It felt a bit weird to be able to do anything I wanted whenever I wanted...but it's not too hard to get used to very quickly!
The last few days I have:
- been to the supermarket with Alison and Jill and managed to buy ironing aid instead of kitchen spray, and orange flavoured milk instead of orange juice!!
- enrolled in Indonesian classes at the library three times a week to prevent the above mistakes happening again! They don't start the class until three people show interest and so far there is only two of us,
- joined the gym.... and been twice, Fortunately it's air conditioned and absolutely freezing otherwise I wouldn't be able to move at all. Walking is the extent of my exercise in the heat and humidity.
- walked a lot! Well over 15,000 steps per day most days for those with fitbits or the like. When I don't go to the gym I head off for a walk early in the morning as it is cooler and there is less traffic then. Downtown Ubud is busy with tourist, buses and motorbikes but not early in the morning. Within a few hundred metres walking in any direction there are expanses of ricefields, deep ravines with lush jungle clinging to the side, bedecked temples large and small and all sorts of fruit trees,
- been invited by Cat to join a choir in Sanur with some of the locals. Will be going on Tuesday night.
- been considering whether my Mah Jong skills are up to being able to join the Mah Jong group although its the socialising not the Mah Jong that seems to be important!
- been to Mingle once per day for lunch/coffee/cocktails/dinner depending on the time of day. I now have my own account! I have managed to find a quieter way to get to Mingle from home but it still takes about 10-15 minutes depending on how many stupid tourists get in the way, Don't get me started on that topic.....!
- found a local coffee shop that has fantastic single blend local coffee and newspapers.......and - I hate to admit it - air conditioning which is very welcome when I have been tramping around.
- met with a friend of Kim's David and his wife Charmaine who are also interested in mental health issues here in Bali. They are here for a year. The three of us are going to a Rotary meeting tomorrow night to see what they do.
- managed to sort out a few IT issues with the help of my IT support service in Alphington ( ie. Ewan). He had to remind me that the IT support service closed at midnight local time as I had forgotten that the time difference is three hours!
- enjoyed watching a DVD and reading my book IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY!! First time ever!
your working-it-all-out correspondent
Dianne
Have a go at mahjong Di...
ReplyDeleteIt's always about the socialising :)
Might even get you interested in playing cards xx