My Life As I Currently Know It

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1. Wake up in the morning whenever I feel like it and roll out of my hotel bed (Hotel: sparkling clean, own bathroom with a tub and a flush toilet, a TV with the movie channel, a pool, nice central location and aircon - $3 per night).
a) Wake up time could be just before noon or maybe right at 4:45am to go see the ruins at sunrise. This really depends on the days activities and what I feel like doing.

2. Treat myself to a latte (x2) and muesli with fresh fruit (banana and pineapple) and fresh yogurt for breakfast while chilling at an outdoor cafe with the girls ($3). We discuss nothing and everything. (Lots of times we discuss 'bathroom stuff'. It's a hot topic when you are backpacking in strange foreign lands).

3. Wander casually back to the hotel and along the way maybe I will get measured for a new custom made pair of linen shorts or a new sundress (*So far I have bought 1 sundress, 1 pair of dressy shorts, 1 skirt, 2 tops, 1 scarf and 1 pair of linen pants..$30). I suck at haggling because I'd rather get to the beach than argue over 0.50cents and I'm semi concerned I am contributing to slave labour so I may have actually over paid. I really don't care about that part (over paying I mean, not slave labour).

4. Rent a bike for the day ($1) and lazily peddle 20 minutes to the beach.

5. Lie on the beach. Turn. Slather on suncreen. Turn. Zone out to iPod. Read my book. Turn. Slather more sunscreen on my burnt bum. Swim. $2 massage. More sunscreen. Shake off towel. Buy water and a fresh mango from the lady on the beach ($0.75). Swim to wash off mango. Play frisbee with Denise and try to pretend I look like I am from Baywatch. Swim. Slather.

6. Bike back from the beach during rush hour. **This is the most terrifying part of the day because there are lots of giant buses and motorbikes that whiz past and honk at me (read: Asia Road Rules and picture yourself on a bike).

7. Go to the shops where I ordered clothes and do a final fitting.

8. Shower, put on new nice clothes and do hair. Lipgloss and mascara so I feel like a girl. Go to our cooking class at my favorite restaurant ($5 for the class and dinner - private for the three of us). The food is the best I've ever tasted.

9. Wander back home, fall into my cozy bed and fall asleep listening to Amos.

10. Wake up and do it all over again :)

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