than the UK RRP when it is released here in three months time. So I buckled and acquired and now I play Wipeout Pure in my bed.

It's the simple things in life.

COMMENTS

Tuesday, June 14, 2005 12:43 PM

COZEN

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm....

Vintage scotch.

Sigh.

Monday, June 13, 2005 4:32 PM

LISSA

you know, "half the world away" is the name of a really good oasis song! noel sings it...*sigh...*

Monday, June 13, 2005 2:43 PM

MONTANAGIRL

How is a dinner worth $175? I get mad if I have to pay more than $25 for a good steak.

But yeah for seeing your brother! I hardly ever see my brother anymore, but at least he's in the same country as me.

Monday, June 13, 2005 8:38 AM

CALLMESERENITY

Know what I did in bed? I slept. It was great. I got 8 whole hours. Oh yeah.

I'm not very fond of those over-priced Japanese restaurants, either. Not big on Japanese at all. So salty.

I'm so glad you got to see your brother. That must have been very nice.

Monday, June 13, 2005 6:40 AM

THATWEIRDGIRL

'Being terribly British'? What exactly is that?

Don't forget to relax the upper lip when you go to Australia.

Know what I did in bed? I read a disgustingly trashy book loaned to me by a coworker because I thought the title was delightfully salacious, ‘My Woman, His Wife”. It was an okay book. Not great. Basically it explained why a threesome in marriage is a bad thing. The chick will try to steal your wife. The salacious bits were very salacious and um detailed, but the plot was a little shaky. Really though, what did I expect?

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