Daily Report: Preparations

I finally woke up at a slightly better time today. I have always asked Maid Go to get me out of bed in the morning, but she simply doesn't like to be the source of unpleasantness no matter how necessary. She finally discovered a way to wake me up: She comes in to my room in the morning and — after doing all the sweeping and mopping up — starts massaging my feet. (I always sleep with my feet sticking out from under the blankets... don't know why.) Anyway, I love a foot massage, and Maid Go is also a liscensed masseuse and does it expertly. With Go's strong fingers digging into my ankles... well... staying asleep is pretty damn difficult.

I worked all day, then did the online project (i.e. chatted with Epril... see above) for an hour-and-a-half in the afternoon.

After that, it was over to Stan's house to get a copy of his credit card. You see, I am flying to The Philippines tomorrow using Cebu Pacific airlines, which has very inexpensive flights (8,000 baht round trip to Manila) that can only be purchased online at their website. Unfortunately, Cebu Pacific's website doesn't accept Visa cards issued in the U.S. (as is mine), so Stan was nice enough to let me use his Barclays card to by my and Epril's tickets over the internet. Then, Cebu Pacific — seeing 4 sets of airline tickets purchased with a credit card beloing to a person whose name does not appear on any of the tickets — asked me to bring a photocopy of Stan's credit card with me to the airport.

After Stan's house, it was off to Friendship supermarket, where I bought 1,000 baht worth of chocolate bars to take with me to The Philippines. I promised Epril — and I am guessing, by association, her family and all the neighborhood kids — to bring chocolate with me when I come. So they now have 50 Snickers bars to look forward to.

From there, it was off to reserve a taxi for tomorrow night's ride to the airport. (J.J. Transport, located at a booth in front of the Family Mart located at the corner of Soi Diana and Soi LK Metro... or call 084-759-7858. I've used them 4 times now, and they are very reliable.)

Then, it was back home for the evening. I read my book, and then went to bed.