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Friday, May 12, 2006

Re-Unions

David Murray
2007-02-23 23:22:25

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My parents were "Ten Pound Poms". When they arrived in 1962, they moved into a flat in Leichardt, Sydney. In the same block, lived another couple called the Flories. At the end of '62, they had a child called Michael. Three months later, my older sister, Karen was born. I was born three years later, and ever since I remember, I have always had a friend called Michael Florie. Loads of times, he would either come to our house or we would go to his, and backyard cricket matches consisting of my Father, him and myself would take place. Those were the days. As we grew into adulthood, Michael went travelling. Through his Mother, I use to hear of the exotic places he went to. In '96 he came back to Australia. Not long after, he came to my Mum's house for lunch. He told me of the things he had seen, and one week later, Lucy and I were off on our little adventure. Over the years we have run into each other in London, sent emails or spoken on the phone. About 18 months ago, he asked me about South East Asia, as he had never been, so I gave him some advice, and off he went last year. Then he sent me an email saying he had bought a bar in Phuket. All I could think of was a Thai girlie bar, and as we were in the vicinity, I was asked to check it out by both of our Mothers !!! So, destination Phuket, here we come.

It was a horrible journey from Bangkok. By bus it took over 18 hours. By the time we arrived, my knees were shot. We hobbled off from the last bus and found his bar, The Two Black Sheep. And shock horror, there were no girls to be seen, but then again, it was only early, and they come out to play when it is much later. We rang Michael and twenty minutes later, he arrived, with his new woman in tow. Trang. We said our hellos, and discovered that Trang wasn't a Thai go-go dancer but a hotel manager from Saigon. Thank god for that, at least, that is one thing I don't have to report upon. A room was found, and we arranged to meet up ...