I went to dinner with my sisters, aunty and cousin to celebrate my aunty's 50th birthday last night. It was a very lovely dinner because we had a 3 course meal. I ordered a mushroom tart for entree, steak pie with veggies and mash for main and creme brulee for dessert, although I don't like creme brulee I thought I'd give it another try and it was actually nice.

Other than the food, we talked in between our meals. I learnt a lot about my family's history, meaning my mother's side because I don't know anyone on my dad side nor do I speak to any of them exccept for my aunty (dads sis meaning he had a small family of just 4). Also I've never met my dads parents which is very sad. Anyways my aunty (mums sister) told me a lot of things lol First thing I learnt loool Was that my mum was pulled by a white guy on NYE in 1980 and got kissed, then ran away after. I laughed so hard because not only did I not know that but I could totally imagine my mum's startled reaction. She would have probably held her hands up like a meerkat with her eyes closed and trying to catch her breath. HAHAHA imagine my mum married that white guy.. I would have been half-caste :O Oh and this was before she met my dad or married him LOL And what makes it even more strange, I thought she wasn't the crowded type of person to go to huge events but she's been going to the city on NYE's for about 4 years? Aunty said that noone in the family likes going but her and I was like 'ooooooh now I know why. OH MUM!'.

Then a lot about past relationships, migration and how the whole family (she had 4 sisters excluding herself and 4 brothers of whom she was the eldest) moved to Aus and why not America or England. Then how did they find Cabramatta and the way my aunty talked suggested that everyone was struggling at the time to find a home and I guess Australia's government provided security. I keep thinking what if. What if the family migrated to America or England OR Canada ... because she mentioned Canada was a suggestion... I'd have a different accent, I wouldn't have the friends I have now, didn't wear uniforms to school in the US and Canada LOL It'd be completely different. But I like the fact that they came to Aus. Aus is awesome. We don't have earthquakes (well not as much as the rest of the world), our weather changes all the time, Health care, No guns!, education, so relaxed and care free. It's just our prime minister that's annoying.

We moved on to how my mum married or met my dad. You can see how my aunty told me and my sisters this rather than my mum because it's a bit too confronting for her. All the marriages were arranged back then so my aunty was arranged and she said she had a lot of 'suitors' LOL Eventually she chose the one she liked and married my uncle. I don't think my mum and dad were arranged. I'm just curious to how she fell in love with him.

If you get a chance, sit down with your parents or aunties/ uncles and talk to them about their life. Their lives are completely different to what we're living in and old generations are beginning to fade so soon, we'll be the leaders of the world.


Wednesday, January 16, 2013 6:58 PM