19th August 2012

Hey people I know it has been a while since I have posted but I have had a lot going on. Mostly good stuff you know, but I had $600 stolen and I felt like such an idiot coz it was a kid and money I bought it with me in case Centrelink didn't pay me whilst I'm here, which of course they haven't. So I took the money out of my suitcase to go to the Anz in Denpasar and deposit it so I could buy the ticket on line, instead of from an agent with $6000000 Rupiahs and pay a fee, otherwise I would have had to change the Aussie dollars into Rupiahs and the rate has dropped so I would have lost money. My fare wasn't going to cost that much anyway, but then I would have had at least had enough left to get Brad some jeans and boxers like he really needs just before I go, coz trust me I have not been living large. I've been very careful! Tightarse you could say but hey I have no job or home when I get home so... Anyway I went to Police in Kerobokan and they wanted a bribe before they would take my report that I need in order to make a claim on my travel insurance. So then I finally find another station that made the report, but get this, TRAVEL INSURANCE DIRECT want the claim form to be emailed or SENT to Australia (I have 11 days till visa expires and you need to ask and PAY $70 for an extension at least 8 days before you leave) which cost me to print pages and that is quite hard when you have no money. I got it done, so now I'm trying to find a photocopier to copy it all, in case it gets lost and then I can only imagine how much it is going to cost me to scan them back into the computer with not much money! Also it is impossible to make reverse charge calls in this countryL hell of a debacle! I will pawn my jewellery if I have to they love gold, real gold here! So now on to the good stuff. The boys at the tattoo studio got too drunk the day before we were meant to go fishing (Independence Day) so I was waiting there for an hour for nothing. Not really I am sitting here right now waiting to get my second tatt free of the Balinese good luck symbol of Wind Fire and Water called Ohm, which is also a symbol of one of their God's so I'm getting it on my other shoulder with their national flower on each side, the Frangipani in purple! This one is gonna hurt but hell I'm up for anything at the moment and excited as! They have designed my DESENSITIZED one in a kind of block script to go down my spine so if my money comes through before I go stuff Brad's jeans I've already got him enough I'm getting it done!!!! They sell Xanax over the counter here so I will be having one of them for that! Met an awesome American man from Georgia originally but who lives in Borneo as he has planted a coffee plantation there 2 yrs ago and I will buy my coffee from him when Murdhi and I open our restaurant here next yr. Now I have to source a roaster and I found a coffee shop here that has one and does a better coffee than JCO my favourite coffee and donut house similar to Krispy Creme. Lance is the American's name and he is staying near me. My other friend for life is Made a security guard at Sunset Point shops where I usually go to use the wifi, and he looks after me well and keeps me safe if I'm there late and no he is not a sleaze, just a grouse bloke. So are the boys Arung and Kadek at Brute Face tattoo. In fact everybody except the thieving little b***** is soooo happy to help you it is awe inspiring. A girl at JCO my local coffee hangout saw me crying the other day and asked me why gave me a hug, and coz I had no money gave me her staff meal of a coffee and donut which of course made me cry more. I will give her a pair of my gold earrings tomorrow as I was so grateful for her generosity. I brought Made a pack of smokes for being so good to me as well as he also came to the Police to translate for me and has given me a lift home many nights. See. Safe as a nun in a nunnery!