Anh Do

I have just finishing reading this book. It is a gripping, at times sad funny tale of one of Australia's funny men. 

He makes his living now as a comic and he certainly tells a good story.

One particular story is about how his younger brother was dressed as a girl for two or three years. I had heard this before but didn't know why. In the book it is explained. When they arrived in Australia and were put into refugee housing, this was several years ago and not as many people. A church group was told about this family but somehow the structure of the family was mixed up and for the Do family a clothing package arrived for a couple and one small boy about three and a small girl about eighteen months old. 

The family were grateful for the clothing and although they had two boys they used the clothing and dressed the younger one in dresses until the father was employed and they no longer got the care packets.

Its a very good read.

Catching up with friends and family

Long weekends are good for catching up. Our sister in law rang last week to say that she was in the area as I was working during the week, we had coffee with her and her daughter Saturday morning as she was flying home in the afternoon. Jan is almost twenty years older than me and when we were first married she helped me a lot and made me feel part of the family. Its two years since we have seen her but we keep in touch by email.

Today I met a friend for a quick coffee as we hadn't seen each other for awhile, then the kids came over for lunch and afternoon tea, later one son rang and the other was in touch via face book. Often on a weekend, its just us but being back working,then the weekend and esp a long weekend with the weather being fine and cool, it was ideal to get out and about.