MORE ON THE INVISIBLE MAN (shunned by Mae Laul & Anthony Laul)

         RAYMOND  VAGI  (born 1944)  is  caught  in  a  vicious  cycle  -  a 'Catch-22' situation.

Weighing in at 165kg, he is obese  with very poor self-image. Therefore he stays at home alot. Ray often reclines in front of his oversized Idiot Box and often eats/drinks in that position. Mostly he has his meals in a reclining position. This makes him and other obese people INVISIBLE. He then makes very few friends.

The oversized TV was bought for him by half-sister Mae (Maja) of 9 Kalang Road Glenroy. Their shopping trip was a means of pretending concern for her half-brother. Considering she prevented any access - however indirect - to his dying Mum Mari, it was indeed a hollow gesture.

Ray is shunned by HALF-SISTER MAE (maja) LAUL and he
  is  100% abandoned  by her engineer/real-estate-agent son ANTHONY LAUL  (and his family)
Raymond seeks self-worth in consumerism eg stupid mementos and objects (eg statues, fridge magnets, large coloured 'diamonds', books and more books (poignantly, often on relationships, furniture (coffee tables, armchairs, chests of drawers).

Despite having worked in government administration, including Victorian Railways Library, Commonwealth Aircraft Factory and Department of Mines (where he supervised water bore drilling at beautiful Portland), Ray is today functionally illiterate. Ray doesn't read the mostly new books. He arranges them on on secondhand bookshelves and generally throws them into the bin six months later. One poignant book theme is relationships.

Raymond's dream is to return to the far North of Australia. He has very pleasant memories of COOKTOWN (Students of Australian history will know that James Cook anchored at Cooktown for urgent repairs.)

Ray proudly tells you of his experiences meeting Australian Aborigines (summarised in an essay he wrote at a TAFE college). Several times, Ray has packed up all his belongings to go visit or live up North - in the firm belief that his half-sister Mae (Maja) was arranging a trip. It remains but a beautiful dream...

Mae (Maja) Laul, Kalang Road, Glenroy

Mae Laul is Ray's half-sister. Mae was born to Ray's Mum's second husband.

Recall that the fist husband - Karl VAGI- passed away with stomach cancer back in Estonia. She married another Karl - Karl NUUDIE. Mae, was the only child. Thus Mae was Ray's stepsister. According to Ray,  Mae uttered the first hateful words of rejection to Ray when she was 17.

Mae married Aldu (aka Peter) Laul. They produced a son Anthony Laul. Ray recalls that Mae inherited a house in Mount Beauty (NE Victoria). It was sold. Ray thinks she gambled away all of of her inheritance on the pokies (poker machines;: American: 'slots').

Mae was married to Aldu  (Peter) for 30 years. According to Ray, Peter was hardworking. He had his own semi-trailer driving business. One memory is of a near death experience of Peter and Mae and Peter's son Anthony in an accident at Bulli, Wollongong, NSW.

Mae and Peter divorced - after 30 years. Peter naturally asked for some of the Glenroy property (inherited from her father Karl Nuudie). The marriage between Mari (Mare) and Karl Nuudie had already broken down. Mae eventually made out a personal cheque for $10,000 to Peter. Mae kept the Glenroy house.

Mari passed away (death certificate states location of Moama, NSW) at 91 - in a nursing home?? Mae inherited the home in Glen Iris and may have been deriving the rental income for many years.