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Living The Poor Life

Even though I deposited my cheque on the weekend I guess it is held monday so I was hoping to get my money today. It turns out this isn't so, at least not in the morning. I was really in a lot of trouble, I got onto the tram and just managed to find $2 to pay for it. My Octopus card was empty already I used it up coming back from TST. Rosalind was nice enough to lend me some money so I could eat for lunch. When it was all done I went to the bank and managed to get my money. Ada came by during the day to look at Phoebe's books but she seemed a little out of it and I guess she went home to sleep. I gave her a call to check in but she told me later she couldn't remember if I had called or not.

I spent some time afterwork looking for a present for a friend. I owe a special friend a little something for helping me out so much in my adventure. I went to this store extravaganza in Causeway Bay and was served by an interesting girl. We got into a conversation because I was trying to describe the gift I was looking for and I guess because my Chinese is so bad she started to talk in English to me. Actually it was a real surprise she spoke English with a distinct British accent. She apparently spent 3 years in England and had just recently come to HK during the summer to work. She was one of those girls who cut up her arm when they were unhappier younger. Of course like most Hong Kong people her name is a little ... different than the rest of us, her name is Hatty. We spent so much time talking that her boss and co-workers were really looking at us, but the store was closing so I just made a decision to buy something.

I went out right after to find another friend who had treated me to a meal earlier in the week and I went to treat her back. I talked to a few friends at night about the present and determined it really wasn't a good pick. I was a little restless all night because I can't really affoard to make a mistake since my budget is so tight right now. I hope I can go back to exchange it even though it was an onsale item. I made a little bit of an impressions so the manager might be okay with it. Arrgh what was I thinking? I just want to let people know that I appreciate the help they give especially when a particular friend really went out of her way.

Living in such a poor style has been a little rought. But it has also built up a bit of character. I mean you need to know what it is like having nothing in order to appreciate having anything right?

posted by Tempest7 @ 07:00