I'm lying in bed right now. It's already 11 but I feel too lazy to get up and brave the sun. Summer is not my favourite time of the year, in fact, I travelled to the other side of the earth last year to avoid Auckland's two hottest months!
This year I won't be able to as my Aunt L came over from HK with my mother (her sister). On Tuesday, I went to work one last time for the year. The drive called me in the morning and first asked if I was still in bed. Then they asked if I'm coming in for lunch. Yes. Lol. So I dragged myself out of bed and went to work before we went to lunch. We went to Cafe Melba in Ellerslie Village. It's actually a really good cafe! The first time I went, it was a last option but it turned out to be delicious so when it was decided that work lunch would take place there, I was super excited.
I ordered the Melba Grill and an iced chocolate. Delicious! The grill was basically a kiwi big breakfast. I had trouble finishing it and wish I didn't eat much. It had eggs which I had scrambled, a sausage, bacon, two pieces of toast, mushrooms, hashbrown, tomato (delicious!) and came with a small dish of caramelised onion as a jam. Their caramelised onion is to die for. I think it's worth the trip there just for that tiny plate of it!
After lunch I ran back to my car. There was a tow truck pulling up behind me. I am not sure if I was parked some where I shouldn't have or if it was parking there because that was the only parking available and it was really there for the lady across the road whose vehicle couldn't start. Even if it was for me, I missed getting towed by seconds.
I drove home then together with my father, drove to the airport. On the way there I checked the Cathay Pacific app and found out the plane was delayed by an hour. It was already an hour after the original time (we always go an hour later in anticipation of customs taking a very long time). So we decided to walked around the supermarket and the warehouse near the airport to kill some time before going to the arrival lounge.
I picked up my mother and aunt and we headed home. That night, instead of staying at home, I went out to dinner with Shu and Rika. Had a delicious night!!
Yesterday was day two. My aunt and I went to the nearby supermarket and bought cans of peanut, a bag of grapes and four cartons of strawberries. The only thing I like about summer is the abundance of delicious fruits! Cheap too! When returned home and dropped off the groceries before going to Botany for lunch. We went to my fav Japanese restaurant and I don't think I've ever had so much raw things at once! We ordered sashimi, raw scallops, half dozen fresh oysters, gyutataki (slightly grilled beef. It's raw on the inside) and salmon avocado roll. I think the only cooked dish was the half dozen of cooked oysters topped with mayonnaise. Following our very delicious lunch, we went to the town centre and wandered around. I love love love this suburb so naturally that's where I'd take tourists even if its not a touristy place. Before heading home we stopped by Starbucks for a drink.
I took my aunt home, had a rest (she made me use some eye masks), ate some of the very sour strawberries (which I love!) and I went to work. It wasn't until then I realised I forgot to order scampi!!! What a terrible mistake! I'll just have to go back one day for it!
Wish I took pictures to go along this post.
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